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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - April 11, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa A. I i ii my my we Mem Mii v i my the it. Pleasant news in fair a a these Days i state income taxes total vol. 80, no. 80 it. Pleasant Iowa Friday evening april la. 10.8 by a or Jar e. Rokotsky by Carrier 30 per week by mall $7.50 per year military reorganization there Are some things most of j $32,725,300 us cannot do for instance. I done to know How to design a dress like t a dior paint a picture like Winston Des Moines. Ins figures re i Churchill play the Middle like Zeno leased thursday by hic state taxi Francescott i. Also i could not re commission showed that. 283.708 i agree to Exchange views _ organize states Hie military of the United admitting these limitations what should the role of citizens of a free country engaged in War. Be concerning the necessary reorganization in the Pentagon constitutionally. The answer is simple a Over simple we Are the Bosses we have tile votes we can do As we please we can bring every kind of pressure on Congress to reorganize the military according to our collective theories. But do we know what we Are talking about i met a Man the other Day a Bright looking obviously successful businessman who Shook his head violently at the thought of a unified service when i asked him Why not lie said that Hie United states would never stand for that so i asked him Why not at that he bacame annoyed lie said to me Why yes i replied i did not know Why yes or Why not did he iowans did not have to pay state t income taxes in the fiscal year end i my june 30, 1957 of the number not having to pay the tax slightly More than one third of the group. 98.584 were fat me. S. On the other Side of the Ledger 551.430 iowans paid almost 29 Mil a lion dollars in state income taxes j in the same year. When combined with almost 6.000 coi k i a t ions a shelling out Quot a the state received $32,725,300.39 Iii i income taxes for Hie last fiscal year. Hie his Bicsi individual us us time Loop m the taxpayer list was composed of persons who earn their living i n manufacturing plants almost 134, mid manufacture my Plant workers paid nearly five million dollars Iii state income taxes All told Hie tax commission re i Cei cd 841,098 returns with 557 390 having to make a payment into the state Treasury. Would Cost $60,000 recommends capacity of Cooling Tower re doubled poll favors further study of reorganization i read a Long document which goes by Hie name of the Rockefell i Ler report it is an interesting i document. But the question arose j in my mind w hat do these people set Unity know about the immediate j problems of defense How much data was furnished this group which is unavailable to other americans what data was provided this group that has been unavailable to Congress which is required to pass on appropriation lulls shul off by rebel in Havana mans exclusive picture was made As Gas and electricity failed in Hie la Adenine Palace Section of the cuban capital due to re Bel bombs Intel hat bound photo operation candlelight with electricity action an employee of the Sevilla Blit Moi hotel the switchboard by Candle and lantern Light this the role of Congress comes into question at this Point. High court in unusual move fire causes prepare to much damage Start tests in Pacific Robert , a representative of uie by k a Vesta ii engineering co of Kansas City to. Recommended to the Cliv Council at a special meeting flu fuday night thai the Cli it double Hie present rape Al to of the Cooling lower at the Light Plant at a Post Lap proximately $60,000 doubling the capacity would he an increase of 4.immi Gallons i Hills slated that the was Iii a most dire need l a additional Cooling capacity in present Cooling Towel installed Iii 1946 to at cot Lodata proximately 27,909 kilowatts 1948 and 1949 an additional Phi pelts to w Ork Oil toys for retail ded flip Mien the i Union my the Yin Mouth schools completed la St Taw vote wednesday night regarding a possible in get the question Wax asked. Quot do you a vol Hie i ult her i it i the i Union Yarmouth school i Tau Gan at iou 1 the results of the poll at of Union were 204 yes amt 13 ii it. At Yarmouth hit yes Russia sends notes about meetings City the w As Pili 3,000 no Des Moines ins hic Iowa slate supreme court in an unusual move today softened its previous ruling forbidding proposed Public improvement Bond issues at Independence. The Fob la opinion cast a Cloud Over such proposed Bond issues in a my Iowa cities and towns. A fire roared through the first floor apartment of a House at 417 n. Main Street Friday morning and it took firemen about an hour to get the Blaze out. The fire started about 10 30 . It is con total of 99 other municipalities Washington ins in Energy commission a led kilowatts were ins to lied is till additions to the Cooling Towel it now becomes necessary that the City must to in lense the Cooling capacity to accommodate the coming Zimmei Load i a t summer tile City readied the Cooling Capa City it it i it a liability of the town which a 2,700 kilowatts a 3, Mai kilowatt hic ease is expected this sum mar press which has to provide for the defense of the country and it is Congress which finally decides the character of our defense at any rate through the