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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - August 18, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news partly Cloudy Section one 2 sections vol 92, no. 194 it. Pleasant Iowa tuesday evening August 18, 1970 Price to cents these Days by John Chamberlain the year of the Independent candidate the election patterns for the autumn Are taking on a great similarity to Virginia new York and Connecticut. In All three of these Eastern Seaboard states we will see a Strong Independent senatorial candidate contesting the Field against the traditional democratic and Republican nominees. In Virginia the Independent happens to be sex Democrat Harry Byrd a conservative who is favored by the polls to defeat Liberal Democrat George Rawlings and Liberal Republican Ray Garland. In new York the conservative party a Jim Buckley who is campaigning As a a Nixon Many against Liberal Republican Charles Goodell and Liberal Democrat Richard Ottinger has a Chance of winning if the left splits its vote evenly Between the other candidates. And in Connecticut the incumbent p. S. Senator Tom Dodd a former Democrat running this year on his own has suddenly had a boost because of the Way the Republican senatorial primary turned out. Dodd though a traditional Liber-�?�a1 when it comes to we Farist measures is setting himself up in Connecticut As the strongest pro Nixon senatorial candidate on u. S. Foreign policy. For All practical purposes he is the Jim Buckley or the Harry Byrd of his state. He got a Lucky break last week when u. S. Representative Lowell Weite or Defeated state senator John Lupton for the Republican u. S. Senatorial nod. Lupton had campaigned As a a Nixon Weicker. The Republican organization Choice resented Lupton a attempt to push him into an anti Nixon Comer but it remains True that weickers opinions on foreign affairs have not always gone along with those of the White House. Too on such things As the Cooper churl amendment and Cambodia weickers position Hasni to differed very markedly from the position of Connecticut a Liberal democrats. All of this might be neither Here nor there if Lupton had not made a surprisingly Good showing against Weicker in the primary. Where . Representative Thomas Meskill a conservative who happened to be the organization Choice for governor of Connecticut won by a big margin in the primary against state minority Leader Wallace Barnes the vote was 93,000 to 38,-000weicker Defeated Lupton by the much smaller vote of 76,000 to 60,000. This would seem to indicate that a Good Many republicans that will vote for Meskill for governor in november May be in a mood to desert to Tom Dodd on the foreign policy Issue when they pull the senatorial lever. Too Dodds chances of winning Arentt quite so Good As Jim Buckley a in new York state and he lacks the organizational strength that Harry Byrd the inheritor of his fathers a Byrd machine regulars can count on in Virginia. But he has enough Appeal to cause both Weicker the Republican and the democrats to a run speaking in percentage terms there probably Arentt so Many All out conservatives in Connecticut As there Are in Virginia or new York. Nevertheless the far from negligible right Wing vote in Connecticut which feels strongly on the anti communist Issue will be tempted to vote for Dodd simply because he has been the u. S. Senate Leader in opposing russian imperialism for years. In addition Dodd has his strength among the a a ethnics of Connecticut who have captive nations backgrounds a the poles the czechs the hungarians. And he has a solid Trade Union base in the a hard hat Section of Connecticut labor. Some of this vote might have gone to John Lupton it is virtually certain that it will weigh the Choice Between Dodd and Weicker and the democratic nominee before making a final decision. I too Dodds main drawbacks Are financial. Ironically he is at a disadvantage in trying to raise gift Money whether through testimonial dinners or appeals for donations because of the censure voted by the u. S. Senate for his use of testimonial Money in the past. Dodd claims he has been vindicated on the gift Money Issue by the u. S. Internal Revenue service which found no tax irregularities after a Long investigation of his finances. Nevertheless the whole business remains an embarrassment when it comes to asking for Money support this time. Weicker an attractive Man with cargo of nerve buried in Atlantic aboard the Hartley up a the Navy today committed a 67-Tom cargo of conic rate shrouded nerve to burial at the Bottom of the Hilanto More than three Milles deep. The final stage of the controversial disposal operation 282 Miles East of the Florida coast began when specially trained crewmen of Centennial Celebration at Yarmouth the four Day Centennial Celebration at the first Baptist Church in Yarmouth is this weekend. The theme selected for the 100th anniversary is hebrews 13 8, a Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and services will Start at 2 pm. Each