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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - December 26, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news colder vol. 92, no. 303mt. Pleasant Iowa saturday evening december 26, 1970 Price to cents Jeffrey Hart Manson the meaning if Charles Manson were Only an isolated Kook he would not be on everyone a mind including the presidents. Clearly Manson and his so called family Are something special for us that hits close to Home. Bizarre yes Kooky yes but also totally familiar and deeply troubling. And this is Why the Manson trial in los Angeles has become one of those special trials that brings to a focus the profound issues and emotions of an Era. If convected Manson will go into the books As an eponymous Symbol along with Hiss the Rosenbergs Bruno Richard Hauptmann Sacco and Vanzetti Dreyfus. Just consider the reverberations Manson has set up. If he were an isolated and unrepresentative Lunatic whatever he is accused of doing would have been forgotten in a Day or so. But Manson sends a chill of apprehension Down the Ordinary citizens spine and householders Are taking precautions everywhere and not just in Southern California. I notice that a Well known movie actress has decided that her elec tric Eye alarm system is not enough and that the pistol under her Pillow is probably too much and has decided to live in England. And what suburban housewife enters her unlit garage without a twinge of apprehension no Manson is not perceived As an aberration. He is a Felt possibility. Too for the Manson family though extreme and bizarre is accurately Felt to be the logical conclusion of a tendency. Manson and his family Are everyone a Nightmare. Those mind blown girls seemingly Neutral to All human feeling terrible in their passivity Drifting through time no they Are not All that in familar. You can see their Sisters in Haight Asbury Greenwich Village Harvard Square and for that matter around the fringes of Podunk University or in certain sections of Pleasantville . The Manson family a assault was total first in its gang sex upon the family and upon the moral order fundamental to civilization. Second in its drug life upon the human reason. And finally in the events at the Tate House of which the Manson a a family is accused upon the physical survival of citizens these defendants did no to even know. Yet clearly All these impulses brought to a fever pitch in the Manson family Are present in the society at Large. And therefore Manson because he symbolizes so much has become political. He himself by his incredible appearance on the witness stand has even explicitly made himself political relating his own violence to naturally the vietnamese War. But sober statesmen too have glimpsed the meaning of Manson. Rene Levesque the Leader of the Legal and respectable parti quebecois Points out that the terrorists who kidnapped Laporte and Cross and then killed Laporte Are heavily influenced by the drug culture. And As everyone in Quebec knows the terrorist groups Are rooted in the Bohemian ghettos and around the fringes of the universities. Pointedly Levesque observes that their deeds a look More like Charles Manson than his distinction was ironic. What he was really saying is that Manson ism total destructiveness moral and physical has in fact entered into politics. Too and centrally there was that famous slip by president Nixon who is not normally Given to slips especially Legal ones. Standing beside the attorney general he informally a a convicted Manson before the trial was Over. At some level of perception i take it most Likely intuitive Nixon had perceived that Manson is indeed a political Symbol and his a a slip aligned him against Manson. What or. Nixon and or. Levesque were responding to was the widespread knowledge genuine knowledge even if not articulated that Between the entire social phenomenon symbolized by Manson and the decent remainder of society warfare has already broken out. And the final note Joan Didion probably one of our very Best writers of prose is to collaborate on an autobiographical work with Linda Kasabian former member of the Manson family and a prosecution witness in los Angeles. Miss Didion is not a seeker of scandal nor in need of a Buck. The subject of her previous novels and essays has been nihilism As a Force in american life. Distributed by King features Syndicate Call on All jews to protest sentences Jerusalem up a president Zalman Khazar called today on All jews and All men of conscience the world Over to protest against the death sentences imposed in the Leningrad plane Hijack trial a for the jews of the soviet Union cannot raise their the National outcry against the verdicts came As Moscow dispatches reported the two jews sentenced to death and the nine others including jews and russians sentenced to jail terms had appealed the sentences to the supreme court of the russian federation. Too Khazar renewed the demand made by Premier Golda Meir and the