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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - April 30, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news partly Cloudy Section one s 2 sections vol. 92, no. 102 it. Pleasant Iowa thursday evening april 30, 1970 Price to cents these Days by John Chamberlain who will be the Goat for soviet failure some individuals Are on the spot in soviet Russia. The Economy has not been performing Well and considering that this is the one Hundredth anniversary of Lenin a birth when everyone is hailing the infallible communist Messiah nobody who values his head would dream of blaming economic failure on the marxist Leninist philosophy. Individuals must be singled out As the culprits and the Kremlin Logiste most of whom were taken by Surprise when Premier Khrushchev was ousted Are Busy speculating on the identity of the sacrificial goats. Conceivably the a collective leadership of Leonid Brezhnev the Secretary general of the communist party and Premier Alexei Kosygin could be ousted from below in a repeat performance of what they did to Khrushchev when tile latter was negligently taking a vacation. Kosygin has been a sick a which May be a Straw in the wind lie is vulnerable As an economic Brezhnev however has not been acting As a Man who is about to leave his rear unguarded in the current jockeying for Kremlin position. He has been making speeches about a serious shortcomings in the construction Industry which has not relieved the russian housing shortage. And he has been saying much about the failure of the Plant managers to fulfil their quotas for steel and chemical production and about the disasters on the farm front which Hasni to been supplying the cities with enough meat milk and eggs. The impersonal villain mentioned by Brezhnev is Vodka. However someone must be responsible for letting drunkenness interfere with Industry and this Means that Alexander Shulepin who runs the Trade unions has something to explain. Or the villain could be Mikhail Suslov the party theorist and ideologists who could be put on the carpet for failure to inspire the masses with a sense of dedication to All the Leninist goals . Deep tank forces Cambodia in Saigon up a four tank led South vietnamese task forces estimated at 9,000 men drove deep into Cambodia today with Ltd. S. Air support and their commander announced they would remain a for Many Days to trap and destroy thousands of communist troops in their onetime Sanctuary. The main thrust along Highway i leading from Saigon to phenom penh overran the cambodian towns of Chiphou and Pra Sault 25 Miles inside Cambodia and was pushing Westward towards cambodian troops based Ait Svay Rieng 40 Miles inside Cambodia and 70 air Miles from phenom penh. Too three task forces estimated at 2,500 each drove into Cambodia in by la District cavalcade 7-0 at local Park according to radio Liberty a Well informed Christian Duevel Brezhnev has neatly mane Vered himself into a position that sets him apart from co Leader Kosygin. Some time ago Brezhnev so collected works were published in two volume edition in Bulgaria. The tryouts performance roughly equivalent to a Boston or new Haven opening of a show destined for Broadway Gat rave notices in bul Garian circles one of which was reprinted in communist in Moscow along with the reprinting of the bulgarian review the prediction was made that Brezhnev would soon be published in Russia As a a marxist Leninist now it has been made official a two volume edition of Brezhnev a speeches and articles is scheduled to appear sometime during Quot the second Quarter of 1970, to be sold for one Ruble and ninety Kopecky. The title will be a on a Leninist cub scouts and boy scouts from the two and one half counties that comprise the by la District Henry Louisa and the North half of Des Moines will participate in the annual cavalcade 7-0 this coming saturday May 2, at Mcmillan Park. Scouting will truly be on Parade As the boys demonstrate the various skills that relate to their advancement program. Activities will Range from cub scout circus woodcraft and Rebelos achievement to boy scout cooking rope making and chemistry magic and Many More. Competitive events such As tire rolling relays hoop and stick relays tug of War and balloon bust Are planned for the cubs and scouts will compete in fire building log sawing tug of War and a Pancake race. The feature event will be a fifty mile scout bicycle relay race with ten men teams. Tickets have been on Sale by the boys representing the five cub packs and1 four scout troops in the it. Pleasant area for the past two weeks tickets Are also available at the grandstand. Children under 14 admitted free with parents the scout show will Start at 2 . And run until 8 . All Are Welcome. The parrots beak sector which juts into South Vietnam to within 35 Miles of Saigon. A fourth task Force of 1,500 pushed across the Border from the Mekong Delta town of Kieng Tuong to try to cult off 15,000 Viet Cong in the area. So far the South vietnamese report killing 445 Viet Cong and North vietnamese troops and capturing vast supplies of equipment at a loss of 32 killed and 112 wounded 55 of the wounded strafed by mistake by u. S. Helicopter gunships. Two u. S. Advisers were reported wounded. Too although a cambodian spokesman in phenom penh said his government could not approve the Allied operation since it violated cambodian neutrality front