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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - December 4, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news these Days by George e. Sokolsky six years of what i heard a Man say with full sincerity that no matter what else has happened we have had six years of peace. What then is peace if we have to have a budget of $80,000,000,000, Moat of which must be spent on military activities Are we at peace if soviet Russia makes War on us by new methods Are we at peace because we do not know How to use the new methods or dare not use them if we do know How. Are we at peace if we have to Send marines to Lebanon and the Navy to Quemoy and Are now prepared to Send ground forces to protect Berlin Are we at peace a o a it is essential to Reau a Wedemeyer reports Quot one of the most significant books in recent years by general Albert c. , really to grasp what has happened to this nation. This conversation Between Wedemeyer and Pat Hurley is pertinent evening when we were having a discussion about a certain individual and his loyalty to our Effort in the area Hurley said when you have lived As Long As i have Al you will learn not to Trust anyone until he has proved worthy of your i thought that Over for a minute. Then i said. A but Pat i have always worked on the exact opposite theory i believe in trusting people until they prove unworthy of my Trust a i developed the. Thought a Little further pointing out that it had been my experience that if you expect people to measure up to a certain Standard and to give Loyal and effective service they will As a Rule not disappoint you i said to Pat a it seems to bring out the Best in them a Wedemeyer soon enough Learned How mistaken he was. He tells that Reading through reports from a number of state department experts. Quot. It seems obvious not Only that their sympathies Lay with the chinese communists but also that they were either consciously or unwittingly disseminating exaggerated or false. Communist inspired. Vol. 80, no. 285 12 pages first Section it. Pleasant Iowa thursday evening dec. 4, 1958 by Carrier Sty per week by . Put hear mystery signals select children a Christmas toys with care gave support for Hall of Fame rep. Schwengel holds series of conferences Here Iii be fire sweeps Malibu a Volunteer fireman vainly pours water on one of 40 Homes destroyed As a 20.000 acre Brush fire swept the Malibu watershed from mountains to the Pacific Ocean. Homes of Many movie celebrities were do t roved or damaged. The $50,000 Home of actor Lew Ayres was destroyed. As you Scurry from store to store j shopping for toys keep in mind j that play is the serious occupation of children and toys Are their tools. Wien a child is Given Safe toys Well selected to meet his own needs a two fold purpose is accomplished. First the Many adult world attractions. All too frequently hazardous for children will be reduced. And secondly Well selected toys will play a part in the child s development into a healthy mature adult. Here Are a few suggested Quot Dos Quot and Quot Don tsp which May prove helpful in your search for children a toys this Christmas a ill do buy toys that a child can use and enjoy. Remember that his age. Sex and interests not your love and wishes determine which j toy will be a Success. 2 do buy a balanced diet of toys. Children need play toys Thal encourage their Active physical play others to encourage mental growth imaginative and dramatic sense rites for three nuns fire v victims May come from new satellite Public Mav attend first state meeting Here on Lincoln sesquicentennial the Effort to bring the agricultural Hall of Fame to the Henry count area had the endorsement and support of rep. Fred Schwa null j local resident became even More aware of his interest and his own 1 Eifort to try to get she Hall of Fame for the area when they visit i of with him Here thursday morn. Ing or was in it. Pleasant for the j series of Quot grass roots Quot conferences with any persons who desired to Confer with him at the courthouse. In the discussion about the agricultural Hall of Fame or. Schuengel disclosed that lit had made contacts with members of the National Board of governors with j whom he is acquainted and urged j them to give it. Pleasant con i Side ration. J he talked by Telephone w Ith one of the men for about one half hour i or. Schwengel said especially org that the executive committee Council meets discuss fair car races skating rink the City Council wednesday night renewed the Henry county fair j Board s contract with the City for a 1 f Eju Iem use of Mcmillan Park for the 1959 i Ary a so came Lyng county fair dates set aside for the Seraphica Kelley. 