Knesset parliament Friday that the Leningrad death sentences be revoked and that the Leningrad jews a and All soviet jews who so desire a be allowed to emigrate to Israel. Special prayers for the Leningrad jews and All jews living in Russia were said in synagogues throughout Israel today the jewish Sabbath. Because it was the Sabbath the nationwide protest rallies and marches were not held today. But what shaped up As the biggest demonstration so far was scheduled after the sabbaths end this evening in the huge Square of the Kings of Israel in front of Tel a Ives modernistic Glass and Concrete City Hall. Mrs Meir herself planned to address the throng. Too Israel got support from two unexpected quarters a the Paris communist newspaper la humanity and the British communist party appealed for leniency in the Leningrad trial. La humanity said the verdict would a provoke legitimate emotions among even the friends of Russia. There were demonstrations against the verdict in Washington new York London Rome and Tel Aviv. In Paris the window of the soviet tourist office \ a smashed by a waving Stone and French government officials said France would intervene. Too diplomatic observers in Moscow expressed belief that the death sentences would be commuted unless Tho Public outcry abroad hardens the attitude of the highest soviet officials. The news Agency Tass today condemned what it called a a new fit of anti soviet hysteria whipped up by zionist circles. And masterminded by mrs. Meir dressed in mourning Black told the Knesset Friday a there is Only a Short time left. A few Days before the execution of Tho released Diplomat tells worst moment Biarritz France up leu Gen Beihl the West German Diplomat kidnapped by Basque nationalists dec. I flew Here today from West Germany and was reunited with his wife and family. He had said earlier he would return to his Home in san Sebastian Spain where the kidnapping occurred. Beihl was released by the basques Christmas eve and was flown to Wiesbaden by a German radio hot Rod cooler Joanne Weinrauch appears none too Happy in Redford mich., As her Mother holds a sticker which goes on the rear bumper of family car a with Telephone number lettered on. The Weinrauch live in nearby Farmington. Dietary practices in some nursing Homes not adequate the so Denella an Alpine Plant can grow under ice. Des Moines up a a substantial number of Iowa nursing Homes Are operating with dietary practices that fall far Short of desired standards the Iowa nursing Home association said today. The two most common problems the group said Are Lack of necessary nutrients in the menus of the Homes and poor Kitchen sanitation practices. The nursing Home association said the shortcomings were pointed up in a a number of unannounced visits staged by dietary consultants of the Iowa health department. Too the dietary shortcomings Are common in both old and new nursing Homes and the association said the reason for most problems is Lack of trained personnel and Lack of knowledge. A the Lack of adequate protein in patient diets and the insufficient daily Supply of Vitamin c Abs Orbic acid were important nutritional deficiencies a the association said. A in sanitation the standards were Low probably reflecting increased costs of staffing and untrained several Homes Are failing to Purchase foods which contain adequate amounts of protein and some Homes Are using juices and other foods which do not contain Suffi client amounts of Vitamin a the association said. A flow sanitation standards More often than not Are due to a Lack of knowledge inadequate staff and no regular written cleaning schedules a the group said. A when food service personnel is reduced and labor costs Rise it is usually the cleaning which is too the health department is preparing a detailed list of dietary aids to insure the nursing Homes have full awareness of the necessary requirements. The list will contain a the amounts of meats and other High protein foods needed for various sizes of facilities a spokesmen said. The nursing Home association advised its member facilities to Call the a attention of food service personnel to the importance of cleanliness and seek professional assistance in planning menus for their patients. Without written menus the association said it is impossible to judge whether the proper nutritional elements Are being offered. Too one of the most common problems with Lack of Vitamin a the group said is the tendency of nursing Homes to use synthetic juices syrup from canned fruits and juices Low in Abs Orbic acid Content to meet the daily needs. Fruit juices often offer Only about one fourth of the daily requirements of Vitamin a while juice from canned fruit a is mainly a source of carbohydrate and contains no Vitamin cd the association said. Final census figures for several towns final census figures for 1970 and comparisons for some of the towns of the area follow records stolen from local Home records valued at $100 were stolen from the Home of