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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - December 22, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news election and floods top Iowa news stories vol. 80, no. 300 it. Pleasant Iowa monday evening december 22, 1958 by Cutter. Of per week by Man 7m per it Des Moines up a the Strong i at Iowa designed most of the in democratic party tide in the tall eternal instruments placed in Amer general elections and last sum Ica a satellites and rockets shot Mere a rampaging floods in South into the upper reaches of space Western Iowa waged a nip-and-1 the equipment performed Well tuck Battle for the no. I news Story enough to produce a Host of new of the year in the United press data on radiation layers surround International poll of Iowa newsmen. Ing the Earth. Tile Winner by a very narrow margin was tile democratic Victory. The democrats sent gov. Herschel c. Loveless Back to the and 1958 also saw the institution of the Quot Point system and an Allied program log a save too with the year nearly ended statehouse with Democrat Edward j acting state traffic commissioner Mcmanus Keokuk As lieutenant j Russell Brown s widely publicized governor. J Campaign to save too lives had in addition democrats running j an outside Chance of being Suc for state Senate and House of j Cess Ful with the state. Representatives seats As Well As for county offices throughout the state made their strongest run the status of the Point system which has been called successful by authorities has not yet been Goldfine sentenced to three months want authority to move a dangerous mental patients Des Moines up a state a officials plan to ask the Iowa leg a industrialist Slature to help them take another j today was sen step toward an a open door policy i Boston i up Bernard Goldfine to three months in prison i at the Iowa mental institutes for a pet Zan it a v or prise term n. Coon i Crim unit the j Sud. I Gilt tin tempt of court. Cal Indue Charles e. Wyning since the protest vote in the declared some say it is Legal darkest depression Days of the others say not. But it is still in 1930 s. Force. Hie Grimm est Story of the year was the floods which claimed 19 lives and caused property damage in the millions of dollars to about a dozen southwestern counties. Flood damage widespread hardest hit in the first few Days o Connor car death the University of Iowa again hit the headlines with its big ten Champion Hawkeye now in California getting ready for the Rose bowl game. But the University was saddened Iowa Hig Hwa v a Iowa Quot highways of the future Are Here now. The state Highway commission in 1958 opened 66 Miles of Federal i Dom nah to Nile the Iowa Board of control will authority to Transfer Quot danger or. Indicated lie would ohs patients who need confine Iii cd iced Goldfine to a Long meat in a Security building to i m. But said a longer tile Anamosa men s reformatory. Or make the textile to 1 the mental patients be i Valim of political Dis a transferred to the reformatory i self but would be placed in tile m e said a longer term j improved criminally insane Ward one Yea in prison would at tile prison. President the right to1 or. Joseph Stomel a Psychia interstate highways More than any other midwestern state has opened to traffic. Pictured is a Section of interstate 35 and 80, West of Des Moines which is typical of the 4-Lane divided highways now open in six Iowa counties. When the interstate system is completed. 700 Miles of these super roads will stretch across Iowa. Of july was Audubon county which j when Frank Bucky o Connor was rocked when the Nishn Botna i 44. Longtime basketball coach was River and Many of its tributaries j killed april 22 South of Waterloo swept Over their Banks and inn when his car slammed into a dated a wide area. Truck As he attempted to avoid rescuers and searcher combed 1 hitting two Guinea hens. Start fund for to at county Home a ars damaged in two accidents i inst from the Independence men Mildred Paperman Goldfinch Tai Institute Lias been transferred Chiel assistant and Secretary Veiver a to Day sentence. Both ref us i re to the criminally insane Ward to 1 improve conditions there. Atty. Re convicted Friday of Gen. Norman Erbe once labelled a Obj Wyzanskie a order the Ward Iowa s Snake pit Quot but the swollen streams and River Banks for More than a week. And at the end of that time and until today Only the bodies of 18 of the 19 victims have been recovered. In september Many streams in the tax scandals disclosed by the state tax commission showed two car accidents occurred in Henry county Over the weekend and d put Nicholson investigated them. Saturday at 3 15 p. In. Two cars two i we re damaged Iii an Accident one to deliver business records to in 1 Board of control officials have Vertial Revenue service agents started a move to improve Condi Pijor to a dec. 8 deadline j tons. Imprisonment was deferred for. Ail of the Progress toward unborn until Jan 7 Wyzanski said pavement of care for criminally lie purposely delayed imprison j insane patients have in the Back ment to allow both Goldfine and i ground the idea that