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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - August 27, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news partly Cloudy vol. 92, no. 202 it. Pleasant Iowa thursday evening August 27, 1970 Price to cents these. Days by John Chamberlain the beguiling senator who a used to be George Muhphy Republican senator George Murphy is supposed to be in trouble in California with his democratic opponent . Representative John Tunney. The latter has been improving in the polls even1 taking a five Point Lead to one of them. But Don t underestimate Georges resourcefulness. You could say he has the Luck of the Irish Only in this Case it would be a mean Negless Way of putting it for Gene Tunney a son John is Irish a or part Irish a too. However in be watched George Murphy Ever since we were College classmate together and in be never seen him land anywhere except on his nimble dancers feet. He beat Pierre Salinger the Kennedy Man from the East coast in the 1964 California go around for the . Senate by a soft sell that invited the voters to ask a a unlucky Pierre who had sent him West. He can to do that with Tunney who is to legitimate californian with three congressional terms from Riverside behind him. However some of the people working for Tunney have been making what could prove to be a Cardinal mistake. They have been bringing up the name of Patrick Frawley a generous Champion of conservative causes the intention being to smear senator Murphy As an unmitigated right Winger simply because Frawley has supported him. Murphy has been on the payroll of technicolor a Frawley company for quite legitimate reasons As an adviser on the motion picture Industry which he has known so Well both As an actor and As a labor Leader to the screen actors Guild. But tile motive in raising the Frawley Issue is not so much to show a conflict of interest�?T1 As it is to connect Murphy with a this strategy is a pre Agnew a and therefore quite stupid. If anything is Plain vice president Spiro Agnew has energized a vast army of hitherto silent people who used to feel uncomfortably conspicuous if they put Flag decals on their car windows but who now think they constitute an increasingly popular a in group of their own. The More that John Tunney a boys enable George Murphy to wave the Flag the better it will be for George. Incidentally Gene Tunney the old heavyweight Champion who is in his songs Corner for quite understandable reasons has always been a Good Flag waver himself. Gene Tunney has talked in season and out about the necessity of fighting communist expansion and in our last conversation in new York he expressed special enjoyment of conservative columnists beginning with Bill Buckley. I m not asking for a Gene Tunney right to the jaw i know he a a gentleman. A too it Wasny to so Long ago that John Tunney was rapping president Richard Nixon a plea for support of his policy of speaking to a Stanford University audience last november he posed Agnew crities Early withdrawal backers Saigon up a vice president Taiwan where he assured Gener Spiro t. Agnew said today Senate leaders such As sen. J. William Ful Bright d ark., who demand Early withdrawal of u. S. Troops from Vietnam Are a dangerously wrong and a must be disagreed with on very firm Agnew arrived in Saigon in a Monsoon rainstorm on the third Stop of his asian tour flying from governor to open threshers on thursday William o. Safer president of the Midwest old settlers and threshers association said today a a it a confirmed governor Robert d. Paris talks. Altissimo Chiang Kai Shek the United states will stick by its treaty commitments to nationalist China. The government of South Korea agnews first Stop today denied that president Park Chung Hee gave i Agnew his consent to a u. S. Plan to withdraw 20,000 of the 64,000 american soldiers in Korea. A your Basic position stands unchanged a said information minister Shin bum Shik. A measures to modernize the korean armed forces should be agreed upon first before any u. S. Troop Agnew said today in Saigon the Only kind of coalition government the United states would stand for in Vietnam was one elected by the people. An imposed coalition government to include the Viet congas National liberation front is a Basic demand of communist delegates to the Ray will come to it. Pleasant thursday sept. 3rd to officially open the five Day during the 21 years of the reunion almost every governor has made his appearance at the event. The reunion now has become Iowa a largest attraction for tourists for a seasonal show and has been designated As one of the top ten shows in the United states. Governor rays visit to the reunion in it. Pleasant will be his first appearance at an official function since his illness. Plans have been made for the governor to Fly in on thursday in time to partake of an a old Thresher dinner on the grounds and to officially open the show at the a Parade off Power. He will stay the remainder of the afternoon. The governor has been