w. F. Allbaugh at 308 n. Jefferson about 4 30 . On thursday. James Allbaugh had been playing the records during the afternoon and went to the Post office about 4 . When he returned Home the records were gone. Nixon open White House to thousands of families Washington up a president and mrs. Nixon have opened the White House during the yuletide season to thousands of families. In what May have been unusual hospitality for a first family at this time of year the Nixon gave a dozen receptions and open houses stood in receiving lines for hours and had a Jolly Santa Claus roam the glittering state rooms to the Delight of hundreds of Little children. About 20,000 guests from Congress and the White House staff a including secret service agents Telephone operators chauffeurs and other helpers a received engraved invitations to see the presidents House in All its Christmas splendor. During the Roosevelt and Truman eras Christmas receptions for the staff were limited affairs in the presidential office with handshaking and gift giving. In the Kennedy and Johnson administrations however the parties were expanded As the staff grew. During his first Christmas at the White House in 1963, Johnson looked out the window one Day saw it was snowing and decided to invite All of Congress to the White House for a Yule party. The lawmakers and their wives democrats and republicans came in droves. After up reported that segments of the White House police the secret service the army signal corps and other round the clock presidential helpers were put on a a quota Quot system for attending the Christmas parties there was a sudden switch in plans. The White House sent invitations opening its doors for a candlelight tour dec. 30 for All staffers and their families who could not attend the other presidential parties. Thousands of Public visitors will take candlelight Tours mrs. Nixon has initiated for dec. Dec. 28 and i 29. Each evening the red coated Marine band will play carols and different choirs will perform. I 1970 1960 Agency 610 702 Albia 4,151 4,582 Batavia 525 533 Birmingham 462 471 Blakesburg 403 401 Bloomfield 2,718 2,771 Bonaparte 517 574 Brighton 632 724 Cantril 258 299 Centerville 6,531 6,629 Chariton 5,009 5,042 Chillicothe 126 148 Delta 475 514 Drakesville 163 197 Eddyville 945 1,114 Eldon 1,313 1,386 Fairfield 8.715 8,054 Farmington 800 902 Floris 145 187 Fremont 480 461 Harper 173 177 Hedrick 790 762 Keosauqua 1,018 1,023 Keota 1,112 1,096 Kirkville 222 203 Libertyville 329 368 Lockridge 232 206 Lovilia 640 630 Martinsburg 140 172 Milton 567 609 Melrose 192 214 Moravia 699 621 Moulton 763 773 it. Sterling 87 86 Mystic 696 761 Numa 165 202 Ollie 268 291 Oskaloosa 11,224 la ,053 Ottumwa 29,610 33,871 Packwood 157 215 Plano 109 87 pleasant Plain 121 147 Pulaski 255 299 Rathbun 113 203 Richland 595 546 Russell 591 577 Sigourney 2,319 2,387 South English 218 217 Stockport 334 342 Thornburg 98 101 Udell 71 76 Unionville 161 185 Webster 130 137 what cheer 868 956 Burlington 32,366 32,430 Davenport 98,469 88,981 it. Madison 13,996 15,247 Iowa City 46,850 33.433 Keokuk 14,631 16.316 it. Pleasant 7,007 7,339 Muscatine 22,405 20,997 Washington 6,317 6,037 Here Are county figures for South ast Iowa App noose 15,007 16.015 Davis 8,207 9,199 Des Moines 46,982 44.605 Henry 18,114 18.187 Jefferson 15,774 15,818 Johnson 72.127 53.663 Keokuk 13,943 15,492 Lee 42,996 44,207 Mahaska 22,177 23.602 Van Buren 8,643 9,778 Wapello 42,149 46,126 Washington 18,967 19,406 cambodian planes bomb near City phenom penh up a cambodian air Force planes bombed targets Christmas gift to Grandfather at 82 a motorcycle Louisville by. Up a George r. Ralston an 82-year-old Grandfather has crossed the generation Gap with a motorcycle. Ralston a retired building contractor and Carpenter got a new Trail Bike for Christmas from his grandson Mark Ralston who moved in with his Grandfather two months ago to be closer to his work. Mark had brought along hts own motorcycle and reawakened his grandfathers Long dormant interest in the vehicles. A i used to have one years ago a one of those Little bicycle ones and i used to ride to Louisville a the elder Ralston sail. He sold it when i by the communists expires at i am sunday noon est saturday. Three charged in shooting of patrolmen Sumter . Up a a father and son and the songs wife have been charged with a Friday night shooting incident that left one Highway patrolman dead and another seriously injured. Sheriff i. Byrd Parnell said Max in Mcfadden sr., and Maxi Mcfad Den jr., along with mrs. Elinor Mcfadden were charged with the murder of patrolman j. R. Traylor. Patrolman r. M. A a bobs Falls was wounded in the Abdomen. He was so close to phenom penh today that hospitalized in critical condition windows rattled in the capital. Parnell said Falls had followed heavy fighting also was reported Mcfadden car to their Home in at Kampong Cham Cambodia s third largest City 50 Miles Northeast of phenom penh. Traffic got worse on u. S. 60 near his suburban