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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - February 14, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news vol. 92r no. 38 it. Pleasant Iowa saturday evening february 14, 1970 Price to cent Snow fourteen in three environmental pollution topic for seminar a seminar on environmental pollution will be held at Iowa Wesleyan College tuesday and interested residents and students of the area Are Welcome to attend according to or. Maurice a. Strobbe seminar director and head of in cd a biology department. Tuesdays seminar to be held in the Chapel is an Extension of a group study course in pollution that is presented to freshmen during the annual interim plenary sessions Between the fall and Spring terms at Wesleyan. The Day Long seminar will feature addresses by or. Max Bur Chard head of the freshman plenary and inc sociology department and freshmen Tom Jobst Erie Bleckwehl John Millspaugh and Loren Gracey. A 45-minute panel discussion at 11 15 . Will be conducted by students Larry Edgington Tom Jobst Carol Mckinney Paul Minkus Brian Nielsen Mary Turner and Dave Swanson a the seminar is designed to be a Good educational tool for the students and to provide a service to the Community a says or. Strobbe a we Hope Many students and other area people will sit in with us tuesday. Well be defining pollution examining its effects and looking at ways to control it a he says. Seminar schedule 8 30 a Coffee and registration Chapel. 9 30 a opening remarks or. Strobbe. 9 45 a a what is pollution a a Tom Pobst. 10 00 a a effects of pesticides on Man and his environment a Erie Bleckwehl. 10 30 a break. 10 45 a a environmental effects of water pollution a John Millspaugh. 11 15 a panel discussion. Noon a noon recess. 1 00 a a Urban aspects of pollution a Loren Gracey. 1 30 a a population pollution a or. Burchard. 2 30 a concluding remarks or. Strobbe. Killed accidents grand Junction up a three persons were killed Friday evening in a car truck collision Here at the Junction of Iowa 144 and . 30. The dead All occupants of the car were identified As Vernon Neal Durlam 53, Jefferson Laura Ann Busch 59, and Joe Wilford Busch sr., 59, both of Cooper. The Iowa Highway patrol said the car stopped at the intersection and then pulled into the path of a Semi trailer truck driven by James prey 57, Melvin. He was not injured. Too Little Sioux up a a three car pileup on interstate 29, % mile South of Here Friday evening killed three Sioux City Young people and hospitalized three others. The Iowa Highway patrol said the dead persons All were Riding in one car driven by Joseph John Reynolds 21, Sioux City. He was killed As were Debra Leigh 17, and Leonard Frederick How 19. Both of Sioux City. Hopp died in a Hospital this morning. A third Passeger in the car Betty Michalski 17, Sioux City was hospitalized in Sioux City in fair condition. The second car involved in the Accident was driven by Thomas Joseph Roswold 23, Sioux City. He was listed in fair condition in an Onawa Hospital. The Driver of the third car Gary Margolin 22, Sioux City was in Good condition in a Sioux City Hospital. Too Manteca Calif. Up a eight youths were killed Friday night when a speeding freight train demolished a Van Type truck stalled on Railroad tracks at a crossing. Eight other youths in the Van managed to flee from the vehicle moments before Impact. Two of them suffered minor injuries. All of the youths were believed to be from Tracy. Presents Check for student Center funds for the refurbishing of the student Center were increased by $100.00, As chapter do . Society presented a Check for that purpose to the City recreation commission. The Check represents the proceeds from the december 27 teen dance. Mrs. Dwight Mehaffy makes the presentation on behalf of chapter do to John Stiegman president of the recreation commission. In spite of the snowstorm that evening nearly 20 teens attended the dance held at the it. Pleas ant Golf and country club. Chapter do sponsored the affair and furnished refreshments and chaperones. North Korea releases 39 Seoul Uppit North Korea today released 39 of the 51 passengers and crewmen aboard a South korean Airliner hijacked to North Korea last dec. La. The United nations command in Seoul said the South koreans were freed at the truce Village of Panmunjom and taken to a u. S. Army Camp just outside Panmunjom. Bank and in a getaway car in a parking lot. Police theorized the bandits left the parking lot another car. In 300 attend for meeting three Hundred Farmers their wives and guests from Lee Henry Des Moines Van Buren Washington and Jefferson counties attended the annual Federal land Bank association meeting held at the St. Alphonsus Hall in it. Pleasant Friday feb. 13. Or. Karl Kiilsholm featured speaker talked about How precious is the Freedom that we americans take for granted. He pointed out that a Liberty Isnit free you have to pay a Max Johnson of Stockport president