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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - February 11, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news fair Section one 2 sections vol. 92, no. 35 it. Pleasant Iowa wednesday evening february la 1970 Price to cents these Days by John Chamberlain the a High Square in the White House in terms of their respective tastes in arts and entertainment our last three presidents have As they say run the Gamut. John f. Kennedy was Avant Garden or at least he deferred to his wife Jackie whose enthusiasms ran to anything that happened to be High fashion at the moment in the new York City intellectual world. Lyndon Johnson might Best be characterized As a flow Square Quot he let lady Bird decide his canons of Beauty when it came to such utilitarian things As the environment and he had no ascertainable opinions about More esoteric artistic matters such As the state of the american novel or trends in painting and music. Richard Nixon stands somewhere Between Juk and lbs he is definitely a a High conceivably Lyndon Johnson As a a flow Square Quot was More representative of the majority than either Avant Gar dist Kennedy or a High Square a Nixon. But the trouble with being a Low Square is that having no firm opinions about anything artistic you can be suckered. John Kennedy was Safe in his dealings with artists because he came from the world that regards them As delightful but rather frivolous adornments to life to be taken up or dropped at ones pleasure. But lbs. Feeling out of his element in the company of artists deferred to critics who could impose their expertise on him. Too so when the idea of holding a White House a arts festival was broached Johnson let Juk holdovers decide the proper list of participants for him. The invitations went out to pulitzer prize winners to members of the american Academy of arts and letters to Eastern establishment intellectuals who have Little use for the tastes or opinions of any Texas rancher. It is quite conceivable that Lyndon Johnson had never heard of poet Robert Lowell until that particular scion of the Boston Brahman Lowells proceeded to insult the president by refusing to read from his works at the White House. And lbs have known much about novelists John Hersey and Saul Bellow who although they accepted the White House invitation took the Opportunity to slam the administrations foreign policy. Lyndon a troubles with the Art world came from his profound ignorance of the cultural folkways of Manhattan Island where if you know something about poetry or music you Are supposed to be Piso Facto an authority on the foreign policy of Bismarck or the state of nuclear development in soviet Russia. In new York if your name is Susan Sontag or Mary Mccarthy you Are entitled to look Down on the diplomatic expertise of a Mere former Secretary of state such As Dean Acheson. Lyndon have known this because he had never had any experience with new York. So he led with his Chin and the Robert Lowells and the Norman mailers and the Dwight Macdonald of the Avant Garde world All took hefty pokes at him. The a High Square a that is Richard Nixon who lived for a time in Manhattan yet kept his distance from Norman mailers circles will never be suckered As his predecessor was. This a a High Square has tastes that Are definitely his own but will never get Bim into trouble. The Quot silent majority includes millions who Are too Busy making livings and raising children to pay much attention to the More esoteric arts. But a a everybody knows that Bob Hope and red Skelton Are great entertainers and Good patriots too. So when Nixon brings Bob and red to. The White House on separate occasions he is not Only being himself but also tuning in with the person whom the founder and first editor of the new yorker once supercilious by referred to As the old lady from Dubuque. And when Nixon proposes to hold a dinner and exhibition for a conventional but nevertheless authentic and talented Painter such As Andrew Wyeth he is again right on the beam. The fact that Wyeth and the president have corresponded1 a on matters other than arts is rather beside the Point Wyeth shows by his paintings that he is a Man of solid Virtues whom any Good citizen would be bound to respect. Nixon wont win any accolades below fourteenth Street in Manhattan or in the East seventies Between Park and Madison avenues As a Patron of Hie arts. But How Many votes does Susan Sontag who she represent ask Nixon he knows that Susan though she is an interesting charge �?