20 May 1959
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1959
Page
1
The article mocks federal spending as senators install 150000 dollars of carpeting over tile floors in the Washington senate office building. It argues better, cheaper options exist and questions the use of public funds for such fixes.
The piece discusses how threats and publicity around a fallout provoke anxiety. It notes professional alarm about the fallout and debates its dangers. It argues the attitude may influence worry and outlook, for better or worse, and warns against letting fear erode a hopeful perspective.
The piece notes a 1946 tax on a one year old rising to 635 at age four, and cites a Saturday Evening Post series on integration in Little Rock. It also comments on increasing spring storms, heavier rains, more tornadoes, and record floods.
Vice President Richard Nixon will decide after his July Moscow trip how aggressively to campaign for the 1960 Republican nomination. He added Herbert B. Klein to his staff as press chief, who previously handled campaign press in 1956 and 1958. Nixon’s associates view the Moscow visit with cautious optimism and possible televised updates if talks with Khrushchev yield substantive progress. The piece also notes US freight locomotives averaging 146 miles per day, contrasted with 1926’s 87 miles.
The Atlantic News-Telegraph lists prices for mail and carrier subscriptions, detailing rates for Atlantic deliveries, Cass county and adjoining counties, other Iowa destinations, national delivery, and Canada. It notes publication as evenings except Sunday, with editorial and business offices and associations affiliated.
In Washington the Bolshoi ballet drew 3,426 for a record Central Capitol Theatre tribute. The performance, led by Yuri Faier and including Susanna Zvyagina, highlighted art as a bridge between the U S and Soviet Union and echoed Eddie Dowling’s long advocacy for bringing the company here.
The poem argues the true measure of a man is shown in private life not public praise. It urges judging by conduct when no audience is present, emphasizing how a person treats loved ones at home over public flattery.
Mr. and Mrs. George Spain returned from Denver where Mrs. Spain cared for her new granddaughter in the home of her daughter Mrs. Dick Eicher. They were joined by their daughter Mrs. Dwight Coan of Omaha on May 10 for several days. On the way home they stopped to visit Mrs. Bessie Shaw and family in Miltonvale, Kans.
Sioux City industries reported more than a million dollars in expansion projects last month per the Iowa Development Commission. 13 Sioux City firms will add 90 jobs. Productive Acres Manufacturing Co. added an 18-branch plant in Oskaloosa with about 75 workers and a 600000 payroll. Lamoni Dressed Beef Corp and Figg Aluminum formed new units. Rath Packing Co. announced a 650000 expansion to boost daily mixed feed to 600 tons. Kiowa Corp.增加 10000 square feet of production space.
The Morelock family sell their Wiota area farm to Bernard Miller of Atlantic. The Morelocks plan to move May 27 to Crownwood Texas.
B. Jay Becker analyzes a master class in bridge play where Qonas opens, with four spades led. The article focuses on declarer decisions to counter spade finesses, prevent defense tricks, and anticipate opponents’ card combinations to avoid defeat.
Advice for relatives of stroke survivors stresses the will to recover, gentle encouragement, and keeping the patient engaged. It warns of personality changes, frustration, and possible mood swings, urging praise for small efforts and gradual reintroduction to familiar activities to maintain a sense of usefulness and connection.
The Dick Bode estate offers 180 acres along Highway 93 with a well improved fractional acre. Rob erte buys 35 acres and the remaining 1.5 acres with improvements are bought by Glenn Kirchhoff of the Cass county highway department who plans to move there with his wife soon. Do not drive if you drink.
Ackley residents cheer as the Ackley Food Processors plan reopens the Consolidated Foods plant after a seven month shutdown. The community funded the stock drive, raising over 150000 dollars to restart the operation producing beans and hominy for jobbers under the Kinglet label. Ralph Day serves as general manager with Lekwa as president and Gide l as secretary treasurer.
The American Petroleum Institute announced that Iowa was one of several states where motorists used more than a billion gallons of gasoline last year.
A reader reports missing newspaper delivery before 7 p.m. in Atlantic City. The carrier failed to deliver the paper and the customer seeks resolution or redelivery.
Rep. Carrol D. Kearns outlined a new labor bill aiming to give rank and file union members more control and reduce secretary of labor authority. He said he has discussed the measure with administration leaders and hopes for Republican support, comparing it to the Kennedy bill in the Senate.
The readable fragments describe a local event involving individuals and a place, with unclear actions and outcomes. Names and exact roles are obscured, but the item reads like a brief civic or social notice. Further clarification would identify the key people and the specific action.
AP reports at the closing session of the Lews Lions Clubs convention in Mason City, governors were named as 465 delegates attended the gathering.
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