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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - December 4, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news partly Cloudy vol. 92, no. 285mt. Pleasant Iowa Friday evening december 4, 1970 Price to cents these Days by John Chamberlain now its consciousness three and one half Cambridge mass. A if you done to know All about consciousness i consciousness ii and conscious Ness Iii it Means that you Are a Square who Isnit Hep to what the intellectuals Are talking about at their cocktail parties this year. As elaborated by a 42-year-old Yale Law professor Charles Reich in his Best Selling a a the greening of America a consciousness i was the state of mind of our nineteenth Century Era of rugged individualism. However rugged individualism gave Way to the big corporation and the consciousness ii of the Quot organization Man a with its governmental Extension in new Deal Type bureaucracies. The reaction came when the Young aghast at the Prospect of living by the restrictive rules of the so called corporate state reacted by developing consciousness Iii with its accent on the drug culture Rock music and nihilistic politics. Too consciousness ill has potentialities for terrible disaster in a world that needs science and technology to support its big populations. It could also portend defeat and slavery for a United states that needs sophisticated armaments to withstand the military Industrial Complex of the soviet Union. Luckily however there Are signs that consciousness Iii is giving Way among our More responsible Young to something that might be called consciousness three and one half. This particular offshoot of americans Quot greening seeks a Way of rejecting the consciousness la of the corporate state without killing productivity. Curiously enough it is a revolt in that bastion of the consciousness ii establishment the Harvard school of business administration that is sparking the development of consciousness three and one half. I was put on to this by George Cloutier a Young Man with flowing locks and an outsize moustache who though Only six months out of the Harvard business school has his own thriving consulting company in Cambridge called innovative management inc. With fifteen full and part time associates most of whom Are out of College within the last year or. Cloutier has clients who make Bell bottomed trousers armoured cars Low income housing stereo components kayaks Cable to circuits and computer graphics. The a a innovative part of innovative management is that unlike other consulting firms it stands ready to step in and do for a client what it has previously recommended. If it advocates a marketing program it is willing to help do the marketing. Or. Cloutiere a Young men put their Money where their Mouths Are living on Small salaries but taking participation both in their own company and in those they service. Too or. Cloutier is Worth an extended Story but this is not what interests Here. I wanted to know How a student of administration developed the nerve at Harvard business to spurn a $20,000 offer from an established corporation to go off on his own. It turned out that this is the new a a things at Harvard business where an effervescent and energetic professor named Patrick Liles runs a course in new enterprises bringing in different people who have either succeeded or failed in their own Small businesses to talk to the students each week. Last year which was or. Cloutiere a evaluation of All phases of launched program at mph principal Richard Van Tuyl has announced that the faculty and administration at it. Pleasant High school have launched a thorough evaluation of All phases of the secondary school educational program. For the next few months committees will meet to gather information and make a study of its strengths and weaknesses. This project is being carried on in connection with a program of the North Central association of colleges and secondary schools which requires that every member school engage in this self study at least once every seven years. At the completion of the study sometime next year 1972, the inca will Send a team of educators to the school to Aid in the evaluation and make recommendations for improvement. Too Roger d. Williams has been elected chairman of the steering committee which has Overall responsibility for the evaluation. The committee will coordinate the efforts of faculty members in studying the adequacy of the various subject areas Library guidance and other services administration activity program and curriculum. To assist As a guide for the evaluation a document known As the evaluative criteria will be used. Published by the National study of school evaluation this instrument consists of a number of criteria which faculty members will use to evaluate the secondary school educational program. Too while Many school surveys rely heavily on recommendations from outside consultants this evaluation for the North Central Assoc a expects school budget hike of $35 million Des Moines up a state superintendent of Public instruction Paul Johnston today estimated school budgets for the 1971-72 school year will increase by at least $35 million. Johnston told the legislative tax