~7�?T plotted invasion of Loop Chicago up a the government charged today that members of the a Chicago seven plotted an. A invasion of the Loop on the Day of the most violent clashes during the 1968 democratic National convention. Assistant . Attorney Richard g. Schultz said that As a diversionary tactic the Antiwar militants also planned a March on the con to present breath test equipment Iowa Public safety commissioner Jack m. Fulton and members of his staff Are scheduled to visit the Burlington area Friday feb. 13 to deliver equipment for local use in implementing the states new alcohol breath testing program. In announcing his visit the commissioner said a we have chosen Burlington to be the first City in the state to receive this new equipment because of the Effort which members of the Burlington police department have displayed in ridding their streets of Drunken Fulton continued a the per capita arrests for the offence of Omvik in Burlington Are among the highest in the state and we Are sure the efforts of this police department has paid dividends in lives saved and injurious crashes being averted. The Drunken Driver is by far the biggest single cause of fatal traffic crashes and the Burlington police Are doing something about expected to be present for the commissioners plaudits Are Bur Lington a mayor and police chief the Des Moines county sheriff the county attorney and the commander of District 13 of the Iowa Highway patrol. The states new system of Detec tion allows an officer to determine at the scene of an arrest whether a person drove while drunk by having a suspect blow up a plastic bag. Crystals in a tube will change from yellow to Green if alcohol has been consumed. The system would eliminate the danger of arresting a sick person who might have been suspected of being drunk. Mention site itself a to divert the a a they wanted that March stopped near the Loop Schultz said. A they wanted thousands of angry too Schultz made the charge in winding up the governments final arguments in the trial of seven men charged with conspiring to incite riots during the convention. J Schultz spoke of the happenings of aug. 28, when thousands of Antiwar demonstrators battled police and National guardsmen on Michigan Avenue in front of the Conrad Hilton hotel the convention Headquarters. Schultz said the groundwork for the clash was Laid at a a key meeting on the morning of the 28th which was attended by four of the defendants David Dellinger Rennie Davis Thomas Hayden and Lee Weiner. Told to a hold up against of. Salley it i to. Nning a. Up i a the defense Drew from a top staff of vicar wednesday the admission he was one told to a hold up on pro eds s neatest it. William l c hey or. In the my Lai massacre Ca e the in Anions ame during the third Day of hearings on a defense Mim is play Milles div. I Iii stale big names file for . Senator in Columbus Ohio. Left gov. James a. Rhod it i to i Republican files his petitions with Secretary of state ted Brown. Rights former a Tro naut John Glenn Democrat is accompanied by his wife As he files likewise with Brown. Appealing �?~60% Bond vote requirement fort Madison up a Lee county citizens hoping to overturn the states requirement for approval by 60 per cent of the voters to pass a Bond Issue tuesday received a financial boost from the Iowa state education association Isea. The group is appealing to the Iowa supreme court to have the 60 per cent requirement thrown out contending it violates the one Man one vote principle. Duane sender my pleasant Southeast Iowa Field representative for the Isea tuesday presented the citizens group with a Check for $1,000. Semler also said eight of tile is ears nine districts had pledged another $100 a piece to help defray court costs and the ninth would contribute $200. Richard Bryant Montrose president of the fort Madison education association and of the citizens group said it might Appeal to the National education association for additional funds if necessary. The Isea also said it was having its lawyers prepare a Friend of the court Brief to be presented in the Case. 1546 farms eligible for 1970 programs a total of 1546 farms in Henry county Are eligible to Benefit from one or More of the 1970 voluntary farm programs according to Gerald Anderson chairman of the Henry county agricultural stabilization and conservation ask committee. These farms have feed Grain bases totalling 94,854 acres and 228 farms have wheat allotments totalling 1324 acres. All farms with feed Grain bases or wheat allotments Are eligible for participation in the 1970 voluntary farm programs. Sign up will be through March 20 at the county ass office. Anderson said that in Henry county last year about 62% percent of eligible feed Grain farms were signed up in the program ived 15 percent of eligible wheat farms. Edwar Mezvinsky j Louse Vole cites Lack of Job 6qyw auja safety precaution injured in Florida crash or. And mrs. Linus Beckman of 1200 s. Third Burlington Are in St. Josephus Hospital Tampa fla., following an automobile Accident saturday evening. Mrs. Beckman is considered in critical condition according to her brother in Law Andrew Beckman of Burlington. The Beckmann arrived in Tampa saturday to visit their grandsons. Beckman suffered a jaw fracture hand and injuries. She has hip Kneecap ankle and foot injuries