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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - April 27, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news a no. 99 it. Pleasant Iowa monday evening april 27, 1970 Price to cents these Days by John Chamberlain a futile Case against Justice Douglas what Are we to do about supreme court Justice William o. Douglas in Many ways he a a pain in the Nock. He lets his agent sell his articles to magazines which though a they May be legally Safe from prosecution under the present interpretations of the obscenity Laws Are the quintessence of bad taste. He took a $12,000-<a-year salary As president of a foundation which so the accusation runs was financed with Money derived from Las vegas gambling casinos. And he has recently published a Book a Points of rebellion a which indicts the a a establishment As the a new George the implication being that revolution May be required to get rid of the tyrant unless he a or it a can be brought to see the error of his a or its a ways. In spite of his lapses or his sins or whatever else you want to Call them Bill Douglas has not put himself outside the Law. So Tho ground for impeaching him which is what rep. Gerald Ford a Mich wants to do is a very Flimsy one. Impeachment proceedings against the Justice would certainly fail in the . Senate even though an indictment might conceivably be sustained in the House. Too As a matter of consistency i done to see How conservatives who were outraged by the Senate a treatment of the Haynsworth and Carswell supreme court nominations can now seek revenge by impeaching Douglas. The Senate had no justifiable Case against either Haynsworth or Carswell. It was nver proved that Haynsworth had let his Stock possessions influence is opinions As a lower court Justice nor was it proved that Carswell Vas a he had repudiated his salad Day utterance on the subject of White supremacy and his momentary connection with an All White Golf club was just about As reliable an Index to racial feelings As senator Burch Bayh s membership in the All White benevolent and protective order of elks. Too having waged the Good though unsuccessful fight against the a a Liberal senators in the Haynsworth and Carswell cases How can the conservatives reverse themselves and Call for the impeachment of Douglas there is no proof that Douglas knew anything about any alleged taint that might have been connected with Parvin foundation funding. As for the nude pictures published in the magazines to which he has contributed they can hardly have been much Nuder than the ones found in the so called respectable mass magazines. Playboy and Evergreen May have set the Pace but the a respectable so have Long s Nee caught up with the naughty pacemakers. For that matter a raft of respectable Public servants have had their articles printed in Playboy. The indictment against Douglas for not taking his literary product off a tasteless Market could be brought with equal propriety against practically anybody now writing for any Magazine that pays More than two cents a word. We Are simply living in a generally debased age. There is no reason to take it out on Douglas because his articles happen to have appeared next to Girlie Shock pictures that have Long since lost their Shock value. Too the Point about Douglass alleged co donation of revolution is a somewhat More serious one than the charges that he was the beneficiary of foundation Money from ultimately Shady sources or that he Bas contributed serious prose to unserious publications. But the Justice could take Refuge in the argument that he was not necessarily speaking As an advocate when he said that revolution is the indicated answer to tyranny when a else fails. Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln said much the same thing and nobody has Ever impugned their patriotism. Douglass notion that the current a establishment a whatever that May happen to be is the a new George Iii is of course a prime piece of stupidity. But if occasional stupidity in social analysis were a reason for impeachment what supreme court Justice in recent years would be immune the Senate majority was wrong absolutely wrong about Haynsworth and Carswell. It would be just As wrong if it impeached Douglas on any grounds offered to Date if Douglas resigned like Fortas before him it would do much to Clear the air. But he wont be impeached and Gerald Ford is Only helping to fan dissension by bringing the matter up. Note warning after blast in Louisiana Baton Rouge la. A up a an Anonymous note wrapped a round an Arrow and drop ted in a newspapers mail Slot today said Louisiana s state Capitol was dynamited sunday night in retaliation for the killing of three negroes by officer Twenty to 30 Sticks of dynamite planted near the front of the state Striate chamber exploded peeling Marble slabs from the Walls shattering chamber s windows and splintering lawmakers desks. Moments before the explosion Ripi it cd the 34-Story Capitol another a no Blacktop it explosion heavily damaged a country club too a note wrapped around an Arrow and dropped in the mail Slot of the Baton Rouge state times and morning advocate said a this is partial payment for the murder of three of my Black Broth ers. Crimes against Black people will not be tolerated. Three dead pigs Dunaway. Coates the note apparently referred to Wilfred e Dunaway a marshal in nearby Zachary la. And Luther Wesley Coates and Jimmie b. Normand Baton Rouge policemen. They were involved in the past year in the fatal shooting of negro clime suspects. The Maroon and Gold singers of it. Pleasant High school participated in the first Fine arts festival at the High school. They Are from left bold lace Type arc seniors Back Row Carol e Tombaugh Jerry Tolson Elaine Keefe Tim Kremer Scott Boal David cans Denise Burchard. Steve Wettach Jane sheets. 