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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - February 18, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa It pleasant news Section one 2 sections vol. 92, no. 41 it. Pleasant Iowa wednesday evening february 18, 1970 Price to cents these Days by John Chamberlain a businessman crusades for crime control some ten thousand americans have emigrated to Australia. Most of them have taken a Good bit of liquid capital with them one estimate has it that the average sum for a single Man is $6,000, while the married Many so relocation fund has been $12,000. Why such Able people who might contribute much to our Economy desert the u. S., the historic a land of Opportunity a for a new horizon in Australia Over and Over it is repeated a i want to be Able to walk safely on a Street at that is what crime is doing to the United states driving More and More capable and talented citizens out of the country. The narcotics problem is at the base of much of the trouble it has been said that half the crime in new York City can be traced to junkies who Are desperately in need of Money for a so the simple answer to the problem is a wipe out the drag but the simple answer according to h. Ladd Plumley a Worcester mass., insurance executive and former head of the u. Chamber of Commerce who has headed an emergency crime prevention committee of the National Council on crime and delinquency does no to solve much by itself. Knowing that i had written columns about the interest of the american business Man in saving the country a Friend recommended or. Plumley to me As the most eloquent Champion of the a Complex answer to an a simple i found him to be just that. Too or. Plumley a crusade is to involve communities in what he Calls a the total approach to the crime problem. You just done to Cut crime in half by doubling the police Force. The Job of preventing crime is similar to that of controlling floods if you begin far upstream by soaking up the runoffs at the Rivulet stage you avoid the necessity of building costly downstream dams that done to Stop the floods anyway. One of the upstream areas says or. Plumley is the Public schools specifically the first and second grades. With proper psychiatric help the maladjusted among the Young can be identified without a great Deal of trouble. But says or. Plumley our school teachers Arentt trained psychiatrists. What we need to is to begin with the school committees in the towns making them realize that providing for the identification and treatment of problem children in the earliest grades would save society much anguish and the taxpayers much Money later on. Five of a seven guilty on one count Chicago up a the jury j. Hoffman refused to Grant them in the trial of the a Chicago seven Bond. He said a after watching the today acquitted All of them of i evidence and ithe conduct of the charges of conspiring to incite riots defendants i have determined they during the 1968 democratic National convention but found five of them guilty of acts during the convention. After 4m Days of deliberation the jury found David Dellinger Jerry Rubin Thomas Hayden Abble Hoffman and Rennie Davis is guilty of crossing a state line to incite to riot. Defendants Lee Weiner and John pro Ines were acquitted and freed. Those convicted Are liable to sentences of up to five years in prison and fines of $10,000. Too u. District court judge Julius u. Sends Surat forts into Laos Are dangerous men to be at j the defendants were brought from their cells at Cook county jail in the belief that they would merely hear defense arguments that the judge declare a mistrial on grounds that the jury was deadlocked. Otto the jury began its fifth Day of deliberations with no sign that it j had reached a decision. A Federal it marshal revealed threats had been made to throw rocks at the bus used to carry the to women and two men from their hotel to the Federal building. The 23rd of ppr of the building where the treat of seven men accused of conspiring to incite riots during the 1968 democratic National convention has been in Progress since sept. 24, was cleared. Full Security was imposed. Saigon up a the United states suspended b52 bombing raids in Vietnam tuesday and today and sent the Strat forts instead into Laos in an attempt to crush the communist offensive on the Plain of jars. In South Vietnam communist gunfire shot Down a . 