09 Mar 1957
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1957
Page
1
The Girl Scouts mark national week and five years of operation with about 2000 members and 670000 adult supporters. In neighborhood 8 16 active troops involve 330 girls and adults in activities. The program emphasizes citizenship, group work, democratic attitudes, homemaking, self reliance, decision making, and international understanding.
The piece emphasizes Vice President Nixon and his wife building goodwill by meeting people abroad and at home. It argues ordinary citizens and cultural exchanges like orchestras and athletes foster friendship more than official diplomacy.
Editorial notes Congress plans to debate corn legislation after planting begins, risking reduced effectiveness as farmers must plant by seasonal timing. It also highlights water as a growing factor in the southwest and metro areas, where water may outvalue oil for industry and growth depends on supply.
Des Moines reports turkey hatcheries produced 285000 heavy bronze and other heavy breed poultry in the week ended March 2, 12 percent above the same week last year per the Iowa Crop and Live stock Reporting Service. The poetic note by Edgar A. Guest titled Just Folks contrasts winter roses with renewed life.
Virgil E Gunlock chair of the Chicago Transit Authority arrived 15 minutes late to speak at a Kiwanis Club event after riding a CTA bus from the Loop hotel. He blamed traffic congestion at over 100 major intersections for slow bus movement and apologized to the audience.
Lt. Gen. William K Harrison told a Kiwanis group that Communists are racketeers and criminals, equating them with Egyptian leader General Nasser. Harrison, who negotiated the Korean War armistice, leads the Evangelical Welfare Agency of Chicago which places orphans with Christian homes.
The Atlantic News-Telegraph lists publication evenings except Sunday with billing and postage terms. It provides subscription rates by carrier and mail across Iowa Cass counties and neighboring states, plus U S and Canada, with durations from one month to one year and varying prices.
A vast proxy fight unfolds as Leopold Silberstein and Penn Texas oppose the Fairbanks Morse family firm. Silberstein, a Hitler refugee, runs UNO Equities and buys Fairbanks Morse stock to sell inside Penn Texas, aided by his son in law Peter Cats. SEC records show multi million dollar trades with no public hearing.
A jumble of local items includes Robert Kelly's five year old son wanting to attend school, a 50th anniversary toast from the Mings of Grant Naples, a clock needing winding every 400 days, Beth awaiting Atlantic grandparents in Atlanta, and a call for names for a time-pictured contest from Lewis area. Also mentions the Iowa Voter monthly published in Atlanta, an accidental hat cleanup episode, and Mike Cornelison invited to two birthday parties with a bath dispute signaling parental humor.
A 1957 King Features Syndicate column advises parents to teach gently and by example, especially about safety, with patient guidance over nagging. It emphasizes showing how tools are used, keeping sharp items out of reach, and modeling calm behavior to foster lifelong safety habits in young children.
The mother and father learned that a child named Mike would not attend, only to discover later that he was on the phone at about 7 a.m. The misunderstanding was resolved, Mike bathed and then joined the parties.
Lt. Col. John P. Stapp, once called the fastest man on earth for rocket sledging at 632 miles per hour, arrived over an hour late for the main speaker at a Dallas banquet after missing a Cincinnati plane connection.
U S farm exports reach 2.5 billion dollars in first seven months of the current fiscal year, starting July 1, surpassing the prior year’s 1.896 billion. The previous record for the period was 2.44 billion in fiscal year 1951 52.
Sen. Stennis of Mississippi, acting chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, urges a detailed Pentagon report on the costs of recruiting advertising by the Navy Army Air Force and Marines. A Pentagon spokesman cited over 1 million dollars spent in the second half of last year, a rate exceeding 3 million annually. Visas no longer required for Americans visiting Turkey.
The YMCA welcomes all ages races creeds and economic statuses. Non members may join YMCA programs like grade school basketball and girls recreation. a swimming pool is not funded in the current goal though space exists to add one later. About 40 percent of current program participants are farm children and adults.
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