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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - December 27, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news these Days by George e. Sokolsky Mao Tze Tung the resignation of Mao Tze Tung from the presidency of China is a matter of no importance. The Only office that really counts is the leadership of the communist 5>arty and such an office requires no titles. Whoever doubts As to who the master is had better look to his head. One needs to go Back a bit to get some perspective on the present scene. The group of men who Are now in control of China were originally known As the Chu Mao faction. This was a Small unit of Chang a Kweit a army which was in 1927 the most effectively communist infiltrated and which withstood Chiang Kai Shek at Hankow in 1926-27 under the control of general Galens Bluecher tile russian. In the subsequent fighting this element escaped to Northwest China and established a communist Headquarters at Yean under the leadership of Chu Tell the military commander of the troops and Mao the Tung who was then the had of the communist party of China. Their partisans were scattered in the Hills and deserts of turkestan and Mongolia. A a a Chu Teh is an interesting character in his own right and has been amply portrayed As a person by Agnes Smedley an american communist journalist who was his dose and intimate Friend and who better than anyone understood his willingness to step aside in favor of Mao Tze Tung his Friend and a former professor philosophy at the peking University. Chu was supposed to be the practical Man. Mao the theoretician. Unquestionably Chu Teh has a1 j ways been held in readiness to take Over the government when j Ever Mao wished to retire to w rite j j poetry or perhaps paint Plum blossoms for it is an ancient tradition among the chinese that when j a political Leader has Over reached j himself and no longer feels that j he holds popular approval or esteem he retires to some picturesque place where he writes poetry or paints Plum blossoms or goes fishing in the garb of a peasant and All know w hat it j Means. He has retreated two Steps i to go Forward in a new direction i he bows his head to Public Dis-1 approval hopeful that u e same Public will Welcome his return with garlands of Orange and Jasmine j blossoms. These characteristics die hard among any people Mao has undoubtedly pushed his a want civilization too hard. His communes of three and four Hundred families in which everybody works and in which family life is destroyed ought not to succeed in China if tradition and habit mean anything. Nevertheless. He has been pushing this program with a Speed hardly imaginable in the Western world even the rus sians have been appalled by what Mao was doing and not a Little frightened for what it amounts to is that he is taking a nation of i 600.000,000 people and turning Man i woman and child into a militarized industrialized robot army of people who Wake and work and eat and sleep according to the necessities and commands of the government with machine like precision and All individuality removed they live in Barracks with a total elimination of privacy so that1 the human being us reduced to the j biological living of a Field mammal it is the application of Book i knowledge to an Absurdity with the attendant corruption that must j surround any supervisory position. For it is the supervisors and sex Peris in such a society who create the privileges which they themselves enjoy. It is this a want civilization that Mao Hopes to use to build an Industrial society that will Over take great Britain in five years of course the real strength of i Mao s position is in soviet Russia for were it not that Russia protects red China from any foreign attack Mao would not have the Elbow room to engage upon such experiments. Had he lost the korean War for instance he would not venture upon such a scheme. Suppose some doubt arose or tile russian mind As to the potential of this a want civilization a with its possibility of crawling and creeping across its Border for several thousand Miles from Vladivostok to Irkutsk and Alma Ata what then there indeed is the question of the future for it cannot be in soviet Universal state that an idea that is regarded As left Devi monism in Russia and Ever other communist country is accepted As orthodox in China. This must be subject to considerable discussion in the Hierarchy of the soviet Universal state copyright 1958. King features inc hate inc a vol. 8ft, no 3ft4 it. Pleasant Iowa saturday evening december 27, 1958 by Carrier. Per by mall $7.50 per Yea Iowa Holiday death toll to to local schools Given High rating on new standards i in Dale Chismore regional supervisor for the department of Public instruction spent a Day with i county superintendent Mcgrath amp i superintendent c. A Cottrell de e Ember 19. Checking the i. Pleas ant schools according to 84 now i standards recently set up by the department. The 84 standards Are in the areas i of i i administration 2. Instruction and organization 3. Evaluation guidance and testing. 