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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - August 21, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news partly Cloudy vol 92, no. 197 it. Pleasant Iowa Friday evening August 21, 1970 Price to cents these Days by John Chamberlain the soviet stake in the Suez canal the cease fire in the Middle East along the Suez canal is obviously at the mercy of egyptian and soviet eager beavers who May be tempted to use the truce to strengthen the close up Arab anti aircraft defences in an agreement breaking prelude to providing improved cover for future offensive action against Israel. However if Washington is finn about exacting compliance with the Case fire terms the chances Are that soviets will behave. It is not that the communists have any particular Honor about observing International commitments. But the Moscow imperialists a and they remain just that a have certain fish to Fry. And the continued blockage of the Suez canal does not Consort with the number one soviet priority which is to prepare for a possibly mortal struggle with the red chinese. Any War Between the two communist giants would put an intense Strain on soviet land transportation in Siberia particularly Between Lake Baikal and the Pacific. This Means that sea transportation is a particularly important consideration to the russians even As it was in the time of their disastrous War with Japan Early in the Century. If the soviets Are to insure themselves Possession of Manchuria which Kremlin Logist Stefan pos Sony of Stanford University has told a congressional committee would be the primary of any far Eastern War the Suez canal must be put in working order. _ too it was a surprisingly Superior japanese sea Power that beat the russians in that far off Battle of Tsushima Strait in 1905, a Battle which Theodore Roosevelt likened to Trafalgar in importance. Unlike Admiral Togo a Japan red China has no sea Power but a Peoples daily report in peking condemns Mao sold opponent Liu Shao Chi for sabotaging red chinese shipbuilding and urges a crash program to give peking a a powerful Navy As Well As a mighty maritime the Peoples daily article bemoans the fact that the russians could blockade the chinese coast. Mao a projected crash program would not Only change this situation but it would also reach out to contest the Indian Ocean with the soviets. Peking according to a report from South Africa is Busy even now with the construction of a naval base at dares Salaam in Tanzania. Too the russians not waiting on the reopening of the Suez canal have already begun to build up their Indian Ocean maritime strength. Aden at the Entrance to the red sea appropriately name has a russian Harbor master. And the chief of naval staff for the Republic of South Africa mentions that four russian ships recently paid a three week visit to Somalia. Russia now has some two Hundred vessels carrying 9,000 oceanographers and scientists ranging the world and it is converting the dry docks at Casablanca naval station near Havana to its own uses and adding a helicopter ship to its cuban based flotilla in order to keep the . Engrossed with its Home Waters. The soviet naval buildup in the Mediterranean with base rights in Egypt and Algeria is by now an old Story. The nato Alliance should be helping the . Maintain the supremacy of its sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean but Greece and Turkey worried by their own proximity to Russia have told Washington that it cannot count on the use of their nato facilities in Case there is a Middle East clash Between the superpowers. Spain though not in nato demurs too. Too the soviets then have everything in position to support an oceanic Supply line to the far East save the Little matter of transit through the Suez canal. For just so Long As Moscow a preoccupation with the red chinese a a menace takes precedence Over its will to dominate the whole Middle East the fact that the Suez is closed must continue to work in favor of Nixon a Hope for Arab israeli accommodation. The soviet need for a Short maritime Supply line to the Indian Ocean and beyond gives us temporary bargaining Power. It is doubly important then to make the opening of the Suez contingent on the maintenance of our sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean and on the Complete neutralization of the Suez red sea artery itself. Distributed by King features Syndicate. Senate votes to bar foreign troop Aid Washington up a the Senate voted unanimously today to bar . Assistance to foreign troops fighting in support of Cambodia and Laos. The measure sponsored by sen. Two candidates in District 4, it. Pleasant nomination papers have been filed with the office of the it. Pleasant Community school Board Secretary for j. D. Schimmelpfen nig As a candidate for school Board director for District 4. Schimmel pfennig is Secretary treasurer of the local investment firm of a met Mccabe and resides in Southeast it. Pleasant in Linden Heights. The District has been represented by