Page 1 of Dec 19 1961 Issue of Mount Pleasant News in Mount Pleasant, Iowa

Mount Pleasant News December 19, 1961 Page 1 old newspaper archives

Want a high-quality poster of this page? Add to Cart

Read an issue on 19 Dec 1961 in Mount Pleasant, Iowa and find what was happening, who was there, and other important and exciting news from the times. You can also check out other issues in The Mount Pleasant News.

Browse Mount Pleasant News

How to Find What You Are Looking for on This Page

We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to make the text on a newspaper image searchable. Below is the OCR data for 19 Dec 1961 Mount Pleasant News in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Because of the nature of the OCR technology, sometimes the language can appear to be nonsensical. The best way to see what’s on the page is to view the newspaper page.

Show OCR

Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - December 19, 1961, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news vol. So no. 2b7 it. Pleasant Iowa it Esi Ayen ening dec. 19, i Ike i 1hesl zip Indian troops end 451 years of portuguese Rule in India Mihk a Linc i Isi is English h the language of the1 Amel tear people although in some i a Spanish is an important Sec Tandan prevalent language. It is not to be assumed that All those who american territory prior to the revolution were English speaking people. Actually among the earliest settlers were persons who poke other languages such As French Spanish. Poi wee dutch. German in a non dialects swed i hand numerous african languages and dialects even 18th Century English was not one dialect of the language on of the varieties of English air so different that thew Ca uni 11 to it understood other r ugh ii a k r. People now a comes the cite of new York and seeks to have the state Sangim Goa up a Tough Indian troops today ended 451 years of portuguese Rule in India. At to a. In. <11 30 In est monday turban wearing sikh warriors and other Indian soldiers crossed Over Hie 300 Yard wide Mondovi River and took Goa capital of Sangim unopposed. For All practical purposes this finished in 30 hours this War for 1.300 Square Miles of Paddy lands Palm Trees and River estuaries on India s West coast. The lightning Victory gave India Complete control of the three enclaves of Goa and Din. The estimated 3000 defenders legislature act of Guam a i Mea Sui purpose. Of voting for the. Is that a that language the any of 27 Lan of literacy for tin Ovid Nee a _ a a Villi "fbil, a listed at Mill Holiday events City of new bowed to the Superior Force of about 30,000 Indian Ai Navy and air Force attackers in tile entire Goa operation an Indian defense ministry spokesman said there were eight killed Ana Quot some wounded on his Side and portuguese casualties also Wen la. Gen. J n. Command of the forces announced de the surrender governor general Vassal Ile Silva who had vowed Only monday that his men would resist a to the end school janitor found dead Choudhuri in Indian invasion he had accepted portuguese Hoys and Iris Are guests at kiwanis and. Not i ii w cd i gigs Wains meet the Harlan Harn Bui of Chipi it to up. Bookurn. Nult in. Til Remus if i s cd a >1 Kimani. Members Oiler boy. And supper at the kit monday evening at. Bak d to an pot Alo. A lad and ice Cream Aid Candy made up i lie decorations were Holiday season. James Green named c of g president Jam m Green owner a operas or of Jim greens Standar service was elect d president of the of i chamber of coir Merer a a meeting of the Cha re of do re tors Sims morning la sen. John Marshall Butler democrats think they can beat these four Republican u s senators come 1962 election tune according to report in Asung Tofu the Democrat t now have a 64-3� margin in the a world s most get in e Job. It 1 it itral press after the o in will of i numb i Appl no a on i Low of col 11 Ell Ann Arbor. Mien Loup . W de 111 miming Pilate to til a loomed be vet a Cill it and Alai i Ork Oiwa a la i figure Charles f the tin in of i was Cia in take part m Hie prot Airt adv been it i Tow reported has 56 daily i a Public lied in one of the top event of a