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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - August 20, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news partly Cloudy vol. 92, no. 196 it. Pleasant Iowa thursday evening August 20, 1970 Price to cents these Days by John Chamberlain once More the open season on Chiang Kai Shek do we have to go through it a gain for Well Over a decade every autumn has been an open season Lor taking pot shots at nationalist China a Chiang Kai Shek. This year promises to be no different for there have been inspired stories out of Washington not written by eyewitnesses of a confrontation in Taiwan Between Chiang and . Secretary of state William Rogers. Chiang according to the secondhand reports harangued Rogers on the subject of u. S. Shortsightedness in its China policy. But Chiang does no to normally Harangue he explains. Nor does Rogers normally provoke harangues. doubt Chiang is displeased with u. S. Efforts to change the rules on travel and Trade interchanges with red China but it staggers the imagination to visualize a cantankerous meeting Between two such civilized beings As Chiang Kai Shek and Bill Rogers. What the stories suggest is that the professor John Fairbank clique in the . State department has fired the opening gun of the autumn a Campaign to get red China into the United nations. The season always begins the same Way with lamentations about the a Wisdom of a a isolating and a a ignoring 800,-000,000 chinese. There is never anything said about the peking dictatorship standing adamantly in the Way to prevent Good relations Between its own chinese Mainland population and the rest of the world. Too the British have tried for years to be on Good terms with the red chinese yet their nationals have been imprisoned and degraded. As Tot Canada and Italy countries that tried to open diplomatic relations with red China More than a year ago their negotiations Are still languishing. Canadian wheat sales to the red chinese depend on peking a needs not on the presence or absence of diplomatic recognition. Peking a entirely pragmatic approach to her dealings with foreigners is illustrated by what happened to Egypt. Once upon a time peking bought $22,000,000 Worth of Long fibred Cotton from the egyptians but after the two countries had recognized each other the Trade took a nosedive. The Safe thing could happen to Canadian wheat irrespective of How peking and Ottawa officially regard each other. Too Japan and red China Are comparatively Friendly at the moment but this has not prevented peking a Chou in Lai from proclaiming that a four principles or rules must govern Trade Between the two countries. Under Rule one any japanese company dealing with red China must forego trading with Taiwan or investing in its Economy. Rule two prohibits commercial relations with any japanese firm that dealt with South Korea. Under Rule three no japanese company is allowed into the China Mainland Market if it has any connection whatsoever with the . War in South Vietnam. As for Rule four this bars Trade with japanese firms in which americans have a participating ownership of any sort. With such hobbies placed on a Friendly commercial relations the japanese Are limited to Selling such things As fertilizers to the chinese Mainland. They cannot afford to give up their Trade with Taiwan in most things for it is the More prosperous Market. In 1969, japanese Trade with Taiwan and South Korea combined was Worth a billion dollars More than Trade with peking. When the vote on red China comes up in the in for the twentieth time since 1950, the russians May still give lip service to admission for the country that has become its number one enemy. But their hearts wont be in it. The recent Bonn Moscow peace pact and the prospects for some sort of limitation on nuclear proliferation As the Salt talks Progress indicate that the russians Are trying to protect their Western diplomatic rear in anticipation of a showdown with red China on the East. East Germany a Ulbricht wants to be accepted by the in along with West Germany in a two Germany solution. Logically then the communists can to oppose a two China solution for in membership. But peking would certainly refuse in acceptance if nationalist China were still to retain its seat. Too with Cambodia switching its vote from a a yes to a a not or at least to an abstention the prospects Are that peking wont improve its chances when the admission vote comes up this fall. This naturally Israel satisfied with reply by u. S. Up Israel indicated today its apparent satisfaction with the . Reply to its charges of egyptian ceasefire violations by signalling it is ready to Start peace talks with the Arab states. Diplomatic sources in Jerusalem said Israel formally asked . . Deficit will exceed $1.3 billion Washington up a the Nixon administration has abandoned Hope of keeping the current Federal budget deficit Down to the officially projected $1.3 billion Treasury Secretary David m. Kennedy said