1st air cavalry division helicopter killing seven americans and wounding four in an action too Miles North of Saigon. Cavalrymen pushed into the Jungle area and jets and artillery hit communist positions after the incident. U. War communiques listed no b52 raids in Vietnam since Early tuesday a suspension that had reached 36 hours by tonight. Three churches Ore joining in lenten services three local churches first presbyterian St. Michael a episcopal and congregational universalist Are joining resources to provide five thursday evening Lenton services for their combined congregations on the general theme of barriers within the human Community the services will focus individually on specific kinds of barriers to Community and Point to the reconciling Power of Christ. Crowned county heart Princess Cynthia Bruggemeyer has been crowned the 1970 Henry county heart Princess. Cindy an eighth Grade student had open heart surgery at University hospitals Iowa City ten years ago to Correct a congenital heart select. Cindy lives at 502 Cedar Lane it. Pleasant with her Mother mrs. Donna Woodard Bruggen Eyer and Sisters. No Safe Way to look at Sun eclipse an eclipse of the Sun is a fascinating but dangerous Sag hit warns the Iowa society for the prevention of blindness due on saturday March 7, is u total eclipse of the Sun with the Southeastern part of the United states in the path of the total eclipse and Iowa experiencing 62% of tile total eclipse. The eclipse will Start in the Des Moines area at about 11 04 ., March 7. Mid eclipse will be at 12 16 . And the eclipse will end at 1 27 . These times will vary by a few minutes in other parts of the state a there is no Safe Way to View the eclipse directly a says Robert h. Foss m d., chairman of the medical advisory committee of the society. A although any eclipse poses an Eye Hazard the danger of tile March 7 eclipse is multiplied a simply because of its it is estimated that the path the eclipse will take makes it a Avail j Abler to More people than any other in history. Added to this says the society is the fact that the eclipse will be on a saturday and at approximately mid Day further increasing the Opportunity for eclipse watching. The Eye damage Hazard of an eclipse says the society is due to the fact that the Sun can be looked at normally the dazzling visible Raj s prevent anyone from looking directly at the Sun and although these rays Are blocked during an , the invisible dangerous Infra red rays continue to be emitted. Nixon seeks u. Soviet cooperation Washington it up a pres-1 foreign policy for the 1970s. Nixon Dent Nixon urged tile soviet Union today to join in ending the cold War by breaking through rigid hostility of the past 26 years into a a new Era of realistic negotiation. In an a Prece tide ated 40,000-word report to Congress on . Iii Fli winds Golder after record Nihil by up blowing dust and Snow were prevalent today As a storm system lashed the Central and Northern great Plains with High winds. Tranquil weather spread across the rest of the nation. Winds up to 5 Miles an hour were clocked at Sidney. Neb., and High wind warnings were continued for the mountains of Colorado. Filipinos smash i expect floor . Embassy Gates Battle on the first service thursday february 19, 7 30 . Will be held at first presbyterian Church 902 s. The communists brought tanks Walnut. Following a Brief service of Manila up a howling bombs at the darkened embassy Liprino demonstrators smashed their 1 building. They broke More than Way through two sets of steel Gates too windows set off deafening but into the u. Embassy office harmless explosions it costs the Community $6,000 a year to maintain a Man in prison. Once he is there the Cost has to be met until it is Safe to let him return to society. But numerous adolescents end up in jail by various routes for a truancy and family disciplinary problems that would not be criminal if engaged in by an or. Plumley finds it horrifying to contemplate that a in our juvenile courts Twenty per cent of the judges Are not even lawyers and eighty per cent of the courts Lack even primary diagnostic he warns that a the stigma we thoughtlessly put on the Young through police records is a wound that festers More often than it assuming that the juvenile courts will not rapidly be improved what can be done to keep the police record a a wounds from a a festering until they turn the one time criminal into a chronic repeater or. Plumley says there ought to be Many More a Halfway houses that would look after released convicts until they find jobs that will keep them out of trouble. Rehabilitation in prison or. Plumley says now exists in name Only. What he suggests is letting trusted prisoners take jobs outside of jail for terminal periods. They would return to jail at night but would be allowed to Bank their income against the Day of Complete release. The Massachusetts experience with a a pre release Law a says or. Plumley is that men who Are Able to support themselves Are less Likely to Drift Bank into crime. Too or. Plum key has about forty other recommendations for crime prevention and control Many of which can be acted on by even the most casual citizen. For example if you resist buying a a policy tickets you keep