series . Quot a a i t n fug tile of programs and entertainments at \ u. I o be much higher but the mental health Institute during a jul Len a la do o hum i our schools the Holiday Beacon will be the i. A to. Mot her Mugue of Christ ism program in the auditor Uliey earn some kind aim thursday evening at 7 30 ii i m instance when i Many will child there were five or six mentation. Yiddish a w. Papers with several events have , Temh on held under the auspices of or Milieu it ions. Volunteers and visiting n Faical organizations. Special works i oui divisive ship services Are conducted at r pie kiss of designated times churches of the to the. So called minorities Community f i Iii . per scheduled events for wednesday us a. To Nailer on a racial of this week Are it Sis to pro ii 45 a m veterans dinner Andt a in the gifts Des Moines Coli american legion auxiliary units i p in Bandi of i it it the Mediapolis school band and at 7 30 p in. Christmas concert in the auditorium the a i be Moi in lid p Ducal ii in i of ii standpoint baneful e on an ire very Benni. ,. Your country it has been a p Lim to find a basis for in h of cult ural Unity we pc a written Constitu-1 a prod a t of a a c avg preut of British history t7io. A a w. At. P co the Constitution a re not necessarily British. Inti i w la a a he const till on a a laity i ii. A. A Bai moment inhabited persons a an. Of languages and i a Vul a \ a. A a it w so i n Ellio Enn e n i w As not do cult to lib a Anglo Saxon concepts utile to. A Art a of confederation no u r n it it Ion because the Amu saxons a prevalent and to on it Quot up. Played Small Toletis or Virginia which most Impi taut Colure beginning of tory and they were Mcdowell ii. Salem. Junior High school Here was found dead in flu furn Jace room at the school at la 45 a in tuesday ins wife who is la teacher at tile school. A City and county audio ii irs were called to the n county medical examine i i Rober Wettach j indicated d. Atli was due to a heart attack i the body was taken to the Waterman funeral Home at Salim. Must wait i util july i to attach w school areas ticket sales for kiwanis t and a series totals 615 father of president collapses on Golf course Vin of Gult to Leth i mix t i -1h i cd 11 Cia to. Is plea ant unit Uteri tile children cd Wilson i Rue special aug i Ond from supt. Forma Nek and from Rolf of Sweden who pent Sev a past summer in it. R the sponsorship of k. Aii a lutheran Church of Bur Lington. On Friday evening a party veterans will be Given the log no Dos Moi nos g i county Post at 7 3o next i tuesday evening a movie will be shown on wednesday afternoon. Next week a birthday party tor All having birthdays in december will be held the new year dance will be h. Id on thursday evening. Dec. 28 i on tuesday. Jan. 2. A gala new Yea in party will be held in the auditor aim at 2 15 In with game Iro and prize gifts. Boards of education must wait until i or july i. 1962, to attach areas with j no huh school to school districts in m a 1 it a Ona an Quot ii detail sax i must of pc a dec Ion and w 11 add Ifan a it Cali Anglo-1 torn As Jefferson who wrote a do ration of inde d lie Madison i fun la a la it la i it Era it d la that t attached to Anglo Saxon president Hack in Washington must l Eva w lation and Aries or else ideals of the right to vol la ugly it in Pla \ n Lupine i 1 p i Ion a gild in Ani role f a people it to accept 1880this coun Neou. Politically and stronger than it is a Namu prior to try War Honing spirit daily tile i e to fir absorbing a rat i the million from a ii the world a. Ocia cd Large i inti a parts n umbel to i it ten nil citizens and voters Wiluin Anglo Saxon traditions it i. 11 and Aldose cultures were Cioli. I and vied w Ith this country and its established habits the earlier immigrants of a particular group were anxious that people of the. A kind be assimilated in Amene Iii life in this Effort tile social so a a Rorn and the Public schools played a potent role. They enter d upon what they then called americanization programs most of wide ii wide e 11 cd 11 pc and successful although two counter movements develop d simultaneously Munch the Light of foreign