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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - February 7, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa Them pleasant news a to. 32 Quoit. Pleasant Iowa saturday evening february 7, 1970 Price to cent two indicted in fire murders of 3 teen agers new York up a a former boy scout master and a landlord were indicted by a grand jury Pri j Day in the fire murders of three teen agers they allegedly hired to Burn Down a Money losing tenement building last August. District attorney Burton Roberts charged the fire was set in a 15-family apartment building for the these Junior journalists let Egan performance of staff duties on this purpose of driving out tenants and Issue of the echoes. Back Row from left to right John Green. Dan met invalidating rent control Regula Abe Paula Swink Donna Launcr Alary Elgar and Lynda Woinine. Each year the scouts of this Community give much of their time to Many we Orth while projects. These cubs of Den 2 pack 103 were Busy recently stuffing envelope for the cerebral palsy fund drive mailing. They Are i to r. Tim Huesel Tim Johnson Steve Garnjobst Mark Fite Kenton Sutton Bill Hoover Mark Nesbitt and Philip Young. Bob Harding was Down with the Chicken pox when the picture was taken. Den mothers play an important role in helping organize the activities of the cubs and mrs. J. S. Harding left and mrs. Miles Nesbitt Are typical of the Many leaders in the Community. Boy Power manpower theme by Sandra William Sand body that builds boys into men will double the number of boys now America 1970 is a disturbed land and Good citizens. Involved in Hopes of giving that Young people Are floundering and today Marks the beginning of Many More Young men some direct rebelling in a time of mushrooming boy scout week february 7-13, drug usage demonstrations and j 1970. It is appropriate that we take tons in order to raise rents. Benjamin Warren 27, who had worked with youngsters in the boy scouts was accused of Locking the three boys in the burning apartment building which they had soaked with gasoline and set a fire. The indictment said he doused one of the victims with gasoline. Warren also was charged with kidnapping Felix Hernandez and keeping him for two years. Roberts said the youth was taken forcibly others. Only those students pres from his mothers apartment when entry enrolled in the Junior class he was 12 years old. A warrant was were eligible for staff duties issued two years ago but was Nev j serving As co editors Are Brenda or executed Roberts said. Turley and Glen Couchman. Co front Row Jan Triska Gayle Helphrey Brenda Turley Glen Couchman Linda Garrett Joni Miller and Barb Gibson. Coed position integrated staff members for the 1970 a feature writing Roon echoes were chosen by the social Hie at Mph will be former staff on sunday january Bandi Al by Paula Swink the new 18. Selection was Bast d on the in society editor. She must Pix pare a Divi dual a present and past interest column for each 1. Be. Once again in journalism his leadership qual such a Job require an Alert and cities and his ability to work with outgoing personality. Extra moisture causes outage i. Pleasant was in darkness for a total of 38 minutes Early saturday morning As a result of two outages at the municipal Light Plant. The were caused by excessive moisture from the heavy fog and an accumulation of dust particles causing an arc Over to ground in the 19 Tkv sub station on the South Side of the Plant. Jim Ritter Plant manager said that Plant personnel did an excellent Job in tracing the outage and restoring Power to All City circuits. Will prepare Way for new african policy riots against Many kinds of authority academic governmental and religious a rising crime rate and the Shadow of communism i and or War with fear and a desperate negativism. William Faulk boy scout week opens Lier in his Nobel prize acceptance speech Calls fear debasing and destructive and claims it is the duty and privilege of writers to uplift menus souls to help Man not just endure but prevail. There is a group although not writers which does accentuate the positive does believe in tile ability of the youth of America to prevail and does to provide revelant a closer look at the participants and activities of the scouting program for two reasons. For one some of us need to remember that Young people Are Young individuals not a Lump of humanity. While Long hair and sandals May indicate undesirable traits and ideas this is not necessarily so. There Are approximately four million Young males involved in scouting in the i United states alone. Remember that when you re tempted to Lump All teens together As another reason to be aware of and involved in scout week is to realize what the program is help it expand and use its principles and activities to help american solid and responsible leadership and youth find itself in a positive Way. Training for Young men a the Lead j ers of tomorrow. Boy Power manpower is the spec for sixty years the boy scouts of Ial theme of the current eight year America has cultivated in boys a program designed to increase the tion in their lives. Boy Power manpower is usually interpreted to mean a a american a manpower begins with boy Power a a statement obviously True. Equally True is the interpretation a without manpower boy Power will be lost. So scouting is a two Way