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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - August 22, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news fair vol. 92, no. 198 it. Pleasant Iowa saturday evening August 22, 1970 Price to cents these Days by John Chamberlain defending the military Industrial Complex every time i pick up the Washington weekly called human events which is fighting a notable Battle to keep us from blowing under our defences at a time when both the russian and the chinese communists Are improving their atomism offensive potential i am moved to reflect on the irony of history. Human events was the joint creation of the late Frank hand Hen and Felix Morley a and in the Case of Frank it represented a Brave confession of error. In the Nineteen thirties Frank had been a vigorous part of the Antiwar movement which put its Trust in isolationist senators and in three thousand Miles of billowing Ocean. It is a Hanighen Book on the a merchants of death that helped turn the Chi Ponte from munitions to Nylon and had nearly every College Sophomore cheering for the munitions muckrakers of the Nye committee. But after Yalta and the beginnings of the cold War Frank shifted his ground. Though toe had been dead for several years now his prescience is paying off the Magazine he started is leading a fight to keep us from repeating All the errors of the thirties errors which Frank who had watched the coming of the intercontinental missile freely admitted. Too the Battle to keep us from disarming however is a forlorn one and before we Are through it will probably be the thirties All Over again. In place of senator Nye we have senator Proxmire who can to wait to get in his daily Goring of the Pentagon and the military Industrial Complex. Whether he knows it or not Proxmire is the hero of the communist daily. World which features the senator s attacks on anyone who advocates spending for the or Mir or far new aircraft carriers. The daily world is unimportant in itself but unfortunately its a a line gets picked up and repeated reaching College Campus publications that Are hardly aware the communists publish a paper. Hie fashion today runs prox mires Way just As it ran Gerald Nyers Way in the thirties. But Proxmire is a More dangerous Man than Nye for the simple reason that if we Ever fall disastrously behind the communists in our preparedness for War we shall not get the year of Grace that we had after Pearl Harbor for a belated rearmament. What was a year on the preparedness timetable of the thirties and Early forties has now been reduced to something around ten minutes. But who thinks of making such Points when the military Industrial Complex is assailed senator Barry Goodwater and senator scoop Jackson speak up but the people who write the books and the Magazine articles do not. The sole Book length Case for the military Industrial Complex that i know is a the lonely warriors a by John Stanley Baumgartner. And significantly it was published in los Angeles by Nash not by any new York City publisher. Too or. Baumgartner a graduate of West Point and the Harvard business school who has been a parachutist a contracting officer and a management consultant is deeply angry at the Fly specking criticism directed at the a lonely warriors who have been responsible for keeping the a big War at Bay for Twenty five years. He does not attempt to defend the waste of dollars that goes with some of the Cost overruns for military procurement though he notes that the Dollar decays and the machines get More complicated All the time. He Points out that the proportion of Gross National product that goes for defense has actually gone Down from around to per cent in 1967 to 8 per cent in 1970. The military Industrial Complex May be big but less than on sixth of the total business of the Twenty five largest defense contractors is defense oriented. Only two of the big defense contracting companies Lockheed and general dynamics would be unable to their present circumstances to get along without government orders. Or. Baumgartner warns us that at least Twenty three of the big time defense manufacturers a May Well turn away from defense and let less qualified firms carry the defense Burden a As abuse and unwarranted criticism it could be Dupont and Nylon All Over again. Too we May need a reordering of priorities to serve our Domestic troubles. However Congress must have some perspective about our military stance. If it seems reasonable to close our overseas bases unable fire in to ship contain at sea san Francisco up a Ai was taking on water and listing fire burned out of control Early to j with crewmen unable to contain Day aboard a filipino ship with 42 j flames which broke out in three