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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - August 2, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news these Days by George e. Sokolsky inflation the really big and devastating problem that the american people face is inflation. What it really amounts to is that consumer s prices have doubled since 1939. According to the committee for economic development a. During 1956 and 1957 alone the consumer Price Index Rose 6 per cent a a rate which if continued would double the Price level in 23 what this Means in simple language is that the value of the Dollar As a Means of Exchange is constantly going Down and that therefore the Standard of life will ultimately also go Down if not altogether in the Quantity of goods consumed by the individual certainly in the Quality not Only of goods but also of services. The capitalistic system has two justifications 1. That it produces a constantly rising Standard of living a the greatest Good for the number a a result of constant Competition in a free Market 2. That because the individual possesses Freedom of economic action he also possesses Freedom in All other phases of life such As thought speech religion movement research teaching Etc. If the capitalistic system bogs Down in these two aspects it fails completely and some other system of life will take its place. There Are Many systems of life there Are Many mixtures of systems. For instance. Soviet Russia which regards itself As a socialist state employs the wage incentives of capitalism and in it International Trade is shifting Over to a degree from the barter methods of socialism to a Gold Exchange basis. Elliot v. Bell. Chairman of Mcgraw Hill publishing company inc., and an expert on banking referring to a Chi discussion on the subject of inflation wrote Quot i do not believe that this policy statement comes to grips with Hie real difficulties of the inflation situation. There is no real Effort to say Why the policies of recent years have so signally failed to defend us against inflation. If we cannot even agree on where we failed. I do not think we can get very far in prescribing a recipe for the reason. I think that Many knowledgeable men. Even experts fail to agree on a possible cure for inflation or on the causes for any economic disturbance in our society. Is that they do not agree As to what our society is. We so Peak of it As a democracy As a re pub lie As a country in which private i Enterprise prevails. None of these words or phrases correctly describes the american Way of life although All of them do to a certain degree. When for instance we say that private Enterprise prevails that is True but Public Enterprise is growing apace. And in private Enterprise big business is squeezing Small business which is the social Core of private Enterprise. And As big business grows it becomes As bureaucratic As government. Bureaucracy usually leads to stagnation to a substitution of of forms for thought to a lessening of initiative and Competition. In Many instances big business hires outside policy advisers outside economists outside publicity men to think out the social nature of the business. These outsiders often form a Bridge among similar companies to eliminate Competition without Competition there can be no capitalism. Tile essential difference Between capitalism and socialism is Competition in a free Market. Too thus it can be said that in the United states while Many groups official and unofficial have tried to study the nature and causes of inflation no group except perhaps the Rockefeller Brothers panel Lias approached the problem from the Basic standpoint As to whether it is Wise or possible or i probable for the United states to vol. 80, no. 181 it. Pleasant Iowa saturday evening Ai g. 2. 1958 by Carrier so per week. \ by my it it a 7�?T50 p1 recognize in new iraqi regime it. Pleasant Iowa saturday evening aug. 2, 1958 by Carrier Sot per week by mall. >7.50 per year j to Mam controversy leads to second resignation s v Des Moines it Upit Logist the second of opals involved in a which later led to a Eldora boys training a psycho two or in controversy riot at the school last derailed a Elevon cars of the Milwaukee roads olympian Hiawatha Streamliner jumped the tracks at 90 Miles per hour at Oak Creek. Wisconsin a suburb of Milwaukee. At least 75 persons were injured but miraculously no one was killed. Jordan was virtually created by Churchill by in a the remain a capitalistic country. I this much we have ourselves j witnessed two world wars a prolonged depression