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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - February 5, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The these Days by fort e. Soke a by pay to i lie mail has Berun to come in on pay in and tile argument simmers Down to Unis if you can get something for nothing Why pay for it some say that pay to will h Ake so much Money that advertising to will altogether go out of existence. Outliers say that pay to will be so much better than advertising to that the poor will get nothing but the left overs. Still others make the argument that things Are Good As they Are that t icy like tile commercials and that i is Only Lair to listen to them since otherwise there would be no programs. They Are even grateful t the sponsors despite the jingles. T h e Magazine Quot broadcasting Quot St it me a study it had made in to a cities which establishes that 33.4 per cent want pay to 66.g per cent Are against pay to. The analysis is interesting and con f gains considerable data about to i tastes but it is inconclusive As such 1 surveys Are bound to be. Only one procedure can be conclusive in our competitive system and that is to i Milt pay to and advertising to to exist simultaneously and to compete against each other and to see which one wins in the Long run. Pleasant news a. Vol. 80. No. 30 it. Pleasant Iowa wednesday evening i he. 5. 1058 Cloudy by Carrier 30# per week by mall 7j0 per year v Aii guard flight abruptly ended Starkweather i custody of sheriff Merle Kar it aril is led by the hand by sits. Karnoff not and Deputy Des Hasson hand rigid. Wife of the sheriff acting As jail Matron. No guilty they plead a hearings Are set for March i rot Charles Starkweather in and March 8 for card Fugate 14. In Tho killing spree which left in pet sons dead in Nebraska and one in Wyoming. Both pleaded not guilty at arraignment in Lincoln neb. International after All advertising to exists simultaneously with the movies and is reputed to be tile cause far the financial difficulties in which the movies find themselves. Particularly troublesome to the movie Industry is the fact that the Laige producing companies sold their old films to television companies which Are showing them along with advertising. Despite the condition that the Pelion of a Story is slowed up while a Damsel smokes a cigarette which is now perfect or an imitation doctor tells the audience to take something for a cold people do ilk to watch these old films and to see the stars of yesteryear. With the result that they stay Home and look. This Competition Between die Home television set and the movie theater continues in Freedom Delate the enormous economic lasses to tile motion picture Industry. This is tile Way it should be. Either to or the movies will survive or maybe both but it is Competition in a free Market which will decide the question not a bureaucratic Agency of government. Incomes increase on Iowa foun Dation farms Ames Iowa average net farm income increased 72 Parent in 1957 As compared to 1956. On eight farms owned and managed by the the average income on thase $1,368 in 19.6 tenant income averaged $3,812 in 1937 As compared $2,313 per i trill in 1956. To to a in the hands of a government commission which makes All Hie final decisions for it. This government Agency the acc is a bureaucratic Enterprise which has life and death Power Over every phase of the radio and television business. Tile question of pay to versus advertising to will have to he decided by the acc and Congress and those bodies May take into consideration Many factors rot the least among them being the enormous investment which the networks have put into advertising to and the Large numbers of persons employed therein. The question that will face the acc is whether pay to will not disrupt the Industry. Iowa state College agricultural foundation livestock feeding ratios and improved moisture conditions were the main factors contributing to the year s profitable operation. Farm manager Jack Alexander pointed out that these farms Are regarded As typical for their areas. Income results on these farms often indicate trends that also affect similar farm operations. The foundation farm Are demonstrations to show what a typical tenant family can accomplish with Good fanning and management practices. Mort of these farms were Quot distress a property before the College foundation acquired them they Are not highly improved or places Quot in any Way. The average net income on to Lese farms in 1957 was $6,340 a compared to $3,681 in 1956. The landlords share averaged $2,528 per farm last year As compared to same farms in 1954 was $9,373, with the landlord averaging $4,171 per farm and the tenant $6,202. The worst year of the past four was 1955, when farms averaged $850 loss with the landlord suffering a $1,300 loss while tile tenant families averaged Only $450 net income for the year. Alexander said the farm accounts Are kept on the inventory and accrual basis increased or inventory values As of nov. 30 Are counted in the profit or loss figures. Expenses in this group