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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - April 30, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news Cool s35hsh these Days by George e. Sokol sky How can it happen i read a broadcast rom Panama City which tells a might tale about All the Money that we Are scattering about the world with Bittie concern for what happens to it. Let me repeat the Panama Story Quot this is a Story of an incident that occurred in the capital of our country we shall Call it the Story of the lost building. Quot tins building which was a Large one and which contained recreation ii facilities such As an ice rink dance Hall gymnasium and so Forth was sold to the Panama City administration by the in s government for one Balboa. The understanding was that the building was to be moved to another site where it could be used by the children for their activities. Quot but what happened the building has disappeared and the lot on which it was to be erected is being used for commercial purposes no one knows what happened to the building no one knows Why the new lot which was set aside for the relocation of the building is being used for profits no one knows Why children have been deprived of the use of both the building and the new lot attempts have been made to find answers to these questions but we have always been Given idiotic answers. In the meantime what happened to the building who is profiting from All this a a Balboa is Worth $1 of. It is a sad tale of our generosity going astray. Too i w in Reading a speech a sort of annual report delivered by Tito to the Federal Peoples Assembly on april 19, in which he said Quot part of the military requirements has been supplied from the Aid received since 1951 from the United states. As is known receipt of this Aid was suspended in de j Cember last year after a Mutual agreement at our request because this military Aid was no longer in Accord with our foreign policy the policy of coexistence in Hie changed International in a word. When we aided this fellow Tup to the tune of $1,000,-000,000, he Felt that he was doing us a favor by accepting the Aid. He v ill now do us no More favors. We it can keep our tanks and planes and whatnot. In tact Tito regards soviet russians Competition with us in the give away business As Partick j Early notable. Let me quote his w ords vol. 80, no. 102 it. Pleasant Iowa. Wednesday Eye no a Phi i 30, Heys a pm by Carrier 30 per week by mall $7.30 per year defense plan essential a Quot in observing Law Day Over u. S. Uranium fuel poll lots a Lames Glenn. Westinghouse engined prepares Nett to process a Batch of uranium oxide into fuel pellets right at the Blairsville pa., Plant first step is to mix the fuel with a Binder using the big mixer just beyond Glenn. The pellets arc about the size of a filter tip on h cig Aret and Are formed with watchmaker s Pieri Sion they will be a Quot a to generate and sustain nuclear Fis Sion in atomic reactors. International Rill Henry county but mss it Cia to Ion is joining in the Observance of Law Day which is being observed Nau Onalle Fri the first tune this year president Eisenhower has issued an offi Cio proclamation designating the a ions i Observance and Caline a it in tin people to reaffirm their dedication to the Rule of Law As the foundation of individual Freedom and Oppio Tunita i i ame lean citizens memorial Day committee to meet monday name cancer fund chairmen local . A to Cdr has proclaimed May i and called upon local i my be thas Law Day Cit liens to the inst meeting of the 1958 memorial Day planning committee i will be held in Hie upstairs meeting j room at the american legion Hall monday evening. May 5th, at 7 of . According to an announcement today by american legion commander Richard Howe. Leaders of the following patriotic organizations in i. Pleasant Are being advised to have at Leas one or More representatives present for this important planning session american legion Bob Robert Youghian it pleasant cancer fund drive chairman reports that the drive or contrib limits has begun in of pleasant. Couhglin states that chairmen have been selected in tile wards and in the business District. They Are mrs. Bernice Walter Ward i mrs will dyad Ward 2 mrs Edith Mccormick Ward 2 mrs Herman Martin Ward 4 co chairmen for tile business District will be Stewart cans and Robert Coughlan. Marion Jackson and new London townships chairmen have been App a a. Pealed. Recording to Robert Ion. County cancer fund drive Chan wars Post no 2561 american Wai dads National guard army Reserve. Women a Relief corp daughters of the american revolution daughters of Union veterans american legion auxiliary vow auxiliary no 2561, american War dads auxiliary Reserve ties boy scouts and cub scouts and girl scouts and brownies. On May 22, 1957, a special project of this group was discussed. A s p e e i a i