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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - February 26, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa Colder the it pleasant news vol. 92, no. 48 it. Pleasant Iowa thursday evening february 26, 1970 Price to cent these Days by John Chamberlain the aerospace proc ram and Alligator priorities i must confess that the idea of supersonic air transport leaves me cold. Whether i get to Europe a few hours sooner would presumably Only intensify the a Jet lag a meaning the terrible urge to fall asleep during the speeches at a luncheon when it is still Only breakfast time at Home and the equally disconcerting inability to fight insomnia at 3 a. M., which Scott Fitzgerald quite rightly said was the hour of the dark night of the soul. So when senator William Proxmire objects to putting up set supersonic transport Money to keep a project going i tend to shrug my shoulders. After All he a promising to save me some Cash. My Friend Jim Burnham who writes fascinating pieces in National review about the connection Between High technology and remaining one jump ahead of the would be hangmen of Moscow who want to a Bury us a tells me in mall wrong in my attitude. It is not the set As an isolated item that he defends it is the whole aerospace Industry which he insists is the a a foundation of american technological economic and military not Only has the aerospace Industry transformed world travel and incidentally brought needed foreign Exchange to us from those who buy our planes it has also sparked the development of computers military and communications satellites miniaturization sophisticated new metallurgy and the advanced techniques of a a systems management that will eventually enable us to Zero in on our oppressive pollution and crime problems. It is significant that mayor Sam Yorty of los Angeles had to turn to the aerospace companies for advice on How to get maximum efficiency out of his police Force without buying new prowl cars that the taxpayers had no wish to finance. Too the Point Jim Burnham makes is that Mankind is going to have a supersonic transport whether i like it or not. If this country does no to come up with it a British French consortium or even a soviet government Agency will step in and Corner the huge International Market that Willy Nilly will insist on using it. The British French concorde prototypes have already completed hundreds of hours of test flights and by 1973 there might very Well be sets in commercial use that will carry a Hundred thousand passengers a year per plane. Burnham asks if we Are going to surrender the Market Here while we Are arguing about the National priorities of Florida alligators. As one who wishes the alligators Well i might be willing to sacrifice some of the Boeing company a profits to keep them Safe from extinction in the Everglades. But nations can become extinct As Well As animals. Taking senator prox mires crusade against the set As a Symbol Are we in danger of relinquishing the control of our own destiny by doing an irreparable harm to our aerospace Industry representative Lowell Weicker of Connecticut who May be making a pitch to move upwards into the Senate has recently emerged As the most eloquent spokesman in Public life for the Burnham Contention that the . Will stand or fall on the Quality of its space program. Where Burnham talks in generalities Weicker talks in specifics. The spin offs of our space program have included such things As a fluoroscopic camera that will identify possibly cancerous tutors in their earliest stages. Too space scientists have made it technically possible to link a miniature radar and television Lens to the optic nerve which will enable the Blind to a fuel cell designed for use in Moo going capsules May make a smog free automobile possible. Another offshoot of the space technology is a dentist Drill that works without vibration. Then there Are miniature to cameras so Small that they can be swallowed to spy on ulcers and an instrument so tiny that it can be floated into the bloodstream with a hypodermic Needle in order to transmit information on what is go ing on in a damaged heart. Weicker does not object to the use of tax Money to support a space program. The program we now have so he tells us a is paying for according to his figures a thirty five billion Dollar government investment has been responsible for a $200 billion growth in the National Economy. And some of the tax revenues made possible by makes plea before local school Board John Carter local insurance executive spoke briefly to the it. Pleasant Board of education school officials and others following a special Board meeting wednesday evening. In his opening remarks Carter said a a i done to know if this sort of thing is acceptable in it. Pleasant at the moment but i would like to commend the school system and the a teachers on the excellent Job they have been doing under the circumstances. A a it is amazing to me that our school has survived the last couple of years in View of All the things in be been hearing around town. From All the underground scuttle but that seems to prevail in our Community one gets the impression that our entire educational system is in sad sad shape. A a in a again amazed when i read and hear of our High school graduates who Are being listed on Honor Rolls and Deans lists in colleges throughout the country and those who Are passed out of certain classes and put into advanced freshman classes right out of our school system. Speaking As a Parent i of course thought my