offered a variety of transportation from the Large assortment that Only the Midwest old settlers can afford. Governor Ray can make his Agnew said there was a diversity of opinion Over u. S. Policy in Southeast Asia but that a i find myself in violent disagreement with people such As senator Fulbright. I done to impute his motives or i done to think he a less patriotic for expressing his convictions but i think he a very very wrong and dangerously wrong and since he is he in my opinion is in a position where he must be disagreed with and on very firm Low income housing plans moving ahead preliminary registration forms couples or individuals must be at state police go to pot four Indiana state police Clear a building near North Liberty in the South Bend area of $250,000 Worth of marijuana. It was stored there by three alaskans. 39-1 shot wins race and How county 4-h�?Ters win ribbons at state fair Henry county 4-h members placed in the 4-h clothing classes at the 1970 Iowa state fair. Les Schoffel Choice from too or More cars in j Man 4-h amp youth Leader for Hen clouding a a Stanley Steamer and a by and Des Moines counties said like number of the giant steam engines. There is also available a fringed top Surrey a la Crosse tractor that is a one of a kind a Pony express Wagon a fire truck a school Hack ground train a Dray Wagon or the Midwest Central. Urges Drivers to watch for school children that teams of judges evaluated More than 450 4-h clothing exhibits prior to the opening of the Iowa state fair on Friday August 21. Blue award exhibitors were As follows Barbara Lauer on a skirt and textile and clothing Why Weymouth. Mass. Up 39-1 Longshot named colonel Henry won the fifth race wednesday at the Weymouth Fairgrounds. Fear 32 . Troops aboard a a copter killed Are available for persons interested in the Low income housing project for the elderly to be located in it. Pleasant. The league of women. Voters will assist the it. Pleasant housing commissar in contacting All persons within Henry county who meet admission requirements and desire to live to the housing project. Signing a preliminary form is not a binding agreement As it will Only serve to give the commission an indication of the number of potential residents. Too to be eligible for registration Saigon up a communist gunners shot Down a big helicopter flying . Troops to a Remote com Bat base in South Vietnam wednesday and 32 americans were feared killed. The helicopter crash darkened a report today from . Headquarters which said 52 americans were killed in the Vietnam War last week lowest toll for any seven Day so what Well this Wasny to your run of the Mill 39-1 shot. Four horses collided on tile first turn after one of them tripped in a depression on the track. The jockeys were thrown. The Public address announcer then ordered the four remaining jockeys to pull up their horses and period in More than 3 is years. Move to the outside of the track Headquarters said two americans to avoid further accidents. Were killed seven injured and 30 three did a but the jockey on listed As missing in the colonel Henry either did t hear or dooming 0f the c47 helicopter did no to want to. While the three oth wednesday afternoon Ait artillery or horses pulled Over colonel Hen base Judy 31 Southwest of by last when the Accident occurred. It by and 31q males Northeast of shot through the opening and swept gaig0,n it was hit by rocket Gren across the finish line. Ades. About 50 persons scrambled to the j stewards Cabin to complain colonel Henry Hadnot been pulled up As per orders. The Steward disallowed their Jane Hookom on a Blouse Gayle claim and the backers of colonel Helphrey jumper and dress Julia Henry collected $78.20. Unkrich sleepwear. Red award exhibitors Elizabeth Bergstrom play clothes Christie Smith dress Julia Unkrich formal Barbara Cory coat. Barbara Lauer belongs to the a children of our Community will Waynette 4-h club and is the test cars head for Oklahoma a i Chicago up a thirty six soon be crossing the streets As they daughter of or. And mrs. Robert cars left Champaign ill., today and begin a new school year a reminds Lauer. Jane Hookom is a member j h ded Foj. Oklahoma City the chief of police Werner Smith in his of the 4_h wizards club and Daugh annual a a school a open a drive a Ter of or and mrs it Paui Hookom. Carefully message made today j Gayle Helphrey Center ettes club chief Smith said that a National and daughter of or. And mrs. Floyd aaa study shows that More than Helphrey Juiia Unkrich Waynet-12,000 school age youngsters aretes it and daughter of or. And mrs. Struck annually by automobiles j Clarence Unkrich Elizabeth Berg a rhetorical question that now rings a a Many of these youngsters approx. St rom Waynette and her parents East at least a bit hollow. A How a he innately 10%,�?