of the association presided at the business meeting where Clifford Messer of Jefferson county was re elected to a 3-year term and Wayne Sander of Lee county was elected to a 3-year term to succeed Knight Hartley who retired from the Board after eight years of service. Roger e. Thompson former Weidman with Federal land Bank association of Dewitt was introduced As the assistant manager. He began his duties with the association on january 2, 1970. V. M. Boshart manager of the association reported 855 Loans outstanding As of december 31, 1969, for a total of $17,454,800. This is an All time record and $1,-083,000 higher than the previous year. He reported a slackening in farm sales and less demand for Loans for 1970 a caused by the present High Cost of Money. He also told about the new a add on loan plan for present members. This is a plan whereby an additional loan May be granted at the present interest rate without disturbing the lower rate of their original loan. Or. Boshart said that the association had a Good year in 1969 and Farmers will continue to use More credit in their farming operations. He reported that of the 855 Loans outstanding there was not a delinquent loan at the end of the year a an excellent record for the association. weds 19-year-old girl Johannesburg South Africa up a or. Christian Barnard 46, who performed the first heart transplant married the 19-year-old daughter of a wealthy Oil Man Early today in a ceremony held on Valentines Day at the request of the Bride. Barnard married Barbara Zoell Ner whom the famed surgeon first met on the italian Island of ischia last May. Dozens of South african police and private Security guards stood outside the palatial Home of the brides father German born Oil magnate Frederick Zoellner during the ceremony. F in. Gannon candidate for Iowa governor Des Moines idea a promising one of the most Active campaigns the state has Ever seen state representative William Gannon saturday announced his candidacy tor the democratic nomination for governor. At age 33, Gannon is one of the chaplain Burns receives awards . Army Vietnam it a inc a Jan. 12 a a chaplain s work is never done and in Vietnam that is especially True. Army chaplain capt William g. Burns son of or. And mrs. Richard b. Burns route 5, it. Pleasant Iowa was instrumental in organizing and carrying out various aspects of his units Christmas project. The 33-year-old officer chaplain of the 6th battalion in the 9th infantry divisions 31st infantry. 3rd brigade was involved in such things As trips to Saigon for orphan children in the can Giuoco area Christmas parties involving both vietnamese children and american gigs and Many other civic action projects in addition to his regular duties. Chaplain Burns who arrived overseas in March 1969, entered the army in May 1966, and has been awarded the soldiers medal for voluntarily risking his life to save others two awards of the Bronze Star medal and two a wards of the army commendation medal. He was graduated from mount pleasant High school in 1954, received a . Degree in 1959 from the state University of Iowa and served As pastor of the first congregational Church Rod Oak la., prior to entering the army. His wife Mona Marie lives two Brothers face charge report plot to kill accused murderer Cleveland up a Paul Gilly 26, alleged payoff Man e i county jail Here after the Fri in Learned of a plot to kill him it was Ottumwa up a two Brothers were each being held on $5,000 Bond Here today on charges of assault with intent to commit murder in connection with a beating to re murder of United mine workers reported today. Tuesday. It official Joseph a. A a Jock a Yablonski j it was reported Ottumwa police said Raleigh Annis 26, Keosauqua was arrested in Keosauqua thursday and Michael Annis 19, Ottumwa arrested Here Friday night. Raleigh Annis has pleaded innocent and a preliminary hearing was set for feb. 24. Michael May be arraigned today. They Are charged in the beating of Herman Gene Brown Rural Ottumwa. He was hospitalized in satisfactory condition with extensive head cuts. Today the Fri was transferred from the Cuya hoga Learned Gilly was to be killed to a a prevent him from implicating higher a the report also said uni-1 i identified men had planned to smug Romi Lieut Iowa Gie guns into the county jail. . Attorney Robert Krupansky refused to confirm the report. I pastor killed Stanley Here on february 20 Gilly handcuffed and chained Bellevue up a the Rev. A transferred Friday to Tho Lawrence Nelson 62, Iowa con Stark county jail at Canton 70 be Rya t Ion is t and pastor of the first Miles South of Here by u.8. My presbyterian Church Here was seals who apparently took a Drui killed i riday night while driving Tous route to avoid detection alone near Here. The trip fr0m Cleveland to can ton normally takes an hour and a authorities said his car plunged j half. But it took the marshals aloft a curve on u. S. 52 near Here most five hours to travel with Gilly and Down a 12-foot embankment. In custody. 