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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - February 18, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa These Days by George a sovetsky lit Nator hark Byrd it Nill be a loss to the United slates when senator Hart leaves the United states Senate he has now announced that he Hill do he is the third member that body within one year to state that j id not stand for re election i despite the ins Urance that he could i be returned if he wished to be senator William know land Lulu a my riot Only the Senate but the ii1 publican Lead Reship it to run for Gove Mer California. Should senator know land be Defeated in the gubernatorial Campaign he would undoubtedly retire from Politico should he a elected governor California to name would in Daub us be put bore the Republican coma nation in i960 for the pre id Trey. Senator know land is a Wise legislator evenly balanced not As Brilliant As Bob Taft but also not to stubborn. His retirement from Public life would be a sad blow to Ali one who have recognized his it. Pleasant news a i vol. 80, no. 41 it. Pleasant Iowa. Tuesday sex eni i Keh. 18. 1058 a a i wow warmer by Carrier per week by mag in tells views to License eight die Iowa roads not so old Only ten Lily tin be multiple i i to Quot a it lain Xvi Day and mum the toll my Gnu to he through feb in four Pei sons ins unlit v Ai i Alt ins eight live m rn-1958 fit death compared with 69 As year we e killed in i d in tin in m am a i k senator William leaner who is Al a retiring represents the Iva re Core it Republican conservatism the element which under the Robert a. Taft. Kept the Republican party together As a p tical unit during tile apparently hopeless Days democratic pied lits. And now senator Harry by i. Watchdog the nations Treasury announces that he will retire from the Senate. Harry Byrd has Given much his political life to battling against those who disliked american economic and social traditions and Hilo hauled to use taxes i Eisenhower net to bring Revenue but to change j opposed to the economic and social Structure the country he Carne to be regal ded a., the beset informed senator in fiscal condition. A successor in the Senate to Carter Glass his Chi state. In this particular Field he is acknowledge to be without p in the Senate. Four fiet it Here is a View Michigan City ind., burled under a four foot f ill Snow along with surrounding communities. A state emerge nov was declared. Inter nut tonal reports administration still opposes tax Cut Wallington 11 is a Senate Republican Leader William f. Kronland raid today that the administration is till i tax Cut at this Lime but the question a will be subject to review later in the senator Byrd has often been unpopular with members his own i arty particularly As he put the preservation the United states above the Success any party any person. He fought a losing Battle against tile spenders but it cannot be said that the impediments he put in their Way did not slow up to prices waste. When Robert a. Taft was alive and senator Byrd joined forces to keep the United states functioning legislatively. Had it not been for the Republican Southern democratic coalition several legislative sessions would have Reml ted in Little More than the word age the a pc nor Esponal record some the most conservative legislation was a product this coalition which held Strong until destroyed by the politics Sherman Adams the president s chief staff who seems to a devoted to reducing Congress to an Arm the presidents office. It i largely because this interference by the executive in the Affine Congro s that the to pub ican Early is split into factionalism and democrats grow stronger at each congressional election. While the leadership the democratic party remains Southern it is texan leadership rather than virginian which itself is a remarkable development in american history. Also. The intellectual leadership the party has moved northward to such men As senator Mike Man Field senator Hubert Humphrey and senator Paul Douglas men grounded More in the universities than in the easy give and take everyday politic in Active business Enterprise. One readily say that with the departure senator Harry f. from the Senate in january an Era shall have Pas cd an Cia fierce Contention Between those who would change the american Way life and those who would preserve the american form the capitalistic system. What has Pio Bably happened historically is that \ Thoro major changes in american if which were a tiered in by the great depression 1929 have to a Large measured jelled that the Eisenhower administration far from being a revolt against the new j Cital which it Napi sued it j would be is a projection new Deal economics and new Deal sociology and that those both parties who Opp d the changes Hae either disappeared from politic Are retreating from the fray. The Lien Era no longer revolutionary and surprising. Know i and declared after