4 activities 5. Facilities and equipment. It. Pleasant High school a member of the North Central association for a half Century has been required to meet High standards in an annual Check up. The new state department standards parallel in most cases the North Central requirements. Or Chismore offered High Praise for the work being clone in the. Elementary schools he especially a commented on tile abundance of collateral Reading materials found in a elementary loom libraries i to the teachers on the Laten tim displays of project Clever bul in m boards anti the apparent j into. T of he children he noted the excellence of the Jafe education work being Dom i in All grades special comments a i also made relative to tile excellent physical i plants and the Good work of custodians and teachers in the care of buildings or Chi More was Mere ted in and pleased with the Art work on display in the mathematic classroom. The 84 new standards arc designed to meet the educational requirement of the space age for Iowa schools school boards an i i Admi Tratow May use these As i Guidt to better schools in Iowa. State officials Praise brochure on school plans killed his Sony Jack Bender. 29, who accidentally killed his son to shown right under questioning by detective Michael Fitzgerald left and it. John Mcl Temey As they examine his gun collection in Chicago. Bender said he was practising Quot fast draws when his gun fired killing 14-month-old Wyatt Earp Bender. Gun collection numbers 23. Prof. Yan Allen to receive awards wins $125 in Bonus Bucks Iowa City. Iowa a professor James a. Van Allen of the state University of Iowa will receive the space flight award of the american astronautical society at the honors night dinner of the organizations annual meeting tonight saturday in the hotel Slatier Washington d. C. The award will be presented to or. Van Allen by Hugh l. Dryden Deputy administrator of the National aeronautics and space administration. In addition to receiving this special award. Or. Van Allen has been named one of nine scientists who will be Given fellow awards of the society. Other recipients a r e from the National aeronautics and space administration. Sperry Gyroscope company Republic aviation corporation Douglas aircraft company Sorth american aviation in the University of Maryland army ballistic missile Agency and the advanced research projects Agency. Or. Van Allen spoke at the opening session of the annual meeting saturday afternoon at the hotel Slatier his topic was a Corpuscular radiation in outer in tie talk he will Deal with results achieved through the trip into outer space of the Pioneer Iii space j probe. the meeting of the american astronautical soviet is being held j in conjunction with the 125th meeting of the american association for the advancement of science founded in 1953, the american astronautical society is a National scientific organization dedicated to advancement of the astronautical sciences those dealing with t h e possibility of travelling through in-1 ter planetary space the society considers manned in i ter planetary space travel a logical step to follow today s achievements with research aircraft guided missiles and Earth satellites. Dohrman infant Dies the winners in the a Bonus Bucks drawing Friday evening were 1st prize mrs. Richard Van Tuyl 805 n main St. 2nd, mrs. Werner Smith. 500 e. Warren St 3rd, mrs de dusted 709 e. Washington St. Mrs. Van Tuyl was inside the Brown Lynch Scott store and mrs Driskell was inside Harrison s 5 to $1.00 store at 8 ., when the winners names were announced mrs. Van Tuyl was awarded $125.00 and mrs. Driskell $25.00. Mrs. Smith would have received $25.00 for 2nd prize had she been inside one of the a Bonus Bucko a Toros at 8 When the winners names were announced. She will receive $5.00 and she May Luck up her winnings at the chamber of Commerce office this was the 13th week for the a Bonus Bucks program and 50.000 tickets have been signed by people in the it. Pleasant Trade area. A Bonus Bucks Are redo Mable in any of the 42 participating stores Iii it. Pleasant. Giving Aid to fire stricken Batista tries to Stop drive