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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - August 6, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news these Days i 80-no-181mt. Pleasant. Iowa wednesday evening. Ai go St 6, 1958 by George e. Sokolsky a curious doctrine i the american friends service committee a Quaker group which often Speaks out on Public questions has issued a mimeographed statement the first paragraph of which reads a in the face of the crisis in the Middle East the american friends service committee feels impelled to assert its conviction that United states military action in Lebanon has heightened International tensions and has endangered the peace of the world without contributing to the Long Range Security of any Middle Eastern it is of course humanly impossible to ignore everything that has happened in the world since 1914 because what has happened has changed Many a relationship to Man. Increased poverty in Many areas of the w orld destroyed free societies and paved the Way for the Gigantic efforts toward imperialism first on the part of Hitler and then of Stalin and Khrushchev. Precisely what would this Quaker committee have the United states do about All this there Are alternatives i. The United states could reject the facts of history decline to Arm and wait to be absorbed into the soviet Universal state j 2. The United states could isolate itself from All nations that Are endangered by soviet imperialism adopt a neutralise action toward soviet imperialism Arm to the Teeth wait to be attacked and then fight a War in the nuclear Era with inadequate Means of defense or attack i 3. The United states could seek by Cantar St per week by mall 7jt per year Ike May attend . Session a allies join with its allies in Coni-1 Mon defensive action support those j who favor the West oppose those who Are antagonistic to the West and stave off War by maintaining a balance of Power. Hoffa testifies a chair Sas. Foreground of the Senate a questioning of teamster president tor and inset at Hoffa a right is h hams. Hoffa refused immediate co tack on Frank Kierdorf business a at Flint Michigan. This third alternative Lias been american policy in Many Complex forms since 1945 and although it has at times led to much criticism it has had the result thus far of preventing a destructive War from coming to our Yores. The second paragraph of the Quaker committee s statement says a we believe that military measures of this sort cannot Deal with the Basic issues we hich underlie the crisis yet they increase the risk of a nuclear War for All furthermore they preclude the construction actions called for by our democratic philosophy and our religious now what Are the Basic issues that face Mankind in the year 1958? it seems always necessary to Cut through the froth of language. The Basic issues Are i. That soviet Russia is pursuing a Normal pattern of imperialistic Conquest which Lias Given the world a the Prospect of a permanent War say Kierdorf Story looks like a lie Are against which no political de vice has yet been conceived which works effectively 2 a new revolutionary Force has Arisen in the arabic world under the leadership of Nasser which now is controlled by soviet Russia but which seeks to develop a third Power capable of one Day overcoming both the West and soviet Russia 3 the Means of Exchange have become so disrupted since 1914 that of Economy is Safe from the erosion of incorrect practices this has caused a Universal inflation which is a tax upon human activity and is tending to eliminate the Middle class and to create a new society of a ruling elite and a proletariat. Too now How does pacifism affect these issues the Quaker committee says that what the United states has done precludes Quot the constructive actions called for by our democratic philosophy and religious heritage to this i would like to quote a statement made in the House of commons by Arthur Henderson a member of the British labour party. He said that new techniques of indirect aggression constituted a serious flaw in the United nations charter. There was no provision under Tho auspices of the United nations for enabling action to to taken to counter this Type of aggression. Quot modern methods of infiltrations smuggling of arms and the use of tile radio could bring about a situation of even greater potential danger than the result of a direct attack by one country across the frontiers of another we sent troops the others sent Devilish destruction. Which is worse or to put it another Way which is More effective whereas our troops give to a people the impression of renewed imperialism which we do not intend at All russians constant propaganda and infiltration give the impression of Friendship for a people they Are about to gobble up in their Empire. It is an astute operation Pontiac Midi Upit a a prosecutor today said Union Boss Frank Kierdorf a Story of How he was burned by two men looked like a Quot