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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - December 14, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The pleasant news vol. 92, no. 293 . Pleasant Iowa monday evening december 14, 1970 Price to cents colder these Days by John Chamberlain Fulbright own a Page of fable senator j. William Fulbright has a new Book out a the Pentagon propaganda machine a and boy How he is using his prestige As head of the Senate foreign relations committee to plug . In an indirect Way of course. He simply appears on the Columbia broadcasting systems a face the nation program and accuses Secretary of defense Melvin r. Laird of misrepresenting facts about the bombing of North Vietnam adding As an afterthought that Laird and his men engage in misrepresentation a fall the the Pentagon in Short is accused of maintaining a propaganda machine that tells lies. There is no reason a Senate committee chairman plug a thesis that happens to be printed on the same Day his publisher a in this Case the company a runs an advertisement in the new York times for his Book. But when Fulbright accuses the Pentagon of taking a a top policy role in the formulation of our foreign policy he is guilty of misrepresentation himself. The Plain fact is that poor Mel Laird and his generals and admirals Are being dragged along by the White House in a policy of downgrading our military strength As has not been downgraded since the end of the korean War. Too the troops Are coming out of Vietnam and there is every indication that the process will be seeded up As 1972 approaches. But the withdrawal of our Vietnam forces is not the Only indication that the Pentagon is facing lean Days. The truth about our military cutbacks appears in headline after headline in the local press wherever there Are aerospace companies or munitions manufacturers. Unemployment in California due to the Pentagon a failure to renew air contracts helped ruin Servator George Murphy a attempt to win a second term and Cut governor Reagan a expected margin in half. There is increasing unemployment in Connecticut and Illinois As the Pentagon cuts Back on its munitions orders the Olin manufacturing company laments that a peremptory order from Washington has thrown five Hundred Cartridge makers on the streets without warning. Too forced to give ground to the new White House priorities that put the fight on inflation ahead of military procurement Secretary Laird has trimmed his budget requests for the next fiscal year by four billion dollars. We had 3.5 million men under arms the height of our involvement in Vietnam by june of 1971 our Overall military Force will be Down to 2.9 million. The Navy is facing up to the probability that some of our big aircraft carriers will be decommissioned. The plans Are to put Many of our older ships in Mothballs. This would Force us to rely on our nuclear submarines. While we Are contemplating this however the soviets Are beefing up their Navy a fantastic Pace and Admiral Rickover has been complaining that we Are neglecting our submarine building. If the Pentagon has a huge Quot propaganda machine a As alleged by Fulbright is being bested every Day by the ability of the Senate doves to command the headlines and the airwaves. If we Are going to a lower our profile by pulling our troops from West Germany Back to this country As senator Mansfield wants us to do you would think that our Neo isolationists would approve the Purchase of More giant cargo carriers. One of these is the Lockheed c5a, which is capable of delivering 265,-000 pounds of cargo in Western Europe in Case of an extremity within five hours. Whole divisions could be moved scratch in the c5a, and big sums of Money could be saved on the Bill for quartering soldiers abroad. Yet senator prox mire of Wisconsin persists in badmouthing the c5a by blowing a routine Accident that occurred in de fueling a plane on the ground into something monstrous. And the Pentagon order for the big cargo ship has been Cut from 115 to 81. Too Roger Freeman the Stanford University economist who recently spent a year in the White House on special projects has demonstrated statistically that while the Cost of our military commitments has gone up by some 60 per cent in two decades thus keeping about even with inflation the Quot social budget of the u. S. Has expanded by More than 1,000 per event. In Short the Pentagon ceased to be priority number one a Long time ago. Connally nominated Treasury Secretary Washington up a in an open bid for political peace president Nixon today named Democrat John b. Connally former Texas governor and close Friend of former president Lyndon b. Johnson to be Treasury Secretary. Connally who also served in the Kennedy administration will succeed David m. Kennedy 63, who will remain in Nixon a official family As an ambassador Large to Deal with International finance and monetary policy. Too with Connally his Side Nixon told White House newsmen a we have a Republican president