persons aboard in the Pacific. It holds of the ship. Was feared the vessel would sink. The stricken Don Jose Figueras papers filed for woman for school Board nomination papers for director for the it. Pleasant school District i have been filed with the school Secretary for mrs. Lloyd Mary Lou Myers As a candidate for the september 14th election. _ _ q fab Calif., radioed when it reach the Myers reside 3 Miles East of a the japanese ship Ogishima Mara was on hand to Aid the flaming vessel about 985 Miles Northwest of san Francisco and was prepared to take on Board the 40 crewmen and two passengers. But the . Coast guard said the latest message from the ships Captain was that although the fire was spreading a presently we Are not abandoning a fall hands have done everything possible but Are unable to control the fire a said it. . Jerry Echols coast guard duty officer at the Rescue coordination Center in san Francisco. An air Force c130 from Hamilton it. Pleasant on the attractive farm formerly owned by or. And mrs. Lester Schuerman. Nomination papers Are also on file for Richard Comick As a candidate for District i. Present director Duane Thomas has announced that he will not seek re election. Nomination papers Are also on file for j. D. Schimmel pfennig and Richard Roach As candidates for District 4 and John p. Budde for a two year term As school treasurer. Voters will also decide whether or not the school Board should be increased to seven members by maintaining the present director districts and adding two directors at Large. If the vote is affirmative the new members will be added to the Board in the 1971 election. August 25th is the deadline for de the scene that the 486-foot ship a is sinking but coast guard officials said it might be some hours before the Fate of the vessel was known. The weather was reported Good with seas running moderate and the wind South at 17 knots. The Don Jose Figueras had been travelling on a great Circle route across the Pacific from the Philippines to Balboa Panama. Tropical storm toll mounts to 39 san Juan p. R. Up a the least 200 others were injured. Death toll from tropical storm Dorothy on the islands of Martinique and Dominica climbed to at least 39 today while the storm continued its March across the Caribbean threatening Haiti and the dominican Republic. At least four other persons were reported missing on Martinique and sketchy reports filtering from the j storm battered Island indicated at 400 diapers a week feeding her quintuplets in new York mrs. William Kien ast Center gets the help of neighbors As she uses an Assembly line technique. The quilts who will turn six months of age aug. 24, uses 400 diapers a week. The i enacts have two other children Meg 4, and John 19 months. Asked the obvious question mrs. Kienast said a no cars damaged in collision a 1070 Chevrolet driven by Leroy w. Shaklee 19. Burlington route i and owned by his brother car filing nomination papers with the Roll and a 1965 Chevrolet driven by Secretary. The papers must Bear the signatures of to qualified voters. Country Kitchen scrubbing time the country Kitchen located in the antique machinery building on the South Side of the grounds is being scrubbed and painted in preparation for the Many guests expected at the 21st annual reunion of the Midwest old settlers amp threshers association starting thursday sept. 3. This popular exhibit has had a fresh coat of Pant on Interior Woodwork and new siding added to its exterior. Siding new Only to the exhibit that is for it is siding that was carefully removed from an old House and lovingly replaced on the country Kitchen. This attention to detail has created an appropriate setting for old household items that were familiar to grandmother but Are a Novelty to today a youngsters. On display Are a Monarch Coal Range a wooden Kitchen Cabinet a wooden ice Box a Cream separator a Flat Iron a dash churn and a 103-year-old restored Home sewing machine. The Kitchen has traditionally been the heart of the Home and during threshing season when hungry men looked Forward to a threshers dinner the Kitchen was most important. The country Kitchen at the Midwest old settlers amp threshers reunion tells it like it was. Of tables r. Bates 16, it. Pleasant and owned by his father James collided head on on Highway 218 near the intersection of the it. Union Blacktop at 7 20 . Saturday. There were no injuries. According to Deputy sheriff Ron Elmore Shaklee was going North on 218 and was passing a Semi truck and Bates had turned onto the Highway South from the West when the Accident occurred. Bates got the car he was driving stopped and Shaklee got the car he was driving slowed Down to about 20 Miles per hour before the collision. The front end of the