dispatches said the operation was coordinated with the cambodian army Ito the extent a dozen cambodians linked up with the advancing vietnamese forces As guides. The first officially acknowledged drive into Cambodia by South vietnamese troops had the official purpose of destroying Viet Cong and North vietnamese base Camos near the Border. But As the communists fled from the allies some in commandeered cars the scope of the action was extended. It. Gen. Do Cao tri told up correspondent James b. Russell he was extending the operation because a we will need Many Days to search the area thoroughly. We will try to control the area to trap them inside and destroy . Not intending Long term operation Washington hopi it a the White House privately assured by congressmen today that president Nixon does not intend to involve the United states in a a Long term the Clayton ii is the Basic design that will be featured As the Model Home at sunday s open at North Awn subdivision the Public is cordially invited to tour the new Home and sub Divi House Sion. North Awn subdivision open House sunday trailer and car involved in mishap old locomotive goes to St. Joseph to. Local persons who happened to be along the Burlington Northern Railroad tracks Here saturday afternoon were puzzled about the destination of an old time steam locomotive which was a part of a westbound freight train. The engine was old no. 35, which had been used by the Burlington Railroad for exhibition purposes in recent years was Enro Ute to St. Joseph to. The engine tender and mail car have been Given to St. Joseph for museum purposes. The new North Awn subdivision Weschler stated a i feel that r. Will hold an open House event on critical be d has existed in it. Sunday May 3rd., from 1 00 . I pleasant for Many years for reason located in the Northwest Section of ably priced Homes. North Awn it. Pleasant the newly constructed Homes Are designed for the Many and paved Aldrin St rest provides families who want to own a new Access to the subdivision off Vine Home with a Low Down payment and Street i reasonable monthly Maurice a chips Weschler is the de congratulatory messages ate Fea Cloper and general contractor for tured in the special Section of Tome project. The Iris realty com nights Issue of the news. Pony is general sales agent for j the newly constructed Homes of which seven have been completed to Date. The Homes Are pre Cut by the National Homes company and erected or the site foundation in a matter i were involved in a mishap on of hours by Rich and Parks con 1 Jujj Shway 218 Junction shortly after Striction company. The Homes Are j g pm tuesday Well designed and Quality building j As truck driven North by materials Are utilized throughout. Joseph o. Fritzjunker 46. Salem 000 i or i slowed for a left turn the Basic designs being built at sheriffs officers said an Auto North Awn include the Clayton it driven by Darrell a. Mueller 20. St. The Penn Wood and the Newport Paul rounded a curve and started All have full a Seine nits three cd to pass. Rooms and space saving functional when Fritzjunker saw the Auto floor plans. Architecture is Basic he turned the truck Back to the contemporary design and blends right officers said. Mueller apply Well with the surrounding country j cd the brakes it was reported and Side. Complete Cha financing is skidded into the rear of the trailer. Open House at head Start and Day care Henry county head Start and Day care Are planning an open House at the new National guard 1 armory on monday evening May Lith from 7 00 to 9 00 . All interested people who care to i Cit the Center ure invited. This is an Opportunity to see the child Quicksand a a operations in Cambodia. But the unsigned statement circulated on Capitol Hill said the president found it necessary to Send advisers and arms into Cambodia from Vietnam a to save american too the memorandum was circulated in Advance of the presidents speech to the nation tonight in which he will seek to allay fears that the Allied thrust into Cambodia May Widen the War in Southeast Asia. The memo said that communist forces have Quot enormously increased their hostile activities in Cambodia and that to ignore them a would present an open american flank to the too a a this is not a Long term a Quicksand operation that would Lead to a new a Vietnam situation in the letter said a it is a Marvin Brown Janna Shelman win rec trip the essay contest conducted by the rec cooperative in it. Pleasant dealing w Ith the topic a Rural electric cooperatives a Good for All americans reveals the winners As Jaru in Mari Shelman of Hillsboro and Marvin Brown it. Pleasant. These two talented youth will make a Jet flight to Washington . Sponsored by this cooperative strike operation that is an integral it. Madison a a trailer pulled by a two ton truck and an Auto Ren in action. Refreshment will be served reports flashing lights broken it Wras reported to the sheriff s of i ice by the Schroder construction co. That sometime during the night tuesday five electric flashing lights were broken at a Road intersection site three Miles South of new London. Available for those who qualify special Cha financing is available As Well As other types of financial arrangements. The Schroder company is repair there was major damage to the ing some Blacktop and had set up right front of the Auto and minor a barricade. Six red flags were Al damage to the left rear of the so torn up. Total