study committee that school budgets presently total $523 million. Based on tentative budgets from 401 of 453 Iowa school districts Johnston said the average budget increase should be Between 6 and 7 per cent. Too the tax committee continued today to work on a new formula for funding Iowa education and there is considerable sentiment for switching to a foundation method of funding. The foundation plan Calls for the state to provide about 80 per cent of the costs of education in Iowa including a proposed uniform property tax Levy for All districts in the area of 20 to 25 Mills. Johnston said whatever tax changes and funding changes Are proposed the legislature must establish a principle of equal education opportunities. In addition he said tax collections to support the final one at Harvard business a1 state Ai j should equal and most half of a 750-member class wanted to get into professor Liless course. It was impossible to take them All but this year the course is run in two sections meaning that More than 300 students can be accommodated. Too As or Cloutier Points out the new students of business administration want to a do their own things just As ardently As Jerry Rubin or Abbie Hoffman or any of the More famous or infamous exhibits of consciousness Iii. The Young business students done to want to work tor the big establishment company on its own terms waiting for Twenty years to Rise to a Job on the management decision level. Nor do they relish Tim clocks company functions or brooding into Middle age Over ones prospective place in a pension system. They want the privilege and excitement of making up their own minds now. The significant thing is that they want to push consciousness Iii into a productive environment. They May cultivate various hirsute styles or mod clothes but they done to want to make a life Job of smoking pot or travelling in rags to Rock festivals any More than they want to fair. Too rep Edgar Holden a Davenport presented a plan to the committee that would increase state spending for education by $109 million a year. However Holden said the figure is based on 1969 spending figures and probably be higher if the legislature takes into account current costs. Holden said the state is presently spending $169 million for education each year including $112 million in equalization Aid and $37 million from Iowa income taxes and $18 million from agricultural land credits. Under the Holden plan the state would need $276 million for its share of a foundation Cost sharing Aid proposal this includes $145 million from a 20 Mill uniform property tax Levy. Tion relies much More heavily on the competencies of the local staff to Analyse its own program and make recommendations for improvement. When the inca team arrives at the completion of the local study they will discuss the findings with the teachers and explore with them ways of improving the school. The primary purpose of each inca school evaluation is to determine How Well the school is accomplishing objectives it has set for itself. Teachers administrators parents and students will be involved at the various stages in the evaluation. Tile school will be carrying out a followup Survey of its graduates analysing Community resources assessing the occupational intentions of seniors and determining which curricular areas Are representative of better educational practices. Too the North Central association currently accredits 3818 High schools within its Nineteen state Region. This represents approximately 40 percent of the total number of secondary schools in this Region. It. Pleasant High school has been accredited by inca since 1913, and the school received special recognition in 1963 for fifty years of educational achievement. Too the committees and Calendar principal Richard Van Tuyl sex of fico member of All committees steering Roger d. Williams chairman Helen Romkey recorder Dan Bowman Bob Evans Anne Downs Virginia Ekstrand and de Rolenc. Calendar due dates dec., 18, 1970 personal evaluation Jan. 15, 1971 school and Community feb., 5, 1971 philosophy and objectives feb., 25, 1971 departmental reports March 19, 1971 special reports school and Community Bob Evans chairman Norman Paar Tim Proctor Idena stocks and Bernice Huffman. Curriculum de Rolenc chair Man Gerald Knight Louise Clark. Lonnie Pugh Phyllis Mclaughlin William Paine Dennis White and sex offi Cio Roger Williams. Student activities Anne Downs chairman Helen Hallowell Mara Belle Magnuson Marilyn Vincent Dave Lansing Banks Swan and Keith Thomas. School facilities and health education superintendent Robert v. Formanek chairman Steve Peck Richard Stiles i Elen Romkey and Barbara Anderson. School staff and administration Dan Bowman chairman Larry Brenizer Ronald Statler Linda Haines and Alan Whitlatch. Educational Media service Library and audio visual Roy of liver and Sylvia Knipfer co chairman James Andrew Jaunita Essex Mildred Gisel and Joe Nitzke. Guidance services Norman Paar and Idena stocks co chairman Kent Bennett Joyce Chance Roger Gam Jobst and Mabel Collins. Darrell Cecil of Farmington Rural route is shown in the Barber shop at Donnellson getting a haircut from the towns Veteran Barber Clinton demons 80. A Sally Moreland photo. He s seen Cycle in hair styles