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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - February 15, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news a a these Days by George e. Goo Btry whose antennae or s. Eleanor Roosevelt has been j publishing an interesting series of articles about herself in the saturday e Ming they Are in inane ways a postscript to her Huto Biog aptly. The particular article to which i refer contains some criticism of John fest i Dulles our Secretary of state which requires . Hie matter comes up in to Nehru of India lot who in mrs. Roosevelt has considerable admiration. She says i cannot help but feel that or. Dulles fails to understand the feelings of Many of the Peoples with whom we must deals that he Lack antennae with Winch to reach out and sense Hie attitudes of other at times when such attitudes May be of utmost importance in our struggle against communism the question of course is whether the Secretary of state is a Goodwill ambassador or a finely schooled in International relations prepared by knowledge and experience to negotiate with other countries in the interests of the United stat s that phrase a in the into rests of the United May not concern mrs. Room Celt too my ii because he is devoting the litter years of her life to the in i of to of the United nations and there could by a conflict of interest it might be argued that a Good my stator is one who understands those with who in he negotiates but it cannot be argued that he is any god if he let always conceding to the other Side always Sacri-1 icing the interests of his own a Titi. In the Long history of sacrificing the United states from 1933 to 1948, the record is so one sided that surely ome country in this world ought to be grateful to the United states after world War i. At any rate. Finland was grateful and paid its debt1. After Woald War ii such countries As India have Shewn no gratitude whatsoever for this country. Their attitude might be summed up in this phrase Quot what have you done for me lately a too the reason mrs. Roosevelt desires Secretary of state Dulles to have antennae which reach out and Seine the attitudes of others is that the aforesaid others Quot May be of utmost importance in our struggle against nut these others even after receiving such gracious Aid try the hands of the government of the United states in Mast instances have been Neutral Between tile United states and soviet Russia. Nehru for instance is Neutral. Vol. So no. 39 a Hub it. Pleasant Iowa saturday evening a. By a assail. R colder in Carrier so per Ween by Bali. >10 per Yea is he Stassen resigns will be base to keen Cool i 1 a m fir t m Ait s Irie Advance notice Enay morning of wind i Hided in it in s end no ecneia1 thaw rat i Spad a it an be St authority i he tempt a m it j by Tow to 0 at 7 30 to m during the Dav a ,. Up Only a few Degn read nut it from five me predicted for Saint and the climb will i Quot Northwest Low i rom la to it. Below him i ton in expected snowfall i Quot Hurst and Friday my Inch. Civil atm a i a Mot Nigl i-1 i. Eleven persons in Acar mishap near it. Madison will run for governor i Thomasville Cia. Ins Harold including five k Tessen resigned from the Eisen escaped serious Hower admin Iafratto n today to run Cai Coin Mon on i m governor of Pennsylvania. Eleven persons front i pleasant injury in a three Highway 103 about three Miles out of it Madison Friday evening Dali us put ii. I pleasant High j ant s resignation with school senior received a Cut on the Best forehead that required medical at by assent letter of resignation and president Eisenhower accepted his Cabinet rank disarmament Assi St regret and or Fuchs i presume Here is tile scene As dog teams and vehicles of the British trans ant Arctic expedition headed by or. Vivian Fuchs arrive at the South pole after a frigid 950-mile trek Bruni the Weddell sea coast. Below Are from left sir Edmund Hillary who led an expedition from the other direction or. Fuchs and rear adm. George Dufek commander of his j. S. Navy a task Force 43 in Antarctica. Mrs. Mary Swaney a woman of year Quot at Columbus Ohio what particular value is it to have a Secretary of state who give up the taxpayers earnings until it Hurt and All we get for it 5 the kind of neutralise which Chru produced in India and Sukarno produced in Indonesia another generalization in Jiin hide that requires correction is he following i remember when president Yuman sent