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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - August 6, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant. News vol 92, no. 184mt. Pleasant Iowa thursday evening August 6, 1970 Price to cents showers these Days by John Chamberlain a conservative Chick and the indians to the poor Indian. He a in mortal danger of being done in by the new York Rich who have developed a certain expertise in harming causes by slobbering Over them in the most ridiculous Way. Last year with the new York Southampton Long Island second generation of wealth the cause was californians Cesar Chavez who was organizing the grape pickers of the san Joaquin Valley by Means of a Boycott. The a Radical Chick Park avenues who think it perfectly All right for a labor Leader to Shanghai people into a Union by compulsion got behind the Chavez Boycott of the retail stores that sell san Joaquin grapes thus abetting a movement that had no Sanction in the Public opinion of anybody save a few Union organizers who Are unwilling to let workers decide their affiliation for themselves. Tile Boycott has succeeded for most of the growers have recently signed with the Union. This year its the indians in Southampton the devotees of Radical Chic held a party the other Day to raise All of $3,000 for the Indian cause. The same fashionable leftism that had successively patronized Cesar Chavez and the Black panthers witness Tom Wolfe Snow famous article on the panthers party at Leonard bernsteins is now trying to apologize to the red Man for stealing Manhattan Island from him for Twenty four Bucks and As some historians insist a bottle of Rye a the Only difference this time is that the devotees of Radical Chic Are bringing up the rear. It so happens that the indians unlike Cesar Chavez a Strong boys and the Black panthers have a legitimate cause. The White Man had treaties with the red Man most of which were honoured in the breach. The left which has been so zealous for causes that can be turned into potential riches at the polls went for years without giving the red Man a Tumble. Republican Barry Coldwater an arizonan who knows something about indians was just about the Only person in the country to make the Point that minorities deserved fair treatment even when they were too Small to tip the Scales in election year. The Coldwater Point was not lost on Richard Nixon who took a dynamic Westerner Robert Robertson from the staff of governor Laxalt of Nevada and made him the acting executive director of the National Council on Indan Opportunity. He also instructed Leonard garment White House Counselor on minorities to enlist his energies on behalf of the indians. Since there Are probably Only a million persons of Indian descent in the whole United states As compared to Twenty six million Blacks the administrations will to help the Indian has no connection whatsoever with the 1970 or 1972 elections. You can credit the Nixon emphasis on a fair Deal for the red Man a self determination without forced termination of reservation status to pure sincerity of conviction an unusual thing in any political administration. Previous administrations have let the Indian Down badly. In the fifties a congressional Resolution declared that termination of the reservation system was the Long Range goal of . Indian policies. The tax exempt status of the Indian lands was eventually to be removed and Federal responsibility for Indian Well being was to be repudiated. There would be no More tribes the indians were to be dispersed among the population As individuals. The idea of promoting individual responsibility for All citizens is not inherently bad but it did not reckon with the indians desire to preserve his own cultural id entity. There happens to be a movement everywhere among the indians to revive tribal culture. The six nations of new York state led by the senecas want to reconstitute the old Iroquois confederacy. The Passamaquoddy and Penobscot indians of Maine Are now resisting efforts to deprive them of the Protection of treaties going Back to colonial times. So it was a conservative Chic Quot when vice president Agnew dispatched his 14-year-old daughter Kim to new Mexico to take part in a Celebration of the return of 48,-000 acres of sacred land to the Taos Pueblo indians. The 48,000 acres had been illegally taken from the indians and merged into kit Carson National Park Kim agnews party had to endure Ani eleven hour horseback ride to Blue Lake in the Sangre de Cristo mountains to de will install new roof on City Hall the City Council wednesday night authorized vie Calhoun of e amp c roofing to install a new heavy duty Asphalt shingled roof on the City Hall and to repair the roofs Over the Highway patrol offices and the fire station at a Cost of $1,854. The present roofs Are in bad condition and leak. Calhoun guaranteed that the new roof he will install on the City Hall will not leak for two