3rd Row Christie Nichting Steve Savage Linda Garrels Marty Gipple Kay Curtis Bob Bates. Amy Nesbitt Marvin Brown Sheila Roth. 2nd Row Janet Oldt Bill Kirk Brenda Turley Tom Nau Susie Kyle Todd Mcbeth Susan Breazeale. Rim Bittie. Diana Myers. 1st Row front Pam Myers Tom Padley Linda Potts Andy Mcbeth Margie Lyons ted Boal Laurel Allender Tom Galer in Atti Mcclure. Absent from thus group Dennis. Campbell. Several groups participate in Fine arts festival at Mph loses Eye in Accident this picture and others to follow were taken during the first Fine arts festival head in Cottrell gym tribute was paid to a Fine musician and gentleman who is retiring this year. Or. E. E. Melby. He was pre Naium april 22nd and included j sen ted with a gift from the band a Fine representation of the Art by Tom Galer and was handed the work in its Many phases of the Art program under tile direction of or. Lon Pugh. Works from the High school and tire 7th 8th Grade buildings were represented. The North Walls of the gym were lined with the Art projects sculptures were displayed on the tables mobiles Hung from Man places and huge Oil paintings were Dis a Lye i on the artists easels. Four guides led the groups of visitors through the exhibit and answered questions. Lynda Woline and Linda Mcneeley presented a commentary on the arts As a part ii of the evenings program. After the initial Art tour the second phase of the festival got under Way with the Maroon and Gold singers the girls dressed in the Gold dresses and Black accessories and the Fellows in the Maroon jackets and Black trousers and school coloured accessories Sang several up boat numbers some with rhythm accompaniment by Steve Wettach on the string Bass and Kevin Piatt on Drums. Two numbers that were especially enjoyed were a god made our hands and Sweet a fit a. Attractively attired in Long formals Sang a a it a up to us quite apropos for Earth Day. Treble Clef singers wearing pastel color Spring dresses Sang Well on the a songs of late summer the words of which Are from ancient chinese poetry. Concert can us concluded this part of the program with More a up beat numbers and with rhythm accompaniment. Their songs included up with people in the still of the night gee in a looking toward the future and Freedom Isnit free Here again the numbers were chosen with a Forward look of the Young men and women of this generation in mind and were also in Baton to direct Sousa a King Cotton March. He was Given a standing ovation As he walked Back to his place in the audience. A final tour around the Art exhibits ended the first Fine arts festival. An appreciative audience was in attendance and thoroughly enjoyed the program a combined of j fort of the three departments of our school system. Mrs. M Ira Belle Magnuson or. Keith Thomas and or. Lon Pugh i Are the instructors. On May 4th the instrumental de i apartment will be Host to a tri City band festival. A 7 30 concert will be j presented to the Public in Cottrell i gym. May coh is the Date for the it Spring concert presented by the Junior High vocal department to be held in the High school auditorium. Wayne Buck Elmore formerly of Salem was seriously injured recently in an Accident in a Laharve 111., cemetery when he was lowering a vault the Crank slipped striking him in the right Eye. Man killed at Danville he was taken to the Burlington Hospital where the Eye was removed. Extensive injury around the Eye makes it impossible for Eye transplant. Elmore is the son of mrs. Woody Douglas of it. Pleasant. Leroy Amenell 62, of 1328 Brick freight train Street Burlington was killed instantly at 1 50 monday afternoon when his car was hit by a Burlington Northern freight train at the crossing at the West Edge of Danville. He was alone in the car. Horn rocks Iowa City j business area Amenell was westbound on Highway 34 and turned right onto the tracks in his 1970 Dodge polara just ahead of the westbound he was thrown out of the car a Short distance West of the crossing and onto the South tracks. The car was carried about 150 feet farther along the tracks. The train was stopped with the Power units about one fourth mile West of Danville. Most costly a incident in 6-year War Saigon up a u. S. Military Headquarters today reported the loss of a four engine c130 gunship in the most costly single incident of the six year old air War Over Laos. Six americans were killed and four Are missing. The ac130 gunship crashed last wednesday after it was hit by ground fire Over the laotian lower Panhandle. The announcement of the loss was delayed during a search for the missing crewmen. One injured crewman was rescued with minor injuries spokesmen said. Military sources said it was the costliest single aircraft loss since the United states began flying combat missions Over Laos in 1964. The air Force said b52s and keeping with the Outlook a fighter bombers flew new raids today against North vietnamese school student and the realization that Brothel Hood of Man