a shift in popu-1 la Ion from Rural to Urban areas. A smaller War in Korea and the need for the enormous Cost of permanent preparation for War these May be the principal causes for the present inflation they Are not the Only ones. The social effects of inflation Are More Complex and ugly than the immediate economic effects. For instance All forms of service in the Home have practically disappeared from Middle class american life which is reflected in the Vogue of do it yourself operations and a consumption of the Leisure time of male and female workers in the Type of chores for Winch numerous devices were expected to he the Savior London Impi the kingdom of Jordan standing today in perilous isolation at the Center of the revolutionary Middle East was virtually created by sir Winston Churchill 37 years ago. Over cigars and Brandy at a dinner with Lawrence of Arabia in Cairo in 1921. Churchill who was the British colonial Secretary decided to Reward Lawrence s Chiel ally. Sherif Hussein by giving him a kingdom. The world War i defeat of the turkish Empire had brought a split up of tile Arab provinces. By the treaty of san remo Syria and Lebanon became French mandates. Palestine West of the Jordan River and trans Jordan cast of the River and Iraq formerly Mesopotamia became British mandated territories. In recognition of Sherif Hussein s Aid to Lawrence in sparking tile Arab revolt during the War it was decided that his two sons. Faisal and Abdullah should be Given the thrones of Iraq and tra naj it it Rda 11 respectively it was their grandsons on whom the world spotlight turned this july 13 23-year-old King Faisal victim of an Assassin s Bullet in his Baghdad Palace and his Cousin 22-year-old King Hussein still standing defiantly in his Palace at Atman guarded British paratroopers. In 1946 trans Jordan became dependent two years later Challah was made King of a a hash emite kingdom of during the same year 1948 the British mandate in Palestine ended and. In the ensuing conflict the Arab i Region occupied a considerable area on the Jordan River s West Bank. In 1950 this area was formally incorporated in the kingdom of Jordan and at one stroke the population of the kingdom was doubled by 750,000 dispossessed and disgruntled palestinians. The palestinians doubled the number of seats in Jordan s House of representatives. Their influence steadily grew. Their anti Western tirades embittered by the creation of the jewish state of Israel grew More and More violent in 1050 the Jordan elections produced a parliament hostile even to tile continued existence of Jordan. They ended the Alliance with Britain. Young Hussein sacked maj. Gen. Sir John Bagot Clubb As commander of the Arab legion and promoted Young officers who in return plotted to oust the King and join in federation with Egypt and Syria it was Only the loyalty of bedouin arabs in the army who rallied and saved Hussein at that time and on at least two occasions since what lies in store now for Young Hussein can Only be conjectured. One thing appeared certain that Britain cannot continue to prop him up indefinitely. Two dead after drinking fluid Salida Colo up it a two re i forma tory inmates died Friday night and 34 others who drank a duplicator fluid containing deadly Wood a Chol were hospitalized today. Doctors at two hospitals where i the reformatory inmates were taken from Buena Vista said Wood alcohol a Central nervous system Poison with no known specific antidote has a delayed effect. They said the inmates who drank the noxious fluid would not be out of danger for 72 hours. Carlton Corley. 20, of Houston tex., died at the Rio Grande Hospital Here at la . Conrad Johnson 20, Colorado Springs died soon after. Deeds recorded at courthouse the following deeds have been recorded it the courthouse. Insurance plan savings amp loan association to Edward Parker and wife property West of Mcmillan Park j a Kirk to Frank a. Kirk property Section 4 of Center i in lip. Roscoe e Calloway and wife to Jennings e. Divine and Wile property on n. Main Street North of Tho City Library George w. Mickey and Wile to Ramond a. Donnolly and wife property Section 24 of Tippecanoe Tow ship Mary e. Shipp dyad to Jennings e divine it a1, property on n. Main North of Hie City Library Jennings e. Divine and wife to Robert s. Wettach and wife property same As above Orval e. Zikefoose and wife to Guy Stull and wife property on. Broad Street. More than 100.000 new Mobile Home Are built in a he us enc year judges named for local farm Gadget show Here judges of Trio sixth annual it. Pleasant farm Gadget show to be