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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - December 21, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news warmer Section one 2 sections vol 92, no. 299mt. Pleasant Iowa monday evening december 21, 1970 Price to cents these Days by John Chamberlain our. Ecology survives the Oil spills a with Luck Washington a or. Leslie l. Glasgow assistant Secretary for pish and wildlife in the department of the Interior was one of the six departmental associates of Secretary Walter Hickel who were summarily fired by a White House aide Frederic Malek after their Bass had been relieved of his Job by president Nixon. Since he was not a member of the a Alaska gang that came in with Hickel there is still a mystery surrounding his departure. He had not taken a partisan position either for or against the Oil companies after some of the big offshore seepage and fire accidents. Last june some three months after the Chevon Oil production platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico had been brought under control and the Oil seepage stopped or. Glasgow ordered an interim environmental Impact report on the ecological effect of the disaster. Too the investigation was undertaken in the most objective Way. What it seems to prove a although or. Glasgow stresses that the time lapse since the Accident has been too Short to draw final conclusions a is that there has been no serious ecological damage to the environment from the spill and the fire. Lest we get too euphoric about this it should be added that the investigators Are not trying to write off Oil spills As negligible the report says that a significantly it was favourable but abnormal offshore winds and seasonal timing of the spill that combined to prevent what could have been a severe pollution too the Chevron Oil spill amounted to some 30,000 barrels which is a bout the size of the Santa Barbara spill but much smaller than the amount lost by the a Torrey canyons off the coast of England. About 5,009 barrels were recovered by skimming and it is Likely that 10,000 More evaporated within 48 hours. The remaining 15,-000 barrels were dispersed into the sea with destination unknown. But sampling by biologists confirmed the presence of Large populations of Oil degrading yeasts which Means in common language that the Oil a Light Louisiana crude has provided food for microorganisms. Bacteria can do Well with crude Oil it is Oil that has been put through the refineries that is hard on bacterial digestion. Too luckily save for three Short intervals when the wind blew the Oil landward most of the potentially damaging Slick drifted out to sea. There were no reports of damage to wildlife. Comparisons of this years fish harvests with those of previous years show no diminution. The catches of Brown shrimp and menhaden exceeded the ten year average and May before 1971, set a new record. Since the White shrimp that were spawning at the time of the Oil spill had not appeared on the fishing grounds from their est Arial a a nurseries when or. Glasgow a investigation was being made it is too soon to know whether they had been damaged. Next Spring will provide an answer. Oysters on the Louisiana Shore have been sampled none of them taste of Oil. Too if the wind and the season had been different and the Oil had gotten into the Estuary coastal Marsh Complex of the lower Mississippi River Delta the ecological damage could have been considerable. Some species of Marine life a oysters Blue crab spotted sea Trout a spend All their lives in the estuaries other species spawn in the Ocean and Migrate to the marshes for an a a adolescent stage. But the Oil did no to get into the marshes partly because of the off Shore winds and partly because the outflow from the Mississippi River then at flood stage provided a Barrier to keep the shores of the lower Delta Safe. Too another department of Interior report based on the findings of University of Southern California biologists says that the spill in the Santa Barbara Channel has caused Only a a minimal permanent damage to the ecology of the Region. The Short term damage to Bird life was of course a different Story. So we Are Lucky a which does not mean that Oil spills should be encouraged. The winds May not always be offshore the mystery remains that or Glasgow the sponsor of such even handed investigating. Should be out of his Job. No mail delivery Friday and saturday j no mail will be delivered on dec. 25 and 26 and Jan. I. Postmaster Wendell t. Smith announced today. Special delivery mail will be delivered each Day and lock Box service will be provided except Christmas Day. Window service will be provided on a Normal schedule thursday dec. 24, and on saturday morning dec. 26, and saturday morning Jan. 2. There will be delivery service on saturday