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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - December 14, 1961, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news vol. A no. Int. Pleasant Iowa thursday evening dec. I i i Ogi these Days by George Sokolak j o ii s i he principal social problem that faces t lit United states these Days i is jobs. This affects foreign rein finns a. Well As internal problems for instance the Trade Between Japan and the United slates has Many ramifications. Prior to world War la. Japans cd a noir. \ was based upon an economic Triangle namely Japan sold ilk to lie United states manufactured both silk and cation goods which were sold principally in China but also in other part. Of. Outh cast Asia and Africa. Today tins Triangle is s a sin i and Japan has to find another Means to make purchases in the unlit d St Alf and other countries. The United states is particularly concerned that Japan should not become so absorbed with the Trade of red Clima and Sib Ria As to shill from a american country to a red curtain c Lantry to ache a it this program Japan must sell increasing Quanti its of goods m tin United states this affects Many commodities Winch hate been Iii Twenty school children die . Windows to i get open More hours with hic flow of Christmas mail increasing at the local Post of ice postmaster Wendell t. Smith a announced that the Post office1 windows will be open additional hours the schedule for the remaining Days until Christmas is As follows starting Friday Etc. 15. And Conli. Mug through Friday dec. 22. The it amp and parcel Post window will la it open until 5 30 p m. Saturday Der in. The stamp and parcel Post window will be open this country Zmyj 5 39 p m but Winch the japanese can Manu Ine Ture More cheaply than we can the Post office will close at noon on saturday dec. 23. Gift parcels will be delivered on to a so ii us economic sunday dec. 24. And on Christ conflict particularly As it applies i ills lr.id1 to knitwear products Etc the Purchase Japan it. Similarly we tile common fee my the s in Runge an Ca Ramies transistor on the other hand of Ane i Iran goods by constantly . 1 As the produce of Market is sharply Alii of american goods and a Istle markets Day. Also special delivery mail will be delivered on the 24th and 25 the. Influenza outbreaks Harney resigns from school 10 me Board Mccuen named work on t ii Blarney. Member of the it pleasant school Ixia re since ir47 submitted Iii a Itin tuition eff Etna immediately at the inciting Bool Bourd wednesday r Mccuien Secretary of Nance plan savings and id a civil Leader was Apio Nihoof Board to fill will serve under until the expire three year term id by vacancy i appointment of Harned. Met capacities in civic Community he is a iced in Many i ii a it cts in the member of the county Industrial d \ lop Isoard. Has Erv a in Many it the Junior Chambot of Ilc it and is Nior chamber of i i a win is a us in Ber of Irani. Club. The prot but Ria and the pre by Lei Ian men Santa Claus arrested sri. Norman Rigby arrests Sarita Claus i Cha firs Steger in a Trevose pa., Market during a Roundup of Quot Blue Law a violators. Meanwhile Santa insoles Debbie Lee left and Cindy Rossana of Levittown. I a. Ami in Ai other i Fain prod i i ii Cli i Iab s i a no to ooh Art outselling any try. Commodities Corita pc been hit hard by Dsa will be Given m irk. Toll but american to be High. The Brak by up of til predicted lie Aid ii. At but chit rial i inch.-1 Ria i continuous the indict first of the predicted out of influenza has closed Job problem schools in Colorado and Missouri this country communities curtailed activities Ca to i my in Illinois and brought Given As tie ism ii California factories the decline in employ the Peak of the outbreaks Cornel a. Thin new or tided with the coldest weather of i a on. It Ion it is an to season in Illinois Missouri p. Re is that has been and Colorado Freeman dedicates out re n Buller to speak at Jaycees banquet disease lab of Biti hat does simply stated o automatic prod us Ion of Cost of prot dui ii merely Din co. N n tin rough out and since n Volution. Automation mean it is the application processes to the. Of actually the Tam cannot be rein automation. The Early last fall the american medical association and the Public health service forecast in a incidence of flu during the cold months Potosi to Ignacio Durango and Pagosa Springs Colo were first to a hit school had been scheduled to rate arc All Lac reopen today at Potosi but a new True that wage increase in the number of victims Urpin int Lictor in the for set Back the resumption of classes of taxation a a the inter in pric it ii the value of cur Mal at win