investigating Committer composed of Nellie Schmidt ted Taylor Aud Eldon Brake was appointed at that time and Wall give a report of their findings it the monday evening meeting. Man. Mrs. Max Swartsel tuber has been appointed cancer drive chairman in Marion township mrs. Lester Matheny w ill head the new London township drive and mrs j Robert Holtkamp will Lead the Jackson township solicitation. Many of the to oms hip fund campaigns arc progressing favourably Lantz said. He is enthusiastic about the favourable turnout to the individual Coffee Breaks being sponsored for the workers in each area. Quot in the Field of National Economy Aid a significant v Hen the soviet granting Aid on a tonal so called inter i Aud technical moment came Union started. \ broader internal famed chemist kills wife self use older turbines for 9-Day period recognize this special Day. In his proclamation lie states individual Freedom main Law is the Birthright it All americans Laws and courts exist to protect every citizen in ins person mid property and in the individual rights and privileges he enjoys under our Federal and state const it. It Lone Quot it is this Liberty and Equality for the individual which distinguishes lug system of government from commune in under which millions of people a e today living in slavery without Laws lawyers and courts the Freedom we often take for granted would be meaningless. A tins important truth is to be recognized publicly in a nationwide Observance of Law Day u s a to be held on May i. 1958. The purpose of this Day will be to focus Public attention on the important part that Law has played in America s growth and achievement. Quot Law Day i s a is to be the first National Celebration of its kind Ever held. The present status of world affairs makes it especially fitting that our people should at this time reaffirm their Faith in the Rule of Law and their determination to strengthen it this is both a timely and patriotic Observance emphasizing respect for Law and Good be stresses necessity f or i a. I defense win Ironton. Gas Eisenhower said today Gressional m Cap Tance sent Nils of his defense Tam Pine ram u h is to by president that count the is Reorg Nazh is necessary to the properly defended a it ill la i \ i i s a pm s fund Abd i a e i. Vol i us 11 i i i a v i second lion Nasser civil ii in Moscow tot an in div Rod carpet president of the United Alai i Public Ilett it i greeted but i hit who Khaki. A hand Al tight i soviet Premie a int i nut Iona i hour photo it $8.5 million did for asks Russia in u. S. Funds to reconsider Salen stub for roads i r Artaz 125 rejected reconsider if. Rejection of the ame la i ins Highway Nim Ion that Iowa will have $8,500,000 for fiscal ate i in nut was i old to total of a n Federal funds a and Dill i at As the result of us w Al. To to s Tion eme Geney i cd by Goi g e no decision however on thing the funds this Cost the United states about $1,000,000,000 before our officials in Washington discovered that Tito continued to belong to the soviet world that his quarrel was personal with Stalin and that once Stalin died the quarrel is no More note his own comments on the subject Quot a great event of Broad International significance was the visit paid by a soviet delegation headed by Comrade Khrushchev to our country As Well As the regulation of the relations Between the two countries and the visit of our delegation to the soviet the time has surely come for a restudy of the give away program Call it. By whatever name. It was surely devised originally in the form of lend lease to assist our allies in War. It has been exaggerated into a world wide eleemosynary Effort to Aid Remote and Distant countries to achieve by one hop skip and jump to an agricultural and Industrial plateau similar to ours. Too we have sought to expend Money to bring All the world to a common Standard of living which can Only mean dragging Down the countries of Noble cultures to the standards of the polynesian fishermen of Remote Pacific islands. This program never made much sense Bur was an expression of american sentimentality which we All Delight in and undoubtedly explains Why we contribute More to private Charity after paying enormous taxes than any people on Earth it us the Way we Are constituted and As Long As we have the Money who can complain it is Only when we hit troubled times like these when Cash in hand is less than usual that we began to look around to see what we can do to save a Buck Here and there. And we expect the same of our government. Before this depression is Over the United states May have to drop Many of its outlandish philanthropies. Copyright 1958, King features Syndicate inc it Doylestown pa., a ins famed research chemist Earl w. Flosdorf killed his attractive wife with a Shotgun blast tuesday night and i then commit ted suicide after turning the weapon on himself. Reconstructing the double