� he emphasizes a Are Are Ard mrs Melvin Bergstrom asked a is Vietnam nation of the on their own in traffic for the first Christie Smith Center ettes and fourth overnight Stop in the seven Day clean air car race. While the autos were on the Road the Massachusetts Institute of technology in Cambridge issued results of a performance test the vehicle went through before they know death toll was expected to Rise As additional bodies were identified. It was the worst helicopter crash involving americans since Jan. 8, 1968, when a Marine ch53 crashed into the Side of a Hill near the far Northern town of Dong a killing 41 men. The car with the most Points in the test is running on Lead sterile upsurge in business in past month Large group from c. R. School to attend threshers the Midwest old settlers and threshers association will Host 150 to 160 juniors and seniors from Kennedy High school in Cedar rapids for an educational visit at the reunion Friday september 4th. The students All members of automotive and Power mechanics classes will be met and welcomed on arrival by Sweet sixteen hostesses. The buses bringing the Young men Are expected to arrive at the grounds at 8 30 . There will be a Short orientation period in the grandstand before starting a tour of the grounds. An Effort is being made to have the students Riding in the cavalcade of Power so they can have a close up View of the engines operating. Jim Hall and John Lyman instructors of the six classes of Stu a dents were in it. Pleasant wednesday afternoon meeting. With Secretary Hult and others to work out details regarding the visit. They have been supplied with both the 12 minute and i minute 45 second news film to give the students a preview of what they will be seeing at old threshers. In addition they will have bulletin boards arranged in the classrooms and have discussions in class sessions during the Early part of the week so they will be familiar with things to see and do during their visit Here and can make the Best use of time available. Kennedy High school opens August 31st for the fall term. Coghlan named assistant postmaster postmaster Wendell t. Smith announced thursday the appointment by the postal department of Robert e. Coghlan As assistant postmaster. He fills the vacancy created by the retirement of c. C. Cantwell effective on july 31st. Coghlan began work in the Post office in May of 1947, was appointed Foreman of the mails to september 1964 and was made superintendent of mails in december of 1966. The Many friends of or. And mrs Coghlan Are pleased that he has received the promotion. Contests for 2 positions on school Board War going to help when they can to time and do not realize the dangers parents Are or. And mrs. We. L. I a a Sollmi Tho Only vehicle in the do what both the . And the that exist. Then too the absence Smjth Barbara Cory 4-h wizards. South vietnamese Haven to been Able 0f the children from school areas daughter of or. And mrs. Lauren to do a win a military Victory a since then the South vietnamese during the summer tends to cause Cory. Some Drivers to become lax in their have been a wooded Quot As fighters in j observances of the school a very real offensive in Cambodia. A though Many children will Cross a is not certain of at intersections or marked lanes Success but neither is there any i with the Aid of the school safety a certainty at this Point that it will j troll he cautions a you must always prove to be a failure you May be be on the Lookout for the child who sure that senator Murphy will make the most of John Tunney sold conviction that All has been lost in Southeast Asia. There is also Tunney a argument that we have had what he Calls a a a bloated foreign policy. Sure we have. But who a a bloated it it was a democratic administration that sent More than 500,000 americans to Vietnam and kept them fighting for five years without permitting our generals to undertake flanking attacks across the laotian the cambodian and the North vietnamese Borders. As everyone ought to know a War in which you done to allow yourself flanking operations is the most expensive a or a a bloated a Type of War for like the Trench War of of 1914-18 in France it becomes endless. At West Point they used to teach that to stand on fixed lines was the supreme military idiocy. It Means that you Are coming close to imposing siege conditions on yourself. Luckily we commanded the sea and the air in Southeast Asia but the machines needed to dominate sea and air for five years no into real financial too even though he has had a Throat operation a Success senator Murphy will succeed in throwing the a a bloat argument Back in his Syndicate. Darts unpredictably into the Street momentarily forgetting about the dangers of traffic while playing. In connection with this i recommend that parents impress upon the children the habit of coming Home from school before beginning their chief Smith said that he encourages motorists to assist the a a school a open a drive carefully Campaign by stopping in at the police department for a free bumper strip As a reminder to other Drivers to drive with care near children. Two county 4-h boys win honors terse verse by a c. Gordon the most important thing that you can know is finding out the thing you