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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1962
Page
5
A Fantus company survey to gauge Atlantic growth will rely on community backing. Representatives will interview major employers officials businessmen farmers and residents to gather information industry may require before relocation. The aim is to assess willingness to support and improve the area for potential new industry.
On the Omaha market Bob Curtis sold 39 head of 239 pound hogs at 18.25 dollars. The listings also note various local movements including visiting grandparents and families traveling, funerals, and routine community notices across Cass county and Atlantic communities.
Cecilia M. Harrison, 19, of Centerville Utah, crowned National College Queen at the eighth annual pageant in New York. She is a sophomore at Utah State University in Logan and posed for the photographer with a big smile.
The Fantus company outlines a long range plan to study local business problems and advantages, school and hospital facilities, labor, transport, power, and adaptability for industry. After completing the survey, a plan to attract industry will be developed and a public meeting held in the fall to explain results.
American actor James Garner said police clubbed and pushed him during weekend riots in Schwabing Munich. He described being singled out, restrained, and his passport and about 400 dollars nearly taken before he retrieved them. Garner, from Los Angeles, was in Munich making a picture.
Mr and Mrs William Geissler attended funeral services in Waterloo Monday for Henry Geissler who died Thursday after two months in hospital He is survived by his wife two daughters a son three stepchildren and two sisters Weekend guests at Hansen Home included Earl Meade Art Jacobsen R J Burns Edel Hansen and the Burns couple visiting Council Bluffs Sheldon and Cedar Rapids areas
The forecast shows fair skies through Wednesday with high temperatures in the mid 80s and cool nights in the upper 50s. A slight chance of scattered thunder showers is possible Thursday as skies become partly cloudy. A recent high reached 80s and a nighttime low around 53 accompanied recent warm spells. Navy enlistment group including Weaver Lundberg Gross Jessen Lockhart will train in San Diego after graduating from Atlantic High School this spring. Budget hearing set for Cass County on Wednesday at 9 a.m. to discuss the assessor’s budget with proposed tax levy of 29 185 and expenditures of 30 905. Drake University second course registration in Atlantic begins Monday at the high school, continuing July 20. Gaffney promoted to assistant manager of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan branch. the family has moved from Atlantic to Cedar Rapids. Recent visitors at Rev. and Mrs. Krengel included Louise Krengel and Wilmer Theiss family from Fort Dodge, Ruth Michals of Falls City, and relatives from Fargo.
George Fryett a 26 year old Special 4th class soldier from Long Beach California says he resisted Viet Cong brainwashing and denied he wrote letters they claimed. He was released after six months in captivity.
Abstract of deeds and property transfers from 1962 filings including executors Roscoe S Jones and Martha Wise Stafford, with dates 3-3-62 to 6-15-62, locations LaVista Place, McDowell’s Add, Fairlawn Add, Park Add Griswold, and Sec 4 75-37. Notices list WD deeds and nominal $1.00 or $100 considerations, involving Joseph W Lawton, Hazel Lawton, Gilbert Schoenbohm, Bernice Willenburg Percival, Robert Hayes, Merlyn Berg, Raymond Selders, and others.
Syria charged Israel with aggression after a Sunday night border gunfight between Israeli forces and Syrian troops near the frontier. The report notes regional tension and a broader security backdrop amid sporadic exchanges across the disputed area.
A free water safety instructor training course, led by Mrs. Allie Montague of Jefferson South Dakota, runs July 9 to 13 in Atlantic. Class meets three hours daily starting at 9 am July 9 at Sunnyside pool, with eligibility for 18 plus holding a senior lifesaving certificate and Part I of the instructors course completed.
Cincinnati was formerly known as Losantville or the town opposite the mouth of the Licking River. Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter was born in Austria.
A brief note presents the work Just Between Us Girls by Lucille Altman and Virginia Pierce Hello Girls. The item highlights two authors and the book title in a compact listing style.
A listing of land deeds transfers with names such as Morris E Wilson Harold T Carver Charles D Scase Edna M Buckner and others shows deed dates in 1962 and a $1.00 consideration. An adjacent cosmetic advertisement promotes Luxure Lux moisturizing cream and Rex Pharmacy counter services for beauty care and brand products.
Toronto Maple Leafs star Leonard Red Kelly wins a seat in Parliament and receives a congratulatory kiss from his wife after the results. Kelly says he will play one more year before focusing on politics.
Grant L Foote of Valparaiso Indiana enjoyed a Sunday and Monday visit. Mary Redman stayed overnight and visited in Plattsmouth Nebraska with her sister Aleda Bourck and family. Jack and Mary Ruhl and their children plus Alan Ruhl from Amarillo Texas spent the weekend at Kincaid Kansas with Dan Johns family. Mrs Russell Orstad Diane Janet Culbertson Jack Taylor Linda attended a 4 H achievement show at Lincoln Center Methodist Church.
Harold Kaster testified he posted signs and provided life saving gear at his Clear Lake boat livery. A six man Justice of the Peace jury found him not guilty on a state charge that a rented boat left without a life preserver on May 12. The case, tied to a 1961 Iowa law, hinged on policy statements from the Iowa Conservation Commission about meeting the life preserver provision with posted notices and renter receipts.
Mr and Mrs Phillip Pont of star route welcomed a daughter weighing seven pounds four and a half ounces born at 8 30 PM Monday at Atlantic Memorial hospital. Mr and Mrs Max Bornholdt of Walnut welcomed a baby weighing thirteen and a half ounces born at 3 46 AM at Atlantic Memorial.
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