today. Treasury officials declined to speculate on How much Federal spending would exceed Revenue but they emphasized that actions by Congress on appropriation Bills on the administration s request for More than $3 Billon in additional tax Revenue would be crucial. Too but Kennedy clearly acknowledged in a speech prepared for delivery in Salt Lake City that the deficit would exceed the $1.3 billion level originally estimated by the administration. The test of Kennedy s speech was made Public by his Washington office. The Washington Post quoting High administration officials said today president Nixon had been informed that the deficit for the fiscal year which end next june 20 probably would hit $10 billion and the budget for the fiscal year after that might be in the red Between $15 billion and $25 Billon. Too a different administration official Tola up earlier that a deficit of up to $10 billion this fiscal year would be acceptable in Light of slumping economic which have reduced Federal Revenue from corporate and individual income taxes. The official also said a tax increase during a business slump would be foolish. The government ran a $25.1 billion deficit largest since world War ii in the fiscal year that ended june 30, 1968. The deficits for the two previous fiscal years were $8.7 billion and $3.8 billion. The fiscal year that ended june 30, 1969 a almost equally divided Between the Johnson and Nixon administrations a showed a surplus of $3.2 billion the first Black Ink balance to nine years. The fiscal year that ended last june 30 recorded a deficit of $2.9 billion. Mediator Gunnar v. Jarring to begin talks at the foreign minister level and at a site other than new York. The israeli ambassador to the u. N., Joseph Tekoah submitted the requests from foreign minister Abba Eban to jarring at a meeting in new York wednesday night. Too israeli sources said the government was pleased by what it considered Washington so partial corroboration of its charges that Egypt had violated the cease fire by moving missiles closer to the Suez canal. But an israeli spokesman said two israeli soldiers were killed and four wounded in a Battle with Arab guerrillas in the it. Hermon area of the upper Galilee wednesday night. Too Ile said the guerrillas attacked an israeli position under cover of a mortar barrage Laid Down from the slopes of the Mountain. The spokesman also reported two separate mortar attacks on israeli Border settlements from Jordan during the night. The Start of the negotiations toward a political settlement in the Middle East had been held up by the controversy Over alleged ceasefire violations by Egypt. Big Welcome for Nixon in Mexico puerto vallarta. Mexico up a president Nixon arrived to a fiesta Welcome today for a 28-hour visit and talks with president Gustavo Diaz Ordaz on such problems As a wandering Border and illegal drug traffic. Mariachi bands in Black costumes spangled with Silver coins gave the traditional mexican greeting As Nixon and the first lady landed at the Airport which Diaz Ordaz had inaugurated Only one hour earlier. The strolling bands played a code to the two presidents a composed especially for the occasion. Mexican schoolchildren waved tiny american and mexican flags made of paper and hundreds of american tourists cheered in the Bright sunny weather. Four Hundred mexican cavalry i men 409 parachutists and 400 infantrymen formed a guard of Honor As Diaz Ordaz welcomed the Nixon. Corn Price in decline Chicago up a wheat was Tower Corn and Oats irregularly lower Rye and soybeans substantially lower at the close today on the Board of Trade. Wheat was off 1% to 3 cents Corn off % to 3 Oats off % to 214 Rye off 4 soybeans off 2% to 7. Wheat futures were lower most of the session after a steady opening. Com prices closed lower after an Active session which included considerable profit taking and some hedging. Boys charged with larceny two new London boys 14 and 15, have been charged with larceny in connection with the taking of a Colt revolver and seven rings from the m. L. Milligan residence in new London tuesday morning and have been released to their parents. Entrance to the Milligan residence was gained through a garage door. Deputy sheriff Charles Droz investigated. fault Auto insurance goes into effect in Massachusetts As gov. Francis w. Sargent signs the Bill into Law in Boston. Mainly under this Law insurers Are required to pay claims of policyholders for medical expenses salary and other out of pocket losses up to $2,000 regardless of who is at fault in an Auto Accident. Thus a Good Deal of costly investigating is avoided. Presupposes that the us. Itself will hold firm in its opposition to accepting Mao tse Tungos government As the in representative of China. We Haven to quite reached the Point of deserting such an old ally As Chiang even though those inspired Washington stories May make it Tough for him. Distributed by King features Syndicate Vietnam policy opponent wins Hartford Conn. Up a the Rev. Joseph d. Duffey chairman