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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - April 25, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news partly Cloudy vol. 92, no. 98 it. Pleasant Iowa saturday evening april 25, 1970 Price to cent representatives of 24 counties meet with Mhz staff pared with $2,200.75 in 1968.�?� or. Eggert continued a therefore although expenses Are higher we a better patient care understanding and cooperation was the theme As eighty county Board of supervisors members county officials and county Home personnel representing the 24 counties served by mental health Institute met with Hospital staff on tuesday. The afternoon session was divid the conference was planned As a i de into five groups according to cooperative Endeavor Between Mhz interest of the individual. The top Corbin j. Davis elected Blue Bird industries president Albert l. Luce jr., president of military Academy Boonville mis Blue Bird company announced sour and the United states Mili today that Corbin j. Davis was tary Academy at West Point new elected president of Blue Bird in York. He served in Korea and destries and that he will continue was decorated five times. To serve As executive vice president Blue Bird body company is a of Blue Bird body company. Blue Bird industries is on of a group of companies owned by Are treating More patients and Blue Bird body company. It will our Cost per patient discharged serve As a management company Pousley Blue Bird now ovens and is lower than even five years ago to other companies owned and of operates Blue Bird Midwest at it. Crated by Blue Bird company. Georgia owned company which had its beginning in 1927 when a. L. Luce sr., built his first school bus body. In addition to its main Plant in and this is in spite of staff county and state organisations to discuss changes in procedure future programs and to share Parsons county affairs officer knowledge to insure maximum Central office Des Moines. As benefits for patient care not on sisting were miss Margaret Fannin in of admissions policies and procedures was conducted by mrs. Eva j Era gains manager in 1958. Under his direction Blue Bird body by during hospitalization but also after the patient has been Dis and mrs. Irene Bulky Mhz. Cost of care and hospitalization insure charged Back into the Community Ance was the topic Lead by Herman Al Well superintendent of county Brendan Hall Mhz Community audits it state auditors office Des consultant acted As chairman for Moines or Atwell was assisted the morning session beginning with registration at 9 30 a. M. Or. Walter Fox superintendent and area director of mental health. By Jim yeast business administrator Mhz. Mrs. Mac Peterson pleasant Iowa Canadian Blue Corbin Davis joined Blue Bird Bird in Brantford Ontario can body company in 1952 in the per Ada Blue Bird Centro americana sonnet department. He began in in Guatemala City Guatemala Export sales in 1953 assistant and Cardinal manufacturing com sales manager in 1954 and Gen j any in fort Valley. The various body companies manufacture school and transit buses company achieved Market Pene which Are used both for Pupil and traction in every state in the United adult transportation. Blue Bird states every province in Canada Aiso manufactures the wander and some fifty foreign countries in Lodge at port Valley which is a the Export Market. In 1966 Davis was elected executive vice president of Blue Bird body company and was responsible for the Plant at fort Valley. In 1968, managers of All the other mrs. Con \ body companies began reporting deluxe motor Home and which occupies a unique segment of the recreational vehicle Field. Cardinal manufacturing company manufactures accessories used by the various body companies a Complete line of boat trailers and w As the conference with his interpretation of health care in the 70 s. Welcomed the group and opened stance Gartin and or. Warren Stutts. All staff of Mhz led the discussion on services available to a i chose to talk about the Broad counties through our own it. Health scene today said or. Pleasant mental health Institute. Fox a because i feel we Are on the alcoholism and drug abuse was Brink of revolutionary changes in the topic of discussion led by Jack the w a in which All americans will Schlosser Mhz. Group 5 discuss receive their health services. These cd the future of the county Home changes will affect everyone in this leaders mrs. Gre Tixel Marshall and room As Wrell As everyone in Brendan Hall. This a Cdr. Fox was referring to some the meeting closed with the reuniting of the entire group to Dis of National health insurance j cuss and share information. All program which he anticipates will Board of supervisors members come about in this country within county officials and Mhz staff the next five years. Or. Fox con attending concurred that much had eluded his very informative 30 been gained by the conference and minute speech with Quot the american spirit is a competitive one we decided in 1960 that we wanted to be first on the Moon and so we did something about it. The american people have decided in 1970 that americans should be As healthy As modern knowledge can make them. I feel the Bull has been taken by the horns and a system will be devised to bring this about. I would foresee the counties of Iowa bearing less of the Cost