held wednesday of next week in Central Park were announced today. Borg Eldean. One of the five judges for tile event will Rome from Cedar rapids for the show. He is with the farm department of the wet radio and television stations. Or. Eldean is a student at Ames and was the Winner of the wet $1,000 award. The other four judges Are associated with the Extension offices in Henry and surrounding counties. They Are Philip Baird of it. Pleasant Henry county Extension director Robert Dowling Lee county Extension director who w ill come from Donnellson Myron Wormley Jefferson county Extension director who will come from Fairfield Merritt Canady Washington county assistant Extension director who will come from Washington. Judging of gadgets will begin at i . And announcements of winners will be made immediately following the judging. All farm gadgets entered in the Junior and senior divisions of the show by Amateur farm inventors Quot in this area will be judged on the basis of ii originality of design <2> Quality of design 3 Quality of workmanship <4 labor saving value. And 5 How Well the Gadget meets an unsolved need. A total of 42 interesting unique and ingenious farm Quot inventions Quot were entered in last year s show. They included a Garden tractor homemade thermos Jug. Tractor seeder Anvil wrought Iron Coffee table Fence Stretcher Clamp combination Horseshoe Bookend and table lamp drawbar pin adjust height Gate tractor fuel gauge Weed Cutter walk edger safety receptacle plug Lawn edger pig Brooder Grain Saver Combine end. Woven wire Winder Hydraulic steel Post Pusher ground leveler to follow disk egg Case dipper easy find key spark arrester and Gopher smoker. Toy tractor automatic hitch Post Driver bumper and Carryall. Sack Holder Hay signal Bell. Door Bell Circle Cutter hand saw House siding remover Hay knife Brace and bit adapter whistle tile carriers drawbar pin pig trough tractor Leader tire tool Sander safety pin. Cash prizes totalling $7500 will be awarded for tile most outstanding gadgets entered in the show the event is a project of the chamber of Commerce agriculture committee and will be held in conjunction with the Southeast Iowa antique car club show and citywide Dollar Days. Month resigned Friday. Psychologist Frank Dickson 64. Said his resignation was effective i August 15. Dickson and Howard Blanda it. Who resigned shortly be j fore the riot had carried on a running feud. Blandau who was chaplain at j the institution resigned because a he disagreed with Dickson Over i discipline at the school. Lit said j his main disagreement with Dick. Son concerned the a freudian con i Rcpt which teaches a submission to desires and permissiveness of a i Dickson who made no mention j of the feud. Said he a practically exhausted himself while setting it the psychology department at the school. Miles said the riot was started in one Quot cottage because some boys thought Blandau had been fired however he had resigned and is now studying at Iowa state teachers College at Cedar Falls Murphy to found dead consult with ? waders geared for revolt a Haiti s president Francois Duvalier stands in Battle dress to his port a Prince office during action against the abortive revolt. He took an Active part in putting Down the revolution. Tile body of mrs Max St till a found hanging in the basemen Quot i her Home on East Monroe Street about noon saturday. County Coroner Hugh Dali in aul he had been dead about two hour so apparently took per fun Lite Dallner and City police Wen called to the Stith hone at 12 05 p in. Mrs Stith is survived by her by band a daughter Sandia and a son Terry. U. S. Soldier shot killed in Beirut a the United recon Beirut Lebanon up it Baghdad radio said the a taps granted diplomatic nit in to Iraq s new regime today. State department trouble shooter la heft Murphy flew there at once Foi consultations with the revolutionary leaders. Baghdad radio said u s. Ambas.1 ador a Idem a Gallman forma my acknowledged the revolution in iraqi government in a i ate handed thus morning to for eign minister Badel Gabbar. Simultaneously Murphy president Eisenhower a representative in the Middle East took off from by rut for a five hour flight to the iraqi capital. It contract for Church Dollar Days next week l was assumed Murphy a Balsam would be to clarify the position it a will take on its member hip in the anti communist Baghdad pact. The general contract for the construction of the new first Baptist Church on South main Street has been let to Waal and Shaffer of Oskaloosa. Excavation work was started by Darrell Kinney at the new Church