Home. At the moment he rides his Christmas motorcycle Only on his Large lot. A i just run it Back on the lot there a he said. A a there a a Little Hill i go up and Down. I let it out a Little coming Back there with nothing in the Way. Well there a a Row of Pine Trees. You slow Down a Little for that but other than that there a nothing in the his grandson will install a kick an attempt to arrest the men for a traffic violation. Parnell said Traylor was sum no major fighting was reported noned to the scene to assist Falls in in South Vietnam but the u. S. The arrest and in an ensuing scum command in Saigon reported 81 fee the two patrolmen were shot. Viet Cong and North vietnamese Mcfadden or. Also was wounded violations of the u. S. And South i slightly in the fight. Vietnamese 24-hour Christmas the younger Man fled but was cease fire. A 72-hour truce declared Ater found by authorities hiding under a bed at a nearby friends House Parnell said. Parnell said Falls was shot with a gun of a lesser Caliper than that which killed Traylor. Field dispatches from the Kampong Cham area said heavy fighting raged for an hour West of the City today with two South vietnamese airborne forces carrying out a sweep near prey toting 45 Miles Northeast of phenom penh. A third South vietnamese Force provided artillery support. Cambodian spokesmen reported no heavy Contact in the phenom penh area today but capital dwellers heard t28 bombers bombing and strafing suspected communist to network where he appeared on television Friday night and said his worst moment in Captivity was when he thought he would not get to spend Christmas with his Lam by. Too Beihl was flown to Biarritz from Frankfurt a Rhine a main Airport aboard a West German air Force plane. Biarritz is about 20 Miles from the Spanish Border. Beihl appeared on nationwide television Friday night from Wiesbaden. Obviously under emotional Strain Beihl said he was blindfolded for several Days during his Captivity. He dabbed frequently at his eyes with a handkerchief. Adf Paris correspondent Albert Gaum arranged Beihl a release from the separatists with the help of two of the company a employees. Sound Engineer Andre Chambrun and assistant cameraman Peter Kruse volunteered to take Beihl a place and the basques accepted the offer. Too a Adf spokesman said the signal for release of the employees was Beihl a appearance on the Adf program. The interview was broadcast Over the eur vision network for screening by the French state television whose programs can be seen in the Basque Region. Beihl said his worst moment came Christmas eve. A i was in a very had state dec. 24,�?� he said a because for the first time since the end of the War i was not going to be with my family for a my eyes were bound and i heard the door open. Pretty soon someone spoke to me and told me i would be released in a half or three quarters of an hour a he said. A but i had been told this so often i did not believe it. I did not believe it until i was taken from that tickets issued after 2 accidents Frances Cady Winfield was issued a summons by City police for failure to Stop at a Stop sign in a minor Accident at 10 35 ., starter on the motorcycle. J sit ions so close to the City win�j0ws thursday at the Corner of Warren a you have to run alongside and periodically until dark. Anti Locust streets. Jump on to Start it Ralston said. The command announced earlier the 1963 Ford she was driving a a in a kind of anxious for Mark to get it All fixed rattled periodically until dark. The command announced earlier the planes hit targets 18 Miles East struck the right rear fender of a Davenport Man faces murder charge Davenport up a a Davenport Man was charged with first degree murder Friday in connection with a Christmas eve tavern shooting. Charged in the fatal shooting was Robert Overstreet 36, of Davenport. Police said they apprehended Overstreet after he allegedly wounded Leamon Fields unknown in a Davenport tavern late thursday night. Officers said Fields was wounded twice in the Chest and once in the by a Small Caliper weapon. Witnesses told police that Overstreet fired the weapon at Fields following a verbal argument in the bar. Overstreet fled the scene police said but was apprehended later in a House a Short distance from the tavern. Below those of last year. Of the capital and that communists 1969 Olds driven by Wendell attacked a Village 15 Miles South Prottsman of route 4. Of phenom penh Friday night and 8 a 0 Early this morning. Walter John Wehrle it. Pleasant the u. S. Command said com was issued a summons by City to Monist truce violations were far rce for failure to have his car under control As the result of an ac-1 cadent at the Corner of Jackson and Washington streets. Driving a 1963 Plymouth Wehrle was travelling East on Washington and made a right rum onto Jackson and struck a 1970 Gremlin driven by Margaret Ann Edwards which was stopped at a Stop sign. The Edwards car was damaged on the left Grill and headlight. West Point