and undetermined internal injuries. Or. Beckman was a former it. Pleasant resident. Avalanches Block rescuers Val dts Ere France up a three More avalanches rumbled Down the mountains around this now isolated Alpine town today and the mayor ordered All children evacuated for fear of another killer slide. The blizzard that triggered tuesdays Avalanche a 39 persons were killed and 60 injured a raged unabated during the night dumping three More feet of Snow and blocking Access roads to Val Alsere. Three new avalanches tumbled onto route 202 Between this ski resort and Bourg St. Maurice 15 Miles away. They blocked further the efforts of rescuers to dig their Way through but no one was Hurt. S. Vietnamese in two Battles Saigon up a South vietnamese forces killed 79 North vietnamese troops in fighting West of Saigon near the cambodian Border without suffering a casualty but they took moderate lasses in another clash with communists to the North . Military spokesmen said wednesday. At least four South vietnamese soldiers were slain and 18 others wounded in a Battle wednesday in the mountainous regions 30 Miles Southeast of Danang the spokesmen said. There were no immediate estimates of communist losses As fighting continued wednesday night. Earlier South vietnamese rangers supported by artillery and Jet Aerial strikes killed 79 North vietnamese soldiers in a clash in the marshy Plain of Reeds 57 Miles West of Saigon and about six Miles from Cambodia. The North vietnamese unit was identified As the 88th regiment which has been in the Mekong Delta Only a few months having mov Lowa woman fatally no ured in Mississippi Gulfport. Miss. Up a mrs. Delbert Miller Cedar rapids Iowa has died of injuries she received in an automobile Accident Here last thursday. Mrs. Miller had been Here doing red Cross work in connection with Hurricane Camille and had been on her Way Back Home when the Accident occurred. She died tuesday in a Gulfport Hospital. Burlington a state representative Edward Mezvinsky Ltd Iowa Cit candidate for Congress from Iowa a first District said i tuesday a a the Lack of Job safety precaution has reached dangerous proportions. A an estimated 14,000 workers will die from Industrial accidents in 1970. Tile number of deaths resulting from the indifference toward Industrial safety precautions in the last four years exceeds the total deaths in speaking before Des Moines labor leaders Mezvinsky said a we in government at the state and National Levels must insure safety of the Mezvinsky pointed out that a there Are seven times As Many game wardens in the state of Iowa As there Are safety inspectors. I would think that we should consider the safety of our citizens As important As that of our wildlife. Div Uci will Schwa Nuci to attend dinner burglars could sue Only for medical Cost congressman red Schwengel will share the platform with lieu j tenant Roger w. Jepsen for the \ Lincoln heritage dinner program to be held february 28th at the1 first United methodist Church in it. Pleasant. The congressman will bring a current report from Washington . And items of importance that Are being discussed or voted on at i that time. Roger w. Jepsen lieutenant governor will bring the address of the evening. There will be a social hour preceding the dinner at 6 00 . And dinner will Start promptly at 7 00 . Henry county Republican chairman Frank v. Coles and vice chairman mrs. Ken Rogers Are chairmen for the evening. They will be assisted by members of the executive committees Des Moines up a a Bill approved by the Senate Law enforcement committee tuesday would allow burglars to sue Only for medical expenses if they were injured by a Booby trap set up to protect life or property. The Bill sponsored by sen. Bass Van Gilt d Oskaloosa was introduced in the aftermath of a $30,000 court judgment again St the Edward briness a Rural Eddyville couple. The Drineas were sued by Marvin Katko who was shot in the ankle i by a 20 gauge Shotgun set up in the bedroom of a vacant House owned by the briness in 1957. The Senate committee approved the Bill on a 9 0 vote and it now goes to the floor for debate. J Van Gills said the Bill would attempt to prevent lawsuits from being filed by persons who Are injured while committing a criminal act in an individuals Home. The measure would allow in individual to sue Only for medical expenses but the sum could not exceed $1,000. Des Moines up a taking i what some legislators called a a i step into the 20th Century a the j Iowa House tuesday overwhelm i i singly approved a new a no fault i divorce Bill. On a ote of 87-23. The House a i proved the measure which Eli min i ates the Many grounds for divorce i now found in Iowa statutes and re i places them with Only one ground i demonstration that the marriage j j relationship is irreparably destroyed. Another no Tab. Cd Ion of the Bill would keep divorce proceedings j private until a decree is granted. Sponsors said the privacy provision