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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - April 18, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa Cooler it pleasant now a. Friday evening. M Kii is. 1� 5sred Cross fund now near $1,000request Isea to conduct probe at spirit Lake Russia makes protest to the . Virgil Trabert Henry t county american red crots Campaign fund chairman for the annual March drive announces that total of $977 89 has been collected to a a the in town and townships of the county. The drive in it pleasant was a part of last fall s greater it. Pleasant fund drive amounts broken Down were As allows now London $281 95 Winfield $232 74 Olds $ 76 85 Wedes bum $ 41 00 Hillsboro $102 10 Wayne twp. $207 75 Altimore twp $ 20 50 Volu Teci donations in m t. Pleasant $15.00. Way land Salem new London township Canaan and Marion have not reported. It Union and Lowell and Scott Jefferson Jackson and Salem townships have no chairmen anyone wishing to contribute in these areas please Send donations to Robert Norris at the Henry county savings Bank. Spirit Lake 1 ins it tile Low a state education Assoc la non he been formally requested to conduct a probe into the alleged dismissal of spirit Lake it h �>1 Nuci intend ent a v a Oil United nations n y. <in8> a i lie soviet Union demanded today a a most urgent Quot meeting of the i n Security Council for action to end alleged dispatch of american Midgut bombers toward russian territory a protest coupled with the demand for an urgent Council session was handed to u n Secretary dug i Lumina skjold by soviet Ambas Sadoi Arkady a Sobolev. The user letter actually was addressed to u. S ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge april president of the Council hat Harskjold turned it Over to lodges alternate ambassador James j Wadsworth Sobolev asked Lodge to Convene the 11 nation u n Organ to take Quot urgent measures to end Hie flight., of military aircraft carrying atomic and Hydrogen bombs toward the frontiers of the soviet Union Quot it was Learned that Sobolev met with Wadsworth at u n Headquarters and asked that the Council meeting be held tomorrow. Wadsworth emphatically rejected the accusations made to the russian protest but in line with his duties circulated the letter to other Council members through auspices of the u n secretariat the request was made by 10 teachers. Including principals of both the High school and element school the Iuka said earlist that it would conduct such a probe it a request were mad these Day swirls from six schools to attend Imay Day saturday mayor w la i met Iii i la is show nit the r part of the crowd which attended the Ltd Rand open ii by George e. Sokolsky the child counts the 10 teachers who lied the request resigned in protest against the school Board s action m accepting in a resignation by a 4-1 vote Board president Jack Tat Man said the Board has not considered rescinding its action expect 600 want France at conference 0 negotiate Farmer who killed neigh hoi is Ommi Ilid in All tie unfortunate discussion of the Lana Turner Case including the intervention of the character Mickey Cohen sight must not be lost that the Central character is the could. Cheryl Crane the Little girl of too Many fathers from what appears if 1 this picture is a sad girl who could have had every thing but really had nothing arid who became suddenly mature because she witnessed a procession of lovers and husbands and Learned too much about life before she could possibly understand what she was learning. This is not u private question. It is the social problem of the United states. Possibly when this child stabbed and killed Mickey Cohen s Henchman her mothers Lover she reminded the nation that our social institutions Are based on monogamy and that polygamy and polyandry Are intolerable in our civilization no matter How generally practice. They Are intolerable because they disrupt the lives of children they break up the Home which Means that children Aie made insecure. Among the poor this system produces gangs among the Rich and in the Middle class they Lead to hatred for parents. To confusion even to subversion. Therefore it is necessary not to think of the Gigolo whom Lana Turner tooted around the world and from whom she accepted caresses and abuse. Nor need we think of i Ana Turner who has satisfied whim and fancy without regard to her moral and social responsibilities. What is important is the Little girl the representative fit tin next generation who stands before the court a child who killed what looked like a great big Man. John she called him. He was her mothers Hoy Friend. The child was the daughter of the second marriage. And there were two More to Tollow and then there was this bodyguard of Mickey Cohen a who introduces himself Over the Telephone and became uninvited the master of the household. And the Mother became scared of him. About 80 girls from six schools Ottumwa Washington Fairfield Keokuk. It. Madison and it pleasant will attend the girls recreational play Day of the Southeast Iowa District saturday in it pleasant. Ori had been superintendent at spirit Lake for six years he Aid he submitted the resignation under pressure from the Board on Hoard member cd Kennedy voted against accepting the resignation and suggested that the Wile Board resign other members have said Urey do not intend to quit the a Plait Lake Parent teacher association has backed the faculty but urged the resigning teachers id return Independence it inh Robert Wright 38 year old Fanner today was under commitment to the criminally insane Ward at the men Reh amatory in Ana Rno Sii Wright had been changed with first degree murder in the shooting of i neighbor. 