Havana it up a president Fulgencio Batista Shook up the Central cuban army command today and ordered 2,000 reinforcements to the a a Waistband province of Las Villas to halt a rebel drive to split Cuba in two. The rebel radio has said the fall of Santa Clara capital of Las Villas was a a matter of it also claimed that the port of Cai Barren on the North coast of Las Villas had been captured and that the South coast naval base at Cienfuegos was two injured Al Lockridge Steve Loveland taken by death a. S. Steve Loveland 79, died at memorial Hospital Friday evening at 9 p. In. After an illness of the past six months. He was born March 31, 1879, near Utica Y. He has lived in it. Pleasant and Henry county foe Many years his occupation being farming and Stock raising. His is survived by one daughter mrs. William Ruth Tracy of Wooster Ohio who will be Here for the services and one hither c. H. Loveland of san Francisco Calif. Graveside services will be held monday at la a. In. At Forest Home cemetery. Lockridge two persons were injured one seriously when the car in which they were Riding went out of control on Slippery pavement at the West Edge of Lockridge Friday morning and rolled Over ail embankment the injured persons Are or. And mrs Arthur Dennison. 201 North b Street Fairfield. Mrs Dennison is in serious condition. She suffered two broken arms fractured ribs. A neck injury severe Shock and possible other fractures. Her husband suffered severe facial cuts and bruises they were accompanied by their three children. Judy 12, Tommy 8, and Teddy 5. The children escaped serious injury. The Accident happened on the old Highway 34 pavement at the West Edge of Loc kludge shortly after 9 . Or. And mrs. Dennison and family had stopped momentarily in Lockridge and made inquiry How to get to the Art Boesch farm located Northwest of Here. Motorists making a Black Christmas i a i v h .ar&4 a my i. Delaware crossing distance swimmer Gary Gaines of Trenton. N. J., dries off after re enacting George Washington a famous crossing of the Delaware River at crossing a. Only Gaines did it without a boat. During 1959 he Hopee to swim the English Channel. Death lakes Harvey Watson the infant daughter of Wayne Dohrman and the former Marilyn Johnson of Keosauqua cued at birth at the Burlington Hospital Dee. 23. Graveside services were held at the Trinity cemetery dec. 24 at i Pun Rev. Levi Winfrey officiated. Besides her parents she is survived by four Brothers and Sisters and her grandparents or. And mrs. B b Dohrman of it. Pleasant and or. And mrs. Paul Johnson of Keosauqua. End of newspaper strike in sight new York upi1 the end of the costly 17-Day new York City newspaper strike appeared to be in sight today. A proposed new contract needed Only the approval of tie rank and file membership of the deliverers Union on sunday by Ipi sym atheta response was Quick and generous today for victims of Holiday tires which have killed More than three score persons across the nation. A United press International Survey showed that at least >8 persons were killed in tires Pennsylvania leading the nation with to dead nine members of one family died in a Washington Blaze while Virginia with six dead and California. Michigan and North Carolina each with four fatalities w a re the states hardest hit by fires since the Holiday period be gun at 6 Wednesday. Four children burned to death Early saturday in a fire that consumed a Home three Miles out l. Side of Granite Falls. N. C. Firemen said the victims rang ing from two to 14 years old were the children of or. And mrs. To pert Wilson. A fifth child jumped. From a second Story window and escaped the Blaze Kefauver takes ride in soap Box racer cracks up Iii a Washington up s e n Estes Al Tamer d-tenn., the victim of a borrowed Christmas present. Gamely celebrated the remainder of the yuletide week end today from a Hospital bed. The senator took a Gay but disastrous ride in a Young neighbor s new flashy soap Box racer. The result several sprained ligaments in one of Hie senators legs and an out of Kilter senatorial Kneecap the senators 12-year-old son f in id started it All Elwo slightly j Hurt when truck upsets by i i Holiday motorists w in enacting a tragic farce today that caused officials to resign themselves to another a Black Christmas Quot on tile in to Ion s highways. Spokesmen for the National safety Council saw a a faint Glimmer of Hope in the slight slowdown in the mounting death toll by pointed out the rate was still higher than tin All time Holiday record set on Quot Black Christmas two men received minor injuries when the truck in which they