years. He said he will be Able to Start work in about a month. The tile roof which has been a source of trouble in recent years will be removed. Too the Council also accepted the bid of Darrell Kinney for $1,899 for the construction of a 410 foot sewer line from metro mail to the new sewer line being constructed South of the Plant along Highway 34. This was the Only bid received. Too Stan Mcbeth and Walter Russell who live on East Washington near Cherry Street were present at the meeting and asked if something could be done to alleviate the prob Lem of water in their basements during heavy rainstorms. They were informed that a Highway commission Engineer was to come Here and Check out the Highway 218 water Runoff situation in the East part of town. Too councilman Henry Biggs recommended to the Council that after making a Survey 64 new meters be installed at various places in the business District. Too after discussion about unauthorized persons taking dogs to the new dog Pound the Council suggests that anyone who knows of a stray dog which should go to the Pound should Contact City police and the dog will be picked up. Too the appointment of James r. Miller to the fire department was approved. Too a Beer permit for the West Side War. Renewed. Money from various funds were invested or reinvested in certificates of time Deposit. To film threshers for use in future authorization was Given wednesday evening by the Board of directors of the Midwest old settlers and threshers association to proceed with filming at this years reunion for a 10-minute color film which will be used for educational promotional and publicity purposes. Dave Scott professional free Lance photographer of it. Vernon Iowa will be gathering footage at this years festival with some work Hing done probably in Advance of the opening Date. Of representatives of the Iowa chapter of the Barly Day Gas engine and tractor association met with the Board and reviewed the needs and policies they have set up for conducting the Large Active exhibit of Gas engines. Too the needs of those in charge of parking were also reviewed. Charter buses and any other buses will be parking on the East Side of the antique car building. A policy has been established by the Board whereby no one under 16 years of age will be hired for parking or Gate duties. Too two thousand dollars has been donated to the Midwest old threshers association by the old threshers auxiliary for general fund expenditures. The Board is grateful for this generous assistance and the help this will provide financially As activities move ahead for opening Day of the reunion september 3. Too the Anna Young estate property on the West Side of the reunion grounds has been acquired by the association and adds another 2 to 3 acres of land to the total site. Graveling of roads on the grounds was agreed upon As Well As some repair that is necessary to some of the structures. Permission was granted to the Amateur radio club of it. Pleasant to locate on the East Side of the antique car building during the five Days of the show. Too Mary Ewart reviewed a number of the suggestions that had been received following the mailing of the questionnaire and this encompassed a wide variety of ideas. Too display cards will be placed in knows How to discriminate when it comes to Good works. Distributed by King features Syndicate. Store windows in the downtown area of it. Pleasant where exhibits of period items Are displayed. The pictures can be used for mounting later. They will also be sold on the grounds. Too treatment of water for use in the steam engines was reviewed and will be taken under study. A change of ice dispensers at the Campground Headquarters is also being considered. Too another group will be coming to serve food in the Square Roundhouse on the South Side of the reunion activity area. A sunday school class of the Wayland mennonite Church will be serving on the grounds for the first time. The local business and professional women a club will be Selling peanuts and Popcorn on the grounds throughout the show also. Too permission has been granted the Iowa chapter of the airstream trailers to hold a meet on the old Thresher grounds june la 12 and 13, 1971. J a Al Wil Wallsi Hunting not to seek reelection on school Board Marvin Hunting has notified the news that he will not be a candidate for re election to the it. Pleasant Community school Board. Hunting is the Only member who has served on the Board continuously since reorganization in 1959. Prior to that time he served As a director of the Jackson township school Board for 16 years. During his tenure on the it. Pleasant Board Hunting has provided dedicated support in Many areas of educational programs and development. He served As chairman of the Board during the 1968-1969 school year and provided Strong leadership to the five year development program. The District represented by Hunting is number 4 and is bounded on the West by old Highway 