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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - December 10, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news colder Section one 2 sections vol. 92, no. 290 first Constable in years Cal Crane it. Pleasant Iowa thursday evening december to 1970 Price to cents by Sandy Williams its been 20 years since local voters elected a Constable arid in the meantime the duties have been assumed by other peace officers. As a result there Are several people involved in some fast and thorough Homework to determine just what the constables duties shall be before Cal Crane elected Constable in the november elections takes office in january. Crane probably the youngest Constable in county history was 21 just in time to vote in the 1970 fall election. A senior at Iowa Wesleyan Crane is the son of or. And mrs. Vincent Crane of Lockridge and a resident of it. Pleasant. I too cars election is in no Way a joking matter. He was elected by virtue of 17 write in votes which he promoted by contacting several local voters who know of his background in politics. Politics is an important part of this Young Many a life. He a not sure yet if As Constable hell carry a gun but he is sure of his reasons for running for office. As he says a the office of Constable is on the ballot and if the office is there the Public should be made aware of it. If the office Isnit needed then it should be eliminated. There us always the possibility of electing an incompetent to the too its obvious an incompetent was not elected in this Case. Crane for All his youth has an impressive political background and he intends to serve his office Well and sincerely. He has been Active in College Republican activities since his freshman year and in 1968, he served As state convention Delegate. After the november 1969 College Republican convention Crane became the first chairman of the newly organized Iowa College Republican auxiliary. Until Spring of 1971, he is responsible to 2500 Young Republican members As Well As serving As an advisory member of the Republican state Central committee. As chairman Cal serves As communication link Between students and the Central committee but his primary responsibility is to secure a meaningful program for youth involvement and to encourage All Campus Republican groups to be Active. To this end he travels from Campus to Campus with endless speeches conferences and meetings part of every weeks work. Too Crane feels Young people must take political responsibility seriously As the 18-year old vote is very Likely to become a reality. In this eventuality according to Crane the College Republican groups could Well become a Strong part of separate precincts rather than merely clubs. Cal Crane Cal who says a a there a always time for one More things has also served from june to november 1970, As a Field representative for 13 Iowa counties. During this period Cal travelled about 23,000 Miles in his work for the Central committee. Too splitting ads time Between Des Moines and it. Pleasant Cal was also very Active in local and county campaigns for the fall election. He is a precinct committeeman in it. Pleasant thus becoming the Only person in the state involved in All three aspects of politics As College Republican committeeman and employee. Now in addition to his coming duties As Constable and the resumption of his classes at Wesleyan Crane has applied for a License to sell insurance in his i a spare time. A a in a addicted to politics admits this Young Man who seems to have boundless Energy As Well As a keen i mind. He plans a future a behind the scenes in politics preferring the backstage preparation and work to the spotlight of Public office. He had planned however to 1 hold Public office of some kind someday in order to learn All the facets of a political life. Now the time has come and Crane sees his office As Constable i As a Good learning experience. Be a ginning with his bonding of $500, Young Cal will have the Opportunity to Deal with Many duties and obligations similar in Many ways to those of the sheriff and Justice of the peace. Crane is proud of and serious about his election and the duties and responsibilities he will soon assume in his two year term of office As Constable. Right at the moment he and others May be a Little Uncertain about his specific duties but whatever they Are Cal assures that he expects to be a Good and conscientious county peace officer. County contracts for ambulance service the Henry county Board of supervisors entered into a contract thursday with Beatty Jennings for ambulance service for the next two years. The action thus appears to give couty residents Assurance of ambulance service at a fair Cost for the 24 months while Many counties Are involved in controversy Over the provision of such service. The firm which now receives $1,-100 a month will receive $1,300 a month for the year 1971 and $1,500 a month for the year 1972. The $200 a month increase for next year was granted on the basis that the firm is now serving the Wayland area. The contract also permits a $5 increase a $25 maximum that May be charged per