David Anderson Wins Atlantic Road-E-O Driving Title
David Anderson 18 son of Mr and Mrs Vic Anderson 1411 Chestnut won the Atlantic Junior Chamber of Commerce Road-E-O driving title with 323 of 400 points at the Rock Island depot in Atlantic. Second place went to Pete Sterzing 18 who scored 317 to Ray Miller 316. Linda Gustafson top girl entrant with 301 points. Anderson will compete in Humboldt state Road-E-O as guest of the Atlantic Jaycees.
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David Anderson
Vic Anderson
Chestnut
Atlantic Junior Chamber of Commerce
Anderson
Northwest Missouri State Callege
Maryville
Pete Sterzing
al Sterzing
Linn Street
Ray Miller
Miller
Crombie
Eddie Kleen
Henry Kleen
Walnut
Duane Johnson
Walt Johnson
Avoca
Linda Gustafson
Rock Island
Atlantic
Greenfield
Anderson Wins Second Jaycee Driving Road-E-O Title
David Anderson aged 18 receives the championship plaque from Bob Bebensee of the Atlantic Jaycees after winning the annual Jaycee teenage driving Road-E-O on Sunday. Anderson also claimed the 1958 tourney and ranked in the top ten in last year’s Atlantic contest. Bebensee chaired the Road-E-O committee.
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David Anderson
Bob Bebensee
Atlantic Jaycees
Anderson
Atlantic
Bebdensee
Mrs. Mabel Leigan Dies at 82 In Atlantic
Mrs. Mabel Leigan 82 longtime Atlantic resident died at 12 45 Sunday at the Barbyn nursing home where she had lived 44 years. Born April 1 1878 at Brayton she married Charles Leigan in 1902 and had lived in Atlantic since 1912. Survived by son Marion Leigan of Des Moines two grandchildren and a great grandchild. Funeral Tuesday at 10 at Roland funeral home with Rev C M Widebeck officiating. Burial in Oakfield cemetery east of Brayton.
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Mabel Leigan
Atlantic
Barry Nursing Home
Samuel
Margaret Harter
Brayton
Charles Leigan
Marion Leigan
Des Moines
Roland Funeral Home
Rev. C. M. Widebeck
Oakfield Cemetery
Fire Destroys Gym at Kentucky State College amid Race Protests
In Frankfort Kentucky State College a 29 year old brick gymnasium burned at 1 20 am after four days of student demonstrations harassing faculty. The school dismissed two teachers and expelled 12 students all Negroes for opposing school regulations. CORE members participated in sit ins and protests continued in Frankfort and Lexington as campus boycotts spread. President Atwood linked the dismissals to the fire but did not elaborate.
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Frankfort
Kentucky State College
R. B. Atwood
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Lexyington
Atwood
Aadland Faces Custody Hearing in Los Angeles
Beverly Aadland, 17, could be sent to a juvenile home after a custody hearing amid the fatal shooting of Billy Stanciu, 21, in her apartment. Aadland claims the shooting was accidental. Her mother Florence Radland, 53, is charged with five counts of contributing to a minor's delinquency. Firemen Meet details follow.
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Los Angeles
Beverly Aadland
Errol Flynn
Billy Stanciu
Beverly
Florence Radland
Weather outlook with showers and mild temperature split
Partly cloudy tonight through Tuesday with widely scattered showers mainly in the north. Lows 38 to 48 north and 54 south. Tuesday highs 64 to 74 north and 74 to 78 south. Wednesday outlook shows scattered showers with little temperature change.
Weather Data Snapshot and Press Run for May Day
The report records temperatures for today and the weekend including 66 as high today 47 at night and 68 at noon with May normals 3.81 inches and year totals showing minus 31.79 percent and minus 6.9 percent year to date from last year. The press run lists 6847 copies.
NATO Okays Wests Arms Proposal
NATO foreign ministers meeting in Istanbul endorsed Western disarmament proposals to be presented to the Soviet Union at the Paris summit. The gathering faced citywide demonstrations as security forces clashed with students. Christian Herter conveyed Eisenhowers message warning that Paris talks may yield slow progress and stressing a long process ahead. Western five nations support general disarmament with controls, seeking concrete joint suggestions for the Geneva talks.
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Istanbul
Turkey
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Soviet Union
Adnan Menderes
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Paris
United States
Selwyn Lloyd
Geneva
Britain
France
Italy
Canada
Khrushchev
Cedar Rapids man rescues boy from Mississippi River
Lowell Rohs left a Burlington church service to save Henry Jackson 11 from the river. The boy, helped by Terry Bridgman 11, was lowered to safety but lost a treasured penny. Rohs lost a watch. Both boys were unharmed and returned to shore.
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Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Mississippi River
Lowell Rohs
Henry Jackson
Elwood Jackson
Robs
Henry
Terry Bridgman
Memorial Auditorium
Terry
May Day Across Hemispheres Sparks Rallies and Protests
May Day actions drew massive crowds and stark rhetoric around the world. In Cuba Fidel Castro proclaimed our country or death during a three hour speech to about 250 000 Cubans. In Tokyo protesters denounced the U S pan security treaty with effigies of Eisenhower and Kishi. In Moscow Khrushchev led a large parade, while East Berlin showcased a large Soviet led display. West Berlin's Willy Brandt urged unity under Allied protection. Peiping hosted a three million crowd at a May Day carnival and Pope John XXIII condemned atheistic communism from the Vatican urging workers to follow St Joseph.