Lan Cairn w Pap. Is to encourage a Tama. In i of Gin and the develop it of d tense organizations to a aim a of new immigrants. In ii i he ill Ion trend Tow Ara assimilation in. To b successful until the Lucres a d immigration of aliens que to the Universal Depres of uie 1920�?Ts. This is nil least in relation to the net a migration of Central Amer Pep -. Par a ulary puerto Picans who have been both american negro and the Ani i whee. Such a rejection is a u u. Ai the Irish and the jews have it up Tience a similar excl a its most undignified forms. Tin puerto Picans were mimed maintain neg a 12-year program. I atty. Gen Evan a Hul Tinan told,.y ruled that the Webster county aboard of education a was premature a when it attached an area to another District at a meeting sept. La. Paul Johnston state superintendent of Puble inst . N asked for the ruling following i Webster county a action j Johnston said the ruling is a pm Cable to All county boards of education in the state. The county boards until july i. In tit ions for Corgan establish new bound dismiss petitions. Rcs-<1 is or i cts also have Hie a on All proposed re a begun july i 1962. Hult num Sale in his opinion Washington up a presi should a county Board decide to Den pc in appt,.ring rented of a Lech an area o a Lye it a school i 24-hour Stopover in Florida distil. Its decision be a turned to Washington today forh1.u> a l a a a a Aiu of cd a ii Ting with the National scour of a a i it v count ii and preparations for his i How eve the a a Lii nent of the Bermuda meeting with British i non District t to the area prime minister Harold Macmillan j having a 12-Vear school would not the. Presidents Jet landed at become effects until All provisions is National Airport atom the state Law Ai. Met this in 10 12 c st1 after the two nudes full payment it the Airn Houi flight from Florida i cultural land a credit which will the presidents in normally j Iob Ltd a fu1 i i2 or 1963 Hinds at Andrews ail Force base a nearby Maryland but former president Dwight d. Eisenhower on at least one occasion came in at the commercial Airport. Commercial jets Are not permit a re to land at National which is just a Lew blocks from downtown Washington. The president had appeared weary when he returned from his South american trip but looked unproved today. His father former ambassador Joseph p Kennedy came to see him off from the Palm of Ach Airport wearing shorts and a sweater. Because of the cold he picked up in latin America Kennedy changed his plans and stopped off in Florida for some rest and Sunshine monday. Monday night afer brine examined two doctors the White Houm said his condition had unproved greatly. A total cd Cis ticket were old to the Kiwame. Sponsored travel and adventure series this year ii f Mcleran. Cd airman reported to the kiwanis club monday evening tile tickets were for adults school Stu dents and school students. Total receipts amounted to $2,-782 50 tile net after paying for the programs special literature Aci a it rising and incidental expense was $1,382.32 Hie do Kiwan ians who sold the most and the number sold a m wet Tach. 40. Orville Allend a 30 Leo Bragg 27 Dale boat. 26 la f. Mcleran 24. Anc or Max Deal. 22 average Price of acre of Iowa land unchanged Weh t Flam Beach. Ria up former Ambas ador Joseph p Kennedy father of the president pm the Golf course today from an apparent Ileal attack and was taken to a to ?a1 la. Quot Seno it condition Mother j a Rhine administrator of s Mary s to pita Here said to c 73-Yc a old Multi millionaire was brought to he Hospital in an ambulance rom ins Oceanside Home at Palm Beach she said he apparently had suffered a heart attack. The pre ode lits brother. Atty Gen Robert f Kennedy a notified Telephone it his a. Hing to offic cd his father illness and promptly called the chief a ecu to eat in White House Only a few hours before the it id i or Kennedy had seen the president Toff on his return trip to wa.slnrc-. Ton after a Day s rest in the Florida j Sun from a gruelling weekend trip j to South America the president j had stayed at Tim Home of a Friend however i near the Kennedy Winter mansion i Here