and democratic Congress but the problems we have Are american problems. We need to approach them in a bipartisan Connally who served three two year terms As a Texas governor through 1968, said he was a profoundly proud grateful and Humble with this Nixon said he would withhold submitting of Connally a nomination to the Senate until after the new Congress convenes in january. Kennedy he said would continue in the Cabinet Post probably until feb. I when Nixon a new budget presentation is completed too the proposed nomination Drew Quick Praise from democratic Lead meat plants in area among 126 told to close several meat processing plants in Southeastern Iowa must cease operations by tuesday december 15th unless certain conditions called unsanitary Are corrected. The plants Are among some 126 in Iowa which the state department has refused to approve although no specific violations have been cited for any of the plants. The plants in this area Are Airport super Market Columbus Junction d. And k locker Richland Frozen food Center. West Point Houghton locker Houghton r. And s. Locker Douds Semler country butchering Wellman Baumerts meat processing Kalona Bonaparte locker Bonaparte Crawfordsville locker Crawfordsville Gegner a Frozen food Brighton Leffler meat Market. West Burlington and wid Mere a meat Plant Wayland. Secretary of agriculture l. B. Liddy said saturday the 126 plants Many of them Small and All shipping and Selling their products Only within Iowa were notified dec. I by certified mail that they did not meet the requirements of the Federal wholesome meat act of 1967. the same time the agriculture department has certified 431 plants under its jurisdiction As meeting sanitation requirements Liddy said. Iowa a major meat packing firms Are not involved in the action. Liddy said the 126 plants a must remain closed until they meet the Federal requirements for the Secretary said the plants involved were told on dec. I to Start slowing Down their operations so that they would have no meat left for processing on the dec. 15 deadline. A Liddy said that Plant operators who take immediate Steps to Correct sanitation deficiencies and to Correct other problems pinpointed by state meat inspectors would be re inspected and allowed to remain in operation if they passed. As of saturday none of the 126 plants had been re inspected and approved Liddy said. Liddy and or. Austin Knosby the states chief meat inspector. Said most of the plants involved need nothing More than a Good cleaning. Knosby said that most of the 126 plants ordered to shut Down will be open by Early next week. Knosby said the divisions 90 inspectors Are continuing to help the plants with violations to meet minimum standards required by the 1967 act. If this is the Best the Pentagon can do then Fulbright in his Book and in his speeches is guilty of reviving ancient history to pick on a cripple. Well Bulfinch so Page of fable goes on Selling so Why Fulbright do As Well distributed by King features Syndicate ers in Congress. Speaker John w. Mccormack described Connally As a a Fine Man outstanding and a great Connally 53, served As Navy Secretary under the late president John f. Kennedy and was seriously wounded by gunfire when Riding in the same Auto with Kennedy the time of the assassination in Dallas seven years ago. He has been a close political ally of Johnson a throughout the years both in Washington and in Texas. When Johnson was a House member Connally served As his Secretary from 1939 to Early 1941. After a hitch of Navy service and a Job As a radio station executive in Austin he rejoined Johnson As his senatorial administration assistant in 1949. He served one year As Navy Secretary under Kennedy before winning election As governor in 1962. Too was the second Nixon Cabinet switch in recent weeks. The president dismissed Walter j. Hickel As Interior Secretary on the Day before thanksgiving and tabbed rep. Rogers c. B. Morton to succeed him. Connally is the first Democrat to be appointed to a Nixon Cabinet Post although Daniel Patrick Moynihan a Long time Kennedy and Johnson aide has been serving Nixon As a White House counsellor with Cabinet status. Moyihan plans to return soon to Harvard. Continuing two Holiday customs cd Church the congregational universalist Church 300 East Washington Street announced today the continuance of two Christmas customs of recent years and issued an invitation to All area students to enjoy either or both of these Christmas traditions. The lighted nativity scene on the North Lawn of the Church has been enjoyed by Many people As they travel Washington Street during the Holiday season. The members of the Church Are proud to continue this display of the Christmas scene and becomes doubly timely this year since the scene in Central Park can no longer be displayed due to age and Wear. The scene on the North Lawn of the Church is lighted every eventing from 5 toll and All Are invited to enjoy this reminder of the True meaning of Christmas As they go about