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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1956
Page
1
The Rotarian piece cites J Edgar Hoover arguing parents should be punished when neglect contributes to juvenile delinquency. He notes many youths lack guidance due to poverty or excessive privileges and urges applying the Hoover solution in Cass county to see if parental sentencing would curb crime.
The piece notes a 33 percent pay rise for rural workers to 67.40 monthly, then comments on religious groups backing desegregation and voters' inconsistency. It mentions candidates in Iowa, a one room school’s decline, and highway safety trends in Nebraska and Connecticut. It also covers Egypt’s war talk around Suez and President Nasser’s portrayal.
Officials of the National Field Days announced 25 plowmen who will compete near Newton for the Iowa state plowing matches. In the level land division are champions and contestants from Meriden Cherokee Redfield Prole Manchester Bon Durant Sheldon Boone Rippey Albia Monroe Chapin and Bagley. Contour division entrants include Cherokee Primghar Chapin Dubuque Wall Lake Toledo Harlan Guthrie Center Moravia Bryant Keosauqua and Newton with multiple towns represented.
BLACKSTONE Mass A rifle wielding great grandmother ended a three day highway blockade on her farm after an attorney conference with police and Judge Edwin F McCooey The case involves Blackstone police and state investigators and a release signed by Mrs Zariczny giving the town the road strip.
Rates listed for post office distribution and mail subscriptions in 1918 cover local carriers in Atlantic Iowa Cass counties and wider U.S. mail, with yearly, semiannual, quarterly, and monthly prices. Prices vary by location including Canada and outside Iowa.
A column recounts how General Marshall and aides Vincent and Davies supported a coalition Nationalist Communist cabinet in China. John Foster Dulles fired them for bad judgment, while noting later rivals and Hurley supported similar ideas. The piece also touches on the Truman Doctrine, Suez tensions, and U S policy shifts in the Middle East with Nasser.
A W A delivery truck driver faced a court ruling of reckless driving for passing an orange juice can beside a tractor trailer on Granby Street. He paid a fine of 25 dollars for the act described as unsafe and careless.
An article notes male breast cancer is rare but serious. It lists major symptoms such as a breast mass, nipple discharge, retraction, and axillary swelling. It cites ages 24 to 85 (average 52) and suggests thorough exams during regular checkups.
Kansas City police and FBI probe the disappearance of about 92 Trigere dresses valued at 250000 with shipments from a New York show bound for Louisville. A delivery receipt and later mismatch at the Municipal Air Terminal raise theft questions amid talk of copyists and a separate Dior loss in New York.
Ernest Odem and wife sell to Lester Petersen lot in Lewis for 1 dollar. Dollie Davis to Donald S. Hockenberry and wife land in sections 27 and 22 township 76-36 for 1 dollar. Joe F. Marsh and wife to Herman Herr and wife lot in Atlantic for 1 dollar. Herman Herr and wife to Ernest Foster west 50 feet of lots 7 and 8 block 3 Atlantic for fourteen thousand dollars. Virginia C. Emmert to Wendell C. Pellett land in sections 31-77-36 and 6-76-36 for 1 dollar. Theodore Hudson Hendershot to Ross J. Porter and wife lot 11 in Cumberland for 1200 dollars. Ross J. Porter and wife to Roy DeVore and wife lot 11 Cumberland for 635 dollars. Roy DeVore and wife to Ned W. Clarke and wife lot 11 Cumberland for 1000 dollars.
The death of Ralph Tucker, about 50, is under investigation by Plymouth County authorities. Tucker's body was found Monday near a train elevator about 900 feet from the shack where he lived alone at the edge of Akron. An autopsy to determine the cause of death was scheduled.
James Mariew reports at the Justice Department debates over the Mansfield Texas school integration clash. Texas Governor Shivers sends Rangers to maintain order while federal court orders admit 12 Negro students. Officials note potential use of 1870 71 Ku Klux Klan Acts to back federal enforcement.
Roanoke result shows C A Payne poured concrete for steps Saturday morning then tore them up Sunday night. A tiny kitten hid in rocks beneath the steps, audible but unseen. the animal wandered out once the destruction finished. The passage also references constitutional language about militia and national forces.
Poem by Edgar A. Guest celebrates freedom and the constitution. It emphasizes hope for worthy causes and the right to strive, urging readers to hold fast to liberty and rule of law as the means to live and flourish.
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