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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - April 16, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news vol. 92, no. 90 it. Pleasant Iowa thursday evening april 16, 1970 Price to cent these Days by John Chamberlain the dynasty in politics the dynastic idea in american politics has hard sledding. Occasionally there has been a two generation Success John Adams and his son John Quincy both made it to the White House and there have been father and son la Toilette in the Senate and in the Wisconsin governors Ohair. Massachusetts has had its lodges followed by a couple of Kennedy. But other aspiring dynasty have had indifferent Success. Teddy Roosevelt or. Could never really emulate his father and Franklin a sons Jimmy Franklin jr., and Elliott had to be satisfied with minor offices. For a new Stevenson Adlai the third is aiming to become a democratic u5. Senator from Illinois. Adlai the first was a vice president and Adlai the second a successful governor was twice nominated for the presidency. The name of Stevenson is supposed to be something to conjure with in Illinois and Adila the thirds recognition value has him starting ahead of his Republican opponent senator Ralph Tyler Smith in the polls. This is despite the fact that Smith a former speaker of the Illinois House who was governor Richard Ogilvie a appointee to succeed the late Everett Dirksen has just won a primary by a wide margin and has the Benefit of being the incumbent senator. Adlai Iii wants to be a dynasty but the american people done to necessarily take to the dynastic idea. Besides if political ancestry counts for anything senator Smith has a bit of dynastic blood of his own. His Middle name comes from one of his ancestors. John Tyler who happened to be the tenth president of the United states. Patronage free postal service proposed by Nixon Washington up a president Nixon asked Congress today to put the nations postal service on a patronage free basis and to raise a ailment a pay but scaled Down to 8 cents his previous request for a 10-cent first class letter rate. The first class stamp increase from the present 6-cent rate would generate More than $1.5 billion he said. With a temporary contribution from the Federal Treasury that would put the new system a on the Road to a sound pay As you go operation a he added. Too under the proposals outlined to congressional leaders prior to being sent to the House and Senate in a special message the Price of an airmail stamp would remain at to cents. A plan for reorganizing the Post office department on a patronage free pay As you go basis was negotiated by the Post office department and seven postal unions As the second phase of an arrangement worked out after the recent Wildcat postal strike in parts of the nation. Too the agreement also Calls for an 8 per cent pay raise for postal workers and a mechanism for resolving possible future disputes before they could result in a strike. Under the revised plan for financing the 8 per cent raise Nixon asked for an increase on one half in the average second class postal rate by one half plus a one third hike in third class rates. For the first year of operation of the new postal service to per cent of its operating Cost or approximately $1 billion would be contributed by the Federal government. Council favourable in to cooperation cd District study the City Council wednesday night discussed the proposed improvements for the Central business District and indicated willingness to include $3,750 in tile 1971 budget for an engineering or an architectural study to improve the cd after the cd lamber of Commerce raises a Matching $3,750. Tile Council and mayor Charles Hanna met with the chamber Board of directors at a dinner meeting before the Council meeting to discuss the matter. An ordinance was adopted vacating an Alley in the Lincoln Harlan Street areas and quit claim deeds were Given to or. And mrs. Walter Hunt and or. And mrs. Rodney Feehan for Thalley. A change in the location of a sign i for Hie Martin service station on East Washington and the Robo car Wash was approved by the Council. The rec was granted use of Mcmillan Park aug 4 for its annual in ocher business the Council j meeting and picnic. The Date of the authorial d Donald French of the Southeast Iowa Sale French amp associates engineering j at Mcmillan Park was changed firm of Fairfield to Issue a notice from sept. 12 to 19 at the request to the contractor for the 1970 sewer of Francis Hays and water line project to proceed or. Garrett to superintendency of Perry methodist District canopy removed on North Side at station Protection from the rain and the Sun has been offered by the canopy stretching along the North Side of the tracks at the Burlington now Burlington Northern Railroad station for Many decades. But that Protection is no More. Those who have to wait on the North Side of Hie tracks will either stand unprotected or go into neighbouring buildings or stay in a car for Protection. Workmen Are shown removing the canopy. They include Henry j. North Archie Sipe Homer Amos and Dale tickle out of Ottumwa. The Rev. Or. C. Dendy Garrett