Complete evidence uncovered by police made the burning look increasingly like an Accident perhaps in a bombing attempt in a rapid series of developments too a authorities said that fluid of which traces showed on Kierdorf a clothing when he staggered horribly burned into a Pontiac Hospital Early monday morning was nothing but water. In his statement to police Kierdorf said two men had thrown an inflammable fluid on him and ignited it. Turning him into a human Torch. But Robert Lyon chief chemist at the Detroit crime Laboratory said that two Days of tests showed the fluid to be water a Flint authorities announced the discovery of evidence of a fire. Possibly Atter an explosion at the rear of the Latriell cleaners Center and Davidson roads on the East Side of Flint about 36 Miles from the Hospital. The fire occurred about Midnight sunday an hour before Kirdorf the sex convict business agent of teamster local 332 in Flint turned up at tin Hospital with his Story of torture. O o a a Jerry o Rourke chief prosecutor of Genesee county took off with a state police escort on a fast run toward Pontiac where state county and local authorities were concentrating their investigation of what happened to Kierdorf. An John l. Mcclellan of committee presides at the James r Hoffa background Cen is attorney. Edward Bennett Wil moment on the a human Torch Quot Argent for teamster Union local 332 report negligence at City dump City manager g w. Wright reports that some people Are being negligent at the City dump. At tie request of Andrew pcs it it a Ley who is in charge of the dump there is a cinder Road around the inside of the dump area and As Long As Mcsorley is on duty patrons use the Road to dump then cans and rubbish. This is appreciated by City officials. However when Mcsorley goes Home in the evening people drive into the dump and push their rubbish from their ears where it is convenient. Wright states. The City manager is sure that the backyards of these people Are not cluttered up like lie dump area every morning and asks the offenders to please dump their rubbish in the places provided. 3,500 attend annual meeting i Loveless Dorothy Watson miss Rea in blast at eligible for state c contest prepares for balloon flight Minneapolis. Up i a an air Force Captan today prepared for Solo balloon flight to the fringe of space expecting to soar to indoor feet in a hermetically sealed capsule. Capt. Grova r j. Schock is scheduled to be launched from an open mine pit near Crosby minn., monday for operation a Man High the first of such projects was last summer when it. Col. David g. Simons now heading the operation reached a record height of 102.000 feet in a balloon. Clear Bill for House action Billfold found the missing Billfold of mrs. W h. Megorden has come to Light lost or taken from her car last thursday near the girl scout room at the i. Pleasant Public Library file Billfold was discovered wednesday by Gene Smith contractor who is in charge of the razing of the divine studio building. Or. Smith found the Billfold containing All of its contents excepting a one Dollar Bill and a Check Book in the shrubbery bordering the Alley behind the divine building. Later mrs Megorden found the Check Book. And workmen also found Diane Jones purse missing from the Jones car parked last thursday near the Library by up the House rules committee today cleared for House action president Eisenhower a $1,070,000,000 Bill to Aid science education. The president asked for the it measure to create a backlog of i Young scientists to put this coun i i i try ahead of the soviet Union in missiles development and space exploration. I i the committee by a reported 6 3 vote ii greed to Send the Bill to tile House floor under procedure allowing unlimited amendments. Rile House was expected to take it up later this week with a Good Chance of passage. Purchase Bull c. H. Hummed and Geneva hummed of. Pleasant recently purchased the registered Brown Swiss Bull leveler est favor Vernon 130635 from Harold c. Baughman is sons Bloomfield Iowa according to a report from Fred s. Idtse. Secretary of tile Brown Swiss cattle breeders association. Beloit Wisconsin fifteen farm lovelies vied with one another for the title of a miss Rural electrification Quot in the biggest and the Best contest conducted by the Southeast Iowa cooperative electric association tuesday at Mcmillan Park with Dorothy Kay Watson of Stockport receiving first place and the right to compete in the state contest september 17, in Des Moines. Miss Watson is the daughter of or and mrs. Kenneth w Watson of Stockport. Runner up for a very close second place was miss Kay Karlene Giese daughter of or. And mrs. C. M Armstrong of Hillsboro. Third fourth fifth and sixth place winners were As follows Shirley Boughner daughter of or. And mrs. George Boughner of Fairfield Dottle pleasant daughter of or. And mrs. Lester Miller of route i Burlington Betty Burton daughter of or and mrs. Herbert o. Burton of