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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - December 8, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news partly Cloudy Section one 2 Section vol. 92, no. 288mt. Pleasant Iowa tuesday evening december 8, 1970 Price to cents Jeffrey Hart 1970 a textbook Campaign though Ole recent elections Are now fading away they should not be allowed to disappear before the essential fact about them is noticed. So far As i know none of the commentators has mentioned it it is possible to argue Many substantive conclusions about the elections. As James Reston Tom Wicker and others maintain maybe Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew did Divide the country though the charge is a Little Odd because dividing the country is what elections presumably Are about. And maybe As Stewart Alsop thinks Nixon rendered himself More vulnerable than he was before the Campaign. And maybe senator muskies celebrated reply on elec tion eve will carry him a Long Way toward the nomination in 1972 and then again maybe he will be the George Romney of 1972, Cut to pieces by the press and flattened by a Kennedy steamroller. Or maybe As the administration and its friends argue president Nixon did achieve a a working ideological majority in the Senate easing the Way for future proposals and the naming of a Southern strict constructionist a perhaps rep. Richard h. Poff r., Aas is widely thought a to the supreme court. Too these arguments and interpretations can be pursued endlessly and always with some Validity. No doubt it is fair to say that the republicans did rather Well in the Senate and no one in the White House will mourn the absence from the next session of Goodell Tyd Ings Gore clean Gene Young and Yarborough. Newcomers will represent a substantial though not overwhelming shift rightward Bentsen Brock Buckley Roth. On the other hand the democrats did Well in the governorship races. The real interest of the election however from a professional Point of View was the Elan with which Richard Nixon moved to Blunt the democrats most effective weapon. Those who have followed Nixon s campaigns from his Early Days in California through the present know that he always tries to take the offensive always endeavours to make the opponent respond to his attack rather than answering what the opponent might say. Sometime during the summer it is Clear Nixon decided that the democrats would launch a potent attack upon the administrations economic policy and would stress the unemployment Issue. He knew too that this Issue is one on which the republicans Are peculiarly vulnerable in the popular mythology they Are the depression party while the democrats Are the War party. Now if the democrats were allowed to Campaign on the economic Issue from labor Day right through until election Day the results would have been disastrous. Aid for Cambodia without us troops Washington up a Secretary of state William p. Rogers pledged today that the United states would Aid Cambodia without resorting to ground combat troops or giving the embattled government sophisticated military equipment that might require u. S. Advisers. Rogers told the Senate appropriations committee the Nixon administration was depending on a the United will and patriotic Fern or of the cambodians to hold off communist troops and permit the United states to make a speedy exit from Southeast Asia. Too Rogers and defense Secretary Melvin Laird appeared before the committee to urge Swift approval of the administrations $1 billion supplemental Aid request that includes $255 million for Cambodia. They said 70 per cent of the Cambodia outlay was earmarked for ammunition and the rest for Small arms trucks and other equipment that the cambodians could maintain and use themselves without u. S. Advisers. Too Rogers said when the United states withdrew from Cambodia following last Springs offensive it a had no intention at that time nor have we any today of sending further combat troops or military advisers into Cambodia. The request for extra funds faced an end of the session attack by War critics who believed the cambodian Money might Lead to another Vietnam. $100,000 Ransom plot foiled in California two arrested los Angeles up a the kidnapped son of a Bank manager was found Safe late monday and two men arrested in a foiled $100,-000 Ransom plot which sent the victims father to Las vegas Nev. To deliver the Money. Police said the two men offered no resistance when taken into custody in two separate cars in nearby Burbank. The victim Lee Spath 20, a student was found Safe in one of the suspects vehicles. Booked on suspicion of Kidnap for Ransom were George Hoorens 35, and Thomas Leroy Coleman 20. Too police said the Kidnap plot evolved when two men one armed communists driven Back in Cambodia therefore the administration moved expertly to pre empt attention with what Scammon and Wittenberg the Piepho Logiste have called the social Issue Campus disorder moral freakish Ness Viet Nikish pornography narcotics. For much of the Campaign therefore instead of talking about unemployment the democrats