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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1956
Page
11
First mate William F. McCommisky of the Sea Belle has manned voyages for over half a century without leaving Boston Harbor. For 53 years he sailed an excursion liner between Boston and Nantasket Beach during summers, never quitting the harbor for longer than a season.
Iowa summer extension archeology students study an Indian village at Mill Creek north of Cherokee. Dr. Ruppe and the class dig toward uncovering an ancient house, with fieldwork and lab hours shared with Sanford Museum and funded by Gardner Cowles Foundation.
In Massena New York workers dubbed the St Lawrence Seaway dam a punny Ike s Dike after Eisenhower. In Fort Worth Texas railroad agent L R Troxell tracked four men who broke into a box car stealing straw hats leaving white lime footprints to locate and arrest them.
A 9-year-old boy at Roanoke Juvenile Detention Home questioned why he was given two bed sheets while one was deemed acceptable. He asked who pays and was told taxpayers cover it, insisting two beds would be a waste of public funds.
In Jacksonville the mother of four year old Michael Lowas reported her son handed out thirty six dollars in bills to neighborhood children. Larry Lowas noted there are many kids nearby and joked the ice cream man may have taken most of it.
Clifford A. Munroe, 74, of St. Petersburg, Fla., spent over 50 years gathering autographs of all 34 U S presidents. He loans out the collection after acquiring items from Theodore Roosevelt to Dwight Eisenhower and holds Washington’s on a predeath envelope.
A dense record of property transfers across Atlantic Wiota Cumberland and nearby areas noting grantees grantors lots blocks and towns with nominal love and affec and other formal deeds from 1956. Entries include Beulah Kadel J M McCain Milo Rattenberg Estie Smith J D Soper and others transferring various lots and tracts for nominal sums amid probate road and highway considerations. An additional line notes an estimate that Americans own 28 600 000 musical instruments.
At the National Burglar and Fire Alarm Assn convention in Hollywood readings showcased an ultrasonic room saturation system that signals a central office on movement. A compact device creates a protective electronic ring around a briefcase or diplomatic pouch, emitting a loud alarm if touched.
Roger Jorgensen of Audubon will become Adel junior high principal next fall after coaching there previously and entering business. A native of Extra he attended Buena Vista College and coached at Sulphur Springs before moving to Adel. He has sold his Audubon service station.
Mr and Mrs Ice Marshall returned from the Black Hills and visited the Dokters in Mitchell and Greeley while Mr and Mrs Fred Russell and mother from Denver visit Mrs Russell's mother Mrs Harry Robinson. Congregational services moved by David Marker during Rev Meyer's absence. Sue Summers to Northwestern University for five weeks. Riley Clarks toured Chicago for pleasure and business. In Ann Arbor Charles J Leonard touts mass produced classrooms at 11.87 per sq ft versus traditional costs.
In Longview Texas a helicopter pilot ditched a flight and landed beside a vacant jet near a cafe. He said he smelled hickory smoke and could not resist the barbecue offered by a local stand.
Burton Gandrup of Story City built a 34 foot cabin cruiser over two years for fishing on Minnesota grounds. The boat proved too large to haul to Leech Lake and was sold to Dave McClure of Bloomington Illinois. It will be sailed down the Mississippi to Peoria in a day or two after being outfitted in Davenport. The mahogany and oak craft seats eight and ends Gandrup’s boatbuilding.
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