trip. Tile present maximum is $20. The amount of the charge up to the maximum is determined by the ambulance firm. Terse verse by a. C. Gordon there a extremely More of Church addiction by inheritance than real conviction. Renew offer for Exchange of prisoners Paris up a the United states and South Vietnam today renewed president Nixon a offer to Exchange All communist War prisoners in South Vietnam for the american and Allied prisoners held in North Vietnam and proposed daily talks beginning Friday to discuss the Issue. Too mine. Nguyen the Binh immediately checkmate the offer by saying the communists would discuss the prisoner offer Only if the United states would announce an unconditional troop withdrawal. Then she got Down to the weekly business of criticizing the Nixon administrations War policies. U. S. Ambassador David k. E. Bruce and South vietnamese chief negotiator Pham Dang Lam repeated the Nixon Exchange offer but thus time they urged immediate specific action. Bruce said the Exchange would be particularly fitting during the Holiday season. City dump becomes sanitary Landfill too Madame Binh a tiny figure dressed in the traditional vietnamese Black Satin trousers also dampened the Hopes of Washington officials that the communists would show interest in Nixon a ceasefire proposal of oct. 7. She said the communists would observe a cease fire Only after the United states agrees to withdraw its troops by june 30, 1971, and to scuttle the present Saigon administration in favor of a coalition government that would include communists. Hanoi broadcasts meanwhile rejected proposals for a prolonged cease fire through the Christmas new years and tet holidays and suggested Brief periods for each of the holidays. The broadcast called the suggestion a a treacherous tricks by the Nixon administration. Commissioners elected by soil District Dale Waters Dale Cammack and Mark Fitzpatrick were elected commissioners of the Henry county soil conservation District at the election held wednesday. They will join present commissioners Robert Hunting and Gerald Lauer in administration of the various aspects of resource conservation work in Henry county. Under provisions of the state Law. The candidate receiving the most votes is elected to a six year term the commissioner receiving the second highest number will serve a four year term and the commissioner with the third highest vote count will serve a term of two years. Therefore Dale Waters will be serving the six year term. Dale Cammack and Gerald Lauer will serve four year terms while Mark Fitzpatrick and Robert Hunting will serve for two years. The newly elected commissioners will assume their duties at the january meeting and the Board will be reorganized at that time. Presents Check for $16,093.42 Mes Ritter left general manager of the it. Pleasant utilities a presented mayor Charles Hanna with the second half Utility nent in the amount of $16,093.42 which brings the total for 1970 32,093.42. In payment represents 5 per cent of Gross electric Power Billings accordance with a Long standing policy which has been of sub tial Benefit to local residents. Bonaparte mail killed on Highway i Fairfield a Glen Taylor 65, Bonaparte was killed instantly in a two car Accident on Highway i five Miles South of Here at 7 30 . Thursday. Taylor was driving North on his w a to work at the Iowa electric Power co. Here where he had been employed 24 years when has car went out of control on an icy Bridge. The car swerved sideways off the North end of the Bridge into the path of a southbound car driven by Patricia Davis 21, Fairfield. The Davis car struck the Taylor car broadside on the right Side. A passenger in the Davis car mrs. Paul Davis 24, Fairfield suffered two broken and severe facial lacerations and was taken to University hospitals in Iowa City. The two women were on their Way to Selma where they Are teachers. They Are not related. Taylor had willed his body to Iowa state University for medical research and it was sent there before a this is the Way the it. Pleasant City dump appeared before the sanitary Landfill Type of operation was begun by the Don Whaley firm. Smoke from smouldering fires drifted Over the surrounding areas the direction depending on the direction of the wind. After Merle Yale is in control of the Bulldozer used to pack the trash and rubbish in the Landfill operation started on dec. I. Among changes planned is the opening of a new entry Road in the near future. A charge is now made to All users of the area As published recently. Eight accidents on ice coated roads icy Road conditions were blamed in eight Auto and truck accidents which occurred West of it. Pleasant North of Olds near Oakland Mills and in Northeast it. Pleasant thursday morning. The icing occurred in a Short period of time starting about 7 . A number of persons were injured. Too two accidents occurred West of it. Pleasant on Highway 34 about the same time 7 45 . In the one that occurred on the Skunk River Bridge about six Miles West Helga Ketelsen 20, Lockridge Rural escaped with leg bruises when the 1970 Dodge she was driving skidded out of control on the Bridge struck the