children were exceptional but in All fairness i have to give our it. Pleasant schools some of the credit for bringing out this innate intelligence a Carter continued. A a i have heard or. Formanek criticized for everything from Lack of cooperation to Lack of restroom facilities. I doubt very much if or. Formanek is perfect but one Man could not possibly be responsible for All the things that might be wrong with our schools. A i have known Bob for ten years a Carter said a and i know he is honest and sincere and that he has done his Job to the Best of his ability to provide it. Pleasant with a Good school. He has worked extremely hard the last ten years under Many circumstances which were not of his making but inherited from the past. The school Board has been criticized the teachers have been bad mouthed the curriculum is said to be sadly lacking and the buildings Are not adequate. All of these things i hear and wonder about. A perhaps in be had my head in the Sand and without a doubt our school system is far from being perfect. We must continue to make improvements because we can to stand still or we certainly will fall behind a said Carter. Quot the thing that concerns me is the prevailing movement of demand that All of our problems be solved overnight. In be lived in it. Pleasant for Over 20 years and things done to happen in it. Pleasant in closing Carter said a a improvement is constant and continuous in our fair City and in a very proud and Happy to live Here. In a sure we Are All working for the same things so Why not let us work together and quit downgrading our town and our school system a too the special Board meeting was called to meet with the it. Pleasant education association committees on professional negotiations salaries and benefits. The Board and committee members have had previous discussions on a professional negotiation Resolution and appear to be in general agreement with the exception of the inclusion of administrators. The Board expressed the opinion that school administrators Are a vital part of school management and should not be included in the negotiation agreement. The matter will be Given further study by the pea. Discussion on salaries and benefits was deferred until the in agreement is reconsidered. The Board established thursday March 5th at 7 30 ., for a special meeting Date to meet with pea officials. Too in other business the Board discussed the use of school facilities by the it. Pleasant Jaycees on sunday March 22nd. The Jaycees will Host 8 Jaycee basketball teams from the Southeast Iowa Region 5 and had requested the use of gym presents $500 for Hospital Don Plagge Winfield treasurer of the Henry county association of Independent insurance agents leftist shown presenting a Check to Lynn Byrne administrator of Henry county memorial shop total. The Check in the amount of $500 represents the final payment on a $1,500 pledge to furnish a room in the Norene Short extended care addition. The association represents 12 Independent insurance agencies within Henry county. at . High Sclifo announced High Price for Van Gogh painting new York up a a painting by Vincent Van Gogh the dutch impressionist who sold ids canvasses for less than $100, brought a record $1.35 million wednesday night at an auction. A mystery buyer who placed a bid prior to the Parke Bernet galleries auction carried off Van Gogh a celebrated a Mcyr Pesses from the collection of the late san Francisco banker w. W. Crocker. Decision of Morrell shocks Ottumwa j Ottumwa up a this com-1 said the Morrell worker income la Unity of 34,000 was placed in a i about $600,000 per week. However state of snoek wednesday when he said the closing might generate notification w As made that the a positive Factor because of the John Morrell amp co., Plant would possibility of a new Industry be the it. Pleasant High school will be following a new procedure of student registration for the 1970-71 school year. The new process will involve the total secondary faculty administration and 35 senior students. Richard Van Tuyl principal of the High school and Roger Williams secondary curriculum director will meet with each class juniors sophomores and freshmen on Friday morning february 27, for one hour each to explain the procedure to be followed and distribute the academic Section of the new student handbook. The courses available for each class will be discussed and questions answered during the meeting. The students will also be Given a Sheet listing available courses on which to Mark their tentative schedule selections. They will be beef producers to hear Lamore Henry county beef producers and their wives will hear or. George Lamore head of the department of philosophy at Iowa Wesleyan College at their annual banquet March 4, reports Richard l. Thu a co. Extension director. Or. Lamore one of this country Stop Public speakers is in great demand. He has been a featured speaker at the state 4-h conference in Ames the past two years and has addressed Many other state groups As Well As local graduating classes and livestock producer groups. The annual Henry county beef producers banquet will be served by the men of the it. Pleasant pretty Ter Ian Church and is scheduled to Start at 6 30 Thuma said. It. Pleasant a Gay tones will present some of their award winning numbers at the banquet. Banquet tickets must be purchased before noon monday March 2, Thuma reports. Tickets Are available at the Extension office and from any of the following directors of the Henry co. Beef producers association Charles Strothman we. Hoaglin Wilbur Allender