of farms increased about 5 percent during 1957 As compared to 1956 four of the foundation farms Ara in Southern Iowa one in cast Central one Northeast one North Central and one West Central Iowa four have daily herds and two sell Grade a milk. All have hogs and poultry. Two feed out cattle and three emphasize their hog operations. I Golden wedding observed by Winfield couple the answer of course is that nobody can foretell the result of a new method or device until it is tried. Ii the pay to companies go bankrupt it is sure proof that the Public does not want pay to. If Hie companies grow prosperous and Rich it is sure proof that there is a Good Market for pay to. A broadcasting so estimate that 33.4 Winfield or. And mrs. M. D. Noble observed their 59th welding anniversary wednesday january 29. A family supper was held at their Home on wednesday evening. They received cards and gifts from friends and relatives in Honor of the occasion. Or. And mrs. Noble were married at Joy Iii. In january 29, 1908. They went to Kansas to make their heme and resided there until moving to Iowa in 1919. They lived in their farm in Tine pleasant Grove neighbourhood for 37 years until they retired and moved to Winfield in november 1956. They have a daughter mrs. I Wayne Stucker of Winfield and two sons Leroy of Davenport and per cent want pay to sight in Richard of St. Petersburg fla., and seen should be very reassuring for it eight grandchildren. Those who care to pay for what they see without listening to the Hogwash that comes into a household on the difference Between 20.000 and 30,000 filters and Between one drug being faster than another. That 33.4 percent is a very High figure in the Sircum faces and warrants that the Deuce should be Given an Opportunity. Plans to produce More nuclear subs one argument against it is that such programs As opera symphonic music religious warship etc., i Light suffer if pay to takes Over. This is a sound argument that requires discussion. How often each ear is the metropolitan opera House on television or How Many intellectual and religious programs Are there again this raises the question of radio and its role which May one Day be an increasingly important one. Certainly for i news comment and Fine music radio is still better than to. Although the growing tendency of local to abandon network programs on radio lessens the value of this medium. Sees Early Robin Washintgon ins a Navy Secretary Thomas Gates has disclosed plans to triple the production of nuclear powered Summa lines capable of firing the 1,500-mile Polaris missiles from underwater. Gates said he is presenting to the Pentagon a request for a billion Dollar program designed to Speed production and increase the planned output from three Summa lines to nine. Buy elephant for Muscatine zoo Sandra Dollarhide is the Wesleyan student reported seen a that Early Robin Quot on Campus. First to have and is the Muscatine ins a the Muscatine Park commission is going to have an elephant on its hands not a White elephant but an elephant nevertheless. The commission decided tuesday to buy a six year old femail1 elephant from a private zoo in Prairie Duchien wish a for the City a zoo. The animal weighs 1,100 pounds 56 inches tall. It is of the african variety. Purchase Price was not disclosed Nicholas i j announces a Des Moines ins a Iowa a lieutenant governor William h. Nicholas of Mason City announced today 1h> w ill seek the Republican nomination for governor in the june primaries. The 65-year-old Nicholas will be making his third bid for the nomination. In announcing his candidacy the Mason City Turkey Farmer said he opposes an increase in taxes of any kind at this time will support legislation furthering Quot both capital and instructional improvements a in All of the state owned educational institutions and the state school system suggested that the problem of reapportionment of the state legislature be submitted to the people As a constitutional amendment after approval by the legislature advocated continuation of the so called a right to work Laws Quot in the labor Field and recommended that a leg j Isla Tive Highway study committee be i created to a review and evaluate our j Highway program in the Light of present and future Nicholas is a native of Butler county and a former school teacher. He attended Iowa state teachers College served As county recorder in Butler county from 1916 to 1924 and was in the Navy during world War i. He is a member of the first methodist Church of Mason City the masonic Lodge farm Bureau american legion and other Community and service clubs. Nicholas is married and the father of three children. He was elected lieutenant governor in 1950 and in 1956 and previously served in the 52nd general Assembly. Nicholas is the fourth announced candidate for the Republican nomination. Others include state senator j. T. Dykhouse of Rock rapids John Knudson of Clear Lake and prof. William g Murray of Iowa state College. Nicholas said at a news conference in Des Moines today that he is not campaigning for any Type of sales tax Law but pointed out that