Money from swelling the criminal a gambling take a which now runs to $8 billion a year. The town with Well lighted streets will have less mugging. Etc., Etc. And As a forty first into the laotian fighting for the first time tuesday night in an attack on the government Airfield at Xieng Kouang but were driven Back. Reports from Vientiane said the attackers lost 30 dead and had three tanks destroyed. Too in other developments military spokesmen said South vietnamese artillerymen accidentally shelled the us. Air base at Bien Hoa outside Saigon during the night killing three americans and wounding 20. Two 105 shells hit the base said to be the busiest Airfield in the world at to . Tuesday and four landed at 2 Two Small Barracks were destroyed and a third was heavily damaged. Most of the casualties were inside sleeping. An investigation of the mistaken salvos has been begun spokesmen said. Worship Aion the lines of episcopal evening prayers participants will adjourn to the Fellowship Hall where they will View and discuss a new movie a Church in the the second service thursday february 26 7 30 . Will be held at the congregational universalist Church. Following the worship service a panel of six persons will discuss barriers or divisions within our own Community newcomer old timer Low income affluent Black White youth adult. The third service March 5, 7 30 . Will be held at St. Michael s episcopal Church and will feature the new movie a the supper which will bring into focus the barriers within individuals barring the Way to Community. The remaining services will be announced at a later Date. Building tonight in the most destructive anti american riots since the Philippines gained Independence from the United states in 1946. With no policemen nearby the demonstrators spent 45 minutes hurling rocks torches teargas bombs and Molotov cocktails and and bonfires in the courtyard. Started the anti american demonstration was an outgrowth of earlier demonstrations aimed at bringing Down the government of president hew Money Washington up a a $19 3 billion human resources appropriation Bill threatened with a second presidential veto headed today for a wide open and bitter floor Battle in the House. House democratic Leaden Carl administration tempers pressure on segregation Washington Ufi a the i them bloc scored a salient Victory today when the Senate rejected 48 to 46, a Northern sponsored school amendment which the White House had endorsed. Too Washington up a the Nixon administration said today it does not object to school segregation resulting from housing patterns whether in the North or the South and opposed federally ordered busing of students to achieve racial balance in such schools. The policy declaration came in a letter from Bryce n. Harlow president Nixon a Counselor to Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania. Too Harlow a letter endorsed a controversial amendment by Scott to the school Aid Bill pending in the Senate. Harlow said the Scott proposal a would not prejudge Facto segregation but would validate it in the South As elsewhere so Long As the courts have not held such Seg recommendation we need More businessmen to join hands with or. Plumley in his crusade. Distributed by King features Syndicate relation Harlow wrote Scott a your amendment is administration language preferred in existing circumstances Over the original or amended Stennis that reference was to a rival amendment by sen. John c. Stennis miss., to eliminate any Legal distinction in enforcement of desegregation resulting from Laws Jure and by segregated housing patterns Facto. Too Scott a proposal was co sponsored by sen. Walter f. Mondale minn., and had the support of Many Senate liberals. Last thursday Nixon gave Stennis proposal a qualified endorsement. Earlier this week after further White House statements Northern and Southern senators both claimed the presidents support. Scott said Harlow a letter should end the confusion. It appeared to give administration endorsement to a policy of not bothering schools segregated Asah accidental result of population patterns unless Federal courts Rule that such Facto segregation violates the Constitution. So far supreme court rulings have cracked Down Only on school districts which purposely segregated their schools. Democrats support Mccormack Washington up a House democrats today voted their continued support of speaker John w. Mccormack. At a closed party caucus they rejected 192 to 23, a proposed Resolution of a no confidences a in the 78-year-old speaker offered by rep. Jerome r. Waldie a Calif. Waldie had anticipated his Licking. Despite criticism of the leadership by Many of the party a younger liberals most of Mccormack a critics said this was not the time or Way to take on the speaker. Ferdinand e. Marcos. With 30,000 Albert of Oklahoma