Bridge railings turned completely around rolled into a ditch on the South Side of the Road and landed on its wheels. Miss Ketelsen was going East on her Way to work at metro mail when tile Accident occurred. Other motorists took miss Ketelsen out of j the car through a window. She was checked Over at memorial Hospital and released. The car was damaged an estimated $1500. Deputy sheriff Ron Elmore investigated. Too the other Accident West of town occurred on the big Creek Bridge. Merlin e. Wesely 42, of. Pleasant. Was driving a 1963 Ford panel Van ? West and Walter s. Nelson 60, it. Pleasant was driving a 1971 Chevrolet pick up truck East when tile Accident occurred. The Van was totally damaged and the left front fender of the pick up was damaged an estimated $300-$400. Nelson was treated for two broken ribs at memorial Hospital and released. Wesely was treated for facial cuts and release j de. He was thrown through the Windshield of the pick up. Sheriff Van Crawford investigated. Too at 9 20 . Just North of the Junction of highways 218 and 78 North of Olds a 1970 Buick driven j by Alex o. Martella 36, Chicago 111., and a Mack truck driven by Leon m. Lititz 23, Washington loaded with shelled Corn collided. Martella suffered severe Back in juries and Shock and was taken to memorial Hospital where lie is in fair condition. Lititz was t Hurt. Martella was driving North when his car skidded out of control and turned around in tile Road and the southbound truck struck it in the rear. The car was totally wrecked. Damage to the truck was an estimated $500. Tile Accident was investigated by Leonard Wiele of the Highway patrol and Deputy Elmore. Four accidents occurred on or near the Skunk River Bridge at Oakland Mills within approximately five minutes intervals of each other with the first one occurring at 7 40 . Sgt Wilton Lewis of the Highway patrol investigated them. Too in the first Accident a 1970 Ford Maverick driven by Charles William Morris 34, Bonaparte was going North and skidded out of control on the ice on the Bridge and went Down an embankment on the South Side of the Blacktop after leaving the Bridge and rolled Over. Morris and two others in the car Gary Parker and Darrell Morris escaped injury. The car was damaged an estimated $1500. Too five Niu nites later a 1965 Ford driven by John Foss 49, Salem also headed North skidded on the Bridge and went Down the same embankment and rolled almost striking the Morris car in the ditch. The Foss car was totally damaged. He received two sprained Ankles but was treated by a doctor. Too at 7 50 . A northbound 1968 Chevrolet driven by Evelean Stewart 55, Salem went out of control on the Bridge struck a Road sign at the North end of it and went Down an embankment on tile East Side of the Road but did no troll. The car was damaged an estimated $350. Too soon after the Stewart Accident mrs. Stewarts Young daughter Brenda ran up onto the Roadway and a 1969 Ford driven by Geneva hum Ell 58. Of. Pleasant route 4, was proceeding slowly across the Bridge headed North and stopped North of the Bridge because of the girl. A northbound 1968 Ford driven by Helen Stagner it. Pleasant route i Stop and struck the rear of the Hammel car damaging it an estimated $190. The Stagner car was damaged about $300. Mrs. Hummed complained of a Back injury. 0 p a o at 8 ., a 1968 rambler driven by Bernice h. Bauercamper 67, Burlington turned off Highway 34 North onto Highway 218 and when it got to the overpass a sudden gust of wind blew it across the Highway into the guard rails. The left front of the car was badly damaged. She suffered cuts and bruises and was taken to memorial Hospital where she is in Good condition. City police investigated. Expect approval of new Dollar Coin Washington up a legislation that would create the first Dollar Coin minted since 1935 a with a likeness of president Dwight d. Eisenhower on one Side and a sketch of a Bald Eagle Landing on the Moon on the other a is nearing congressional approval. The legislation was agreed on by House and Senate conferees earlier this week As part of a different Bill and routine passage is expected soon. The Bill would authorize the minting of 150 million of the dollars with a 40 per cent Silver Content and millions of others without Silver starting next year. The Eagle Side of the Coin w As suggested by the space Agency. It would show the Eagle Olive branches in its claws Landing on the cratered lunar surface with tile Earth behind its right Wing and the Apollo la spacecraft a the Quot Eagle a above it. Nearly All of nations trains still Washington up a railway clerks rejected government orders today and shut Down nearly All of the nations trains As the crunch of the Christmas mailing season neared. Three smaller unions however ordered their men Back on the Job and some trains were running. President c. L. Dennis of the brotherhood of railway and airline clerks issued a mid afternoon statement indicating bracts a willingness to go into round the clock but he did not Retreat from his earlier refusal to comply with a Federal judges 3 . Est Back to work order. Too Federal judges in Chicago Roanoke. Va., and