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Associated
United States
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Tokyo
Eisenhower
Nobusuke Kishi
International Society
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Supreme Soviet
East Germany
East Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Germany
Peiping
John XXII
Vatican
St. Joseph
Carpenter
Nazareth
Switzer Named Chairman for Iowa Democratic Convention
In Des Moines on Monday District Judge Carroll O. Switzer was chosen by the Democratic State Central Committee to chair the Iowa Presidential Convention set for May 28 at Veterans Auditorium. Governor Herschel Loveless was asked to deliver the keynote address as delegates and alternates to the national convention are selected. Elks Contest Winners Named in Dubuque Clinton’s John Joseph Dalton and Nancy Cate of near Peosta won the Iowa Elks Association Youth Leadership contest.
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Des Moines
Democratic State Central Committee
Carroll O. Switzer
Veterans Auditorium
ELKS
Dubuque
John Joseph Dalton
Clinton
Nancy Cate
Near Peosia
Iowa Elks Assn
Rockefeller
Nixon
West Virginia
State Teamsters Union
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Eisenhower to Deliver Major Foreign Policy Address Tonight
President Eisenhower will speak on foreign policy at 9 30 p m EST in Washington. The address, at a dinner sponsored by the Committee for International Economic Growth and the Committee to Strengthen the Frontiers of Freedom, will be broadcast on radio and television.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Committee For International Economic Growth
Committee To Strengthen the Frontiers of Freedom
Painter charged with double murder north of Sydney
In Sydney Australia a 32 year old painter Terrence Patrick O'Conmor was charged in court with murdering a man and wife whose headless bodies were found in their home about 120 miles north of Sydney. Defense counsel says the accused denies any involvement.
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Sydney
Australia
Terrence Patrick O'Conmor
Youth clashes with Turkish troops during NATO talks in Istanbul
Thousands of youths clashed with Turkish troops in Istanbul as NATO foreign ministers gathered. Police used rifle butts to push back demonstrators near City Hall while martial law and a May Day curfew kept the city under tight control. Premier Menderes claimed opposition parties pursued a policy of rebellion amid the unrest.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Atlantic Alliance
Freedom
NATO Council of Foreign Minis
NATO
Adnan Menderes
Menderes
Celal Bayar
Republican People's Party
Typographical Union elects new Iowa officers
Edwin Wagner of Waterloo was named president of the Iowa Conference of Typographical Unions. Other officers chosen Sunday include Fred J. Kessler Jr. of Des Moines as vice president Donald Hall of Omaha as vice president and Lester L. Hopkins of Clinton as secretary treasurer.
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Waterloo
Edwin Wagner
Iowa Conference of Typographical Unions
Fred J. Kessler Jr
Des Moines
Donald Hall
Omaha
Lester L. Hopkins
Clinton
Heavy politicking precedes primaries across several states
A weekend surge of campaigning precedes a busy primary week with voters in District of Columbia Ohio Indiana Alabama and Florida voting Tuesday and Texas Saturday. Nixon defends the administration while signaling farm program changes as Rayburn predicts a GOP shift and Rockefeller spars with reporters in Chicago. Humprey gains West Virginia Teamsters backing as Kennedy dismisses Hoffa's influence. Symington tours Arizona and criticizes tariff foreign aid and investment links.
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District of Columbia
Ohio
Indiana
Alabama
Florida
Texas
Eisenhower
Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Washington
House
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Kennedy
West Virginia
Jimmy Hoffa
Hoffa
National Teamsters Union
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Arizona
Symington
Tucson
Omaha man charged in Ottumwa shooting case
Richard Wood, 26, of Omaha, faces assault with intent to inflict great bodily harm after a fight in Ottumwa that left his brother David and James Whitten seriously injured and Jerry Rankin charged with carrying a concealed weapon. Rankin says he acted in self defense after being attacked at his car and after a dispute over advertising material.
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Ottumwa (Ap
Richard Wood
Omaha
Neb
Jerry Rankin
Ottumwa
Ife
David
James Whitten
Kansas City
David Wood
Whitten
Curtis Henderson
Ranking
Henderson
Rankin
Last Minute Stay Comes Too Late in Chessman Execution
Caryl Chessman died in the San Quentin gas chamber after a federal judge did not grant a 20 minute stay sought by his attorney. The 38 year old condemned kidnapper faced execution at 10:68:46 a m PDT and was pronounced dead at 10 12. Witnesses described his final moments as the gas rose and his body reacted in the chamber.
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Ant Quentin
Calif
Ea Caryl
Chessman
San Quentin
Tadey
Cen
United States
California
Supreme Courts
Green
Eleanor Black
Los Angeles
Innes
Fred R. Dickson
Serious Injuries Reported In Atlantic Route Car Crash
Gary Comes of Atlantic and Larry Buboltz of Griswold suffered serious head and neck injuries when Buboltz’s car overturned on a county road near the Robert Oathoudt farm. Both men were hospitalized at Atlantic Memorial in slightly improved condition by noon. The 5:40 Saturday accident left the car a total loss after it left the road, rolled and struck a fence.
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Gary Comes
Atlantic
Larry L. Buboltz
Griswold
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Buboltz
Robert Oathoudt
Machine shed burns at Mervin Nelson farm near Atlantic
A machine shed at the Mervin Nelson farm six miles north and 1.5 miles east of Atlantic burned last night at 6 56. Firefighters could not save the shed. Loss valued around 430 dollars. Sparks from a nearby trash fire set two trees ablaze. Equipment inside was mostly out of the shed.
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Mervin Nelson
Atlantic
Nelson
Joss
Nessma
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