afternoon featuring messages by former pastors and also several missionaries that Are now supported by the Church. The pastor Rev. Lon k. Reising extends a cordial Welcome for All to come and share in this great event. All services Are open to the Public. The program for the Centennial is listed below thursday 1 30 registration daily 2 00-2 15 song service daily 2 15 2 45 historical highlights daily 2 45-3 30 message a Rev. Wesley Howland Leroy Mich. 3 30-4 00 free time daily 4 00-4 15 song service daily 4 15-5 00 message a Rev. Lee Hutchinson Decorah 5 00-7 30 supper hour daily 7 30-8 00 song service daily 8 00-9 00 message a a yesterday lessons Learned a Rev. William Long Osh Kosh wis. Friday 2 45-3 30 message a Rev. Warren ahem egg Harbor City n. J. 4 15-5 00 message a Rev. Bill Brown Iowa City 8 00 9 00 message a a today contemporary commitment Rev. Darrel Smith Union. Saturday 2 45-3 30 message a Rev. Don Brong Ankeny i arc rep. 4 15-5 00 message 8 00-9 00 message a a tomorrow which Way a a Rev. Warren Altern egg Harbor City . Sunday 10 00-11 00 sunday school 11 00-12 00 message a Rev. William Kuhnle Garbo Home office 12 00-2 00 congregational meal to be served in Church basement 2 45-3 30 message a Rev. Harry Thibideau Omaha Nebr. 4 15-5 00 message a Rev. Paul Nicholas Iowa Falls 8 00-9 00 message a a the Challenge where do i fit in a a Rev. John Kastelein Upland. Ind. Escort vessels opened the sea valves of an old Liberty ship the is Lebaron Russell Briggs which was used As the coffin for the . Too As the 26-year-old ship containing 418 Concrete vaults of deadly but unusable nerve rockets began to sink Hartley a destroyer escort serving As command vessel of the flotilla prepared to collect water samples to determine if there were any mishaps such As breaking up of the vaults from water pressure. It was estimated it would take about five hours for the Braggs to Settle on the Ocean floor 16,000 feet below the surface. Too the Hartley planned to remain at the burial scene throughout the sinking to Chart the final resting place of the to collect the water samples being released when Briggs settled on the Bottom. Special safeguards were taken to allay fears of some that the intern pressure of the three mile Ocean depth might rupture the Concrete containers and let Loose the lethal in a sudden burst or cause the rockets inside to explode. Army authorities insisted that even if that happened there would be no danger to human life. Too the water samples obtained in bottles will be taken to a naval Laboratory at May orc fla., for a Check after the disposal is completed. During court hearings at which it successfully defended its disposal plan against efforts to Block it the army said there would be More danger from allowing the deteriorating and unstable rockets in tile coffins to remain above ground. Reports on id use of fluids Des Moines up a a state audit released today showed the Iowa development commission spent More than $891,000 in Federal funds for various Urban planning activities in the state. The audit which covered fiscal 1909, said the largest single payment was $97,496 to Howard Needles Tammen and Bergendoff Kansas City mo., for work done throughout Linn county. A Des Moines firm Anderson engineering was second in Dollar payments received�?$94,000 for 21 different projects. State auditor Lloyd Smith said the commission sent Back about $240,000 of its original $700,000 appropriation to the state general fund. One major area of expenditure the audit said was agriculture promotion. Two private firms and Iowa state University received a combined total of $106,934 for promotion activities. The audit recommended some minor changes in bookkeeping and record procedures but found no major faults with the commissions operation. Ingenious ideas will very probably be the next u. S. Senator from Connecticut. But Dodd can make it an interesting autumn in new York state and in Virginia. Distributed by King features Syndicate to spot Check 5000 buses Washington up a transportation Secretary John a. Volpe said monday the government will spot Check almost 5,000 charter buses As they arrive at tourist attractions during the next two months and will not allow defective vehicles to continue their trips until repairs Are made. Several hours before Vopper a announcement. A charter bus lost its brakes on a Mountain Road near Galax va., and plunged Down an embankment. One youth was kilted and 44 injured. Volpe cited another tragic wreck in announcing the stepped up Federal inspection program a a wreck near Allentown pa., in july which killed seven children and injured 39 others. He said that wreck a focused National attention on the absolute necessity of chartered buses being in Safe operating the 5,000 inspections planned for the next two months a which will include some non charter buses a Are 12 times More than the number of buses inspected All of last year. Inspectors for the Bureau of motor Carrier safety checked 46,731 trucks in 1969, but Only 397 buses 47 of which were ordered