Shaklee car ground action of . Forces declines Saigon up a ground a this year with no major Contact ration involving . Forces in South port for the past four Days Mili Vietnam reached its lowest level tary sources said today. However the sources warned the cd mum All this fuss Over the noise made by a Toad nist forces could be assembling for attacks within to Days to Mark two major North vietnamese holidays a Independence Day sept. 2 and the first anniversary of to Chi Mintos death sept. 3. There also was no major fighting reported in Cambodia with Cam Tucson Ariz. Up a the huge Bodian forces carrying out opera Colorado River Toad merely croaked tons seven Miles North of phenom As it sat in the Bottom of a garbage Temh today to Clear out the last of can awaiting its Day in court. Three Defeated and disorganized. Communist battalions that tried to the Toad was the chief witness a j or perhaps even the real defendant a in an. Eviction suit filed by Che trailer Camp neighbors of mrs. Genevieve Rowland. Registration next week it. Pleasant High school students Are reminded to Register for school next week. Registration hours Are from 8 00 . To 12 00 . And 1 00 pm. To 4 00 pm. Seniors Wall Lead the Way when they Register monday followed by the juniors on tuesday sophomores on wednesday and freshmen on thursday any students unable to be present for registration should be sure and Register before the school year starts. Crack the capitals defences. For two Days an unbelievable Racket came from the woman a trailer and neighbors complaining they could not get to sleep filed the court action. The Toad claimed the defense was the guilty party. He was the was damaged an estimated $600 front end of the Bates car about i Makin a a a a noise As he de and banged against a plastic i. Shaklee was charged with canopy under the trailer in search passing within too feet of an inter a free of. Section. Klemme girl Queen of fair Des Moines up a Janet Holt 18, of Klemme reigned Friday As Queen of the Iowa state fair. Miss Holt representing Hancock county is the daughter of or. And mrs. George Holt. Selected first runner up was miss Butler county Melinda Smith 18, of Greene she is the daughter of or. And mrs. Duane Smith. Elizabeth Wohlenhaus 18, Lewis miss Cass county was named second runner up and Maureen Ann Moore 20, of Hudson was third runner up. Miss Moore represented Grundy county. Total fair attendance Friday was 77,000 compared to 50,232 for the opening Day a year ago. It can to be reasonable at the same time to curtail the c-5a program that would provide overseas Airlift for our troops. And if we can to have Airfield rights in North Africa and Italy we be so Quick to get rid of our aircraft carriers. Without some recurrence of common sense we Are doomed to repeat tile mistakes of the thirties and the next Pearl Harbor would be the end. Distributed by King features Syndicate Ollie Man killed in Wisconsin Accident acting court commissioner Gerald Hirsch said the noise would have to Stop and so ordered the Toad and mrs. Rowland. As for the eviction suit Hirsch took it under advisement wednesday. Defense attorney r. Lamar Cou Wisconsin rapids wis.19tr asked a How would the court up a an Ollie Iowa Man was clerk Mark him the Toad As an killed in an Accident near Here exhibit and where would the coun thursday. J to establish a satisfactory residence authorities said Everett Clingan for him a 39, apparently fell asleep at the a How a he continued a could i millionaires wife Eugenia died wheel of his Semi trailer truck be prove i had the right Toad in Evi fore it left the Road and overturn Dence. Would he admit his identity de. 1 and guilt a a the to .3. Command in be Tara Quot reported two americans killed Friday a one a crewman aboard an army helicopter when it was shot Down East of Saigon and one in a Brief Exchange of fire in Northern Quang tri province. Six americans were six americans were wounded in the same area when their vehicle hit a mine. Records showed that american casualties in Vietnam now Are at about the same level As late 1965, when the massive . Buildup began. Indictment for Niarchos asked Paris up a the French attorney for greek shipowner Stav Ros Niarchos said today the Multi Lowa City Man ordered released Chicago up a Edward hoffmans 32, Iowa City Iowa Friday was ordered released on Bond from a mental Hospital where he had been sent after being judged mentally incompetent to stand trial on charges of burning selective service records. U. S. District judge William j. Lynch granted Hoffmansr Freedom on $2,500 Bond after his attorneys said two government appointed psychiatrists at the Hospital in Springfield mo., had recently pronounced him mentally fit for trial. Hoffmans was one of la