07 Mar 1955
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1955
Page
1
A University of Iowa study shows Iowa taxes rank high mainly due to local costs driven by school and road expenses. It cites high per pupil costs and district fragmentation, urging local-level cuts and reorganization to reduce spending while noting Atlantic schools average lower costs.
A controversial column warns whites risk domination by nonwhite populations if equality is not acknowledged and taxation is politicized. It also urges fire prevention and home drills after five Portsmouth youths died in a tragedy.
The Atlantic News-Telegraph lists publication evenings except Sundays with staff led by editor F. D. Simpson. Rates are given for various carrier and mail subscriptions across regions including Atlantic, Cass County, and U.S. and Canada, with yearly prices ranging from 7 to 12 dollars depending on location.
The piece reports Churchill pressured the State Department to suppress publication of Yalta correspondence for ten years, aiming to blunt Republican criticism of Roosevelt era concessions. Dulles favored restraint citing wartime ties, while GOP senators pressed for release and fund appropriations. Ike plots strategic senatorial alignments to counter GOP critics, including McKeldin and Goldwater, amid broader Washington power plays.
A concise verse by Edgar A. Gues from 1955 portraying a chronic complainer who argues weather changes with mood yet resigns to it. The speaker, Jack Frost parallel, laments cold and heat but accepts nature’s indifference. The piece ends with a note on choosing growth over grumbling.
The Home Entertainment show sponsored by the Catholic Young Married group filled the school gym Monday night with local acts. KMTV host Rusty served as MC with assistance from Mrs. Wendell Lench and Richard Jaspersen.
The Walnut city clerk's office will host a school election on Monday March 14. A director for a three year term to replace Melvin Bussow, who seeks re election with no opposition, is on the ballot. Henry Rossmann seeks re election to the county board for a six year term. A stray sentence about talking birds appears but is not connected to the election.
George E. Sokolsky argues with the experts on water fluoridation, sharing his mixed readings from Scientific American and dental journals. He notes potential kidney risks, the dentist bottle method for children, and a divided professional view, urging caution until clearer proof emerges.
Maj. Gen. Oscar P. Snyder head of the Army Dental Corps tells KU City alumni that postwar shortages of child dental checkups and wartime dentist shortages explain the high rate of young men needing dental repairs. He pins the issue on World War II and shifts in family roles.
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