the Busy activities of the season. The second tradition of the Church a Christmas eve Vesper service will be observed again this year. The Short service will begin 5 45 and will feature the traditional carols and scripture readings of Christmas As Well As a Short meditation by the minister Rev. Charles Tweed. Those who have attended these services in past years have stated that after All the Busy Days and weeks of shopping wrapping baking etc., a Brief hour spent in recognition of the True meaning of Christmas is a Welcome and Worth while introduction to the planned Christmas eve and Christmas Celebration in their own families. The service is set an Early hour so that there is ample time remaining for Christmas eve activities. You Are invited to attend this meaningful Vesper service and make a worthwhile portion of your Christmas Observance. Band selects student director the concert band has selected its student conductor for the 1970-71 school year. Steve Wettach a senior member was selected. Steve is the son of or. And mrs. Robert Wettach. He plays Tenor sax in the band is a member of the Maroon and Gold singers is involved in dramatics and various other mph activities. Jane Prottsman is assistant director. She is a senior and is the daughter of or. And mrs. Donald Prottsman and plays Alto saxophone. Other members who tried out for the position were Jim Perron and Regina Williams. The student conductor is responsible for directing the Pep bands Ball games and wrestling meets. He will also rehearse and direct a number for the bands Spring concert. Troop withdrawal ahead of schedule winners of 1970 4-h boys award trip the 4-h club Man ears were the winners of the 1970 4-h award trip and the announcement was made the annual awards and the recent recognition banquet. Members of the club above Are i to r Eldon Roth Leader Erie Heusel Rick Smith Bruce Roth Steve Burrow Roger Bates Brian Roth and Danny Schoffelman. Saigon up a the u. S. Command said today president Nixon a phase 5 troop withdrawal program has been completed three weeks ahead of schedule reducing the number of american gis in Vietnam to 343,700 men. left the lowest number of american troops in the War zone since october of 1966. Too president Nixon a latest withdrawal program had called for leaving no More than 344,000 americans in Vietnam by Christmas. U. S. Command sources said 7,000 More troops would be pulled out by dec. 31. The Peak number americans in the War zone was 543,400 in april of 1969. Slightly More than 200, 000 have been withdrawn since then. Too Allied communiques said terrorists threw a grenade into a crowd watching television in Mekong Delta Village sunday night killing four vietnamese civilians and wounding 46. In another attack. A bus loaded with american gis in Saigon was hit by a firebomb which exploded in the Street without causing injury. Field reports from phenom penh said cambodian troops had reopened Highway 6 linking phenom penh and the town of Skourn the Supply base serving cambodians Northern Battlefront. 7 8 Grade music department to present combined concert the . Pleasant 7-8 Grade in-1 Strumental and vocal music de-1 apartment will present a combined mid Winter concert in the Cottrell gym wednesday night dec. 16 7 30. There is no admission charge. The first half of the evenings entertainment will be presented by the 115 piece band under the direction of Harold Dodd. A particularly Light program has been arranged. Not All of the selections Are of Christmas nature thereby offering greater variety. The band rehearses As a group twice a week in the High school band room. Each member receives one Twenty minute lesson each week. This is the largest 7-8 band in recent years. The program is As follows mid Winter concert presented by the 7-8 Grade band december 16, 7 30 . Cottrell gym the National Anthem Smith Bill Bailey Arr. By Vanauken chant 1970 publication palestrina Osterling marching band memories a Block band jazz swing marches Vanauken directed by James Perron High school student assistant a do lord Arr. By Moffitt directed by Lana Leuellen drum major let Snow let Snow let Snow Cahn Styne the syncopated clock Leroy Anderson old . Nick takes a rocking trip Arr. By Laurett featuring Ron and Don Smith Sunburst concert March 1970 publication Osterling following the instrumental portion of the program four separate vocal groups under the direction of Marabelle Magnuson will entertain the audience for the remaining part of the evenings presentation. More than 150 students participate in these various vocal groups. Each group has one rehearsal a week during 1st period in the music room of the 7-8 Grade building. These four groups Are identified As the girls glee club the Junior ettes 7th graders ,.t the Junior misses 8th Grade Sand the mixed chorus both 7-8 graders. A series of delightful selections have been prepared by these Young vocal aspirants. Their program is As follows its a Small world Dominique Christmas is Here Calypso Noel. Girls glee club wish me