said the Money demonstrators in the streets police Bill for the departments of health called it the biggest anti govern education and welfare hew and ment demonstration since Jan. 30 labor May keep the House in ses when six persons were killed. No americans were Hurt but 20 filipinos were hospitalized after the destructive rampage that swept through the commercial areas where shops offices and cars were damaged. Ground floor windows at the filipino owned Hilton hotel were smashed. Friendly filipinos warned americans to stay off the streets. Buy tract Foi new Church Snow fell from the Colorado mountains to the Black Hills of South Dakota with rapid City. D., recording three inches of fresh Snow in a six hour period. In the Wake of the storm Arctic air invaded the Northern Plains cold wave watches were out for Iowa Northern Kansas and most of Nebraska. But outside of the storm Region in the midlands Clear weather was the Rule across the remainder of the country although some scattered showers occurred in the Pacific Northwest and along the South Atlantic coast. Too warm southerly winds moved today from the Gulf coast across the midwestern and great lakes states. Record breaking warm weather invaded much of the Southern and Central Plains tuesday. Sunny skies and warm southerly winds pushed temperatures Well into the 70s and mid 80s Over a seven state area. Record highs tuesday for the late february Date were set in Lubbock Tex. Goodland Kan. Oklahoma City Pueblo Colo. Wichita Kan. Forth Platte neb. Kansas City to. St. Joseph to. Albuquerque ii. M., and Omaha neb. All were in the 70s or 80s, except Hority to withhold spending what j Omaha with a 67. Goodland recorded an 81 tuesday the highest Ever for february. At Oklahoma City a record was tied at 78. Suggested the soviet Union could reduce danger of another major War by cutting Back its apparent efforts to dominate the Middle East and by slowing or halting the flow of soviet arms to North Vietnam. Too Nixon s View of the Vietnam War appeared to be slightly More optimistic than six months ago. But lie did not believe Moscow was doing what it could toward peace. The president thought Russia could Best serve its own interests and those of the world by joining the United states in reducing globally destructive nuclear weapons and Stop trying to dictate the Fate of other countries. I believe the time has passed in which powerful nations can or should dictate the future to lass powerful nations a Nixon said. He said this did not mean his administration was leading America toward isolation. The president several times emphasized his intention to maintain All current us. Treaty commitments. Sion through saturday. Debate starts thursday. Too Liberal democrats won a Victory tuesday when the House rules committee voted 9 to 6 to reject president Nixon s request for a Ever funds he desired in the measure. Nixon vetoed the original Bill last month because it carried $1.26 billion More than he requested for education needs. Then the House appropriations committee approved a new Bill which lopped $445 million off the original increase but More important carried language that said Nixon did not have to spend All the Money in the Bill if he so a transaction has been completed sired. A no nation need be our permanent enemy a he said in committing us. International energies henceforth to building a lasting peace based on a partnership. Strength. And a to too Nixon extended his a new strategy for peace to communist China along with the rest of the world. He said it would be to no ones advantage to try to exploit the clash Between Clima and the soviet Union. The world diplomatic Community naturally was curious about Nixon a reasons for issuing such a lengthy policy analysis at this time. Past presidents have dealt with such matters briefly in their traditional state of the Union messages leaving detailed posture statements to the state and defense departments. Leaves for army induction Dean Ray Richard 20, Wayland committee works on court Reform Des Moines up a the House judiciary committee devoted another full meeting tuesday to a court Reform Bill which has sparked debate criticism and conflict and required More than 60 Man hours of work. The Basic idea of the Bill is to establish a unified trial court system under the jurisdiction of the in which James and Edward Kitch have sold a tract of land in South it. Pleasant bordering on South Street to the Iowa District Council of the assemblies of god. The two acre tract located Between South main and South Jefferson streets will be the site of a the democratic study group dog it an organization of More than too party liberals including most of the younger members offered the caucus another approach to the problems evolving from age and the House seniority system. They proposed to set up a