Marvin Hunting since reorganization who has announced that he will not be a candidate for re election. Nomination papers have also been filed for Richard Roach who resides South of Mcmillan Park. Nomination papers Are available at the office of the Secretary at the Van Allen school building and must be filed no later than Midnight on tuesday August 25th. Election Date is monday september 14th. J. William Fulbright d-ark., was rushed through by voice vote without objection As an amendment to the $19.2 billion defense procurement Bill. Both Fulbright and sen. John Stennis d-miss., emphasized it would not affect any operations in Border Sanctuary areas abutting Vietnam nor would it affect sending of foreign troops into Laos or Cambodia on the part of countries acting on their own without . Aid. The Senate had first decided to put off a vote on the proposal but then reversed itself and approved it. Stennis is floor manager of the military procurement Bill. If the amendment becomes Law it could throw a wrench into a reported tentative agreement Between the United states and Thailand for sending 5,000 thai regulars into Cambodia to Shore up the phenom penh government. It could also Stop any plans by vietnamese forces to assist the laotian government. Thirteen dead in Caribbean storm san Juan puerto Rico up a tropical storm Dorothy swirled into the Caribbean sea Early today causing at least 13 deaths As it moved through the St. Lucia Channel Between the islands of Martinique and St. Lucia. I he French meteorological service in fort de France Martinique reported at least 12 persons killed the civil War began april 1861. 12, tent theatre tickets now on Sale Here the Schaffner players americans last remaining travelling tent theatre will be returning to it. Pleasant and the Midwest old settlers and threshers reunion the first week in september. They Are soon to be making daily appearances at Iowa state fair and Jimmy Davis the owner producer manager and performer has written a special show for the fair. This a state fair review will be presented on saturday and sunday afternoons during the reunion and As a late night show on the same Days. The Schaffner players will present nightly performances under the big Brown tent. Early arrivers May see shows two nights before the reunion officially opens As the troupe will arrive in town the first of the week and present their first offering on tuesday evening at 8 pm. Reserved seat tickets Are now on Sale at the Kyle drug store for thursday Friday saturday sunday and monday evenings of the reunion. They Are $1.50 each and will admit their Holder to a seat in a reserved Section. General admission for these evenings will be $1.00. General admission tickets will be sold at the tent f or the tuesday and wednesday night shows and Are $1.00 each. An evening with the Schaffner players is Good for laughs from Start to finish. Their warm human and really funny jokes keep the crowds coming each year. First time round on ens come to see what it is All about and return As regulars who would not miss one of the shows. Jimmy Davis As the fabulous a Toby a is a master at timing and Libbing and rapport with. His audience. Schedule for the Schaffner players shows is As follow s $1.00 8 00 pm. Tuesday september i unmarried widow $1.00 8 00 pm. Wednesday september 2 Hill folks from hog scratch. $1.50-$i.oo 8 00 pm. Thursday september 3 unmarried widow $1.50-$1x 0 7 30 pm. Friday september 4 Hill folks from hog scratch. 50c 3 30 pm. Saturday september 5 state fair review. $150-$1.00 8 00 pm. Saturday september 5 three in a bed 50c 3 30 pm. Saturday september 5 state fair review 50c a a 3 30 pm. Sunday september 6 state fair review. $1.50-$i.oo 7 00 pm. Sunday. September 6-once in a Blue Moon 50c 9 30 . Sunday september 6 state fair review $1.50-$1.00 7 00 pm. Monday september 7 Toby hits the hot i line. To get views of youth and act on them Washington up a the White House conference on youth which will meet Here next february May be the Nixon administrations a last chances to establish some kind of rapport with Young people who Are disenchanted with their government and its policies a White House intern said today. John Runyan 21, of Akron Ohio a Harvard senior who spent the summer working in Washington said in an interview that he foresees a great trouble ahead unless some Bridges of Mutual understanding Are quickly constructed Between government and youth. Too helping to prepare for the forthcoming youth conference was Runyans primary assignment As a White House intern. He was part of a team collecting information on the ideas and opinions of Young people interviewing College students soldiers Job holders and others in an attempt to get an Overall picture of the views of the 14 to 24 age group. He said the february conference will Deal with to topics chosen by Young people As issues of prime con Cern to them. They Are selective service drugs education environmental pollution minority relations poverty Legal rights and Justice foreign relations Economy and employment