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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - December 12, 1961, Mount Pleasant, Iowa Thi it pleasant news vol. No. 2�?~mmt. Pleasant. Iowa tit esd a evening dec. 12. I dig these Days by George Sokolsky Thunder in the Hight vhf to a movement d cupped. The writer needs to understand what it Means. Such a movement the rightist or the leftist represents ideas i incests of life the meaning of events. The reporter. Who runs to a fire or who gets excited Over a kidnapping not necessarily capable of understanding a mass movement which basically philosophic. In fact it Many who speak mo4 loudly till these movements cannot describe them with any degree of accuracy j they know that something happened but important win it i i happened thus a a Newsweek recently published a Lenglin Arade on Quot Thunder on the far right a the material i for which War gathered by several persons and the collation Assi in bled by mum one w to picked an item Lune and there out of a Congeris it material to one who studied right a t movements in the United i states the urtice puzzling recall o it not a study of mass j la Poi to a Philo opine concept but rather a m Lee Quot ii of items i about this and that no sociologist in a for u n Laud could possibly pct a Cornet picture it the or it in icle ii thou a lilo might p i a i a til i i a in. Whai Are of Isi Mal in ? i at in l to and h i Imo i. Illy i x it Stiim it i a Job of tail in. La ii i Civ. The r High t. T Moen i lit in Hie United St ii t i x i in in it youth ii i 9 Ai. Tilt id it 8 Leal of use a the 1930. I 1 a revolt h c a an an Elim it unto e up ill a i. Am Riean i and an al Fen it h a1 in of my ept ii Ide i cull no Der in i a x a. W it to do the right in i v e 11 Lent la tilt United states from Xiii me in aet ii Iii it it my Idle of i 111 a -1 Nad re Anc t i to a 11 i list n it a men a tic Alai in cd Ihm aim ii i. Among aint oms Uniti at tilt nun in. it at of the of up at Ion r it i from intr la actual opponent fit Mal who Hun pro a Oundle re Udics both the economic Aud oenology Otma c m in those who Are Ndu a and that the Cour an a to v. St hoi their consent just the Cornin Misie lie pc in Hist Rnic in Quot a Dahlia a Uin Ilig a unless thine go Aluir Way the Are an Cut i. It so tile i x u inc i Lghti-1 it assume that All human movements a ii i for ii oui their concept of v. A i. Right Ai e c i it. 1i> a. Anion the Quot latter arc Lelia jus tin. N i a w to do not urn. Stand the Hebr a Bibb butt demand til at every word of it Fraus la Rod. P., p. He Mullan Fugit ii be accepted absolute truth curiously while mans of tie in do not pie iou a Colima in a Simi Colon Utka Jam version of the hebrew ii Hie tie v arc in ver theles nit nun lev. A. Nim rooms cont up to justify their Coli fun ions i i no Tho it rational a i Ion to the m Huiai ship a fag be i or i a i Nee i Elk a a Gtna it Ion Only to i i Ami that c Anc to mind i a v. R a a t Lunki Wim arc i i Iii Ort closely than Earl Iii Vader and Norman Thomas on a lie i. It or James Weeh Lei and Ai thin his Auger jr., in the until. Unfurl1ma Quot new w i cd St u a brow. It \ cry t lung pot Jou n p if list net ions c thought by a the an la y of tog a ill a of tile Rig i. In into a Makl i o Sharp what bang variety of persons mobs storm consulate Alice Williams Winfield Dies mrs Alice May Williams. 70, win Field died monday december la at 2 36 p in. At the memorial . Ill it. Pleasant where she wits til Ken monday morning. The Quot daughter of Rev. Macho Jones and Alice William Jones she w,.s Bot ii june 2. 1882, near Crystal Lake in Blue Earth county. Minn. So Quot came with Lier family to Columbus Junction in ill on january 6. 1964. She was married to Morgan Williams who preceded her december 5, 1954 she split Lier married life on farms in in Columbus Junction Crawfordsville and Winfield vicinities. She was a member of the Salem presbyterian Church near Cotter for 53 years and of the Winfield a by Tyrian Church since 1954 surviving Are two daughters. Mrs. Ellis Crawford of Winfield. Mrs Dot an i Clippie of Crawfordsville two Brothers. Richard Jones of mad a min Joseph p. Jones of Duarte Calif. Seven grandchildren and six Gira grandchildren Waco school District proposal approved 873-216 u. S. To continue a probing talks i m dreaming of Santa fails voter at i Long i en.1 cd and High delayed election to d fide whether a Waco school Clint lit should be formed gave emphatic approval to the prop a1 monday the voir Vav. 673 for and 216 a a t Oit i glorify of 89 i p r Cut a Flie nearly