care of All miss Paperman to spend the patients will be improved by re Christmas holidays at Home and j moving the a dangerous patients. To allow Sheffi time to Appeal their convictions. J. Edgar Hoover s View apathy to communist threat grows what to give a the Houston tex., humane society animal league suggests something like this for the Christmas stocking. These j ups and others need Homes says the society. A movement started by glaring weaknesses in the income i Winfield groups to buy a television j mile North of i. Pleasant on tax Law enforcement. The result set for the residents at the Henry Highway 218. Was a rash of Back tax Money pouring into the tax commission southwestern Iowa again washed and the resignation of judge l. B away the Banks and caused More fowling Anthon who said both damage but this time no lives j he arid his wife neglected to pay i television set they started the of county Home is gaining headway. After two Winfield women had visited the county Home and saw the condition of the ten year old were taken. J some Iowa income taxes. In third place came the space j the visit of president Eisen research of or. James Van Allen Bower to the site of the National and his talented staff and students at the University of Iowa in fourth place was the traffic safety programs of the state. Other top ten Leo Messer i. Pleasant was driving a 1937 Ford pick up North when the Hood flew up. Unable to so e. Messer applied the brakes. Willard Poore. Winfield Rural following Messer in a 1954 Chevrolet stopped to avoid colliding with the pick up and a 1956 Chevrolet driven fort to buy the new set. As a result the legion auxiliary and the Aloucos society of Winfield have Corn picking contest near Cedar contributed a total of $35. That so by Jacob Heiberger. Wayland 16, was hailed As Ala Good Start but about $200 to $250 i Rural also northbound collided Short of the amount needed. Contributions will be quite a John Havnes a taken by death rapids Dot. La was nailed As a Strong bid for votes for gop candidates. Again on the governmental scene fifth place went to the big ten was the activities of the special championship efforts and Rose bowl bound Iowa football team with the rear of the Poore Auto. The rear of the Poore car was copyable states Ray Vandenberg t damaged an estimated $80 and the Steward at the Home. He Hopes it front end of the Rensberger will be possible to get a new set for the enjoyment of the residents. Contributions May be sent directly to the Home. Legislative investigating committee under rep. Clark Mcneal a sixth was the death of Iowa Bas Belmond. Kerb null coach Bucky o Connor j the committee looking for pos seventh was the income tax crack a sidle changes in the Iowa election present set was Given by the Down by the state tax commis Laws unearthed the teamsters pm St of the veterans Aion eighth was president Eisen Union s contributions to Iowa dem foreign wats. Honer s visit to Iowa for tile a of crafts the Commerce commis tonal Corn puking connect ninth Mons Unity club and the a a names John Abraham Havnes 87, died saturday at the Home of his daughter mrs Maggie Ballinger in Burlington the son of Alii d and Elizabeth peters1 Haynes was born dec. 9. 1871. In Fulton county 111 on May 2. 1898, he was married to Lydia Lingenfelter who preceded him in death. Surviving Are four daughters mrs. Maggie Ballinger of burling Atlas Likely to become Many a vehicle boys accused in bomb scare Des Moines up three Washington up a Fri director a Edgar Hoover has said j that Public apathy toward the threat of communist subversion continued to grow in 1958. Such apathy he said encouraged Quot dupes and sympathizers of the communist party to attack the nation s Law enforcement agencies during the past year. The Fri chief made his observations in a year and report to atty. Gen. William p Rogers. The report was made Public sunday night. A sensing a More favourable atmosphere Quot Hoover said a the communist party u. S. A and its dupes and sympathizers gained further courage and become More vocal in their attacks upon Law enforcement and other professions which Are dedicated to preserving our in his report to Rogers Hoover said thai formulating positive programs to infiltrate mass organizations and establishment of a new communist youth group were among the party a Quot Mast ambitious Quot activities during 1958. Hoover also said 1958 we As marked machine about $150 sunday at 9 15 p. In. A car driven ton mrs. Coletha Millard of i by mrs Merle Snyder. I pleasant i peasant. Mrs. Ettie Smith of collided with the parked Cai of j Birmingham and Abby Simpkins Willis w. To Arth. New London on 0j Lockridge six sons. Glenn of of a dirt Road one half mile North of Cuba it i1l_ Gleason of Canton. Ill. Washington up the giant. Atlas missile already performing a Bill want communications Job As a a Tell appeared Likely today to become the u. S. Vehicle to put a Man into space. The Success of the Atlas satellite launched into orbit thursday night in transmitting and relaying messages from the Earth apparently exceeded the fondest Hopes of military scientists. It received seven copies of president