he came out in favor of a two percent tax when he ran for lieu Fen Rural teachers Board members attend banquet the Henry county Rural teachers and their school Board members assembled in the lounge of Iowa Wesleyan student Union for their annual banquet tuesday evening. There was an introduction of teachers and their Board members miss Charlotte dupe president of the Rural teachers club acting As mistress of ceremonies. The pleasant a ires. Margaret lather Jean Shook Jean Lepe and Darlene Taylor. Sang and received very enthusiastic applause. Miss Drupe introduced Joe Davis county superintendent of schools who commended the school directors for their cooperation foresight and progressiveness in maintaining Rural schools in Henry county. He further pointed out that Rural education was changing rapidly to relate to evolving social and economic conditions. Or. Jack Early Dean of Iowa Wesleyan College and the keynote speaker of the evening was next introduced or. Early told the teachers and directors i working and social conditions were rapidly changing 2. Group action predominated and individuality was in danger of being submerged 3. In the future there would be a great increase Iii the amount of Leisure time available to citizens and they should learn to use this time intelligently. Or. Early received a Good ovation at the end of his talk. Joe Davis suggested that All Rural directors interested in joining the Rural directors school Board association Contact Marvin Hunting at the it. Pleasant school reorganize i Hon meeting at the it pleasant schools at 8 00 . Wednesday evening february 5th. The committees for the meeting were of follows program and dinner Charlotte Grupe Rachel Leichty Rozena Wyse and Genevieve Messer. Entertainment Walter g r a Yzaida Stanley Alice prelim and Etta Owen. Decoration Crane cans Erma Scott. Marjorie Zickefoose Mildred Ned and Etta Owen. Cape canaveral a. It ins the Navy s second attempt to place a satellite in bit ended in Haiti r Early today when the Vanguard rocket broke in two and was purposely destroyed in flight a minute Atter it soared from los launching pad rile failure was a second bitter Pill for the Navy in Washington or John p Hagen head of the Vanguard project. Shouted an agonizing Quot of no Quot on news of the failure a picture of utter dejection. The first announcement that the rocket had veered from its course broken in two and had been put i lonely destroyed came from the Pentagon. The terse statement said the rocket had been destroyed by radio impulse from the ground a because of failure to maintain its scheduled flight path a a but tile a explorer Quot satellite successfully launched by the army a Jupiter a last Friday night continued to orbit around the Earth sending Back its scientific information on temperature cosmic rays anti Oiler vital facts. The Vanguard Light a abrupt ended by a Range safety of Leer by radio impulse shortly attn the successful launching. Nethol til fated Vanguard rocket blew up on its Truk Thrig pad dec 6. Setting the Navy s satellite launching program Bio k at least a Mouth to permit repairs on the pad fire burst from the base it the rocket it approximately 2 34 a m Iest there was a moment s heal Tattoo and then a still larger blast of flames appeared die missile streaked upward la Gan its programmed Are out Over five Atlantic and was roaring along like a fast rising first magnitude Star. Aaa suddenly there were two balls of flame in the sky one greenish in color and the other Orange tile Orange Ball continued to Rise for a few additional seconds. Then dipped Down on tile Atlantic with the Green Cloud trailing the Given Light appeared to a it f anguish itself and suddenly there Trio a aught in store robbery Des Moines ins three Des Moines men. One of them labelled a tile Leader of a Sute crack my gang which has operated for at least Lour years were held under f50,000 Bond each in Des Moines today after being captured inside a Des Moines store. They were identified by police is 40-year-old William Darnell Quinn 46-year-old Albert Charles Wess dog. And 24-year-old George Charles Cam police said the three were captured inside tile Pigron citrate Market shortly after Midnight. J i police described Quinn As the Leader of a Safe robbing gang which has operated in the state for Many years they said hts arrest Breaks up what they called Hie states worst gang of thieves. All three pleaded innocent today to charges of breaking and entering and to Possession of burglars tools. Two police Cruiser ears were dispatched to the Market Early today after a Call from a passerby who said the store was being robbed. All three men surrendered after shouting that they were not armed. Officers said a Safe in the store apparently was about to be opened when they entered. Detective chief Malcolm Dailey said the Trio would be questioned about a series of Safe robberies and attempted burglaries on the Southwest Side of Des Moines yesterday Ai no indictments by grand jury the grand jury for the Fet Nuiry to it in of District court has reported and did not bring a True Lull against Leroy Walton