proposition. Neither youth nor adult can stand alone nor do they want to and a firm belief that scouting ideals and practices can help Man prevail holds youth and adult together to keep the program growing. Tomorrow in your churches you May see some of the Young products of the scouting program. On the Munday of boy scout week the boys Are especially encouraged to attend Church with their families or in groups accentuating one of the major premises of the scouting pledges and promises Faith in the god of ins Choice responsibility to a Church Community and respect for the faiths of tile world and the Joni Miller has been named As proofreader for the echoes. She must assist the editors in rewriting i articles and May at times be re the District attorney said War j Ordina Ting the newspaper Brenda Tom ply a Quot Ren was offered Between $1,500 and Glen must oversee All staff of a a copy l.1 f and $3,500 by the landlord Albert positions and assist members with 1 g p in an Imit it rant phase 01 Epstein 50, of Pine Bush n. Y., to their duties. Their responsibilities this Job. Set fire to the five Story tenement include suggesting stories or car Ai Meas my. J be typed before building. Epstein was arrested Friday at his Sisters Home in new York City. N. Warren was arrested in mid december and has been held without bail. Ing an Advance Lay out arranging for pictures rewriting articles Typ they Are sent to the news office. Donna Lauer arid Lynda Woinine ing obtaining the advisor s approx Ian a 0 Iare of a1 on All articles taking articles to Lluz s . Who paid for killing of three Cleveland up a a Federal grand jury confident it has established the identities of the slayers of United mine workers ump official Joseph a. A a Jock Yablonsky his wife and daughter must now determine who paid for the deed. After r liven sessions the 23 jurors convened by u. S. Attorney Robert b. Krupansky recessed until Friday monday feb. 16. Krupansky said the jurors needed a rest after hearing extensive testimony. Paraded before the grand jury Washington it Upit a Secretary of state William p. Rogers flew to Morocco today for the beginning of a 10-nation african tour to gather information for a new Nixon administration policy on Africa. Pre ident Nixon said during a Brief White House sendoff ceremony that Rogers visit the first of a Secretary of state to a Black Africa a a demonstrate the a enormous importance this country places on Africa. Rogers is to report to the president and the National Security Council on his return. His report will be the basis for a statement of u. S. Policy in Africa that Nixon will make in March. In a Brief statement before leaving Rogers said one purpose of the trip was to show the interest of the United states in Africa. He said he was anxious to hear from the african leaders How the United states might better its relations with them. State president visits local . Members of the Henry county Farmers Union enjoyed a Savory at the the news office for printing proofs a school news pair would not we re two Fri a ends four ump. Oyster and Chili supper and cop Reading writing spot news i survive if there were no students officials the wives of two of a rec building wednesday evening. Love and respect for god and coun strength of the scouting program try knowledge of responsibility to to serve 6.5 million boys by the end right of each Man to worship his word their Fellowman and a desire of 1976, the 200th anniversary of a god in his own Way. For the Active and healthy mind our country. The projected goal i to be continued school marm Calls jail school to order in vocational training under direct chief Justice asks tion of Robert Gillam director of. Vocational training. Removal of to cameras the Windham school District Washington up a chief Huntsville Tex. Up a mrs. J will Issue its own diplomas to High Justice Warren e. Burger asked Lane Murray is behind bars at the j school graduates. Texas state Penitentiary. She is the school marm. The red Brick prison is her schoolhouse and convicts fill her classroom. Mrs. Murray or or. Murray if you take in account her doctor of education degree is superintendent of the Windham school District serving the Texas department of correction. It is listed As the nations first school District inside a prison. Mrs. Murray 47, administers an approved Texas education Academy program a both academic and vocational a through the High school level. Alonzo Langley director of education for the prison system continues to supervise the prisons College level program. Mrs. Murray a teacher at both High school and College Levels previously is married to or. Thomas Murray a professor in the education department at Sam Houston state University. She likes the Challenge of the prison Job a a this new program it w As authorized by the state legislature offers Many opportunities for serving humanity. I am Happy that i will have a role in a program that will mean so much to so a native of Celina in Collin county mrs. Murray was graduated from Sudan High school earned a bachelors degree from Texas tech her masters from Sam Houston state and her doctorate from the University of Houston. The prison program stipulates that inmates with less than a fifth Grade education Are required to attend classes six hours a week. Convicts above the fifth Grade level May enrol in the school voluntarily. Their work will be evaluated to