but having a lot More of the say As to just what happens locally in the health Field. When this comes about americans and of course we in Southeast Iowa will be the Healthiest and happiest people in the requested that similar meetings be held in the future. Census Laking moving along a. E. Minor District manager reports that the 1970 census of population and housing is nearing completion in the area that in about another week the census takers should have visited every residence on their lists. Census takers began visiting households on april i and have been working continuously to cover their territories. The District manager asks that householders or. Delmer Eggert clinical direct Hald their questionnaires which tor Mhz was the second speaker were delivered prior to april i and for the morning session. His topic have them filed out ready for the directly to him. Just awarded an order for special Davis a native of Plattsmouth baggage carts to be used by Delta nebr., is a graduate of Kemper air lines Writh the 747 jets. Named director of Day Camp mrs. John Neil has been named director of the Brownie Junior girl scout Day Camp for my. Pleasant new London Winfield and Salem. The five Day session will be held a the attempted assassination of june 22-26 at Saunders Park. Mrs. Nationalist chinese vice Premier Clint Rita will serve As business Chiang Ching Kuo Chiang Kai manager and mrs. Jerry Wells As Shekus son and heir apparent. Two held in assassination attempt new York up a a formosan revolutionary who a came out of nowhere and his alleged accomplice were charged Friday night China orbits space satellite by Charles r. Smith i joining the United states the Hong Kong up a com soviet Union France and Japan in mum i China today announced the the space race. Britain has launch launching of its first space Satel de satellites but american rockets Lite and said the 380-Pound vet have been used. Cie was broadcasting peking a revolutionary Anthem a the East is be touted states reacted Quick red As it spun around a world to the peking announcement wondering about the military in and the Progress of the Satel plications Lite was being watched closely. The chinese who invented the a Homas o. Paine the head rocket almost 1,000 years ago 0 the to space Agency said the and began testing nuclear bombs launching was a a dramatic Demon in 1964, thus became the fifth a ration of the determination of nation to create space satellites chinese leaders to push ahead through their own technology. With scientific achievements despite the country a Many problems. Elsewhere in Washington there was apprehension that red China might be nearing the Point where it could pose a military threat to the United states. In Resit Lent of Haiti unscathed up Haiti a president for life Francois a papa Doc Duvalier apparently emerged unscathed today from another abortive attempt to i As a major Power abroad and diplomatic analysts in Hong Kong without downgrading the military implications of the feat. Aid its biggest effect will be psychological and political. These observers said it May do much to improve red China a image site chairman. Day camping is girl scout camping by the Day. The girls experience outdoor living during the Day and return Home each evening. Hiking the co year old Chiang apparently unruffled by the gunshot attempt on his life As he walked through a revolving door of the Plaza hotel was to Fly to the census taker to pick in. This will save time for both the Householder and th1 census taker and Speed up the completion of the census. Covered the entire Hospital treatment from admission to the Point of release a subject which stimulated Many questions from officials including an explanation of certain figures released from the state auditors office and published in the news following an audit for the year ending june 30, 1968. At that time it was reported that Cost per patient computed on an average population increased from $2,600 in 1963 to $6,258 in 1968. A these figures Are accurate a i a Black seminar beginning april 29 stated or. Eggert a but it is like to help finance a Black festival comparing apples to oranges. More planned for mid May at inc. Patients were treated in 1968 than the seminar for faculty and staff 1963 our average population was at Wesleyan will be held in the lower in 1968 and this method of science Hall auditorium april 29. Computation does not reflect this May 6 and May 13 from 7 to 9 . Change. A fair comparison which it is designed to provide inform More accurately reflects activity is tion about the culture norms and Block seminar starts april 29 the Black student organization at Iowa Wesleyan College will hold the Cost per patients discharged from the Hospital. These figures show that in 1963, Cost per patient discharged was $2,391.87 As com history of the negro. Seminar fee is $7.50 a person with proceeds going for the May festival. Outdoor cooking singing games air Force Academy in Colorado dramatics badge work and fun Are Springs colo., today. He had the a part of Day Camp. Blessings of nationalist chinese the theme of the 1970 Day Camps readers on Formosa who decided is a on the move through aware after an emergency meeting the Ness and the badges to s. Could provide adequate probe earned by juniors Are rambler Section. Outdoor Cook Gypsy and my Cam Era. Sixth Grade juniors and Cadette