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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - August 4, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant. News Section one 2 sections vol. 92, no. 182 see Hope for cease fire within week Washington up a Usi. Officials expressed Hope today that a cease fire might be established in the Mideast within a week. Israelis ambassador to Washington Yitzhak Rabin delivered to Joseph j. Sisco assistant Secretary of state for near Eastern affairs the formal israeli reply to the us. Mideast peace plan and conferred with Sisco for about half an hour a state department spokesman Robert j. Mccloskey told newsmen later that so far there was no target Date for a cease fire. But other officials said they had Hope that a cease fire might be brought into effect within a week. The United states is expected to enter into intensive private contacts in conjunction with . Mediator Gunnar v. Jarring to try to help work out details of a ceasefire. The United states the soviet Union France and Britain Are expected to have a meeting this week in new York to review the developments. Chance for peace gains United nations up a Secretary general Thant said today there is a a real Chance to make important advances toward peace in the Middle East but cautioned against Over optimism. Thant issued his statement a particularly after the very helpful talk yesterday with Secretary of state William p. Rogers to say that he was a encouraged by recent developments in the quest for peace in the Middle Thant said ambassador Gunnar v. Jarring special . Middle East envoy who participated in talks Here monday concerning acceptance by Israel Egypt and Jordan of . Truce proposals stood a ready to undertake All that May be required of him under his jarring lined up a series of private conferences for this afternoon with envoys of Israel Egypt Jordan and . Pleasant Iowa tuesday evening August 4, 1970 Price to cents showers Celia leaves devastation pres. Nixon says he was misunderstood Corpus Christi Tex. Up aged areas to keep out looters. The a Hurricane Celia which mauled the resort coast with 161-mile-an-hour winds monday scattered fire and floods and devastated scores of towns today on a 250-mile path up the heart of Texas. Volunteers in United methodist Church program from left front Row Linda Fairfield Deb Roberts to Ellen Langerman Gall Smith. 2nd Row mrs. Helen demons Marilyn Dimmitt Jeff Gallup. Back Row mrs. Linda Sommers and Bea Ferleman. Not present when picture was taken were Shirley Textor and Barbara Brubaker. Story on Page 2, second Section Rea systems under Cost pressure Hamil Good response on monday night opening an excellent response to the monday evening opening was reported by Many it. Pleasant merchants after the first trial of the new hours. Several merchants told news representatives that they were Well pleased with the number of shoppers and the amount of business done. The retail committee of the of. Pleasant chamber of Commerce had voted recently to change from Friday night to monday night opening. August 3 was the first trial and most of the stores were open monday evening. Some stores will continue their borrowers within Tho last 12 usual Friday evening hours As in months a or. Hamil pointed out. David a. Hamil. Administrator of the Rural electrification administration said today in has address prepared for delivery Here that the Rea financed Rural electric systems Are facing the same new pressures As other segments of the electric Power Industry. Showers through the Day undoubtedly reduced1 the size of the crowd from what would normally have attended caused some discomfort and made necessary some changes in the plans. The Federal official told the annual meeting of the Southeastern Iowa cooperative electric association that All Power suppliers will be hard pressed to keep rates at present Levels in the face of rising costs for fuel borrowed Money and equipment. A and no one can estimate the effect the rising Public concern Over the environment will have on the electric Industry. Too a the average electric consumer does no to understand How it is done but he has appreciated the fact that electric Bills have not gone Way up As have other services a or. Hamil said. A Over the years Power suppliers have Given outstanding performances pulling one Rabbit after another out of technology a magic hat. Today there just Arentt enough rabbits left in Large scale generating units or nuclear Power to offset the higher costs of fuel and borrowed Money a administrator Hamil said. There has been a Complete turnaround on. Rate changes among the past. These will be announced individually by the stores. Jacksons Home in Corpus Christi damaged by wind or. And mrs. James Dunn received a phone Call at 7 30 . Today tuesday from their daughter mrs. Robert Jackson and family in Corpus Christi Texas. The Jackson a new Brick Home was moved two inches from its foundation when a trailer House which had been located five blocks away rolled into their Home and narrowly missed the Jacksonsr daughter Lisa. The House is full of water and or. Jackson Stool House and Ceramic shop were completely destroyed. Or. Jackson is the son of Hepier Jacksons Here. A for the first time in As Long As i can determine there were More rate increases than decreases initiated by Rural electric systems�?82 increases against 51 too the administrator called for in cambodian army drives enemy Back phenom penh up a the cambodian army has driven communist troops from Kampong Thom in one of its bloodiest Battles yet military spokesmen said today. . Planes were reported flying in