11 May 1959
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1959
Page
1
The article argues against raising postal rates, framing government duties like national defense and policing as universal services funded by taxes. It contends only services benefiting a minority should be paid user fees, urging budget balance without higher postal charges.
The recent Iya state legislature session is hailed as productive with much accomplished despite a lengthy fight over reapportionment. The issue, expected to reappear next session, centers on balancing population and area bases for the two houses.
Samuel H. Beer, 47, Harvard professor and liberal, becomes national chairman of Americans for Democratic Action. He succeeds Robert R. Nathan and is a close ally of Senator Kennedy in the 1960 Democratic nominating scene. Beer has taught at Harvard since 1943 and was a former writer for the DNC.
A masked man with a sawed-off shotgun held four employees at the Manhattan Hotel and robbed them of about 12,000 in cash, the weekend receipts of the hotel, police said. An undetermined amount of money remained missing.
The Atlantic News-Telegraph publishes in Atlantic Iowa with evening editions except Sundays Its masthead lists editors addresses and contact numbers and shows subscription rates by carrier and mail within Iowa Cass County and U S pricing ranges including Canada and other areas for various term lengths
Drew Pearson argues Adm. Lewis L. Strauss faced Senate scrutiny over concealment of nuclear fallout data. He notes Strauss’s influence on weather, standards, and patent offices and details episodes from 1954 to 1956 involving Strontium 90 risks, Stevenson’s nuclear talks, and Teller. The piece links Strauss to health dangers for children and questions his cabinet approval.
By Edgar A. guest the speaker muses on artistic limits and the desire to match great works. He contemplates writing and public service, wondering if he could do as well if given the chance amid the same challenges.
A TV mystery guest moment on What's My Line ended with 44-year-old New Yorker Cornelius McDonel, a postal worker, approaching Milton Berle and declaring he had finally made it on Mothers Day. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital for psychiatric evaluation as police investigated. The panelists joked while host John Daly offered little clarification.
Denver police arrested a robbery suspect who complied with the law by stopping his automobile at a red light, ending a pursuit and taking him into custody.
In a Masters Individual Championship match Jay Becker leads Makai with a heart finesse after finessing hearts, clubs, and spades. The German declarer misjudges a heart lead and the defense schemes stumble as a low club toward the end threatens to break the contract.
Dr. Merman N Bundesen offers safety tips from the National Safety Council for family car trips. Readers are advised to educate children on behavior, follow rules, keep arms inside the car, use safe toys, and avoid distractions. Emphasis on pulling over to calm backseat commotion and checking children’s well being.
Vernon Kelly a 2 farmer from near Rossville drowned in the Mississippi River near here Sunday evening after falling from his fishing boat. He was with his wife and two couples from Decorah when the accident occurred. Landing firemen recovered the body about an hour later.
Fragmented text lists phone lines and addresses across East Side and West Side areas including LeVieta Place and Highland Addition with Feirlawn Addition and numbers 1660L and 1664. The readable portions suggest telephone directory style contact entries for multiple local streets without a clear event or person.
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