Jan. 2. All collection boxes in the entire City will be served on saturday afternoon Between 2 and 3 of clock and Normal dispatches will be made. Uproar in courtroom los Angeles up a the Tate murder trial broke into an uproar today when the three Young women defendants began struggling with bailiffs and shouting at the judge that they were not being permitted to conduct their own defense. Leslie Van Houten slapped a Burly sheriffs Deputy As he attempted to hold her in her chair on orders of Superior court judge Charles h. Older As the defendants were brought into the courtroom for the first time since dec. 3. The three Young women a miss Van Houten Susan Atkins and Patricia Krenwinkel a were finally called from the courtroom by bailiffs screaming at the judge in Defiance. A few moments later chief defendant Charles Manson also began shouting at older and he was taken out of the courtroom. Agree to buy big circus Bias Angeles up a Mattel inc., the big to maker agreed in principle monday to buy the Ringling Bros. Barnum amp Bailey circus the Deal involves Stock from Mattel which is traded by Roy h. Hof Heinz head of Houston a Astrodome co. And the Houston astros baseball team. Irving Feld will continue As president and chief executive of the circus. Mattel has agreed to pay 1.25 million shares of common with a Market value of about $47.6 million for the circus. 18-year Olds can vote at National level Christmas Beauty shines Forth at Home of or. Kauffman Christmas Beauty shines Forth from the residence of or. And mrs. Ledru Kauffman in Lovely hues of Blue. A Star to guide a Santa to Greet and inside a tree trimmed in White doves of peace enhance this yuletide scene at 601 South Harrison. I lie Santa Claus on the front door is mrs. Kauffman a creation and the Star on the Antenna was Given to the Kauffman a by a Friend Richard wittier who made the Star. Retail committee to meet tuesday the retail committee of the it. Pleasant chamber of Commerce will meet at the Harlan hotel at noon on tuesday. Cresco youth receives medal for heroism Pittsburgh up a Donald d. Biwer a 17-year-old High school student from Cresco Iowa received a Bronze medal today from the Carnegie hero fund commission for saving the lives of two men in july 1969. According to the commission two men were at a picnic area on the Bank of the Turkey River and started to swim to the other Side on the night of july 12. Beyond 60 feet from the Bank the two men no longer could be seen because of the darkness. But Biwer heard their cries for help. Biwer entered the water and. Picking up an inflated inner tube along the Way swam to the first Man who was 70 feet from the Bank in Irater nine feet deep. The second Man was flailing 20 feet a Way. I with the first Man holding to j the opposite Side of Tho tube Biwer swam to the second Man who had been submerged briefly. The Sec Ond Man grasped the tube and then tried to climb onto Biwer who j managed to avoid being submerged. The second Man calmed after Biwer aided him to a position on the tube. Towing one Man on the tube with the other Man clinging to it Biwer began swimming Back toward the picnic area. He was very tired by the time he reached wad Able water with the two men the commission said. Terse verse by a. Cd Gordon As an adult education test upbringing of children is the Best. Maheu to continue Check on Hughes Las vegas Nev. Up a Robert a. Maheu rebuffed in state court in an attempt to retain his Post As Howard Hughes chief of Nevada operations says he will continue trying to determine whether the billionaire is Safe. During a bitter two week court Battle Maheu contended the Recluse was a spirited away from this gambling City thanksgiving eve and that Only Hughes could dismiss him because a we had a pact to be together the rest of our control of the $300 million Nevada Empire owned by the mysterious Hughes was Given to its corporate Parent Hughes tool co., by District court judge Howard Babcock who upheld the firing saturday. Cause of Tucson fire undetermined Tucson adz. Up a the intensity of a fire that raced through seven floors of the Pioneer hotel sunday and claimed 28 lives has precluded any Early conclusions As to its cause police said today. Acting police chief Francis Kessler said his officers Are not talking to anyone specifically regarding any Type of arson. A due to the intensity of the fire it is anticipated that no conclusions As to the cause of the fire will be drawn immediately. Reports Are still fragmented and inconclusive at this time a Kessler said. Too the death toll of the holocaust was boosted at one time to 29 but officers said today this was an erroneous report caused by two agencies reporting one victim twice. Flames from the fire which broke out shortly after Midnight swept through laundry chutes and open stairwells to the upper floors trapping