pastor of first United methodist Church of it. Pleasant since 1966, has been appointed superintendent of the Perry District of the methodist Church Bishop James Thomas announced thursday. The appointment becomes effective june 15. Or. Garrett came to the local Church from Wesley methodist in Des Moines where he had served for six years. Prior to that he served As pastor of the Kalona circuit. He is a lieutenant colonel in the . Air Force Reserve and is a member of the Iowa Wesleyan College Board of trustees. He served la years in the Navy two of which were As a chaplain in the Middle East. Before entering the Navy chaplaincy he was associate pastor at the Central methodist Church in Oskaloosa. He and his wife Eleanor have three sons James Douglas and Matthew and a daughter Wendy. Place. In the second court go announcement of his appoint around Smith supported Carswell. Ment to the Perry District was made a few months ago the word went out in Washington that senator Smith was not the Man to fill Dirksen s shoes. The conservatives were dubious about him when he indicated that he Wasny to going to support Richard Nixon a Choice for the supreme court judge Clement Haynsworth. There had been a scandal in the Illinois supreme court and Smith was quoted As saying that he in Good conscience vote for any judge who was tainted with even a suspicion of impropriety. But when the crunch came Smith did vote for Haynsworth. He said he had been misquoted in the first Apollo races homeward with it. The Nichols construction co of Dyersville was the successful bidder on the $222,235 50 project at the March 30 letting. The project includes three areas. Oo0 an agreement Between the City and or. Robert Welander for the operating of a new City dog Pound was read at the meeting and signed by the mayor. Too Jon Cook swimming Pool manager reported to the Council that he has hired the life guards and other personnel for tile coming season. The Pool will open on memorial Day May 30. Weather permitting. He said that provisions for red Cross classes have been made. Too a total of $16,000 was transferred from the Utility Light fund with $5,000 going to the recreation fund $5,000 to Public safety Ami $6,000 to general government. Still the More Adamant conservatives in Illinois were grudging about accepting Smith. In the Rockford Region a conservative stronghold they held his connection with governor Ogilvie against him. Ogilvie had supported the state income tax a hated measure in conservative circles. Along with announcement of the appointment of the Rev. Edwin c. Boulton of Bettendorf to the Manchester Independence District and of the Rev. J. Ellis Webb of waver Manchester superintendent will also by to the Spencer District. J be reassigned to a Church. The Rev. C Dendy Garrett the . Roger e. Russell will be transferred from Spencer to the Des Moines District succeeding the Rev. Or. Everett h. Staats. Or. Staats will be reassigned to a Church in june. Also to be reassigned to a Church will be the Rev. Carl e. Wilson who is the present District superintendent at Perry. The Rev. Or. Howard h. Palmer present once again they had Smith wrong. When senator Gore of Tennessee introduced an amendment increasing individual tax exemptions from $600 to $800, Smith pointed out what he called its fraudulent nature. For the Gore amendment would have also Cut deductions to the Point where individuals in the lower Middle brackets would actually be paying More taxes than before. The Gore amendment was Defeated. Individual deductions were left intact and the exemption was increased by $150 Over the years. Smith has proved himself no enemy of the taxpayer. Smith is optimistic about overtaking Adlai the third for a number of cogent reasons. To begin with the Alliance Between Adlai Iii and mayor Dick Daley the democratic Boss of Chicago is a marriage of convenience and like All such marriages it carries no enthusiasm with it. It would be strange if Daley a men really got out the vote for Young Adlai who has never hidden his aversion to Cook county a Brand of politics. Then there is the curious fact that the Stevenson name has never really been a great vote Catcher in Illinois. Eisenhower beat Adlai the second by a fifty five per cent vote in 1952 and a fifty nine per cent vote in 1956. Four years ago Adlai tile third1 Defeated Harris Rowe for the office of state treasurer by a scant 50.5 per cent margin. And this so Smiths supporters Point out was when Rowe ran out of Money toward the end of his Campaign. Rowe actually carried sixty nine counties to Stevenson a thirty three. Its a Long time to november plenty of time to give people a Chance to meditate on the Fate of dynasty in american politics. If a third Adlai can make it he will be doing something that eluded a third Adams and a third Lodge. We have yet to face third generation Kennedy and Roosevelt. Swift approval to package Des Moines up a the a $487,000 contract for Yaap construction Omaha neb. Up a Fred r. Comb. Co., inc., Minneapolis Minn. 1 thursday a was announced Here As Jor portion of gov. Robert d. Ray s j apparent now bidder for the con-$17.9 million budget package was swiftly Given final legislative