loss was estimate trailer. No injuries were reported de at $75. And accompanied by Many other Young people from Iowa. The trip will be from june 15 to 20 and during that week hundreds of other youth throughout the country will be in Washington on similar trips so tile Community will be a a alive with outstanding Young from Rural America. Miss Shelman a Junior at Harmony High school and daughter of or. And mrs. Verle Shelman has a Fine academic record and she has participated in marching band concert band and various musical groups. Hie clarinet is her instrument. Her hobbies include horseback Riding swimming music Reading and cooking. Janne plans to go to College after completing her High school education and she is considering the Field of medical technology. Brown a Junior at it. Pleasant High school is a son of or. And mrs. Lloyd brow n and participates in the High school mixed chorus and the Maroon and Gold singers. He has also been very much interested in the future Farmers of America program. Hts hobbies include Reading and fishing. After completing his High school work part of our operations in Vietnam. It is not in reply to any of cambodian Premier Lon nol s requests for Aid to noting that Quot Saigon is Only 35 Miles from Cambodia Quot the statement said a this Effort to clean out people the enemy will result in a saving of american president Nixon will speak at 8 . Cd. Minor damage from wind Strong winds and some Hail accompanied a thunderstorm that swept across Central Henry county late wednesday afternoon and in Hie Early evening. In it. Pleasant some of the hailstones were described As a nearly As Large As Golf most of the stones however were about the size of Moth balls and were scattered. A big tree w As blown Down on the front Lawn of the mental health Institute and other Trees and he plans to attend College taking scattered broken a the wind. An electric a re still carrying work related to agriculture. Ironically As or. Duevel Points out the Brezhnev a a classic will be compelled to omit articles and speeches dating Back to the pre-1964 period most of which abounded in tributes to a a Khrushchev a Wisdom and insight a there is poetic Justice in this for Khrushchev himself was compelled to forget his own Praise of Stalin when Hie began his Destain Izat Ion crusade. nobody will make any published note of the fact that the Brezhnev a collected works begin with speeches and articles of 1964. The combination of Brezhnev a recent Tough talk about the faltering soviet Economy and the announcement in novye Knagin Sisr that a the speeches and articles of l. I. Brezhnev Aire a Brilliant testimony to the firmness scientific foundation and consistency of the general course of the cps a does not indicate that Brezhnev is ready to give Way to somebody else As the soviet Boss. He has deftly mane Vered to place the blame for poor economic performance on the officials who Are directly involved with production. Meanwhile he has been promoting himself to a troika position with Marx and Lenin As a Quot classical source of communist Wisdom. If Brezhnev should fall in a future shakeup it will be because of super plotters whose existence is unknown to the West. There could be such platters but if they arc really there our Kremlin Logiste have yet to spot them. Distributed by King features Syndicate. Keokuk band in three cite festival Here the Keokuk senior High school concert band will present two numbers at the three City band festival Here on monday evening May 4. They Are symphonic movement for band Goldstein selections from Sweet Charity a Colerain Fields. The Keokuk High school band consist of 78 sophomores juniors and seniors and is under the direction of Gerald d. Boshart. This year the Chiefton marching band appeared in the it. Madison Rodeo Parade the area Burlington band festival and was a special feature at the Mark Twain marching band festival at Hannibal mo., and numerous local parades. At the close of the football season the band turns its attention to concert work presenting two Public concerts and a variety show each year. Were you counted ? the 1970 census is now almost finished. It is very important that the census be Complete and Correct of you believe that you or anyone else in your household including visitors were not counted please fill out the form below and mail it immediately to . Census office 107 w. Second St. Ottumwa Iowa 52501 please print or write clearly a i have checked with the members of my household and i believe that one or More of us was not counted in the 1970 census a on april 1,1970,1 lived at a House number Street or Road City county apartment number or location zip code state a this address is located Between. And name of Street or Road a i an listing below the name and required information for myself and each member of my household. Name of Street or Rood s please include a family members and other relatives living Here in eluding babies. All lodgers boarders servants hired hands and other Goonra Latles living Here. All persons who usually live Here but Are temporarily away. All persons with a Home elsewhere but who stay Here most of the week while working or attending College. Do not include any College student who stays somewhere else while attend ing College. I any person away from Here in the armed forces or in Ait institution such As a Home for the aged or mental Hospital any person who usually stays somewhere else most