Gen George c. Marshall to China during the Crit Al Days of the civil War to at met to persuade Generalissimo Hiang Kai Shek to inaugurate Overn mental reforms in an Effort unite All factions a that was not general Marshall s i k. General Marshall a task. Was it intervene in the civil War which As occurring in China Between it in government which was our ally j and the chinese communists who Ere serving soviet Russia. General i Arshall s activities were such that j in communists were Tablet it gain after a Long truce a rat Chic position in Manchuria i hich resulted first in the Cen j lest of Chiba by soviet Russia in of the no. T serious defeats this country encountered in its history cd secondly the soviet direct of the korean War w hich has Ovid so disastrous to us. Mrs. Roosevelt is critical of Nadaine Chiang Kai Shek. She y i think that intellectually i i he understands what democracy friends Here of mrs. Mary Swaney will be interested to know that she has been named Quot woman of the year by the Columbus Ohio. Quota club. Mrs. Swaney daughter of mrs Mary Firebaugh and sister of mrs. W. K. Rogers is director of Zonia International House for women at Ohio state University. She was honoured by the Columbus quota club at a meeting on tuesday feb 4. Nixon says u. S. To win Phoenix Ari. It ins it vice president Richard m. Nixon told Arizona republicans last night that tile United states is going to win both the race for outer space and beat the current recession. He talked reassurance frence and rally. With Confidence and first at a news con later at a Republican on the now closely watched economic situation he declared a this administration will not stand by and allow a recession to j continue or unemployment to Rise. J a Columbus newspaper along Quot there is nothing wrong with the with a picture of mrs. Swaney and a Economy that a Good dose of Honfi International Honn photos Southeast ii events planned by representatives eight representatives from of. Pleasant High school attended the Southeast to meeting at Fairfield thursday evening supt c a. Cottrell principal George Stanley coaches Emmett Barton Robert Evans Gay Date and Joe Lutz and two student Council representatives Arnold Sperfslage and Patricia Bryant. The Hind four residents of the International House gives the following information Quot the widow of Gilmore d. Swaney mrs. Swaney grew up in it. Pleasant. Iowa and was graduated from Iowa Wesleyan University. Quot after serving As principal of it. Pleasant High school she taught at Santiago College. An american school for girls in Santiago Chile witnessing its growth in enrolment and capacity. A mrs. Swaney returned to the United states 12 years later to continue her education and soon obtained her masters degree in student personnel administration from Columbia University in new York. Quot after holding several administrative positions in Xenia. Ohio Slit came to Ohio state University and was made director of Zonta International House for women in january of 1951.�?� Deuce wont the vice president charged that for the next few months the democrats Are going to cry that a Quot depression is just around the Corner a but he pointed to the things being done to counter the Down trend. He said the Fairfield Ledger reports meeting As follows plans for Iowa s newest Dwigh j school conference were formulated at a dinner and business meeting j held thursday night in Fairfield j sixty faculty members and Stu a dents representing member schools of the Southeast 6 conference attended the planning session which opened with a dinner at hotel Turner. &Quot$5 billion More in def Cost rads will be let in the first months i of this year than in the last six1 months of 1957 the president has j approved a $2 billion past office j modernization program and around $2 billion will be spent on the new Highway it pleasant Washington fort a Madison Bloomfield Centerville con act Fairfield comprise the conference which will be activated next fall. Robert Laughridge. Bloomfield is the conference president j separate discussion groups Cov a erg athletics vocal and instr a mental music speech and drama a tics and student Council activities or. Jams Van Allen author of life article Tov. I City. Low a i pm new from an Atli. J. Proles of James Van Allen of j state University of Iowa a Felt in the new Issue of life Magazine j Quot the lust v s Earth satellite i j painting a Broad and deep tripe of j knowledge 4.700 Miles w Ide Aud