43. And fair Gard were from july 1st Therese Champagne 26. Chicago updo Quot let the Little children come to me and do not hinder them for of such is the kingdom of on the 20-word text from Mark that guided their lives and scaled their Fate three heroic nuns who perished with 87 children in a hol Cau. T at our lady of the Angels school were honoured m death today. An estimated 10,000 mourners jammed into the Parish Church or stood reverently outside As archbishop Albert g. Meyer celebrate mass for Sisters Mary St came Lyng 44, Mary Mary still others to encourage so Quot Cial growth a Kilt it pleasant. He was especially 3. Do use common sense in be i easer to have the committee visit Herr remember safety the arca reliving that a visitation letting toys. First. Buy trial toys j Lead based j paints. 1 dont buy on impulse alone. Approved elec Ould Freathy improve Henry coun Only and watch out for or other poisonous interest in history specifically Abraham Lincoln is the prerequisite for attending the initial meeting of the Iowa Lincoln sesquicentennial conference dec. 13. Iowa Ert Todd Lincoln and her family. It was Here that the children whose grandparents were pres and mrs. Lincoln and sen and mrs. Harlan entertained Iowa friends Quot we in the War plans division. Had no voice As compared with that of the representatives of foreign countries in particular Britain and Russia who were dealing direct with the Palace guard in their demands for urgent deliveries of munitions and lend lease Aid. It soon became obvious that we must have some Way of procuring armament and equipment tor our own forces then being mobilized if u. S. Production were not to be Given away to All and sundry claimants on our a this was undoubtedly one of the Mast serious betrayals of the United states. He adds a a. Again and again both before and after our involvement in the second world War general Marshall his staff and in particular those of us working in the War plans division realized that american interests were being jeopardized by president Roosevelt policy of extending All possible Aid to any nation fighting a those foes which the United states also recognized As Roosevelt was the final arbiter and his coterie of advisers in particular Harry Hopkins had final authority concerning the allocation of War Materiel As it slowed in Ever increasing quantities from american factories. Congress had no Power to control the mushrooming wartime this is no political attack. President Roosevelt is dead and the report concerning the nationalist Wesleyan College Rich in the lore during Summers spent in it. Pleas government designed to stir up All t of the Harlan and Lincoln families ant and terms of school when they manner of Smo american Dis has been selected at the site of attended Iowa Wesleyan if a nation cannot depend the meeting. Or. J. Raymond Chadwick presi upon its own servants and officials interested persons May make re Dent of the College has offered the to gather and Tell the truth it is Serrations to hear or. William a facilities of the institution for use bound to be fooled and tricked. Baringer executive director of of the Iowa Lincoln Seshu Centen during the War years. Wedemeyer j the sesquicentennial commission Mal conference. Coordinating arrays for the nation when he addresses Range ments is or. William j Peter the dinner meeting at 6 30 p. In son director of the Iowa state the John Wesley Holland student historical society who was named i Union. Earlier m the Day at 1 state chairman for the ses quicken a p. M., those attending the Iowa Tennial by the Iowa congressional Lincoln sesquicentennial Confer committee of which rep. Fred sch ence will gather for Coffee and later Wengel is chairman tour the Harlan Lincoln Home on the Wesleyan Campus. Built by sen James Harlan the historic Home was also used by the senator s daughter. Mrs. Rob serve better than the Gadget which gives Only momentary pleasure. It 2 a Don t buy toys just to impress yourself or other adults. An inexpensive rag doll or Indian wigwam May give the child much More pleasure than an expensive train set. A 3 Don t overload children with toys at Christmas. Children change and grow and the kind of toys they need also change. And. Do let a child use toys in his own Way provided the Way is Safe. Reservations for the dinner saturday. Dee. 13 May be made now. Checks should be payable to the Iowa Wesleyan Public relations office at $1.50 Pel ticket. Council gives $3,100 heart research at is i the Southeast Council of the state heart association has contributed $3,100 for heart research at the state University of Iowa. Mrs Charles Strothman. Southeast Council chairman has disclosed. She brought the