of Marion who was i turgid with pinning in to floating liquor on tile state mental health Institute ground Quot Hie grand jury did no to return any indictments members of tile grand jury were Herman Hallowell Foreman. Virgil Aldreth Rex Canby Roy Dustman Harold lei1, Raymond Long and n j Westerbeck president might favor tax Cut was m lighter burst of flame which i disintegrated the second flaming mass Aii that was left in Hie sky a two White a pot trails observers were completely befuddled when they first spotted the second naming git 11 for a spin second it appeared that the first stage of the Rock wits merely separating from tie other two stages How Ever w Hen both of the flaming masses dipped toward the Ocean it became apparent the rocket was in trouble borne 4<> seconds after j the explosion was seen in the sky. Two additional Blase were spotted tar out Over the water i what was left of the rockets apparently plunged into the Ocean i several Miles Oft the Cape and sex i plodded i the Lait Al blast1 came when the l Unge Security officer intent tonally destroyed the vehicle i a j an official announcement on the unsuccessful attempt was made at i tie Pentagon i he text Quot a Throe stage rocket test vehicle the the protect Vanguard program Ike shows cold s effect was successfully launched at 2 34 a in. Est today at the missile test Center Cape canaveral fla., but was destroyed in flight by the Range a feta officer when it failed to maintain its grog rammed flight path Washington ins president it n to wet said today a tax Cut i Quot could be Quot a possible form of Relief for the downturn in the nation s Economy if other Steps fail t a bring about an anticipated nud i year improvement. The chit f executive his voice noticeably hoarse from a ted cold told his news conference he might go along with a tax reduction if tilings git to a Point where that la necessary. A h lug ton in president Eisenhower perhaps because of his wore Throat and the la to hour state dinner last night looked older and wearer today Titan at any previous news conference his voice rasped with extreme Hus Kiness and a he Oke much Morel and a jowly than is his custom. The familiar Eisenhower Bounce wha obviously Lucking the heavy bags beneath his eyes had a bluish Cut and hts occasional rim a wined wan and tired a the rocket maintained its flight. 1 path Lor one minute then deviated i to the right and broke into two i pieces at which time the Range safety offt Cei destroyed the rocket a i to is customary for the rang safety officer at Cape canaveral to destroy missiles which deviate from a pre selected nurse. This is to insure that the first stage of any rocket does not fall i Over populated civilian areas. I several major missiles have been i destroyed in this manner such As j tin intercontinental ballistic in. Aile Thor. The Vanguard project has Cost a Iio too xxx and the missiles Are Worth about to million dollars each. The apparent Success of the Takeoff deepened tile Navy a Shock when the missile veered if course and had to be destroyed g. G. Hunters honoured on their 50th anniversary presbyterian men hear Moderator Ilia sense of humor however sparkled through in fact his first wads us he readied the microphones swept the Jam packed room laughter it. Would in helpful Ike Brelan in View of Tho condition of his vocal chords if reporters mane their questions very Long and couched them for a a Yea Quot or a no Quot answer. Asked to explain the Hus Kiness widely apparently developed from the raw winds of the Augusta Golf links last week end the president earned frankly puzzled by Hie cause. Hillsboro at their Home in Hillsboro of sunday feb 2. M and m s to g phoner observed their Hild n wedding anniversary. Guests were received at the door by min. Paul Heaton of Bonaparte mrs. Ralph Heaton of Donnellson Sis Ere in Law of the Coo of pie. In Hie dining room where guests were served from a beautifully decorated table a Lovely Center lift a. Of it How chrysanthemum.-. Wesleyan graduate writes Hereford Book tin Moderator of the general Assembly presbyterian churches Usa. Or. Harold Martin pastor Well As about a number of Burg f the 2nd presbyterian Church at lanes in Centra past four years. Iowa during the county exceeds �?T57 Bond quota Many shoppers in local stores a surge of investments in United states savings Bonds during december gave Iowa an increase of More than a million dollars Over december of 1956. And carried Henry county Over the top of its 1957 quota. Total sales in the county for the year amounted to $969,433. For too i percent of the annual goal j e. A. Hayes Volunteer county chairman reported that 12-month i sales throughout Iowa reached j $134,565,847 for 94 percent of the state s 1957 goal. National average i was 90 percent. I the chairman reported that the county a quota for 1958 has been set at $941,552. This year counties will get credit for e and h Bonds purchased by institutions and groups. As Well As for individual purchases. The first of two Dollar Day. Brought hundreds of shoppers to it. Pleasant stores wednesday. Hundreds of items Are being sold