tragedy listed officially As a murder. And suicide police said fios Dort fired a is gauge Shotgun blast into the face of his Wile Esther and then killed himself apparently after a drinking bout. Bucks county Coroner Thomas Lamb who issued a certificate showing murder and suicide said both died instantly. Tire Flosdorf s 10-year-old son William was a hysterical witness to the slayings. The boy fled their showplace Home in Forest Grove eight Miles from Doylestown and ran screaming to a neighbors House sobbing Quot daddy shot Mommy a he gave or. And mrs. Lindsey Lazalere jr., the first indication of the tragedy. The Larzelere notified doctors and police. Authorities said the 54-year-old chemist who invented the freeze drying process for changing human blood into plasma apparently had quarrelled with his wife after drinking heavily All evening. It. Pleasant residents have just concluded using electricity for nine Days from two older turbines operating simultaneously. The 1500 and 750 kilowatt turbines were used together while the boiler for the 5,000 kilowatt Generator was bring taken Down for j inspection and replaced. This in j Section is required annually by the insurance company and the state j Light Plant manager Charles Ropel said. Peak Load while the two older turbines were being used w As 2.050 kilowatts or 200 less than their combined capacity. Use of the two synchronized together for Over a week has special interest locally because it Means objections to Donnellson school District overruled it. Madison a hearing on the proposed Donnellson Community school District was held before the Lee county Board of education in the court room it the court House Here monday about 25 jux a Ople were present. Following the Reading of the objections persons were Given an Opportunity to speak concerning their objection the principle reasons were that they Felt that the Donnellson proposal w too Small to give a Broad duration Al program at a reason i Able Cost and also since they were j located quite close to the proposed i Farmington Hillsboro Bonaparte i District they w Ould rather see what that the City does have standby a j. I possibilities it had to offer Wilities above the Normal capacity at this time of the year. The Peak capacity runs higher at other periods in the year. Lamb in second truck Accident naval officer team to visit inc Campus a naval officer information team will be on the Iowa Wesleyan College Campus on May 7, Between the hours of 10 00 . And 2 00 . To disseminate information concerning the various officer training program now available to College men. The naval aviation Cadet program is currently open to men with Only 60 semester hours of College credits who Are unmarried and can pass the necessary physical Robert e. Lamb 103, s. Brazelton it. Pleasant May be beginning to wonder if the third time could be a Chai in. For the Sec-1 Ond time in less than a week a gravel truck he was driving Over j turned tuesday morning. Sheriffs officers after Investiga-1 Tion said that Lamb was driving the truck owned by Cornell amp mitts i Transfer and storage it pleasant j East on a gravel Road about nine Miles North of Burlington three quarters of a mile East of Highway 61. The time was about 9 o clock. Attempting to make a right j curve he apparently lost control of the vehicle and it upset in the right1 ditch. The truck was loaded with gravel at the time officers said. The vehicle was badly damaged for the second time Lamb emerged unscathed the objections were overruled r and an order was passed by the Board which would set the boundaries of the proposed District a they had been petitioned for. It was the decision of the county Board that the number of objections which had been filed did not warrant the exclusion of the Benton. Rising Sun Fairview and sax districts from the proposed Community District. The election on the proposed District will be held sometime in May a building Bill pass was made today. Method of allot at whether if should be of a need a i of Wile min i a Money should be Appo i toned equally throughout the six Highway Coin Mission districts one of the commissioners Russell Lundy Ltd it of do Mollie was not present at us meeting commission Ltd Hie Engineer join butter just Hack from a meeting with Federal offic Ial in Chi ago Iii. Said that an additional $1,495,377 would to available a interstate funds under t lit Federal program on top of the $8,500,000,000 for primary Urban Ami a Condary roads the stale will Boul ,027, 749 in a toll my fund,1 with the fed Era Money. Butter told Ila <1 ten Mission that one of the requisites for obtaining the Federal Money Foi Prima y and Condary Road War that Eon tracts be let by i tee i 1938 Aud that the Wink be 1 ample d by i it 31, 1959 he told the Ammi in i hat by Gate would Baa no difficulty ill Matching the Federal Money in the primary and Urban Road projects but tlie1 f would