report from a meeting of the state heart association in Des Moines which she attended the past weekend the Southeast Council is the designation for the counties of the Southeast District of which she is chair Man. Eight parcels sold at tax Sale three farms and five City properties were purchased at the Delin memoirs of the men who served quent tax Sale at the county treas with him will each add to or de j or Era a office monday. Reviews plans for Hall of Fame Kansas City to. It up it a much of the agricultural history of America will be lost forever if i in t brought to a Central place. Or. Oliver s. Willham president of Oklahoma state University said Day wednesday night. Willham told delegates at the 39th meeting of the Consumers cooperative assn., that the proposed agricultural Hall of Fame will be a shrine such As those at Gettysburg and York town. He said the site for the Hall of Fame will be chosen this month from among four areas a Kansas City. Kan., Kansas City mo., the Des Moines Ames District in Iowa and Springfield 111. Willham is vice president of the Hall of Fame. Quot we must do something to capture the agricultural history of our country and bring it together in a Central place or much of it will be lost he said. Willham said plans Are to in two killed on Iowa highways Cedar rapids. Iowa up a James Hammond. Zion. 111. Was killed today when his Semi trailer j truck rammed the rear of another j Semi truck on u. S. 30 near Here. The other Drivers Cecil Hutchin a son Marshalltown said he was pulling away from a Stop sign when Hammond struck hit his from the rear. I Hammond was trapped in t h e truck for More than an hour after the Accident and was dead on arrival at a Hospital. To s chances. Rep. Schwengel an ardent enthusiast for the Midwest old settlers and threshers reunion urged during his visit Here that this event be extended. Quot you have the germ Here of something that can be important to your Community indefinitely Quot he pointed out. O 0 o during his visit Here he expressed tremendous concern about the policy of Federal deficit spending. He assured a Small group who through july 25th with the except j Tion of july 11. Fair week is july 20-25. The july 11th Date along with May 9, May 30. June 20 and aug. J 15 were set for Jaycee sponsored Jalopy races. Many Jaycee members were at the meeting and Charles Mccuen served As spokesman. There was some discussion about the track Straightaway being shortened the radius of the curves being increased and the curves being banked More. It was also Sug i tested that the wooden railing be removed and perhaps a wire Fence be installed Back farther from the j Friday track. These improvements if done j at would be done by the City in con on tier Back Pew of the Church sat the father of one of the children who lost their lives in the tragedy or sat motionless. Police of 1 ices said he tugged at their sleeves alter they were barring mourners from the Al a reach filled Sanctuary. Quot please let me stay he pleaded. Quot my boy died in the j three children who died with i the nuns also were being buried ii o d a y. Private funeral masses were celebrated for them in neighbouring Parish churches. San Antonio. Tex. Up a watch team Here made a re cording of a radio signal from space wednesday night noted its period Cycle and concluded that it must be coming from an unidentified Man made satellite a Day earlier scientists in Sunnyvale. Calif., who first heard the Tignal nov. 26, reported it definitely was not coming from any known satellite now circling the Earth. O a a or. Paul Seabase in charge of the Trinity College watch team in san Antonio said the signal consists of a constant a beep beep Quot in a series of two each similar to that sent out by the first sputnik. He said the broadcast appears to come in intervals of about one hour and 40 minutes Quot apparently from an unidentified orbiting satellite Quot he lidded that the signal is right on the russian frequency of 20 004. Junction with the Jaycees and the fair Board. A a a William Alvine assistant fire chief talked to the Council about the possibility of the Concrete parking area in Saunders Park being flooded by the fire depart men for am ice skating rink. The mass services will the Northwest National guard armory for at least 28 other Young victims. The armory was temporarily made into a Church for the sorrowful rites. Families of other victims tried to make up their minds whether to join in the mass services or to arrange separate rites. The scientist said his team picked up the sound twice on tuesday night. A defense department spokesman said wednesday that the department had not been told of any be / Quot mystery signal. After the first