can earn the Cam Craft badge. To cf1 a of Quot Dick is tile fee for the five Day session r is $2.00 for brownies and $2.50 for a a i i Quot juniors. Day Camp registration to Fulg Stio Tio i Loy closes on May i. The 1970 memorial Day planning committee will Convene monday evening april 27th, at 7 30 . At the american legion Hall. Com Mander Dennis Trabert reminds All patriotic groups to have at least one representative present. Plans will be initiated for this years Parade and services at the memorial Marker in Saunders Park. Erect Cross Tower it Faith lutheran the 44-foot High Cross of Christ was erected at Hie newly dedicated Faith lutheran Church this week. The Cross is lighted and the structural steel Tower was fabricated by the Sater Blacksmith shop. A Crew from these Iowa electric cooperative association assisted contractor Francis Smith with the erection work. The weather Man has interfered with completion of driveways sidewalks and landscaping at the Church site. A covered drive in with circular driveway will be completed in the near future. 7-8 students a Ware of Seq meaning overthrow or at least harass his 13-year-old regime. This time the rebels were a group of haitian coast guardsmen who mutinied aboard ship Friday and shelled the capital port a Prince. Duvalier a ambassador to the United states Arthur Bonhomme issued the first Public announcement of Tho attack from his embassy in Washington. He said several shells fell in the Vicinity of Duvalier a White presidential Palace near the waterfront wounding one Man and destroying several houses. Should help the leadership in fell ing regain its Domestic position still weakened by the turmoil of the cultural revolution a or purge a which swept the Mainland More than two years ago. Discusses one element of inc curriculum attending and assisting with county officers conference pictured left to right mrs. Eva Parsons county affairs officer department of social services Des Moines Herman Atwell supt of county audits state auditors office Des Moines Wilbur Sater Henry county Board of supervisors Warden s Tutts Mhz Community consultant and miss Margaret Fannin director of social service Mhz. A Iowa Wesleyan reaches out to the Community was the topic of an address by or. Louis a. Hasel Mayer president of Iowa Wesleyan College at the meeting of the Centurion club at the College student Union Friday evening. He described one aspect of the College program a its curricular setup and then one element of that program the required senior course which is called responsible social involvement. This is a distinctive feature of scouts the Iowa Wesleyan program he pointed out. It is basically a service project which the student selects defines and then implements in some area of service to others. It is an action he said which the student performs which will help someone else some other program and which will enable him to see the value and importance of service to others. He told some of the things students have done and mentioned that the College will be needing several Hundred spots in the next year for students to develop their chosen service. Groups invited to be present Are National guard army Reserve american legion Bob Tribby Post no. 58 and its ladies auxiliary Henry county veterans of foreign wars Post no. 2561 and its ladies auxiliary daughters of american revolution daughters of Union veterans tent no. 34 world War i Barracks no. 1535 and its ladies auxiliary boy scouts and girl students at tile 7-8 building Are lyrics for songs aware of the meaning of Environ i Hannah Volkmann mental Quality from a very prac j <2> Laura Millard tical viewpoint. A contest involving most unusual method of students in promotional techniques presentation As Well As Wrork projects has Given Steve Grismore a new understanding of the Seq of this area. Many w Ork projects were underway on Earth Day a sometimes in groups and Many times individually. This included on the school grounds in Park Arcus along roadsides and areas around Homes. Creative contributions Are on display in the Halls of the 7-8 building. Posters essays Short Sto Ries lyrics for songs and models named in the ig7 a poll lican Are vivid reminders of the Poilu state platform committee e. A. Tion around us. A novel presents maps and or. Helen Virden it tion included displaying posters they we be meeting with the with record accompaniment a come committee of 30 Law moors at he said the Mutiny was part of a a communist plot against the Caribbean a As did haitian ambassadors to other countries ringing the Caribbean when they issued subsequent announcements of the attack. There was no report on what happened to the rebellious sailors. Bonhomme said he had talked personally with Duvalier by Telephone Friday afternoon and was told that tile mutineers had been driven off by Shore fire from a 105mm Cannon and by a .51 Mustang a world War ii Vintage aircraft that is the Only operational two from it. Pleasant have been fighter in the haitian air Force. Poems ii Llewellyn Birdsall 2 Anthony Brown 31 Patti Mcgohan named on state party platform committee and get it bad Finger. Deer killed truck damaged an organisational meeting on May the following winners have been Moines. The committee a Small Doe Deer was killed when announced work projects will hold a series of hearings in a he was struck by a Gumc pick up