the t a id i Lei i i a one All Tita a Ola Giusi Ohe numb arc like in to Lith quantities it and i i p a we in until monday school supt William i act in is Long announced this morning. Ors arc considered Ding estimated that 75 per cent must to reached of Potosi 1.200 school children of jobs available were afflicted. A said there were Ria l even though about 1.500 flu cases in the town goods produced of 2,500. Potosi five doctors said a a. U cd air to in us epidemic was the most severe in any calculation of jobs in recent years. Havi n consider that Unzem p love in ply by ii urn to both a in cannot be measured simile statistical figure or the r of workers employed but hour of employment. I of it it,ii"7 in a family work author stirs at Wolf Dike. 111. Across the Mississippi River from to speculated the virus infection May Lave been carried then by Christmas simpers. The Wolf i it Ake outbreak began Emu f Butic do t i toi employee and Public relation the Mayta. Col pore Ion. Will the speaker at the annual Junior chamber of comment Dsa Banque on january it. This will be Ria Annuli bunks night and the Dsa it distinguish Ltd service award Wail by i sen a 1to some Young Man. The outstanding Young Man will be a person who is sure Active in All phases of Community life. Chamber Chat ter the co publication Pinon out he will be a person who is j respected Lor Las Good judgment. Fine character and ability to it a a Job done last years Winner was ii Wayne it 1. On. Who is now the president of the Jaycees besides tin Jay let and Ria r wives those at rim banquet will include tin Bosses and their wives. Mayor wad mail the the i Sider. Is of leading civic organizations. St att Jaycee of leers Horn the area and other leading citizens 1 of it pie i ant. Am is. Iowa 1 up agriculture seen Ary Orville Freeman today dedicated a new $16.5 million animal disease Laboratory and used the occasion to reply to critics of agricultural Resea Reb. Freeman compared the destructive Power of the atom to the economically disruptive Force of High farm production. He said science was the key to liar Messing the atom for peaceful use and enabling Quot he Farmer to live with abundance As profitably a do All other i said a the of Arr in production research Winch a. Given u the Power of Ai abundantly productive agriculture Quot will extend the economic research thai 1 will solve the problems caused by expanding production. Freeman in his second visit Iowa in less than a week poke7 at ceremonies dedicating the National animal disease Laboratory designed to find new ways to conquer diseases Winch Cost it ii1 i a injector of the insurance plan savings Aud loan a soda lion a employed a Secretary to ii a in of Tim t a. Oisa Tun. I relived the Dis Ingu Islieb is. 1. Awald of the Junior cd Bambi of Commerce three years ago ii a i mrs. Mccuen and their two a id ii ii a a at 910 Chil in a. S. It Alf r add it iou or Harney a resignation a t i put cd with Dei p regret. Supt id. Of forma Nek Aid thursday. I Hainey Ai implement dealer la Foi Many years and now pm in Merl on lie St a1 ii Low 1 a icy an College seized a the first in Iii it of the it pleasant communal. Is Bool District Board of through that porn i of acini tent in a f i i St ii if ii to Ria Boa a Ltd to the i. Plot Alii school dial be in rat Lucia Ding i r i Iai 1 v f Jaque f a Mucoid was ii cled cd that veal and old >1 Board me Nib 1 w a a William i in it t Ali Oil and a m a i al son a i by letter it i Rea a i Ion to i Board of direr tot wednesday veiling lated Quot please Are it my 1 Igioia Ion i of of in c in i Chati in. No i he Board of director my Community school a i hid it Moil has la 1 to t rid ficut but bet Aue ii is in 1 Ai \ that i Nuss Ria next i w Mec Rii. 1 time won must in caned on the school can be. In Cid last by Nam a e pm n mint tor me now Quot the Many year of w01aa 1 Jib r Ria 1 Ion. Iop with oui Hoal. Mal i exit i in diff leu to Iii a tin up nut 1,Dei p inti indic 1 s a i a1 Slat i int viol to Ipei a i it w 1 la Fie o link mat. Hoffa by de disarming train hits school bus in Colorado Ai i Ria n v it t of r of Hii 1 ii Larn orig ,1 my a uni t Ilna i ions i Ixia ii is 1.n.un i hoi t a United i a a Hail a a by Moscow brought the to i lie Point to disarm the h of id an 18-nation committee worked out by the soviet Union and the United state and approved unania Moir in by us co ii Era i a a Blyus main political committee wednesday night will Start work on the do Ivy i Arm uncut prob Lem. Meat its a 1 s Ala Quot. Can be ii de main walking of in Oad i in 1 pit by i Bull a al i aug Awa v to every Board Silt in ins to Tam in our i poll Ai Maine cloy and min Intel v ii will i Clit i lie i omm t tipi ova.,s. A. Zoi