a Rainbow my heart stood still gospel Boogie ill see you again Junior ettes Are you weary Junior ettes and Junior misses the River is wide the exodus song bring me Sunshine Junior misses Side by Side step to the rear Freedom Isnit free thank you America ifs beginning to look Christmas mixed chorus like big hike in taxes still wont do Job Des Moines up a with its final report still weeks away the Iowa legislative tax study committee is coming up with a package of revisions that would require More than a doubling of the income tax and a fourth cent of sales tax to finance. Even if the income tax rate were doubled and an additional cent of sales tax added the 1971 Iowa legislature would still need to find $27 million More to finance the study committees recommendations so far. Actions voted on during the past two weeks Are estimated to require $251 million in state payments. The bulk of the revisions Are in the area of education. Iowa Revenue director William Forst said fiscal 1971 income tax Revenue projections Are $164 million. Each cent of sales tax he said brings in about $60 million under current estimates. Under present estimates. Forst said a doubling of the personal income tax in Iowa and another cent of sales tax would bring in a bout $224 million a some $27 million Short of the study committees estimated Revenue needs. Cites financial problems of states cities Sun Valley Idaho up a Republican National chairman Rogers c. B. Morton said today state and local governments Are a teetering on the Brink of financial Morton key noting the semiannual meeting of the nations re Rubican governors pleaded for their support in passing president Nixon a Bill to share Federal revenues with the states. A everyone of you know that state and local governments Are teetering on the Brink of financial disaster a he said. A we must make the people understand what sat stake. We must make them understand the importance of local government of state government. Morton also appealed to the governors to a Are examine their efforts in building the party in their states a a Touchy Issue. Some of the governors were smarting Over the loss of la statehouse in the nov. 3 election after the a Law and order theme sounded by Nixon during the Campaign. Meanwhile another prominent Republican governor Ronald Reagan of California was using the meeting to try to Block Senate passage of another key Nixon Bill a welfare Reform. O o Tat o 1 Al Vic of i if j. Al Udwin a o a. 488 48 Asp in a a a a in in a a a a 419 mount pleasant stores open evenings until Christmas feed Grain set aside �?T71 program Secretary of agriculture Clifford m. Hardin today announced major provisions of the 1971 feed Grain program. For the purpose of the january Farmers planting intentions report the department will tentatively plan for a 20 percent set aside for feed Grain. The decision on the actual percentage will be made prior to the program sign up period March i through april 9. 1971. The preliminary payment associated with a 20 percent diversion requirement would be 32 cents per Bushel for Corn and 29 cents per Bushel for sorghum times the yield established for the farm times one half the Corn and Grain sorghum base. A the set aside program will give producers More options for Corn than previous programs since places no limits on the planting. In 1971, participants in the set aside program will be guaranteed a National average of $1.35 a Bushel on the production from half their Corn base and $1.24 a Bushel $2.21 a hundredweight on half their sorghum base. This compares with total support in 1970 of $1.35 a Bushel for Corn and $1.20 a Bushel $2.14 a hundredweight for sorghum. The method of calculating set aside payments for a farm will be like that of the 1970 program half the feed Grain base times the farm yield times the payment per Bushel. Unlike the 1970 program when participants were paid on the actual acreage of feed Grain planted up to 50 percent of the farm based participants in the set aside program will receive the full payment regardless of what they Plant on their acreage. Preliminary payments to participants will be Marie As soon As practicable after july i. 1971. Regardless of the size the total payment turns out to be the participant will not be required to refund any of the preliminary payment. The 1971 loan rate for com will be $1 08 per Bushel for no. 2 which is equivalent to $1.05 a Bushel for Corn of average Quality the same level As in 1970. The agricultural act of 1970 makes provisions for the shifting of bases from farms which do not Plant feed Grain to those which do. If no feed Grain or authorized substitute crops Are planted for three consecutive years the entire base is removed from the farm. All base lost by farms will be placed in a National Pool for reallocation to other farms. The agricultural act of 1971 limits feed Grain payments to any person to $55,000. This limitation will affect a rather Small number of feed Grain producers. The limitation of payments provision does