Many guests in their rooms. Seven of the dead were burned so badly that they had not yet been identified Early today. Six of the injured were reported in critical condition. Too police said several juveniles with records of arson were questioned said. Possibility of arson. There is enough evidence to warrant the investigation. Franklin injured a leg when an Extension ladder collapsed during the fire. The Pioneer was built in 1929 and was exempt from a More recent ordinance requiring sprinkler and automatic fire alarm systems. A it is my opinion that if there had been adequate sprinkler systems and an alarm system no one would have lost his life a fire battalion chief Robert Slagel said. The fire filled the hallways with a superheated air which kept Many occupants from escaping he said. Too about 640 persons were attending parties on the lower Levels. They escaped uninjured. The fire raged out of control for More than an Bour As 200 firemen concentrated on r Selling the hotels 112 guests. One survivor mrs. Ann Arneson of Washington do was carried Down a ladder from the fourth floor. A i never thought i would get out alive. I could feel the heat six return to mph to speak about College life six 1970 mph graduates returned to their Alma mater today to share their impressions of College and University life with the student body at an la of clock Assembly in the High school auditorium. Janet Mahle member of the student Council introduced the speakers. Margie Lyons represented the state University of Iowa in Iowa City Mary Byczek the Burlington nursing school Kent Kiesey St. Paul school of associated arts in St. Paul minn., Diane Nebel masses fashion Institute of America in Atlanta ga., ted Boal Sioux Falls s. D. And Elaine Keefe Northeast Missouri state in Kirksville. Although each graduate had a unique experience to Tell and different advice to offer to students when embarking upon a College or University experience All agreed that the new Freedom of their lives was a great responsibility and one that demanded much self discipline. Object to penalty on local Utility Bill the five percent penalty charged Terest rates in our state. We in i. Pleasant for failure to pay thought you might like to be made Bills for electricity within ten Days aware of what is happening in our is under attack by Jack r. And Susan Bendt Hufford 113 West Broad Street. They have sent a letter to the attorney general calling attention to the penalty which they claim is an interest charge which could amount to go per cent a year. Too the penalty for failure to pay within ten Days was established by the utilities Board effective november i 1970, because of the number of delinquents and the Large amount of delinquent Bills which were being carried on the books evidently were charged 5l interest 1 Hager James Ritter said. The on last months balance of $21.71, procedure was cleared with the to 1 can we legally be charged 5fb Bina state Commerce commission Terest on a Bill not paid within the before it was adopted Ritter said ten Day period too we Hope you will have time to the huf Fords letter to the at look into this matter As it involves Torney general a copy of which was every family in it. Pleasant. We provided the news follows feel we Are being charged unfair Richard Turner attorney general interest rates and we will not pay Community it. Pleasant. Enclosed is a copy of our Utility Bill. You will see that it says a 5% a a penalty is charged persons who do not pay their Bills within ten Days of the statement Date. This amounts to a Goc interest charge per year. This charge is being made. Our Utility Bill for the previous month was $21.71, which was paid within thirty Days and reached the Utility company a office before their Billing Date. Yet our Bill shows a a previous balance of $109. We attorney general a office state department building Des Moines Iowa dear or. Turner we have been interested in your work on the charging of unfair in urn portion of our Bill until we determine whether it is a Legal charge. Sincerely Jack a. Hufford Susan Bendt Hufford Rule out suspect in Burlington murder Washington up a the supreme court ruled today that 18-year-Olds shall be entitled to vote in presidential Senate and House elections but not in state and local races except where state Laws allow it. The decision partially upholding the constitutionality of voting legislation enacted by Congress Early this year is expected immediately to qualify an additional to million Young voters for future Federal elections. Too by a 5-4 margin the court on one hand agreed that Oong rasp had the right to set the voting age for National elections for president and members of Congress. But by a 5-4 vote involving a different bloc of justices the court held that Congress could not by legislation interfere with state age requirements for