Eisenhower a Christmas message at the same time Sun new London knocking the Boz Al t a j Alva 0y Oakland Calli. Butler of Day from ground radio stations place went to the activities of the special legislative investigating committee and 10th was the slaying of Davenport detective William Jurgens. The same Quot game among Commerce commission candidates. The committee is now writing its report for the next session of the legislature and possible changes in death takes Joseph Wilson Van Allen and other researchers election Laws. Iowa senatorial election has important angles Spencer. Iowa up a the important Blit Brief special election Campaign for the 47th state sees thieves in store the be Teco store in new London was broken into about la p. In. Saturday night and $27 in quarters and halves were stolen from a Cash Register. Two men seen in the car off the Road. I mrs. Snyder and Lier husband received bumps and bruises. Then three month old son was uninjured. Bozarth and a girl in his car whose name was not listed were shaken up. Mrs. Snyder rounded a Corner onto the dirt Road and the 1951 Chrysler she was driving collided with the rear of Bozarth a 1954 Mercery which was damaged an Chrysler damaged about $300. Apilton 111 John of Canton. 111., and Henry of Burlington. One son Raymond is deceased. By an increase in crime especially against banking institutions. Young boys who admitted causing a bomb scare in a school Here were ordered to appear in police juvenile court Here today. Police said sunday talk among the children living near the school _ led to the arrest of the three boys i Dot Vars of aged 12 and 13 the boys admitted causing tim scare by telephoning police to Tell of a bomb in a school dec. 8, police evacuated the school. Masonic Lodge to install Jan. 2 and successfully beamed them Back to Earth. The seven teletypewriter Sig senatorial seat swung into High store by e. N. Smith escaped gear today but minus the scheduled of ricers searched for them but to appearance of gov. Herschel c no Avail. was working in his shop Loveless wits scheduled to visit in next to the be Teco store and saw Clay. Dickinson and o Brien coun-1 someone at the Cash Register ties either today or tuesday in sup-1 thinking the Man was Francis port of Hie candidacy of John l Little manager of the store. Smith Hart. Spencer the democratic tapped on the window. A second Joseph Edward Wilson 84, died sunday at the Van Buren county Hospital in Keosauqua after an illness of the past seven weeks. He was born april 9, 1874, in Lee y i a estimated $100. The county la., the son of William and Catherine it Klawier it Wilson. On nov. 18. 1896, he was married to Alice Thornton w to survives Jaq. A a in j also surviving Are one daughter. 1501 Aluc us tic to mrs. Flossie Leazer of Salem and three sons. Harold of West Bur against bus line Hington Floyd of Batavia and Dale of Hillsboro seven grandchildren seven great grandchildren and one brother Charles Wilson of Toledo Ohio. Two sons Charles and Wesley preceded him in death. Or. Wilson was a retired rail also surviving Are 31 grandchild nals were transmitted from the Dren and 34 great grandchildren. Two Sisters and one brother pit ceded him in death As did hts parents. He was a member of the United Brethren Church. Services will be held tuesday at to . At the Weir cookes funeral us Home. The remains will be taken 1 to Canton 111., where services will i be held in the United Brethren Church at 2 30 . Tuesday. Interment will be in High Bridge cemetery in Denfer Milne 111. Des Moines up the Iowa Commerce commission today set aside its dec. 9 order Winch threatened to revoke the Iowa station Arft. Stewart a. The defense department said the station received excellent teletype copy Back from the four ton satellite. Inc students add to Christmas Basket fund Coffee and cake party for 1000 at White House Washington up presi franchise of the strike bound Arnot Cronl and mrs. Eisenhower gave lean bus lines if it failed to restore candidate. However the governor said he would attend the funeral of Cecil Malone Atlantic former democratic Highway commissioner who took his own life Friday. Tile funeral was set for today at Atlantic. Hart will oppose Leroy getting prominent Republican Farmer Sanborn in the election dec. 30. To fill the seat left vacant by the death of sen. Harry Watson a Sanborn. Getting. O Brien county Republican Central committee chairman was named by the gop saturday on the first ballot at a meeting at Hartley. He was nominated by Roy j. Smith spirit Lake chairman of the Dickinson county Central committee and a prospective candidate for the seat. A a although the election will not swing the balance of Power in the state Senate one Way or the other it la important because of the present alignment in the upper House. The democrats hold Only 17 seats in the 50-seat Senate just one More vote than is necessary to Stop the republicans from overriding a veto by Loveless. An additional seat would add to the Quot Cushion Quot the democrats would have to avoid any passage of legislation Loveless opposes. Man came to the front door then yelled a let s get out of Here Quot and the two