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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - February 8, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news cold these Days by George e. Boot aka the missile program the fact that we finally launch cd the army Jupiter a does not j mean that we can affix i to ignore i the necessity for Hie reorganization of the armed services and tire production of military hardware to meet the necessities of the Era in which we actually live. That reorganization must continue if we Are to out balance tile russians in tills particular area of our conflict with them in ins testimony before the Senate preparedness subcommittee Donald Douglas. Sr., made the Point that in one service it was estimated that it took 333 Days a to process a facility request a a which is a mighty Long time for any deck Ion. In that period a modern War can tart can inflict its damage and can be Over. So Edvin Weisl the committee vol. 80. No. 33 i .?-"11 .wik1. It. Pleasant. Iowa saturday evening Quot Gaj ung. I i. U1 if Imti. Go ugh Jvn i jux. To Jagai i no i Quot by Feu 8, 1958 seek cause of failure of Atlas Wrang by Carrier 904 per week Calic canaveral ins three failures in live tests spurred the air Force today to redouble its efforts in removing flaws from its 5.000-mile Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile. Obviously concerned officials sought to determine what went wrong when an Atlas blew up in a Clou Bank yesterday two minutes and 15 seconds after what appeared to be a perfect launching. The air Force explained later that the missile a destroyed itself shortly after completion of the powered it. Pleasant receives citation in who s who counsel wanted to know Why it phase of its but gave no in k so Long and Douglas sr., re further details. Plied that there Are too Many pot pie concerned in making a decision his son. Donald Douglas jr., then stepped in to Tell his Story. He Ald Quot part of the problem of the facility question is that in this fast i living mis he age when you have to get Concrete emplacements and flings like this Aud go through j Public works that is in another line i of action and we actually built the Thor faster than the Concrete was poured at Cape canaveral to receive too la a word there is a fast moving weapon but a slow moving administrative system and the entire system of supplies of logistics requires modernization. Donald Douglas jr., testified to certain and Wantage the russians had and Al it of certain facilities that we lacked for instance a a. The 1u-114 russian is a very very Large air plane which has about twice the ton knot productivity cd the c-133 american and this Means that it can do a lot More work at More efficient costs. A the other words the ton mile j carts of operation should be very j lows and it seem. To be quite a shame when the United states i Ca cts the world in air transportation that we should lose this leaders up to the the contracting companies those manufacturing organization.1? which Are Able to manufacture the new weapons face enormous financial problems. Naturally this is a totally new product and experience in is limited. It is a product which has Only one customer tile government which can be arbitrary As to Beth the Price and the method cd financing. The industries that Are invited to do the work Are principally engaged in manufacturing air planes or scientific equipment. The government determines tile Price but it leaves too Little Money Over acts for research by the a meanies. Donald Douglas �?Ts comments on this Are most interesting a we got together with the hell Laboratory people about a year before the Thor contract was placed and we each spent considerable sums of Money i think something Well Over a million dollars on our own and entirely pc relatively on what became the Thor. Quot we Are perfectly prepared to do it if we have the Money. But now because of seme of the things that have happened because of some of the finds of a renegotiation Board in the year our company. And i am quite sure some of the other companies Are finding that they do not have As much surplus to do that sort of thing the Only discernible evidence was a pull of smoke soon after the Takeoff at 2 37 pm est. Indicating a to observers this meant the missile was not ignited Long enough to i propel the missile on its flight. If it had burned properly it was 1 pointed out no fuel would have j been left and hence no explosion. A James Van Allen foundation is formed at Conrad Ruhs ambassador reports russians new ambassador to the u. A. Mikhail Aleks Yevich Menshikov is greeted at the state department by Secretary of state John poster Dulles just one Day after his arrival