218 and on the North by Highway 34, excluding that portion of the corporate limits of it. Pleasant. Mcartor Barrow top pork carcass Ron Mcartor a 198 la. Market Barlow won grand Champion honors in the 1970 Henry county 4-h amp Fra Quality pork carcass contest Richard l. Thuma co. Extension director announced today. Mcartor a Barrow contained 45.14 percent Ham and loin had a 5.0 Square Inch loin Eye muscle and had 1.07 inches of Back fat. It had a color Grade of 3 and a marbling Grade of 2 a color Grade of 3 is a Normal greyish Pink and is considered Ideal. A marbling Grade of 2 Cliff swallows in Stopover Here Mcsweeney to relocate in n. Y. Offices William l. Howe president of metro mail has announced that Mike Mcsweeney vice president of operations for the company will be relocating to their new York offices in the near future. Or. Howe stated that this move will facilitate or. Mcsweeney a Day to Day involvement in both general management and sales areas of the company. He added that a the Impact of manufacturing on me Travail a a Overall effectiveness dictates that the general manager of operations should be More closely related to these other functional areas of the company which Are headquartered on the East coast. Or. Mcsweeney joined metro mail in 1963, was named manager of the it. Pleasant Plant in 1965, and vice president of operations in 1969. He and his wife Louise and their two sons expect to be moving to Long Island n.y., the latter part of August. Approximately 15,000 Cliff swallows selected these Power lines and surrounding area As a Stop Over in their migrating flight southward. The above picture taken by or. R. W. Poulter near the Dwight Zihlman farm Home july 30t,h, shows part of the flock resting during the afternoon heat. Cliff swallows Are noted for their Large migrating colonies. They collect in Large flocks after All the Young Birds leave the nest amp join up with other groups As they Migrate South. They feed primarily on flying insects so mosquitoes Corn Root worm beetles and Corn Borer Moths should find it hard to survive near the Zihlman farm. Cliff swallows attach their flask shaped nest to sides of bams Cliffs and Bridge supports. They have a Dull White forehead and do not have a typical Swallow Tail. The end of their Tail is Square or Only slightly notched. Richard Burns it. 5, it. Pleasant reported this unusually Large flock to Richard Thuma. Henry county Extension director and or. Poulter was contacted to provide information on these Birds and their habits. He reports that no one has determined How these Birds select their meeting place or How Birds Many Miles from the flock find their Way to the meeting place. Cliff swallows were still in the area tuesday. August 4th. Open fire on . Airstrip Saigon up a Viet Cong and North vietnamese troops today opened fire with mortars on a . Airstrip supplying an Allied offensive along the laotian Border forcing a temporary shutdown in air traffic. Motor rounds arched from nearby Jungles into the Airship at Kham due 52 Miles Southwest of Danang and 13 Miles from Laos and Small arms fire struck one c123 cargo plane As it landed. There were no reports of casualties. Air Force officers halted fights to the Forward base for several hours. Fungus damaging Corn in some areas com Farmers Are being threatened across the Middle West with a fungus which could cause millions of dollars loss in the 1970 com crop. Reports have indicated that losses in the Southeastern states have amounted in some cases to 50% due to the fungus which started in Florida. Malcolm c. Shurtleff professor of Plant pathology at the University of Illinois said 90 per cent of the com crop is susceptible to the Southern Leaf blight. Too some local damage has been reported by commercial Corn growers in the Henry county area. Local seed com companies Are using Aerial applications of Withane m 45 fungicide on their hybrid Fields of Parent Stock. Shurtleff said a the warm humid weather has aided in the spread of the fungus. A Good hot dry spell now would lesson the danger too the fungus is usually first noted on the Leaf As a White growth with a dark ring around the circumference. It is spread by wind and or water. Com ruined by the blight can be used for fodder according to Shurtleff. Richard Thuma Henry county Extension director is asking All county Farmers to report any suspected damage due to the fungus. Ultimatum by terrorists Montevideo Uruguay up a left Wing terrorists today gave the government until Midnight Friday to Promise to release All political prisoners in the country or warned they would a do Justice to kidnapped american adviser Dan Mitrione and brazilian Consul Al oyo Dias Osmide. The government issued an immediate statement refusing to Deal with the Tup Amaros terrorists who kidnapped the two last Friday and have been holding them hostage for the release of an estimated 150 prisoners in jails throughout the country. Hiroshima recalls its atomic agony Hiroshima Japan up a Hiroshima recalled its hour of atomic agony today on the 25th anniversary of the first use of nuclear weaponry. More than 20,000 visitors to peace memorial Park bowed their Heads in silent prayer at 8 15 . 