site saturday morning. It is hoped weather permitting that the Structure can be closed in by Winter so Interior construction can be continued during the Winti months. Check reports on two women in teels life values galore will be offered to the shopping Public of the greater of. Pleasant Trade area by local merchants two Days of next week a to it Aday and wednesday a during citywide Dollar Days. To be held in conjunction with the second Day of this annual August event which is sponsored Byj the chamber of Commerce retail committee will be the sixth annual it. Pleasant farm Gadget show and an antique car show. Both attractions will be held in Central Park one Day on wednesday Only. The Gadget show which is sponsored by the chamber a agriculture committee will be held from to Arn. To 4 ., with judging at i . I members of the of. Pleasant in j dust rial Board will attend the show t to evaluate All gadgets entered and give consideration to those Quot inventions which might have local manufacturing possibilities. Tin antique cars will be displayed by members of the Southeast Iowa antique car club. Their show will be held beginning at i . Both tuesday and wednesday Are tin Days to make extra savings wealthy drug firm i by shopping in it. Pleasant stores Good friends and hundreds of Dollar stretching Val in it rut Lebanon up a j u. S. Army spokesman said today an army sergeant was shot and j killed Friday night in Beirut apparently the first u s. Military victim of lebanese rebel gunfire. I the soldiers identification was withheld. The spokesman said the sergeant was killed shortly before i Midnight while driving along ave Baghdad radio reported that nue Fouad toward the lebanese i of it u. S. Note said the United army Headquarters with two other states we a recognizing Iraq on american and one lebanese sol Premier Abdel Karim Kassem so far had refused to commit himself one Way or the other on Iraq s future in the Northern tier Alliance. Indianapolis up authorities today cheeked on reports that two attractive women in the life of a slain executive were were seen together at a supper us a vol a r available during these club to o nights before Forrest j citywide Dollar dais. There will be tee. 54, was shot to death in his 1 Plant it a of these specials you be been White Cadillac. Authorities professed ignorance about the rumoured Friendship of mrs. Minnie Connie Nicolas 43. And miss Laur a l. Mowrer 29, j both of whom had served As App a Al secretaries at Eli Lilly so co., a pharmaceutical firm where tee was executive vice president mrs. Nicholas who was charged with murder in teels gun death a Block from miss Mowrer s apartment a arly thursday remained in a coma and in critical condition from what police said was i massive dose of sleeping pills taken in an apparent suicide a tempt after the shooting miss Mowrer told a Thorne Teel visited her for seven hours the night he was killed she went into seclusion after telling police about her three month Romance with ted a married Man with a 14-year-old son. Waiting for it also will be an expel i it Opportunity for the Wise housewife to Stock up on those Back to school nerds. Dollar Day announcements will in monday s Issue of the news. Be sure to look them Over and plan now to shop in it pleasant tuesday and wednesday. You la be Money ahead Register new motor vehicles Dier Iii a three Quarter ton truck. The spokesman said the Soldier was killed by bullets a a fired by unknown sources but other military sources said the shots were fired by tile rebels. Of the army spokesman said the four men Ware driving from the radio relay station North of Beirut to the Beirut International Airport when they lost their Way. The lebanese Soldier volunteered to take them to lebanese army Headquarters to get directions the spokesman said. To get to the army Headquarters the truck had to pass Down Avenue Fouad which divides the upper end of the libel held Basta Quarter from tile government held City race track. The truck was towing a Canvas topped trailer. Hidden gunmen opened fire when t lib truck drove Down the Avenue the spokesman said. The Soldier is the i ii t h fatality suffered by u. S. Forces in Lebanon. The report of the shooting coincided with the disembarkation of 1,800 a s. Troops. The Landing came in spite of the conviction of Many lebanese leaders that new troop arrivals would hinder rather than help the lebanese situation. Thit basis of iraqi pledges to Honor tile United nations charter and its other International obligations. Said had the two reports reaching Beirut american civilians earlier been