out of service. Predictions vary on com blight damage spooky could be the word for designer James Galanos auxiliary to his Midi look for fall shown in new York. Lipstick around the eyes. These Are his models Toa give you an impression of How you might look. A camping or lament of a non Pioneer a approve hiring of 12 agents Des Moines up a the Iowa executive Council monday approved the hiring of 12 new state agents with the wages paid out of Federal funds in an apparent Effort to attach illegal drug traffic and organized crime. Six of the new agents would be hired by the state Bureau of criminal investigation cd with the other six being new drug enforcement agents in the Iowa department of Public safety. The hiring of the new agents would bring to 34 now on the Sci staff and double the number of drug enforcement agents. Jack Fulton commissioner of Public safety said the new agents would be paid with Federal funds from the Safe streets act with a total state allocation of $246,000. The new by agents would be assigned to the criminal intelligence unit to investigate organized crime Fulton said. The additional drug enforcement personnel would be deployed around the state to help enforce drug Laws he said. By Sandy Williams i have been camping. In a tent yet. You May pin my medal on the right above the one i should have for the same Deal last summer. Done to get me wrong. Ifs not that in a not the outdoor athletic Type. I think All sports Are Fine. I enjoy Many on to in my air conditioned House. The outdoors is a grand and Lovely spot especially when viewed from inside. I even believe in communing with nature As Long As i can get my Flowers from a Florist. So it Isnit True i am anti outdoorsy. In a not anti vacation either. I love weekends in Chicago and was very taken by the grand hotel on Mackinac Island this summer. Of course i Wasny to staying there merely bicycling by with one of the twins on the Back of my tandem Bike As my aching legs protested. However the Lovely Plaza and Pool grand veranda and uniformed footmen stick in my mind As my kind of vacation. Unfortunately i have four men in my family and they think camping is a a cools. It is that Okay like 40 degrees when you drag your aching Bones out of a steeping bag to face a Daybreak breakfast. Too the excuses i get of economic necessity and a healthy for the lads Quot thinly disguise the real reason we Camp i think. My mate has often claimed he would have loved the a going West with the covered wagons bit. I gladly admit id have stayed in the East until he had a Home built minus wilderness and hostile indians. He a a Pioneer out of his proper time that a the truth of it. If he had thousands to spend on vacation i firmly believe head spend it on camping equipment and stay out longer. Our boys Are captivated by the adventuresome trips. They like their dad scoff at running water electricity trailers with air conditioning Etc. They tolerate with thinly veiled contempt and absolutely no sympathy their mothers fears of snakes bugs and the wild beasts of the Forest. The four of them listen politely shake their Heads hand me a flashlight for the trips Down the Trail a and plan a longer trip next year. Too in a still remembering things from this trip. We had an Inch of water inside one end of the tent As the rain poured and Thunder crashed. A Lovely family from Ontario learning of our plans for next summer offered sincere Well intentioned advice concerning a living agreeably with the i shivered and Shook one morning fixing breakfast dressed in pyjamas sweatshirt Slacks sweater and jacket. As i Shook there thinking unlovely thoughts my family raved about a food tasting better we Laid out wet towels and Damp pillows on the car Hood to dry in the Sun White we ate lunch with the Mosquito each noon. Then each evening we unpacked still Damp towels and pillows to place in our still Damp tent. When people say a a there a nothing like camping a i definitely agree. Every morning but one. We met some very Nice families and visited interesting and Beautiful places in Michigan and Wisconsin. Trying to be a one of the Guys i too scoffed at trailers with stereo speakers on the roofs the electric coffeepots on picnic tables Lawn chairs and air conditioners. It really Wasny to bad but done to Tell my family. It would ruin All their fun. Too my problem now is to gently convince my troops that White i very much appreciate our Roomy borrowed tent i would dearly love to be off the hard cold ground. I also have to learn not to drool with envy As i pass luxurious trailers with heat electricity water and Beds. I will learn not to wish to strangle those misguided souls who smite happily and warn me of bears and 30 degree mornings. I plan cheerfully ? to acquire Long underwear anti Bear Spray and a better attitude. The War is Over the Battle won and i face Many years of camping i fear. I Hope to see the Day i can imitate a lady in our final Camp this year. As we pulled out with Damp pillows scratching the newest bites i saw a vase filled with ferns