i iou voter. Who turned out represented about 59 per cent of the eligible voters in the i Trie at the time the study of the proposed District was taking place Titis was considered a very High percentage in View it f tile weather condition a school official said tile proposal carried in All districts including the Crawfordsville Hist ii a w Here Tim grate. It Opp. A i tion ii.a1 developed rnai area to the North of the town. The Crawfordsville District vote was 52 3 per cent favourable. A in one District Maple trove lie vote was unanimous 34 to 0, for the proposal Wayland gave the 98 6 per cent the Board Quot of Dir Calmi ii Quot re Hon will be held sometime after the fir i of the a Star in. Aid to Lay. Enrolment in the new or. In will be around 960 and sightly Over one fourth of the numb r of a in it 235 a it ill a Quot in High school Olds my Wayland both liar High schools Crawfordsville been crating a High school until tin year when the High school pupils w Ere sent to no igbo my High schools a a in a in a i. Pleasant store Ann no thousands of toys. Ifs ton much for my to decide so Vii just leave the shopping up to my parents while i take a Nap and dream about Salta i to <1 night have been the thinking of Little j Idee inn daughters Emu or. And mrs. Myers Rossiter of Scott township who fell a Lorp Cotter site was being wheeled through the Tov land in a shopping tart Ana was sleeping so soundly that conversation and noises in the store while a news photographer took the picture did not disturb tier. Besides her parents and Hus i a lid she was preceded by two i Quot a a 8 11 Lei la Juci. One tor and one Broth majority my Olds an 89 6 per cent majority. Services will Lye held thursday i county superintendent j a december 14. At 1 30 . At the presbyterian Church near the reverends Chester e head of american ii Mccall an election of sume prelim Iiara la cd Ion. Hae pro de Oliai a new Lush firn of a re re Nort he or 2 old to. Tvs the new dist Riel a pile present building at of Wayland and Craw die then would be used solely Grade school at lend Ance enter.-. Tile vote monday by Dis i Iris yrs no. For o la 268 31 89 6 any land 290 4 98 6 Crew Fordsville ii 165 52 3 Noble 52 6 89 6 Maple Glove 34 0 too Union id. 21 2 91 3 John of i 27 8 la i total 873 216 80 i Paris up i la urn i cd state informed its Western allies the it it will i Quot it Luc diplomatic a a probing talks with Hie soviets on Berlin a High ally cd source do l in cd today u. S. Secretary of state Dean Rusk. The source said told the birth ii. Elel al i and West German for Ign mini t i. That pre Idem Kennedy feet Quot committed to the. Action because of american Public opinion. Britain ha., readily approved the idea the. Turec said. While the West i Imam have accepted it and hic t Rench have a. Jmc. Ced although reluctantly. Near Zero cold after snowstorm cause heavy damage in. Domingo Mph students win High ratings in forensic event Ign at High rating Bool in St a in decorating contest get your entry in by in Friday noon Chandler and James Ridila. Will officiate burial Wii be at cambrian cemetery. The at the Barton funeral Horn in Winfield and will be taken to Hie Church at 12 Boon thursday Stock Exchange quits May invite taxpayers to confess past sins c of c elects five directors of d tort n. In 11 e i ack end 35 Low a Brae Lait my brow i. I v. I it Burn a in d Kretia and audio in Superior Ralph Paulette nos of v Hugh f. S a so to. Iowa pro ind chairman of school i of tip Visorde the con diaday new Muring a pleasant in the Chamb pointed out should be a that time de Cora Tim completed b decorating i order to in it % Vav ii Doi them the Deakin in in tin it. Decorating contest Commerce office Day the entry c of c office by Dot not time 11 be have to be nor Dot the elaborate in lion important jut entry off a. i Complete plans for packing and Irereo Sis Anc for the Sio sometimes Simplic Quot a Winner thing now to in Only those it Creel can be Eon cast prizes of $25, old threshers delivering baskets reflects directors the second Christ but at tile conic meet my of kit club was you. E. Monday Iii Quot held de c. Of Dill i my exp i ence much made of the John Birch society a newcomer in the poll in ii w Oriel Winch taken ova u a it main of the Joe Mccarthy Effort Bob Welch the Leader of the John Birch society was in the Candy business in Massachusetts by he i. Very now in any kind of ideological struggle and it doubtful whether he studied the literature of Marsh in although he efficiently opposed to this movement. It not to be installed that Boh Welch