appropriations to various agencies. Without congressional appropriations the various services can have no funds at nil but How much exact information. Exact and precise and up to Date information does Congress have Are hearings the Best Way to adduce information when one reads the transcripts of such hearings they seem so wasteful of time and joined with Independence in asking for a re hearing on the decision. Which held that such Bonds could not be issued until old Bonds were paid for. In he atom today mg-1 the imminent St trl of a new j the House is owned by mrs Jeu j series of u 8 nuclear weapons Nie Burch who lives in the apart a tests in the Paella by barring Linda Tiger Merit with mrs Mabel Enyart the fire started when a vacuum cleaner being used to clean under a bed exploded setting the bed on the supplemental decision taxiway lire the Llames quickly spread deleted harsh words in the original decision and added another paragraph saying a we the supreme court see no objection to issuance of additional Revenue Bonds to mature following the maturity Date of All outstanding Bonds previously issued or where an adequate a sinking fund has been provided for full payment thought. For instance. General of such outstanding be in Torbay the supplemental opinion also struck out a paragraph saying James ii Doolittle testifying fore the Senate preparedness estimating subcommittee made that the court had concluded that this statement. A i believe the third reason she Russia i is ahead is because she is sacrificing More than w e Are. She has a True arms Economy we have i am afraid something of a butter Economy. A economists estimate that about one fourth of Russia s Gross National product goes into her military in our Case it is about 8 per cent. Or roughly one third As much i real in my copy. Some previous Reader of the transcript sharply underlined the contrast Between an a arms Economy and a butter Economy a presumably for a headline. The proposed 1957 Bond Issue was a unauthorized by the court has set May 5 As the Date for hearing Oral arguments advocating a re hearing on the question tile supplemental opinion today apparently cleared the Way for the High court to reverse itself on the original question. Through the bedroom living room and Kitchen of the apartment causing extensive damage All the furniture was destroyed and the Walls were badly burned the lire had a Good Start when Hie firemen got the Call had the Call come in live minutes later the entire House might have been destroyed. Mrs. Mabel Gabeline and mrs Quot Bessie Hunter live in the second floor apartment which was damaged some by smoke. Harpist to play at inc scouts to attend District Camporee a Large group of scouts will attend the explore and boy scout 1 District Camporee being held Nom but what does it mean in precise Lake Odessa at Wapello week terms does general Doolittle real end. Attending will be a group of in wish to advocate that to achieve Post 228 explorer stouts under the a More perfect defense organize i leadership of sgt. Ervin Richer Hon. The United states give up its 1 with Karl Vermace and Larry political and social institutions which developed our High Standard of life perhaps War or the preparation for War will become so costly that it will destroy the characteristics of our civilization and reduce us to the condition of uzbeks. I i ave read All the testimony Given before this Committer some of it is intensely significant much it fit is oratory. For instance this colloquy did not impress me a or Weisel. Can you give Tho committee any suggestions or any advice As to How they can be helpful in seeing that they do get enough a general Doolittle Well this committee is doing in my mind the most important Job right now that can be done and that is assisting in the alerting of the american Public to the threat that we face and i am quite sure that in alerted american Public will react properly and will support the legislation and the administration in the things that they have and they have to Alert the people to what what Are the people to do0 pay More tuxes in a period of receding income then one asks the question of to Why the military Are so wasteful As to Why it has been impossible to get the military to agree to a unified standardized inventory so that the three services do not compete against each other for canned hamburger and shoes for soldiers and sailors copyright. 1958. King features inc Wright in Chai go of arrangements about 34 scouts from troop 28 under the leadership of Al Riepe and a group of scouts from troop 27 under the direction of scoutmaster Dan Parker. Several explorers from past 227 will accompany or. Parker a troop the scouts and explorers will Camp out Friday evening preps their breakfast dinner anti supper at the Camp saturday and return Home late saturday evening. The scouts will work on advancement prior to going to summer Camp assisted by the scouts and leaders. The next program in the Fine arts series Iii of pleasant will i harpist Mildred dining the con Cert will be april 15 in the Iowa Wesleyan Chapel building. Miss dining has performed outside the United states in Canada South America. Mexico Cuba a wan. Guatemala the British i sic and Continental Europe she a. Also recorded extensively both in the United states and abroad. Her unique collection of Harp of Many sizes will be heard