and win Nowers on a table by a tent. I Hope that a a sign of Happy acceptance. Deep Down however i can to help wondering if my unknown colleague was exhibiting signs of cracking situation discussed at National level Washington up a agriculture department experts held a closed meeting today to assess potential damage from a blight epidemic that has ravaged thousands of acres of com in the nation. Reporters were allowed in at the Start of the meeting but after about half an hour they were asked to leave As a result of instructions from agriculture Secretary Clifford m. Hardin. Hardin is said to be concerned because the blight problem had caused Sharp gyrations on Grain markets. Too called Southern com blight the disease is caused by a new virulent Strain of a previously minor organism. It has caused severe damage to Southern com Fields and has spread to Northern Corn Belt Fields As far North As Minnesota. Before the meeting of 25 officials was closed to reporters a Plant specialist said the Over All damage potential is a very difficult to assess because no one could Tell yet How severe damage will be in the main Corn Belt. George f. Sprague the specialist said experts in Southeastern states believed probable losses there might reach 30 to 40 per cent. New proposal for w. Burlington Road the Lith sign of the Zodiac is aquarius the water Carrier. Seriously though the kids pitched in to help and were happily Grubby. My husband who can to boil water at Home fixed breakfast Ames up a if the City of West Burlington does not agree with the Iowa Highway commissions latest proposal in constructing a freeway the state May have to the total amount of the freeway. If this is the Case the state probably will not construct the freeway according to the Way West Burlington would like to have it done. The commission said today that when West Burlington receives the latest proposal the City will have two weeks to concur or the state will build the Road As they see fit. This was the latest decision made in a Long standing hassle which started in december 1964 when the commission adopted a five year program outlining first phases of the Burlington freeway. Too agreements on the major Points have been reached with Burlington but there has been an almost total Lack of concurrence with the state and the City of West Burlington. The major Contention is the proposed locations of interchanges. The commission has submitted their latest proposal to the Federal Highway administration formerly Bureau of Public roads and based on the reply from the Federal Agency the commission will propose the following to West Burlington. The commission will build an overpass at either Ramsey or Broadway Street which Ever West Burlington prefers providing the which could consume another year or two if Federal participation is to be maintained in the project. Too Gunderson said if the City balks at the latest plan the commission proposes to build the freeway without any overpass at either Ramsey or Broadway. He also said if the state pays the entire Cost the commission would place an overpass Only at gear ave., with no provisions for the addition of an interchange later. This would place the Only freeway interchanges in the West Burlington area at Roosevelt ave., which is also u. S. 61 and at the West end where it connects to . 34. Commission chairman Derby Thompson Burlington supported Gunderson a recommendation saying a a we be got to get this thing off dead Center and get the freeway car goes into ditch hits Fence a 1964 Ford driven by Dianna r. Aynes 24, it. Pleasant went off a county gravel Road a mite West of Trenton at 8 15 . Monday went into a ditch and into a Fence on the North Side. She suffered minor bruises and did no to require treatment. She was driving a car owned by her father George Calhoun East. She looked Back and lost control of it. The car was damaged an estimated $2c0 and the Fence about $150. Deputy sheriff Ron Elmore investigated and charged the Driver with failure to have a oar under control. Some Fields in Henry county badly damaged Henry and surrounding county Farmers in Southeastern Iowa Are predicting a reduction in the 1970 Corn crop from 5 to 20 percent As a result of a Corn blight. In a Telephone Survey the news called several Large commercial com producers and All but one said they were severely affected by the blight. There Are reports that parts of some Fields can be written off As a Complete loss. The Farmer who said he Hadnot been hit by the fungus lives West West of it. Pleasant on the Skunk River Bottom and stated that for the past several years he has planted three numbers that Are blight resistant. Some Farmers also stated that due to rainfall and growing conditions this year that production of some farms would have been Down regardless of the blight. The fungus was first noted following the heavy Rains during the first week of August. The High Hue Midiaty overcast skies and southerly winds brought on the blight which was first noted by seed com growers in their Fields of Parent Stock. The monday evening and Early tuesday Rains could contribute to the fungus growth if followed by hot humid on a nationwide basis Plant pathologists have stated that they do not feel that production will suffer More than i to 2 per cent. The futures Market did not reflect this conservative thinking and Corn futures jumped up the limit of 8 cents on monday to $1.50mi for december Corn. Soybeans and wheat were up to cents and Oats went up 6 cents. Tuesday wheat and Oats were substantially lower shortly before noon. Com was higher at that time but closed 1% to 2% lower. 