ran to the rear of the store. Smith Hoard a window break and saw one Man jump off a Low roof and run. He did t see the other one. Entrance was gained through a rear window Smith notified authorities. Deputy Nicholson Highway patrolmen. New London authorities and townspeople conducted a search for the men. Some of the quarters and halves j were found on the floor of the store j and on the roof. Road Man and at the time of his Semcer by today death was an Occo feed Salesman very Active until the Day he took ill. The commission s dec. 9 order Coffee and cake Christmas party for nearly members of the White House staff today. Directed the bus company to re-1 each guest received an Ridenti sure service by today or lace Cal Christmas gift a print of a to was a member of the big i 1 evocation a its opia Ting permit Eisenhower painting of the commission withdrew that weathered red barn order today Ai Lei the firm an-1 Jile Eisenhower stand in bounced it would Start bus service sunday. Mound methodist Church and Belmont masonic Lodge of Hillsboro. Services will be held tuesday at 2 . In the Hillsboro Christian Church Rev. Ellsworth Walker of Farmington will officiate. Interment will be in the Hills j t ague farms Boro cemetery. I a the body is now at the Waterman funeral Home in Salem. Inside Chi it Nee n just room greeted Between Burlington and Des Moines their guest s inform Auy As the Iowa Wesleyan College began the Christmas Holiday at the close of classes Friday dec. 19. The Vaca lion w ill last until monday Jan. 5. I at the closing Assembly program thursday. Iowa Wesleyan students i took up a collection to use As a contribution to the it. Pleasant j Christmas Basket fund. Larry Middleton Gibson student Council president said it would be used to buy Staple foods for the baskets for needy families students who take their meals at the John Wesley Holland student Union enjoyed a special Christmas dinner thursday night. Various groups of Iowa Wesleyan students have been caroling every night of the week before the close of school for the Holiday. Officers of the masonic Lodge no 8 elected recently will be installed on Jan 2. Harry Shaw was elected worshipful master Robert Bates senior Warden and Gerald Sharpe Junior Warden. W. T. Smith was re elected treasurer and Orville Allender Secretary. Bus crash kills 72 in Mexico Oaxaca Mexico up a bus loaded with Christmas shoppers overturned on tim pan american Highway 40 Miles Southeast of Here sunday killing 72 persons and injuring two in the we Orst traffic Accident in Mexico a history. All of the victims were believed to be mexicans. The speeding bus overturned and plunged Over a six foot Bank paralleling the Road when the Driver swerved in an Effort to avoid two persons walking Down the Highway. The two pedestrians and 70 of the 72 persons aboard the Bas were killed. The Only survivors the conductor of the bus and a 15 year old Indian girl passenger were seriously injured. Warn Holiday a Over celebrating Des Moines up a Iowa safety officials warned today that the traffic death toll for the Christmas and new year a holidays Quot could reach All time highs and warned Drivers against Frank Ulish state safety education director said the period that should be the a happiest time of the year has become the Saddest season with regard to traffic accidents and he warned Drivers against Quot Over celebrating during the Holiday season. Quot Accident figures show that throughout the year 30 per cent of All fatal traffic accidents involve a drinking Driver but during the Holiday season the figure rises to 55 per cent Quot he said. Quot drinking and driving is an invitation to disaster a he said Quot done to risk safely experts have predicted that As Many As 12 persons May be killed in Iowa traffic accidents during the four Day Christmas Holiday alone. Death takes Jessie Barnett aril sentenced to life in prison to name Malone a successor later sell for $63,900 through a petition action 291 mingling with the help. Acres of land in Section eight of lec inst Mas reception was Scott township known As the unusually Large today because in addition to the White House staff members it the staff tiled through Mother the so called Public rooms of the a Etc Daddio White House and into the East vtl3 a moult i _ room. I there was no attempt at a for Moines up a a farm Mal reception Aud tin1 president Jabot i Horn Percival Iowa who and his wife spent about an hour Al lid Hus Mold or while apparently j attempting suicide was paroled Many shifts in travel because of air lines strike Des Moines up gov. Herschel c. Loveless said today he will not make any interim a caril pm intents to fill the vacancy on Highway tile Iowa commission Lincoln. Neb. Up it Ann Fugate 15 was sentenced to Hie imprisonment in Hie stale Teft but the death 01 commissioner Festus Tague property has been sold in District court for $63,900 atty. C. M Vance acted As referee Albert Griener of Keota purchased 240 acres for $46,000. Or $191 per acre and Josephine Tague. 