7 15 . Edt wednesday the moment when the american b29 Enola Gay dropped the bomb that bathed the City in fire and death. Three Days later another american atomic bomb fell on Nagasaki. Japan surrendered aug. 14, 1945, ending world War ii. The faces of Hiroshima a dead Frozen in thousands of photographs mounted around the peace Park gazed Over the memorial service. The United states estimates the a bomb toll was 76,000. Japan says it w As 200,000. To serve As Liaison group Post office Bill sent to president liver a a Cane of Friendship from president Nixon and Robert Robertson the National Council on Indian Opportunity Leader was bucked off a horse during the momentous ride. But the group carried the Silver headed Cane Symbol of the restoration of the 48,000 acres to the Taos Pueblo governor Querino Romero. It is not recorded that a Radical Chick in Southampton har. Made any Effort to applaud the efforts of a conservative Chick to help the Indian. A Radical Chick for a moment admit that Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew had gone there As an effective first in a Good cause. But there it is. The difference Between Southampton and Washington is that a conservative Chick Mike Mcsweeney Washington up a the House passed and sent to president Nixon thursday a Bill to turn the 181-year-old Post office department Over to an Independent government Agency. Aimed at ridding the Post office of deficits politics and poor service the Reform measure provides for an 11-member Board of governors including the postmaster general who would no longer be a Cabinet member to run the 750,000-employe postal system. Ooh the 339 to 29 Roll Call vote sent the measure to the White House where Nixon was expected to sign it although he had urged that the Post office be turned Over to a nonprofit government corporation similar to the Tennessee Valley authority Tva. The Bill also provides an eight per cent pay raise for postal workers in the Wake of the scattered mall strike in March. That raise will Cost $673 million a year. Postal unions won collective bar gaining and compulsory arbitration rights and reduction of the 21 years it now takes to reach top pay Scales to eight years under the new Bill but lost their fight for the right to seek a Union shop contract. Too the new Agency will be called the . Postal service and one of its first acts is expected to be a postal rate increase that would boost the six cent letter stamp to eight cents. A five member rate commission would fix permanent postal rate schedules subject Only to a unanimous veto of the governors who could order temporary rates if the commission failed to act on a rate proposal within 90 Days. Congress would no longer have a say in rate setting postal worker pay or appointment of postmasters when the new Agency is operating which it must be within a year. Will speak at methodist Church guest speaker at the United methodist Church sunday will be or. Theodore a. R. Khan professor of Polo spy at Iowa Wesleyan College since 1965, speaking on Quot Christ and the modern or. Khan holds the . Degree with honors from Delhi University in India with a major in philosophy and a pm. D. Degree in philosophy from the school of education at new York University with his specialized study in existentialism. He was head of the department of philosophy and psychology at Gordon College in Rawalpindi Pakistan from 1949-1965. Or. Kahn is an Episcopalian Layman and has taken theological training at Union theological Seminary in new York. He is married and has five children. Des Moines up a the presiding officers of the Iowa legislature today announced the selection of a special eight member committee designed to be a a listening Post and Liaison for College students administrators and lawmakers. It. Gov. Roger Jepsen of Davenport and House speaker William Harbor of Henderson said the special committee will meet in Des Moines within to Days to draw up operating plans. Harbor called the new group the first concerted Effort of the Iowa legislature to Rake the initiative in resolving student unrest. Is a slight amount of Interior fat and is considered satisfactory although some prefer a Little More marbling or a marbling Grade of 3. Ron a parents Are or. And mrs. Duane Mcartor route 5, it. Pleasant. Too second place Quality pork carcass honors were won by a 190 Pound Barrow belonging to Sharon Molan Der. Daughter of or. And mrs. Allen Molander Crawfordsville. Her Barrow contained 44.86% Ham and loin had a 4.26 so. In. Loin Eye 0.93 inches of Back fat a color Grade of 2 and a marbling Grade of i smal or number lighter color and smaller amount of marbling. Other exhibitors of certified Quality pork Barrows were Tom Miller Winfield Duane Mullin it. 2, it. Pleasant Duane Hultquist it. It. Pleasant Wayne Woline it. 2, it. Pleasant Julie Rossiter Winfield Jim Shelledy new London Allan Woline it. 2, it. Pleasant Darrell Mullin it. 2, it. Pleasant Steve gerling Winfield and Roger Lauer it. 2, it. Pleasant. Certified Quality pork Barrows must meet the following standards a at least 29 inches of carcass length less than 1.5 inches of Bac fat and More than 4.0 Square inches of loin Eye. Too Quality pork entries and their carcass data Are Given in the following order entry no., length loin Eye area color Grade marbling Grade and % Ham and loin. 104, 31.8, 5.64, i 3, 44.17% 3. 