416 s. Dudley St., Macomb 111. Admits taking county funds Republican congressional candidate Dave Stanley of Muscatine brings his a politics to the people Campaign to it. Pleasant Friday afternoon feb. 20. Stanley will go door to door in it. Pleasant asking citizens their opinions on priorities and issues facing America. Stanley will also attend two coffees in his Honor in it. Pleasant. At at 1 30 p. In. Coffee will be Given at the Home of or. And mrs. Dean Bagby 701 e. Monroe it. Pleasant. The other Coffee for Stanley will be at 7 30 p. In. At the Home of or. And mrs. James May 508 w. Vine it. Pleasant. The Mingo Farmer who was elected minority Leader in the House in similarity in j Bank robberies Danbury Conn. Up a Fri agents said today they were a a aware of the similarities of a Bank robbery in Union mo., last nov. 13 and the one Here Friday in which two bandits escaped with about $40,000 after setting off three explosive devices. A a we re aware the method of operating in the two cases is similar a said an Fri spokesman in Danbury. A spokesman said the Danbury Fri office and the one in St. Louis had discussed the two cases but no links have yet been established. Two bandits detonated bombs at three locations within eight minutes Here Friday apparently to j that his Campaign will be based on confuse police and destroy alarm issues a a and will substitute reality systems while they made off with for Ile said it will be a Cedar rapids up a a Deputy in Linn county treasurers office has admitted embezzling about $1,800 from the delinquent tax division of the office. Richard Reamon 46, admitted taking the funds and then sub youngest candidates for governor fitted his resignation Friday. In modern Iowa political history. An embezzlement charge was filed Friday against Reamon and his Case continued until feb. 18 in 1966 and re elected in 1968, is the Cedar rapids municipal court youngest Man Ever to hold a floor j the shortage was uncovered leaders position in the Iowa leg during a state audit which was Slature. I requested by Linn county treasurer Lloyd Curtis Gannon is the third candidate the audit revealed that the o announce for governor on the shortage occurred Between the per democratic ticket. Earlier former Iod of Jan. I 1968, to feb. La of lieutenant governor Robert fill this year ton Waterloo and Robert l. Ner Eim Des Moines insurance Man announced thir intentions to seek the position now held by a Republican governor Robert d. Ray. The Jasper county Democrat told r. News conference at Des Moines Nelson was first appointed to the Iowa state conservation commis j Sion in 1963, and served As its first president before his term expired j june 30, 1969. Before his appoint o rent he served As a Hunter safety f of instructor for the conservation commission and was a member of the Mississippi River Parkway planning commission for six years. A native of Duluth minn., to which his parents had immigrated from Norway he wrote a weekly sports column for Iowa newspapers and spoke throughout the state on conservation. He also worked actively with alcoholics Anonymous. Survivors include his widow and three adopted children. Rehearsals tile music Man rehearsals and Crew work for the March 6, 7, 13, 14 performances of Meredith Wilson a musical a the music Many have begun at it. Pleasant High school. Students participate in Mhz program the Money from the Union savings Bank. Twenty five persons were injured in the blasts and two were hospitalized. A general Alert has been a Ssu eed. The explosions came in close sequence at the police station the High school band to present Winter concert wednesday the it. Pleasant senior High i saxophones school concert band will be presenting their Winter concert on wednesday feb. 18, in the High school auditorium at 8 00 . This organization under the direction of Keith Thomas director of instrumental music in the it. Pleasant schools will be presenting in concert a also sprach Zarathustra of. 30�?� by Strauss a sonata for winds by Carter a the music makers by Reed a a masque by Mcbeth a Mcancio Nero by Rott a dance and intermezzo by Carter a March Quot colossus of columbian by Alexander a selections from hair by Rado Ragni Mac Dermot and a Zalia Barocco Folk Rock by Giovannini. The personnel of the senior High concert band numbering 95, is As follows Piccolo Jane sheets flutes Katha Formanek Jon Miller Susan Price Oliver Becky Shook Bonnie Smith Christi Smith Ter Rie Stewart Regina Williams Jean Ninne Woolley clarinets Diann Bare Jean Boal Denise Burchard Carol Cooper Ralph Drummond Susan Dunster Nancy Gates Treva Graber Carol Halferty Janet Hayward Judy Holaday Anne Huene Marilyn Krabill Linda leu Kim Leyden Dana Marshall Sharon Mathews Sharri Mathews Jean Megorden Myers Ginny Perron Linda Reynolds Margaret Savage. Bass clarinets Sheryl Johnson Lynn Zickefoose Contra Bass clarinet Penny Cammack Alto Debby Biggs Susan Breazeale Neena Combs Jeff cop