Donnellson a he a shorn More locks than Delilah Ever saw and watched hair styles Complete the Cycle from Long to Butch to Long. Clinton Clemons was 80 june 20 and has been a Barber in Donnellson since 1913. This to sorial artist started his career the latter part of 1908 in Weldon 111., where he served an apprenticeship. In 1911 he moved to storm Lake and worked in a go the 9-to-5 organization Many a routine. They Are consciousness three and one half and the country can to lose by it even though the Harvard business school May be worried about what the big corporation might think of it All. Distributed by King features Syndicate. May be further a developments in Droz Case there appeared to be a possibility Friday that there will be further developments in the termination of the services of Deputy sheriff Charles Droz by sheriff Van Crawford. Droz said he is concerned about the reason Crawford has been quoted As giving for the termination and is giving the matter further consideration. He Droz said he was informed on nov. 6 that his services would not be needed after the end of the month. There had been no announcement publicly of the dismissal until thursday. Crawford said he expects to have an announcement soon of the appointee to fill the position held by Droz. Crawford confirmed that the notice of termination had been Given Early in november. 1 the other Deputy in the office is Ron Elmore. May exceed withdrawal goal from by Saigon up a the u. S. Command expects to exceed by about 7,000 men president Nixon a goal of lowering american troop strength in Vietnam to 344,000 by the end of this month reliable sources said today. The sources said the phase 5 redeployment program now underway was ahead of schedule and that by dec. 30 the number of american servicemen in the War zone would be reduced to about 337,000 men. Nixon has called for a further redeployment of 60,000 men Between Christmas and May i 1971. A head Start on the phase 6 withdrawal program the sources said would enable the United states to keep certain combat units scheduled to be pulled out of Vietnam Here through the tet Holiday period ending Early in february. New voting for c of c director chamber of Commerce members Are voting on a member to represent the automotive category on the Board of directors. The candidates Are Marion Winn service manager of Shafer motors and Robert Kim partner in Hodson Mckim motors. The one named will serve along with four others voted on in recent balloting. The new vote in the automotive category was necessary because of an error on the first ballot Merton Clancy listed As a candidate at that time is listed in the agricultural category and was ineligible to run at this election. Shop there before moving to Donnellson. He bought his own shop in 1915. Clemons purchased his present building on main Street from Leroy Koch and sold it on sept. I of this year to Richard Reu but he Hasni to stopped working. He works for Reu two Days a week on tuesday and saturday. He remembered the greatest age Span in customers happened at about the same time Over 20 years ago he gave a haircut to a 16-Day-old boy and a Man who told him he was 104. Clemons said the baby with the Long hair was Stephen Newberry son of Dale Newberry of Argyle. Says efforts to impeach not finished Washington up a House Republican Leader Gerald r. Ford said today efforts to impeach supreme court Justice William o. Douglas were a far from finished despite a judiciary subcommittee report that found no grounds for such action. The panel voted 3 to i thursday to adopt a report that there were no grounds for impeachment of the 72-year-old Jurist. Ford who started his own investigation Early this year of Douglas said in a statement he was not surprised by the subcommittees action. A it has been evident from the outset that its so called investigation into the conduct of. Douglas would not be vigorously pursued or objectively evaluated a the Michigan congressman said. A for the present i can Only say that this matter is far from finished and that the sentiment of House members both democrats and republicans is not accurately reflected in the subcommittees vote a Ford concluded. Ollie woman killed on 78 manslaughter verdict Wilson sentencing set by judge for dec. 21 a District court jury thursday night found Frank Edward Wilson 25, it. Pleasant Rural guilty of a lesser charge of manslaughter in the strangulation slaying of his wife Sharrine 23, last june 27. Her body was found lying in big Creek four Miles Northeast of it. Pleasant. The Case went to the jury at 2 50 . Thursday and the verdict was returned at 8 15 . Time of sentencing was set by judge William s. Cahill for dec. 21 at 9 . Wilson was returned to the county jail to await sentencing. Wilson was charged with second degree murder to we hich he pleaded not guilty. In his instructions to the jury judge Cahill told that the jury it could return a verdict of guilty or not guilty of second degree murder or a verdict of guilty or not guilty of manslaughter. The punishment for manslaughter is a prison term not to exceed eight years. The penalty for second degree could be life imprisonment and not less than ten years too the defense rested its Case at five minutes after the trial