be a Cliffs Ilion the secondary project an Iowa Law Requin that any government funds he dish United equally among the stale 99 count in. Missing parakeet found returned to Dove spikes the i lean Doven pm Ca can t re use coloured talking parakeet got the Spring Ever monday if to i noon proposal i of an zone to prevent dear ii i a k the i Hie executive coif Tepee that soviet Aster Gromyko til american proposal Arctic ins pee Surprise no old his in cig ii Cha a was a a new s min thut pub la try 11 an i a in t slant saddened Hun latino ohm Din i sentiment president said Gromyko a Illy and lie Hope the gov i. Nill it will t Echo Ade Aine la old tor a be surfacing project on state Highway 123 in Henry county were rejected today by the Iowa Highway commission the project involves refit effacing of almost three and one in of Miles from Balem to of police to Start marking cars mayor Wade me Betti has announced thai the City police will St ail marking cat. In the 2houi 1 parking one next Friday. Rim for overtime parking May j by paid for 30 cents ii the Fine is paid the nine Day the ticket is issued the Tine and tile ticket can be Placid in a lot in the East door at the City Hall otherwise the Fine will be $1.00 to be paid in tip mayor s office or Polk e department sight wreckage of b ? 5 bomber he a ado Dpi my it Colo. It ins win rage sighted on the South of pikes Peak near Colorado today was definitely Ide tithe missing b-25 air Force Lorn Lowry air base. Cai in officials said engine plane identified cd number on the fuselage Wing was a polled i bout 10.500 up the Mountain by searchers Light plane. No i n of life was reported near the Cene of the wreckage bomber f it to it the j by Aud feet Iii a of Highway in in 8. Highway Maint Cna at e engined it a Boyd recommended that the Low bid of Irvin 8 Jensen be rejected because of its excessively High Coit tile Henry county bid was lumped together with three other similar resurfacing projects involving. Five counties Jensen s old was $90,544 for the entire Lour projects the commission had estimated that the resurfacing jobs would Coal $74,096 tile project Calls for a Seal coat to is placed on High Vav a y 125 Boyd pointed out that the lad Price was too High for such a coat he said the High Cost was caused by a change in specifications by the Highway commission the commis Ion revised the specifications Iii Cader to try to obtain a higher Type aggregate on such roads however during Hie discussion today hic commission decided Hud roads with an adequate base do not need the More costly cover Boyd said he would attempt to have rebid for the project at the next meeting of the commission on May 13. Farm prices up one per cent hair is ignited As he pops Corn bids received on Milton project Milton a a Crawfordsville contractor and a Chicago firm Are let w bidders for major sections of Milton s municipal waterworks fourteen bids went opened monday by the town Council. Proposals will be studied by the Council and its engineers until May 7 when contracts will be signed. The Chicago by Edge and Iron co was the successful bidder for the last Friday i Tower. The company offers to build English and French furniture and objects of Art from a single estate brought $1,265,095 in new York. While driving a gravel truck on Irish Ridge Road North or Burlington. He was forced off the Road when attempting to pass a Driver and the truck upset too. This truck is owned by Dale Riley. And Clew away when my Yeti old Steven let him out of his Cage about 3 the Dove spikes live at 105 South Jackson and they marched widely for the ii Chatterbox Bud who says Quot whereas grandma a Quot wheres Debbie a Quot Jerry a a pretty Quot give me a kiss Dean and whistles Quot a Blue Streak a tuesday morning the Dove spikes had almost Given up Hope and were completely lost without a Curie mated Green Bird whom they fall great a. Their Surprise Aud happiness when the migrating a a Jerry was discovered about la a in. Wednesday by mrs. C r Mccurn behind her Horn in Shearer addition close to a mile away from his Home. Quot Jerry flew from them it Cuen Home into att \ Tom Belles garage where the doors Tefere to cd and he was returned to his Home and age. Frederick Millard i High school Sophomore frightening experience of f Lump of hair burned off monday evening a was popping Corn at when grease accidentally popped up onto his head United Iii hair his hair a in burned and singed that hts head shaved tuesday. Pleasant had the Laving a his head his Home ignited and in so Habile had instructed in school office work a rive assistants of the aunty superintendents it it the state of Iowa met Afel Kirkwood in Des Moines instruction period concern s Al the office monday and the tripod Structure with a 50.000 How did mrs Mccuen know the gallon tank for $21,900. J Dove spikes had lost a parakeet j. A. Raymond bid $65,500 for in she and mrs John Carter a neigh