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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1962
Page
1
A letter argues the United States should use its surpluses to feed starving Chinese civilians despite Communist leadership. The writer contends aid could save lives, even if leaders resist, and suggests covert delivery to help children and families perish by famine.
The public focused on the safe arrival of astronauts over any scientific data as NASA missions faced communication cuts with Carpenter. The piece contrasts democratic values with communism, arguing the individual is valued in the West while under communism the state controls the person.
Sen. Rourke B. Hickenlooper accuses the Agriculture Department of delaying grain moved from Billie Sol Estes elevators for 18 months. He says the Estes complex will incur about 5 million in storage fees, and calls the delay a case of preferential treatment. The department argues grain moves into normal trade channels and cites storage cost implications and need for future space. The article ends noting that scalping among American Indians was learned from Europeans who offered bounties for trophies.
Lawrence Wedemeyer of Adair, Iowa, will graduate from the animal husbandry department at Iowa State College Ames with the highest scholarship standing in his four year course. Robert Heath and Jeanne Haworth won first place for excellence in history at the eighth grade commencement here.
Frank Swolley is promoted from technical sergeant to warrant officer with the quartermaster division at Fort Des Moines. John B. Jipson winds up his 25th year as Atlantic City assessor. Robert Miller, stationed at Miami Beach Florida, has joined officers candidate school at Camp Lee Virginia in the Army Air Corps.
May 27 1952 M E Britton was re elected treasurer of the town council United Commercial Travelers of America in Des Moines yesterday Ronald Gill and James King of the 52 graduating class of Anti high school received the annual alumni awards as outstanding boy and girl Dr James Van Antwerp defending champion in the Atlantic City golf tournament
The Walnut community school board elected Dale McIntosh of the Havelock Plover district as superintendent for the coming year. A 45 year old with an MA from the University of South Dakota and advanced work at Colorado, he has 18 years teaching experience including 11 years as superintendent. He and his wife have one son entering junior year. he is active in Methodist church, American Legion, Masonic lodge, and Northwest Iowa Speech association.
Local newspaper listing publication details for Atlantic News Telegraph with office address 410 Walnut St Atlantic Iowa editor F Simpson and pricing by carrier mail and across regions. Rates include 1 month to 1 year options and regional distinctions within Iowa and the U S with Canada option.
A Drews Pearson piece traces ties between Billie Sol Estes and Commercial Solvents with former Eisenhower Bureaucrats Walter Berger and James McConnell. It notes grain storage contracts and rental checks totaling over seven million dollars, plus Berger's stake in Shea Chemical and conflicts of interest. The column also credits Leonard Marks and Lyndon Johnson for educational television legislation and mentions Alabama politics and UN bond support.
Dr. Burton Fern surveys topics from fingerprint patterns in schizophrenia to strontium levels in milk and fat in Britannica essays. He notes opium origins by chemical fingerprinting and warns on flying with babies, fuel safety, and emergency precautions aboard small craft.
A group including Earl Hensley Lester Balding Ken King Jess Istner Don Rees and others return from a fishing trip and warn readers against using King as a guide. The piece notes navigation mix ups misdirected driving and dockside grumbling about motor power then jokes about a racing fan story.
Des Moines AP report details a tentative program by the State Board of Control to strengthen Iowa mental health services. Proposals include shifting half the tax cost to the state, creating a unified state mental aid fund, reforming Woodward and Glenwood schools rules, requiring pre admission diagnoses, and boosting interstate mental health cooperation. The plan also covers hospital admission procedures and funding for vocational rehabilitation, with two additional bills on industrial funds and tuition support for institutional children.
The Iowa Business Investment Corporation of Storm Lake announces the purchase of the stock and assets of Dowden Inc of Prairie City from the Winger interests of Ottumwa and contemplates consolidating Dowden with Hunter Industries of Prairie City. Dowden manufactures farm machinery and wagon hoists.
The article analyzes a contract bridge hand from the M opens with West leading five of hearts. It explains defense messaging between partners, the risks of ducking the nine of hearts, and the value of accurate signaling to counter declarer play. The piece emphasizes nerves, entries, and the need for coordination to fend off the declarer.
The letter from Bertha Kjar and others to Lowell Edwards praises Atlantic Municipal Utilities for repair efforts after a Sunday night storm. It thanks crews who worked overnight to fix damage and mentions gratitude from department staff. The note also includes greetings from local residents Mr and Mrs A L McKay.
The letter thanks Atlantic residents for kindness after a near Atlantic Iowa accident. It praises three men who took the wife to the hospital, Doctor Wilcox and hospital staff, the Iowa Highway Patrol, and Mr Levine for aiding with luggage and radio. The writer commends Atlantic merchants and the newspaper.
A reflective piece by Edgar A Quest includes self mocking lines about vanity and folly in everyday life. The text notes Winchester in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley as a strategic Civil War point that changed hands 68 times.
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