of americans for democratic action and a vigorous opponent of president Nixon a Vietnam policy won an upset Victory wednesday in the democratic Senate primary. Duffey a minister in the Church of Christ out polled Stamford millionaire Alphonsus j. Donahue the party a endorsed candidate and state sen. Edward l. Marcus of new Haven in the states first democratic primary. The final vote in the states 169 towns gave Duffey 79,355 votes Donahue 67,259 and Marcus 36,955 a reflecting a statewide turnout of Between 33 and 34 cent. Both of the losers said they would support Duffey in the november general election when Duffey will face Republican congressman Lowell p. Weicker jr., who did not seek the democratic nomination but is running for re election to his third term As an Independent. Sen. Hughes asks Hardin to hold .-owned Corn Washington up a sen. Harold e. Hughes d Iowa wednesday asked u. S. Secretary of agriculture Clifford Hardin to Stop Selling government owned Corn until the extent of the damage from Southern Leaf blight can be determined. Hughes who made his request in a Telegram said that until the extent of a the present emergency is determined a the government should not sell Corn on an unrestricted basis. A reports from Illinois indicate that Southern Leaf blight might reduce the states commercial Coin production by to to 15 cent a Hughes said in the Telegram. A reports from several locations in Iowa indicate possible loss of Corn production of 2 to 3 cent and it could be substantially higher. A i understand that commodity credit corporation acc stocks As of july i totalled Only 250 million bushels and there have been some sales since that time a he said. Hughes said this a is a Low figure in terms of what has been considered in the past to be a prudent Reserve. If Iowa and Illinois production should be reduced to cent this would mean a Cut in the National production of Over 200 million bushels which is almost equal to the acc Stock Hughes said a it is Long been the responsibility of government to be prepared to supplement privately owned supplies As emergencies a Rise and to do so in an equitable manner according to area reads 175 books this summer Mary Bowen daughter of or. And mrs. Lloyd c. Bowen jr., worn the bookworm Reading program conducted this summer by the Public Library with a record of read no 175 books out of the total 747 read by participants. Mary a favourites Are animal or nature stories but she reads just about anything from first to third Grade level. After learning to read in first Grade last year she made trips to the Library about every other Day this summer checking out As Many As eight books at a time. The Young Reader will be a second grader this fall at Van Allen. Manson claims a harassment los Angeles up a Charles Manson took the witness stand at the Tate Labianca murder trial today to complain bitterly about the a a humiliation to which he said he was subjected in the county jail. Dressed in prison denims his Beard and hair stringy and Unco bed the 35-year-old sex convict testified outside the presence of the jury on his motion to order the county sheriff to cease and desist the a a harassment of the defendant. City Council takes action on matters a number of routine matters were taken care of at the City Council wednesday night. Too the Council approved additional plats of 122 lots in Forest Home cemetery. Too Money from three funds was reinvested in certificates of time deposits. Too two representatives of the world Christian organization were present and asked permission to use the old National guard armory for services during the old threshers and settlers reunion. They were told that they should be on the old threshers grounds but since All room has been taken should apply for next year. The Council also thought the traffic in front of the armory would make it unsafe few persons at the reunion crossing to the armory. Too the sewer problem in several areas was discussed. William Hayward superintendent of streets said that Cut grass dumped into the gutters clogs sewers and run offs from tiles from downspouts at residences also causes sewers to Back up. Too Ray Breazeale has indicated he would like to rent a hangar he has been using at the Airport and the matter was turned Over to the Public grounds committee. Breazeale Sio year contract for the Hanger has expired. Other routine matters were discussed. Commander testifies in Kent probe Kent Ohio up a the commander of the National guard troops who killed four Kent state University students said today his Mer. Opened fire when demonstrators Begarif charging and Yelling a kill the pigs stick the pigs and heaving Brig. Gen. Robert m. Canterbury said no order was Given for his troops to open fire on the charging students last May 4. A i canvassed All officers to determine who. If anyone gave an order to fire a he said. A the answer was Canterbury in testimony before the presidents commission o r. Campus unrest said his troops were assuming their position when a a mob