support of another embattled cambodian Garrison at Skourn. Spokesmen said at least 32 cambodians were killed and 74 wounded in driving the guerrillas from Kona Pong Thom an important communications Center 80 Miles North of phenom penh. The town was encircled and under attack for three Days. Communist losses were listed As at least 111 killed with an undetermined number of dead and wounded carried off the Battlefield. The cambodian casualty figures were among the heaviest officially confirmed since cambodian troops began fighting the Viet Cong and North vietnamese following the March 18 ouster of Prince Norodom Sihanouk. Cambodian air Force t28 fighter bombers flew missions today against the fleeing communist forces around Kampong Thorn. Tells what a going on in be College c. W. Callison superintendent of Southeast Iowa College Burlington brought word to the kiwanis club monday evening on a a what a going on in Southeast Iowa Trane co., buying Murray Iron la Crosse was. Up a agreement in principle for the Purchase by the Trane co. Of substantially All the assets and business of Murray Iron works co. Was announced monday by Trane president Thomas Hancock and Murray chairman Caroline h. Goodbar. Thane headquartered Here is a major supplier of air conditioning Washington up president Nixon says he was misunderstood when he told newsmen in Denver that Charles Manson a was guilty directly or indirectly of eight murders without a to set the record straight a the president said in a statement drawn up while the presidential Jet circled outside Washington monday night a i do not know and did not intend to speculate As to whether the Tate defendants Are guilty in fact or not. A fall the facts in the Case have not yet been presented. The defendants should be presumed to be innocent at this stage of the too Manson. 35, and three of his female followers Are on trial in los Angeles for the killings a year ago of actress Sharon Tate and four other persons at her Home and los Angeles grocer Leno Labianca and his wife. In addition Manson is charged in the murder of musician Gary Hinman. The presidential Jet circled Andrews fab for almost a half hour As Nixon and his aides formulated their statement. Too Nixon had hoped to rally support for his anti crime measures Mon nine were known dead and at least 1,000 injured. An area hundreds of Miles from the seafront at Corpus Christi to the Border of Mexico at Del Rio Tex., was paralysed. There was no Power no telephones Little food and water. Town after town was ravaged by wind and eight Inch Rains. Skyscrapers and fishing shacks alike were damaged or destroyed. It think everybody suffered a Little bit a said Jim Reed of the Small business administration who arrived to help the Hurt homeless and helpless. Too police and civil defense reported four persons dead in Corpus Christi a fifth missing and presumed drowned at Arkansas pass across the Bay and at least one thousand injured in town after town along Celia a path of destruction. A in a just afraid we re liable to find Corpus Christi police card. C. C. Hagan said As the search for bodies spread. A we ainu to got no lights no water no Power nothing but trouble Hagan said. Currently . College is making heating and heat Transfer equip Day at a Denver meeting of state application for a $716,000 Federal Grant for building construction he said. It is Felt that Sei. College will probably receive about one half million if Congress makes the funds available for the area school programs. These funds have to be matched by the local school. Plans Are to build one 83,000 Square foot building on the West Edge of West Burlington with construction to Start during summer of 1971. The building will consolidate All the programs of the Burlington Campus. Ment. Murray Iron works burling ton Iowa manufacturers and markets packaged water tube boilers and steam turbines. Consideration for the transaction will be Trane common Stock. The transaction is subject to execution of a final agreement and approval of the boards of directors of both Trane and Murray. The school receives % Mill taxes from the area served. In tires and wheels stolen from car the theft of two tires and wheels from a 1970 Chevelle parked in the creased cooperation Between All outside lot at Shafer motors during enters plea Kenneth Lee rude 24, it. Pleasant has pleaded not guilty in District court to a charge of breaking and entering and trial has been set for sept. 21. Donald e. Gartin was appointed As his attorney by the court. The charge is in connection with the breaking and entering of the diner restaurant Here july 19, Power suppliers with an area to minimize conflicts and maximize savings in new electric facilities. A Consumers Are not Gong to be Happy if they have to pay More for electricity because two Power suppliers build separate facilities when they could share in a larger Plant at a real savings a or. Hamil commented. Too touching on Community development or. Hamil said a when an electric line reaches an area with open space and natural attractions economic development is bound to he said that electric and Telephone systems financed by Rea helped create More than 60,000 new jobs in Rural America during 1960. He added that the contribution Rea financed electric cooperatives have made to the development of Rural America can be better appreciated by realizing that they Are now serving More than 20 million Rural people in 46 states. Or Hamil a Colorado rancher is in his second term As Rea administrator. He first served under the late president Eisenhower from 1056 to 1961, and was named to the Post again in january 1969, by