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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1961
Page
6
A fragmentary report notes that a daughter of a local resident from Red ert C, near Clar ka, was injured in a highway collision involving a passenger vehicle. The incident occurred as she left a hospital after being treated for earlier injuries.
Buffalo police pursue a deranged killer who abducted three children in an upscale area. Andrew Ashley, 3, was found dead tied and floating in a park pond across from his home. Mrs. Gertrude Ashley speaks with authorities as investigators review two earlier kidnapping cases with similar constraints.
The Iowa State Board of Public Instruction proposed higher minimum standards for all school levels and district reorganization goals to provide equal opportunities. The plan requires three years each of business education including typing, a modern foreign language, vocational, homemaking, industrial arts, music, and art in high schools with a 27 unit minimum. junior high would include nine semesters of language arts.
The Iowa Commerce Commission asked Burlington Railroad to discontinue service at Batavia Jefferson County, with the hearing continued while investigating need. Protests originally filed have been withdrawn.
Weather notice notes considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms Tuesday night and Wednesday. Lows Tuesday night around 65 to 70 and highs Wednesday in the 70s. The outlook calls for partly cloudy conditions Thursday with continued unsettled air.
A Kuwaiti official announced a state of emergency amid fears of Iraqi moves to annex Kuwait. The proclamation follows tensions over Middle East influence and asks for official action to protect Kuwait’s sovereignty.
The Weather Bureau forecast scattered severe thunderstorms with large hail and possible vent or other hazards along a corridor about 60 miles either side of a line from Aberdeen, South Dakota to Sioux City, Iowa.
Mary Jane LeMasters, head book keeper at Merchants National Bank in Cedar Rapids, received three years probation after pleading guilty to embezzlement and irregular book procedures. The plea was entered June 14, with the case handled by AP reporting.
The Justice Department indicted 18 men in a nationwide horse race betting system using illegal long distance telephone hookups to fix calls. The 20-count indictment, returned in New Orleans, lists defendants from Cincinnati, Surfside Florida, Arabi Louisiana, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, New York City, Biloxi and more with bonds set at $25,000 each. The case covers calls from Nov 1, 1983 to July 31, 1968, as per internal revenue service findings.
A fast moving hailstorm early today swept northward through western Cass and eastern Pottawattamie counties. Residents in Walnut reported hailstones, gardens damaged, and corn leaves shredded west of Griswold and Atlantic while corn not yet in peril. Rainfall near Atlantic measured about two inches six miles west.
Severe hail and strong winds hit Glenwood Malvern and Shenandoah with crop damage around Shenandoah. Roadways blocked on Highway 2 by fallen trees between Shenandoah and Clarinda. Showers and thunderstorms predicted to die down by noon then redevelop the northwest late afternoon. Temperatures expected in the lower 80s Tuesday. Traffic court fined Gileria Jean Lang of Atlantic $10 for failing to stop at a stop sign.
Iowa state treasurer reports 5 percent recovery from FDIC for O'Brien County and Sheldon Community School District after Sheldon National Bank closure tied to a $2 million embezzlement. Total recovered reaches 45 percent. funds to be deposited in the state sinking fund with future bank assessments planned.
At an amusement park near Pittsburgh, a 110 foot aerialist pole collapsed injuring nine. Martha McCoy, 42, of Whitehall, died from head and brain injuries. Celeste Farnsworth, 9, of Whitehall, remained in critical condition.
The board of Super Value Stores proposes a three-for-one stock split on its 500000 outstanding shares. Stockholders of record July 10 may vote at the July 24 meeting. If approved, each share will become three shares with two additional shares per existing share.
Reports diverge over the fate of Fidel Castro’s prisoner committee. Havana radio claimed they would return to Cuba to report on failed negotiations while the prisoners said they planned to stay and continue seeking freedom for their companions.
Funeral services are planned for Robert Curtis Wiggs 26 of Lake View at Mc Fadden funeral home Audubon. He died Sunday morning at the Omaha veterans hospital from injuries when his motor scooter hit loose gravel southeast of Lake View. He served six years in the Marines and married Elaine Eckentfels of Atlantic June 28 1959. He had worked at Farmers cooperative creamery Lytton the past two years. He leaves a wife a three month old son Russell Alan his parents Marvin and Alice Wiggs a sister Mary Ann Loyd and grandparents.
Ida Fowler, owner of the Royal Hotel in Rubyvale Queensland, surrendering her liquor license after two pensioner deaths and a customer’s heart attack led to unprofitability amid a shrinking town of 88 people.
The Atlantic Lions Club will hold a regular dinner at Hotel Whitney Wednesday at 6 30 p m Harold DeKay and Dr Dwain Wilcox will serve as the program chairs.
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