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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1961
Page
5
In Buffalo a 34 state alert seeks a slender attractive woman pictured by 14 witnesses as kidnapper of 3 year old Andrew Ashley. Police recount discovery of trousers and toweling in Delaware Park. A woman fitting the composite was briefly detained in Amherst then released on intoxication charge.
President Kennedy signed legislation increasing Social Security benefits for about 4.42 million Americans and allowing retirement at age 62 for men while women already qualify. The measure costs $828 million in its first year and is funded by higher payroll taxes.
Des Moines AP report on an appeal to overturn a district court ruling striking down Iowa's century old welfare deportation law. Officials fear wide impact as counties report destitute families from other states seek higher benefits. case could reach Iowa Supreme Court.
Ralph Cooper 21 of Grinnell was killed and his wife Sandra 19 seriously injured when their motorcycle collided with a car on Highway 6 near Grinnell. Roland DeBohndt 16 of Malcolm, the car driver, escaped injury after turning into a drive-in stand. Mrs Cooper hospitalized with head injuries and multiple fractures. Mary Suster dies in Milwaukee. Charles Herman family travels for funeral.
Weather forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies through Saturday with scattered thundershowers mainly in the west and north. Night temperatures 70 to 75, cooling Saturday. highs around 98 in the northwest and 95 elsewhere. Periods of showers predicted in Peeler Cast and central areas with possible thundershowers.
Adolf Eichmann appears vehement in a Jerusalem courtroom as he answers questions from defense counsel Robert Servatius. The proceedings focus on his role in the Nazi regime and the charges against him.
President Kennedy ordered the release from prison of Henry Winston former organizational secretary of the Communist Party USA by commuting his sentence to the time served Winston 50 New York City Negro has been treated at the U S Public Health Service Hospital Staten Island N Y He is among 11 top convicted in 1949 for conspiracy to overthrow the government Winston Green and other party members are noted as having served terms or awaiting completion
At Wallops Island Virginia a Scout rocket failed to ignite its fourth stage after launch at 12 06 p m. The mission aimed to study space dust that could erode or puncture spacecraft at 45 miles per second and possibly orbit. NASA said it would take about two hours to determine if the launch achieved orbit.
The Soviet Union showed a four jet delta wing bomber in Moscow two days before an air show. U S officials note the plane, code named Bounder, may be longer and more powerful than any current long range bomber and could indicate quantity production amid Berlin crisis tensions.
Theo T. Ordway a Brayton born farmer died at 3 45 this morning in the Dennis nursing home Atlantic where he had lived the past year He was born April 6 1877 in Brayton married Alice M Cannon November 10 1901 at Brayton Surviving are two daughters Mrs John Barr San Mateo Calif and Mrs Doris Ordway Atlantic five grandchildren twelve great grandchildren A son Vernon L Ordway and a grandson Donald Lee Ordway died earlier Funeral services set for Monday at 1 30 PM at Roland funeral home Rev C M Widebeck in charge Interment in Oakfield cemetery east of Brayton.
Federal charges were dismissed against William George Daegele 41 of Keokuk Iowa who was arrested in Manchester Missouri on unlawful flight to avoid prosecution linked to a 12 year old Baldwin Kansas girl. He was released to Jackson County sheriff for Kansas authorities while facing additional rape charges from July 8 1980 against a 19 year old Kansas City woman.
The Injun Satellite built at the State University of Iowa under Prof James Van Allen was launched with Transit IV-A and Cred aboard a Thor-Able-Star from Cape Canaveral. The trio separated after orbit insertion with Injun to study the Northern Lights and Van Allen belts. A SUI receiving station will serve as the major tracking facility.
Six inches of rain fell in four hours in the Muscatine area flooding rivers and streets. Nearby towns reported heavy rain totals as high as 1.16 inches in 45 minutes at Fairfield. Levees broke, waterways rose, homes and basements flooded, power and phone lines failed, and a barn was destroyed by lightning near Muscatine. A group of youths on a river trip and a woman and child were briefly marooned. Former resident Miss Ethel Westman departed Duluth after a week in Atlantic.
An elderly Council Bluffs resident was found fatally beaten in her two-room apartment after an intruder reportedly entered via the attic and punched a hole in the ceiling. A large paring knife lay under the body and a slight wound was noted. An autopsy was ordered to determine the cause of death.
A 40 foot fishing boat Rose Marie found a life raft about 90 miles southwest of San Diego containing two deceased persons and a 14 year old boy alive. The Coast Guard dispatched the cutter Alert and a Navy vessel stood by as no distress signal had been reported. Radio contact efforts were noted to continue for details on the unidentified triage.
The housing bill could allow 3 million moderate income families to buy homes and create better rental options under new programs. Extending mortgage terms to 35 to 40 years lowers monthly payments on a $15,000 home from $82.95 to $74.85, with down payments of $450 and possible inclusion of closing costs.
A 53 year old transient from Burlington Iowa named Bert Cass was found dead inside a Burlington grain boxcar on a siding at Garrison Nebraska about five miles south of David City. Sheriff Meysenburg said Cass apparently starved and had been dead for several days after the car was brought to the town to be loaded with grain.
A lifeguard Bruce Torbeck and a 17-year-old student saved four year old Mary Mayer from drowning at a Des Moines city pool. The child floated face down until the lifeguard pulled her from the water and Red Shephard performed mouth to mouth resuscitation, with the girl later recovering.
A rebel hurled a grenade into an auditorium in a village near Guelma eastern Algeria injuring children and killing five. About 15 were hurt as police inspected the scene after the attack on a Wednesday night showing.
Peiping described Outer Mongolia as a virile expanding state on the eve of its 40th anniversary. A New China dispatch from Ulan Bator said goals in livestock, industry and construction were met early. The piece noted no U.S. moves on recognition or UN admission. The State party press said Beijing continues contacts with Ulan Bator amid opposition from Nationalist China. Outer Mongolia spans 615000 square miles with about one million residents.
President Kennedy signs the highway bill at the White House to keep the interstate system on a pay as you go basis. He notes a shortage of pens for attendees and adds a final line with a pen before distributing them.
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