in the u s. Asked what they talked about Secretary Dulles said they Hadnot agreed on disarmament and ambassador Menshikov added Quot not yet International sound photo comment on received by w Foh Imi imm s t Al boxy la ail of i pleasant should to Quot proud of the Honor that a. Bern bestowed upon it by Wile. Who n Amu this Honor a. Not b men in to y one to attain and All f those w to h Ive had a p u t in the development of i put int Over the years should accept tim As a Token for a i to Well dont his award should Spur allot us to move ahead in planning and cooperating to make it pleasant a Batter place in which to live in which to do business and rear our f Amil Ira Ami a place which Industry will it k out for its new Home Ralph Taylor Ive id it it pleasant in Hist Riel Hoard ital Ion it. Pleasant Conrad join i aspiring would be scientists Are going to get1 a helping hand from residents of Conrad. I a committee has been formed to set up a a James Van Allen foundation to help finance students who want to go to College and study science the foundation will be financed by contributions from All i Over the state according to committee member h. P. Graeber superin j pendent of schools at Conrad students will be subsidized along the seme lines As athletes under the plan. The foundation was named after or. James Van Allen of the University of Iowa who had a hand in developing Hie recording instruments used in America s rocket satellite the chairman of the foundation committee is Paul Franzenburg. Or other committee members besides Graeber Are Eddie Jebousek m d. Martin Jack Hughes Jerry Schry ver and Leslie Ralston. Mrs. Harold Hunts Register new taken by death motor vehicles mrs Harold la aits v.�?T. Died saturday morning at the mercy Hospital at Iowa City where she had teen a patient since monday. The body is at the funeral Home in Winfield funeral services a mrs. Hents will be held monday at % pm at the Winfield methodist Church tin Rev. C. E. Chandler will officiate. Mrs. Hon is was the operator of the Winfield office of the Iowa Rili Nois Telephone Exchange for about 15 years. I Man killed near Cedar rapids will it. For red Cross to hold workshop tile american red crass hold a regional workshop in pleasant tuesday. February la e even chapters in Southeast Iowa. The workshop sessions will begin at 5 pm. In the student Union of Iowa Wesleyan College and will continue after the dinner hour until 9 . Red Cross chapters joining in this meeting will by from the Fol Abb but Jacobs said lowing counties Henry Des Moines Lee Louisa Muscatine Washington. Jefferson Davis and Van Buren. Mrs. Ruth Mellor arc told representative will Lead the afternoon session and Roger Galer possible Ether injuries. Wilder was quoted As ayin he lost control of the car when he approached another vehicle with Bright lights that blinded him. Cedar rapids inti one potion was killed and two others injured Friday night when the station Wagon in which they were Riding crashed off a Linn county Gravelled Road about six Miles Southwest of Cedar rapids dead a Clarence on about 40, of Independence stat Highway patrolman m. F. Jacobs said Olsen was pinned in the wreckage after the station Wagon crashed into a Bridge abutment. The car driven by 36-year-old Laurence Wilder also of Independence careened off the Road and skidded through Snow and ice in a ditch before striking Hie 1 the following Pennon and finns have registered new motor vehicle at us treasurers office in the courthouse. Where no town is Iii to it i person of firm is from it. Up aaa it. Cars i pern Buker rambler Harry w Boas Pontiac Martin brow., two rambler., Haworth motor co docile and two Plymouth Harold t. Praise Ford Donald e Brott rambler Lowa Uli Nois Telephone co. New London fend Ralph d Burkey Salem Ford sheets motors inc., Mercury Scarff produce and fuel Mercury Robert r. Mcclure. Chevrolet a Merican agriculture chemical co., Fulton ii Plymouth Arthur w. Phillips Chevrolet Richard a i Wilson Chevrolet Wayne l Klop i , Oldsmobile and Jamea o. Pickard Ford. I i Armilda i. Hartley Cadillac Alanson k. Elgar Chevrolet Shafer motors Chevrolet Gilbert w. Bates Winfield Ford Russell p Nicholson Hillsboro Chrysler Paul a Anderson route five Chevrolet. Robert e Hoise Ford Ivan e. Yoder. Wayland Ford. William or. Re 11 ent la com is Fetter to Mayou Xiv of. I. Mcbeth 1 dear mayor my bet h just yesterday we revived out j co Ltd of the sixtieth anniversary edition of who s w la in Ann Mea 1 much to our Delight we discovered that a special citation had be n a corded the town of m lint up a ant in this outstanding edition of who a who because of the support will Cli our fair City is giving to i a Wesie Vall College i tins to ref of