and values ethics and culture. Each subject will be examined by a 12-member team including four adults and eight Young people of varying background and education. The task forces will suggest possible courses of action in each area. Runyan said he a encouraged by the fact that a the administration has promised to respond to the recommendations of the a if the conference can demonstrate it will be different the kids might buy he said adding that by a a different he meant the government would really a listen and respond to the conferences Runyan said the present attitude of most College students towards the administration tends to be suspicious and this distrust can be overcome Only by action not promises. A a they re not going to believe it until it happens a he said. This unlit or one very similar is typical of one that has travelled this summer carrying the word of the Midwest old settlers and threshers reunion which will open september 3rd. Everett Wright right has been organizer of the Tours and in each Case has driven the old Thresher bus carrying other representatives to the 15 events. Others shown Are Rollie Creek left of Batavia and Charles Smith Center it. Pleasant who have accompanied or. Wright on most of the trips. Other Youthful passengers aboard the ground train Are already enthusiastic supporters of old threshers and have been with the group on numerous occasions. Take Story of old threshers to 15 events the Story of the Midwest old Many thousands of brochures and sunday have been. Fella Tulip settlers and threshers reunion visited with interested people about festival Burlington Steamboat has been carried Over some 2.0001 the show. Or. Wright has operated Days Brighton Homecoming East males to a total of 15 Community the old Thresher bus carrying the Peoria steam show Mark Twain events by Everett Wright and other passengers to and from the events j old threshers steam show at Par interested ambassadors who have and or. Rollie Creek of Batavia is Missouri Wapello Homecoming travelled with him in the months has generally been in charge of Mediapolis Flea Market state since the first Outing to the Drake moving the steam engine. J eagles convention Parade in be relays in Des Moines april 25th. Other festivals or events where Dar rapids Batavia Homecoming the. Old Thresher represent visits were made Between the Rives have been in costume when Drake relays appearance and the they appeared on behalf of the final 1970 such visit to the West reunion and have distributed Point Sweet Corn festival tills past All Iowa fair at Cedar rapids Houghton Boutine Days it. Mad son antique show and the Salem Rodeo. Presidents on Border agree formula puerto vallarta Mexico and to a formula for settling such up the United states and controversies that have plagued re Mexico today formally agreed a lations Between the two countries settlement of All pending land disputes along the Rio Grande Border defenders smash threat phenom penh up outnumbered cambodian defenders smashed the most determined communist threat yet to phenom Penhos defences thursday night to Climax 24 hours of intense fighting that killed 500 North vietnamese military spokesmen said today. As the cambodian command claimed Victory at Nightfall communist units fired rockets and mortars into the fringe of downtown phenom penh for the first time. The Mekong River stands Between the communist forces and phenom penh. State fair gets under Way Des Moines up a with All the spectacle befitting the states biggest family entertainment event the 112th annual Iowa state fair gets under Way today. This years fair with the theme of a discover Iowa a features a nostalgic blend of the old and the new the common and bizarre the real and the Wistful. A Quick Check of the grounds reveals it highly unlikely that a person find something to suit his fancy. The old standbys a stuffed Panda bears the cow carved from butter the Bright lights and noise of the Midway the animal judging contests Are All Back. But As always the planners have added new and unique exhibits that make Iowa a state fair different each year. For instance housewives for the first time May enter a Raisin pie contest with five separate categories while the Man of the House has a Chance to exhibit his Powers by entering a pipe smoking endurance contest. Iowa a fair is a creature of opposites. While children Are staring in ecstasy and Awe at the Midway a rides just a building away in the grandstand the american red Cross is Manning a somber and sobering exhibit of a North vietnamese prisoner of War Camp Complete with Rice bowl bucket and rats. For More than a Century. The agreement Calls for a division of the disputed tract near Presidio tex., which would give 1,606 acres or 74.3 per cent of the total area to Mexico and 556 acres or 25.7 per cent of the total area to the United states. The agreement first announced by presidents Nixon and Gustavo Diaz Ordaz thursday will be incorporated into a treaty which must be approved by the senates of both countries. Details of the agreement were