51 acres for $17,900, of $351 per acre. They were the hah bidders. The president and his wife invited the police the secret service agents Drivers Aud mechanics from the White House motor Pool plus a Large contingent from the tined services. Reformatory for women saturday for aiding mass Slayer Charles Starkweather in one of his la confessed murders. Card looked directly at District judge Harry Spencer her hands clasped behind her As the judge Cecil Malone until the legislature meets next month. Loveless said he would appoint a successor to Malone at the same time he asks the Iowa Senate to confirm his interim appointment of Robert Brice a Waterloo Democrat named to the commission Mother Dies pronounced sentence. A a. After the 19d7 legislature adjourn Spencer read the sentence after a j overruling card s new trial. Motion for a cd. Word has been received Here of the death of mrs. Catherine Welsh Mother of Rev. J. J Welsh of my rating. Rev. Welsh was formerly m the Bay. Cudworth Lassord pastor of the St Alphonsin Catholic animal hauled it aboard i Church Here. Land brought it safely to port today from the fort Madison state pm Onnen diary. Gerald record 32. Was paroled after serving nearly two years and two months of an eight year manslaughter sentence. Records Mother was shot to death in Hei farm Home in 1956. Record told authorities lie shot himself in a suicide attempt but lasses olek the Bullet merely hit him in the Norfolk. A up Captain should passed through an open Ferris Cudworth of the tug Cava door and hit his Mother near the i or May be the Only Man who heart Ever Lassord a Deer in the Middle i Ole Iowa parole Board has now of Chesapeake Bay. Tile tugboat paroled 17 prisoners within the Crew spotted a 225-Pound, foul last five Days Point Buck Riding a cake of in. To. Conn files notice 1 he will contest election by up trains buses and operating air lines scheduled extra runs today for tile Holiday traffic crush made worse by strikes against american and Eastern airlines. Hopes were dim for Early settlement of either walkout. About i 1,500 pilots walked out against american at Midnight Friday Eastern airlines has been grounded since nov 24 by strikes of flight engineers and machinists a United press International Check indicated most Holiday travellers around the nation were finding alternate accommodations and that the initial weekend traffic Jessie Barnett 80, died at memorial Hospital about noon sunday after an illness of about one week. Tile daughter of Mahlon and Mary Courtney Lee was born on april 22. 1878 at Winfield. She has resided in it pleasant since 1930. On oct. 25, 1899, at Fairfield neb., she was married to Ellis p. Courter who predeceased her april i 1928. On oct. I. 1941, she was married to Frank Barnett who preceded her in death on May 21, 1943. She was a member of the first presbyterian Church of it. Pleasant the arc. And rep Kahs. Mrs. Barnett is survived by seven step children and several nieces Aud nephews. Three Brothers and four Sisters preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held on tuesday at 2 . At the r. K. Crane funeral Home with or Owen Wilson pastor of the first presbyterian Church officiating. Interment will be in Forest Home cemetery. Injured in mishap near Houghton Quot i have to ask for confirmation of the interim appointments with on the other hand the republi-1 from Clay and Dickinson counties in 30 Days after the legislating cans need the seat to maintain i for two sessions. Convenes anyway and the comm is their 33-seat strength. I however in 1956. When Clay and Sion will not have Many regular of Brien county will be the key j Dickinson counties went Democrat meetings Between now and then Quot to election chances of both Cand in Watson polled enough votes in he said. Dates the democrats have elected j his Home county to offset the dem the governor said he had no representatives Lei the Iowa House i socratic vote in the other counties one in mind of Malone s successor it. Pleasant stores will be open tonight and tuesday night snarl had eased of i. J an american airlines spokes-1 Kenneth Burch 23. Burlington Man in Chicago it Aid there was was injured in a car Accident on a Quot remarkable cooperation among Highway 16. Just West of Houghton j carriers in reassigning Passen-1 saturday at 10 30 . And was i users with reservations on amen brought to memorial Hospital Here Jean flights. He said about 90 per by a Salem ambulance. I cent of the passengers booked on Burch suffered lacerations of the Burlington a Blythe Conn j american had obtained seats on Scalp Mouth and face his lower Republican candidate for state alternate flights through saturday lab was nearly severed. His Condina tor who was Defeated by i night Tion is reported As vote m the november election has Driver of the car in which Burch the was Riding was Kenneth c. Ruttan out of More than 500 species of 37, Burlington who Wasny to injured. The notice was served on Carl j parrots Only the Carolina parakeet Ruttan was driving West when the Hose Heck Democrat who was de j which is now extinct is known to car went out of control on a curve lied notice he will contest election. Red Winner of the race have lived and bred Iii the us and rolled Over several times

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