president Nixon the night was reported to county authorities tuesday morning. Currently the enrolment is about 1,550 students from this area. The school serves As a feeder program for the four year colleges plus offers the . Programs he pointed out. Although the school is not accredited by North Central association credits Are transferable to most four year colleges. The administration Hopes the school will be accredited in 1972, when the new building is completed. Or. Callison distributed charts showing comparative figures on the financing of the area colleges in the state. In Many areas Southeast Iowa College has not received the support that other colleges have. Dennis Nicholson associate pastor of United methodist Church was a guest. Petit jury to report Augustio the Petit jury for the third Quarter of District court is being notified by the sheriff to report for service aug. To at to . Thefts reported to City police Keith Stiber of Mckibbin Hall reported to City police at 1 30 . Monday that stereo equipment valued at $300 had been taken from his room. A Zenith turn table mid two Walnut cabinets were taken. Ted Bruggemeyer it. Pleasant reported at 5 26 pm. Monday that his Billfold containing $45 had been taken out of his truck. Fly in Gables Motel sold announcement has been made of the Sale of Fly in Gables Motel East on 34 by or. And mrs Darrell Kinney to or. And mrs. Norman showers of Roscoe 111., who took Possession on monday August 4. Or. Showers has been production manager for the Roscoe screw production co. The showers have two children Kathy 13, and Norman jr., 8. Or. Kinney will continue the construction company and the kidneys Are now residing at their Home on South Locust Street. Law enforcement officials. Instead he found himself embroiled in a Legal controversy that threatened to disrupt one of the nations most sensational murder trials appearing before reporters at the beginning of the meeting he chided the news Media for its tendency to a glorify and to make heroes of those who engage in criminal activities a and added a i noted for example the coverage of the Charles Manson Case when i was in los Angeles. Front Page every Day in the papers. It usually got a couple of minutes in the evening news. O Ltd there is a Man who was guilty directly or indirectly of eight murders without he said despite this there was a tendency to glorify Manson. Manson a lawyers immediately mayor Jack Blackmon estimated damages in Corpus Christi alone were More than $200 million. Gov. Preston Smith called out 450 National guard troops to help clean up and prevent looting. A we will have no looting. We just wont stand for it a Blackmon said. A the City is virtually paralysed. But the Peoples spirit is remarkably Good and optimistic the red Cross said 34,000 persons in Corpus Ohr Sti sought ref Uge from Celia a fury in 30 she ters in churches schools and courthouses during the night. Too one of the dead was a baby boy crushed when a House trailer crumbled about him. Celia the first Hurricane to strike Texas in three years was fading out today. She kicked up mile an hour gales through Del Rio a town on the mexican Border 250 Miles Northwest of where the storm swirled ashore 13 hours before at Corpus Christ a we have a bad situation everywhere a Blackmon said shattered Palm Trees were snapped and jammed into rooftops first Light showed cars stacked headlights up against buildings. Camper trucks and tourists who came to the Gulf coast for the summer resort season were piled crazily in Trees. Foundations were All that remained of Many buildings. Cities heavily damaged included Corpus Christi Arkansas pass port Arkansas Ingleside Gregory George West Taft Mathies Robstown Alice Del Rio Rockport port Lavaca Refugio Sinton and Beeville. Too Arkansas pass was levelled. Police reported More than 200 persons injured there. A Hospital was destroyed and its patients already injured scattered through rooms and Halls. Corpus Christi a City of 201,548 population also was heavily dammed. A not two per cent of the structures Are not damaged to some extent a said Bill Reed a mayors assistant. A quiet eerie darkness settled Over Corpus Christi As the storm passed. A total loss of electricity prohibited any organized search for no Jared or dead until Sunrise. Too at Marasas pass almost totally decoded Ann Dobbs who owns a Railer Park there said a everything was blown away. I saw some of hem trailers go. A they rolled on their sides and Hen Over again and the windex Oloyed them. One of them was just lapped against a tree and it burst a two major fires erupted in Oil Fields near Arkansas pass. Sought a mistrial when they Learned i streets farm Fields and shops and of the presidents statement and i Homes a those left standing e. A. Hayes reappointed and again named id chairman Des Moines up a gov. Rob year term on the Iowa development Ert d. Ray announced today reap commission. Ointment of e. A. Hayes 66, of mount pleasant to a four year term Bickel 51, realtor for 24 years succeeds Harold Goldman of Des and named Hayes chairman for one Moines. Bickel attended the univer More year on the development sity of Wisconsin and was Grad commission. Rated from Coe College in Cedar Ray named James Callison a rapids in 1943. Des Moines businessman and for Mer City councilman As vice chairman. Ray also announced the appoint Hayes is a prominent banker and insurance executive. In it. Pleasant he is chairman of the Board of in a Urance plan savings and loan and israeli troops to stand fast by up Premier Golda Meir said today israeli troops will stand fast in occupied Arab lands until a a a binding peace treaty