do not know. Erie Pankoke and Erie Bloom representing Henry county in the i 4-h Swine department of the Iowa state fair won the a Herdsman ship award. The contest was saturday August 22. Erie Pankoke won the a a showmanship award during the 4-h Swine show on saturday. Erie Pankoke is the son of or. And mrs. Elgin Pankoke Winfield and Erie Bloom the son of or. And mrs. Waldo Bloom Winfield. They both Are members of the Scott so busters 4-h club. Opponents face. If you want to know How beguiling and resourceful Murphy is read the autobiography a say. Did no to you used to be George Murphy a written with the Aid of Victor Lasky. Murphy has turned the Bellicose Lasky of the anti Kennedy books into a Sweet Yea Sayer and this in itself is an Index of what our senior senator from California can do. Distributed by King which is using Lead. Most of the autos running on natural Gas propane and unleaded gasoline compiled fairly High totals in the test which measured braking. Acceleration and Urban Cycle. The lowest rating aside from those autos which scored no Points and Are no longer in the race was Given to no. 90, a Turbine powered Auto which is among the 36 autos still in the running. The Only All girl team of Drivers in the 3,600 mile race also is among those still on the Road. Washington up a the government s Index of leading business indicators registered the biggest upsurge last month since the Spring of 1969, it was announced today. A Commerce department official saw this As probably signalling a Strong upturn in the Economy soon. Harold c. Passer assistant Secretary for economic affairs said the report a provides solid support for the expectation that business activity is resuming its the Index a composite of eight business gauges which often foreshadow changes in the Over All Economy increased 1.6 per cent in july following a modest Rise 0.3 per cent in june. Least 62 at the time of admission have assets of not More than $10,-000 and an annual income off not More than $3,000 for a single person or $3,600 for a couple. These Are Only estimates at this time since the department of housing and Urban development will develop specific guidelines for Henry county before the project opens. Too the it. Pleasant housing commission has retained the architectural firm of Steffen and Stoltz of Ottumwa who Are now making preliminary plans on the design and location of the Low income housing project. The Cost of the facility which will include approximately too apartments will be to excess off $1.0 million. The commission plans to Sui Bmat application for funds to the department of housing and Urban development this fall. Too the housing project will have efficiency units which include bedroom living room with Kitchenette and Bath. There will also be a few larger apartments with two bed rooms living room Kitchen and Bath. Complete laundry facilities Hobby and Craft rooms and a Community room for group or family gatherings will be included in the Structure. The it. Pleasant housing commission was established by the City Council on May 6, 1970. Members include Ray Eielson chairman Dale Longwell Jean Wiley Jack Hinton and Rev. Gerald Roseberry. Additional information or registrar tion forms May be obtained of ctn any off the commission members. Final approval on a phases of the project must be obtained from the department of housing Urban development. And 7-8 Grade band rehearsal sept. I there will be a pre school organizational meeting and rehearsal for the 7th-6th Grade band members tuesday morning september i from 9 . To 10.30 . In the High school band room. All players Are to bring their instruments and folios. The time will be divided Between rehearsing to a Side and assigning marching Posi features tons in preparation for the new i season. Judges named for Sweet sixteen Lee Kline of who radio and to in Des Moines Ralph Martin mayor of Washington Iowa and mrs. Roy Ollivier local piano instructor and former associate professor of piano at Huntingdon College in Montgomery Alabama will be the judges for the 1970 Sweet sixteen contest at old threshers. Nineteen contestants will be judged thursday sept. 3rd, at the rec building starting at 9 . Judges will score each girl on her personality poise and costume. A miss Sweet sixteen will be announced in front of the grandstand Ait la . That opening Day. All participants will be introduced at the same tame and after that the Young ladies will be Busy with hostess duties throughout the remain injured in Cycle mishap Craig h. Hillard 19, Burlington suffered cuts and bruises when the Triumph motorcycle he was Riding went out of control on main Street in new London at 12 45 . Wednesday and struck a parked truck owned by Earl Manning it. Pleasant route i. Hillard was taken to memorial Hospital n Burlington by a passing Motorist. The motorcycle owned by Daniel Yagger Burlington was damaged an estimated $200. Hillard was Gong East when the kick stand came Down causing him to lose control. The Accident was reported to the. _ a. Sheriffs office