began closing he said there were several Hundred persons on the right flank of the troops at close Range. He said the first shot fired apparently had come from a a great distance to the left rear of his formation. He said the first shot was quickly followed by a Volley from the guardsmen. Canterbury said that after his troops fired the Volley he made an ammunition Check and got the names of the guardsmen who fired their weapons. Earlier the commission was told a group of outside agitators a a real kooks a were involved in the student demonstrations which led to the fatal shooting of the four students. evidence of drug impairment of units Washington up a a Pentagon report said today a study of drug usage among u. S. Troops turned up no evidence of impairment of readiness of units in Vietnam. The report by a special task Force was made Public by defense department witnesses As they appeared at a Senate hearing to testify on drug abuse in the military. The task Force concluded that a a tropical storm in Caribbean san Juan . Up a tropical storm Dorothy moved into the Channel Between the Caribbean islands of St. Lucia and Martinique shortly after noon today hurling the full fury of 70 . Winds against Martinique and its 330,000 residents. Government buildings and schools on the French Island were thrown open As shelters for inhabitants of Low lying coastal areas. The storm also forced officials to hurriedly bring up five aquanauts who had been living in a capsule on the Ocean floor As part of an undersea research project. They were rushed into a decompression chamber late wednesday so they could get safely ashore before the storm reached area in the Virgin islands. Storm hits Canadian City Sudbury out. Up a a windstorm believed to be a Tornado roared through an area West of Sudbury today hurling Railroad cars through the air caving in buildings and killing an undetermined number of residents police said. A your Hospital emergency wards arc jammed said sgt. Robert Cowley of the Sudbury police. A i know there have been some fatalities. A there is extensive property damage and personal injury a he said. A nah off duty policemen have been called Back and the hospitals have put out a Call for All n. Vietnamese take Village phom penh up a a Force of 1,000 North vietnamese captured the Village of break to Meek nine Miles North of phenom penh today to the heaviest assault of the War on the capitals outer defences. Filed1 reports said Cam Bod Jan troops were battling the communists a face to an official cambodian spokesman said casualties were heavy on both sides but gave no figures. Break Tameka is on the East Bank of the Mekong River. The outskirts of Phan penh lie on the other Side of the 400-Yard-wide River within Range of communist mortars and rockets. Mary Bowen reminder for Maroon and Gold singers Maroon and Gold singers of this j ear plus last years and any of a year ago who would like to join in Are reminded of the Short rehearsal at the Home of mrs. Marabelle mag Nuson on monday evening August 24, at seven of clock. The singers have been asked to sing at the september 2 opening faculty meeting. Liddy predicts lower figure for Corn damage de Moines up a Iowa agriculture Secretary l. B. Liddy said today that he believes the loss percentage figures of the com blight Are Wrang. Liddy said a i or 2 cent loss figure for Iowa is fairly Normal however he said it was hard to believe that Iowa could have a 2 cent loss figure while Illinois and some other states could have a 25 cent figure. A other states Are in the process of reevaluating their findings a said Liddy a and i believe they will come up with a much lower Corn blight a fungus which causes Mold is More common where there is warm moist weather conditions. Liddy said he was not concerned about the Iowa com crop because most of the com has matured. He said the fungus usually effects Green Corn. Corn blight will Call for explaining by up its technical name is a Helmin Tho Sportum most Farmers can to pronounce it but they know it when they see it wilted leaves that give a Brown tinge to Green Fields of com. Supermarket managers can to pronounce it either. explain to angry housewives at some later Date that Many of the higher food prices were caused by the a Southern Corn Leaf this blight has attacked the nations com crop from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian Border. Early estimates Are that As much Asio cent of the current $5 billion Corn crop has been ruined. A my whole crop has been affected a said Pete Deas who planted 150 acres of com at Jasper Fla. A i normally get 60 to 80 bushels an acre and it looks like 111 get about 20 to 30. It takes around 45 bushels to break too most of the Corn crop is fed to livestock or exported As feed and any major shortage could eventually Force meat and poultry prices up. That a where the housewife will feel the sting of the blight. The Southern com blight is a new mutated form of a previously minor fungus and prevails in Damp conditions wilting leaves