j i too Miles thick around tin Waist i of tile world a a or vim Allen by gins. Head of the Sui department of physics he was asked to contribute Hie article to i do recall e it in Roll As chairman for the in a a Lumen j to Mon committee for the u 8 Earth satellite program. Quot we Sci Isis ire sometimes asked w hat Good is til tin i now i Edge Quot the iou j ii i heist Ohser a j in the Art Hie. He Wespon i in that in Sini it Ian. Meteoric dust and tempi i tyres of objects m outer spec mud like re Mote matters in tile daily live it people on Earth bul it is ooh by building our knowledge fact by fact thai we will Jay the groundwork for the More practical Discon irs that lie ahead a or. Van Allen con eludes. Will report after torchlight Calls duet i for Queen i Hall do Light Al of la i Winfield is one no Nodi is lot the lion i Hie Hue i Hen i t s i tall a Liege till. T a in i he Queen will an included Iii the list lot i i hot a Queen of mat Hail has bean pledged Upsilon Omicron National tonal Home economics Holland w ill by initiated follow pet luncheon on feb. �?T�?T2 sentenced on Check charge to veil ill a Meach v. 111 i Mug on a by had i held Chaij i want �?�1 c a Akin into custody men ii in in 11 put i n Chi is m i in Man w a a 1 d with Pandit had Cheek Nicy s stat loll m dam Sinilo i it e have a order on Pierce on a Heck and lie u 11 Purl by a1 0 n f ii held and Anam ism in liar charges Quot spaceman concluding week in Moon trip the vice president also made the Point that Quot if Congress acts promptly on the presidents proposed legislation. Housing starts tor this year will by a Quarter of a million More than the 1.100,000 originally were held at the my the dinner. High school follow Mack May testify next thursday j he added Quot of these actions do not prove j adequate i would suggest a tax Cut j and the administration is keeping a j dose watch on the Economy w it ii i tax cuts under Washington. Wins it a fed Quot a ii communications commissioner gets u Chance next week to make a formal denial of charges that h a wag paid off for his vote on a Miami to License award. A House investigating subcommittee headed by rep Oren Harris cd it Ark la expected to Call Richard a. Mark on thursday to reply to allegations made by its ousted counsel or. Bernard Schwartz. Mack a 48-year-old Florida Democrat appointed to acc by learn but despite the fact that j president Eisenhower in 1955 he w it to College in this country he Dies not know How to live democracy a _ Madame Chiang. Mei Ling Soong name to the United states when she was a Young child lived with i Ainsworth in Macon Chogia and then studied at Wellesley College. I have known a Madam Chiang As Gill and married woman nearly 40 year.-. She was a co e Friend of my first wife and there were time when we War younger when we saw each oth r daily. Madame chains May net confuse disorderly living with democracy but she is As trained in the american concept of life As any girl can be who spend most of her childhood and youth in country the ter Day labelled a unsubstantiated Quot and foundation a a and asked for port Unity to testify. turns Quot without i an of former resident Dies in Spokane word has been received by relatives Here of the death of mrs. Met percent. Says first lass mail losing Money St. Petersburg. Fla it ins Deputy postmaster general e. O. Sessions said today that the u. S. For the first time in its Hisor is losing Money on first class mail. Speaking at the dedication of the new St. Petersburg Post office sessions gave no loss figure for letters but lie said tile Overall Post office department deficit is 700 million dollars a year. He said the department expects to handle 61 billion pieces of mail tins year a More than the postal deliveries of All other countries combined. He said the u. S is the Only major nation with a sizable deficit. First class rates sessions added have remained unchanged since 1952, but costs have increased 108 conference football and i bail schedules for 1958-59 have Alii Ady been drawn. Recommend Lions made by coaches at thursday i night s session included indoor and j outdoor track meets my a double j round Rubin summer baseball pro Gram. Washington is the Only school j which does not compete in baseball. Coaches also discussed freshman Sophomore football wrestling and j Golf with no action taken. Fairfield and Bloomfield Are the Only Loo i Hooks with a wrestling program. One f the first conference events. Will be a vocal