30.2, 5.85, 3, 3 43.36% 43, 20.8, 4.50, i. 2, 42.5% 79, 30.1, 4.18. 2, 3, 42.39% 38. 31.0, 5.57, 2. 2, 42.04% 97, 30.2, 4.84, 3, 2 41.2% 56. 30.0, 4.38. 2, 3, 41.01% 4, 30.9, 6.23, 2, 2, 40.82% 51, 29.8. 5.33, 2, 2. 40 7% 74. 31, 4.56, i 2. 37.34% 40, 28.9, 5.42, i 2, 44.50% 48. 29.3, 3, 64, i 2, 43.52% 20, 30.8 3.58. 2, 2, 43.38% 108. 28.4, 5.07, 2, 2, 42.59% 95, 28.5, 4.05, 2, 4, 41.27%. Award ribbons amp a special Premium Are Given each exhibitor of a certified Quality pork carcass by the Henry county pork producers association. Over 70% of the entries qualified for these awards this year Thuma reports. Water Down in saudi streams the water in smaller streams in Henry county had receded to within the Banks thursday. They had been on rampages following the seven Inch rain. Skunk River however was still overflowing and had inundated hundreds of acres of Corn and soybeans. Corn and Beans were standing in one to four feet of water in Many places it appeared and the water was remaining too Long for the Good of the crops on those acreages. The inundated acreage is limited however and total damage will not be nearly As great As it could have been. Damage to crops in the lowlands along the smaller streams will not be great it is believed because the water receded rather quickly. Among the streams on a rampage was big Cedar. At the Wehrle Bridge Southeast of Rome a log Jam had built up which was endangering the Bridge. Mrs. Allen Molander Crawfordsville won the judging contest held at the Henry co. Fair during the live judging of the carcass entries. She was the Only person to pick four of the top five Quality pork entries. The Correct placing was 1st, 120, 2nd, 0, 3rd, 104, 4th. 3 5th 43. Her placing was 104, 3, 20, 43, 120. Hog number 20 placed 15th. Others who placed the 1st place Barrow in the top five and who also placed 3 of the top Barrows correctly were Bernard Hultquist it. 5, it. Pleasant Ron Irvin Davenport and mrs. Wendell Helphrey of Winfield. Mrs. Ron Irvin Davenport was the Only person who placed the second place carcass Barrow in her list of the top five Barrows. Her placing was 40, 108, 104, 43, 0. Cars damaged min a car driven by Thomas r. Lewis it. Pleasant was backed from officers search for narcotics at the request of county attorney James Morrison a search War a rant was issued by Justice William smart and an apartment in the business District was searched for narcotics wednesday at 8 15 . By City police and the Highway patrol. No narcotics were found in the a parking space in the too Block apartment or in two cars which of North Jefferson Street into a were searched and no arrests made car driven by Otto Pirigy Canton police chief Werner Smith said or. Theodore Khan Ohio at 1 41 . Wednesday. Some damage occurred according to the police report. The search was made by two Highway patrolmen and three City police officers. Booth nets $430 for Coffee House As the Scooter pies and hot dogs began to disappear at the Coffee House food Booth during the recent Henry county fair House members and directors Rev. And mrs. Loy Williams had visions of what their profits could do. Coffee House treasurer Scott Boal assured the group at a Coffee House meeting tuesday August 4, that their efforts were Well worthwhile after Selling $1,000 Worth of food. This included too lbs. Of hot dogs and 150 lbs. Of hamburger during fair week. Scott also reported that the Cost of supplies was $570 and the profits for the Coffee House was $430. High school students present at the meeting voted to use their profits to reimburse the recreation Comis Siom for $200 Worth of materials used to repair and refinish the Interior of the Coffee House located at 406 East Monroe. Students also voted to have a Telephone installed which will be used for emergencies and for communications Between parents and youth meeting at the Coffee House. Plans Aie being made to do further painting and repairing of the Interior of the House with the remaining profits according to House director Loy Williams. Those w1k> have become numbers of the youth Center this fall will be issued the now familiar yellow Button with a Brown of spot and a 1970-71 membership card. Admission to the Coffee House is to cents per evening or a $2 membership for the entire year

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