was included in the Bill to Foster As Many reconciliations Between parties As possible. The whole divorce Bill is designed to de emphasize the Adverse nature of divorce proceed in is and attempt to reduce the bitterness which often results from actions. Republicans and Dot Morats alike applauded the no a1 tire As an excellent Liberal and progressive piece of legislation the new divorce statute received the broadest sup dirt of any controversial legis Latten present d this. A a Ion to the House. The Bill cays a decree to dissolve i a marriage a May be entered when the court is satisfied from the Evi a Deuce Prest ated that Here has i been a a break Down of the marriage relationship to the extent that i the legitimate objects of Matri i Mony have been destroyed and there remains no reasonable like a Lahood that the marriage can be i tile new divorce statute now goes i to the Senate for consideration. Motion to have charges against Calibey thrown out on grounds that a command influence a reaching As High As the White House a has made it an to Stele for the lieutenant to get a Lair military trial. Galley is charged with the pre meditated murder of 102 Vietnam e men. Women and children on March in 1968, the Day that his platoon swept through the Village of my Lai 4. Testifying wednesday was col. d Ken Ltd staff officer at it. Benning. He told of receiving a to it Ephone Call in late Angust from Brig. Gin. Samuel Reid his count it part at the third army level at fort Mcpheron in Atlanta. A the Reid said he had two limes to Tell me Keirsey recalled. A one was that the commanding general of the third army received a Call from Gen. James k. Wooller. A commander of the Continental army command saying that whatever action we took if we decided to proceed against it. Galley he would not be placed in a the second was to hold up on proceedings because he said we might get further instructions through normally soft spoken defense attorney George w. Lattimer i bounced on the phrase a hold up a and had Keirsey reconfirm it. A hold up a he asked. A yes a Keirsey replied. Nixon to submit Massage on feb. 18 j washing Dent Nixon w the world me i 18, the White Day. Press sect Lei said the with Rill a i i and in it it is including Cee n up submit Iii Ige to con Louse Anne Ary Konarli pre i add in fab. 7m Cie the doctor Iii spite of himself by Moliere it. Pleasant High schools entry in the Iowa High j school speech association state drama contest at Williamsburg feb. 7, received All division i ratings from the three judges of the event the cast and director were commended highly for doing so Well such a difficult selection. Also Elaine Keefe who portrayed Marline sea Narelle a wife and John Burrow who played so Anarella the doctor were both nominated for Best performers in the event. Steve wet Ach As aerolite a French Fop and Kent Kiesey As Valere a a a dignified servant were specially noted for their Fine performances. Kevin Wiley who played Lucas the dumb servant Linda Mcneeley As Gerontes laughter Lucinde and Marty Neubauer As Luck Ndem a suitor Leandro were also highly praised. The play was directed by mrs. Marilyn Vincent the speech and drama instructor at it. Pleasant i and Carol Cooper was in charge of the backstage area. The cast Hopes to give the play i which also had received All i s at the District contest for the students of Mph sometime in the near future. I ii ill Crown heart Princess Cynthia Bruggemeyer is the 1970 Henry county heart Princess. Sin will by crowned tonight at the production of spoon River anthology at 8 30 . In the inc Chapel auditorium. Cindy an eighth Grade student had open heart surgery at University hospitals Iowa City just ten years ago tomorrow to Correct a Cong vital heart defect. At that time she was four years old. Cindy lives at 602 Cedar Lane it. Pleasant with her Mother mrs Donna Woodard Bru Gemey it r. And Sisters Becky 15 and Barbie. 9. A married brother ted Ard a married sister Sun mrs. Michael Washington up a How Miller both Are it. Pleasant Orcsi big is the automobile pollution dents Cindy a father Ralph Brug problem simply put it is huge. It Meyti lives in Sioux City. Americans now own 90 million mrs. Bruggemeyer. A metro mail cars. Buses and trucks bring the employee says a having Cindy vehicle total to More than 104 Mil alive has always been a Miracle to tem. That is enough to carry the egyptians strike across Suez Lanai by up a Force of too egyptian army infantrymen struck across the Suez canal today capturing a fortified israeli position ambushing an israeli armoured column and inflicting heavy casualties and damages a military spokesman in Cairo reported. Egyptian bombers also struck at israeli positions on the occupied East Bank. Of the canal he said. An israeli spokesman said israeli warplanes retaliated against the egyptian air strikes with raids against Egypt s frontline positions in the Northern sector of the canal. He said the israeli planes