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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - December 2, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news these Days i vo180-no 283mt. Pleasant Iowa tuesday evening. Dec. 2, 1958 by George. Sukolsky the Republican party the problem which faces the publican party is not Unity but j what to unite about. In a word the party has to stand for some j thing specific understandable and sufficiently Noble to move men and women to sacrifice their time and Energy in what appears to them a great cause. If politics Only Means getting jobs one party is As Good As another depending upon the locality. 1 last election dues not help t one reach any conclusions about the Republican party. Those who were a created belonged to All Points of View. Charles Potter of Michigan an opportunist with tendencies was Defeated As was John w. Bricker a conservative with idealistic overtones. George w. Malone a conservative was Defeated and Edward j. Thye a Liberal was Defeated. I on the other hand Barry Good writer the most consistent Ana philosophic conservative .11 the s. 1 late was , a was William Langer who tends to so Luis to. u no ulling irom any of plus what tiie Republican voter by in pcs 01 wants. In is 110 telling Timofe actually is a Republican party in terms of ideas. Ii is weakness of the party neither president Eisenhower nor president has in a convincing manner As the votes 111 the last election proved. On the other hand William know land 111 California. John a Bricker of Ohio and Barry Goldwater of Arizona stood 011 practically the same plat i form know land and Bricker were Defeated Goldwater was j while it is impossible to estimate the votes of the american people on the basis of ideas alone it is i a t possible to say that no such com-1 Pulsiver Issue was raised As cheap j Money versus the Gold Standard High versus Low tariffs or prohibition to stir the people to excitement. Even in new York state where the republicans won an outstanding Victory the Campaign 1 was personal like a bathing Beauty tells n eeds for by Carrier 30# per week by mail $-7.50 per year Chicago area grief stricken police seek cause of school fire that claimed 90 lives rotarian so it. Pleasant rotarians have As one of their chief projects the sponsoring of foreign Exchange students. Members of the club Are shown Here As photographed recent by Charles Dail i front Row from left Don Young Herbert Keefe Willard Jensen Burnell Haworth Tom Bell or. Dan Chapman Glen Hoffman \ rail Hileman Stan Mathews. Second Row or. Byron Peterson Paul Lark Harold Lamm William s. Walters Richard Throckmorton Dwight Mehaffey William Van Brussel or. George Sutton Floyd Miller Ray Swearingen r. J. Gibson Glen Fankhauser. Third Row Kay sheets or. Henry Traut Ralph Taylor j. A Weir or. F. M. Edwards let Burroughs. John in. Budde. Herbert Dyall now deceased ,. 1. Hayes Arthur Rommel or. J. S. Jackson Robert Wray. M. Vanee. Fourth Row a. B. I Errel i Eon Oppert Nan Allen d. Shook Joe Panther William Sater. Neil w Ikel Herbert Jones or. Gwen Wilson Larry Kinney student rotarian John Bobbitt Olun g. Ruble Ralph Barnum. Sam Ewart. Fifth Row Hall Weir mayor Wade Beth Rev. Gilbert Stout Lyle Shellabarger Charles sessions Robert Norris. George Stanley Robert Piper Leroy Nelson Robert a Gibson Emmett Barton and John Elgar. Rotary speaker contest and had nothing to do with the principles before the american people. The last theoretician of the Republican party was senator Robert a Tail and the last attempt of the republicans to discover what they mean was the Mackinac conference 1943. Unfortunately too Little came of this and the party continued to split into factions which became smaller and smaller the last great rallying past was Over senator Joe Mccarthy. The Mccarthy ites were Large in num j Berg and most of them have not j voted Republican since was practically Lead out of the party. The senator who did most to a feat Mccarthy was Arthur v Watkins of Utah who was himself Defeated m the last election. These straws of sentiment and thought do not prove a Point. In fact nothing was established in the last election which can used to indicate what the Republican party will stand for in 1960. The republicans. For instance have to decide whether they will the conservative party of the United states or whether they should attempt to run a race with the Radical Branch of the democratic party or try to coalesce