is signed. As she spoke to parliament in Jerusalem israeli warplanes blasted egyptian bases along the Suez canal for the 76th consecutive Day. Egypt reiterated its desire for a negotiated peace. Parliament gave mrs. Meir an overwhelming vote of Confidence for her acceptance of . Proposals for peace but she said the Arab response raised grave doubts that the undeclared War could be settled. A not a single israeli Soldier will be withdrawn until a binding contractual peace Quot agreement is reached a mrs. Meir said adding that the United states supported her in this position. She referred to israeli forces now occupying areas of Egypt Jordan and Syria. Mrs. Meir spoke a few hours after the militant Grahal party resigned from her coalition government in protest Over her acceptance of the . Plan. The country Slegal fraternity reacted with Surprise that Nixon himself a lawyer would say such 1 a thing. Press Secretary Ronald l. Ziegler i called newsmen together a Short time later and said the president had not intended to presume the guilt or innocence of Manson and had intended to use Che word Nixon prefers $55,000 limit were flooded. Too these Rich for the dead began a d Vire k Organ said one of theve Tims was a baby crushed when his Home caved in around him. A a in a just afraid we re liable to find More. A he said. D break showed an unbelievable me a in town after town. Many we e completely sealed off because communications were knocked out the a was Little food or water. A we have a bad situation every whee a said Corpus Christi mayor Jack Blackman. A we anticipate Many injuries. We just done to know about All of them yet. The primary Job at the moment is determining the nature and extent of casualties and getting water and other is Washington up a president Nixon made known today that he prefers a limit of no less than $55,000 per crop on government sub Sencial services Back on. Sidles to big Farmers and the House Texas Sens. John g. Tower and soon afterwards began debate on a Ralph w. Yarborough asked presi previously stalled Fann Bill. Nixon passed word to House members through a letter to rep. Page Belcher a okla. Dent Nixon to declare Celia a path a disaster area. O police set up roadblocks in rav the fire in a Humble Oil tank Yard caused officials to evacuate 3,500 residents from the Community if Ingleside but they returned to their Homes today when the threat of an explosion diminished. The other fire burned out of control at the Sun Oil tank Field five Miles away. Both fires with flames shooting More than too feet in the air were clearly visible in Corpus Christi 18 Miles away. Highways were strewn with Telephone poles and Palm Trees. Boats partially blocked roads. One Street was completely blocked by a House torn from its foundations. Too the Lyman Roberts Hospital in Arkansas pass was destroyed. The Hospital has a 30-bed capacity but Only 18 patients were inside when the storm hit. A the roof went first and then a Telephone pole fell on a Ray a nurse Christine Klesch said. A everybody evacuated to the Middle of he Hospital As both ends fell apart. We put them in the Halls in surgery and in the delivery ment of John p. Bickel of Cedar is also chairman of the Henry rapids and Mcgregor to a four i county development corporation. Council Bluffs up map proximately too protesters monday night asked for action in halting doors allegedly coming from the beef land International packing Plant Here. Mistrial request in Manson Case denied is Angeles up a Charles i Manson made the motion for a mis attorney formally asked trial. Older turned Down the re today for a mistrial in the Tate la i quest abruptly and said he thought Bianca murder Case on the grounds of president Nixon a remarks about the defendant. The motion was immediately denied by the presiding judge. Superior court judge Charles h older also refused a defense request to conduct an examination into whether the comments by Nixon had reached the jury. He said he was satisfied that they had not. Irving Kanarek the lawyer for this thing has been grossly overplayed another defense lawyer Ronald Hughes asked the court to a a censure president Nixon and older said he had no intention of doing so. Manson then stood up and asked the court that he be allowed to act As his own attorney. Older rejected the request. Rains across much of Iowa up thunderstorms swept across Iowa Early today dropping up to two inches of rain in Central sections of a he state and keeping temperatures lightly cooler than Normal. It. Pleasant had received about one half Inch by i . A lightning strike was blamed for \ fire that destroyed a barn South Vest of Vinton and killed 140 head of feeder pigs. The farm is leased by Klen Leen inc., a Cedar rapids hog buying company. An estimated 1,000 Bales of Straw also was lost. Al Knoxville a lightning strike was blamed for knocking out Bico Nical Power at the Junior High school but no one was in the bulking at the time. The building sustained minor damage when the lightning apparently struck an electrical control Box. A minor Power outage was reported at Marshalltown and several Trees were knocked Down at the Marion county Fairgrounds. The Des Moines weather Bureau reported the heaviest rainfall amount of the morning with two inches with other readings of More Rhan one Inch at Sac City Carroll Guthrie Center and Knoxville. The Northwest Southwest and Northeast Comers of the state received Little precipitation. Temperatures during the morning hours were cooler than Normal. The weather Bureau said readings rallied from the mid 50s to the upper 60s

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