28 Sep 1964
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1964
Page
1
A critical look at urban renewal argues that replacing slums with modern buildings often uproots self supporting residents. Many former small business owners receive meager compensation and cannot restart, moving from independence to dependence on welfare. The piece urges weighing housing gains against social disruption and suggests reassessing the program’s human impact.
The Southwestern town near Red Oak reports its latest highway crash costing three lives and injuring five others. The Highway Patrol labors to curb fatalities with regular checks and heavy enforcement, though they acknowledge limits in patrol reach.
The Warren Commission today released its findings in a four inch thick book. A few newspaper editors will condense the material into short digests for readers. The disclosures are largely a rehash of prior investigations and the matter may be laid to rest at considerable cost.
Dr Willem J Kolff of Cleveland Ohio reports in Amsterdam that animal hearts have been replaced in experiments by small mechanical pumps and predicts an artificial heart may soon be available for humans. He spoke at the European Dialysis and Transport Association meeting Friday. Cut your speed when dusk falls you may save a life.
The News Telegraph lists subscription and mail rates for Atlantic Iowa and surrounding counties. Rates show monthly, quarterly, semi annual and yearly options for in town, nearby counties, and out of state deliveries, with Canada pricing also noted.
Three Negro women in McComb report houses bombed amid rising threats as Civil Rights students return home. Agene Quinn described a dynamite blast that wrecked her restaurant and forced fear into the community, while authorities and the FBI offered limited protection and questioned local officials’ handling.
The 1962 Great Britain versus United States bridge match featured a notorious hand where shaky bidding and defense produced a 1,470 point swing. In the first table Coon and Murray reached two hearts doubled, while Priday led diamonds and Murray won with the ace.
Poem about a man absorbed in money and numbers, indifferent to beauty and life. The speaker contrasts the living world with the subject’s fixation on ledgers and profit, portraying spiritual death amid others’ laughter. The piece chronicles a blindness to love, nature, and art as money dominates perception.
The National Labor Relations Board ordered Iowa Park Co. workers in Perry to repeat a vote on bargaining agent rights after upholding a trial examiner finding of unfair labor practices by company officers against UPWA AFL CIO. The prior Sept 25 1963 election favored the Dallas County Industrial Labor Union and was set aside amid UPWA objections. Two UPWA employees were reportedly fired for union activity.
Residents criticize the Atlantic Chamber of Commerce for denying a women’s auxiliary of the Turner-Con Jey Post 3415 VFW permission to sell poppies at the 4 H building during a banquet. Critics note the funds aid veterans families, wartime orphans in Eaton Rapids and Cancer research, with past donations cited. They question internal fortitude after a past president delivered the denial. The event, viewed as harming Atlantic’s image, spurs calls for open support and public accountability.
Augustin Cardinal Bea head of the Vatican department met Archbishop Chrysostomos primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in Athens for a 25 minute conference aimed at closer ties between the rival churches.
Portable electrocardiograph devices with telephone transmission link Alexandria patients to George Washington University for remote heart readings. A nurse attaches sensors, dials, and an electrocardiogram is displayed and interpreted by a physician, enabling at home examinations and potential expansion to other tests.
Pope Paul VI convened a consistory to canonize 22 Uganda martyrs who died between 1885 and 1887 under King Mwangi for embracing Christianity. A October 23 ceremony at St Peter's Basilica will honor the Uganda natives, noted as unprecedented among saints list.
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