and later rotting com stalks and ears. It is spread by the wind. A it caught me by Surprise a said a. J. Singletary of Blakely a. A this is the first major Type disease that has hit Corn in Many Many an Illinois agricultural official said the blight has ruined 25 cent of the current Illinois Corn crop and the loss May exceed $360 million. That would be about $3,-000 of the average Illinois Farmers income. Too the u. S. Agriculture department says the control of the Southern blight will be in the Long Range development of new blight resistant hybrids. Spraying is too expensive for most Farmers. Richard Smith assistant Hamilton county Fla., farm agent says some Farmers have indicated they will not grow Corn next year. Pete Packett of the Florida agriculture department estimated the loss in his state May reach $20 million. Many Farmers in North Florida Are getting As Little Asio bushels acre compared to a Normal 70-80 bushels. Deas said he a not certain whether he will Plant com next year. A it May be one to three years before we get some Corn with resistance that can withstand this blight a he said. Serious and growing National drug problem extended into the armed forces. But it said the extent of the problem was no greater in the military than outside. Too drug abuse by men in uniform a is not such that at this Point military readiness is considered to be endangered a the report dated june 24, said. At another Point it said that there was a no evidence that drug usage has had an Adverse Impact on unit readiness in Vietnam. Some witnesses earlier this week at the hearings testified that drug usage was quite High among men in Vietnam. Three former gis appeared in halloween Type masks wednesday to testify about their experiences. One who called himself Frankie said of marijuana a you smoke it and you get wrecked and you done to know what you re the Pentagon report called for continuation of present policy of discharging drug offenders but recommended that they be eligible for treatment of their problems at veterans hospitals. This is now permitted in such cases. Nixon names Keokuk native John n. Irwin ii Washington up a president Nixon today named John n. Irwin ii an assistant Secretary of defense during the Eisenhower administration and a new York lawyer As undersecretary of state. Irwin 56, succeeds Elliot l. Richardson in the no. 2 position in the state department. Richardson was appointed earlier this summer to succeed Robert h. Finch As Secretary of health education and welfare. Irwin a Republican will receive a salary of $42,500. His nomination must be approved by the Senate. Irwin a native of Keokuk Iowa and now a partner in a Law firm War described by the White House As a Long time associate of Nixon. Eight die in 2-car crash Fredericktown to. Up a eight persons died wednesday night when two cars collided 15 Miles South of Here on a county Road. One person survived the crash. Among the dead were a St. Louis Deputy health commissioner Tho Drivers of both vehicles and an unidentified roman Catholic nun mid a priest. A a a we weren to sure How Many were dead until we started pulling the victims out of the vehicles a one officer said. Another officer said the Road was in Good condition and not wet. A you might expect something like this in bad weather but not on a night like this a he said. Officers said the Accident occurred when one of the autos came Over the Crest of a Hill on a curve and crossed into the northbound Lane smashing Headin into the second car. Two killed in Chain reaction Griswold up a two Iowa men were killed in a Chain reaction Accident on a county Road about nine Miles South of Here around mind might wednesday night. The victims were Jim Lawrence 23, of Griswold and Robert six 19, of Atlantic. Two other persons Mark Freshour 20, of Atlantic and Lois Jamison 20, of Elliott were hospitalized in red Oak. Authorities said the Freshour car in which sex was a passenger struck the rear of a pickup truck driven by the Jamison woman and her truck ran Toto the rear of a tractor driven by Lawrence. Lawrence was killed when he was pinned under the tractor. A Bee must visit about 2,000 Flowers to make a teaspoonful of Honey. Teen choir to sing in Square a teen choir made up of youths from All Over Southeast Iowa will in singing gospel songs Here on Friday in the Square weather permitting at 4 45 pm. And at the enter Faith tent revival on Maple Leaf drive at 7 30 . Tonight thursday at 7 30 . Senior citizens Are to be honoured with a gift going to the eldest person present. Last night Rev. Royce Thomason spoke from romans 6 23, a for the wages of sin is death but the gift of god is eternal life through Jesus Christ our he said a we can add More police and spend More Money but until we get sin and the Devil out of menus hearts our trouble will increase a a railway from the Atlantic to the Pacific was completed May to 1869. Terse verse by a c. Gordon to get ahead a lot employ the one you be got

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