Buffalo n. Y., issued local orders to halt the strike in those cities. A spokesman for Missouri Pacific in St. Louis the nations second largest rail Center said its operations were near Normal. The Chicago amp North westerns commuter service into Chicago ran at about 85 per cent of Normal. A spokesman for Gulf Mobile and Ohio in Atlanta said its operations were returning to Normal. Some Southern railway Crews worked out of Birmingham. Ala. Too the leadership of the three smaller unions a the United transportation Union Utu the brotherhood of maintenance of Way employees and a dining car employees Union a sent telegrams to their general chairman this morning ordering workers Back to the Job. Too the strike forced 600,000 big City commuters to find other ways to and from the Job. The postal service stopped accepting parcel Post packages for destinations More than 300 Miles away. The big three automakers Cut Back shifts in several cities. The strike began at 12 01 . To Back up Union demands for bigger pay raises than a White House Board had recommended or the railroads had offered too fifty nine minutes later Congress completed passage of a Bill ordering a halt to the strike and giving rail workers a 13% per cent pay increase. The pay provision was unprecedented in the memory of congressional observers. President Nixon signed the legislation at 2 10 . And said he expected workers a immediately to return to work and their leaders to return to the bargaining and at 3 17 ., in his suburban Home u. S. District judge John h. Pratt responded to Industry pleas and issued a 10-Day temporary restraining order against the unions on the basis that the new Law had been violated. Too in new York City the subway passenger Load was nearly doubled. In Chicago the nations rail Hub. 110,000 commuters sought other ways to work. In St. Louis the nations second largest rail Center Missouri Pacific said the Utu and the maintenance of Way employees i Union were removing pickets in Chicago new Orleans St. Louis and the Gulf coast. Shutdown to affect Auto makers quickly Detroit up a the big three Auto makers said today the Railroad strike was forcing them to make immediate cuts in production and the Industry would be virtually shut Down within a week unless the strike ends. Three unions ordered their men Back to work today complying with an order from president Nixon but the biggest Union the clerks remained out and a spokesman for the clerks Union refused to say whether it would order its members Back to work. O o of general motors and Chrysler in Delaware Cut Down shifts hours after the strike began at 12 01 . Because of a shortage of parts that normally Are shipped by rail. Fords Assembly Plant in Atlanta Cut Back to two four hour shifts today. The firm had been running two eight hour shifts. About 3,-700 workers were affected. Too a pm spokesman said that if the rail strike continues or the three unions ordered Back to work refused to Cross clerk picket lines a it is going to affect us very quickly and severely within a matter of a Day or j we move a lot of stuff by rail components parts Etc so this would hit us right Ford motor co. Said that if a strike continues for two Days a we would have to Start closing some break in attempt at Waters thwarted police noticed that the signal Light of Waters implement co. On Winfield Avenue which is part of the anti crime equipment at the firm was on at 2 58 . Thursday and notified Deputy sheriff Ron Elmore and Bob Waters. An attempt had been made to pry open a rear door but it was unsuccessful. A search of the area failed to turn up anybody. 94 americans killed in week Saigon up a the Indochina War took the lives of 94 americans last week 27 of them in direct combat with the enemy the lowest combat toll in a month. Another 31 . Soldiers died last week from non hostile causes the . Command announced. Another 36 americans were missing and presumed dead in the crash of two transport planes in the Central Highlands. The command said 195 americans were wounded last week. The latest death toll brought to 44,115 the number of americans killed in the War since Jan. I 1961 and the total wounded to 292,540. American War deaths in 1970 now total 4,136. Freezing rain on december to rain freezing rain and ice coating made thursday an uncomfortable december Day and made driving hazardous As reflected by the rash of accidents in the area. Salting and higher temperatures broke up the ice on the pavement but with drizzle still of curing it appealed that new coatings might form in the late afternoon. Because of the inclement weather. School was dismissed at 2 . Thursday. Picket at local Railroad station it. Pleasant like most other communities across the nation was without rail service thursday. A picket carrying a strike sign was walking near the Burlington Northern station Here during at least part of the Day. Soils expert makes plea for life Montevideo Uruguay up a a plea for his life by Claude u Fly 65, a . Soils expert held captive by Tup Amaro terrorist for four months appeared thursday to have passed unnoticed in government circles

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