Rural Man injured West Point a Ronald Ervin Moeller 22. Of West Point Rural i. Was listed in Good condition at the address j sacred heart Hospital in it. Madison on Friday. He was taken to the Hospital following an Auto Accident thursday dec. 24, at 5 58 . Moeller suffered lacerations of his face and Scalp and a broken . Lee county sheriff Dan Arnold reported that Moeller was westbound on the county Blacktop Road a mile West of Wever when his Auto went off the right Side of the terse verse by a. C. Gordon appreciation often savors the secret Hope of greater favors. Road Over a driveway and rolled Over two times. Damaged to the car was total. Memorial Hospital notes Britain s Golden girl olympic Star Dies Munich. Germany up a Britain so Golden girls olympic Star Lillian Board died today of cancer at Munich University clinic a clinic spokesman said. She had lapsed into a coma earlier today after suffering a brain Haemorrhage. Doctors at University Hospital said her condition had a deteriorated alarmingly Christmas eve and not improved since. The 22-year-old runner a Silver medallist underwent an operation Here wednesday for a stomach obstruction after being pushed to Munich from the ring seven servicemen arrive Home j list before Midnight dismissed Friday mrs. Cecil Foster mrs. Robert Schafer arid baby boy Berg cancer clinic in upper Bava of Winfield Ria admitted saturday the attractive blonde runner who mrs. Harve corpsman won the Silver medal in the 400 births meter run at the 1968 olympics in to or. And mrs. Robert Vaughn Mexico City was treated for can Olathe ran. Up a seven Olathe gis serving in Vietnam got to spend to minutes of Christmas Day with their families thanks to their townspeople. Another did no to get Home until after Midnight today and a ninth gave up his air plane seat so another Serviceman could Fly Home. The servicemen were delayed because a jetliner from Saigon was two hours late getting into of Hare Airport in Chicago. A a it a been so Long since in be seen a Good Steak my Mem a Patrick Kelly told his Mother As they were reunited at the Kansas City mo., Airport. He said he would rather have Steak than Turkey for Christmas dinner. A a in a so glad to see you in a Gonna a boy at 1 27 . Friday. Cer last summer. British doctors wrap you up and put you under the to or. And mrs. Duane Joy a said last november there was no tree a Kelly smother said boy at 6 03 . Saturday. Hope for her. I the citizens of Olathe raised enough Money in the last two weeks before Christmas to bring All nine of their Hometown boys serving in Vietnam Home for Christmas. Only eight came Back. The ninth capt. James Smith stayed in Vietnam because he wanted to give his seat on the plane to a Serviceman. A commercial jetliner flew the soldiers from Saigon to Chicago so Hare Airport. From there a seven passenger plane provided by a Kansas utilities company flew seven of them to the Kansas City municipal Airport where they landed at to minutes before Midnight. The eighth Soldier a Mike Stew Art was Given a ticket on a commercial plane to Kansas City. He arrived just after Midnight today. The servicemen will be Home until sometime after new years. Claim . Ships planes near n. Korea Tokyo up a North Korea said the United states sent armed ships and planes into North korean Waters today and that they were driven off by the North korean Navy. In Washington a Pentagon spokesman said no american forces were involved. The official North korean Central news Agency made no claim to have sunk any of the american ships but said the North koreans a dealt a decisive counter blow at the intruders completely shattering the enemy a provocative too the broadcast monitored in Tokyo said the United states a infiltrated a number of armed ships including a spy ship into the coastal Waters of our Side East of Chang Jon port on the East sea from a round 7 . On the morning of december 26. A when their sinister design was exposed it invited a self defensive counter blow from our naval ships on patrol duty at the spot. A the . Imperialist aggressor forces even sent their air Force to the spot and committed a grave provocation firing Over 50 rounds of Large Caliper shells toward our patrol Craft on the sea North of the Extension of the 38th parallel demarcation the broadcast said the incident proved the United states was trying to a ignite a new War of aggression in say pos receiving special privileges Saigon up a american prisoners in North Vietnam Are receiving a special privileges including religious services and basketball games communist diplomats in Laos told rep. G. V. Montgomery d miss. Montgomery told a news conference before Vietnam today that North vietnamese officials told him last wednesday that the 20 u. S. Servicemen who died in Captivity were victims of a natural a the North vietnamese told me that they had the a Best surgical procedures a and the men did no to die for Lack of treatment a Montgomery said

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