or even or. Fred Schwarz an australian vim up Rales it it Long Beach. , could stand up in an intellectual discussion on marxism. They Are emotional a it i Quot communists Winch insufficient to influence tin scholarly mind. Anticommunism not sufficient a mass movement. A mass movement must be positive its assertions must be related to the growth it the human mind not merely a re. Ai. In to the development of offensive movements. What n infesting about the rightist movement not that it displays varieties of human motions but rather that Here an opposition to marxism and even to liberalism True american conservatism not yet established it la at 2 p in with the president or Walter Boyd in charge. Because of inclement weather Only la organizations were represented. Were completed for the and delivering of baskets r 23, it the National armory please come at 9 the annual meeting threshers anti Settle Laid at the City Hall William a ter. Merle of the Assn. Tuesday Smith plans pal King do t my guard , so the work can be computed by noon. Anyone having Bushel baskets they Are willing to donate they will be gratefully received. Any organization which not made a Cash donation please do so Money needed for this Volt a of Charity. Also bring any toys to be repaired to either Bank unless too Large. Hen Call 762 and they will pick them up. The followup me Ling will be held at the courthouse january 8. At 2 . Report window broken by Rock Lumbus Hayes and Stan Mathews of Union were re elected to the Board of directors for three year terms a tor w re elected president of the association and Filiti Crawford win old vice i i Sidell. Herbert huh. Route 5, was clot t a d score tary Treasur let succeeding mrs. Pete Bucher. Fairfield who resigned after seven years of service swears he did t Sei Ottumwa fire i. Smit a p. Id it of a my pleasant clan it or of c it a Meree today announced the result of the election of new direct fors to the chamber. The five new director. Are John Harris. William safer Ross Shafer Max still Ned Wikel. Smith reported Hus Leone of the most competitive actions in file history of the Chamb and pointed out that 178 Chamb members cast ballots at chamber office during the a. Week Quot this indicative of the am no of interest in chamber am Vito i tat this Aid a we re certain that. With this kind of Civi it interest on Hie Par of one Bune. And profession men. We Are going to have sonic world Raul a an ahead of . Although the new directors we not officially a Gin their three in terms until the chamber Annua. Banquet in january they Wilna a with the hold Over directors a the next regular Board meeting on tuesday dec 19. At 7.00 a m the Iris restaurant officers for hic coming year will be elected at time the hold Over directors Are Henry Biggs Frank de Lucia r a Caler. William . Berber Jones. Paul Kyle Dwight Chaffy. Dean Nebel. Jack r. Taylor. Stat Waldron and Hall Weir. Of ice Are Karl Smith president and j in a Green vice president. Retiring directors Are math in Fitzpatrick. Edd King Lyman sheets h. Eugene Smith and k.�. Smith. I new York up i pre. I Dent of to Quot american Slock fax Chang and it general counsel resigned und r re late monday the Board of governor. Of Hie ask immediately accepted the i resignation. Cd to h men Edgard t Ted Mccormick and Michael e Mooney and named Board chairman Joseph f. Redly pre Dent pro tempore t i. E re ignalion.? wore announced by Reilly following a special Mcgove Mons Wabbington up it a tile internal Revenue service considering inviting taxpayers to confess their sins in Exchange for a guarantee of no criminal prosecution. Commissioner Mortimer m Caplin it was Learned today been studying this delicate matter for several months. said he probably would Issue a clarifying statement tin week. Sources close to Caplin pointed Hng of the braid of out that even now it i. Difficult to tile resignations obtain criminal conviction. For been demanded by orc members tax evasion against taxpayers who of the Exchange since trading or voluntarily admit tax al Lea Ting and regularities were disclosed and re government attorneys find Tun suited in the expulsion of two Are sympathetic in the taxpayer members by Hie securities and sex who i. Wrongdoing and change communion for violating usually arc unwilling to believe that Security Law. Lie wilfully evaded tax1 mrs. Clark Burns selected master farm homemaker sanm o Domingo. D. R up dominican Street mobs stormed hic american consulate in Midtown Santo Domingo twice today and caused heavy damage before police reserves dispersed them by