Pernoll Debra Cornick Janice Ford Jerry Harding Jackie Jones Tom Padley Jane Prottsman Tenor saxophones Luann Kauffman i Jetter life for All its citizens and Campaign a not of canned television commercials and meaningless advertising jingles but of individual Contact with the real people of in discussing his candidacy Gannon said he has found a a genuine concern Over Vasci lation and indecision in positions of Gannon said he a distressed by the a a continual poisoning of our he promised that if elected the number one priority in his administration would be meeting tile problem of pollution with adequate appropriations and forceful regulation. A was an iowan i am proud of the potential of our state to achieve a farm Cost increases to Slacken Judy Scott baritone saxophone Jerry Tolson Bassoon Marlene Whaley oboes Becky Bates Cindy Lawrence cornets Bill Bergryn Scott Boal Clyde Burchard Tom Galer Jayne Hayward Rick Mal Lams Martin Neubauer Janet Olson Denny Owens Jim Perron Van Rommel Reynolds Roth Sharon Sommerfeld Sheryl som Merfeld Mike Williams French horns Joann Garrels Nancy i would like As governor to turn this potential into actuality a to show we can be a Leader among states in meeting our problems and improving the Quality of our Complex Gannon said he plans to build a on a constituency of conscience rather than privilege of those who look to the future rather than those who Are rooted in the past of now ans who feel our state has potential Kochneff Rhonda Rankin c Ely a Anco want to move off Schroeder trombones Wendall Centa. And Imo a better life. Bare Carolyn Castore Brad Cornick Dave Draper Jim Gugeler Andy Mcbeth Susie Smith Dan Veith Becky Watts Kevin Wiley Kirk Ziegler baritones Steve Draper Steve Owens basses Bob Appel Susan Fowler Diana Jennings Todd Mcbeth and percussion Debbie Dovenspike Kevin Frost Randy Kilbourne Kevin Piatt Sharon Roth. Serving the band As officers this year Are Tom Galer and Jane sheets As co captains Tom Padley and Van Rommel As lieutenants and sergeants Jim Perron and Kevin Piatt. A concert for the High school student body will be presented on tuesday morning in Cottrell gym. The Public is cordially invited to attend the wednesday evening concert in the auditorium. Washington up a farm Cost increases will Slacken this year despite continued inflationary pressures agriculture department economists predict. Department experts said total farm expenses this year May Rise to around $40.1 billion up about $1.5 billion from 1969. This would substantially soften the Cost Boom that boosted last years farm expenses by $2.3 billion Over 1968. Too the us a so farm Cost situation predicted higher prices for herbicides wages and property taxes. Costs for hired labor May Rise less this year than in 1969 with fewer workers offsetting higher wages the report said. A Little Relief from High interest rates is in sight and total farm interest costs May Rise about 8 per cent Over last years $3.2 billion. State and local taxes payable on farm real estate last year Rase to $2.1 billion and May Rise another to per cent this year the report said. Too economists also noted a growing concentration of farm production spending on a smaller number of big farms. In 1960 farms with annual sales of $40,000 or More accounted for 3 per cent of All farms and for 36 per cent of total farm expenses. But by 1968 these big operations represented 6 per cent of All farms and 52 per cent of total farm production expenses. J too other highlights of the report a a continuing stronger demand for big machinery while sales of Small tractors and other groups decline. A fertilizer prices which declined last year Are expected to be a total spending for pesticides especially Weed killers increased in 1969 and will go up again this year mostly because of More specialized and higher priced Weed killers. Mrs. Roberta Brown miss Paulette Strong and miss Joan Ting Hino elementary education majors at Iowa Wesleyan College Are now participating in a program arranged by or. Joe Mauck head of the department of teacher education inc and or. Keith Klyn coordinator for towers school Mhz. The three students will spend approximately three weeks at Mhz towers school observing and participating in procedure necessary for working with students in a Hospital setting. Included in the working experience for the students will be preparing assignments for Small groups teaching on a one to one basis and learning the cooperation necessary in teaching in a setting where the teacher is a part of an Overall Hospital treatment team. A we feel a said or. Klyn a that in this Short program we can provide these students with a worthwhile educational experience pertinent to a teachers background particularly for the teacher who wishes to follow a teaching career working with emotionally disturbed children in a setting such As ours. It is important that the teacher learn to appreciate the value of each of the various disciplines of the treatment team