voting in no Federal offices. Too in the main opinion on this Issue Justice Hugo l. Black declared a it is a Plain fact of history that the framers of the Constitution never imagined that the National Congress would set the qualifications for voters in every election from president to local Constable or Village Alderman. A it is obvious that the whole Constitution reserves to the states the Power to set voter qualifications in state and local elections except to the limited extent that the people through constitutional amendments have specifically narrowed the Powers of the too the four justices joining in a minority opinion argued that the 18-year-old vote should have been permitted even at the state and local Levels. Too the justices were in greater agreement in upholding two other key sections of the 1970 voting rights act a one striking Down state residency rules of beyond 30 Days for voting in presidential elections and the other Banning throughout the country literacy tests for voting. Too in other actions before recessing for the holidays the court refused to hear an Appeal by Robert g. A a Bobby Baker former Secretary to Senate democrats of his 1967 conviction charges of theft income tax evasion and related charges. The Brief order be it that the former Lyndon b. Johnson protege must soon Start serving a jail term of one to three years. Agreed in a Charleston w. Va., Case to consider the housing rights of ghetto residents displaced by in i Testate Highway construction. Arguments will be heard later in the term and a written opinion will i then be issued. Let stand a decision that Alaska could lease Oil and rights to the bed of the Tust Amena Lake in the Kenai National Moose Range. Too the courts ruling on the 18 year old vote was described by Senate democratic Leader Mike Mansfield As a one of the most if not the most significant decisions the High court has handed Down in its Long May require 2 Iowa ballots Des Moines up a Iowa attorney general Richard Turner said today the state May have to invest in separate ballots to execute the wishes of the . Supreme court concerning 18-year-old voting. Turner said separate ballots will probably be necessary to make sure the 18-year-Olds Only vote for the offices for which they Are considered a qualified Iowa is one of 47 states that have age requirements presently ranging from 19 to 21 for electors. Pending before the 1971 Iowa legislature is a proposed constitutional amendment that would not Only lower the voting age but also extend full Legal rights to persons 19 years old or older. The amendment must be passed in its intact form by either the 1971 or 1972 Iowa Legislatures before going to the people for a vote. New visiting hours the new visiting hours at the Henry county jail Are from 2 00 to 3 00 tuesdays for immediate family Only. No one under 14 years will be allowed to visit. Hardin receives Nixon Blessing Washington up a agriculture Secretary Clifford m. Hardin one of the targets of a wave of a Cabinet change rumours on the heels of the november congressional elections apparently has survived with Only minor scars. Harding a solid standing with the one Man who counts most in such matters a president Nixon a was signalled last week when the president gave him a Public Blessing. Sources close to Hardin said the presidential Blessing was stronger than they had hoped for. Burlington up a Burlington police revealed today they have ruled out their a top suspect in the mysterious slaying of a West Burlington woman. The body of mrs. Mary Bernice Lange 37, was found saturday in Nie pal court Here was believed killed by a Biow to the Back of the head. Too police also said they have pinned Down the time of death to a four hour period Early thursday. The shallow Creek about 14 Miles a top suspect was described As a West of Burlington. Mrs. Lange who was an assistant clerk in my Boyfriend of mrs. Lange. The two were together from a bout 9 . Wednesday until mrs. Lunge dropped him off about 2 45 . Thursday. The woman a abandoned and bloodstained car was first seen by area residents at 7 . Thursday. The police said mrs. Langer a three 15 year old boys and a 14 Slayer is probably someone familiar year old have admitted to polio boys Admi taking bulbs Wilson sentence not to exceed eight years that they stole some bulbs from Christmas decorations at the Burton Mahle residence at 1005 Lucas Street sunday evening. The boys were turned Over to their parents and the bulbs were paid for. Inauguration set for january 14 Des Moines up a inauguration ceremonies for gov. Robert d. Ray the states 37th governor i purse which with the roads in the Burlington area since the woman a car was found on a popular but obscure i lovers Lane. Too the male suspect was ruled out following a lie Detector test in Cedar rapids Over the weekend. Officers said