route i Fairfield and Penny Kay Lee daughter of or. And mrs. George a. Lee of route 2, Fairfield. Too the new 1958 a miss r e has Long blonde hair Brown eyes and a Radiant smile and captivating personality. She will be a senior at Stockport High school and has participated As a cheerleader a majorette in chorus Library club and a class play. Her hobbies Are Baton twirling and Reading. She received a Westinghouse clock radio. Westinghouse transistor radios were presented to the second and third place winners and Westinghouse table radios to the other three places. Should it be impossible for Hie first place Winner to compete in the state contest miss Giese also a charming and talented blonde with a trim figure will compete. Her activities include girl scouts president vice president and Secretary Guild White Cross chairman band basketball sex Tette and glee club Trio. 0 9 0 other contestants and of whom were introduced by manager Warner a Russell were Barbara Benjamin of route 2, West Point who will be a senior at St. Mary a High school Mary Dunne Batavia route i Noma edging ton of West Point. 1958 Denmark graduate Balita Haffner of route i Farmington Patricia Ann Johnson of Hillsboro a senior in the Stockport High school Donna Jean Mehmert route 2, Fairfield a Junior in the Fairfield High school Diane Peterson of route 3, of pleasant 1958 mph graduate Karen Taglauer of route 2, Brighton Lith Grade student at Fairfield and Janet Carter of Keosauqua senior in the Stockport High school. Roberta Davis Winner of Hie 1957 Southeast Iowa a miss Rural electrification Quot contest was presented during tile morning to the grandstand crowd by or. Russell who told of her placing third in the last years state contest. Judges for this year s contest Weir Olive Sullivan woman a editor Burlington Hawkeye Gazette Pearl Cochran it. Pleasant news William Huyck Westing House electric Supply company Orville Kinworthy Secretary of the it. Pleasant chamber of Commerce and Bill Rabedeaux Eastern Iowa Light and Power cooperative. Mrs. E. A. Hayes coached the contestants in How to make the Best platform appearances and gave them tips in poise pasture Charm and showmanship. Mrs. Art Young and mrs refs Barney of the r e a staff were in charge of the group too in making his report to tile r e a. Consumers. Manager Russell stated Quot your cooperative now serves nearly 5.000 farms Rural Homes. Schools churches and Small industries. Quot we feel that 1957 was another Good year for Many reasons we can say the same about the first six months of this year. Our service has been Good and we make every Effort to improve it each year. A during 1957 we purchased 9 8 More Power than in 1956 and we turn in a i Murphy Nasser meeting does not take place Rubli schools near Montezuma believe four aboard plane killed instantly gives views at press on Ference Cairo u a. Re a Upit car a Range ments for a meeting Between u. S diplomatic troubleshooter i Robert Murphy and president Gamal Abdel Nasser broke Down to j Day. The u. S. Embassy indicated a 1 meeting May not take place. Murphy was originally scheduled to meet with Nasser this i morning but the meeting did not take place and la s. Ambassador Raymond Hare went to Toubbeh j Palace apparently to arrange a new time with presidential aide Aly Sa-1 Bry. Two hours later tile embassy announced tersely Quot no final arrange j mends have been made for a meet j ing Between or Murphy and the president. Ike warns management Ani labor Washington. Up a president Eisenhower warned management and labor today that they would be headed for trouble if they did not hold Down profits and wage increases to reasonable Levels he did not say specifically whether he thought profits and wage increases have already exceeded reasonable Levels. But the president told his news conference the american people Are going to rebel if wages Are raised More than justified by increased productivity and if management has profits excessive enough to be robbing the Public. A he made the statement in answer to a question about what plans he had to curb inflation in tile Light of the steel Price Rise and prospects for Large Federal deficits for the next five Veals. Cedar Falls Iowa up gov. Herschel c. Loveless said today tile Iowa Public school system Quot makes extremely inefficient i a of its personnel although the taters expenditures for education were Wii above the National average. Loveless said Only four states in the whole country employ More teachers and other school employees in relation to the total population than does Iowa. Too the governor said there was a growing suspicion among americans leading educators that Quot our schools have not Only been extremely wasteful of manpower and Money but have substituted j superficial and soft courses fori the Basic essentials in a your Public school expenditures have multiplied out of All proportion to the number of children to be educated and the financial capacity of the nation a Loveless said lie added t tie expenditures were a even out of proportion to the results being achieved a the governor issued his blast at the operations of state Public schools in a speech delivered at the second summer workshop sponsored Here jointly by the National education assn., and the Iowa state education Assn too Loveless said he Felt school expenditures had gotten out of proportion to the rest of the Economy because i the productivity of teaching personnel had declined Quot in the i face of increased productivity in Liber activities of private Industry and 2. An a a almost unbelievable Quot increase in the number of courses offered in a Quot bewildering variety Quot of subjects. 