Sta Ila Tion of 25.000 feet of four and Bor consulted the news wan a s six Inch water Mains and 165 serv a and found that the dozens pikes ices. Bird was missing. Admin a if ii. Ficen a in the h o for an a ing Dull tuesday. I m Florence Williams administrative assistant in the office of Henry county superintendent of i Scho is and miss Elaine Martin secrete a attended the conference. Tile monday program included Linen from the state department of Public instruction and others Dis cussing topics of special value to those attending Washington ins the Agri a culture department said today farm i i i ires jumped one per cent in the month that ended april 15 to the j i highest level since the Eisenhower j administration took office j the department reported that i j tin Price Index stood at 2661 pet rent of the 1910-1.4 average i this was three Points above a month ago and 24 Points higher i i than last year. Record High prices for fruit and j vegetables combined with a sub j stun Tiai Rise in Cotton prices were responsible tor the increase prices j of Dairy products eggs and poultry j dropped slightly Farmers costs also Rose on april 1.3, they set a new record High at 306 per cent of the 1910-14 base period it was an increase of two Points since last month and to Points from a Yea ago Lana a shocked by cranes action rile Cinel executive vigorously told his news conference that the Core of Hie plan us to give the defense Secretary enough authority to carry out unified strategy Ile said lie would not quibble Over words but insisted that any Retreat from thus fundamental in his mind would lie ii Retreat to a degree of de senselessness that would a inexcusable. La a general Jovial mood with the la reporters at his sixth new conference in As Many weeks Ute president also made these Points l l gnome i a he does not feel that a easterday a report of a slight Dee line in unemployment is evidence vet that the nation us Back on the Road to Prosperity lint he cd continued and emphatic evident c that the business decline is battering out i Wes replying to democratic prodding tor a decision on a tax Cut a again declared that a tax Cut in it it la cannot revitalize lie Economy and that there must be a a in Biose and studious analysis of the situation before making any real move Iii that direction. Quot dirty bombs he denied a charge by sen Clinton p. Andrei son it i n that the military had replaced so called Quot clean Quot nuclear tombs with Quot dirty radioactive one. I lie president said that no military officer had Ever suggested stockpiling dirtier bombs on the contrary he said they Pretor cleaner one Winch Are better tactically Nixon he said it us not his place to Groom a successor he said he a has kept vice president Richard m Nixon fully informed of administration decisions so that he would be Able to fill in if or Eisenhower should be incapacitated but the president said the Ooin candidate for his Job in i960 will be named by tile Republican party and it has a lot of darned Good men to choose from. News conferences or. Eisenhower said he likes them Al i though he must admit that Stone a times questions strike him As so i inconsequential or personal that he i has Normal minor irritations. But i he said news conferences Are a very Fine american institution. I Ihm per the president broke into a big laugh when a reporter asked whether ins anger at last weeks news conference was any indication that the Strain of office was catching up with him. He said he would be less than human of lie were always a Pouyanne and ii a does not attempt to be a poker player before this crowd. Through most of the 30-Minutr session the president was in Good humor. Grand jury indicts one a i i grand jury for the april term of District court has reported and returned an indictment against Adrian Henry Kempker what cheer charged with operating a motor vehicle while he was intoxicated. The grand jury did no to return an indictment against Robert Pottorff it. Ayr and a charge of assault with intent to inflict great bodily harm against him was dismissed. The charge was filed March 27 by Ruby Maxwell. The members of the grand jury were Hazel Greene Virgil Aldrich. Elmer Boncke Roy Dustman Herman Hallowell Harold Lee and n. J. Wester Beck. Hollywood ins actress Lana Turner said today that Stephen cranes move to gain full custody of their daughter. Cheryl was Quot a or at Shock to her and vowed to fight it a to the bitter but Crane s attorney Arthur Crowley answered that Lana Quot should have known All along that her former husband would seek full custody Nixon welcomed in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ins a vice president and mrs. Richard m. Nixon received a warm Welcome today when they arrived at Buenos Aires to represent the u. S. At thursday s inauguration of Argentine president Arturo Frondizi

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