the Lio Pital a id i in tined v. Mother of the president was with hoi husband mrs Jacqueline Kennedy. Wile of the in Idem Vas. Laying Here w do in r two c Hildren but did not go to tin to Pital immediately k mind. Hum Dor it ordain i rom 1937 to it huk Tim patriarch of a hard working hard playing clan he and his wit., the daughter of sin old time Boston politician had nine children seven of whom survive. The it Aho inc if Herbert Kennedy. U 5s attorney general and Peter Law Joie Wale of a movie acor. Kennedy a. or Mac i of tiny Sec untie Exchange Quot ii in i. S. I on in 1934 Hicl a elected chairman in the Airn year. Her it signed in 1935 til 1937 lie served with the u. S m lit commission. He was Best known tin Public for his difficult years As ambassador to the court of St Jam. Just prior to world War ii no club Harney retiring school Beau member and c r met citer., appointee to till Mio vacancy were even i cognition. Tiny club Vertex to Mee t on Tucson f it Mug ii it week four inches of new Snow i n a t a will Sucre j a l b a pm Idem j t a r null , and of 11 in new. W a. Cie i. I much Cen Ai Ila ire i 1958 he us i trustee of j la Eti an aet and is pm re chairman h the comr Nui St year and co Weser Van co Liege 1959 to Green ii us who a the Manam d vice pics a a no of of Iii business Liere in pay commander a i w Post 2561. I. A member of Rota it in general Prog tax a. Co chairman it try Chest fund d a Lairman of Low Homecoming been a directs a it i it a red Virs Southeastern of new Snow the three Cia re rout cd from earlier ambs. Iowa up the a ver Ier correction in bid at county tax Sale the bid of the Wayland state Bank m the Purchase of a 71 acre tract in Jefferson township at tax rejected Saje recently was $48 35. The figure was incorrectly Given As $4,835 previously. Age Price of an acre of i Quot a farm land in 1961 remained the same a it in 1960, the first time in 21 year. The Cost Lias remained a atle a farm economist said Toda. The average Price per acre tin year $237 on nov. I. I Arm economist w. G. Murray of Iowa state University said after going Over report Quot made 608 real estate prices in Southern Western Iowa showed is Milt i creases. While elsewhere pried went Down a Little. Tile biggest increase was in a he i Western livestock Region which showed an upward rend of about $5 an acre Over last year Southern Iowa pasture land a. Up $1 an acre. Hie greatest decrease was $4 an acre in the Eastern livestock Ama while a drop of $2 an acre was noted in the North Central Grain arca and is an acre in the Northeast j Dairy lands Murray said the outstanding fee Ralph Mel Reedy taken he death to present five choirs at Church Christmas program a win curl Tau Traky assured tor Iowa after four inc he a. Added it aimed on t torm. Monday Rigi now starting in a la Early a \ a i . Cont inn cd at intervals during the night until there was an additional accumulation of four in a lie of the while fluff. The new snowfall very Light built lip a Oft layer Over the old Highway driving a not Good during the very Early morning but after Snow lows made the rounds and highways salted the condition unproved a tile morning admin d. More melting occurred and toe paved Road were virtually it it in i ight a now flan a or Ca ii ally during Tim. Tho chamber lot two years Ai v As vice president last year. Or Wing has been on the so a of the new. For file past 15 year ii in Bern quart or master it cow Post 2561 for ten years in presently on the Boa of directors and the greens con tee of the Golf and count Lub mrwik d is Public in in a lion a ii Man of it tary tile new officers will official a sume their duties at the Chama annual meeting in january. During the month of january the directors of the chamber will arrange a series of meetings f members Ai the organization. The fundamental purpose of the Mer ing i. To organize project on wha t chamber will concentrate a 1962 each Mem of aged to express in on the importance c cd ii a ii ill in i in or Homb did More than expected Light of was prod in of urged More i us. Donne i i. It a Mac ready. .7, we 8 15 m a a. Grail in Hospital Ralph i tee a Point died at in mute to