a White House conference that top administration advisers Are confident increased defense Highway a n d housing outlays will set off a a Cham reaction effects that will bring about an upturn in the Economy by mid War. Will observe w orld Day prayer Friday february 21 Mark the seventy-1 second Observance with world Day prayer sponsored by the. United Council Church women i this year the methodist Nuich four indicted in Indiana Road deals Indianapolis tri National officials carpenters and Joiner a High former state it i lure in tie United Union and a Ila Jai were the meet . Fri vol be the Host group for my which will Start at i Day. The world Day prayer began in 1887. Observances now Are held in 144 counties starting with the Tonga islands and ending with by. Economic and legislative problems. J ,. I. I Lawrence Island Alaska. It is the aim the w committee to be the senator and other congressional Leader discussed with Eisenhower Cabinet officers at a two hour White House by Akia a meeting. Administration officials present were Treasury Secretary Robert Andersen Commerce Secretary Sinclair week.1, labor Secretary James p Mitchell and Deputy budget director Maurice ii stans besides know land congressional Republican leaders participating included House Republican Leader Joseph w Martin. Or. Mass., sen. Leverett Salton stall mass., rep. Charles Halleck iud., Ai cd rep. Leo Allen 111. Knew land who acted As spokesman for the group said there was a a around table discussion at the conference democratic proposals for a tax Cut. He it Lei new men that the Quot in it Rai feeling a that it a us not be a p at his time t a a tax reduction because the heavy Gatof tin g i i no. It Ami the importance proc Ming an incr a e in the National to however he add a the a subject will be up for review before Pongee. know land explained that opposition t a tax Cut is a cd the belief that there will be an in 1 prove men t in economic activity by and year. He left the impression that unless the business decline is reversed by that time the administration will consider the advisability a tax Cut As a Means checking the economic slump. Asked about democratic proposal for stepped up Public works spending to bolster the Economy Kiu a land Aid con ideation must be Given to measures that Nill increase private investment and a not merely raise the Public cure a program from one hemis-1 plier one year and from the other j hemisphere the next year the i theme this year is a the bread i life prepared by the Church women Australia. The Pur Jokse the world Day player is to unite All christians in la Bond prayer and to make an offering for Christian missions at j Home Aud abroad Interdenomina-1 tonal Home missions which Benefit from the offering include it i it the american indians. <2> the Low income farm communities Aud 3 tile agricultural migrants. I several Ladio and to stations j u ill integrate world Day prayer in their stories this week to ii will by featured in a Plain unto my feet sunday Fob. 16, and radio a Ama Perkins Quot will mention it feb 20 and Quot Pepper voting s family Fob. 21 renew Battle Over minutes indicted by tile Marion county grand Virv today charges a conspiracy to commit a felony and a bribery a Public official j i the four men Are Maurice Hutcheson president i j William bitter vice president and i Frank m Chapman treasurer the carpenters Union and Harry a Doggett Grcen Subj a iud., j former assistant right Way division head the state Highway department. The indictments related to right Way deals along the tri state sex i press a in Lake county and j the s Road 27 in Wayne county in it hich the land was bought for about $20,000 and sold a few weeks later Lur a profit $81,400 i Doggett allegedly received $15,800 and Hutcheson and Virgil w Smith former chairman the state Highway commission $15,500 each according to Tine charges. Single Accident to Highway a 11,, i Gnu i Hen t id i it. Iii Warren county 11 a tile second font fatality i i la in recent Days foul Odar rapids men Wen killed Situ Das in a ear True collision near Milan Ben j Point j victims the mishap la t night were 32-Yea i old Philip Gen Jan i not and his aunt mrs ruin Lim i non Tad i v i until Cai ii id mrs Vena Emma Burn route 2i Carlisle and lid i in a j Aroh i Midden a Lei. Sheryl i Ann Richards Daught i Olmi an i j i s Max Richards Swan the child s father u a Brothel til i Warren county Sherd i c j Rich cards she and Btl e Rand Mother were in mule to i a. Moines to vat the girl s motile who hid under gone surgery at Walden Hospital j earlier a pail double fatality i accidents Wile reported tile in i Arroll and the other Nortin i i id i Des Mollie at the june Hon Highway 3 and so Ben blum54 old Carroll Farmer and his 16-year-old daughter a i in were Killiri when then a has struck by a freight train at crossing in Carroll a t to Ca i collision at the Highway 30-66 Junction claimed the lives 76-year-old Henry Mille and his 72-Vear-Nld Nile Emma Winfred s