consideration of others education and hard work will help gain the goals that these Young people Hope to achieve in their life time. They were attired in formal Wear. Too part Iii of the festival was presented by the concert band in their Maroon concert uniforms. Marches by King and Sousa were included and which Are always enjoyed by the audience. Jane sheets student director ably conducted a komm Susser perhaps their Best number was a suite for band by Merle Hagg consisting of five selections that placed demands on each individual to produce a Fine effect. This suite and a highlights from mass on impossible included very difficult rhythmic passages but the band members met the Challenge and ended the Fine acts program on a great note. Before the last number a Nice troops who encircle the Green Beret Camp at Dak Seang 290 Miles Northeast of Saigon. Guerrilla troops around the Camp shot Down a u. S. Helicopter near Dak Seang sunday killing All four crewmen. It was the 13th u. S. Aircraft lost since the siege of Dak Seang began april i. Break Glass Lake nearly $100 a 68 Pound chunk of Concrete was thrown through the East Glass of the la Duffer on East Washington sometime during the night saturday and nearly $100 was taken from two Cash registers. The break in was discovered at 10 03 . Sunday and police were called. Police said that the burglars crawled Over the counter to get to the Cash registers. Iowa City up a Iowa City police said today a some Type of bomb caused the Early morning explosion that rocked downtown Iowa City damaging at least eight business establishments and several upstairs apartments. The blast occurred about 12 45 . On North Dubuque St. In Iowa City about one Block from the main Section of the University of Iowa Campus. Officers said the explosion apparently was caused either by Gunpowder or dynamite which had been placed in a Metal trash Container and left on the curb. Too the damage was mostly confined to broken windows and merchandise inside the display windows. One parking meter also was Bent police said. Two minor injuries were reported. Kathy Sharp a University coed i Cut her feet when she ran outside on the Street without shoes following the explosion. She was treated for the Glass cuts and released from mercy . Mrs. Merlin Edwards who lives in one of the apartments was treated for Shock. She told police she was a knocked out of bed by the explosion. Too Glass was found on both sides of the Street which was immediately barricaded by police. Police said they knew of no motive for the explosion and were sifting through about eight boxes of debris. The explosive device apparently went off in front of either the Linda Sart Supply Center or the Campus record shop. At the Kir wan furniture store directly a Cross the Street from Linda a furniture in the display window was damaged by the Glass and the Force of the explosion. Other business establishments damaged were Harmony Hall Eicher florists one hour Martin izing service a a dry cleaning establishment a Comer s gift shop and women s fashions shop. Two collisions on Highway cars driven by William Shannon Keota and Jean e. Miller Olds collided on Highway 218 about four Miles North of it. Pleasant at 7 45 . Monday. There were no injuries. Each car was damaged an estimated $100. Both cars were going South behind a school bus. The Miller car started to pass and Shannon pulled out to pass the school bus when the Accident occurred. The Accident was investigated by the Highway patrol. Shannon was charged with failure to signal. At 7 35 Arn. Friday trucks driven by Thomas Rudd 33, Olds and Ronald drunk 22, Davenport collided on 218 six Miles North of it. Pleasant. Total damage was Esti mated at $200. No one was Hurt. Rudd attempted to turn left into a farm drive when the other truck collided with his machine from the rear. Drunk was charged by the patrol with failure to Stop in assured Clear distance ahead. Engineer was Thomas Mcelroy of Burlington and the conductor Bob Carroll of Galesburg 111. Amenell was employed with Del Zell motors Road damaged repairs to the Blacktop Road from new London to Lowell which had been planned have been increased greatly As a result of damage incurred this Post weekend a county official said. The Roadway failed to hold up under the loads of a a finest screenings from Rock crushing which were transported from the Henry county Quarry on the Mcneeley farm near Lowell to Jack Schroderus stockpile a distance of about 4ti Miles. Schroder heavy equipment was used for the hauling. Schroder told county officials that he quit hauling when he discovered the damage. The county had planned to make needed repairs in the Road soon and to apply a to coating this summer. The repairs and the total costs have been greatly increased As a result of the damage from the heavy hauling it was stated. Heavy Load damage to county roads is not uncommon. The county has no effective embargo setup under state Law and is without recourse in such matters. This particular incident was reported because it happens to be an unusual amount of damage. April 21 significant to latin students at Meus april has almost run its course bringing with it the fragrance of returning blossoms verdant glow of newly Cut grass and the triumphant note being echoed by Many a feathered friends As Spring announces her Joyful pack with old Man Winter. Yet the historical significance which april carries is too