they have questioned the woman a estranged husband Marvin. Members of her family and friends. Authorities would not reveal whether they had other suspects. Both the woman a shoes and were missing when decrease in troop strength in Vietnam 14, it the body was found have been located. The shoes were found near the Creek and the purse was found will be held thursday Jan was announced today. The ceremonies will begin at i . At veterans auditorium in Des i along a Road near Middletown. Moines and will conclude with the Saigon up a . Troop traditional inaugural Ball from 8 30 strength decreased by another 4,500 pm. To Midnight men last week reducing . Forces the activities Are being Noordin in the Vietnam War zone to their ated by the Iowa National guard smallest number in More than four coming through the ceiling and my years. American military spokesmen room was filled with smoke a she said monday. The withdrawal brought total sunday night. They would not elaborate but fire capt. Ellis Franklin said a we Are now conducting an investigation into the a i breathe and american forces in Vietnam to 339. See but then this fireman pushed 200, the lowest since get. 22, i Ogg me out the window and another when there were 337,400 americans fireman carried me on duty in Vietnam. New York up a yellow taxicabs dotted City streets for the first time in 15 Days sunday on approval of a contract dependent on the City Council authorization of a 40 per cent fare increase to give tile Drivers higher wages. . Withdrawing some servicemen Tokyo Upit a the United states announced today it is withdrawing 12.000 american servicemen from Japan and 5,000 from Okinawa in a cutback of its military presence in Northeast Asia. Most of the changes will take effect before the Middle of 1971. Frank Edward Wilson 25, it. Pleasant Rural was sentenced by judge William s. Cahill in District court Here monday morning to a term not to exceed eight years in the state Penitentiary in it. Madison on a charge of manslaughter of which Wilson was found guilty by a jury dec. 4. The manslaughter conviction was in connection with the slaying of Wilson a estranged wife Sharrine last june 26. Her body was found lying face Down in big Creek three Miles Northwest of it. Pleasant. The time Wilson has spent in the county jail since his arrest will count towards his sentence. He was to be taken to it. Madison monday afternoon or tuesday. Too one of Wilson a attorneys Donald Bell of new London made an application for Bench parole on behalf of Wilson before the sentence was handed Down. Wilson took the stand and said that if the parole was granted lie would return to his Job at the j. I. Case Plant in Burlington establish a Home for him and his two children with his brother Art and his family Here and pay his Bills. County attorney James Morrison resisted the application for parole and asked the court to disallow it., he said that the grand jury gave Wilson consideration when it indicted him for second degree murder instead of first degree and that the jury gave him consideration when it found him guilty of manslaughter instead of second degree murder and that should be enough. He said that since Wilson hid in his wife a car the night of her death showed premeditation. Attorney Bell said that the court was dealing with a Young Man who got himself into a real Jam and feels that he would make a Home for his children if granted a parole. Too judge Cahill said that sentencing the defendant is most hard for him to do especially at this time of the year and gave consideration to continuing it until after the holidays but Felt that Wilson and his family would want to have this phase of his life behind him. The judge said that in the pre sentence investigation Many Good things were said about Wilson and believes that he could do what he said if the parole was granted. A however a the judge said in effect to Wilson a a in a concerned about the fact that a life was taken about your testimony about your use of drugs the fact you asked a teenager about securing them and about your suicide attempts prior to the death of your wife. It was brought out in the trial that these occurred when you were despondent or brooding about your wife. You might again attempt to take your life and you could use psychiatric or medical help. Therefore the application for parole is when asked if he had anything to say before sentencing Wilson said no. The judge then pronounced the sentence As prescribed by Law. Bond on Appeal was set at $5,-000. Wilson was told that if he plans to Appeal and does no to have Tho Money for a lawyer then one will be appointed by the court and that he is entitled to a record of the testimony of his trial. An Appeal must be made within 62 Days or All rights for an Appeal will be forfeited

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