Dak. From the extreme i it in comparison Lill it is l Climde Ruble than the Normal in blight Relief cold was Relief actually for it i a Oldt tuesday this imm Lor i la Low monday night was Iii he Low Ere t to by below la Piel t Al Lily night the in Mem rat i How err i had moved up toll above it one clock tuesday afternoon i lie sub Zero Reading monday night math Hie Lith night in the last 12 that lie temperature has been be ii h Zero and the 12th night in feb i univ that sub Zero leading have been recorded tonight Low in flu beast Iowa is peeled to be no More than eight below threat Border War Marion county Proser Toi John threatened to it Send Bordel Polit g tinder said Smith was not in dieted in this Deal because he Al ready faces numerous charges. A this do s riot mean that Smith is being la said. Court observers believe Smith might be used As a state witness against his associates. Cairo. Insi a Border tween Egypt and leu ally threatened to erupt Tori a red sen coastal area which Sudan a is itch Iii Mineral deposits Egypt claimed the area ordered the immediate evacuation sudanese police and aridity and to it minis it had their proposes 5th year la Iff h school enforce Lier demand i the sudanese Council 01 h Eri tem hounded by declaring a decided in Only to assert sovereignty Over the sudanese youths and army Erans were Yea i led upon to be r to Light if necessary sudanese foreign minister hat a Mahgoub rushed to Cairo in in attempt to stave off an armed the d input it tory us some reputedly i i ii Washington ins Eisenhower proposed today fifth year High school i Over a Bordel Lerri-10,000 is pm re mile in Mineral Deposit been going Foi Ollie to pub when the ame la. Ins tile Iowa state Highway . Ion today i renewed its running Battle Over the question keeping a stenographic Accord commission meetings alter one comma loner protested i that minutes kept by commission Chiel Engineer John butter did not accurately reflect tile vote one question. J commis Ioner Cecil Malone Ltd it 1 Atlantic Chalern god the minutes i kept by butter at the last meeting in which Malone was shown j voting a a not in Hie commissions j dec Dion to protest in Washington i if necessary the reduction in interstate Highway allocations by tile i Federal Bureau roads. Malone declared today that he had a a passed in the vote. Butter s minuted Lead today showed i that chairman Chris Larsen it re j Sioux City had abstained while. He said he voted in favor the j Prcz a1. To Malone used the disere Sancte Robert Raymond Young it. Which were then corrected to pleasant was sentenced in District Back up his demands for a Steno court monday afternoon to a term graphic report commission Mert in the menus reformatory at Ana Ings. Milton a Zih wently a1 Tome time but did not that Alie notice until lest night Given i. I sudanese government announced student who plan to go to work i ,.Egypt was living to grab All horde a tiler than to College a territory above the 22nd Paludan Egypt offered i give up i Small Chicago it inh it frigid Aret in Ait maintained an icy grip much it the Eastern halt the nation today no Relief has in sight from the bitter cold that readied As far South a Alabama Aud lid eastward into North Atlantic stall s already hard hit by a weekend Snow storm at least 182 Persona have per tailed Iii tile worst we the i the Winter i la deaths Ware attributed to fires cold exposure heart failure from Snow shovelling automobile a i dents Slick roads Carbon monoxide overcoming motorists stranded in tech us and Freak mishaps Strong northerly Hinds picked up j moisture from the relatively warm i it Waters the great lakes and de posited Light Snow from Michigan j and til lower lakes Region eastward j into much new York Penn Al violin and new England adding to huge Snow amounts already the ground hear Zero below readings ranged Over much it it the great lakes my upper Mississippi Valley w. Be Strong northerly winds Are sex Burion peeled to Bung Drifting and blowing Over a Snow to the Central and Northern Appal to titans a Indianapolis Gas service to a dozen heavy Industrial plants was Cut off because la severe cold and Moi i than 6,600 workers were told to stay Home today at Youngstown and Niles o., 5, workers in Basic steel and lab dealing plants were sent Home when a was diverted from Industrial to residential us plants in Warren Canton and Akron also a adv i were Cut Back Gas i Boston new Yolk and washing to Ion were crippled yesterday by heavy Snow factories closed schools shut Down and trains and Bise stalled train Between new York nod Chicago and Washington and Chicago were As much As 12 flour late plane service was disrupted with hundreds flights cancelled by service was at a stands ill knit nose mrs Luella alien no Pittsburgh comes through with Ono her nose muffs in ease you need a suggest Ion for keeping your beak warm these Days. Bite says a nose mull gives you the same weather As Florida and who want that these Days. International jury