often neglected by United states citizens. The Twenty first Day of the month claims a very special place in the hearts of latin scholars around the Globe for it was on this Day in 753 by that ancient Rome was founded. Thus april 21 Marks the birthday not Only of Rome but of Many of americans present Day institutions patterned after those of the Early romans. Realizing the value which the study of latin offers even to the most of their initial study in mastering latin grammar a learning verb conjugations declension of latin nouns and the proper pm . Winning inflation Battle Mccracken says Washington up a the Battle against inflation is being won and the Public will know about it through a major Progress on the Price front by the end of this year according to president Nixon s top economic adviser. Paul w. Mccracken chairman of the Council of economic advisers said those who claim the Battle is being lost because prices have not come Down despite a mid Winter slowdown Are Only displaying ignorance of Basic economic theory. Mccracken told up in an interview a was an Economy starts to Cool off you Are inevitable going to have a period when the Price level continues to sail along As Basic economic conditions seem to become less inflationary. A to look at these two seemingly contradictory things and say that something has gone wrong is to display an ignorance of How these things always tend to the nations output of goods and services declined at an annual rate i of 1.5 per sent in the first Quarter of this year the sharpest economic downturn in a decade but despite the slowdown the Cost of living continued to Rise at an annual rate j of about 6 per cent a highest since the korean War. The administration has been warning for More than a year that there would be a a time lag Between the Cooling off the general Economy and control of inflation. But there is now some evidence ploy ment of the Many latin Case that economic growth May be re endings. After a rapid review of latin i students join the legions of Caesar As an exciting Climax to their second year of study. Third and fourth year latin consists of one Section offering an experience us Ith Cicero and Vergil. Too miss Huffman a advanced latin students Are this year a hashing Over the words of the Silver tongued orator Marcus Tullius Cicero. Ciceronian Wuanita Biggs. John Burrow. Glen Couchman Judy Logan Van Rommel Joneen Stout and Lori Van Allen will celebrate latin month with miss Huffman by an evening luncheon at the Iris suming without producing any noticeable improvement in inflation. Mccracken agreed output May increase in the present Quarter which ends june 30. Output fell for one Quarter in 1967 but growth resumed in the following Quarter and inflation continued unabated through it All. Mccracken said Price developments traditionally a reflect economic conditions several months earlier and a what we Are seeing Are the inevitable Cross currents that you will see As an Economy begins to shift Mccormack rejects plan on voting at 18 Washington up a speaker John w. Mccormack a mass today rejected in Advance a plan by president Nixon to ask the House to abandon Senate passed legislation to lower the voting age to 18 by Law rather than a constitutional amendment. The White House said sunday that Nixon plans to Tell House leaders this week they should scrap the 18-year-old provision that the Senate added to a House approved voting rights Bill. The president it was said favors the idea but i thinks that it should be done through a constitutional amendment. Nixon has adopted the position that reaching the goal through legislation might be declared unconstitutional by the courts and jeopardize the 1972 elections. Mccormack disputed that con-1 Tention. School continues its tradition of four year latin program. Through the vivacity of miss by mice Huffman High school latin instructor students help Caesar wage his daring gallic campaigns travel with Vergil through the Beauty of his Apical aeneid or engage in a thoughtful search for clues that might Lead Cicero closer to seizing another Victory in the roman courts. Too work comes before play and so first year latin students spend urgent message Tamen vivit a the society of 1970, it. Pleasant High As that continue to dramatize that i Jim a gel in. A a a a a a two Ciao a Latina Lingua Ihm Stu a a a Cycle Accident Keosauqua a a Milton youth was in serious condition monday morning in Van Buren county memorial Hospital in Keosauqua from head injuries received in a motorcycle Accident sunday afternoon. Glen Smithburg 18, son of or. And mrs. Virgil Smithburg of Miil ton. Was injured when he lost control of his motorcycle at 4 30 on a gravel Road three Miles East of Cantril. He was not wearing a helmet at the time. He had not yet regained consciousness this morning. When the Accident happened Smithburg and Don Davis also of Milton were Riding their cycles towards the Des Moines River for a w Iener roast. Smithburg is a student at Centerville College. Students often find an instructors Delight in teaching contagious As is the Case w Ith students of miss Bernice Huffman above dedicated Mph latin instructor. Minerva. Roman goddess of Wisdom keeps watch night and Day Over the Mph latin classroom. Terse verse by a. C. Gordon Many Beauty shops have service fast for fair gossip that you hear alone will curl your hair i

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