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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1956
Page
5
General Nathan Twining, U S Air Force chief, viewed a claimed twin engine light attack bomber the Russians say flies faster than sound during a tour of Kubinka near Moscow. The party was kept from reporting and photographers were barred from Zhukovski Academy and Kubinka.
Iowa builders trades council delegates split over supporting the merger of the state AFL and CIO as 600 AFL and 160 CIO delegates meet separately at Veterans Memorial Auditorium. A unified convention would follow if both groups ratify the merger, with the council claiming balance of power in the AFL. Fire responders battled rain damaged power lines on Ninth and Maple streets at 3 03 AM.
Otto Johnk of Hancock regained his wife Dora Schauf Johnk’s gold wedding band after a rotary hoe unearthed it while plowing corn on the Johnk farm. The ring, lost during cob cleaning and found in 1984 debris, was cleaned and restored. The couple wed July 23, 1919, by Rev. F. W. Simpson at the Methodist parsonage.
Mostly fair Tuesday night and Wednesday with cooler spells and mild lows. Wednesday brings highs in the 80s and a partial increase in clouds. An outlook for Thursday is partly cloudy and warmer with variable winds.
The Air Force and Britain extended the U S test range to 5000 miles into the Atlantic enabling fuller testing of Snark and Navaho airbreathing missiles. Snark has flown about 2000 miles on the extended route from Patrick AFB Florida. Work continues on two long range ballistic missiles not yet ready for air testing.
William J. Kness, 37, formerly of Audubon, Carroll, hanged himself with his belt in a Des Moines city jail cell. He was held on suspicion of passing false checks after being arrested at a service station. The body lies in state at McFadden's Funeral Home in Audubon. funeral arrangements are pending. Surviving is his mother, Mrs. W. J. Kness of Carroll.
Spencer County Attorney Earl Hoover said Herbert Seebeck a 67 year old deaf mute admitted to killing his sister and her husband the Hagbergs of Spencer Seebeck provided the statement to Hoover and Sheriff Thorall All noting that he and the Hagbergs had had trouble prior to the deaths.
A U S Air Force F86 Sabre is missing off northern Japan near Hokkaido after radioing from the eastern tip of the island with about two hours of fuel left. The pilot from the eighth Fighter Wing based at Chitose Air Base prompted search aircraft to patrol the northern Hokkaido area.
Seven people were hospitalized after a bus bound from Chicago to Omaha collided with Milwaukee train No. 219 at the Arion crossing near Denison. The bus started across the crossing as the train pulled in, struck the signals, and swerved into a telegraph pole. Injured include Etta Tone 78 and Loretta O Connell 60 among others. driver CET Harsted unharmed.
Mexican police say 20 Cuban exiles were rounded up revealing a planned assassination of President Fulgencio Batista with a target date in late July. The plot included uprisings in Havana and 10 other cities, with alleged links to groups in Argentina Peru Panama Guatemala Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic and operations in Miami Tampa New York and Cuban cities. Mr and Mrs Harold Herbert and daughter Mary Jane returned home after a week fishing in Minnesota.
Guatemala City confronts a state of siege as President Carlos Castillo Armas places the army in control after demonstrations killed four students. A curfew from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. and military patrols replace police, with radio stations seized to curb alleged Communist agitation.
Marilyn Monroe and playwright Arthur Miller remain tight lipped about their wedding. Miller suggested Saturday as a possibility but later said the marriage would not take place this week.
Singer Eddie Fisher was set to go home today following a two day hospital stay for what doctors described as indigestion. The episode prompted a brief medical evaluation but was not reported as serious.
Fleet Adm. Ernest J. King dies at 77 and services are set for Washington National Cathedral with burial at Annapolis. The WWII naval commander died at Portsmouth Naval Hospital from acute heart failure caused by long hypertension. President Eisenhower mourns the loss of a great American naval officer.
A storm system swept across Iowa with winds up to 60 mph and thunderstorms. The heaviest rain fell in the northern two thirds, with numerous reports of minor wind damage to utility lines and trees. Cities logged varied rainfall, including Algona 2.84 inches and Williams 2.08 inches.
A BAT bomber from Smoky Hill Air Force Base crashed and burned in a wheat field near Salina Kansas early Tuesday. All three crew members were killed. Wreckage was scattered over about a mile and authorities withheld the names pending next of kin notification. One body and parts of another were recovered at the scene.
Secretary Quarles defended the Air Force budget before a Senate subcommittee as lawmakers prepared for showdown votes on a proposed defense boost. Democrats seek 1.16 billion extra, Republicans offer 500 million, amid talk of strengthening intercontinental bomber forces and tanker support. President Eisenhower lay in hospital during the briefing with Knowland signaling cautious support.
Tokyo reports atmospheric pressure changes across Hokkaido to Kyushu similar to May tests. Observatory data indicate a possible blast near Bikini Atoll around 3 a.m. local time, with waves observed after. US AEC declined to comment on the report.
A tornado damaged or destroyed buildings on eight farms near Ivanhoe Minnesota Monday night. No injuries were reported. The Stoffel family escaped unharmed as their house was twisted from its foundation and the family hid in the basement.
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