approval wednesday by the Iowa House and sent to Ray for his signature. The House voted to agree with several minor Senate amendments to the package and not insist on some of its own changes. The legislature remained in session thursday. Space Center Houston it up it a the Apollo 13 astronauts passed the Halfway Mark Home today with their patched up spaceship on True course and their reserves of oxygen water Power and fuel holding in Well. Optimism both in space on ground was growing that Veteran James a. Lovell and his two Crew rates Fred w. Haise and John l Swigert would return safely to Earth Friday afternoon. A a it a going a lot better than we Ever expected a reported Lovell. Too on the Day Lovell and Haise had hoped to be walking on the Moon the lunar Lander aquarius was still linked to the command module Odyssey As they went past the Midway Point at 1 58 p m. Est. Chief astronaut Donald k. Slayton said Apollo 13 would probably try to hold on to aquarius until about an hour before scheduled splashdown. A if things keep going the Way they Are we re in Beautiful Slayton said. A but you can to discount the fact that something else might go out on you before you get Slayton said re entry itself was a not really difficult but the problem is one of integrating All of these procedures into a reasonable time line a its the time it takes to do them and the time is As Apollo 13 steadily moved into dinner to precede Organ recital a fund raising dinner will precede an Organ recital on the newly installed pipe Organ at the first presbyterian Church on May 3. Futher details regarding the recital on the two manual tracker action Organ will be announced later. The Organ built by Gabriel Kney of London Ontario Canada has 14 ranks of pipes and 12 stops. The $10 tickets for the new York strip Steak dinner have gone on Sale at Lammas Barber shop Hart Ricks it. Pleasant Bank and Trust Tompkins slice store. Taylors inc., and Crane Ewart Young funeral Home. A conflict concerning rental property was brought to the attention of the Council and the Council indicated it would have the City health officer Check the probity. Duane Roth president of Phi Delta Theta was present representing All four fraternities at Iowa Wesleyan and asked permission to use the svelte House in Saunders 1 Park for a greek week dance saturday from 9 to Midnight. The request Wras granted. 9 0 0 Roger Galer City attorney gave a report on the plans which Are being made for the installation of the radio homing device at the Airport. The Council discussed the proposed Low income housing for the elderly project. Too a class b Beer permit for the . Club was renewed. City gains need cd cited action Laneous rehabilitation at the Iowa army ammo Plant at Burlington. The . Army corps of engineers opened bids in Omaha. Col. B. P. Pendergrass. Omaha District Engineer said combos bid of $487, 000 was the lowest of five received. Work will include construction of a drying building an enclosed Earth a Gravity its Speed was build ramp and rehabilitation of exist j in up from 3,750 Miles at the mid ing buildings. Way Point to 24,385 Miles just before it reaches Earth. Mccracken to speak at Wesleyan june i Paul w. Mccracken chief economic adviser to president Nixon will be commencement speaker at Iowa Wesleyan College june i Mccracken according to or. Louis a. Hasel Mayer inc president. Or. Mccracken joins Iowa governor Robert Ray and lbs vice i president ted hoop on the speakers list for activities during Wesleyan commencement weekend May 29 june i. Governor Ray will be baccalaureate speaker May 31, while Koop is scheduled to talk at the alumni banquet May 30. A native of Richland Iowa or. Mccracken holds an a.b., from William Penn College Oskaloosa and an m.a., and ph.d., from Harvard. He has been on the business administration faculty at Harvard since 1948. Or. Mccracken was a key economic adviser to the late president Eisenhower from 1956 to 1959 and now serves As chairman of or. Nixon a Council of economic advisers. He served on an economic task Force reporting to president Kennedy in 1961 and was a member of the presidents commission on i budget concepts in 1967. The it. Pleasant City Council and Council would provide partial i chamber of Commerce Board of dancing and the chamber through directors met informally for dinner a special fund drive among cd in a a shirt sleeve session at the i merchants and property owners Iris restaurant wednesday evening would provide partial financing. The purpose of the meeting was to it was generally agreed that a Exchange thoughts and ideas on 50-50 funding arrangement would the financing of a study for Cen be reasonable with the City Council trial business District improvements assuming the Overall leadership and and Low rent housing. Authority. The Council was favor a special committee headed by Able relative to funding on the cd Gary Williams had previously rec proposal at their regular session commended to the Council that a proposal from Lawrence and associates in the amount of $7,500. To prepare specific recommendations for Long Range cd improvements be adopted. Too members of the chamber Board were receptive to joint participation