music festival to be Ildeni april 22 at Washington. Plans for th1 event were announced by mrs. Jane Ruby. Fairfield following a meeting of vocal music instructors. Similar events in instrumental music and dramatics were also discussed. Student Council representatives also discussed ways of promoting closer and better relations among member schools. Tile women of die Moo and the american i Region auxiliary mein in who. Robeli the if my id .1 Keetion monday night in the mat Cli of dime. Poi Plicht Camp n a ii i ii at the headquarter s in the Wilson Iii i Ante a n v m t do. Night f la to the drive to ? will be Rcd Coffey and d ugh i nuts i the drive will tart plump let 6 pm. Townspeople Are a kid to have til ii Light Tun cd on id. After they Bai m tin a it n Ri-Basket-1 to the Drill n Aid i tut cd Dona i Ria a i Simula i of 21 i n Oil 2 Bronx. Ail la in us i. Stretch on j mice than t Unn i Loti x. I in 51 do of today that i i fan Al it a the Horn d trip into out ago i Ai old an Man from n a completed the h it a von Day exp Cri itt id is Quot Pace r hide inh air Force in Antonitto sit is r h tem Ion he w a taken by k to it Madison in in ambulance Winch had been culled to the scene Ernest Bartlett of it Madison passenger in one cd the curs complained of a neck injury Weir shaken and bruised Campbell and foul others from i Wen sum Larry White Larry Vav rigid Dink Buffington and Ronald Riley were returning to i Blea it from the it a ii on of Pica ant clime i tie Campbell is Ford wont into i skid evidently w Hen in ukes were applied As a cat in front slowed Down i or Campbell cur turned crossway on the frosty pavement Ami lame to a Stop. Of near Stop i partly across the left Lune i two cars were approaching from the opposite direction the first in Fidel Model Pontiac driven by William Banders of it Madison hit the i Campbell car broadside on tile right j Side 1 be second ail older Model Chrysler driven by James Frey it Madison who was alone hit the handers vehicle. \ the Chis stopped almost parallel Side by Side and crossway of the j pavement the Campbell and Sand Lees cars facing South and the prey Icar. Moi i n All remained upright damage to the was extensive. The rigid Side of the Campbell cur was caved it and us Light front of the Banders car was badly damaged. Riding wit ii Banders were Bartlett John Manhart Harold Devault and Ernest Beasley. Campbell probably was thrown against the right Side of he Windshield and thus suffered the head injury that Section of the Glass had been pushed Forward and broken. Larry White who was Riding in the front seat with Campbell suffered no head injury lie said Many i. Pleasant residents Enro Ute Home from the Ball game came upon the scone quickly first car Back of the Campbell car was that of a m Patterson who had a Load of High schooners and soon arriving was Sheri ii Russell Van Tuyl wit ii his car Load. Who took charge of the directing in traffic us d to cml a 24 or. I Abr i t missionary to speak the Chapel speaker Al Iowa w Cyan College a tuesday menu it feb. 18 will be or Jam l m Volt Tea ii har it i f lit a i in ii Quot k Quot in a Winch will begin tuesday at Hie univ to of Low a i lie coif will include new developments in Raymond Baker seeks nomination Raymond Baker who has been or veg As a member of tile Henry or Eisenhower a reply were made Public both president s vacation White House at Thomasville a. old or president Quot it is my belief that i May now make a larger contribution to your objective of a durable peace which i share by re entering the Active political held in he Pennsylvania governorship or Eisenhower told tile former i i Minnesota governor i Quot since tire reasons you give for i your decision Are of a political or i lure and involve an intent to participate in a primary contest in Pennsylvania i derm it Inappro-1 Pilate for in to comment heir on them Quot however the president s letter added Quot but i am free to express my deep conviction that because of your Long and varied experience in late government and in military and civil posts in the Federal govt no Lent you have much to contribute to til a future of our i Bise allowed told Stassen that a certainly your sincerity and integrity will command the respect of All citizens no matter in what activity you May engage a Washington officialdom had been anticipating Bra Aaan a resignation for some time particularly since he lost a feud on disarmament policy with Secretary of state John Foster Dulles