e. I nip i a my to need to you. As May i of mount pleasant Cipres tiling All the people of our in a this word of congratulations Aud approx lotion As the citation Points out which will be printed in the mount pleasant new. Saturday evening february 8. The people of mount , have pledged $200,-000 to the development program of Iowa Mosiers ii College As Wadi As More than $12, a Yeai for operating expenses thus Over a five year period the total amount contributed to the College will is in excess of $205,000 we at the College have Felt that this is very wonderful and have a and so from time to Tunc but. This gives us another Opportunity to say so to you and through you to the pc pie of mount pleasant and the surrounding Community. Iou ii ii xxi bar of Commer i the chamber pleas j to extend length Tula Lions to the development committee and it i an c Liege my the support lug individuals in i pleasant who have brought to our City this out Anding Hanoi til is is min i v an indication to All of us that it and Iowa w arte Van Are going hand in hand to a better and brighter future Frank i tim Iii i Trident it Plena it it amt or of commisse a rom Rober Nelson i Pil d a tit news it give me urn a t pleasure to Encl be a m is release which an no juice that the doth Anim to Niy hot i Hon of who a who til America j has chosen to Prei it my town of it pleasant until a special Otta j Moil t r its support of Iowa Wra Levan College it should to a mat tor c a out civic Pride to Enoh citizen of of pleasant to learn that his Community is the Only one in i the entire nation to be to Ropog a led in this is tie inst off the pee s of pleasant us the second 1 Community in history to receive the a Ita Taon ordinarily Only Ludt ulu i a and by in is Tea receive the. Honor a it Lump 30 of who swi to in a Only town in nation selected for tins Honor the Community of of. Pleasant has received one to nto0f the top honors of its nearly 125 years d its heart Leatia. ,., ant pleasant Rue. Been selected ror a citation in offt crisis of Iowa j Tho current volume volume 30 of Quot who s who in America Quot a. N. Marquis co., Chicago it. Pleasant is the Only Community in the United j states to be honoured in this manner this year and is the second Community in history to receive the Cita-1 Hon. Deviating from the publication s established practice of choosing to persons to whom citations Are awarded tip editors have Given one of the citations Are awarded Ilia editors have Given one of the i Tat ions to the town of it. Pleasant Iowa Quot because of Quot the citizens of it. Pleasant Iowa in their efforts to improve and expand the facilities of Iowa Wesleyan other awards or citations went to individuals in widely scattered places in the United states for vat Tous reasons. The citation is carried under the heading Quot special citations and outstanding memorial gifts Quot with this explanation a a a Ritu Board of editors has awarded special Rit it Ion i to thu following donor of gift to educational institutions. Some lire selected Boci Iuse of the size of tilt gifts and others because of their significance in respect to the particular purposes designated or because they Are outstanding us memorial gifts the citation is headed Quot the town of mount in or leu hould on in in to ovary citizen of it pleasant that town j pleasant Iowa Quot and states although communities Are i i know you share with no c. Mccreight Winfield. Chevrolet distinct Wilder escaped with minor injuries but h 29-year-old wife Vivian was hospitalized it Cedar rapids with serious injuries including leg fracture., deep cuts and what actually happens is that regional vice chairman will be chairman of the evening panel discussion. The purpose of the regional work hop will be to plan for worker training meetings and to offer Zero urges available for worker training in each chapter. This is part of Tho red crass program to provide leadership Quot on the Job Quot in its Mission of Community service air Force Given boost by Mcelroy and a on Calls in its ability to meet these private companies Are Nakeda team tep needs As they arise. To finance the government to a certain extent. This is a loss to the taxpayer because private companies pay More to borrow Money than the government has to pay. Ultimately this comes on the taxpayer s Bill no matter How it is arranged. Tile companies Are generally not permitted to charge the interest to the government but they must calculate it in the Price or they would go bankrupt. Furthermore they have to figure that when it is All Over there will is a renegotiation in which arbitrary decisions will be made. Every government contractor must anticipate a re negotiator and works his Price accordingly. Renegotiation