in the Cost of the study whereby the three injured in Accident wednesday evening too during the discussion it was brought up by chamber manager Don meth that retail sales for it. Pleasant had increased 8 million dollars during the past to years labor Force had increased 1.509 people during the same period and that nearly 3c0 building permits had been issued the past to years. E. A. Hayes mentioned that since 1960 the City of it. Pleasant has moved from 52nd place in total retail sales for the state of Iowa to 38th position. The biggest increase in the state of Iowa. He Ako three persons were injured one said that the Transfer of funds seriously in a car truck Accident authorized by the state legislature which occurred on fog shrouded a is a 1964 Chevy cd file left driven by John Eilinger 21, of Rural Ainsworth crashed head on into a 1967 Buick driven by Ralph Barnum 71, of it. Pleasant at about 6 50 . Thursday. I linger was attempting to pass a third car driven by Gary Thompson of Iowa City when the Accident happened. Both i linger and mrs. Pauline Barnum were seriously injured. Four injured in collision Highway 218, 14 Miles South of the Highway 16 intersection in Lee county at 7 25 thursday. Mrs. Lawrence j. Overberg 69. West Point route i was seriously injured. She was brought to memorial Hospital Here by a Houghton ambulance then transferred to University hospitals in Iowa City. Her husband who is 72. And their granddaughter Julia 7, Are in memorial Hospital Here where they were also taken by ambulance their condition Isnit serious. According to Lee county author Jackie Baity Jackie Baity to girls state Jackie Batty daughter of or. And two persons were seriously in Floyd Foster Home on a straight Jared and two others sustained cuts stretch of Highway. Eilinger and bruises in a two car head on rior music student at Iowa Wesley collision 14 Miles North of Olds on in College was headed South and fog shrouded Highway 218 at 6 50 attempted to pass a car driven by or Overberg drove East out of a in. Thursday. Gary Thompson of Iowa City. As mrs. Ralph Barnum -�?T06 Wes plunger driving a 1964 Chevrolet Webster Street it. Pleasant re pulled into the northbound Lane Cei Ved serious facial and head in his car collided will Iii 1967 bilk k juries and John Eilinger it. I. Driven by Barnum. Impact of the Ainsworth received serious Facia two vehicles was and both lacerations and multiple jaw and cars came to rest in the northbound would return some $465,000 to it. Pleasant As a result of the new sewer program which amounts to More funds per capita than any City in the state. Gary Williams emphasized the growth pattern experienced in the past and projected for the future. Williams said he believes a amt. Pleasant nerds a new sense of direction new goals and new challenges. We have an Opportunity to apply a sense of direction and to Channel our growth and create a downtown shopping area within the boundaries of our present Central business District a a there is much interest by our downtown merchants and property said a and i believe they will be More than Willin 5 facial fractures. Both were Given emergency treatment at memorial Hospital and rushed by ambulance in University hospitals in Low. City. Ralph Barnum was treated for facial cuts and bruises at memorial mrs. Chester Baity it. I Salem. Hospital and released to accompany mrs. Barnum to Iowa City. Mrs Frances Bacino of it. Pleasant a passenger with the Barnum was hospitalized at memorial with Ems and bruises. Has been selected to attend girls state from the Salem american legion auxiliary unit. She is a Junior in the of. Pleasant Community school. Girls state will be held june 7-13 at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls East Lane. Thompson told a news reporter that he attempted to pull into the West grader ditch to allow the Eilinger car a Chance a to get Back in everything happened in a split driving conditions were described As extremely hazardous due to heavy ground fog Al the time of the Accident. Officers of the Iowa Highway a his driveway in a 1e61 Chevrolet and turned North and Lawrence e. Moore Des Moines was driving a 1965 Dodge two ton truck South. The vehicles stopped in the Middle to help pay for the of the East line after the collision j the car was totally damaged and Dale Longwell explained the Reg the front end of the truck was extensively damaged. The Accident was investigated by Lee county Deputy sheriff Lee Segrist and Jim Scharpman West Point marshal. The Accident occurred near the Leo in vc.1 terse verse by a. C. Gordon a Bachelor has no buttons on his shirt. Irol and Henry county sheriff s of but Mayn married Fellows Ligated. I have no shirt. I lations and background on the Federal financed a flow Cost hous Jing Quot program and that in his opinion 80 to too units could be utilized in the my. Pleasant area. Long vell stated that it would be necessary for the City to create an a authority to administer the program and that after 40 years All Low Cost property and buildings would be deeded to the City. Chamber president Gary Weigel served As Moderator for the informal discussion

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