determine if they Are ready for higher academic trainings. Those who do not meet the standards of the academic program will be give Norman Rockwell on today program the admirers of the artist Norman Rockwell will be particularly interested in the announcement that he will be on the that television cameras be removed from a room where he was going to give a speech Friday. He told newsmen later that television news is Likely to take the speakers most a lurid phrase and in the Brief air time permitted this works of can distort his meaning. Burger spoke to the National association of attorneys general and urged enactment of programs that the indictments said that George preparing finat�?Tiay-out7 and proof j wishing to subscribe to the Public j defendants six relatives of one de everyone was pleasantly Surpris Crespo 14, and Carlos Rivera 15, Reading the nearly finished prod cation. Gayle Helphrey has been j fondant and two used car side.,men. Cd when state president Sydney a were hired by Warren. They charge act. Before leaving their Post As designated As business manager a k v Fri informant and the sons Gross dropped in unexpected y for co editors records and reports of the years efforts must be completed. John Green Ana Dan Mccabe As the staff member who must see a of the slain Union official Joseph the meeting. He reported on the that subscriptions Are sold to Stu-1 my Kenneth \ Ablonsky also Testi Fly a Thon recently held in Iowa dents each fall. Usually subscript fled. J Illinois Indiana and Ohio. Using tons do not entirely meet the ii the grand jury returned indict j the North Dakota Farmers Union sports creditors carry Many of the Nandal do mails o this bimonthly mints against Paul e. Gilly 21, plane which carries 40 passengers that the third victim Esteban Torres 17, whom Warren allegedly doused with gasoline was merely a Friend who went along on a Promise that they might give him Money. A a supreme court Justice Joseph a. Same responsibilities As co editors j newspaper. Therefore the Dustless Claude e. Vealey. 27, aubran w Brust ordered the suspects held Turley and Couchman. However j manager must organize dances or Martin 21. And Gilly s wife Annet they function almost Independent other fund raising projects and to natives of Southern Coal by from other staff members. Should also strive to promote the j regions who moved to Cleveland. Assignments of news and Schlec publication image. The three men were charged with tion of reporters is the main task the newspaper must finally be technical violations of a Federal of news editor Mary Elgar. The distributed. Circulating the a Awn the slayings of Yablonski without bail for a hearing on feb. 13. Official s Stock increases in value today program monday morning would allow prison inmates to air Between seven and nine . Rock their grievances Well among other things made the drawings for the boy scout calendars and he is being interviewed in connection with boy scout week. Washington up a since Deputy defense Secretary David Packard came to the Pentagon his Stock has increased in value 20 per cent. Packard was Confounder of Hewlett Packard co., a producer of electronic equipment that did 12 per cent of its business with the defense department and 21 per cent with prime defense contractors. When he took the no. 2 Job at the Pentagon a year ago he did not sell his 3.6 million shares in the company because they represented 30 per cent of the outstanding Stock. To sell them would have drastically depressed the Price. Instead he put them in a unique Trust fund. The Trust provided that he would make no Money from any increase in the value of the Stock while he held office. On leaving office shares equal in value to any increase will be sold and the proceeds Given to Charity. All dividends earned while he holds office also will be donated to Charity. Position of news editor necessarily j Roan echoes to Mph students is 59. His wife Margaret 57, and his j below Zero during this drive. Members from one state were flown into another state to stage a three Day membership drive. 500 new members were signed up in the four state area with 130 new members being signed up in Iowa. As temperatures were from ten to Twenty it was demands an Alert and Well in of new circulation manager Barb daughter Charlotte 25, at their formed student. Gibson. Helping Barb in this de Home in Clarksville pa., dec. 31. Fulfilling the duties of feature apartment Jan Triska will be mall editor is Linda Garrett. Features ing All Exchange papers which Are May consist of a column such As sent to surrounding High schools the former a off the Lyons Mph graduates or any other or the feature editor May choose names appearing on to write about any aspect of school echoes mailing list. The Maroon life which seems Well suited for sentenced on b and e charge Keosauqua a Bill Schrock 21, Burlington was sentenced Friday to one year in Van Buren county jail by judge Arthur Mcgiverin after Schrock pleaded guilty on a breaking and entering charge on wards tavern at Bonaparte dec. 21. Schrock also admitted to Van Buren county officers breaking into the Pedrick store and Barker store and Grubby a filling station All at Douds and the Phillips 66 station and the k and k implement at Birmingham. Officers said these break ins All occurred around Christmas time. From to Roon echoes firemen called to trailer court firemen were called