in to id Las la 1 Light v. Ii by Auler <1 yes i foreign each i ii a to promote la tor of has ii d headway Taen a a a in t a w o tier of Fine boards the dire it Ion of our. 1 a d to h001 in one of to a by i 1 syst a a Quot a a w Ixia tot la in us soil ii ays tinned academic fad lit and i All areas May von always As k As a i. Run n of tem a n 1 in cd wit i cog Iowa u n , or great tin poop a v have Aid r to t Kenni adv i Rig John a Ivie i Leeiii y let Ian a an is. Till a. Lope lot to make any real la him is Ion. Be commit re v. A i unit 1 a he United state Gen in ought with ii. Pre rent nuclear plans the soviet Union would have to continue its own series unveil flan to subsidize shelters or Felly Colo up a speeding a a Ger train crushed into a school Buai a Rural crossing i is morning Twenty children were killed fourteen others were Hurt tin in i pm la to in dead were taken to ail unused National guard armory Here a spokesman at. The wild county Hospital Here said to emergency room Vias filled with rile Mjmie the Trail a Union techie m Airliner nearly two hours late on ids i a toward Denver 60 Miles South Era tied into the right rear of the bus in rub Zero temperature a who arrived shortly afterwards id Quot the kids were sum All Over he territory it scr lev i it Liv r Ani ii t he makes Hilt Annot v the to am hit rear. Hopped of the Rea r sen Ion. Von Aud file do we Recai feed ground Ninon util Etnan t hot Clarence were 20 bodies morgue at the the bus at the f and demolished children stimuli and dying Over Hie Frozen Christ me. I in i director and provided leadership the past apply for Federal funds Appl a Ion for Federal funds under the it of emigre allocating funds for Chook in Helen related areas was authorized by Hie of Hod Board wednesday thrill show dour racing at >2 fair Kei Ned \ i lied a prom in son al. Mull it y Arn to i a a put Ell f Chung 1962 i Lama a i in Hie v you i1 1 ii a 11 j for i it am fair an. A in cling in Des Moi pleasant t evening. I the m pleasant .-eh.ool, and j others in the Vicinity of the lop of us Board no Binben j receive allotments on the basis of dus week the number of students in school tier no will la 1 placed next 1 whose lath or Mother is employed year with a limb Tiow on Satin at the Plant night and with greyhound dog i the Henry county Supply co-1 raring on Friday Bot to afternoon lire a am id my p. Dei inst Tine a to hour i Ltd ii id Equator to keep monday my by wednesday 143 of Iri Quot at present retail the town s 325 school children inquire about Magazine Oiler 1a operative which has been Supply j if oven i and producer a is 4 billion Caon up 1�?z. A Uytani Klum your of Luj j1 1 sin Nei lion. School at the sprawling lab. Which con Sal it a Awai be i he contract Sis t s of 33 Urc re Isiu a Wajn it Blue Fla no was a bidder allo 11. Rn0011 and cd How will b pit pric i. Imam ploy me tit figures were stricken school supt. Janus Shiri Oie m. T a added partial o Brien said there were two new ,. In it cases we do say but Doc 01. To individual who is partially hoped epidemic was leveling employed up lids part of his time off. Aking f"7 a Job which he docs not a a a a a Rind because docs not exist he therefore lives in permanent Dis i Luray erne it families that Are of Etc cd l such conditions a liable to Bas unsatisfactory As broken i Ani 1 tile children arc Dissatis-1, d and to a ii tree frightened Byth dissatisfaction of the parents. May pare number of divisions i he employer is liable to say quite cot Yeti a. That it is his fun ten to produce goods for a profit Icv is remain Washington up the National guard Reserve forces maybe pared Down by As much Asio combat divisions even if appropriations and manpower strength Ute same Accord tin chamber 0 comm rec today cautioned the Public to figure carefully on Magazine offers thai an sometimes made by Tinera ills Richard Haiti a manner of tin chamber said ii has Many inquiries regarding a company which is currently of ratio. In the it pm Usa it t a a according to re Poi a received at rite chamber office the itinerant company makes an initial Contact by Telephone or. Hartley said in chamber has investigated thew rates and found the same . on a 318 Aire Tram just cast of ame one of the major a. Rann centers for Protection and improvement of livestock and poultry health. Search for two men who robbed Bank Emden. To up a the Kui Anc in Missouri Illinois and Iowa continued their search this morning for two no n who Rob a d Ria Farmers state of $5,000 to #6.000 wednesday the Missouri Highway patrol said wednesday night it was searching for a 1961 purple Ford the Prii a of Tell Camtam w. To 5 i lits a gallon. Stop issuing travel permits j on thursday no g. A