3. The schools have assumed a Large number of a non educational 4 schools have continued a shift in emphasis from Quot Basic subject matter Quot to courses which require Quot Large amounts of space expensive equipment and excessive supervisory four killed in collisions Manchester. Iowa up two teenagers were killed and three others injured when the car in w hich they were Riding hit a Bridge on Iowa Highway 13 half a mile North of Here shortly before Midnight. Killed in the crash were Saundra Mesch 19, Manchester and Calvin Holthouse. 17, Manchester. The Driver of the car David Becker. 18. Manchester received a broken Arm cuts and bruises. Two other teenagers Riding Iii the car suffered minor injuries they Are Eugene White 17, Manchester and Thomas Glen 17, i Delhi. Explorer in obtains data on radiation Montezuma. Iowa Topi a county sheriff today said he believed two san Francisco couples died in St anti v july la when their private plane crashed in a heavily wooded area 2 Miles from Here. A 3�?Te-Wrek civil air patrol air and ground Force Hunt was climaxed tuesday when Farmer will in Clydens discovered the single engine Navi on missing on a routine flight from Milwaukee to Des Moines. Leydens stumbled upon the wreckage on a Remote Section of j his farm about 70 Miles East of j Des Moines sheriff William Walsh said the plane appeared to have plummet cd to Earth with Quot quite a bit of i Power a and wreckage was scattered with the bodies Over a 150-foot Long area. The bodies were badly decomposed. Tile crash victims in route to their Homes in san Francisco Atter visiting relatives in Wisconsin. Were identified As Laster w. Weber. 44. His wife Lorraine 41 his brother Richard 42, and Richard s wife Frances 29. Washington up a president Eisenhower said today that he will attend the United nations special Assembly meeting on the Middle East if he finds it necessary or desirable that he should participate. The president told a news con-1 Ferere that he believed the As Sembly discussion should not be confined to what he called utile Lebanon but should Range Over a wider Section of the Middle East because the causes of the troubles there Are so widespread. Eisenhower said the United states is still willing to consider an eventual Summit meeting with soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and other big Power leaders of proper preparations could be made toward worthwhile accomplishments. Hoffa denies he received payoff Washington. Up a teamster president James r. Hoffa denied in a shouting match with Senate rackets investigators today that he received any part of an alleged $17,500 payoff which Detroit laundry owners made to Settle a labor dispute. Quot i did t get it Quot the controversial teamster Boss said his voice rising to a High pitch. He entered the denial after a Ile said the United states will Start pulling its troops out of i e a anon just As soon As the United states and the government of Lebanon feel that there is no longer any danger of indirect aggression of the Type that was being carried on before u. S. Troops went into the area. He added that any time the legitimate government of Lebanon asks the United states to pull out it will leave. In his first news conference since july 2, the president told 241 newsmen that he had made no specific plans As yet to attend the special Assembly session on the Middle blast but that of he Felt it necessary or desirable to participate he would do so. He said that so far he knew of no general intention on the part of other chiefs of state to attend the session but any delegation could if it wished be represented by the head of its government. Tile West had originally proposed Itiat the Heads of government meet at a Summit conference within the framework of the u. N. Security Council Khrushchev had heated Exchange with sen Irving. A at a. Originally conditionally accepted m. Ives r Hoffa s lawyer j Edward Bennett Williams appealed to chairman John l. Mcclellan dark to Stop Ives from shouting at Hoffa. A group of laundry owners testified tuesday that they paid $17,-500 to labor consultant Joseph this idea but abruptly changed his position and tuesday called for an emergency meeting of the general Assembly to consider what he terms a s. And British a aggression