boars w Appeal ase Sharfman testifies in Miami Case Washington Inbi a Federal i communications commission examine testified today that National airlines won a a liable Miami a to i Trcic a Vrh though he humid n Tail a in meet any the criteria for us h an an my i Herbert Blini inure told the House subcommittee legislative oversight that in tabled n a Strong opinion a in the bitterly Emu leis ted Case in favor col a Frank Katzen a i the a Miami radio ablation owner i subcommittee Hilt previously heard charges that an attorney employed by National paid acc commissioner Richard a muck $2,850 while the. Cd Quot was pending and before Mack j voted for the airlines application Mamie Eisenhower brother inlaw �?T<>1 Gordon Moore cur fleeced National application Sharif a it said he favored Kai a application Over three others because a teen in was i i lot Al resident Miami and had an j excellent record civic action that he Mil Only would own but Mazag the station and that he had in Clit la Good Broad ast record regarding Nat tonal Ait Lim i j Bhat i Man said Quot i did not give them a preference for Huy Facto although i did give them Complete consideration Quot a Sharfman said lie did not const loudly Grade the applicants but ordered to pay a Fine $26 an i. Added unit a a fair Avayu Uay the Cut is us he appealed the conviction Tofu by n hts opinion showed National District Tom amt Post cd a $100 j a would be the lowest one the acc awarded the License to u i tiled against i National a year ago by a four to a Highway patrol j vote. Sharfman testified that it 15 1957, when the i a Quot not unusual for the commis a. Involved in a Don to overrule a hearing examiner. A Dusti in court Acy started heating testimony to Dis mini noon in the Case Glenn set Hack left til lid he a us appealing a just ice court conviction failure to yield the right Way Aud i Fin ing an Accident be Hackle a found guilty Rith Chat a Iii Hustle George Means court some tim ago and bid the Ianchi Backset t Lyman Oil Ort Schick in 11 c a. Cd Ideo i i mile nor h it rid to git Vays to Vert he pm a drive in sentenced for forgery the president s brother who head Johns Hopkins univ i try. Raid urns would enable High schools to concent ate fundamentals a a English science history end languages in the fir St four years Foi uie Benefit potential College i student. The fifth year would be devoted to courses such agriculture Home economics typing and Trade studies. That Etc rift who to e the maps want a information Quot rn1 Art work no action was taken then comment1 after the commission Learned i from Swedahl tha get would i St upwards $3,oco to make any change now. In other action at the meeting i commissioner pm cell Lundy r Des Moin it i declared that Tho nig tit time truck Speed limit 50 a Miles an hour enacted by the la t i leg stature a stacked up t arse behind the truck he said that the i limn was a a los than a higher limit w could to i Section if controls below the Para Lei. I the territory in dispute appear Western maps a pm1 Sudan Ike intends to keep Benson the future seems to be with younger men with Thoro who came into youth and Early manhood in the 1930�?Ts and who have had no experience with an earlier Anc Moi gentle America when Equality Opportunity was an Ideal and Security no1 a Jii Tiung j us a Mosa not to exceed ten years a forgery charge. Young pleaded guilty to the Large p. County attorney information. He was accused forging the name his Mother. Wand i Young a $15 Check and passing it at Shuey s station. Sheriff Russell Van Tuyl filed the charge last december. Young wig taken to the reformatory tuesday by Deputy Robert Nichols i i the commission also was told by Public relation Man .tv Swedahl that the comm ions Highway maps Iowa would be ready for j distribution about the second week in april. Considerable discussion occurred Ever a charge by Malone and commissioner Robert Brice Ltd a ter Loo that there was a wasted space the maps although they con trained a Nice Art work a a 1 Jar ii and co tinged hits parked car a car driven by mrs. Don Wolf skidded into the packed car mrs. Gilbert Christopher in the 400 Block East Webster at 6 15 . Monday. The Wolf car a damaged an estimated $125 and the Christopher car about $25. Mrs. Wolf was driving East at the time the Accident which a reported to police. 