with what is left of the Southern conservative democrats. Fair Board elects 0. A Job Highway safety Richard Maynard of the Iowa department of Public safety was the guest speaker at the monday night meeting of the rotary club held a the Brazelton hotel. Or. Maynard told of the need for new legislation for Law enforcement on the states highways. One of j the most needed according to the speaker is tie a implied consent i Law which would give Law end officials authority to give a chemical test to anyone under suspicion of intoxication while driving another very necessary item is the increase in the number of Highway patrolmen from 270 to 420, an addition of 150 men. I a the present time there is of t patrolman on duty for every 20,000 j Drivers. Or Maynard also told of o. L. Job was president of the Henry county fair Board for 1959 at a meeting monday night. replaced William Baker who has been president the past two years Art Lauer was vice president and Rama Challen Secretary treasurer. The entire Board of director was by vote of the stockholders recently. They Are o. T Wilson. Art Lauer William Baker Pete Crane Ralph Myers. Bernard Bates o. L Job. L. E. Robertson and George Scott. The 1959 fair dates Are from july 20 through july 25. Boy 12, seventh grader tells Story of fire rep. Schwengel Here thursday editors note a Tommy Raymond. 12, a seventh grader was trapped for 20 minutes in his second floor classroom at our lady of the Angels school. Here is his Story. By Tommy Raymond As told to up rep. Fred Schwengel first District congressman will in it. Pleasant thursday to hold his annual county conference. Since first rep. Schwen gel has regularly visited each need limit of a 50 mile an hour on secondary Roods Iury roads carry Abou at of the traffic but Abd a Condary roads figures Given cur on the according or. Mayan the Speed the 17 it 50 of by two injured in car mishap or. And mrs. F. P. Sears West Burlington suffered injuries when the car m which they were Riding overturned on a curve three Miles East of Wayland on Highway 78 monday at 6 30 . Mrs Sears was the most seriously out what the screams were for a moment then knew it was the eighth graders Yelling Quot fire fire started leaving the room county in his District to give ills like had practice in fire constituents an Opportunity to drills. You know had two w bring him suggestions talk Over three fire drills already this win their problems or to Confer with Chicago it up it a i hesitated ter because this is an old school dim on future plans. These county on the w window Sill thinking about and somebody always figured it visits have proved popular with the jumping and How i would look was going to Burn Down some Day. I citizenry dead when firemen shouted to for a while i was All by my several appointments for Confer to to wait and they d save . Self in the room and then some j Knees have been made. If there Are most of my other classmates girls came running in. They were other persons who would like to had got out and i was the last from another room. I yelled at j meet w Ith him. They should con them to lie Down on the floor tact Harold Mcleran. Phone 68. Or cause that a what i remember from mrs. Alyce Benesh phone 43 a for fire drills to do when that s a lot appointments of smoke. Or. Schwengel expects to spend i morning in Henry county and the girls said kids from other will available from 9 to 12 a. M. Rooms were hanging on one an others belts to form a line to get to the stairs because the smoke had made it As dark As night on the second floor a Man came running through the door and could see flames on the Otlyn r Side Chicago up a police Quost of d pupils in a grief stricken West Side neighbourhood today in an Effort to Lea n if one of them accidentally caused a fire i killed 87 students and three nun m a roman Catholic school. A squad of 35 office a it a a. A Gard to question boys w Hose task it was to carry wastepaper from classrooms to trash Birn in a stairwell where the file apparently started. Authority question 1 two Boos during the night and called two More youths to the Austin p Dice action late this morning. Theorized a Pupil might have tossed a lighted Figaro Fate into the trash setting off Chicago s to St fire in 55 years. The i c flashed through our lady of Angels parochial school morday Only a it it 20 minutes before classes were to d missed. The flames and blinding Clouds of Black smoke which billowed through the building