Are costly in time and Money because no businessman can for be what arbitrary decisions the government might take. All these queer business methods of the government usually designed for political reasons Are expensive and the taxpayer pays. Copyright 1958, King features Syndicate inc the Gray ladies from it pleasant will assist in registration and with the dinner arrangements in the student Union. Or. Thompson to head . It tee on staff Washington ins the air Force got a big boost from defense Scarff Chevrolet Secretary Neil h. Or Elroy today in its bid to operate manned space vehicles. Mcelroy said he Felt it was Quot natural for control to remain with the air Force instead of being turned Over to the Pentagon a new advanced research projects Agency but he emphasized no final decision had been made. Charles r. Spenler it Union Volkswagen Charles e Johnson Louie three rambler and Alay is if. Kruse. Chevrolet. Iowa Southern utilities co Chevrolet Albert j. Lee sat in Chevrolet Leighman r Hanley Chevrolet George k. Holt new London ramble Baron d. Crane. Buick Ross d Maxwell. Chevrolet Charles j. Feldman Winfield Pontiac Frederick d Brooker it Union Mercury Ellen l Smith Ford and Shafer motors Buick and Chevrolet Harold t. White Chevrolet and Mutual insurance co. Chevrolet. Trucks Max i. Clevenger inter i at tonal Iowa Hli nols Telephone co., new London Ford Clair i b Hart Wayland. International Allen r. Canby Chevrolet Wayland feed and Grain Wayland i Ford Spahn and Rose. Lumbar co Olds Studebaker and Ellsworth r. Ames ins Arch steel officially was an official member of Clay Stapleton s Iowa state College football staff today and has withdrawn his name from consideration at Iowa state teachers College. and real Pride j Over tim Fine cooperation on Tho part of the townspeople with town j Wesleyan College the amount of i Money is significant but it is Ala very important that increasingly a larger nod larger number of people in mount pleasant ate giving financial support to the College which mean. Much to the Community. I would like to have you read thin letter to the Council at. Your next met Ting and it press to them representatives of the citizens of mount pleasant the sincere appreciation of Iowa Wesleyan and also the Pride that is in our in Art in bring a port of a town which has such a Fine sense of loyalty to j the intellectual and spiritual values1 of of which make living immensely worthwhile. I am sure that greater Day Are ahead for both mount pleasant and Iowa Wesleyan if we work together hand in hand to build a j finer and better Community. Mast cordially j Raymond Chadwick president Iowa Wesleyan College the a s. Is growing at tin rate it 3 million yearly or about 8.0jq daily was Levin col Togo is indeed to greatest single asset it should by a Vallabh to tile Industrial de i loom it program to the Cham Ber of Commerce and to every citizen of of pleasant whose civic Pinto need bolstering town we Leyan College is Turpe Ltd i ally grate fill for the on it Unity it has Hud and will continue to have in leading he Community of i pleasant toward even greater things tile announcement of this citation gives Wesleyan another Opportunity to express its gratitude to tile businesses and individuals who Are supporting the College we Trust it will give the necessary incentive to those remaining who have not. Yet seen fit to embrace Wesleyan As an part of their Community life and a it Pon Sibilly perhaps since tin. To my . In nth at Iowa Wesleyan i May to p emitted to say that the citation in who s who Abo proves tim i Tho o who Are not supporting Iowa j of Leyan College Are not in fact supporting their Community properly again congratulation Al As Long As no pleasant citizens maintain the conviction that rid thinking produces great men great communities and great colleges it. Pleasant and Iowa waa Levan in Seldom cited in these pastes there Are occasions when the efforts of townspeople As a whole Are so outstanding that they demand special recognition. Such is the Case with the citizens of it. Pleasant Iowa in their efforts to improve and expand the facilities of Iowa Wesleyan College. A two years ago the College began a quiet Effort to interest the townspeople in the capital improvement needs of Iowa Wesleyan. The first gift was a pledge by a business Man to pay $5,000 Over a five year period. Today the College is Able to announce that the original gift has been multiplied by More than to times for a total exceeding $200, too. This amount does not include an additional program of giving by local businessmen of $12,000 per Vear for operating expenses. Over the originally planned five year period the total will be in excess of $205,. A a sum