were talking about Agnew. Though Agnew could never persuade everyone that the democrats were responsible for every Campus riot and every skin flick he did make some powerful Points and above All he made the opposition respond to his issues. Hubert campaigned in a hard hat Adlai Iii went around Illinois with an american Flag pin in his Lapel and even Teddy came Down hard on violence and disorder. Some fortuitous things helped the administration game plan a such As the presidents visit to Europe and to the sixth Fleet events which preempted much attention in the Media. To be sure especially during the last ten Days of the Campaign the democrats finally made a Little headway with the economic Issue. But even on election eve de Muskie acting As the democratic spokesman was still responding to Nixon a Issue rather than ringing the changes on the grapes of Wrath. Had the administration not taken the offensive in this Way it would have courted electoral disaster. As a final Triumph of professionalism the democrats and their House commentator still done to seem to grasp exactly what happened to them. Distributed by King features Syndicate terse verse by a. C. Gordon some would never fall in love if they a never heard of love. Phenom penh up a the cambodian High command said its troops beat off a two pronged communist attack in Eastern Cambodia Early today and killed 217 Viet Cong in a seven hour Battle. An official spokesman said the attacks on the government posts near the provincial capital of Svay Rieng 69 Miles Southeast of phenom penh Cost cambodian troops 14 killed and a seriously the area is part of the so called parrots Peak jutting into South Vietnam. In South Vietnam the . Command said a . Army armoured personnel Carrier ran Over a communist mine on South Vietnam Northern coast killing two american and wounding 22 others monday. The explosion occurred West of Tam by 340 Miles Northeast of Saigon. The cambodian spokesman said an estimated two battalions of Viet Cong about 800 men struck at 3 Arn. Against the government outpost at Kampong Chak six Miles North of Svay Rieng and o san Day 20 Miles to the East. The spokesman said the government defenders counted 145 bodies near the two positions and found another 72 bodies outside the perimeter. He said six Viet Cong were captured along with 56 made ak47 rifles two 60 my mortars and assorted other girls and ammunition. Spokesmen said a few members of a a lost battalion overrun sunday night at team Zhikang 35 Miles Northeast of phenom penh had managed to find their Way Back to other government positions but there still was no Trace of most of the men unheard from since their radio went dead during the Battle. With a sawed off Shotgun went to the Home of Leeds father William Spath 48, in Granada Hills sunday night. They demanded the older Spath give them the key to the night Deposit Box of the Branch of the Bank of America he manages in Glendale. When Spath explained he did not have the key and could not obtain one at night the men took an undetermined amount of Money from the Home and forced his son to accompany them in the youths car. Too police said Spath was contacted by Telephone the next morning and told to take the Money by bus to Las vegas Nev. Spath left the Money in a locker at the depot and returned Home by plane. Several hours later one of the men went to the Spath Home in the son s car and demanded the locker key which Spath handed Over. Too for the next two hours More than a dozen unmarked police vehicles and a helicopter were employed to follow the suspect. When he met with the other suspect officers saw Lee Spath in the Back seat of the second suspects vehicle and moved in. No shots were fired. Meanwhile Fri agents and Las vegas police had staked out the locker and recovered the Money after the arrests. A los Angeles police spokesman said no other arrests were anticipated. Officers aware of the Kidnap shortly after it occurred asked news Media not to release the Story until after the arrests were made. Chorale to give concert at Church by says . Will keep hands off in election Saigon up a vice president Nguyen Cao by returned to South Vietnam today after an absence of nearly two months carrying assurances by the United states it will adopt a hands off policy in South Vietnam a 1971 presidential election. By told a news conference upon his arrival a i have a Clear understanding that any political solution including the presidential elections will be purely South asked who gave him the assurances in the United states by replied a the president vice president Secretary of state and other the Burt Mahle chorale will present its Christmas concert wednesday at 8 . In the first United presbyterian Church 902 s. Walnut. The chorale primarily composed of Iowa Wesleyan faculty members staff and alumni plus other vocal chinese lists from the area w111 present two Short Christmas cantatas and four Alfred Burt carols. The two major works Are the Charpentier Quot magnificat to and Johann Sebastian Baches a for us a child is born. Soloist Are Betty Geary Soprano Marilyn Mahle Alto and Dorothy Moehlman Alto. Organist for the