rifles and Tommy guns and throwing concussion grenades. United piss movie tone camera in Cirl Warner 36. Miami a knocked Down but not injured by the explosion of one bomb which fell at his feet. His camera was damaged possible heavy casualties were averted when an unidentified police Captain seized the weapons from the lands of several of the approximately 30 policemen. Some of the policemen were pointing rifles at the crowd and were preparing to shoot into their midst. The mob of about 400 the consulate twice after reports thai four alleged government i pies taken Refuge i there. The mob surged into a second Fluor lobby and Brok windows. The consular Taff called for Morg Aid when the crowd became unmanageable. The crowd blocked off All Street traffic. Ten to 15 degree below Zero temp police re or r it to Force a a. Era turfs Are predicted to Rise Only through to the be. Iced consulate. To ten above wednesday. T the snack brought into Sharp the accumulated Snow measured focus bitter attacks against u. S 3.5 inches in my pleasant which p a was ie than in Many areas of Iowa to Hie North and weal accumulations up to nine inches occurred in some parts of five state. Near Zero cold moved into the Southeastern Iowa area in the Wake of h snowstorm monday night. By tuesday morning the Cloudland the Falong Snow moved i eastward but the cold remained even under Brilliant Sunshine the a temperature moved up Only 7 or 8 degrees during the Day. Up diction for tuesday night Are from Iii Hie dominican political Eri. Iaal by army forces Secretary a Gen a Quot Dro Rodrigue Echevarria Aud president Joaquin Bala goer in hic past 24 hours. Old was and co o item a it up ii Oliver or j 2t. Kansas cry. Toon to pick up some Cash registers trial for a. In Here wore under the store. In i. Monday mat he did not set when it became apparent Fin a it to. Marshall Auto store Here was no one in the store of i 1960 he returned to Kansas ii be d of it up to the store arrested there several be in 6 and 8 and was empty Green testimony handed a n he pounded on All denial of that by doors but was unable to get any response in from there Green said City. He was Days later a. A direct some state witnesses who said they saw him Carr. Des Moines or c Ark Burns. It. Plea to ii. Been selected one Quot i five Iowa Faun women to it it receive the mater farm Hook maker award for 1961 wallaces Farmer Spon or of the program in Iowa enter a iced women a a luncheon in Des Moines today tile.-da-, a other gues at the luncheon included former award Winner and their Famich a mrs. Burns a. Quot a in a Quot a in Unity where she now re ides Ai her life. Sit Quot takes an Achec part in the operation of tile 133 acre farm she and her own near i. Pleasant or. And or. Burn ii me son Warren who lives on an adjoining farm. They have one grandson. Because he ,.joy in King j till Young people or Burn. A. Been a girl. 4-h club leaner Aud a served it it a count committee she nov. The new in the i plea. An area was sandwiched Between some ire coat inc on the Bottom and sleet on top of the Snow in some place still there Wax enough Loose Snow left to respond to the whims of Strong winds limited Drifting was deeming on some Side roads. School buses made the round without any trouble except til they were slowed Down in areas where Snow not been cleared. Many Farmers. In a Ltd it d in f finishing harvesting of soybeans and i Corn last week others who did not find their problems of wet &Quot,-Ink-Hole multiplied by the Snow. While the cold Low enough to freeze open ground quickly the penetration of Tho cold slow j through the Snow. Also the Snow j in itself sufficient to be a Hund i leap in Tim harvesting. Against general warn crime charge by Russia mrs Community service. Standing example they Are Oil of the Many 4-h c Fai in women who arc Dong an a member it Job of rap g their fam of the county Extension youth a committee can Quot or. And mrs Burns Are Active total members in the nearby Prairie Rem this a u i sin e methodist Church where mr.