3 cars damaged in Accident rainfall totals Over 2 inches thunderstorms starting about 12 30 . Tuesday and rumbling on through the night and until about 830 . Dumped a total of 2.1 inches at the location of the Federal weather Bureau gauge kept by Leo Turley at his Home just Scimmi of it. Pleasant. The thundershowers were localized and the amounts varied widely. Three Miles West of town the amount was 1.4 inches. Holmes Heads scout Council Carlton w. Holmes jr., West Burlington was elected president of the Southeast Iowa Council boy scouts of America an july 30th by the Council executive committee he will fall the unexpired term Ven Lee Sammons it. Pleasant j it of John r. Harris of it. Pleasant stopped at a step Light and a 1962 wi10 has moved to it. Valley ga., Dodge driven by Leroy b. Baum where he Bas Bee promoted to City agrees to extend whichever of map peasant stopped behind it. A vice president for tile Blue Bird three cars were damaged in an Accident which occurred at h intersection of Jefferson and Washington at 4 23 . Monday. A 1967 Chevrolet driven by Ste Nixon shows White House to Iowa family Washington up a mrs. Leon Sheldon of Webster City Iowa was honoured by president Nixon today As the one Millionth visitor to the White House this year. Mrs. Sheldon her husband and four children were plucked out of a steady Stream of visitors who file through the Public rooms of the executive mansion and were ushered into the presidents private Oval office. Mrs. Sheldon is a fourth Grade teacher and her husband is a feed Salesman. The children Are Kathy 17 Ronald 14 Nancy 12 and Scott 9. The president showed the Sheldon around his office and gave each a ceremonial presidential Bill signing pen. He also gave Sheldon presidential Seal cuff links and presented a presidential Seal pin to mrs. Sheldon. Those streets to the freeway location. At gear ave., the commission proposes an overpass this time placing the City Street Over the freeway if the City agrees to make this an All weather Road. In addition the commission will Purchase necessary right of Way for an interchange at gear ave., to be constructed when warranted by traffic demands. Too the commission said it would the total Cost of the freeway if West Burlington does not concur in the proposal otherwise the state would receive about 50 per cent Federal funds. Howard Gunderson chief Engineer for the commission said by dropping Federal participation it would Speed up the completion of the super Highway. He said by trying to adopt another proposal it would require More Public hearings and approval at Federal government Levels 1966 Studebaker driven by jadeite k. Dotson new London Hind owned by Floyd Shelledy collided with the rear of the Baum car and shoved it into tile Sammons Auto. The Studebaker was the most heavily damaged As the front end was damaged an estimated $600. The Driver was charged by police with failure to have a car under control. Too a 1968 Chevrolet truck driven by Thomas Brenizer backed from a parking Epa be in Walgren Market parking Tot into a 1966 Mercury owned by mrs. Jane Lear. Some damage resulted. Brenizer was charged by police with leaving the scene of an Accident. Terse verse by a c. Gordon a girl on time is one in nine. If in a it4 ii a. Body company. Also elected to fill the unexpired term of Council treasurer held by Carlton Holmes is Gene 0�?Ts teen of Burlington. Holmes is currently the executive vice president and chief executive officer of the Burlington Federal savings amp loan association and is president of the Faith lutheran Church. Delahoyde resigns As Lee sheriff it. Madison a h. R. Delahoyde of Keokuk has resigned As Lee county sheriff effective sept. I. Delahoyde Stetter of resignation was presented to the Board of supervisors during a Board meeting at the courthouse Here today. Delahoyde 66, has More tenure than any other present Lee county office Holder. A Republican and consistently one of the county Stop vote bettors he was first elected sheriff in 1950. A i plan to retire and just relax a Delahoyde said today. The Board must appoint his successor who will serve until the next general election nov. 3. Delahoyde a chief Deputy in it. Madison is Don e. Arnold. Missing from Mhz Carlton w. Holmes or. Henry Salazar 16. A Patty at the mental health Institute has been reported to Ponce to missing since 8 30 pm. Monday lie to. 131, with red hair and Brown eyes

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