Cain y j Entwit Hal be. I aces w la la1 la id Oil tin Day hid wednesday evenings. Lind probable a in it a show will be held on monday re it Lime j a Jiw carnival . Bigg i and Ber. Has by n signed Fin tin j 1962 Cut i Board numbers Alima t me of tin fair president Art i Auer la Lith Tivit ifs hospitals a in will a Ary i Vun the i on in in Aid t i the admit. A a Ai Paia y un-s70i> in Ilion it ill la i in Quot th.11 a id s Luis for 1 an True non a1 com -1 lion hell cts m Ilal i it p i 1 a 1 1 a i y p ,11. I re t Ald a it i w Kui ii pm feature of the new v a a plan to 111 Ltd a of shelter aimed at -20 million person4, ii fund w Ould by a a 11 pub i or i in Quot. No institutions engaged in w al Tare acc h oui Anil Leat Ion an primal Liv Aal Felt c Cong re fund i idea convertible that might be the Cai through local news dealers at lower al and that to cannot stay in business As an eleemosynary institution. Nev Cit hell is he could not Long. Lay in by mess at All if increasing Winkers were unemployed and incapable of buying commodities. The is tie cannot be dodged on the Assumption that the capital astir system acc pts no social responsibilities. This has never been True of the c system. It has al a accepted very weighty respond Anju i tie for its workers. In the i Irlie t Days of the apprenticeship in pm tin capitalist system As inned heavy responsibilities for its workers in Japan for instance mail re possibilities extend to providing dowries for female employees in West Germany the system of social Security based upon the socialist system of Lasalle acing to defense sources a plan being studied would increase tile strength of the skins and provide them rates than those quoted to the chamber. Or. Hartley also reported that this company not a gis Divi acred Ria ii to ice through tile with chamber of Commerce office More expensive equipment which j would mean a Cut in the number of paid civilian reservists at a tune when More were needed. Quot something would have to give Quot the sources said. There Are 27 National guard to army Reserve combat divisions now most of Winch have paper strengths of 13,000 men and actual strengths Well below that. The plan Calls for divisions averaging 15,000 men. Last week army Secretary Elvis j. Stain or. Said there would be a no significant reductions Quot in the Reserve ranks. But of con colder al ter Brief w Warmup Gress approved the plan and it up d by Bismarck has been con Vas carried out six to to Divis tumult cello in Day the social Sion could be eliminated. Clinty by st1 in of the United states pm great by Tain feared a in. Vuk Ian Oica pit a i ism have become to work at a substantial wage. The fixed Lack of a Job can Lead but none of these systems have disaster quite a rid the problem of jobs copyright 1961, King features a Man to be ind it pendent w i. Her Syndicate inc in i in Early morning temper1 lures climbed As much As 30 degree trom wednesdays record h pc is in Iowa thu Day but the Mercury was expected to fall to sub Zero readings Over the state again Early Friday. Low temperatures ranged ii oui i below Zero at Sioux City to 12 above at Davenport Early thursday compared with readings Down is Low As 24 below wednesday. Although afternoon readings headed to highs of 5 above North to real West .0 the lower 20s Southeast the j Mercury w As expected to nosedive again thursday night to lows Otio to 15 below Zero. Bandits switched to after their pickup truck about seven Miles cast of Here Bori carried Illinois Iii use plates. Mrs Hazel Foliar a bookkeeper to he Bank told police the robber. Occurred about 2 30 p m is e a Man. Armed with a Pis 1 walked into the Mam room of the Bank and told her to give him the Money after stuffing it ii to a White Pillow Case the bandh tied to the pkg up truck which was driven by another Man. According to the woman account. It. 11 Iii w i i Kaoi fief to no 1 my a i i vice i ret Ary it., a gel Hermie Robfrt so ii i ii 19>2 i Ai w k of Jal. 25 Fon tal i la 11 Kennedy refines will be in al of 5700 million a he civil ,1 understood that sub More than half of the a w Ould a Cai marked Burh program Bemar Chal Moselli Hales. Is Verne Ito alld l land will b escape injury Santo Domingo i i it a the . Con late has Topp d issuing permits for travel to or through the United states recall 1 of anti american riot. Which toned it to close its Midtown a a office Here it a al Lemd a i to Ltd h pm other consular Busine. ,. Hem transacted .1 n a a tin 1 n late s main Mike till More rowers on and again wed Day the visa office w is at asked i by Stone throwing mobs into Anieda Miami i of go by reports Ilia Quot spic of lieu Meany in a tin i tenants Quot of Ama mated �?�.-,�?