performance is Carl Moehlman. The chorale is conducted by Burton Mahle head of the department of music at Iowa Wesleyan. The Public is cordially invited. There is no admission charge. Or. Rankin is new chamber president or. Harold Rankin was elected president and Dale Longwell elected vice president of the it. Pleasant chamber of Commerce for 1971 at the Board of directors meeting tuesday noon. Both men were elected in ominously and will officially assume their responsibilities after the annual meeting in february. Retiring president Gary Wiegel will remain on the Board of directors for one year sex offi Cio. Newly elected Board members for three year terms include John Schroeder Robert Mckim Delbert Foss Vernon Leeper and John Elgar. They replace retiring members Gary Hite Dave Heaton Richard Wittich and Robert Ford. The Board discussed the ways and Means of closer cooperation Between the chamber and Henry county Industrial development corporation. A special meeting Between the two boards is planned. James Benda and Delbert Foss were named co chairmen for the annual meeting in february and will work with manager Don meth in selecting a speaker and other arrangements. A to the Board discussed payment of the chamber a share of the Central business District study and authorized the manager to Transfer about $2,500 to the City Council with guarantee that the balance of $500 will be paid in the near future. The balance represents pledges made by local business firms and individuals that has not been received by the chamber to Date. The Board authorized signing a new lease with insurance consular inc., for one year at the monthly rate including utilities of $80. Previous rental of the office space in the chamber owned building was $65 per month. Bid proposals for a managers car on a two year lease will be requested and reviewed at the next regular Board meeting. Receives cancer society award mrs. Wilbur Allen of Rural it. Pleasant was awarded the american cancer society a five year Volunteer service award at the recent state meeting in Des Moines. This announcement As Well As the announcement of the award made to the education division of the Henry county chapter was made at the regular quarterly meeting of the local chapter monday. Mrs. Allen who is county chairman has served a total of 15 years As worker for the society working in Many capacities including door Knocker Wayne township chairman and Mobile unit Driver. The education unit award was presented at the state meeting to the 19 Iowa counties which achieved the goal of one film showing for each cancer death in that county. Mrs. Roy Black education chairman and miss Winona Kyle literature chairman received the award for the county chapter. The Board meeting yesterday was concerned with committee reports. Dale Longwell crusade chairman announced a goal of $9,000 for the 1971 crusade. Lynn Byrne service chairman reported a Good record for usage of the loan closet equipment for the preceding months. Memorials chairman mrs. J. M. Harper reminded All that the name of the survivor is necessary on the form used for contributions. Brief reports were also Given by John Elgar legacy chairman and Dave Carrick crusade treasurer. Bargain fare is served a a Welcome Home cake is served in san Francisco by pan am ground hostess Leigh Christopher to two . Army gis the first to take advantage of pan am a new bargain fare for leave from Vietnam. They Are first sgt. J. A. Packett left of Pampa tex., and spec. 4 w. L. Gibson of Granite City 111. The roundtrip is Only $484, compared to $510 for the regular one Way fare. Rail strike regardless Washington up a the president of the brotherhood of railway clerks said today there will be a nationwide strike at 12 01 . Thursday regardless of what Congress does and even if he is jailed in the process. C. L. Dennis president of the clerks said it was not possible to reach an agreement with the rail pictures it. Calley executioner As Lone it. Benning a. Up a a former Soldier who took part in the 1968 my Lai sweep pictured 1st it. William l. Calley jr., today As a Lone executioner who stood atop a ditch Bank and fired Down into groups of civilians who had been rounded up by american gis. The military judge at the Calley Turner of Bellevue neb., went beyond the confines of prosecution covered in the governments Bill of particulars. The Bill mentioned Only 30 killings in the Southern part of my Lai 70 killings in the ditch area and two individual killings. The defense contended that a 90 minute murder court martial col. Reid j Parade of several groups of Civili a. Kennedy denied a defense moans to the ditch was testimony that tion to prevent the testimony. He beyond the Bill. Also refused to strike out an account of a 90-minute execution Given by the witness on direct examination monday. Too Kennedy also denied a defense motion for a mistrial on the basis that the testimony of the 24-year a if there is any factual variance that will have to be resolved by the jury a Kennedy rules. A a in a satisfied the testimony Falls within the too Kennedy late monday granted a defense motion to strike out the