defendants on trial in Chicago for setting fire to the files of a draft Board office on the City a South Side on May 25, 1969. Nixon gives Agnew sendoff on asian tour san Clemente Calif. Up a president Nixon gives vice president Spiro t. Agnew a personal sendoff today on his far East swing to reassure asian allies of americans continuing commitment in that area. The vice president takes off from the Western White House about 2 . Edt after conferring with Secretary of state William p. Rogers and National Security affairs adviser Henry a. Kissinger. Nixon planned to make a formal Farewell statement. Agnew will be gone 12 Days on his second asian tour with stops in South Korea Taiwan Thailand and South Vietnam to meet with government leaders. It also was hinted he might visit Cambodia. The trip comes at a time when some of the leaders of Southeast Asia Are concerned with the Nixon policy of diminishing . Presence in their part of the world. Nixon was in an exuberant mood on his arrival at his Bluffton Villa Here Friday following a Brief but colourful state visit to puerto vallarta Mexico to meet with mexican president Gustavo Diaz Ordaz. All but one of the death occurred on Martinique when the storm hit thursday. The one Man who died on Dominica lost his life when a Bridge he was crossing was washed out by a Flash flood. Army engineers on French Martinique were Busy today trying to restore roads Power and Telephone lines knocked out by the torrential Rains and High winds. Guadeloupe another French Island North of Martinique reported no casualties from the storm but officials said much of the Island s a vital banana crop had Ben destroyed. Early saturday the storm was entered near latitude 15.7 North Longitude 69.0 West or about 270 Miles Southwest of san Juan and about 180 Miles South of the Eastern rim of the dominican Republic. Plant explosion at Clinton injures 14 Clinton up a and fire Friday a com processing co. Persons injured Ane an explosion the Clinton Here left 14 serious and caused extensive damage to the firms com starch Plant. Listed in serious condition with severe bums at University hospitals in Iowa City is de Hansen 48, of Clanton. Hansen was standing in front of a com starch dryer when the explosion occurred. A paint your House this 55 summer mtg Jwta from an accidental overdose of 40 summer Barbiturate tablets and charged that a Public prosecutor seeking an indictment against him in Greece is simply trying to a a hound Niarchos. The prosecutor of the Athens suburban port of Piraeus Constantinos Fafoutis asked a judiciary Board Friday for an indictment of Niarchos on charges of fatally injuring his wife on May 4. A i done to understand this new action of the prosecutor who since the beginning of the affair seems to want to hound or. said the attorney Rene de Cham Brun. By Sandy Williams frankly i am dismayed magazines k is get to go to the Beach or pick this Dirking. We get to watch you to read magazines and paint. You and your mate try newspapers featuring Quot things to do hard to be kind to each other in and places to spite of paint cans with Loose lids naturally an Ocean cruise or brushes not sufficiently cleaned raising orchids or a Golf and fish and mud paint and Damp splatters j a in a run Iri Trhan jurors and counter toys. Tog Holiday sound inviting but one 011 Kitchen and counter tops area of summer recreation is sadly adds up to togetherness a1 neglected. In behalf of All who with thoughts spent their Summers As i have i want to see an article happily entitled a painting your House for family fun or some such nonsense. None of the writers seem to realize the benefits of such a summer project but please consider these. Others May Wear Lovely tans a there is no new element in the from Sojung at the you wiil Wear striped sunburns Ala paint smears. Affair a he said since a report july 15 by greek officials that attributed mrs. In Arcos death to an accidental overdose of barbiturates. A spokes others Wear groovy shades your glasses will be speckled with paint Man for Niarchos had said at the drop Ping with perspiration time her death was a suicide. Summer fashions for cruises de Chambrun said in a news con Aren get yours but you la be amazed. And pass the ammunition dropped by helicopter ammunition is carried to a storage area by South vietnamese troops at fire support base o Reilly sitting on a Mountain top 13 Miles from the laotian Border. Ference that mrs. Niarchos. On the Day of her death had taken two Barbiturate tablets a with the intention of taking a rest at the Home on Niarchos Island off the greek coast. A in her bedroom she fell into a sort of half sleep a the attorney said. A a Little later she came Down to see her husband. Mrs. Niarchos then had a Little