not apply to Loans nor to sales of eligible feed grains to commodity credit corporation. Feed Grain bases will be set just As they were in 1970. Other program details such As production of alternate crops on diverted acreage will be announced prior to sign up. To hold hearing on permit for new nursing Home the City planning commission will meet tonight monday to hear objectors if any to granting a permit for the construction of a 100-bed nursing Home. The application for a special use permit has been made by the h. Eugene Smith construction co., inc., owner of the land for the proposed location which is just West and South of the Northern propane Gas company on Highway 34 West. The proposed facility will Overlook Saunders Park and be of Brick and Frame construction. The completely modern unit will be build in accordance with All state and Federal regulations. The facility will be financed and owned by the Hawkeye National investment company of Des Moines and leased to others to operate. Subject to approval of the special use permit is understood that construction work May Start in january 1971. Defendants rip citations for contempt Tacoma Wash. Up a defiant defendants in the Seattle conspiracy trial ripped up their contempt citations and Flung the pieces in the air As soon As u. S. District judge George h. Boldt finished Reading the charges in his court today. A this is what we think of a shouted defendant Charles a a chips marshal. Boldt last week abruptly called a mistrial in the Case of the seven defendants accused of conspiring to damage Federal property in a riot in Seattle last feb. 17. He cited six of them for contempt and called them Back into court for formal hearings today. took Boldt about half an hour to read the contempt charges. When he was finished the defendants Tore their citations to pieces causing an uproar in the courtroom. Boldt threatened to Clear the court if happened again. End Britain s electricity crisis London up a Britain a Power Supply workers today agreed to Stop their slowdown and overtime ban. Ending a week old electricity crisis that has plagued the nation with blackouts the unions chief negotiator said. Frank Chappie the negotiator said the overtime ban and Wori to Rule were withdrawn not just suspended. Chappie said differences of opinion Over a court of inquiry into a he workers demand for pay raises had yet to be resolved. He said Union leaders would meet this afternoon with Robert Carr the employment Secretary to try to Settle that Issue. Articles and Cash stolen the Everett Boal residence a mile East of Swedesburg was entered sometime Between 6 . Saturday and 1 30 . Sunday and some articles and $31 was taken. Missing Are a portable 18 Inch television set an instamatic camera and a Roll of film $25, which was a Christmas gift in an envelope in a drawer and six other dollars. The drawers in the House were ransacked and several Christmas presents were opened but weren to taken. There was no evidence of forcible entry. Deputy sheriff Ron Elmore investigated. Signature imitation a 99 James Nagel new scout executive James Nagel Field director of the mid american Council Omaha nebr., a been named scout executive of the Southeast Iowa Council Burlington effective january i. Nagel was reared in Davenport Iowa and he and his wife Mary have a daughter Nancy who is a student. He began his scouting career with the boy scouts of America in the Overland trails Council grand Island nebr., serving As District executive for four years Rocky Mountain Council Pueblo colo., two years District executive Pueblo colo., for 15 months to his present position with the mid America Council. Las vegas Nev. Up a a purported signature by Howard Hughes on a proxy authorizing the firing of Robert Maheu As head of the billionaires Nevada operations was an a limitation a a handwriting expert testified today. Charles Appel jr., a former Fri expert on handwriting told a state District court hearing that was different from other documents signed by Hughes in the past. The proxy had been presented by a group of the Hughes tool co. Headed by Frank w. Gay to the court As its main basis for dismissing Maheu. was appealing another court order preventing a physical takeover of Hughes Cas Ino hotel properties. Terse verse by a. C. Gordon to find How far a woman a faults extend begin to Praise her to a woman Friend. Nixon to meet with Heath Camp David Washington up a the White House announced monday that president Nixon would meet Camp David Friday with British prime minister Edward Heath. Heath who arrives wednesday night also has meetings scheduled with Nixon and Secretary of state William p. Rogers the White House thursday. A White House state dinner in heaths Honor is scheduled thursday night. James Nagel Fred Waring improves East Stroudsburg a. Up a orchestra Leader Fred Waring was listed in satisfactory condition today after being hospitalized following what was described a 1 mild heart attack

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