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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1964
Page
6
AP dispatch notes a split between administration cautions and public fear over possible Far East war. It cites Johnson policy aims, domestic politics influence, and tensions with Soviet bloc while China and North Vietnam move forward. Confusion grows as warnings lack specific triggers.
Milk truck driver Vern Terry stopped after a motorist flagged him to pull over. The man lifted Cheryl Neel, a four year old riding on the bumper, from the rear of the truck. Cheryl was unharmed after a ten mile ride. her father had been searching for her since the truck stopped at their home.
The state prepared to present its case Tuesday in the murder trial of William Gebhart 89 of Moscow. A jury was selected and Gebhart faces charges in the shooting deaths of his wife Sara 76 and sister-in-law Anna Yarbrough at the Gebhart home.
Partly cloudy through Wednesday with showers and thunderstorms late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning in the east. Little temperature change expected with a low Tuesday night in the upper 60s. Thursday remains partly cloudy with widely scattered showers or thunderstorms.
President Johnson notified Congress of a new agreement expanding the types of atomic information the United States may share with NATO and its member nations. The accord supersedes a 1955–era arrangement and aims to improve allied participation and cohesion in nuclear defenses.
Michael W. Kelley of Massena was charged with drunk driving after a Sunday arrest by the Iowa highway patrol on Iowa 92 six miles east of Carson. He is due for arraignment in Pottawattamie County District Court at Avoca.
In Mississippi the search for three civil rights workers missing since June 21 was intensified under President Johnson. Rita Schwerner urged sending 5,000 agents. Johnson said he would deploy more if useful, as the Mississippi Highway Patrol maintains a strong presence in the red clay hill country seeking leads on Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner.
Mrs Mary Ingraham Bunting was sworn in as the first woman member of the Atomic Energy Commission. She has led Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts since 1960 and specializes in microbiology and biochemistry.
An explosion and fire on a floating drilling ship in the Gulf of Mexico near Eugene Island 78 miles southwest of Morgan City killed at least four men and left 13 or more missing. About 25 survivors were treated at Lakewood Hospital with some burned but all in satisfactory condition.
Premier Cyrille Adoula resigned as Congo marked four years of independence and UN troop withdrawal. President Kasavubu accepted the resignation and pledged a new government in days, with Moise Tshombe widely anticipated to lead. Gizenga to be freed soon, restoring most early leaders to the political stage.
Mr and Mrs Ken Walling and their three children from Portland Oregon spent several days with Mr and Mrs Emert Euken and their daughters in Wiota.
The Warren Commission called for a full FBI inquiry into how parts of Lee Harvey Oswald diary from his Soviet era appeared in print. J Lee Rankin said the commission doubts police access and warned the panel’s report would delay past July 18. Dallas Morning News editor Jack Kreuger supported press rights and public access to crucial assassinat ion facts.
Melvin Francis a 40 year old Ottumwa electrical contractor who represented his wife in a long series of court actions died at a hospital from a heart ailment. Mrs Francis was among about 80 arrested in a December 1962 raid on Woody's Boat and Dinner Club. Most arrested on charges of frequenting a dis orderly house forfeited bonds. The couple faced appeals and court actions including a US District Court suit by their attorney Gene Glenn later dismissed. Glenn's license to practice law was suspended as a result of these proceedings.
Des Moines attorney DeWayne C. Nystrom, 40, had his law license revoked and received a 10 year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to forging a $150 check. He had surrendered his license prior to sentencing by District Court Judge Dring Needham.
Typhoon Winnie paralyses Manila with 95 mph winds destroying homes and infrastructure. At least ten drowned with unofficial reports of seven more in floodwaters. power, transport, and news services were knocked out across the city as rains continue and relief efforts begin.
AP report from Denver details a Monday crash on U S 87 north of the city that killed five people. Miss Margaret Sweeney 42 of Lenox Iowa and four other occupants were in a car driven by Rev Raymond Hamilton 35 assistant pastor at Immaculate Conception Cathedral Denver all five perished when the vehicle struck a bridge railing. The other deceased were Miss Annie Genevieve Johnson 48 Miss Betty Welch 43 and Miss Elizabeth A Taylor 48.
Three thousand television workers including producers directors floor managers and engineers plan a midnight strike in Britain. The union seeks a 25 percent wage increase for earnings from 42 to 168 dollars weekly.
Warren Constable of Westmorland Kansas intends to run for sheriff of Potawatomi County after planning to seek election headlines. The notice outlines his decision to pursue the sheriff’s office and his hometown roots as context for the bid.
More than 300 Negroes paraded on Chicago's South Side early today jeering police and daring arrests. It marked the second straight early morning civil rights demonstration with leaders promising more parades during the summer.
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