burst of anger. A very depressed still Semi conscious she went Back up to her room and swallowed the entire bottle of barbiturates a about 40 pills a de Chambrun said. He said Niarchos discovered his wife later and called a physician. A fall the servants in the House totalling a dozen then tried everything to revive mrs. Niarchos a the attorney said. At the comment you receive As you appear attired in the most colourful old mis matched clothes you own decorated with at least two colors of paint. Too % the usual articles rave about family fun and togetherness. Can you top the togetherness of this Homey scene John helpfully scrapes where you have just painted while the family dog scratches his Back an another newly embellished spot. Chuck Waits until you have conquered your trembling Knees to get yourself and supplies to the top of a shaky ladder. Then he announces he needs help with his swim suit. Dave is pouting on the Edge of the porch right interspersed of homicide. Picture yourself clutching the ladder with one hand Brush in the other and the finishing Brush Between your Teeth. The temperature is hovering around 95 degrees. The Mosquito wasps and flies know you Are a prime target. You must admit you have now reached the ultimate of something. You will learn to smile patiently at the dear souls dropping by who stand Cool collected and spic no Span clean to remark a is this All you have done a a boy you be got a big Job ahead of you a a Are you painting i thought you were just washing i deserve my Fate. In the Spring Many asked what i would do with my spare time after school ended i foolishly replied a sleep and loaf a we be been at it All summer on a one Day per week basis mostly and it just seems like forever. We will finish a like death and taxes ifs inevitable. Isnit it and provided no one Breaks a leg or neck and the paint does no to mysteriously slide off the Walls ill see better Days. In be saved All those Doggone magazines and next summer will be different. Ill be dressed in Crisp Cool Cottons sipping lemonade and like the ladies of the Magazine pictures gaze lovingly at my sparkling House. In la bet someone fatality in collision near West Point a West Point Ufi a a Man from Pontoosuc Illinois was kilted and his wife and two children were injured Friday night in a head on collision on Iowa 103 about % of a mile East of Here. Willis h. Reynolds 34, was kilted in the Accident and his wife Kathleen 26, and children Andrew a and Robert 6, Are in sacred Rhea Vic Hospital Here in fair condition. Authorities said the Accident occurred when a car driven by David Paul Guzman 23, of fort Madison apparently swerved into the oncoming Reynolds car when he applied the brakes. Guzman is in fair condition at sacred heart Hospital. Coralville Man killed in crash Coralville up a a 42-year-old Coralville Man was killed and five others injured Friday in a three vehicle crash Here an us. 6. Dead at the scene was Norman Moore the Driver of Ane car. By wife Maries Wias taken to University hospitals to Iowa City when her condition was described As serious. Their children. Daniel 14, Bonnie 9, and Mary 7, were also hospitalized. Authorities said a trailer containing a racing car being towed by a pick up truck came a hitched and crashed into the Moore car and another Auto driven by Rodney Shaffer 21, Coralville. Shaffer received minor injuries. The Driver of the pick up was identified As Robert Wienzer 23, lome tree. Authorities worked Nearl y 20 minutes to free the Moore a from their vehicle which was pierced by the trailer. V j g j Cash taken at service station Les Parks owner of the Stoa station West on Highway 34, reported to Deputy Ron Elmore that the Cash drawer at the station containing $104.50 in Cash and checks was taken at 3 10 Arn. Saturday. Joseph Smith was on duty and said that a Man drove to the station and asked to use the phone. Another oar drove to and Smith went out to service it and the Man in the station evidently took the Cash drawer put it to his car and left. Smith told Elmore that the Man was about 5-9, with Black hair and Stocky build. He was driving a Black thunderbird. Mournfully announcing a other else painted theirs break in at eagles Lodge the eagles Lodge was broken into during the night Friday and an electric wrist watch and four bottles of liquor were taken. No Money is left at the Lodge overnight. Entrance was gained by breaking out a window in the rear overhead door and crawling through it. Hie break in was discovered at 9.51 . Saturday by Hazel Hough the club manager and police were called to investigate. Terse verse by a c. Gordon the nations very wealthy on the whole but How much wealth can there be in a Hole

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