killed 53 girls 34 boys and 3 nuns the Hildren were from 9 to 15 years old. Nearly 100 children were injured and 82 of them remained hospitalized today. Nine of the injured were in critical condition and four of these were not expected to live. O a o at the morgue grieving parents identified 76 of the Little victims eight others were identified tentatively. Some of the dead were charred beyond recognition and the process of trying to identify them through the remains and personal effects moved slowly. At mid morning two bodies were identified by their Teeth. The victims fathers who had been Nai blanked Cov ree. So. A i,.ij to was were burned i recognition. One Tommis it inner Robert ordered an investigation by experts. The Fri made its full a available in an Effort to i q u the Blaze was set o o o Quinn said the i in lower Purl of u Well in the nor a s t,.e a shaped school. . I y Brok out rear Comer of dense Smus indicating burning o 1 i. Rolled though the building. There a Leports the tire was preceded by an explosion but the reports could not confirmed. Quinn said the Speed with wind Tiiu flames flashed through the building prevented the children from fleeing through the six exits. Quinn said a they jul t could. Get out into the corridor to go the school had been inspected by the fire department Only a week ago and its safety precautions and equipment pronounced satisfactory. O o o mothers in the crowd fainted a they saw children jump from the second Story windows and crumple on the g found below. The Jam hampered the efforts of ambulances and fire equipment responding to the five alarm Blaze. Among the first to reach the scene were the most Rev. Albert g. Meyer newly appointed roman Catholic archbishop of Chicago and mayor Richard j. Daley. The mayor called the fire a a terrible disaster for our o o o at the morgue ambulances were backed up 10 deep waiting to unload the Small bodies. They w Ore taken to the basement and waiting tensely through the night parents in groups of seven were one but when i walked into the Hall the smoke was so thick i ran Back into the room. I ran to a j window in the room and threw j some books out through the Glass j to break the window. It s funny but i remember the books a my Reader and some text books. After the window broke i got on j the Sill and began thinking about a jumping. That a when the firemen j Down below started shouting at i Noi to jump but they a come and Amazon trip on i and a series gave in to uncontrolled grief. Policemen who had seen the scene repeated hour after hour broke Down and cried one of the fathers. Victor Silvio collapsed and shouted in hysteria. O o Coroner Walter Mcgarrow deferred a Quot Blud ribbon jury Quot investigation until could bring together a the top men the Best led Down to attempt identification. Quot of my god. My boy my boy a sobbed John Jakowski sr., As an attendant lifted a Sheet from a charred body. The fire had its share of heroes who dashed into the holocaust to save children petrified with fear. 0 9 0 Max Pachura who lives across i can find Quot to serve on the panel an Alley from the shool and has the Coroner also postponed an j Tuo children there ran to the inquest until sometime next week building and caught or broke the fall of 12 children who jumped from windows. Then saw the face of his own son Mark 9, at it is now Well established As the minority party which can elect a president on personality but which has Only gained control of Congress twice since the election of 1932. The 80th Congress will Long remembered As an effective body but president Truman advertised it As the a do nothing Congress a which was neither True nor sensible. However since the 80th Congress the democrats have prevailed. They have prevailed during most of the Eisenhower regime. Eisenhower a attempt to Intro system has injured and was taken to memory s at the Al Hospital. She suffered Back in i juries and a severe bump on her head. Or. Sears received a bump on his head and a bruised left leg. was treated at memorial Hospital and released. Mrs. Sears was driving the 1957 Chevrolet East and apparently lost control of the car on the Sharp curve. The car turned Over on its top in a ditch and landed on its wheels facing West. The Sears remained in the car. Mrs. Sears was taken to the hos Chicago up Chuck Wood Pital Here by ambulance after a a i7> Spencer Iowa High school the speaker was introduced by Hall ceiling treatment in a nearby