toe Day night in the it pleasant concert she has used these instruments in seven invitation recitals in th1 White House. Her collection is considered the world s finest Aud largest private collection. Authorized entry into the area the ban effective immediately applied to Allu s citizens and other pet ohs under american jurisdiction tile dec regulation a prohibit entry attempted entry or conspiracy to enter Hie Dang r area Quot encompassing Bikini and eniwetok atolls the mat shall islands and adjacent water. An official announcement of the action said Quot the efficient and Early completion of this test Sones which i to begin in april 1958, is of Milnor importance to the defense of the United states and of the Hee president Eisei Howei announced last month that during the operation hardtack test serb it a United nations scientific committee in eluding soviet representatives would be invited to witness an a bomb blast to observe u. S less toward producing a nuclear we a lion la is impossible to add add tonal raw or cold Wain to keep the temperature of the Cooling water As Low As possible the necessity of the Cooling town is this that a raw steam enters the to Bine and has passed through the to tune Blades the steam must he passed Over a condenser the Cool inc town comes int operation used steam meet t that Light Cooling cube installed Prog clean Quot Tarkio choir Here tonight those who wish to heat the Superior voices of the Tarkio a Cappella choir the women a choir and nine soloists ai1 reminded that the combined groups will appear hero Friday tonight at 7 30 pm it the Iowa Wesleyan College Chapel Here to convert the Back to water again it was brought out at the big that it was a known far after the completion of the Plant that additional pacify would have to in the near future Ellis informed the Council thai it would Cost $40,000 to increase the capacity of the Cooling Tower 2.000 Gallons which would he consumed in this Summers expected loud increase la was his firm conviction that Hie City Iro Lepto presidents should install Tho 4,000 gallon. Different cities the Tower at a Cost of about $60. Too the capacity of the Cooling Towel at. The present is Only 1,700 kilo w aits. The Council agreed that the capacity of the Cooling Tower should be doubled but is faced with tin problem of not having enough funds they mentioned the possibility of taking the Money from the electric Light Plant sinking fund approximately $39. A m it referred to As the Quot sacred cow fund which was set aside As an emergency fund from funds which were leu Over alter the original installation of the Light Plant cutlet e men will Buckie Down Lorn u i to touted manual tasks saturday and it will he t Laboroi Hue when hic undergraduate members of Pill Delta the la fraternity at Low Wesleyan College Pill Iii a full Days work apiece building and re Palling toys and equipment of the retarded child an t school As Par la ip.int., Iii their fraternity Annulli International Community Sci \ ii i it Ltd it me Hundred and nine teen Solhei chapters it the same to Ite Rndy will he putting in a sum hit Day of massed enl str on behalf of some worthy id use do group in each i Impei s Home Cit the voting men Cit the i of a a lev a Chapin pot Only will donate Heil time bul Thev will also Cany All expenses of the equipment sup plies amt Rippli artices employed in completion of their Goodwill task chairman of the group arranging j pleasant for the Day of Community work is Jack Stiles in air Phi Delta Theta chapters which celebrate Community service Day after the fashion of the group include 120 undergraduate groups located in 43 states amt six provinces of Canada la fraternity has 65 000 members maintains a tonal offices at Oxford. Ohio. Site i of its Birthplace on the Campus of i Miami University and has As to Hon i president. Majot general i Paul h Hawley u 8 army Midi a Cal corps let. Who is director of i the american College of surgeons in Chicago. Ii i Inola last Spring j the Community service Day activities of the Phi Delta Theta Chap and la no in addition quest tons line Dit Oual comment Nugget i ions were to the yes and now in added for and Many helpful made regarding the turf Hei study typical of the continents Given were a please see that All individuals have the Complete picture and of All the factors involved Many Ai lend hand festival a Good sized 1 roved of i pleas Aid parents and relatives drove to Vav Tslia Wigton thursday night to ii ii the excellent foul school mass concert Given it the Junior band festival participating in the Spring band festival were Wapello mount Fairfield Aud Washington the evenings program began with two numbers a Redwood Forrest Quot by Frangkiser and Quot handclaps blues Quot by Baroni played by the Wapello Jim i of High band under the direr Hon of Harold Crow the Fairfield Junior High band presented Quot swing Low Sweet Chariot by Ployhar and a springtime festival by with Ronald in ill a wielding the Baton appearing in the third group of two numbers was it pleasant a Junior hand directed by e e my Fry. The local students played a minute men March Quot by j of Lividoti and Quot trumpet voluntary Quot by Henry Purcell in the last group the Washington Moscow i ins the soviet Union agreed today to begin it hanging views in Moscow april 17 on preparations Foi a pre Summit big pout foreign mints