Quot in the Mideast. The president tuesday night Holtzman Iii ims to help them get pro Puy accepted Khrushchev. A contract with a teamster localsugge5tl0n 5ut mde plan in a some of the laundry men said statement that this county worm they regarded the payment As a a payoff Quot to prevent a strike and told the committee they assumed that part of it went to Hoffa a Friend of Holtzman. Alta Iowa up two Rural j Albert City men were killed and a third injured near Here tuesday night when a car and a 2-tot, truck collided at a country Road intersection. Tile dead were listed by poll a As Merle Leroy butt. 25, and Leonard Lester 37 they were in the car which struck a truck driven by Clarence i Spencer 58, Gilmore City. Spencer who was alone in his truck suffered head cuts and brins tile Accident occurred two Miles East and five Miles North of Here. Hand injured Iowa City Iowa up a the band of intense radiation surrounding the Earth is produced by an Quot invisible rain Quot of electrically charged particles which can Quot readily penetrate i-16th Inch of Lead University of Iowa scientists said today. Tins finding was made by data obtained by americans newest satellite explorer in launched la Days ago Carl e Mcllwain 27,. Research assistant to space Scien-1 list or James Van Allen said explorer in s findings Are a Quot big step toward identifying the unexpectedly intense radiation which begins 600 Miles above the Earth a surface 0 9 9 the four Section instrumental heart of the explorer in has eliminated the theory that the mystery rays Quot Are a radiation created within the satellite As a result of solar electrons bombarding the Metal skin of the satellite Mcllwain said. Instead he said data obtained o far Hows the satellite is speeding through a an invisible rain of electrically charged particles,"1 probably originating in the Sun he i these a possibly Quot include Hydrogen protons or other atom fragments with some of their electrons knocked off. First Bonus payments should be in mail in october insist that the Assembly weigh u s. Counter charges of Quot indirect aggression against Lebanon and Jordan. The general Assembly meeting is expected to be called to Start next week in new York. Britain announced today that a general Assembly meeting on Tho Middle East a would be it was understood that Brit Ain hoped that foreign ministers Des Moines up the first rather than Heads of government payments of Iowa a 26 million Dol j would attend the Assembly meeter korean War Bonus should be ing in new York. In the mail in october state of to j a rials said today. The state Bonus Board office Here has received some 20,000 applications for the bonuses since the forms became available july 28 workers will begin processing them next week. An estimated 100,000 iowans will be eligible for the bonuses ranging up to a maximum pay ment of $500. Symington Williams Are victorious by Ipi us sen. Stuart Symington of Missouri and Michigan gov. G. 3 in deadline for applying for Mennen Williams swept to bup Restid bonuses will be i a c 31, 1960. J Sive victories in primary elections the state Bonus Board will de a tuesday to enhance their party Termine the Validity of my ques a prospects As 1960 democratic tio Nable claims a Veteran who is presidential candidates turned Down by the Board May Appeal to the courts. Fire Calls mrs. Bert Cummings 406 Baker Street was treated in a doctors office wednesday morning for inane she received about 10 00 of j i clock while doing the family Wash. I mrs. Cummings hand was Cai. It in the wringer of her washing machine when she reached for a i Towel the Finger Muscles were peered firemen were called to South Jackson Street at 6 15 tuesday but no fire was found in the Vicinity no other address was liven on the fire Call monday about 9 40 p.m., firemen were called to the Decker furniture store where two Small holes were Goldfine sends out letters to House members Washington up giving millionaire Bernard gift Gold Williams smashed his opponent radio station owner William Ion of Ironwood by a better ban five to one margin to we in re nomination to an unprecedented a sixth term As Michigan governor. Republicans named Paul d. Bagwell a professor at Michigan state University to oppose Williams. Gop sen. Charles e Potter was renominated without opposition democrats nominated it. Fine sent a letter to nearly 400 gov Philip Hart to face Potter House members today urging them in the november race not to cite him Quot unjustly Quot for con Symington whipped his oppo tempt of Congress. I cents. Lawrence Hastings a re the Boston textile tycoon also j tired government worker and la sent their administrative assist j mar w. Dye of Kansas City even ants a letter urging them to put More decisively. His letter to the congressmen Quot near j incomplete returns showed 199-the top of the pile on your Boss 187 votes of Symington to 6,655 for Dye and 11,510 for Hastings

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