farm boy. Made it it . So i got Back off the Sill. Of the building. The Man grabbed a few girls and led them Bac k out in Pou paid off in saving 1 j time the Point system was inaugurated on april 1st. Iowa had 9 More traffic fatalities than at the same time the year previous. At the i present time the state has 85 fewer Highway deaths than a year ago following the i ilk. The speak i answered questions of Many of the i club members. Guests at the meeting were Russell Van Tuyl. Henry county sheriff. Sgt. Lowell Schellhase an i Donald Platt it it of the Highway patrol torn Turner and Stewart cans now that i think Back to when it started. I remember were having a singing lesson. did no to know anything about the fire until All of a sudden heard a lot of screams. make Iowa steer grand Champ with him. But i stayed by the window and i was scared then the firemen came up and led Down the ladder. In a sorry about All tin others tiie audience attending the t r a v 1 and Advent r end i Liam ment sponsored by the i was cd into resting in Brazil Julian c a Hemet by i t Radii mrs. N. A. Buck taken by death i it Weir Salt y program chairman. List november Duce something called modern republicanism has ended in a Lias co building permits everywhere except in new York where it May represented by Nelson Rockefeller whose precise political orientation requires considerable clarification. Modern republicanism has no particular meaning or character it cannot defined in understandable terms it cannot differentiated from the kind of democratic party that senator Lyndon Johnson represents therefore. Republicans Gen permits a Urand slam today a was land doctor. She at the International live Stolt k f Vas taken to a Burlington position when his Junior Champion ears went to the Aberdeen Angus a holy cow Vav s judged Best steer of the show. House by a Wayland doctor. She later Hospital. Or Hospital Here later. His wife the former Emma Whaley has relatives in Henry county. The car was badly damaged in the Accident which was investigated by Deputy Robert Nicholson. The following building were issued during the month of i november by City zoning administrators g w. Wright and Pliny 1 Walter. I Melvin Smith construction of i residence and Garag at 108 w Harlan Street m l. Dickson con j venting theatre for apartments and j a / Pai a Milf becomes Iii while visiting injured sister farm prices ,. Knee at 703 w. Clay rally do not understand it and do not vote for it. It is not Likely that the republicans will have in 1960, such a personality As president Eisenhower to their candidate. They will have to mean something in that year. They will need a philosophy of action they will need a purpose. They will need a rallying cry. Without them to lev will have no Appeal offices at 117 Monroe George h. Johnson construction of Reid. Arthur Han foundation for trailer House at 607 s. Walnut Jesse Thomas moving permit and Carl Burky construction of Beauty shop at 251 w. Monroe. Value of const action As shown in the permits is $42,000 or it. Donald Brockway has turned to her Home at Nora Colo following a car Accident in. Us High she want injured. She. I Wear a Metal Brace the Ventu Des Moines up a Iowa length other Back for 90 Day farm prices in mid november were her sister mrs. George whys up seven per cent Over a year ago who had gone to with her the agriculture department said came ill thanksgiving Day and w. Today. Advised not to travel alone ii i livestock and livestock pro husband and Frank Ford left by duct Index remained unchanged car Friday afternoon to go to nor Dun no the months. The poultry and Ward Over the Southern route and to those who do not choose to vote egg Index moved up three Points arrived there sunday Mornay for the democrats j and the Dairy product Index in they expected to Start Back tues i. A a one Point. The meat am Day morning. Copyright 1958, King features Mal Index declined one Point and mrs. Frank Ford is stayin with Syndicate in the crop Index was Down 13 Point her nieces it the farm mrs. N. C. Buck Lomei in Tim of it. Pleasant died a the Friem ship Haven in it do it a 1.4 a. M. Tuesday from a 11 it Kilt curing of 31 mrs by p Mains Are brought to h Weir cookes fun ral i mrs. Buck was a Fot Mei p it of w. C. T. U. And a member of to first methodist cd mph when taught sunday school for a number of years. Funeral arrangement vib Ltd. Bounced at a later Date pc am. The arrival of relative Rev i it Stout and Rev. Fred