such As this is a great Deal of Money for a Community of Only 0,000 people. It amounts to $9.00 each year from every Man woman and child. It illustrates As did the who s who report on developments in North Carolina a couple of years ago How much some communities value their Independent educational institutions and to what lengths they will go in personal sacrifice to preserve these cultural Unity Hava great future. Robert Nelson i of president Iowa Wesleyan College local re Alwil recall that. When Iowa Wesleyan rot up lbs development program three years Igo. It was evident that if outsiders were to become More interested in Iowa Wesleyan College the town itself should increase its interest and its giving higher rate for Auto insurance break in at office attempted Idle Man named to head the de. A elopement program of the College. Ivs moine8�?T it ins it a Shar it in e a Hayes i pleasant saw the. Crease in Huu Llyl Bollt it a property importance of this it. Passant dam la France rate except for phase of program to the Overall program Aud with the assistance of j Russell Weir and other per i Iown insurance commissioner of Farmers will go into effect in Iowa next. Wednesday. An Al tempt a Marie to break into the office of John Carter on the second floor in the insurance plan savings a loan building about 8 pin Friday. Son ally started the first major phase of the solicitation. Sam Ewart became tin local chairman of Tine bade budget solicitation and a. Successfully head d that important phase a i of this came about As the Des Moines ins a or. Oscar Thompson professor of education at Iowa state teachers College was was elected to the presidency of the Iowa state education association Isea today. Rules of the Delegate Assembly automatically Advance the vice president to the presidency after one year. Contesting for the vice presidency succeeding or. Thompson at the Delegate Assembly in Des Moines were or. Ray Bryan head of the department of vocational educational education at Iowa state College and miss Fern Wilson Mason City Junior High Counselor. Vir p Bennett said he Quot reluctantly approved the rate increases because of the rapidly increasing costs of medical treatment by juries in personal injury and death cases and the higher Cost of repairing property damage. I n i it wit., Mir Maui Cia in new rates up an average of mrs. Henry Hummel who lives result of meetings of local citizens in 12 percent were set by the who became even More aware of National Bureau of casualty underlie importance of Iowa Wesleyan j writers and National automobile w a Man and thinking College to the Community As they underwriters association janitor called to him. J discussed its educational and Fina Farmers however were awarded Aal benefits to it. Pleasant j an improved Quot discount Quot rate of 30 i percent instead of the pre sent 20 percent on their premiums because in an apartment in the building heard a noise and went to investigate. She i he was Iii tile Man fled. The door had been a led open Aud was left standing open. However. The office had not been entered. City police wire notified. A a a a pm new Harney implement building a this new building completed a few month a 1 the new Home of Harney located on 218 at the 1101th cd e of it. Pleasant the building is situated adjacent to the former used implement building of the finn. Space is available for the display of implements of the nearby lots. The formal grand opening is to be held next tuesday. Suspend Hoo school pupils new York it ins it n w York school principals have suspended More than 640 of their most trouble erne pupils but citizens were wondering whether the mass action yesterday would Only Transfer juvenile crime to the streets. It Ting with til Fin at one stage in the program was Adam Triesch Mann of Chicago then president of the Iowa Wesleyan Board of trustees and Benefactor of Iowa Wos Leyan who explained the View pint of the outsider relative to the Coll be and As ure<4 Kex Al residents j that outside Money would be forthcoming if local residents showed 1 their interest developments since committee meeting that time have proved the truth of his statements. Of their favourable driving record. Bennett said the state has Legal authority to resist the increased rates but would not do so because the insurance department Felt Hie raises were Quot justified. Trade development the retail committee of the chamber of Commerce will hold a luncheon meeting in the Lincoln tile average retail Price of of room at the Harlan hotel at 12 09 fee per Pound in the u. S. In 1913 noon monday february itch. All was 29.8c. In 1956 it was 99.4c. Retailers Are urged to attend

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