-. Burns started ii. 1928 serves a. Superintend it o tin sunday school and an officer in the women. Society. But who still have time to Community responsibilities a of 98 women have received the program a mrs. Burns al so Active in the Green Aid his employers cans of gasoline from his truck into parm b a a women organza Kansa. Gin sent him Here the rear door of the store. The janitor at Saunders school reported to City police tuesday morning that a Large Rock been thrown through a basement wind w of the school monday nigh. According to police several similar incidences have occurred at the Junior High building in the past month. Own ideas fully but out of the welter of contesting concepts a philosophy will develop which will provide tin Lead Iship which the country sorely needs of. Pleasant chamber of Commerce residential lighting contest official entry Blank tion. Reb Kaii Lodge and taken a responsible part in various Community drives. Her favorite hobbies Are her Garden and her Flower she considered an excellent Friend and neighbor. To to eligible a nominee Nills first be nominated by Friend neighbor or co work a. The.5 nominations come in voluntarily to wallaces Fanner sponsors of the master farm homemaker program Bluffs and Cedar rapid each in Iowa. Each. Candidate by i Pii i lie worst Snow Corm it a he Young season Lins moved out of Iowa to Day leaving behind much 13 inches of Snow snarled highways and at least ten dead the storm Winch produced near blizzard conditions for awhile late monday night and Iris tuesday Wax accompanied by numbing cold temperatures which Are expected to drop even lower by wednesday morning. Clogged roads which Genera la v were from 25 to too per cent ice or Snow packed in All sections of the state caused nearly a Hundred schools to be closed til the Shenandoah Harlan Corning and Clearfield Arras in hic Southwest alone about 15 Quot Hook Wert closed Bright girded Central Iowa re Amend tuesday morning. But temperature Weir near and below Zero the Only Snow forecast for tuesday was flume. With possibly tin Inch in the extreme Northeast and Eastern counties but temperatures were to plunge to ten and 20 below Zero tuesday night ii my Only to ten above on wednesday. Mason City reported the crepe a Snow 13 inches with fort Dodge und Dubuque struggling through la inches of the White stuff. Council Moscow f up a the soviet in on today formally charged a Ltd German Gen Adolph Helsm Ger with Quot War crimes and crimes against peace and humanity Quot and demanded lie be extradited from Washington where he Sta Torad a. Chairman Orf natos Penna end Mil Quot Ary coat mud be. The charges were conducted in a Winch the soviet foreign min.,f by banded to u. S. i a Elyo Thompson thus morning. They were publicly announced la at a soviet new conference. The not demanded that the in so a of arrest Heusinger and extradite Hun to Russia for trial. Vehicles damaged in local accidents of in pm Nami address mail or i a other Mak it Gilmore Osceola carefully investigated final election made by a committee of judges members of the committee for the 1961 awards were miss Louise Rosen new master farm Home Feld. Assistant director of Exten Are or Jack Altman Ion. Iowa state University mrs. City mrs. Don Gibson Margaret Yoder District Horn mrs Milford Langlas economics supervisor Iowa state r driven b. Osie Calhoun. A a Aru Wax damaged an matted $60 Hen a pop truck drivel by Cany w. Overton Burlington route 2, backed into it at the rear of Wal Cryn Market tuesday at 10 15 a in. Way Quot i erne it pleasant report d to p Olliee monday after not Quot ii to u. The 1957 Volkswagen owned by Fankhauser a Dairy and driven by him was truck by vehicle at Hie Harry Green Stu i leu monday it 8 a in. And dam-u8 to an estimated sick. The name k the other Driver in t known at the police station. I open however Side roads were a i ichor especially where dirt ing Snow occurred. By i ii Snow up to ten inches deep by net it i be Maili West today Aud a i allow up cold wave pushed the temperature to 35 degrees below to chamber of Commerce office Marengo and misers Washington j the five on a Bash of Soori homemaking and at least ten inches. All parts of the state at least three with the lowest amounts around Dave Poi t and Burlington. A Quot. Moines report Zero in Mot Ana cd eight inches. Southland communities clean ii the weather Bureau forecast that up the litter left by Tornado 15 to 25 mile ail hour winds would which injured four person in loin cause considerable Drifting through la a Alabama and Mississippi the Day and warned travellers to pails of Northwest Georgia a t take caution. Wad la r to Moi than tan in Clits of some one Way traffic was report a in in three Days. Stephen Vig University mrs. Laster Rankin. Trace master farm homemaker e i 011 mail a highways in the Hump a total it >3 death were blamed women were selected 1950 and mrs. Zoo Murphy. Home ton area 111 the Northeast but on the storm siege which started Maki editor o Wallace Farmer. I otherwise most major roads were lax week and

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