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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1951
Page
1
The piece criticizes rising civilian payrolls and expanded federal bureaus during the Korean War. It argues wage increases and vacations lower output, notes calls for a three billion tax boost, and contends economists say a ten billion dollar budget cut is possible without harm. The author warns against continued waste and higher taxes.
Moscow urges peace in Korea while admitting influence over the war. Western observers doubt the sincerity of the plea, noting past Moscow duds. Skepticism grows over why Russia raises peace now and how it aims to sway domestic audiences behind the iron curtain.
The piece urges British technical workers in Iran to remain at work instead of striking. It argues that walking out would allow Russians to fill vacancies, gain control of the company, and thereby influence Iran’s finances through oil. The author calls for bitter-end persistence to keep oil flowing west.
The story critiques repeated talk of ominous buildups in Korea and West, noting UN resistance often fends off escalations. It also reports a Swedish scientist announcing a promising antibiotic for tuberculosis now undergoing tests, potentially wiping out a historic killer.
A speaker contemplates offering help to ease another's burden while confronting fear and loss. The verses juxtapose a momentary success with a personal reckoning as daisies prove enduring beyond the speaker's actions.
Harry Sandlin, 24, drank a pint and climbed a 386 foot Ambassador Bridge tower on the Detroit side. He yelled at rescuers as bridge workers Bill Murphy and Zarl Foley restrained him. Sandlin told police he climbed to jump over personal woes related to his mother.
Griswold Ernest Hansen buys out Max Bates interest in local elevator firm. Bates and Hansen had been linked in Kansas City and here in the elevator business.
The notice lists subscription and mailing rates for various regions including Atlantic carrier service and counties adjoining Iowa. It specifies prices for one month, six months, eight months, one year and related terms, with different rates for U. S. outside Iowa and Canada.
Washington column recounts Blair Moody challenging Capehart over a secret vote on price controls. Malik’s truce plan and Soviet concern cited. GOP split over recommitting the tax bill exposed, with 15 Republicans voting no on the motion.
Omaha. Donald Eddy says he will not consider a conference proposed by welfare officials and the Dyers of Ottumwa Illinois for his son Gerald 14 to meet District Judge R Kent Martin about the boy's future. Gerald had lived with the Dyers for four years after the Iowa Supreme Court ordered the Eddy children returned to parents. The Eddy children were removed in 1946 due to welfare concerns. Eddy had previously left the decision to Gerald and called the Dyers proposal for a conference pointless.
Judge Martin refused to sign an order directing Cass county Iowa sheriff to return Gerald to his family following a ruling by the Iowa supreme court. The action centers on custody enforcement after the high court decision.
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, director of selective service, told Kentucky draft officials that local boards should have the final say in deferring college students. He warned of a large exodus of service members if a Korea cease fire arrives and urged boards to use their own judgment.
George Sokolski reviews Senator McCarthy's 60 000 word study of General George Marshall using a partial bibliography. He notes the speech relies on memoirs and contemporary sources, avoiding direct judgments, and discusses the Marshall Stalin-Yalta context and archival access. The piece frames how hindsight is used by authors and quotes several contemporaries.
The passage argues that Charles Lindbergh was unjustly pilloried as a public figure for recognizing early the truth of Russian imperialism, highlighting the injustice of excluding such names from the record.
The column notes various glimpses from daily life including a chamber of commerce official riding a girl’s bicycle after parking tickets, quail sightings returning to the area, a family leaving a cat with neighbors, and a misadventure with a telephone receiver knocked off the hook. It also mentions a drawing system, a plane ride with a Rev. O Connor relative, and pennies found by the Lyle Willenbergs used to feed meters.
Des Moines reports say more psychiatric tests will be conducted on the girl linked to the deaths of two patients at Woodward state hospital. Dr Charles C Graves and Robert C Lappen indicated the inquiry supports the earlier details. The two girls Carlotta Bennett and Judy Hustad, both from Des Moines, died after being pushed into scalding water Tuesday night.
Mr and Mrs Thora Jensen and Saunier plan a weeklong visit with their daughter and sister Mrs Hans Thomsen and family in Chicago.
Letter to Mr. Simpson argues that farmers deserve free parking near the shopping district, challenging prior publicity about farmers crowding spaces. The author claims nonfarmers use the meters and urges fair use, noting farmers' money supports the town.
Mrs. K A Coons of Anita Iowa writes that farmers tire from carrying groceries far to their cars after seeking bargains in Atlantic. She questions why they came to town for low prices and urges consideration of shoppers' effort.
Griswold Neal Mundorf a 14 year old son of Ella Mundorf narrowly escaped injury at the Ira Potter home. He climbed to the roof to reach Setive toys stuck there and slipped but grabbed tree branches to break the fall. His shoulder suffered a bad bruise.
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