each of the congressional districts truck driven by Kenneth e. Forbes is scheduled for May 16 in Davenport. Methodists vote $23 million St. Louis. To. Up a the general conference of the methodist Church Friday voted $23 million for the support of minority self determination and Black higher education. I Cindy Carpenter and Kim to sound out local sentiment re it. Pleasant Rural on Highway 34 gadding what the platform should West of it. Pleasant near West Ern Ain. Tile first District meeting Wood at 7 40 . Friday. Tile right front fender and Grill on the pick up were damaged. Tile carcass of the doer was picked up each of the districts has four a conservation commission of members on the committee and two finer sheriff Van Crawford invest Are designated As sex offi Cio. The other two from the first District a Are Clifford h. Boldt of Davenport and rep. Herbert Campbell of clock stolen Sammons. 2 Brooke Baxter and Susan Sammons 3 Martha Meade Tannis Fox Jenny Fox Kerry beavers Diane Johnston Diane Welcher. Posters 1 Steve Grismore 2 Debbie Vance 3 Lisa Wuebkes and Gloria Harryman. Essays i Martha Meade 2t Diane Johnston Short Story i Brenda Stewart models i Jim Carr Washington Rural. Robert k. Beck of Centerville Max Long 1031 a North Jefferson who has Many friends Here is one Reni sorted to City police at 7 a in. Sat of the four in the fourth District urday that a clock had been taken Maurice Baringer state treasurer from the top of the stairs at his is chairman apartment. Pleads guilty to slaying of girl Cedar rapids up a Richard Zacek 29, charged in the slaying last october of a Cedar rapids High school girl pleaded guilty Here Friday to an open charge of murder. He appeared before Linn county District judge Robert Osmundson who set a hearing for May 20 to determine degree of guilt. A Cedar rapids resident Zacek had been undergoing psychiatric tests at the Iowa medical Security facility at Oakdale since his arrest last november. He was apprehended about one month after the body of Jean Halverson was found oct. 19 in a wooded area of Northeast Cedar rapids. The amount was $1.5 million More than demands made by the Black methodists for Church renewal i Bacr. Only a Small portion of the $23 million however was granted in the form demanded by the Black group. The conference representing a bout la million members approved the allocation after four hours of debate. The Rev. James Lawson jr., pastor of Centenary United methodist Church in Memphis tenn., and chairman of Burc Corn of aired that the funds would not be channelled through his organization. For the first time in More than a Century the conference ended because a quorum was not present. Italian a f plane crashes Udine Italy up a an italian air Force transport plane earring 21 men crashed and burned today shortly after Takeoff from a military Airport near this North italian City. Authorities said at least 18 men died. Tao other men were reported in grave condition in a Hospital and one Man was missing. Officials said the plane an Amer ican built twin engined c119, crashed about i 5 Miles from the military Airport of Rivolto. It skidded hundreds of Yards through a Field then burst into flame and exploded. On Board officials said were 13 italian airmen mechanics assigned to duty with a sky diving and aerobatic team a Crew of seven and a military doctor. The mechanics were temporarily on duty for work on a new fiant built Jet fighter. Terse verse by a. C. Gordon know Why doctors always have an explanation its because they have the a inside sixth graders join in Observance sixth Grade students at Saunders school have joined others in ant pollution efforts and Are Busy with a number of projects ranging from the display of pasters to the planting of a tree on the school grounds. Already the children have made posters which have been placed in various locations such As churches and business places downtown. The Large bulletin Board at the school was arranged with the Earth Day theme to serve As a reminder of the anti pollution crusade. Friday the group held a bake Sale at the school and the proceeds will be used to Purchase a tree for the school grounds. The tree planting will take place at i . Thursday Aoril 3pth. All children at the school can thus feel that they have had the Opportunity to share in the project. Tuesday the class members and their instructor mrs. Morris Bratton will Quot police Quot the school grounds starting at la ., then go to coleus Pond for a picnic lunch. Following lunch they will hike a Long Courtland Street removing litter from the Road ditches. A truck will be taken to the destination Point to pick up the collected sacks of litter. Each student has done a report on various pollutants such As Dot herbicides pesticides automobiles sewage Etc. They Hope to write a to show on the problems of pollution. Which will be shown to other elementary school children. Time for time change representing the Many 7-8 students who participated in the Seq contest this week Are Belt to right him Sammons and Lindy Carpenter who cleaned the a a pit and other areas on the school grounds and Susan Sammons and Brooke Baxter w to collected 14 grocery bags of litter at Mcmillan Park. Clocks must be set ahead one hour at 2 . Sunday when Daylight saving time begins its annual six month run. I n

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