� a a a. To Ltd a at 1 la Dent Rafael to Nullo Wen coking in. Ltd Ltd a a 11 . Visas. Ili Spuri lid in Ai a h tile headquarter. Of the Oji Pasi in i no 1 a t Ion party Alova a keel i i he 67-Ye a d wednesday by a Mot wham Elev re de that there was a Trujillo spy Msisie. Stone throw ing youth chanted slogans Host ii Leader Juan to a n it was the Iii tune the prop erty of an opposition group Iliad attacked in the riots which become daily occurred ices in i ii 101 the so per f 11 i 11 in would be actual it it so Agene irs pit the re a the doff Moo is i engaged in. My improvised an million to four la of Iii the 1 beaters i out i wafer a. Trump lits al ii thi i it i a i the in Kirn in write a Propri the height a n Lur 1,1 p $7 k Lara Quot t in he a Bud ii in i. i a Ion. I Aal up 1 re i ooh no rebook psf r. Book. And parts of sack Lunche. A girls Hail ribbon was found in the wreckage wreckage a Aas red Moir than too in tin rear Section of the bus a c riled 455 feet Down the right of Way the Union Pacific office in Denver said the Accident occurred about 8 a in the office said tile Tram was scheduled to to a that Point at 6 15 Ain i the crossing was on a Light Rise by there a a Clear View at the rack. In both directions off the qui. Road. Which inter Eferd a be tracks Hall Angle there Ambo to inches of Snow on rim ground the to Ain a apparently tra chug a a Ligh Rar of a pts a but lie paiute office in Denuci Kiel 1 could not that. 9 a of a i lie it Dent of cur red at a crossing near the farming Community of Evans in the heart of 11 Gar be pop a to and com farming country of Northeast col Rado Cun Cihiy in the grip of on of the worst cold Waves in the i regions history. To. By i id picked up children file a j i in Quot a Quot in families in a ii area a re Idem of tile area raid 01 p f univ a. Nearly wiped on i lie Union Pacific it i Lief i a Tell or a Denver a Aid there were warning signs at Hie crossing but no electronic warning system. He. Uei there was no damage to the train and no one aboard was Hurt then Wasny to a thing you could said Herman Zepke owner of t he Unne Dairy near the Accident area when i got there the Sherri i men already surveying Anc Mark fallout shelf a for sons nearly Populis will be stocked be radiological one Ion w la in i plumber to f of t w of Ai 1 1 Baon i j do cd i. Day. I Joy a d the i. Mix Jimmu rim Upp mom Midwest firm is indicted i la to e w ild i or Rio Bena 1 Alii in had Pullet t rain hit time kids Tei ambulance were Strum tory. I were them out All Over could t Tell any wha there of App Ahi my a he i inc la cd i Dow u Rill re 1 roil be Cor e them were crying their condition was w re go few left appeared the Bun the crossing thru 1, t As the speeding he said the t a n a of the bus and of Hie bin., Duane Dan head Quot i to up cd custodian 1 it quarters Ley where Ichien were going a the it Fth of to. W j been have Here. Luai expansion at Taylors inc. Present program at mental health Eagle Grove up two Oelwein men escaped injury wednesday4 afternoon when their Small plane parked at the Airport Here was hipped Over on its Back by a gust of wind. Harold Buhman. The Pilot co manager of the Oelwein Airport and Clair e Harrington an of and Wein businessman were waiting to taxi the plane off the Field Here when the mishap occurred. The plane was not heavily dam mental health tred Day Evenin High school vocal music group the concert band under the direction of mrs Marable mag Nuson and diaries Ferris respectively presented a program at the Institute wednes by 1 la i 1n it i Kaw a. I 111 a negro protest a in j a Gre gation Here Eontis coed to grow Tod and 1 the mayor asked thai thi Natoma guard be alerted. Uts Iti i a the gov Orrin not flew in Tough Para too its Friton Maraca it today and drafted sailors to it it halt leftist Street agitation and provide guarantees fur president Kennedy a safety when he visit w11-f/uela saturday w la cd i ii Compo Quot ize to a h ree ii a a Tia i Quot be it 1931 i 1 a Lus Piring to Mead in a 1, umber of eluding h Otey tape count Merit a1-minptsof.a mining fixed cd to restrain and manufacture and categories it Prid t fir o i i a to v Mono to Sale it Unis pre sure sensitive tape magnetic recording pipe and aim Minum pre sensitive plates and the open Horn e saturday will a the c. Tabish men t has in the past year. Erne of the numerous improvements and changes of the year in it pleasant. Eight new overhead bin. Have beets installed at the feed Plant provision has been made for an 48 toi. Borage space another building has been constructed there also. In Progress now lithographic is the comp no r modelling of the hatchery building on White Street. I

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