committee to study the seniority system a which automatically elevates to committee chairmanships major j Ity members with the longest tenure j kidney transplant a and to report on possible alternatives. That proposal will be taken up at the next caucus. But the buies committee action which in effect set the stage for the discretionary language to be erased from the Bill on the House floor made Money a major Point once More. And Liberal democrats indicated they would go for the entire left Here monday for induction into District courts. To reach that goal the army. Or Fiade up Henry i the Bill would eliminate All Justice county a draft quota for the month of the peace courts police courts Richard. No. 51 in the draft lot and mayors courts. New Church to be built at an Early i is 20 earlier vetoed measure. The news announced recently that the Rev. And mrs. Grover Senf would be the pastors of the newly organized group. Services Are now being held at the Public Library. Patient Dies Cedar Falls up Tery will be sent to fort Lewis wash., for Basic training. The draft Call for the county for March is for one Man to leave March la. His number is 64. Seven men left for Des Moines billion increase that was in the for physicals tuesday and five will go in March. Highlights of report Washington up a Here i settlement is Long and painful. Are highlights of president Nixon a j recent soviet activity could Oom report to Congress on . Foreign j placate the situation even More. A 9 policy for the 1970s Vietnam a Vietnam nation of the War has progressed to a Point Hanoi should see its bargaining Power diminishing. In this context he described at court Reform advocates originally intended to eliminate the present system of municipal courts too but ran up against Strong opposition. A Bill passed by the Senate last year rewrote the original Reform measure to insure that the municipal courts remained intact and outside the unified court system. Although the House judiciary committee has agreed to leave its hands off the municipal court system. Majority Leader Ralph Mccartney is Busy mustering floor votes to eliminate municipal courts. To take the place of the various Lover courts now in operation the Waldie said his was not to topple Mccormack now but to draw National attention to the House and to stimulate his colleagues to change the system. Waldie said he had received nearly 1,000 letters since he announced his intentions a few weeks ago and All but a handful were favourable. J ear old boy who developed High this country would continue to with blood pressure after surviving a draw troops on a an orderly sched kidney transplant died tuesday in ule a but not without remaining a University of Minnesota Hospital. Vajgrt and ready to Deal wit i any the boy was Scott Benham son sudden increase in the level of of or. And mrs. Wlbur Benham of ene Niy violence. Cedar Falls. Residents of the com diddle East a Nixon is Digap Unity had raised the Money for pointed discussions with Moscow arms control some length his administrations Bill establishes the Job of District position on strategic arms limit magistrate. A magistrate would be tons talks Salt with the soviets appointed by District court judges emphasizing the current absence of subject to the approval of the a dogmatic . Stance but of Exibia county Board of supervisors Ity which he hoped would produce including the county Board in the positive soviet reaction when the court system will be another Salt meetings resume in Vienna stumbling Block for the measure. In april. Two attempts to delete any refer defense a basically this Long 1 a nce to the county supervisors fail Section of the report dealt with his tuesday one on a tie vote of the the kidney transplant which was performed late last year. Washington birthday bargains two Days and the four Power talks have not produced Progress toward an Arab israeli settlement but this country has a gone As far As we believe useful in making new proposals until there is response from other goal of a strategic sufficiency in weapons particularly missiles and antimissile systems and manpower. Force Levels would be spelled out later by defense Secretary Melvin r. Laird. Meantime the president has decided on a defense strategy committee. Opponents say requiring approval from boards of supervisors is sure to bring politics into the states judicial system. he repeats his intention and budget guidelines for the next of providing u. Arms to a Friendly five years which he regarded As states As the need arises Quot to main a distinct improvement Over plantain a balance of Power. But Essen Ning As he found it in january tally the path to a Middle East 1969. Terse verse by a. C. Gordon Money May not buy us out of misery but it surely helps to ease that misery

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