to the Kincaid trailer court saturday at 2 20 . A Furnace in a trailer was not militant demonstrators defy ban in Ireland Londonderry Northern Ireland up a militant roman Catholic civil rights demonstrators took to the streets in to Northern Ireland communities today in Defiance of a government ban. Protestant militants massed for counter demonstrations. British troops and police w Ere alerted for possible clashes officers feared would trigger renewal considered quite a Success. Many interesting matters were discussed and $25 was voted for the budget fund. Kenneth Miller Elmer Garrels Howard Burkey Harold King Jerry Mills John Rockwell and Chester Mills were appointed to work on membership during the month of february. A goal of 20 More members for the year has been set. Working properly and part of it was of the mass sectarian Street fighting that killed nine persons and injured 800 last year. Damaged by the fire. The mount re. Hin Ore sculptures j of four presidents Are visible for 60, i Miles. Navy to retire 41 More ships Washington up a As part of a $3 billion Pentagon Economy drive the Navy is going to retire 41 awarded scholarship Iowa City a David Allender of it. Pleasant is among 21 University of Iowa students awarded an old Gold honors scholarship for negro mayor Stokes Calls on Pope Vatican City up a Pope Paul i received the negro mayor of Cleveland today and told him Quot i am sure you Are of service to i the entire Community not just to one section.�?�. Mayor Carl b. Stokes in Europe with a Trade Mission with his wife and a number of aides called on the Pope. Vatican sources described theh 20-minute audience As very cordial. Aides of the mayor quoted the Popes remark. They said Stokes replied his election was evidence that a people of All races can accept one More ships including the Cruiser the second semester of study at the Galveston. The announcement u of i. Brought the Economy Cut to 132 ships which will reduce the . Fleet to 761 vessels by june 30. The 41 ships have Crews numbering 7,500 and their retirement will save $50 million a year. A member of the u of i honors program he is a son of or. And mrs. Orville Allender. Thirty car pileup on n. Thruway Harriman . Up a a 30-car pile up on the new York state thruway closed the Road saturday North and South from Spring Valley to Harriman . State police said a heavy fog caused a at least 30 cars a to pile into each other at about la . Near Harriman. Drop one charge against Colley Washington up a without explanation the army has dropped one charge of murder against it. William l. Calley or. In connection with the death of a vietnamese Man in Quang Ngai province about feb. I 1968. The charge did not involve the charges of premeditated murder filed against Calley in the death of 102 vietnamese civilians at my Lai on March 16, 1968. Gilbert s. Cantwell sorts mail for last trip on Rural route four. Concludes postal service receives Cap at ceremony guest pianist in rehearsal guest pianist Richard Schutte of fort Madison rehearses with the Southeast Iowa symphony orchestra. The orchestra will present a concert in the Iowa Wesleyan Chapel feb. 15 at 8 p. Rn., and will feature As guest soloists or. Schutte and miss Debi Raymond a vocalist and senior at Fairfield High school. Or. Schutte also a senior and miss Raymond were winners of the orchestras recent music Talent Competition. Or. And mrs. Glenwood Tolson and Jerry attended the capping ceremony of the freshman class of nurses in training at the Burlington Hospital. Their daughter Jaqui is a member of this class. The ceremony was held at 7 30 at the first congregational Church of i Burlington. Hershey successor a Charles j. Dibona Abov Annapolis graduate Rhodes scholar and Navy planning a think tank a is slated to succeed Gen. Lewis b. Hershey 76, As selective sender director. Dibona 37, is a native of Massachusetts. Postmaster in 1946 and transferred in 1954 to Rural route four now an 86-mile route. On feb. 14. The Rural carriers of Lee Van Buren Jefferson and Henry counties Are planning a retirement party for Cantwell in the years i web it n with the de recognition of his years of dedicate i apartment inc nit i important being de and devoted work. A he method of transport mail. It the cant Wells have a Home in u d o be. He Only time trucks Hemet calif., 36770 West Florida were used w As to bring mail Over Avenue and plan one Day to move from the train depot most mail there. Their daughter Sharon went by rail mrs. Tom Morley and family and he Bezan work in the Post office a brother Merle Cantwell Are res Gilbert s. Cantwell re ired Friday alter nearly 40 years of service with the postal department in my pleasant As he recalled his years of service he said a Many changes have occurred in relative killed in Auto Accident or. And mrs. E. O. Saunders received a message that his Nephew. Richard Brumley was killed in an automobile Accident in Spokane Wash. Ile had been a resident of Burlington where his Mother still lives. Besides his Mother or. Brumley is survived by his wife and four children and two Sisters mrs. Dan Kelly of Danville and mrs. Ramona Thayer of Burlington. As a Cirri in 1930, became assistant dents of California. Terse verse by a. C. Gordon Many places in the world claim vacation Low Cost fare for the persons with enough Money for to travel there. A

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