were Riding left Highway 218, two Miles South of Crawfordsville at 4 Friday and overturned. Ronald w. Campbell Burlington route two the Driver of the three Quarter ton pick up received a nose injury and his father William e Campbell 58, a slight neck injury. The younger Campbell was driving South and was rounding a curve when the left rear tire on the 1949 Studebaker True a blew out the truck swerved across the Highway narrowly missing a car and rolled Over in the West ditch. A Load of soy bean meal was spilled on the shoulder and in the ditch. The older Campbell was thrown out of the truck the men were on their Way to Burlington from Washington. They were not hot spi Tali Zed the Accident was investigated by hit Highway patrol. It 1956. At that time United press International counted 712 deaths Over the four Day week end Kansas City asks to make new a Hall presentation Harvey Louis Watson 73, died at University Hospital in Iowa City Friday at i 45 p. In. He was born Den 29, 1884, in Oquawka iu., the son of Levi and Laura Clark Watson. On dec 29. 1908 to was married to Reatha Moody in Reed 111. She preceded him Iii death. To this Union was born two daughters Virginia l. Mrs. Denver Piatt who died in 1953 and Dorothy l mis. Dale Watts of Salem. Also surviving Are six grandchildren Louis f. Piatt who is in the armed forces Ann Piatt of Burlington David. Walter and Kevin Piatt and Dianna Watts two Brothers Guy c. Watson of Monmouth la and Fred w. Watson of Aberdeen s. A two Sisters or Ward Maude Kelly of Biggsville 111., and mrs. Dennis Ethel Walker of Alhambra Calif. He was preceded in death by one sister mrs Clint Welch and his parents. Funeral services will to held monday at 2 p in at the first Baptist Church with Rev. James Troxcil my Rev Jay n Waterman pastor of Hie Salem congregational Church officiating. The family will meet friends at tin Weir cookes funeral Home sunday evening Between 7 and 9. Interment will be in Forest Home cemetery. Indicate Tibet waging revolt Tokyo up reports filtering p. Of Remote Tibet indicated today Hie tiny ancient nation is it i a a an armed revolt against Clum be communist Rule. They Saai 65, persons h a been killed The months Long fighting. The reports said the Dalai i Iii a spiritual Leader of the the new brochure of it. Pleasant schools and the proposed reorganization a schools for a new Day a has received commendation from state department of Public instruction officials. Joseph s. Davis Legal advisor for the department and former superintendent of schools in Henry county writes in part to supt. C. A Cottrell a i think that you Francis Dunn and Marvin Hunting and other contributing people have evolved a piece of work which is a Model of clearness conciseness and originality. I particularly liked the introduction a where there is no vision the people perish proverbs 29-18 and your comparable graphs at the end it in my personal opinion that you have said More in fewer pages in this brochure than any i have i Seibert director administration and finance writes a this is a very Fine publication and or. Hunting and the committee Are to be congratulated for a very thorough study. You and Minturn have done a very Fine editorial Job and the result of the study arc presented in a rare combination of Brevity and John g. Shultz reorganization consultant states in part also a i particularly want to mention the effectiveness that i think your presentation us of curricular and extra curricular offerings. For example i think it is possible with the kind of a Chart you have placed on pages 16 and 17 for a Parent or Patron to not Only see the number of courses offered in a Given Field but the number of semesters and what grades they will be offered. Again May i congratulate your committee on the Quality of the leadership that is apparent from this Only two Short of prediction chuckle in the news shoe Cai ski headache Pittsburg up a George West 42. Was shooed off to jail today after he shoes his wife. Kathering West. 27, was treated at St. Francis Hospital for a Scalp laceration suffered when her husband struck liar with a shoe. Mountain top nation May seek Asylum in India. The reports came from new Delhi Calcutta Bhutan. Katmandu Calimpong darjeeling and smaller Hill cities near the tibetan Border. By up three Early morning traffic deaths in Iowa today raised the states f or Day Christmas Holiday Highway death toll to to persons Only two Short of the 12 persons safety officials predicted would die in traffic mishaps during the period. The deaths boosted the 1958 traffic toll to 589, which was 98 less than the 637 killed through dec. 27, last