the in Keokuk he r Bra Lur u a he w As born John creeds lures of tile Iowa land Market in 1961 were farm enlargement pre i surer accelerated tile rut Pru. J squeeze High interest Rater Alai rising real estate Taxe-., he cited As forces that tend to i push land values upward the push for farm enlargement incr a cd use of contract Purchase agree moots Good crops government feed Grain programs and the increasing demand for acreages and Home j near larger cities. Forcing land values Down were such things As higher operating costs in combination with lower i net farm incomes a shortage of j the required Down payment funds j prospective buyers High interest rates on farm mortgages and High real estate taxes. Had been in tailing ii Aith for six months to or and Muon aug 25. 1894, Riverside Alai lived in la. Kin be i lore moving to West Point 30 Yean ago. He in railed Lei. N in Stock on dec. 24. 1919. In Wall i pm. Iowa life a. An Engineer at the pow or House at the Mui tul Heath tut it it i. A. I a surviving arc the widow a son. Sgt Robert i Mccur a Egbom 1 a. F. Bin. It Cal Gate. Donna Marie at Home four Brothers Myral and Harry Mccreed of Iowa a City. Leslif i if t ivol Waterloo. And Mccreedy of a hum it i a sister , Marge of a Edy. Washington three grandchildren t a tile Boniv will Lka taken from the Miller Home for funeral at Donnellson to he Jones fungi Home a Washington. Services will Hel i there at 3 30 pm. W. Der Day we the Rev i Jovici Latta in i arg. Burial is to be in tin Elm Glove cemetery at Washington h ill c Hoose one of six to succeed Rayburn hearing for Driver set for Friday the proposal to have 27 languages to provide evidence of literacy is a manifestation of the development a zeus because puerto Rico is of minority Power in new York and part of the United states the poll a continued fragmentation of our titans have catered to them unduly particular culture and resentment to their presence copyright 1961. King features p., been n in to among others Syndicate inc nuclear buoy tins is a sketch of the worlds first nuclear powered buoy which the a Etc announced for Curtis Bay . The Power system expected to last for to years is run a nuclear Generator at the base. It is lie leu with strontium 90. Tile storage batteries the system recharges Are located in up a r Section As indicated. The hearing of Nelson of Cross. Ottumwa has been continued o Friday at to am. In mayor wad Mcbeth s court As Eros attorn i reported he was ill. Cross i charged with failure to have his car under control and leaving the scene of an Accident a third charge of not havin Drivers License was filed Bonham. T x Chi Verr in the second mules con District ii. The nation go to the polls saturday to pick one of six candidates to fill the vacancy caused the death of speaker Sam Rayburn la will be the first time in almost a half Century that Rayburn a name will not be on the ballot in the 4th Congress i Olla i District. He was first elected to the Post on july 27. 1912. At the age of 29. And served continuously until ins death from cancer la.-4 nov. 16 Conner Harrington 36. A Young a valid Plano Farmer who us a main against aim in Congress would be to a help prevent the country from sliding the Only re or and or Evan Copie pre a ii the five choirs ii quartet. To and Organ an tur hour of Joyful Celebration of the Christmas tide on thursday evening. December 21. At 7 30 at tile first methodist Church the Sanctuary choir treble choir Boyc Horr Carol choir Aud he training choir will include approximately 125. Niger die Bra quartet will include Steve moldy. 1st trumpet John Lilly. 