at reduced prices tor tile two Day events wednesday and thrum a. Murder trial of Iowa Soldier goes to jury Bloomington 111. For Hie past 27 years was the special guest speaker tuesday night at the 1st presbyterian Chun ii in Burlington. A men of til churches of the Iowa presbytery were invited to i hear his topic a frontiers of the six men from first presbyterian Church i pleasant attended Sam Ewart w. S Walters Orval Nesbitt Bill Stoneburner Carroll Alexander and or. Owen w Wilson. I out of 63.078, xxx persons Over 14 years old employed in the u. S. In a 1956, Only 5.678,000 were farm i workers. Lawton okla., Gas a user coast to run Washington ins a Iowa congressman Merwin Coad of Boone. The states Only Democrat in Congress announced today he will seek re election from the sixth list Lief. Ant governor in 1956. J the drink is a moral Issue not a he said the question of liquor by financial one. Lot court jury of la men and one woman qualified to return a ,ii verdict today began deliberations in the Lawton mud Rier trial of army sergeant Richard Dean Prather. J the jury heard final arguments my was locked behind doors to de j ride whether the death of Prat ii ers infant daughter was accidental or the result of a whipping he gave i her when she continued crying i Prather 21, of Chariton Iowa claimed the four month old girl. Corinne Ranee fell and that he struck her with the Back of his hand when she would not Stop crying last sept 14, the Day she died. The child died at a fort Sill Hospital near Lawton and a medical report showed she suffered six broken ribs. Collapsed lungs and crushed liver. Ottumwa a Tho Hereford in America Quot is Tho title of a new Book by Donald r Ornduff Ornduff was born and roared near Milton. Iowa he is now editor of tip american Hereford journal published in Kansas City. The iowan attended High school n Troy and a graduated from Iowa Wesleyan College in 1928 he worked for John Morrell a co in Ottumwa for two years living on West fifth Street Here he went to Memphis ter with Morrelles and in 1930 joined the Hereford journal. Ornduff is president of the Wesleyan alumni a Nocia Tion of Kanas cite a member of the american agricultural editors association and of Saddle so sir o n club at Chicago widely known As a cattle a Bority he has had articles pub wished in Canada England Australia the Argentine and in South America. Mrs. Ornduff an Ottun Rwan graduated from High school Here n 1942, and from Iowa Wesleyan in 1928. She la a sister of Willis e Robertson. 145 Vanness. I with Golden ribbon with the words a Happy anniversary Quot and a gift from or. And mrs. Earnest m it a Gin also candles of yellow in g lid end Crystal Candle Holder decorated the i Able Coffee and individual cakes topped with yellow roses mints and nuts were served the guests. Miss Anna Heaton sister of mrs phoner poured at tile Tea table mrs. Earnest Morgan Ach i As dining room hostess. Mrs. Guy Clark had charge of the gifts the couple received Many Lovely gifts which included two Money Trees one from the Heaton relatives and one from friends Aid neighbors a Lovely Angel food Cal topped with Gold loses and a fifty Dollar Bill was a gift from Pitt Plumer and mrs Happy Benbow i brother arid sister of or. Pumer Many other gifts and cards writ received by the couple mrs. Frank Heaton sister in Law and mrs. Dale Prottsman had charge of the guest Book. Those assisting in the Kitchen were mrs. Mabel Ashby is James Stillwell and mrs. Dale Wilson. Six bail out of plane safely spare wheel and tire stolen Winnsboro. La., it ins it a six crewmen aboard an air Force Tanker plane parachuted safely to Earth tuesday night before that Craft crashed and burned in a swampland ten Miles South of Winnsboro. Officials at Barksdale air Forte base at Shreveport la., base of the Kc-98 Aerial Tanker identified the men As numbers of the 376th air refuelling Squadron and listed them As follows maj. Joe t Hargett air Craft commander 1st la John . 24, Baton Rouge la 1st la. Allen Poche. 23, Lake Charles i la. M sat. Chris f. Jensen i s sgt. Robert guse and t be. I Herbert g. Whitaker. 28, Farragut Tenn. Mate caught napping mrs. Albite Joan Irvine Penniman who at 24 has a $125,000,000 Fortune is shown As she won a divorce in los Angeles on grounds that her husband Russell s. Penniman stayed in bed till noon and get a Job. Mrs. Penniman inherited half of the $250,000,000 real estate Fortune of her Grandfather International George s. Hollowell Max Rouse has reported to City police that a spare wheel and tire were stolen out of the trunk of hts j rites at it. Madison tar while it was parked at the state mental health Institute tuesday night. Services were held wednesday at it. Madison for George s. Hollowell j Clarence Sammons reported that ,50. Who died in Chicago sunday. He hubcaps were stolen off his 1957 was known in it. Pleasant. H s Mercury while it was parked in parents were maj. Thomas Patrick i front of his residence on South Jef Hollowell and Miriam Stewart Holt Ferson Street tuesday night. Lowed both of whom Are dead

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