announcement of the signal by the California scientists there was Brief speculation that it was coming from a russian rocket shot past the Moon and travelling out beyond Mars. Gathered with him at breakfast at Council seemed to approve the idea the Harlan that he will be doing j and plans to look into it. All he can to have the government j there was also discussion about maintain a balanced budget. Barricading the North and South a i think deficit spending and its entrances of the Park and making inflationary aspects Are ruining j Safe sliding areas for youngsters. Us Quot he said with emphasis o o 9 his morning Here called for a series of conferences with representatives of several groups and the Council voted to give the City employees Christmas presents of $5 As has been done in the past. The checking of fire hydrants to see if they Are working was Dis with individuals who a just wanted caused City manager g w Wright to talk with their congressman Quot a my fire fort Dodge. Iowa up one Man was killed and two others were slightly injured Early to in a car truck collision 15 j Miles South of Here on u. S. 169. Loren g. Johnson 27. Dayton Iowa the Driver of the car was killed. Raymond Bondurant 46, j Driver of the truck and a passenger Milan Scarborough 72. Both of Martin tenn., were slightly m-1 Jared. I officials said Johnson apparent july fell asleep at the wheel and his j car went into the wrong Lane where it collided with the truck representatives of Young Peoples organizations As Well As of adult groups were included. The popularity of the conferences which he has been holding each year has become such that he is planning to spend More tune at similar meetings with his constituents in each of the counties in the future. A full Day or longer May be Given Over to each of the counties for these special Homey a grass roots Quot conferences in the future he indicated. Department will go Over the project. A Transfer of $4,000 from the water fund to the Street fund was made. A class c Beer permit was issued to beavers Market. Only package Beer can be served on a c permit. . To Combine Agency service at West Point Pilot Grove a copter crash survivors Tell of Long wait Washington. Up survivors of a Navy helicopter crash that took one life and injured nine other persons told today of a harrowing four hour wait for Rescue from the chill Waters of the Potomac River coast guard and Washington Harbor police rescued the passengers from the fog shrouded River wednesday night and at first it Wras thought All had been saved. Debbie files for divorce los Angeles up a Debbie Reynolds today filed for divorce to end her Quot Ideal marriage Quot to Eddie Fisher charging him with cruelty. Champion steer brings $23,125 Chicago up a the top beef animal of the 59th International live Stock exposition a sleek Aberdeen Angus owned b v Charles Wood or. 17, Spencer Iowa a sold at auction today for $25.00 a Pound. Armour and co. Bought the steer Quot holy cow a for the Howard Johnson restaurants at a total Price of $23,125 with the official weight set at 925 pounds. Young Wood who appeared at the Sale with his right leg in a cast broken in High school wrestling More than a month ago and just up from a Sirk bed. Said he would Divide the proceeds with his 9-year-old brother Greg and use his half to go to Iowa state College. The Price fell far Short of the record $30.00 a Pound paid by radio and to Star Arthur Godfrey last year for a Hereford owned by sue Secondino of West Terre haute ind. Investigate conditions in Chicago schools Chicago up a fire expert today began a massive investigation of safety conditions in Chicago s 850 Public parochial and private schools to prevent a repetition of the holocaust that killed 87 children and three nuns. Fire commissioner Robert j. Quinn said every potentially dangerous condition Quot will be corrected immediately Quot if at All possible. The continuing investigation by fire department police and private experts indicated a Lack of fire doors sucked suffocating gases to the second floor of our lady of the Angels roman Catholic elementary school monday and that Many of the victims died in one searing breath. Debbie a court action followed j movie lands most explosive tri bandits shoot Motel Angle of the decade involving operator escape glamorous Elizabeth Taylor who cask a. A Aaice junk eted off to new York earlier with some Money this fall with Eddie. Oakland Iowa up a two gunmen shot and robbed the operator of the Shady Lawn Motel and Hunting inside City gets fowl and draws fines advice to demos by Ziffren Washington up a Paul Ziffren California democratic National committeeman advised the democratic party today to develop Quot a