Stassen met w it ii or Eisenhower at the White House nine Days ago to discuss the former University of Pennsylvania presidents future but Stassen said afterwards that no decision had Bren reached. White House news Secretary James c. Hagerty told reporters that a St us sen advised or. Eisenhower of his decision to resign by Telephone from Washington late yesterday afternoon. About two weeks ago there was a Quot leak Quot attributed to chief presidential assistant Sherman Adams that the president had decided Stassen would have to leave the administration because of his conflict with Dulles Wickard applauded i in a ii i re of Medicine Ltd missionary i i in service is to Kenworthy animus 76, of Spokane. Wash., after an extended illness. Mrs. Altimus was born aug. 5, 1881 in Henry county the daughter of John and Hannah for Zer Moon and resided Here for a number of years. She is survived by five daughters and two sons and Many i other relatives. He said Quot but today because of rising costs and Static rates a first class mail a for the first time in history brings in less Money in revenues than it costs to handle it a sessions repeated the departments proposal for a four cent local and five cent out of town postage rate. Low bidder on Burlington p. 0, Kansas City la is the general service administration in Kansas City Ano need yesterday that Weitz company inc. Of Des Moines was apparent Low bidder on a new Post office building to be erected at Burlington. La. The Weitz bid was $1,084,730 the Osa said the bids will be studied and a contract awarded by March 13 with construction to begin immediately after that. Tire government Lias allocated i i 180,000 for the Burlington pen j Oil ice. I county Board of supervisors in i n med the news saturday that he will seek tile Republican nomination Joi tile 1959 term. Ii lift is the term now held by Law. Breazeale who is not a candidate for reelection one candidate l t. Harlan of Hillsboro had a1 read announced thu i he will seek tin nomination Baker resides in Swedesboro founders Day program at Iowa Wesleyan i . Sunday Iowa Wesleyan Chapel Public invited special music by the Iowa Wesleyan choir directed by i David e Price invocation or. Donald la Bishop introduction of speaker Arnold Salisbury address or Joseph c Kinsey presentation of alumni awards Arnold Salisbury presentation of honorary degree candidate or. Linsey by or. Jack Early presentation of who a who citation or. J Raymond Chadwick acceptance mayor Wade l. My Beth Candle lighting ceremony with 117 Iowa Wesleyan students participating or. J Raymond Chadwick Benediction reception at student Union for Mer Claude a Des Moines ins u s agriculture Secretary j Vav Lenard Drew frequent applause at to 20th annual farm Institute in a Des Moines today As lie advocated j continuation of the soil Bank program praised the research role of i Iowa stat College and advocated i expanded hum efficiency. Wickard was one of two former j Cabinet members in the Field of i agriculture to follow Secretary a i Benson on the program. Hem. I Wallace former vice president of the United states was schedule d to a Peak at a banquet meeting t it night Tunisia crowd demands 4rms \ huge crowd marches on the presidential Palace in Tunis b. Int it Gas demanding that president Bourguiba give them a in. With v. A h to avenge the bombing of Saviet Sidi you set in which in re than 70 villagers died. President Bourguiba has demanded withdrawal of All French lore s from Tunisia. It int i National sound photo marriage License issued a marriage License has been i sued at the clerks office in the courthouse to Harry Dale Lauber. 25. And Fleet Lynn Haight 18, both of Winfield. Iowa employment situation Down Only slightly Des Moines despite persist t i works to the contrary Iowa a employment situation is Down Only slightly from noun Al the employment Security commission report i today unemployment in Iowa and t a nation is More pronounced in heavily industrialized areas. Manufacturing shows a decline especially la heavy machinery automobiles construction equipment and household appliances. Consequently Iowa with its widely diversified employment shows unemployment becoming a serious problem Only in a few of the larger cities. On the other hand Many local communities report no employment layoffs or Lack of business. In fact several employment service areas report Good business conditions and no layoffs

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