resumed at 2 . Thursday with the completion of Wilson a testimony on Cross examination in which he said that he did no to remember being at work at the j. I. Case Plant on june 27, the Day of his wife a death and in which he said he told a state agent at Des Moines that he did no to Tell officers Here the whole truth about his wife a death since he wanted to be sure of everything that took place. He wrote out a confession and signed it at Des Moines on june 29. Tom Hopewell of Burlington a state agent was recalled to the stand As a rebuttal witness for the state and county attorney James Morrison asked him what Wilson told him at the sheriffs office on june 28. Hopewell said that Wilson told him about his family background that he started running around with girls and drinking before his wife filed for divorce the first time about shooting himself in a Cabin at Oakland Mills about the couple losing custody of their daughter about going to Franklin ind., and bringing Sharrine Back Here where they lived together again that she started keeping late hours and that he beat her up prior to her filing for a divorce in 1970. Wilson had testified earlier that he slapped her prior to her filing for divorce. Too attorney Morrison in his argument and closing statement told the jury that there was More than ample evidence that Wilson was guilty of murder in the second degree and reviewed the Case. Morrison said that we have to judge what people intend by what they do that he finds it hard to believe that Wilson a heart and mind were overflowing with love for his wife. He wants your sympathy not once did he testify he was sorry Morrison told the jury. Malice was there he said. Donald Bell defense lawyer said that the state must have proved that Wilson acted out of malice Afore thought and called the death of mrs. Wilson an unfortunate Accident. Too when Morrison Cross examined Wilson thursday morning Wilson said that he did no to like to say that his wife was a bad person and Morrison asked him what had he been doing during his testimony All morning that he did no to say one thing Good about her. Wilson said that in his mind he thought she was a bad person but not in his heart. Wilson testified that he slapped his wife before she filed for the divorce the second time bait never beat her. He said he tried to be a Good husband. Too Wilson told again of what happened at the death scene when asked to do so by Morrison. Morrison asked him if he choked her and Wilson said he did no to remember. He said that he can to say that he choked her and did no to know Why he wrote it in his confession. He told Morrison he remember How the car got into the Creek that it must have rolled in. He said he pulled his wife a body into the water As he thought it would revive her. Morrison asked him if the reason he pulled hi3 wife a body into the Creek was to make it look like an Accident. Wilson said that it was an Accident that her death occurred that he did no to know what he was doing at the time. He had testified earlier that he had taken a four Way Sunshine Pill or a a acid and was on a a a trip when her death occurred. Members of the jury follow Dorothy Helphrey Richard Fullerton Naomi Linden Karen Brown Harris Morgan Frank Becker Donald Anderson Winifred Hunting Ralph Mickey Raymond Pickard Thomas Willis and Leola Fitzpatrick. Richland up a an Ollie woman was killed thursday when her car swerved across the Center line of Iowa 78 four Miles West of Richland and into the path of a Stock truck. Authorities said that mrs. Zola Winn 66, died of fractured Skull suffered in the crash. One of the wheels on mrs. Winns car police said slipped off Washington up a three the pavement and when she at coast guard officers have been re tempted to pull Back on the Road officers relieved of their roles charged after argument with gun and dynamite West Des Moines up a a Des Moines Man has been charged with assault with intent to commit murder in the aftermath of an office argument that involved seven employees a 12-gauge Shotgun and a Box of dynamite. West Des Moines police thursday said the charges were filed against William new 61, of Des Moines. Police said new a became upset following an argument with the owner of Hoak construction co. Of West Des Moines and re i turned to the firms office carrying the dynamite and armed with the automatic Shotgun. He fired one shot that struck Donald Hartnett 40, Des Moines in the Back of the head. Hartnett an employee of the firm was taken to Iowa lutheran Hospital in Des Moines. Hartnett was listed in satisfactory condition. One of the seven employees in the office at the time Frank Boston then threw a chair at new wrestled him to the ground and took the Shotgun. New was injured and was taken to another local Hospital where he was listed in fair condition. Authorities said a second shot went off during the scuffle Between new and Boston but the other employees had taken cover under office furniture and were not hit. Explosion and fire of Donnellson Donnellson a Louis Smith 42, of Argyle escaped injury this Friday morning when an explosion caused a fire in the Mccarty implement company at Donnellson. Firemen were called shortly after to and the Farmington fire department was called to assist the