2nd Trunp be Avon Coo. French Horn. And Mary Rockwell. Trombone Fred Allendar will play the Tympani tile music for this can Soma festival will include a medieval plainsong a third Century greek hymn text. Old German and Eji glue Carol. Contemporary English carols a contemporary setting of a fourth Century text and a lie traditional carols for congregational singing. The musical a of Stival of to nativity Quot will be preceded a living nativity scene in the East Lawn of he or Holdim Church in ii animals a Manger setting and members of lie me in Arco cd fires re in biblical costume will present from 7 00 to 7.30, this reals tic portrayal of die scene of Chris Biri ii on that first Christmas everyone in the Community u invited to View tins scene arid to attend tile musical Quot festival of the nativity Quot. Hollowing the Cal program he woman s society of Christian service will receive All who attend tile festival in Fellowship Hall where they will serve refreshments. The sunday school will he be treats for the Young children night cold wave a. Moving Aero Tate and Likely would i Southeastern Iowa sometime night called to p to was Hinch it a St Aid nuclear bomb to snit but a i a a or pee a Fin Upit a Scie i the explosion in a new of produced f Waves Tian o detected As f. I Sweden Ai for tempera Tun s five to ten degrees a i w Zero in the Fate Sno plow Power shovels and trucks Wen to cd to of move Tim Snow in Ria . Inc District. Of exp a enl g is i Psi d found to and the n going Rong i be truck were a ivs ran Earth q it i. A Eri Lect gnome ill Widen a Juu. It in Iii w a Tough stiga fed a pull the out 10 20 pm a Emi tra Knif d on Highway 54 was Nar the intersection of 133 and went into a ditch Way patrolman inv wrecker was called to a on of the citric two i trailer. Tak Knif d South on Highway 218 at Tim dead Man. Curve Arn went into i talc a Amyuit la p in a Load of Rea Iran. Fanner or c was hauling a filled Highway patrolmen investigated and local Wickers were c bed shot to it a Ion Neon tile. Day. A Ai driven h or it White. Due a kidded off a curve four Nick. If town Oil Highway 218 and went ii to a ditch sheriff v an Tull went t Ltd the St Cue a v reek a was m in to pull the car from the ditch. Tic car d of m i a n was an expo rim i a of atomic violent a students of end titled through t Kes and other in Experiment put an for in ration of under i a chief Sci a an i a cd it in results be a Only fruitful it May if Isail Guise bet n sex qua Kes the kind of lid Poi hoi plane rashes into c Road 25 to �?~50 killed la. F. Hoover 58, Farmer to oppose sen. Hickenlooper is Moines it Ltd a distal cos j an of former president Herder Hoover monday announced he i oppose Veteran in unbent bom a b for the Republican nomination for the u s. Senate Herbert Franklin Hoover 38. Ruia1 Oskaloosa Farmer and a a i Cousin twice i noved Quot of the i 1 i Republican preside said i would seek the Senate Post be aug til a lop i. A d. A Young and Vigo a it Dup to attract new vol i Ray Roberts 48. Mckinney r. C. Slagle or 51. Boy Baker 47. And David Brown 41. All attorneys from Sherman and Jack Finney 45. A retired Greenville Baker. M St of the democratic candidates also indicate they arc conservatives Roberts and Slagle who have been endorsed organized labor in the arca Are considered the strongest candidates. A in eyed p Ovet he it e hand is injured in Corn picker monday. The charges were lied As a result toward socialism is of an Accident which occurred Here publican in the held. Saturday afternoon the democrats Arf state sen Nill let i a gom i in the goal line club will meet at the in k. V at 7 30 p.m., wednes due i a Seville. Spain up air plane crashed into a crowd welcoming a Christmas gift truck Convoy today Semi offic Gal reports Sud Between 25 Aud 30 were killed. A Many As 130 May have been injured. The plane was hovering Over the too Ruck Convoy bringing Christ Waite i Quot t Mas package to victims of a flood injuries to that left about 8.000 persons Home left hand w less Here last month. Then it hit a Power line and a crashed into the crowd. Eyewitnesses said the area of the Accident was a covered with dead injured Quot ii Parry it i it roiled but s so Claud to b Airt ii an or. Hug caught picker while to of has father want a t of it. Plea Ferguson or. Was t Moriah Hospital and i a i re condition 37 rite i time

Want a high-quality poster of this page? Add to Cart

Search All Newspapers in Mount Pleasant, Iowa

Advanced Search

Search the Mount Pleasant News Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Start for Free

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Mount Pleasant News?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Advanced Search