1 Washington in a r pm Dent no wet boat told intimate that he intend to rid a out the political j storm with Ezra Taft Benson As his controversial Secretary Agri Ruitu re Ike reportedly argued that in would be a fooling the american i people Quot to Repin Rendon i Quot i cause a new agriculture Ccreary would make no difference in the admin n ation�?T.1 farm policy a Cloe presidential As oblate said the president tin Way 1 he Lias s in n new farm a in that could bring a t r Lief for the farm r consequently to us Utu a new face fir Baron would mean a deception Thame it Ltd a per pee he believes would expect drastic changes in Fain policy and these will not be forthcoming until a better plan can be devise the source said in m therefore i unwilling to Bow t halted demand for Benson Scalp imply its a political expedient despite the fact that it might temporarily boost Republican fortunes in thus years i congressional Camp in release 34 Sou a lit oui wednesday. Ins Llu United nations command was expected to seek positive new Steps today to bring about the release >1 Tipa. I Aget plane and its 34 occupant forced to Fly to a North Koran Airfield sunday a at hic Point a gun a at n command ski Kesman to the tone determination when he St theh Quot we will pursue every possible Means available to secure tit reef the passengers Crew and lease plan Quot t communist North Korea spurned to u n demand tuesday that the plane and its contents be returned to South Korea North korean col. Kim Joon Kyung haughtily refused to accept i a list the plane s occupants who include two South korean babies and two american pilots he a 1 dared the matter can Only be con adored in a direct negotiations be i tween South and North Korea. The Rok government immediate j by turned Down the communist pro j postal As a propaganda attempt to fore South Korea to a a recognized the North korean regime. On vat to Sta Vert tip nor a driven t i Den Widt Nei Wayland and Jonas m Gerich. Kilo in the in is being tried Elute judge Oley Legrand do Van port who has Hail appointed a t in Orai v Bani tills District until judge Leot Van Alit ii takes office county Al lot hey Chin Les Garretson is the prosecuting attorney and atty Jinni Mcdowell de Moines la defense attorney members fit the my Are Den Hep me let. Oliac a flow hat Quot id Herb pm Ali s it us. Am Vlf. Wild Bain. Ruth a Simmons Vio let Benic cd i to Moxi via a me Ici Imon. Mauri a hour Hati and fio pm i i ii Ater Indiana ii w out my Ini in it Vilai. Inf i s in up Clews a dismayed ii no sea Snow. Vowed today to Clear j main arts i i it Utti Icken Michigan i Cit a id from a i Ceca la a us ii j snowfall. A noun Al a e 11 it i v still was at a standstill As the Paral Zed City la-1 bold to rid itself irom Snow left by i a Freak blizzard that it ont Iii for Mote 48 hours aft i starting saturday night five to to below Zero tempera turn j Al i 36,006 by incl ailed Reseda its from venturing outside into now to lits hint ranged As High As 12 feet in pm sirs pol allowed Only emergency1 traffic the few thorough fiure j open to snails Pace traffic. Few except child ten ordered to remain Home Irum school Wert cheered by the forecast Mort Snow for the hard hit Community. Fire causes damage to trailer eighteen die in two fires Atlanta ins twelve Perdu including la children were failed when n fire flashed thrown i a Small Frame duplex House in Southwest Atlanta last night the Bodle burned beyond recognition were taken from the smoking ruins the victim were mrs Miry Rowe 31. And her four children Bettyjo Daniels Marvin Rober and Calvin All under six and the seven children and Max Larry Jones who escaped unharmed. Their children were identified Asba ii a Louise 8. Fred Chok 6. , 5, Charles 4. Can a , 2, Barbara i and an infant boy Calvin Douglas whose body was found in an incubator Jones told Pollee he woke up Ai j. Mailed smoke opened the door Iris bedroom to see tin httuw1 v filled with flames and led his War out safely. He said he reentered the Hon. And tried to Rescue his children and Rowe his sister in Law but that the flames forced Hun t it Lump out a second Story v Dow Joliet Illin Bis children died while three others and their Parent were burned three them seriously when fire swept their makeshift trailer Home nine Mil North Joliet Iii. The death toll Rose to six today when Atherine Marie Wright three died third degree Buna a Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet five the child s Brothers and is mrs were killed when flames netted the Home Maindy nigh police said the House a went unlike a pile the other victims wer6 to in �?T7, Margie. 14. Delores nine Minto and Joe. One. Their parents is and his wife another brother v. Ere in serious Carl b. Desolina Carl b condition wried1. 36, and jr., la. At the nowadays when bread tails to Rise there a something wrong with the toaster. A Luke Neely firemen were culled to the Green Tira ill i court West Monroe Street at 9 45 . Monday to extinguish a Blaze under a trailer occupied by and mrs. Charles Hicks and their two children and Hospital owned by Eugene c. Smith. Hicks was thawing out Frozen pipes under the trailer when the fire started under the trailer. The r Blaze produced much smoke which a Man should never be ashamed pour d from the trailer. The Bot to own he has been in the wrong Tom the dwelling was damaged which is but saying in other word by the Blaze while there was some that he is Wiser today than he v a smoke damage to the inside yesterday. A Alexander p pc t to other children Marilyn in and Angeline three months we bumped less seriously

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