such As the psychologist the social worker the special therapist the psychiatric curriculum of his Home school and at the same level. A a however observes one of the Iowa Wesleyan students a this is where the similarity stops. We have found there is a great difference in preparing and conducting the towers school has operated at the mental health Institute for the Benefit of hospitalized school age patients since 1961 As a cooperative Endeavor Between the Henry county Board of education the state department of Public instruction and mental health Institute. Mhz provides the space most of the equipment and furniture janitorial and maintenance services the teachers and the school coordinator Are employees of the Henry county Board of education who also Supply curriculum materials and related school supplies. The division of social education reimburse Henry county fully for the Cost of the instruction and textbooks. For the past two school years the Institute has been awarded approximately $6,000 per year in Federal funds under title i. This Federal Money has been utilized to bolster the curriculum in the areas of Reading speech therapy Metal working and family budgeting. The school has grown Over the years reflecting both the increased the play is a joint production of the drama and music department of Mph under the direction of mrs. Marabelle Magnuson and mrs. Marilyn Vincent. Art students supervised by or. Lonnie Pugh Art instructor Are working with members of the set Crew on the scenery for the play. Or. Keith Thomas band instructor and members of the Mph band Are preparing music to supplement the singers and dancers. A the music Man Quot revolves around the exploits of professor Harold Hill a Salesman specializing in boys bands. Professor Hill decides a to give Iowa a try Quot and sets out to make the citizens of River City Iowa aware of the urgent need to have a boys band. This town is different this town has Marian the librarian. Tom by his love for Marian and his need to escape the angry townspeople poor professor Hill is baffled. Set in the a a typical Iowa Small town of the Early 1900�?Ts, the costuming and sets contribute color and nostalgia to a Fine script and Lively music. Aide and others who contribute to admission of children and teen the treatment of the student in a residential average daily attendance at towers school Mhz runs in the High 30s the total number of students taking part in the school program during the current semester is 62. Curriculum used in towers school basically is the same As used in other schools when possible the student continues the same agers As Well As greater utilization of the facility. Approximately 35 to 40 youngsters attend school ranging in age from six to Nineteen years and covering grades kindergarten through twelve. Four teachers Are available on a full time bag is and two Are employed half time. Or. Klyn As coordinator and mrs. Owen Peterson Secretary Complete the staff. Postmaster exams for 31 Iowa towns Washington up a the civil service commission will conduct open competitive examinations to fill postmaster vacancies in 31 Iowa towns sen. Jack Miller r Iowa announced Friday. The communities where postmaster vacancies exist include 1st District a Birmingham and Cantril Van Buren county Oakville Louisa county and Packwood Jefferson county. Fined $200 for shooting Bald Eagle Cedar rapids up a Frederick Krysher of Clinton was fined $200 Friday after pleading guilty to shooting an american Bald Eagle. Another Clinton Man William Peterson was fined $100 in u. S. District court at Cedar rapids for transporting the dead Eagle. Peterson pleaded guilty to the charge. The two were arrested last month on the Mississippi River near j Clinton by a state conservation agent and charged with destroying the Bird. There Are Only a few american Bald eagles in existence. Or. Keith Klyn coordinator of r towers school Mhz briefs Iowa Wesleyan students during a cooperative program Between Mhz and inc in which students majoring in elementary education spend a portion of the second interim at Mhz observing and gaining knowledge and understanding of what is involved in working with youngsters in a Hospital setting. Pictured left to right or. Klyn. Mrs. Roberta feed prices should remain fair j Brown and miss Paulette Strong. Another student participating but not a treed prices Sonuia Tuuu Ina by stable with Only minor increases. A pictured is miss Joan Tinghino cars collide at intersection a 1962 Chevrolet driven by Connie sue Baker it. Pleasant route 4. And a 1963 Plymouth driven by Ruth e. Anderson it. Pleasant collided at the intersection of main and Clay streets at 2 47 . Friday. The Baker car was heavily damaged and the right front fender of i the Anderson Auto was damaged. The Baker car was going South and the Anderson car West when the Accident occurred. Police charged Ruth Anderson with failure to yield i the right of Way

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