tors Coo. Fer end soviet notes handed to it it the West a in envoys said the foreign min later who would try to set tip Summit conference should meet no later than the Middle of May and. Said the Kremlin it go without saying thai the question of convening a conference at Inch lev must not lie connected we h any a snits of the meeting of for eign ministers4 the russian notes added should the minister fail to teach necessary agreement on the question of preparation of sum in it meeting this liquid in no Way signify Hie need for such a Confer epee becoming less urgent p is obvious that the til f of a a ties which could occur during meeting of ministers can and must be overcome at a conference of statesmen who have greater to Quot it s Quot the soviet notes replied to West pm notes of March 31 proposing meeting of East West amb Assade ill Moscow late in april to begin formal negotiations for a Headset government Parley the Western Powers have taken the position that an ambassadorial or ministers meeting to define the areas of possible agreement on major issues should be held before Summit conference. The soviet notes distributed by foreign minister Andrei Gromyko Wen the first on the subject sine Nikita Khrushchev became Premier after a Long period of fruitless a j Gollini Uura Between former Premie Nikolai leaders Bulgarin and Western tors resulted in approving express Junter it h band directed by Alan Sions and resolutions of favor by clergymen in editorial writers of newspapers in various cities and some of the United Stales Senate the Council plans situation and i my ii to secure the Money Lect and to study the it is possible for the pro let Ellis know by next Tarkio. To College maintains i thursday if he should tart having a faculty each of whom is Well the plans and spec fica Lions retrained in his Field and who is pared willing to give much time and Energy to the individual students says Polaris will he most Lei bal weapon giving Post office face lifting mph band plays at Wesleyan Assembly seen this week on a precarious Perch Arr the painters who Are giving a face lifting Job to the it pleasant Post office door frames window frames and All trim Are explorer being brightened and Given a new Spring look eventually the flagpole will sport a new paint Job. Needs outside the class rooms. The faculty of the Church sponsored College is dedicated to Christian service and Christian living. Gavin i. Doughty is the director of the a Cappella choir and Veva Ballenger is Hie director of the women a choir. The members of Hie local presbyterian Church will in hosts fat the Tarkio College while they Are in the City. Remember to hear this Fine choir tonight at 7 30 the my. Pleasant High school i band under Hie Baton of e. E Melby played an enthusiastically received concert thursday morning at the weekly Assembly at Iowa Wesleyan College. Miss Sally Wilson band one number and or. I David e. Price head of the Iowa j Wesleyan music department was invited to act As guest conductor for another. Eisenhower arrives in Augusta Augusta. Ga., ins a president Eisenhower arrived in Augusta aboard his plane Columbine Iii at 1 40 . It est today and drove immediately to the Golf course where he will spend the week did. Memorial Hospital notes admitted thursday Jerry ii Esse i Tine of Wayland mrs Nellie Mckee admitted Friday l. O. Skipton of Winfield mrs. Richard Godley it i Columbus Junction dismissed thursday mrs. Alvin Tenhulzen and baby boy of Columbus Junction dismissed Friday Leroy Philpot sue Jackson Judi tii Guinn mrs. Glen Grinstead of new London mrs Richard Lee and baby boy births thursday or. And mrs. Vigil Sammons Are the pal cuts of a baby boy or. And mrs. Norman Pogemiller of Winfield Are the parents of a baby Biri wondering if they saw death plunge of sputnik la Hie finance mid Utility com Mil tees of the Council plan to meet previous to next wednesdays regular meeting on the situation when asked about bringing in outside Power Ellis told the Council that Many municipalities have private Power company interconnections which alleviate i generating and financial problems plus guaranteeing continuity of service to local residents at a recent meeting City Man Ager cd w Wright informed the Council that increasing Hie capacity of the Cooling Tower would Cost Between $16,000 my $18,000 but was supplied with incorrect in formation by a private turn Shelby. Ins residents of southwestern Iowa Are wondering ii they saw sputnik i plunge to a flaming death. A fiery object streaked across Hie skies shortly before 8 . And was described As looking like a Large meteor. Shelby Tanner kith c. Peterson said the object appeared to be round and that it disappeared far South of his farm which is two Miles South of Shelby a similar object sometimes described As having two fiery tails was seen in Hie Council Bluffs Atlantic Aren. Government of Cuba confident Havana a i in cuban government seemed confident taxiway that it can crush any renewed outburst. Of rebels under Fidel Castro. Police and troops have reacted promptly in the two Days of in Raduc and scattered violence the Only incident occurring today was the crash of a cuban military air plane shortly after its take off from the Columbia an base outside Havana. Tile Pilot was killed along with a pedestrian. Ten persons were in Washington the Directo i of the Navy a Polaris