Western accent Quot and to keep its gunfights on vice president Richard m. Nixon for the next two years. Ziffren gave his views at a news cafe shortly after Midnight today conference in which he spelled out an undisclosed and escaped with amount of Money. F. J. Eckles the Motel operator was reported in satisfactory condition in a Council Bluffs Hospital. Des Moines. Up a the Iowa Commerce commission today gave the Chicago. Burlington and authorities said tract from his stature As an historical figure Wedemeyer is retired and is not running for Public office. His services in developing american strategy during the War go Down m history for what they Are Worth. But this is so that the More we read of the material that is being written farther away from personal relationships and personal ambitions the More it is Clear that the genesis of our present difficulties and of a cold War that has outlasted any War in which we have been engaged is to be found in the errors and betrayals during the world War ii period. Copyright 1958, King features Syndicate. Inc the three farms in Salem township were bought by David Savage. A Ian son Elgar bought two properties in it. Pleasant and Harold t. Miller one. I. T. Harlan bought a property in Hillsboro and the Way land state Bank one in Wayland. Elude in one Structure a shrine to Quincy Railroad permission to com my Bine Agency service at West Point and Pilot Grove. One agent will handle both stations tuesday through saturday the commission said. West poin will have morning service and Pilot Grove afternoon service the leaders of agriculture a Seum and a Library. He recalled that it was a year Aco at the same meeting that Howard a. Code Coop president first proposed the farm Hall of Fame. Trans world offices reopen milians. The dead sea is 1.286 feet below the level of the Meriter i Nean it. Pleasant stores will be open Friday and saturday nights until christinas $100 Bonus Bucks Friday night three Iowa Wesleyan College male students had a Field Day Hunt but Early today Harbor police my ducks and geese a week ago found the body of one Man float monday but it Cost them in the end., known to carry Large ing near the Marsh like crash scene j the students were returning Money with him. Two Miles South of Here. J from a Hunting expedition empty the was identified from papers As 1 handed when they spied some ducks m. A. Thralls 48, a civilian pm and geese on a Pond on the Cleo ploy of the Fairchild camera co. L user property at the South Edge Syosset n. Y. 1 of town. Apparently not knowing the nine men rescued were six i the property was in the City limits j marines and sailors and three i the h inters shot eight ducks and two geese. A Man saw the students and told them their fowl was of the tame j variety. One of the students gave i three of the ducks to or la users Mother and the Trio left. The incident was reported to City police and officers Learned the identity of the students. Charles t Gustafson de Vogt and Gary rav j into West Berlin Lin they appeared in mayor Wade Mcbeth court wednesday and Berlin up a West German were fined $10 and costs each for Chancellor Konrad Adenauer flew discharging fire arms within the into West Berlin today to throw City limits. Lauser did no to wish to the weight of his immense make them pay for the ducks and geese. The bid of his Home City of los Angeles for the 1960 democratic convention. He said holding the convention in los Angeles would put it a in Eckles was Nixon s Back no matter sums of whom the republicans nominate j for president in 1960, he said the i democrats should keep an Eye on Nixon. Chuckles in the news bulletins up the Washington. U. S. Said today it expects to discuss with Britain and France the possibility of a conference with Russia on the Berlin crisis and tie entire question of German reunification. Jerusalem Dpi a the israeli Cabinet today demanded an immediate meeting of the u. N. Security Council to Deal with wednesdays Border clash with Syria Kansas City to. Up trans world airlines ticket offices reopened across the nation today follow my settlement of the machinist strike which h a d grounded the airline since nov 21. Adenauer flies tempt Fate Washington up a As two bandits were leaving a Market after taking $350, one of them blithely told owner Leon Ratner to Quot go ahead and Call the Ratner did just that and the two gunmen were arrested 15 minutes later. Steals swimming pools Mineola n. Y it up a Nassau county detectives were puzzled today As to Why a thief in pres j the present Winter cold stole two Tige behind the free world outpost swimming pools from the Lancer in its stand against communism. 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