attendance at fairs Best in to years Des Moines idea a attendance at county and District fairs in Iowa this year exceeded two and a half million people the Best in ten years. A report compiled by the state fair Board shows that 94 of the 103 fairs had a profit for their a year around operations. Twenty two of the fairs reported a profit from the operation of their fair the most since 1966. County and District fairs had total operating income of $4,998,261, up $504,405 from a year ago. However operating expenses also went up $407,512 to $4,311,737. The net gain from operations for All 103 fairs was $686,524 compared with $589,631 in 1969. The Henry county fair reported estimated attendance at 8,500 income including state and $15,456 non fair income $5,000 total oper roads before the deadline and his men would defy any government order to stay on the Job. A if in a thrown in jail i think you Guys will keep the ranks firm a Dennis told 150 applauding legislative representatives of the clerks. Too they fanned out to try to persuade members of Congress to defeat president Nixon a request for a 45-Day postponement of the strike. On Capitol Hill Senate democratic Leader Mike Mansfield urged Nixon to take a a direct Active part in finding a solution and said he doubted Congress could enact a postponement before the deadline. The clerks Are one of four unions who Are seeking wage increases and other benefits. The clerks want a higher Money settlement than the 37 per cent increase Over three years recommended by a White House commission. The other three unions have not officially announced a strike but have said they will Honor the clerks picket lines. A we Are going to strike a said l. E. Dennis son of the clerics president and the brotherhoods executive director. Agreement in tank Drivers strike in area Chicago up a teamster Union members in the gasoline and fuel Oil tank truck Industry today rating income $20,456 expense of reached an agreement on a new fair $16,466 non fair expense $488 total operating expense $16,954 and gain from operations $3,502. Old former infantry team Leader i other big Point of Turners testimony a but he saw Calley pump bullets into the Chest of a Young vietnamese woman who had her arms upraised in a sign of surrender. The judge ruled that the woman was not one of the two individuals mentioned in the Bill a a 2-year-old child and an adult male. In the Calley platoon Thomas w. Robert Yoder is candidate the personnel of the Henry county soil conservation District announced today that an error was made in the information Given the news Media previously regarding the commissioner election to be held tomorrow december 9. The name of Robert Yoder should have Story and even expanded it. Under Cross examination by defense attorney George w. Latimer Turner a Calm Young Man with Brown hair receding at the temples and wearing a double breasted Brown suit was unshaken in his appeared in the list of candidates rather than Richard Yoder and the District regrets the confusion. As a reminder All eligible Henry county voters Are urged to vote in this election at which time three conservation District commissioners will be chosen. The polling will take place at the first United methodist Church in it. Pleasant from 10 00 . To 2 00 . Voters Are requested to use the North Entrance. Vinton Man found dead in car Vinton up a a Vinton Man who was the object of a police search late monday night was found Early today dead in his car on a Vinton Street. Police said that Charles Hurst 62, apparently died of a heart attack. Relatives said that Hurst who had a history of heart trouble wandered away from his Home monday night. They notified police when he did not return Home by late evening. He told Latimer he estimated Between five and to groups of civilians were a herded by individual american Gist duping the hour and half he and members of his team watched from 70 Yards away. He said the groups came from the Village area to the ditch just outside. He said he could not now remember the names of any of the soldiers involved except Calley and pfc Paul d. Meadlo although he had been with the outfit for several months. A Are you bothered with amnesia a Latimer asked. A no i am a Alt. Calley was the Only one firing into the five or 20 groups a Latimer asked. Too Turner said that was Correct that the approximately to soldiers who rounded up the civilians returned to the Village without shooting. A and he was just a loner out there by himself a Latimer asked. A some of the time a Turner replied. Turner had said when he first walked out to the ditch prior to taking a position away from it he observed Meadlo firing with Calley into a group of screaming and crying civilians. He said Meadlo disappeared after about 15 minutes leaving Calley As the Lone Marksman. Assistant to Thieu Dies aboard plane Saigon up a Nguyen Cao thang 50, special assistant to president Nguyen Van Thieu of South Vietnam and one of the nations wealthiest men died today aboard a commercial jetliner carrying vice president Nguyen Cao by from Hawaii to Saigon. A spokesman for by said death was caused by an apparent heart