released shortly before Nixon hosted Diaz Ordaz and the mexican delegation at a Farewell lunch near the end of Nixon a 28-hour mexican visit. Schwengel backs to spending Lihr it Davenport up a rep. Fred Schwengel a Iowa said today he favors the political broadcasting Bill because a it will take the first step needed to control Campaign the proposed legislation would limit the spending on television time of congressional candidates to 7 cents per vote cast in the last general election or $20,000 a whichever is greater. At a news conference in Davenport today Schwengel said although the legislation will probably not go into effect this year he is instructing his Campaign committee to voluntarily abide by the provisions of the Bill. He called on his opponent to do likewise. Col ill blight effect evident Parsons travelling Highway 2,18 will see some of the effects of the Corn blight in Fields on each Side of the Highway. Occasional Fields show the effect in the Swedesburg Olds area but heaviest damage is apparent in the area North of Olds to Highway 92. Free Flanagan in Chicago Chicago up a Brian Flanagan had just been found innocent of attacking a City official during last october so Days of Wrath by the ads Weatherman and he had a few words to say about his trial. A there is no such thing As a fair Trail a the 23-year-old Southampton n. Y., Radical told newsmen a a what a a fair Trail in Chicago Law and order is a farce. A Flanagan had been charged with aggravated Battery Battery mob action and resisting arrest in connection with his collision last oct. La with Richard Elrod assistant corporation counsel and state representative during violence in the Loop by the Weatherman then said to be a faction of the students for a democratic society. For a time Elrod was paralysed with a broken neck. Injured woman in Hospital find ear later Ruth m. Betts 24, grand Junction colo., was injured when the 1965 Ford she was driving went off Highway 218 two Miles North of Crawfordsville about 2 . Friday. She is in memorial Hospital with a broken Collarbone broken rib and a shoulder injury. Deputy sheriff Ron Elmore received a Call from the Hospital at 2 15 . That the Betts woman had been brought there by an unidentified person. The woman told Elmore that the Accident happened seven Miles South of it. Pleasant. The area was searched for six hours but no car was found. Evidently she was mixed up As to where the Accident occurred Elmore said. Some pipe line workers spotted a wrecked car North of Crawfordsville and reported it and authorities Here were notified. A Highway patrolman checked out the car and found that it belonged to Ruth Betts and is owned by George j. Bruder of grand Junction. The car had left the Road and rolled Over in a ditch. It was totally damaged. The Betts woman was brought Here by a passing Motorist she told Elmore. On that Island and another on the Island of Dominica. A spokesman said the fatality on Dominica which lies 25 Miles North of Martinique occurred when heavy Rains from the storm washed out a Bridge and a Man crossing it fell into the Stream below and drowned. All water and electric service to Roseau dominicans capital of 35,-000 persons was knocked out by the storm. At least 12 other persons were killed and others injured on Martinique. Most of the casualties and destruction caused by floods and landslides occurred on the sparsely inhabited Southern Side of Martinique where winds were reported up to 70 Miles an hour. Local business building sold announcement is made of the Purchase of a business building near the Southeast Corner of the it. Pleasant Square by the Iowa investment corporation a corporation of local stockholders who own other business District property. The Purchase of the building occupied by the Brown Lynch Scott store was made from Wilfred b. Hoaglin and mrs. Edith Chase owners Over a period of Many years. The location is considered one of the top business Sites in the business District. The second floor of the bounding is divided into several apartments. Plane returns from Cuba storm in Canada kills five and injures Over 200 Sudbury ont. Up a the sky blackened and fat raindrops splattered against the workmen a loft on the 1.200-foot smokestack of the International Nickel co. Smelter. The first hint it Wasny to just one More summer thunderstorm came in a Telephone Call to radio station Coso. A my House is blowing away my House is blowing away a screamed a terrified female voice. Then the line went dead. The storm knocked Over buildings like dollhouses picked up Railroad cars and heavy Industrial machinery and blasted apart houses in puffs of lumber. It Sank boats started fires from downed electrical wires sailed roofs through the air like Frisbee splintered thousands of windows and snatched pedestrians and bowled them along the ground. Sudbury police identified five guard Drill this weekend the local National guard units co. D and the separate detachment will have a Drill this weekend. Troops Are to report at the armory at i pm. Saturday and Witt go to