59 Veat old Lester Ilo Ovet of Jan 18 hot had pleaded not guilty to the charge claiming la had Fil l d the Rifle in sell or eight different teams with members from All of the participating school wad engage m basketball Bowling at ins Bowling lanes Aerial darts and volleyball. They will have a Choice of swimming trampoline and softball to close the Days Wittmer of Renwick Dies mothers of the 25 local Gra girls who will serve As hosts will be in charge of the noon luncheon. A Tury itt Independence deliberate d 40 minutes thut Day and ruled i Wright insane and unable to stand t rial Buchanan county District judge Blair Wood gave the seven Man five woman jury three possible vet dirty Dili was that Wright was i sane and should stand trial an other that he was insane and j should not go to Anamosa and the third the selection made by the i jury d Simony by Independence Hospital authorities brought out that j Wright had been a mental patient. I on two previous occasions. Authorities said Wright fired four bullet1 into Hoover a Man w to had i been he Friend for Many years af-1 ter the men had argued hoovers win was also wounded m the hand when she to View her arms up in front of her face to defend herself fhe Light ranged from Wright s Home to Hoover car where Hoover died alter Unghi allegedly shot through the Windshield of the Auto contest recital numbers Sung adding machine taken in break in Kilt i Afu e a gamed at the Phalli n bookkeeping office Over the in Suranee plan savings and loan thursday night and an adding machine Stop n the lot k had either been picked or opened with a key the door had been 1 closed after the break in and was locked when the office was opened Friday morning nothing w is disturbed in the office except the adding machine was the red Over a it billion methodist men hear judge Newell Polaris test vehicle launched safety talk Given at mph Washington. Tons Treasury Secretary Robert Anderson said today the led Era government will go in the red by a Well Over Quot three billion dollars in the fiscal year ending this june with indications of a much larger deficit next year about 80 men were present to heat the address by judge e o new it in on a due processes of Law Quot at Hie meeting of the methodist my at the Church thursday evening his talk on the trial of Christ from a Legal viewpoint represented a great amount of Wmk in its preparation and was greatly appreciated by the men of tin Church. Rev. Gil Bert Stout gave the invocation and Glen Smith president presided. Officer for the new year were elected and Are president Gerall Sharpe vice president Ralph Carnahan be Cretura Robert Gibson and treasurer Virgil Trabert. The april Circle of the served the excellent meal. Cape canaveral fla., <fn8> a Polaris Quot test vehicle was launched today from the missile test Center at Cape canaveral the Polaris is a Navy rocket and promises to be one of the most deadly weapons in the missile Arsenal. It is a solid propel Lan i projectile designed for firing from submerged submarines for symphony a safety is no Accident Quot was magic ally presented in a Lingo that made sense thursday morning by a Michigan policeman sergeant Pike who talked to the it pleas ant High school students at a Spe rial Assembly when the sergeant spoke of driving along and a Shavin i a Ball for himself a none missed the meaning the sergeants magic in retrospect Lay not so much in the slight of hand that he used As an auxiliary to his lectures but in his acute sense of communication and his j Rich human warmth for youngsters i they sensed it and responded in 1 kind. The sergeant is making the rounds of some 45< schools in 30 states in a swing which won t get him Home to Michigan until Early summer. Apparently everywhere he s been the Young men and worn i in he has addressed have had their eyes opened. J the National trucking group which is picking up the Tab for the j sergeant s missionary trip deserves j a vote of thanks from parents and youngsters Padang has fallen City to charge for oiling streets Jakarta it Friday tins the indonesian government reported today that the key Central Sumatran rebel stronghold of Padang a i fallen to government troops. Radio Jakarta announced the capture of the port City after a Day of conflicting claims and counterclaims. Neighbors help Angus Moore farm put out fire in House trailer Nephew killed firemen did no to have any trouble taking care of a Small Oil stove fire in a House trailer at Mcmillan Park about 8 . Thursday but were concerned about the Many motorists who followed the trucks to the fire. The Driver of one truck said a Motorist ran a Stop sign to get ahead of the truck

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