Here. Needed a one Calliope player who plays a Calliope the Midwest old settlers and threshers association has arranged for a Calliope on the grounds. Its a steam powered Tangley loaned by its owners h. Leo Damge Virgil Coonrod and William Sham Baugh of Cedar rapids for the reunion. A we have been Atole to find a Broom maker a Donkey to Power the sorghum Mill air brakes for an 1891 steam locomotive and a turn off the Century merry go round but we need an organist to play the Calliope a said a director. If you Are an organist with a lit 703 Sheaffer drive and expect to tie adventure in your heart please move to the property late in sep it. Pleasant school District Vot Ere Are assured a contest for two director seats on the Board of education the first time to Many years that there have been contests for two seats. The dead line for filing nominations papers closed tuesday August 25th and papers have been submitted for two candidates from District i and two from District 4. District i which is Northeast and bounded by Highway 34 and 218 As they existed in 1969 time of reorganization. Candidates from this District Are mrs. Lloyd Mary Lou Myers and Richard Comick. District 4 is located Southeast beef vote at Extension office Here cattle producers and cattle feeders interested in the state beef referendum will find a place to express their positions at the county Extension office in it. Pleasant the official voting place for Henry county. Voting will take place Between 9 . And 4 pm. On Friday sept. 4 according to Richard l. Thuma and is also bounded by highways county Extension director 34 and 218 As they appeared on plats in 1959 excluding it. Pleasant corporation As bounded at that time candidates who have been nominated from this District Are the Extension service he explains is taking part in the referendum Only in providing a place for the voting. Election procedures Are under the supervision of the state Richard Roach and j. D. Schum department of agriculture. Office a pfennig. Als who will handle the balloting Here Are Everett Young it. 5, it. Pleasant Keith Mcallister it. Union Pete Simmons new London i nomination papers Are also on file for j. P. Buddy for school treasurer and is uncontested. 1970 mph targets have arrived the 1970 targets it. Pleasant High school annual have arrived at the school and those who have purchased same May pick them up at the High school Friday and monday from 8 . To 4 . They will not be available saturday. Bad lots will also be prepared to Dale Waters it. I it. Pleasant vote on the queston of expanding and Clarence Holtkamp Salem. The it. Pleasant Board of Educa eligibility for this referendum has tion from five to seven members been defined As a Bona fide cattle the present director districts would producer who has raised cattle or be retained and two directors elected at Large. It is understood that the present Board of education favors the adoption of this question. Election Date is monday. September 14th. Yes buy Haworth property on Sheaffer or. The Warren yes have purchased the Home of the Burnell Haworth. Contact h. Leo Damge 1940 Maplewood drive be Cedar rapids Iowa or write William o. Sater Der of the reunion assisting with i president of the Midwest old set ushering parades and other i tiers and Thresher association it. De events. I pleasant. Tember from 503 East Webster. State auditor to visit reunion the annual old threshers and settlers reunion will be honoured by the presence of state auditor Lloyd Smith on Friday september 4th. He will arrive at the Headquarters tent in Mcmillan Park at 11 00 . He and his hosts will have dinner on the grounds. After that he will have a seat on one of the engines in the cavalcade of Power. After that he will visit the various interesting exhibits and visit with old friends. His hosts will be county clerk Harold Davis supervisor Lester Meeker state representative and mrs. Herbert Campbell county Republican finance chairman Willi veal calves for Slaughter or who has fed cattle or veal calves for also an eligible voter must have had cattle or veal calves in his Possession Between sept. I 1969 and aug. 31, 1970. The Extension office is located in basement of it. Pleasant Post office building 200 n Jefferson st., it. Pleasant Iowa. The Haworth expect to build a i am smart former senator Harlan new Home on Adams place which i Foster and miss Edna Michener is about a Block South and East of j president county Republican fed first Baptist Church. I crated women. Will return to peace table Paris up a North Vietnam announced today its chief negotiator at the Paris talks Xuan Thuy would return to the conference table next week to end an eight month Boycott. A spokesman said Thuy was tired and unable to attend today a negotiating session. U. S. Ambassador David k. By Bruce who stayed away from the talks last week to protest Thuya absence returned to the conference today for the 81st session. He de dined comment on the possibility1 of secret talks with Thuy

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