advised to stay off streets of Baghdad where u s. Marine sergeants and a number of other westerners have been a nested. The it marines. Philip Smith of West Palm Beach fla., and George Hamilton of Century fla., Are among an estimated 50 persons picked up in connection with an Oil fire that has been raging for three Days at a British operated tank farm on the outskirts of the iraqi i capital. Others being held in connection with the Oil fire a which Cool Heads in Baghdad believe was probably accidental a include britons syrians frenchmen and iraqis. U. S. Ambassador Waldemar Gallman has formally demanded the release of the marines who Are part of the embassy staff and iraqis rebel regime is expected to set them free before Long. A burning match will product 1,500 degrees of heat three times the number of heat units needed to ignite Forest fuels. Less than one third of All the single men in this country Between the Ages of 65 and 69 still work for married men the proportion is More than half. British Soldier killed in Cyprus i the following persons and firms i mustered motor vehicles at the tip Sun t s office in the court Hou e when no town is listed put u it firm is from it pleas j n f i irs Dale William France new i. Ruler Chevrolet de Jennings j Chevrolet. Raymond Everett Sharp j w Field. Chevrolet Cecil Calvert d it a new London. Dodge Cyrus j i Parker Chrysler Donald leo1 v of nil lines Ware san j i of n a Calif Oldsmobile Shaler m to Chevrolet Beryl William Kra net new London Oldsmobile i Quot Rucks Farmers feed and sup ply Ford cab Chassis. Warns registered dog owners to be on Lookout win honors he Hildebrand a new London Tokyo style this new Type Telephone with the dial built into the receiver is in use in t i a Ltd a co in my ii Swen i builds set called a Eric upon Kasper of t shown As he erode John Kasper is out of the in s sheriff Russell Van Tuyl warns that anyone having registered dogs should be on the look out for any Quot buyers Quot. He reports that in addition to the theft of the Beagle pups at the Roger Patterson residence in new London there have been other reports of suspicious persons examining doge Nicosia Cyprus a up it gunmen shot Atid killed a British Soldier As he walked Down a quiet Street in suburban Nicosia Ioda with his Little boy. The 2-year old child it i topped b Side his father s Bullet riddled body and cried. Quot daddy. Daddy Quot it was the first assassination <>1 a British Serviceman in Nicos since january 1957. It came a Royal air Force planes dropped half a million copies of Premier i Bono Abb mention awards of $25.1 served eight months Harold Macmillan a Appeal for first place winners in the state sentence for violating fee. Era i in \ marriage License has been is peace on the Island i who received $150 in Cash were a Junction not to interfere with in sued at the clerks office at the British soldiers have been shot David j Goetz. Davenport and. Teg ration at Clinton. I t in High courthouse to Carey Wayne Shelle since then in other recon of the Parrel t Kumme Phoek Sioux j school where a stirred up to a rat Civ. 19, new London and Manila Island icily a deep South ruckus in 1956. Daxi Een Gibberson 18, Stockport. And Dale Larson Montrose were among thirteen Iowa boys to win honors in the 1958 Fisher body Penitentiary at Atlanta hindi craftsman a Guild car Competition j Ca ted his next segregation Tui Sisoi Hildebrand and Larson both won would be in Memphis. Penn. He had of a one year a Federal in blast rips ammo dump Many dead Rio de Janeiro Upp a a Chain of explosions possibly set off by saboteurs ripped through an ammunition dump in suburban Teodoro today killing an undetermined number of soldiers and civilians and causing millions of dollars damage. Some 50 persons were unaccounted for in the blast area and it was feared that Mast or All of them had been killed. Dozens of 1 others were reported injured and thousands of persons living nearby i fled in terror Mai. Gen Jair Dantas commander of the 1st infantry division said at least 12 of the 50 in i do. Round Magazine making up the dump had been reduced to rubble. Dantas said military authorities suspect that the blast was an act i of sabotage. The Teodoro blasts were tragic Illy similar to the explosion of an ammunition loaded truck Convoy it irs ago in Call Colombia the Cali blast killed about 1.000 per and demolished part of the City. Ten persons were known dead and 86 men who were working n Tho dump when the explosions began were believed to have been killed. Marriage License issued

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