Donnellson fire department at 10 20 but the fire was under control when they arrived. Smith was using a cutting Torch in the front room of the Cement Block building when he said a something exploded behind part of the Metal ceiling in the room was blown out and melted a work table in the room was burned and the front windows of the building were blown out. There is no immediate estimate of the damage. Robert Mccarty is the owner of the business which is covered by insurance. Lived of their duties pending an investigation of their roles in the unsuccessful attempt of a crewman of a soviet fishing vessel to gain Asylum aboard a coast guard Cutter. It was announced today. The coast guard said the action was taken against rear . William b. Ellis commanding officer of the 1st coast guard District Boston Ellis a chief of staff capt. Fletcher w. Brown and cmdr. Ralph w. Eustis Captain of the Cutter vigilant. The vigilant was the ship involved in the nov. 23 incident off Martha a Vineyard mass. A lithuanian native who sought Asylum aboard the vigilant was captured by a russian party which was allowed to come aboard the ship and was returned to his own vessel. Way the car veered into the path of the truck loaded with hogs. The truck Driver officers said was Mel Lucas 21, of Keota. He was treated at a doctors office for minor head injuries. Put out fire in Corn husks firemen were called to the Warren Housel farm located on the Trenton Blacktop just North of Highway 34 at 5 44 . Thursday to extinguish a fire in a pile of husks. The husks were burned several Days ago but apparently the fire Wasny to out and the Strong winds spread the Sparks threatening a three die in new York fire new York up a a four alarm fire broke out in a new 40-Story office building today killing and injuring a number of persons before it was brought under control. Fire officials said three persons were known dead and a fourth known missing. The fire broke out on the fifth floor of the building on third Avenue near 56th Street and sent dense smoke through most of the building. Scores of ambulances and firefighting equipment rubbed to the scene As women and men their eyes watering from the smoke were evacuated from the building. Corn Field and the firemen were called. They returned in 20 minutes. Two hit and run accidents Here two hit and run accidents have been reported to City police. At 7 . Friday Don Leyden reports that his 1955 Chevrolet service car had been struck during the night while parked at his service station. The left rear fender bumper and Tail Light were damaged. At 9 30 ., mrs. Roger Martin 1156 North Jefferson reported that her car was struck and damaged while parked at the rear of the Martins apartment sometime Early thursday. Kidnappers Are taken to Cuba Montreal Ufi a British Trade commissioner James l. Cross who spent 60 Days As a hostage of the terrorist French separatists and one More in the custody of the cuban government on a windswept Island in the St. Lawrence River was free today. He said he would go Home to England. Halfway around the world his wife toasted his sudden and unexpected Freedom by drinking a bottle of Champagne. A it is the greatest Christmas gift i could have hoped for a she said. A i am very Happy to come Back to the world a Cross said simply. A there were times in the past eight weeks when i had almost Given up Cross was released by the cuban Consul about 2 30 . Est after a plane with three of his Quebec liberation front Elk kidnappers and four members of their families landed at Havana Airport where the cuban government gave them exile. Canada said they could never come Home. Cross 49, was taken to jewish general Hospital by oar 90 minutes after the plane touched Down. Dog travels 110 Miles to old neighbourhood Cincinnati up a Fluffy n 13-year-old part Collie it Blind in one Eye and nearly sightless in the other made a 110-mile trip Back to Cincinnati apparently because she missed the neighbourhood kids. Fluffy belongs to or. And mrs. Wallace Weatherly who moved from suburban Sharonville to Muncie ind., six weeks ago. Eight Days ago Fluffy disappeared and thursday she was Back in her old neighbourhood. Mrs. Harriett Conover of Sharonville said she believe the dog had made the 110-mile journey alone but a few Telephone Calls confirmed that the Heatherlyn still were in Indiana. Mrs. Conover said Fluffy will stay j Here. I boys admit Spray painting at 7 20 . Friday the parents of two la year old boys brought them to the police station and told officers they admitted Spray painting a car the former Shappell locker Plant and some Trees and grass tuesday night. Another car and other places were damaged that night by paint. The boys were sent Home with their parents who agreed to pay for the damage. Grass fire East of Wayland two trucks of the Wayland fire department were called one mile East of Wayland at 2 30 thursday where a grass fire got out of control. Peter j. Graben was burning leaves in the grader ditch where it spread rapidly then crossed the Highway and travelled East burning off 20 acres of Cornstalk at tbs Milburn d. Gerig farm. Due to the High wind the firemen had quite a struggle to bring the Blase under control

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