of the week while working there. Any person visiting Here who has a usual Home elsewhere democrats plan meet candidates breakfast May 17 Henry county democrats will have a a meet the candidate breakfast on May 17th at St. Alphonsin Hall from 9 till noon. Planning to attend ate candidates for the first District congressional seat and for governor. Tickets Are available at Brau drug store or from Dick Vander and Csc. The . Will prepare and serve the meal. Terse verse by a. C. Gordon laryngitis when your voice has ceased could be labelled a conversation names of persons living in this household of april 1# 1970, and those staying or visiting Here who had no other Home. Head of the household d f we of head unmarried children oldest first a Quot a married children and their families other relatives of the head w persons not related to the head of you ult More than 6 persons use an additional Sheet i a print relationship of each person to the head of the household. For example wife son daughter grandson Mother in Law lodger lodgers wife mole or female Morf is this person White negro Black american Indian japanese chinese filipino Hawaii Art korean other print specific when wet this person born is this person now Mart so widowed divorced separated single never married it. Middle last Nam i first Nam initial race month i year i i head i i a. I i i --1-1------ i i i i his. Elk kit Quot a i i i i a a i 1 i i t i. I i t i i i a name of person who filled this form , dept. Of Commerce Bureau of the centum form d�26 budget Bureau no. 41-s68107 approval expires 12-31-70 w. C Anderson Heads vow William c. Anderson was elected commander of the Henry county Post ?561. Veterans of foreign wars at the election held tuesday Evenin ? at the Post Home. He succeeds Donald Maddix. Or. Anderson is a Veteran of world War ii. He was at Pearl Harbor aboard the battleship Pennsylvania when Japan made the attack on that port and world War ii started. He enlisted in the Navy in july 1940 and was discharged in August 1946. He was in the 7th Fleet and took part in 13 invasions in the South Pacific. Other officers elected were William Fenton or. Vice commander Richard Meinsen. Or. Vice commander Neil Wikel quartermaster Roscoe Jacobs chaplain or. John Hunt surgeon and Van Crawford j trustee. The new officers will take office i in june. New London gains 15% no i ill a Lour we a a a a a a ,. _. _ United states code requires that you answer the questions to the Best of your knowledge. Your answers will be used Only for statistical purposes and cannot by Law be dts dosed to any person outside the census Bureau for any reason whatsoever. Cut along dotted line new London has a 15 per cent gain in population Over the 1960 j figure the preliminary report on the total there indicates. The total of the census unofficially and before some further additions May be made is 1.949 persons ten years ago the final total was 1,694. New London showed a total of 732 housing units this year. It. Pleasant has a total of 2,363 housing units in the 1970 census. Figures for the number of housing units show in the 1960 census for the two towns were not immediately available. Of you were missed in the census fill out this Normand mail it As directed. Units to Drill the local National guard units co d and the separate detachment v ill Drill tills weekend. Troops of co. D will meet at the armory at i . Saturday and go to Keokuk staying overnight and drilling sunday. The separate detachment troops will report Here and Likely go to i Fairfield. Electricity was Down near the Mhz grounds. A limb fell at the Home of mrs. Louise Clark. 800 North Lincoln. Taking with it a Section of roof of i or windows and damaging the Sid of the House. The resulting opening disclosed a Colony of Bee and pounds and pounds of Honey. The Honey falling to the ground a a tasty attraction for those w to gathered Ait the scene. Rainfall at the South Edge of it. Pleasant amounted to just Over one half Inch. Three mile West the amount was .80 of an Inch. The South Central Iowa town. Of Lineville wednesday reported heavy property damage As a Tornado touched Down West of town and to Flat veiled through the Central business area. A Tornado damaged at least 50 Homes several churches and schools a Large apartment Complex and a hotel in Oklahoma City Early today. Streets were flooded and some residents were reported trapped in wreckage. Wind damage near Stockport Stockport a the Dale Clark Home one half mile West of Here received extensive damage in a windstorm at 6 30 wednesday evening. Part of the roof was blown off House window were blown out and the sidewalls were torn off. When the storm broke mrs. Clark had gone to the basement for shelter and or. Clark a bus Driver for Van Buren Community school out of Stockport had just arrived Home and remained in his car. No one was injured. Neighbors helped the Clarks move wednesday night to the j. Thompson Clark farm recently purchased by the Dale Clarks. It was also damaged somewhat the Chimney we As Tom off leaving a big Hole in the roof and the West windows were All blown in. It Nii the Lawrence minor farm near the Clark place had an old Bam blown Down and this morning the minors Are looking for their Little pigs. A Large steel bin from the Clark farm landed in a Field on the min or farm. The Stockport Van Buren Community school building has received some damage

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