attack. Thang had been undergoing medical treatment for Throat cancer at the Mayo clinic in Rochester minn., for several months but he had decided to return Home with by who has been visiting in the United states. He died aboard the flight Midway Between Honolulu and Saigon. Thang headed a pharmaceutical firm opt in Vietnam but he enjoyed a behind the scenes role in politics. He is survived by two widows both considered official wives. Mrs. Wilbur Allen dilemma under Law on grades of gasoline in Iowa Des Moines up a the Sale of a flow Lead or a non Lead a gasoline in Iowa has Secretary of agriculture l. B. Liddy caught in the Middle of a Legal dilemma. Liddy today reminded Oil companies the Iowa Law provides for the Sale of Only two grades of gasoline and the advertising of a a third Grade is in violation of the Iowa code. The agriculture Secretary said the two grades specified in the Iowa Law Are regular which shall have an octane number of at least 86, and Premium which shall have an octane number of at least 95. A a a Liddy said the new a Lead free Quot Latimer brought out that Turner gasoline designed to Cut Down on now a Junior at the University of exhaust pollution has been refer Nebraska and his attorney a Law red to As a a third Grade Quot having a professor there had tried to get a lower octane rating than Leader governmental Promise of immunity regular but containing Premium from prosecution based on his Tes components As a substitute for Timony. Lead. A yes we did but we abandoned Liddy said a we Are charged with that Quot Turner told him. Enforcement of the Law As it is a what offence did you commit presently established but perhaps that you needed immunity for a the next legislature will Amend Latimer asked forcibly current regulations to provide for a i did not commit any offence a the the Legal Sale of such Turner replied. Shot to death at sports facility Philadelphia up a a Man armed with a a Small sword Quot was shot to death monday night at the spectrum where the Cassius Clay a Oscar Bonavena bout was telecast from new York City. Captain Alex Sikora said the victim was shot to death by an off duty police officer. The victim carried a a Small sword about 12 inches Long and was shot As he tried to attack the officer Sikora said. The shooting occurred in a rear level concourse of the Multi million Dollar South Philadelphia sports facility. Sikora said the off duty officer fired one shot. The victim was taken to methodist Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 11 �5 . Three year contract ending a Drivers strike in two states and heading off a threatened walkout in la others. The settlement achieved with the Aid of a Federal mediator Calls for a $1.65 an hour wage increase Over the three year period and certain fringe and welfare benefits covering the 13-state area. About 5,000 Drivers went on strike monday while bargaining agents from 40 carriers and teamster locals met with Sam p. Massa a Federal mediator at the ambassador East hotel Here. A Union spokesman said striking Drivers would be Back on the Road soon pending ratification by membership locals probably by monday. The talks had stalled in Detroit last thursday Over the wage Issue and were moved to Chicago monday. As a result of the Detroit breakdown in the talks scattered strikes were staged sunday by about 1,300 Drivers in Michigan and Northern Ohio. The strike spread toll other Midwest states monday. Too editors note Southeastern Iowa was in no great danger of a fuel and gasoline shortage because of the tank Drivers strike in some areas. Some of the Independent carriers of Petroleum products signed sunday night according to information Here. These included Dickey and White Star. Iowa is served largely by Independent carriers. One estimate was so per cent of the transportation is by the independents. Break in reported at Cargill office it was reported to police about 7 tuesday that the Cargill inc. Office on North Cherry Street was entered by breaking the Glass out of the North door. An unlocked drawer was opened but nothing was taken. Goal line club to meet wednesday i the goal line club will meet at National guard armory mesday at 7 30 . Wed a Good rating for o. M. Dam the natural resources Council of Iowa has rated the general condition of the dam at Oakland Mills As a a Good according to information received by the Henry county conservation Board. This is an upgrading from a rating of a a fair the previous year. The Council made the required annual inspection this fall and reported that the debris accumulation in the for Ebay area and on the overflow Crest has been removed some of the for Ebay area had been filled with dirt and shaped and new Stop logs were being placed at the time of the inspection and the repair work on the left downstream abutment has been completed. A the resources Council commends you for the maintenance and repair work that has been done during the past year and urges you to continue proper operational and maintenance procedures at the installation in order to Minimise flood hazards a the report stated

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