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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1955
Page
2
A six hour blaze in El Reno and Oklahoma City gutted the central business area. Insurance men estimate damages up to five hundred thousand dollars. Two three story buildings were leveled and a department store frontage burned out. Power lines cut lights. Cause of fire undetermined. Do not drive if you drink.
Senate approves a 12 member commission to study the government's security program to depoliticize the issue. Senator Humphrey says the study will remove the Communist-in-government question from the 1956 campaign, while Senator Aiken cautions Republicans may still discuss it.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon for Donald Pierson, 54, at the Christian Church with Rev. Donald Forbes presiding. Music by Mrs. Joe Thompson and Mrs. Charles Welsch. Bearers listed include Frank and others. attendees from Minneapolis and Red Bluff.
British actor James Mason and wife Pamela welcomed a son weighing seven pounds born Sunday Their family also includes a six year old daughter
About 60 of 96 graduates from Atlantic High School class of 1930 attended a 25th anniversary reunion at the Atlantic Elks club. 150 people, including graduates, families and four former instructors, gathered for a dinner and program with attendees from across the nation. The group voted to hold a 30th reunion in June 1965, with officers Reginald Larson and Margaret Rae Lang among those present.
A fragment notes a former administrator at Grapt school, with sparse details on role and tenure. Local archival references indicate prior leadership and community ties, but specific names and dates are not present in the readable text.
Atlantic High School Class of 1930 reunion brings former students to Exira while area families from Austin Minnesota Des Moines and Norfolk share visits. Residents Karen Danny Andersen travel to Fonad and Storm Lake cashier Karol Parrott and several others return from trips visiting relatives and on fishing trips with local firms.
Waterloo Deere Works local of the CIO Attto Workers union seeks authorization for its executive board to call a strike if needed. Local president Carl Dabi states the union’s master plan.
The current agreement with Deere ends July 31. Negotiations for a new contract are ongoing in Moline Illinois as officials seek a new terms deal.
The state comptroller announces resignation effective in June due to ill health. A note from the auditor states the decision is personal and approved by the office. The report mentions no further details on successor plans.
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