year. The latest victims were Richard g. Thompson 33, Corning who was killed when his truck Jackknife near Gravity Milton Francis Moused 22, Alton who lost control of his car on Iowa 5 near Cleghorn and Wanda Fitzsimmons 20, Albia who was killed when she lost control of her car while apparently racing another car in d s Moines. Thompson married and the tether of five children was found dead about 7 . Today in a hell some 75 Yards from his Semi trailer truck on Iowa 148 about 3�?T> Mips North of Gravity. However authorities said Thompson s watch was broken and stopped at 12 25. And that the Accident probably occurred at that time this morning. Mousel was killed when his car loft the Highway and rammed into a tree. A passenger in his car Raymond Brewer. 21, Rural Cherokee was injured and reported in Good condition in Sioux Valley Hospital in Cherokee. Miss Fitzsimmons a thrown from her vehicle when it skidded and slammed broadside into a Utility pole. Two others in the car eve in Wadle 21, St. Marys and Jean Shearman 21, Rural Siren wig., were injured and reported in fairly Good condition at Broa lawns general Hospital Here. Police were holding the Driver of the other car William Neal 23. Des Moines for investigation. It a it two of the victim were killed Friday in two separate traffic accidents in the state. In addition another iowan was killed in an Accident in Texas. The Friday victims were Keith Kitelinger 45, Exira and Vemer Mauk 60, Des Moines. Mrs. Hanna Charlotte Melaas West Des Moines was killed in a two car Accident on u. S. 77 at san Benito Texas. Authorities said the car in which she was Riding smashed head on into a vehicle being driven by two teen agers. Other injuries in the crash were not serious. New Penny a tills is reverse Side of the new Lincoln Penny on which Cornage begins Jan. 2. It shows the Entrance of the Lincoln memorial in Washington. Design is by Frank Gas Parro of the Philadelphia mint Pilot killed Poplar Bluff. To. Pill. Col Ernest m Howell 40, was killed instantly and his wife and two children seriously injured when their Light plane crashed while attempting to and at the Poplar Bluff Airport Friday mrs. Howell and tile children a boy and a girl were taken to Lucy Lee Hospital. Two in. N who were until a Kansas City. Up the Kansas City chamber of Commerce today sought to make a new presentation in its bid for the agricultural Hall of Fame in a letter to Howard a Cowden president of the Hall at Fame n., Carl b Recliner president of the chamber asked to be allowed to make the new presentation at a meeting Jan. 23 the Hall of Fame organization is considering Sites in the Kansas City metropolitan area the Des Moines Ames. Iowa. Ana and at Springfield Iii Rechner told Cowden that if Kansas City is selected As the site the chamber will support a Campaign to raise $5 million dollars for the project. Near the Airport told the Highway patrolmen the plane seemed to be making a Normal Landing when its Power apparently failed Howell was stationed at Offutt a r Force base. Omaha neb. Oxnam recovering nurse Jane Caffre a takes pulse of methodist Bishop g. Bromley Oxnam in a new York Hospital. Where he is recovering from injuries in a taxi mishap. Leaving the taxi he closed the door on his coat and was dragged. His left was fractured and his head was Cut. Oxnam 67, was visiting in new York from Washington. Opening on most wanted fugitives list Washington up a the Fri had an opening today on its list of the nations a Rio most wanted fugitives because one of the underworld s a a elite could t stay out of new trouble. The vacancy occurred with the capture in Al Cajon Calif., of Daniel w diam of Connor 30, an athletic bad Guy who evaded the Long of the Law since 1953 by radically changing his appearance. O Connor who the Fri said once a beat a Canadian mounted police officer had been working for several years in Al Cajon As a Handy Man. He dyed his hair red grew a full Mustache and added 58 pounds to his already Stocky 200 pounds he adopted the name a Arthur Nelsons and was married with two children. O Connor was unmasked after the Al Cajon police department arrested him on a san Diego Calif., police department warrant charging him with theft of a $15 trailer. Although identifying himself As Nelson o Connors fingerprints gave him away when studied by san Diego police and the Fri. He finally admitted his True identity. A punch Quot a meaning the Bever a age is derived from a hindu i Stam word meaning five referring to the five ingredients orig Mally used in the drink Tea rum sugar Lemon and water

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