pounded army outposts mortar emplacements and antiaircraft batteries for almost two hours before returning safely to bases. Auto pollution problem Hub be terse verse by a. C. Gordon Luck is something that makes another person hailed for succeeding at that where we ourselves have failed. One. Distributed by King features critic is vote Wise a minority of j Syndicate. Injuries fatal to Keokuk woman Keokuk up a a Keokuk woman hit by a car As she was crossing a Street near her Home died tuesday of multiple injuries in a Keokuk Hospital. Authorities said mrs. Daisy r. Shark 74, Keokuk was returning from a trip to the grocery store monday night when she was struck by a car driven by mrs. Pamela Whitaker 18, Keokuk. No charges had been filed tuesday but the Accident still was under investigation. Sales. Attorneys Don g Art in and David de South from Tay Ninh province., a. A a. Mccoid Are in charge of ticket Northwest of Saigon. South Vietnam 1 Mese losses Over the past four Days of fighting in the area were reported As 22 dead and 25 wounded spokesmen said. Community Chest Board w hears reports elects officer in Iii i \ Riti congressman Schwengel the annual Board meeting of to greater it. Pleasant Community Cheet was held at the chamber of Commerce office tuesday even the amount of contributions and pledges to Date on the current fund raising drive is $22,822.83 or 91.475of the goal of $24,950. Some contributors Haven to been contacted others Haven returned their pledge cards. These pledge cards or Cheeks May be mailed to the Community Chest office it. Pleasant Iowa. All participating organizations Are anxious for us to reach our goal so they May receive 100% of their original quota. Directors elected for three years were Roberta Mccoid Rob Gibson Lynn Byrne Robert for Manek Clark Burns Kay Rogers and Don Gartin. John Harris a resignation was regretfully accepted and Bill Bankston was elected to Complete his unexpired term. Officers elected by the new Board of directors were David Mccoid president Marian Lofgren first i vice prot vice pres. Treasurer to special Rex were extends rotary drive a in tor the it was conduct e appreciate the publicity Chest by the and radio s mrs. Bill b action for h Public Belati the Budgy earlier so pre or j. Lan it Ion a rot my -.cr, try. Inks pvt i it a. Ins Che i ii Eai Jarai ii or Community pleasant n Kugi. Tis Given rec client work airman. I us. Wants state to buy cold water Cave area Des Moines up a repress mat Ive Dale Crosier d Cedar rapids has urged the state to Purchase land encompassing a recently discovered cold water Cave in Northeast Iowa. A this is As big a tourist attraction As Iowa has a said Crosier a no Illier of the Iowa development committee. Crosier added a a in a sure the Federal government would help us to make this into a state Park a Crosier said a scientific investigation of the Cave should precede i its opening As a tourist attraction. The underwater Entrance to the Cave is on state land but part of Hie vast Cavern stretches under pro pity owned by Farmers. Some a of the property owners have been considering drilling another Eno the Cave and conducting Tours of the underground entire population of the United states at once with Only a Little i More than two persons in each car. The Auto Industry is turning out i automobiles at a rate of about 7.5 million a year. By 1975 the United states will have More oars than it had people in 1920. According to a Commerce department study cars yearly spew 66 millions tons of Carbon monoxide into the air. Plus 6 million tons of nitrogen oxides and 190,000 tons of Lead compounds a All known to have some toxic effect on the body. President Nixon has orderer pollution standards tightened to a Point where by 1975 they will Cut existing pollution by 50 per cent. He also coiled on Industry to product a Poilu tion free car in five years. Plated several we actual drive. The shining girl scouts i qts attend a Regula and present their ital building fun the expansion i a elopement of the ing program am on the expanded Camp a Kec to. Can ii Adlai ram Public Art a. Of of Trail Council was granted to r bos re meeting a anti Cipa d Capri Campaign for my Complete de in full year Camp i activities Center proc by know n As turns Down school Bond Issue again Cherokee up a for the fourth time in a Row voters in Cherokee have turned Down a $1.-950,000 school Bond proposal turn-ou4 in record numbers tuesday to do so. Wapello youth Hurt at crossing Columbus Junction up a Robert Mcconahay 19, Wapello i was listed in fair condition today at University hospitals in Iowa i City after narrowly escaping death in a car train collision tuesday night near Here. Authorities Aid Mcconahay a car i collided with a Rock Island freight train around Midnight about three Miles East of Here but he and the wreckage of his car was not discovered until around 2 . By a i passing Motorist

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