Mill pastor of the first method t Church m Waterloo will officiate interment will in Forest Hon cemetery. Surviving mrs Buck arc two daughters Florence b a. Lajolla. Calif and m. 1 Lora White of Waterloo one Clifford Buck of dear it. Col. Ai. Six grandchildren one daughter and one it a Jeanette and Herbert Are Decea As Are her husband and Parent the family will receive friends a the Weir cookes funeral Home wednesday evening Between 7 and the mum Are not was b a taken on a highly trip along the Amazon monday evening Homer gave some idea of Nous size of the Amazon that it Draim an area United states and is wide at the Mouth located along the Tribu along the main Stream the flood danger the people live their life As shown in the Pic it resting also. The was fascinated too by i photography pictures development of Plant funeral arrangements for the victims wore pending. The injured children were taken to five hospitals where doctors sought to Patch their broken and burned bodies. An urgent Appeal was issued for blood donors to replenish depleted supplies. The response was so great the hospitals had to then Appeal to it eople to stay away. Heroic nuns and men who dashed into the burning building from the Street helped save most of the 1.300 children in the school. I firemen carried Down others on j ladders from upper floors. A crowd of 10,000. Many of a window. A jump jump Mirk a a shouted a a in la catch you a the boy could not move. H1 s face disappeared. His body was found later. A nun teaching the seventh Grade led her class out into the second floor corridor some of the children holding onto her skirt Quot but they were afraid to go Down the stairs a she said a i carried Down six and went a k them hysterical parents swarmed up la a More. A couple around the burning building. They so Down and i rolled them Down had to restrained by police Cor the stairs. I rolled them Down dons. The officers wept openly j even though they a a a three of the nun. Of the order it Wras the worst school fire in j of the of Charity of the Chicago a history and the City a blessed Virgin Mary died with most tragic Blaze since the Iro their students. O hers formed Quolas theatre fire killed 575 per chains with children holding onto sons in 1903. It was the nations each others shirts and Dresse worst school fire since 294 Wen to Lead them to safety. Introduced t h or Calif a que Day. Mrs and Side killed in an explosion at new London tex., in March 1937. The school formerly a Church. Is located in Chicago a teeming West Side in a Neh boyhood made up largely of working people of italian German and Irish descent in recent weeks there have Beena number of cases of vandalism Smith of Lancaster and arson in Chicago schools both the Winner of televisions j integrated and non integrated and a scattering of bomb scares mrs. Earl Smith is Quot Queen for a Day Earl a r a program Mou Ved Many Lovely gifts. There also have been some racial Smith the daughter of or. Or. Roscoe Willey of River Cavil and a sister to the late Raymond Willey of it pleasant. The fire broke out at 2 42 p in s. T. There were 400 More children in an addition to the building which was not affected. The first indication of the Blaze w a Black smoke seeping under Clas room doors. Scores of children clambered t it second floor window Sills an i jumped or pushed to t ground. Firemen sent up ladders and evil second concert s rescheduled thu m end concert of the Southeast Iowa symphony orchestra this season has been rescheduled. Originally planned for dec. 7, it will held Jan 25 instead. Incidents among pupils however. Spread nets. A number of no negroes attended our lady o Dren jumped and missed. Angels school and none live in bystanders and firemen tried it the neighbourhood. Police discount j catch the children some with their the possibility the fire might clothing and hair aflame As have been t. result of a bomb they leaped. Klock 74. Suf scare. Feed a stroke and was hospitalized. A it a the fire was controlled at anguished parents rushed from 4 19 . The school to hospitals and i it was not until then that the Nally to the Cook county morgue full extent of the tragedy was rein search of their children they Ali Zed. Foremen under the Glare filed past rows of hastily of searchlights playing against benches in the morgue basemen the blackened ruins began Brug looking with horror at the ing out the victims. ,

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