Keokuk to work on a tactical problem returning sunday afternoon. Miami up a a Delta airlines super dc9 returned to the United states Early today from Cuba where it was forced to Fly by dead the City a hospitals reported a Stocky latin american passenger to e thin 2oo persons injured 44 who said he had a bomb in his at q hem seriously. Six of those were tache Case. The plane arrived at Miami International Airport at 2 45 . Some of the Fields Are drying up i Edt after a 30-minute flight much As they would from a a firing a from Havana. It later proceeded to in a severe drought. Its destination Savannah ga., aft the damage however appears to or a Brief Stop. Be in Low percentages when the total acreage is considered. Stewardess Judy Atlanta said the James 22, of Hijacker a Lis cd As critical. Sudbury mayor Joe Fabbro estimated to his City at $5 Mivy a and declared a state of Elev Rency. Len Turner mayor of nearby Lively a a Model town built for the Nickel company a smelter workers estimated damage at $1.5 million. The storm also sliced through cop would make Parker eligible for parole Lincoln neb. Up a the Nebraska parole Board thursday voted to recommend that the life sentence of former Lincoln City forester Darrel Parker be commuted to a definite term of years in order to make him eligible for parole. The recommendation will be forwarded to the state Pardon Board headed by gov. Norbert t. Tie Mann. Other members Are Secretary of state Frank Marsh and attorney general Clarence a. H. Meyer. Parker a native of Henderson Iowa was sent to prison in 1956 for the dec. 22, 1955, murder of his wife Nancy. Mrs. Parker formerly of Windsor Heights a suburb of Des Moines was found slain in the couples cottage at Lincoln. Both Parker and his wife had attended Iowa state University at Ames. His parents lived at Henderson. He is now free on $5,000 Bond pending a sept. 16 hearing in Lancaster county District court on the voluntariness of a confession used against him in his trial. Word comes from Ames that to reached her shortly after the a state University Plant special fight originating in Chicago had per Cliff a Quot do in feed 415 1� iss meeting in secret there thurs-1 taken 0ff from Day said present estimates show 6 no get. Atlanta thursday per cent of the Iowa Corn crop affected by Corn blight. Corn prices lower Friday Chicago up a wheat and Oats were lower Corn Rye and soybeans substantially lower at the close today on the Board of Trade. Wheat was off 1% to 3 let cents Corn off 3�?T4 to 5 Oats off 1% to 2 i soybeans off 2 j to 3�?Tj. The Man Clad in a Short sleeved red shirt and carrying a Black attache Case told her a look at me it when i talk to you and done to panic. I have a device and will use it. Advise your Captain to proceed i restly to after the plane landed in Havana a cuban Soldier and a civilian came aboard and accompanied the Hijacker off. The plane stayed in Havana three hours and 49 minutes before taking off for Miami. The East police said half the buildings in town were blown Down including the lumber Mill that was the main Industry for the towns 600 residents. Smoke in basement firemen went to 708 e. Washington Street at 9 . Friday alter a Call was received that there was smoke in the basement. Smoke that was being run through sewers for a test had backed up in the basement. No evidence of sniper fire report states youths unhurt in Accident at 3 20 . Thursday a 1969 Chevrolet driven by William a. Francy 17, new London route i went off a gravel Road a mile South of the intersection of highways 125 and 218 South of it. Pleasant and three Miles East and rolled Over on its top. Francy and Randy Morrow 17, were not Hurt in the Accident. Kent Ohio up a a staff Francy was headed West and was member of presidents commission forced Over by an eastbound car. On Campus unrest said today an the Francy car went out of control Fri report shows ther was no Evi and went off the South Side of the Den be of sniper fire at Kent state Road. The car owned by Dale w. University before four students were Francy new London was damaged governor cannot name arbitration Board Des Moines up a an Iowa attorney generals opinion today held that gov. Robert has no authority to appoint an arbitration Board to Settle a dispute Between nurses and the administration of Mary Greeley Hospital in Ames. Solicitor general Richard e. Haesemeyer said the Iowa statute concerning boards of arbitration does not apply to municipal employees. Haesemeyer based his opinion on a previous decision issued on a labor dispute involving the Des Moines school District. Petit jurors not to report clerk of court Harold j. Davis states that Petit jurors need not report for duty on monday August 24, As heretofore directed. They will be notified As to further service. Shot and killed by Ohio National guard troops. An estimated $500. Deputy sheriff Ron Elmore investigated. Terse verse by a c. Gordon High heels were invented it is often said by a girl who had been kissed on the forehead

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