project said today that the submarine launched missile will be the Quot longest Range highest Speed and most Lei Bai weapon Ever developed Quot rear William f Radom said the Quot limitless cruising Range of the nuclear submarine will bring the Polaris to flu very shores of the enemy and allow it to penetrate i beyond the Range of even 5,500-mile land based intercontinental i ballistic missiles i he told the Navy league s sea powered symposium that the 1,500-mile solid fuel rocket provides Quot the form cd potential tire Flower and a strategic us which quite obviously no actual or proposed other weapon system can at the lame time real Admiral Roy i Johnson director of Long Range Navy planning w Navy anti us Marine weapon called Hie will prove a potent count i weapon to any enemy undersea Lait ii said i sub Roc which was previously disclosed Only in name and general purpose would in fired from a submerged submarine n a to the surface. A a it a out an enemy sub 25 to 50 Mil away and dive lib k into the water for he kill Johnson said the weapon us beginning to emerge from the development stage and some parts of the detection gear associated with it a now being produced by Industry Raborn said the Polaris designed to ii fired from submerged subs will be Ani to Quot hit almost any important russian target in 15 minutes less time than it will take a soviet icbms to reach the . Bergstrom played Quot american boy March a by j w Wells and Quot Everglades overture a by Paul Yoder. The four bands had practice to Goth r during the afternoon and they played the following numbers As an ensemble group to conclude the program. Mum callipers March Howard Akers Redwood overture Frank Cofield psalms 18 Maurice Whitney Peter pan overture Powers american harlot overture Arthur Case March of one skaters albeit. Pollia Mux among those attending from it pleasant were mrs Harold Knedler mrs Robert Hannum mrs Willard Scarf of mrs Ralph Taylor Jim Knedler Roger Wehrle i and mrs. Keith Nan or and mrs Wil lard Jensen mrs e e Irlby mrs Jolin Devin i and mrs Robert Wilson or and mrs Roy Almond i and mrs Art Rommel or and mis Paul Anderson or and mrs Darien Donnolly or and mrs William vim Brussel and Randle Washington ins the White House said today that the new in Statt Summit note was a rejection of Western proposals that Spade work for any top level meeting or done through diplomatic Channel a Whit House statement it la dared that the russian message amounted to a refusal to permit the Western big three a envoys in to cow to pave the Way to a Heads of government conference the russians in a note delivered to the ii s. This morning reportedly said they would allow the embassy Dors to discuss Only the time Ilia and composition of a conference of chiefs of state Idle White House statement v issued As president Eisenhower and Secretary of state John Foster Dulles discussed rip russian message named to new Post at is sobbing Lana testifies Hollywood ins a tubing j Lana Turner testified today that she died to breath life into bet slain love Johnny Stompanato he Lay gasping twit his life on Pink carpet Ollier boudoir the glamorous Star. In testimony punctuated by tears told a Coroner inquest to it made the desperate attempt moments before the physicians found that the 32-year old underworld figure was dead from a Stab wound inflicted by lanais it year old daughter Cilery i. The actress staling into an almost unbroken Wail of cameras before her told haltingly of the fierce argument that led up to the stabbing and of the tragedy itself As it unfolded last Friday night in her Beverly Hills mansion. She told the Coroner s jury of to Ames ins or. W robot Parka today has been approved by the state Board of regents As Dean t instruction a new position at i a stat College in Ames or Parks will assume his dull.-, july i he currently is professor a <1 chairman of graduate training at a National Center tor advanced stud ors at th1 University of Wisconsin. Cookie Sale starts tonight the till i scout and Brownie scold cookie Sale was to begin in Earnest after school Friday night the i s out a House to Hou. Canvass of the town in their Campaign to sell cookies for the put pose of camping equipment Foi lamp i Ken to mrs t c Padley is girl scout chairman of the cookie Sale and mrs e n Walker is the Brownie chairman big reduction in school districts Des Moines Gas the state department of Public instruction has reported that the 333 preset school districts will be replaced by 32 newly formed districts effective july i. The new districts have All been the dog carrying russian sat i Jared when the plane crashed into Chile was expected by scientists to 40 to 50 hovels in the Buena Vista la la to Earth about tomorrow part of Manana . Charles City 102-year-old mrs a e. Waddell of Charles City. She was the oldest resident of Charles City one of the oldest in Iowa. Men and two women in the packed stifling courtroom that the trouble organized in the last nine months death claimed started because she Quot considered i the reduction sets the present going to dinner with two friends number of school districts in the that called on her that Day and state at 3,323. Other districts May and without Stompanato her shadowy. Be eliminated in school re group i suitor of Many months. I Ings before july i

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