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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1956
Page
4
A gasoline truck overturned and exploded in Poland Saturday, sparking fires in 10 stores and homes, destroying several cars and forcing about 500 residents from their houses. Mrs. May Barnett, 52, died from shock or heart trouble as flames sprayed the area. Fire crews responded with 15 companies fighting the blaze.
Mrs Laura Stelle Huddleson wife of Mike Huddleson of Wiota dies at Atlantic Memorial hospital after a stroke. Born Kentland Indiana Aug 4 1881 she lived in Cass County since 1901 wife of Massena area farmer. Survived by husband three daughters four sons two siblings fourteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral Monday 2:30 Meyer funeral home with Rev Jack Merritt officiating. Interment Missena Cemetery.
Red Oak resident Filoyd Traube died in a hospital Friday from injuries after a collision between his car and a truck on Highway 34. Truck driver David L. Hopkins of Lancaster Texas was fined 30 dollars for failing to control his vehicle. Visitors at the Cornelison home included Mrs. Helen Sivright and two children Printha and James Hei of Royal Oak Michigan.
Partly cloudy through Sunday with scattered showers and thunderstorms developing Saturday night. Thunderstorm risk highest in the northwest and spreading southeast Sunday. Highs and lows vary, with cooler northern areas and milder southern areas. Monday remains partly cloudy with a few showers possible.
Harriman campaigned for Democratic convention votes in Iowa North Dakota and Minnesota accusing President Eisenhower of betraying farmers. He cited reduced price supports and lower net farm income blaming Eisenhower while praising Truman style appeal during a Oxford homecoming speech.
Helmar Nielsen of Humeston Iowa was chosen national president as 1000 delegates concluded the third national congress. The William Jewell College junior will in the coming year travel to 34 states speaking to youth groups churches and state conventions.
President Eisenhower could claim a major win as the Senate passes a 4.562 billion foreign aid authorization bill and sends it to conference. The security program faces further congressional battles with House and Senate over actual appropriations and potential amendments. The Senate rejected broad cuts and added 40 million for two special programs, leaving about 340 million below the President’s request. Senators adjourned late after a lengthy session, framing the vote as vital to the free world alliance against the Communist bloc.
Weary negotiators meet in New York for a last bid to avert a nationwide steel strike at midnight. 650000 steelworkers face disrupted production as talks continue between United Steelworkers of America and manufacturers over a four year and four month contract.
General Nathan F. Twining, U. S. Air Force chief, toured the Red Air Force Academy at Monino with aides and a multinational group. Reporters were kept out of the closed zone. He also visited a nearby atomic plant and heard Russian officials claim effective weapons without details. He heads to Germany on Sunday.
Two men wearing gas masks and trench coats held up Osgood's Super Valu on Friday night and fled with about $5,000. One robber fired a shot into the floor to sound casual about the robbery, while the manager noted the till was unusually fat due to Friday paycheck cashing.
Darrell E. Woodward 40 of College Springs died at 6 15 this morning in a two car collision 1½ miles south of Defiance on Highway 59. Iowa toll rises to 406 this year. Details unavailable at noon. Other accidents reported near Walnut and Ames with minor injuries andทาง charges.
Comedian Red Skelton and 55 other passengers landed in San Francisco after a big plane arrived with one engine out of service. Skelton joked it always flies on three engines. The incident echoed a prior diversion from Los Angeles to Honolulu due to engine trouble.
President Eisenhower reached his Maryland farm home Saturday with Mrs Eisenhower after an 85 mile drive from Walter Reed Army Hospital. He plans a two week convalescence and marked the 40th wedding anniversary with his wife while his former surgery was 3 weeks behind him.
Vice President Richard M. Nixon left Miami after addressing the Lions International Convention and announced a ten day world tour. He travels with wife Pat aboard The Columbine, visiting Whittier Manila Saigon Calcutta Arabia Rome and returns to Washington July 10. Eisenhower spirits praised. Nixon declined comment on his own political future.
Lloyd L. Leonard, traffic manager of the Sioux City and New Orleans Barge Lines, says a rail rate war to stamp out river transportation on the Missouri River has reduced freight volume. He notes a 51,450 ton drop in the last year and a sharper decline in shipments to Omaha, with oil, pipe, steel, and molasses most affected.
Marilyn Dressman an 18 year old senior at Algona High School was named queen of the band orchestra and baton twirling division at the All-State Music Camp held at the State University of Iowa on Friday.
Three Western businessmen in Berlin report ongoing fighting between armed workers and Polish troops in Poznan. They cite tanks and jet planes, sporadic gunfire, and claims of a cease-fire offer in exchange for releases and troop withdrawal. Food shortages and power fears visible as foreigners flee under escort.
Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller wed in a brief City Hall ceremony in White Plains New York witnessed by Miller’s relatives. They then returned to Miller’s Roxbury Connecticut home for a planned honeymoon in England pending a passport. A fatal car crash nearby killed Princess Mera Sherbatof.
Lawrence J. Dolan, 70, a Pleasant township native, died in Denver. Funeral services will be Monday morning with burial at Boulder. Survived by his widow four children a brother P T Dolan of Chicago and three sisters Mrs Thomas Martin Vallejo California Sister Marian Josepha Berkeley California and Mrs Saunders.
Senator Hickenlooper voted in favor of the foreign aid authorization bill approved by the Senate on Friday night. Senator Martin was not present but listed as voting in favor.
The Soviet government released Lenin's will in Moscow describing Stalin as unfit for the party secretary role. The text, suppressed for 33 years, paints Stalin as rude and cagey and marks the strongest official rebuke of the late dictator to date.
Former Colorado governor Dan Thornton, a rancher and close ally of President Eisenhower, has been named head of the Republican farm vote campaign. The farm division will open a Chicago headquarters at 105 W. Madison St around July 9, with Eisenhower expressing approval and noting farmers’ stakes. Thornton served two Colorado governorship terms and did not seek re election in 1954.
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