Elgin Pankoke John Miller Cal Eicheiberger Robert Young Dave Calloway Keith Mcallister Harold Lee Dale Waters Joe Klopfenstein Boyd Garrett Clarence Holtkamp Ken Hatch we. Scott and Maynard Peterson. Facilities. The request was a i asked to discuss their selections with their parents and a place on the Sheet will be provided for parents to sign. This Sheet will then be brought to registration on wednesday March 4, to be used at the time the students meet with their faculty advisors. Proved on a 3 2 voice vote subject to a reasonable charge to to determined by the superintendent. Heaviest losses in five weeks Saigon up a South vietnamese forces suffered their heaviest losses in five weeks and american b52s flew the most Vietnam raids in a week in action reported today. The Saratof or tresses dropped nearly 1,000 tons of bombs against what the . Command described As guerrilla base Camps bunkers weapons positions and staging areas All along the cambodian Border. It was the heaviest b52 bombardment in Vietnam since feb. 20 when the bombers flew eight missions. The bombers have spent most of the past week in Laos where North vietnamese troops have captured the Plain of jars and Are trucking in supplies at the heaviest rate of the Vietnam War. The South vietnamese losses involved 14 killed and 19 wounded in a clash with guerrillas in Marshlands near Giong trom District town 45 Miles Southwest of Saigon wednesday. Would increase tax on Banks Des Moines up a a Bill which would increase the taxes of some Iowa Banks by As much As 300 per cent worked its Way through the Iowa House wednesday. The proposed legislation sent to the Senate on a too 14 vote Calls for a tax on net income of financial institutions rather than the current method of taxing capital Structure. Registration for 1970-71 will take place on wednesday March 4, for juniors sophomores and freshmen. There will be no regular classes on wednesday March 4, at the High school. Juniors will Register from 8 00 . To 10 00 . Sophomores from 10 00 am. To 12 00 noon freshmen from 1 00 To 3 00 Some courses will have limited enrolments and All students will need to participate or they May not be Able to arrange the desired schedule. The students will also be assigned faculty advisors on Friday february 27. A o a the following pattern will be followed during registration March 4. Students will receive their cards in the front Entrance Hall of tile High school. They will go to the room assigned for their faculty advisor. The advisors with the Aid of a senior High school student will help each student arrange a final schedule. Each student will go to the girls gym to have their cards and schedules checked by each department chairman of the courses they Are taking in 70-71, plus an activities checker a Check by the guidance Counselor for requirements and a final Check by administration. Tile cards will then be Given to principal Van Tuyl to be prepared for the computer scheduling. Too. It is hoped that the new procedure will give each student More help and advice in selecting courses and will avoid the necessity for schedule changes in the fall after school has started. The need for faculty and the assignment of faculty will also be known earlier and will permit More efficient use of staff and facilities. Orientation for the 197-71 freshmen class will take place at Cottrell gym at 7 00 pm. On wednesday March 4. The education committee of the student Council is planning the orientation program. Laurel Allender. Chairman of the committee is also in charge of the senior students helping with registration. Four county officials to seek election four Henry county officials have announced their candidacy for reelection in the 1970 primaries and have taken out nomination papers from the Henry county auditors office. They Are Henry county supervisor Clark Burns 1971 term Henry county treasurer Arnold Lindeen Henry county attorney. James Morrison and Henry county recorder Helen m. Virden. County officials run alternate election years. The county clerk county auditor and two county supervisors will be elected in 1972. Close. The company is the largest employer Here with. A work Force of about 2.600. H. Broffman company president from Chicago said in this announcement of tile phase out of the Plant that the decision was made because of the financial Cost to modernize the Plant facilities. The Ottumwa Plant is the oldest Morrell Plant having started in the 1870�?Ts. Too the closing is in conjunction with the expiration of the contract Between the company and the amalgamated meat cutters and Butcher workmen of North America Al Cio Union which expires aug. 31, 1970. Many believe the announcement is a scare tactic. Virgil Bankson chief Steward of the Union local pm said the company has no intention of closing the Plant. Coming aware of the availability of the Large labor Force. Too today sen. Gene Glenn Dot Tuwa urged the company to explore every possibility of retaining an operation in Ottumwa. In a Senate floor speech Glenn described the closing As a potential tragedy and he urged the Iowa development commission and gov. Robert d. Ray to look for a new Industry for the City if Morell does decide to close permanently. Glenn a former Morrell employee said he sees one Glimmer of Hope. A management has indicated it stands ready to consider every possibility of keeping the Plant open and to sincerely explore those a some responsible leadership is needed from both management and employees to make some reconciliation of this problem and save this too Ottumwa mayor Earnest Brodey a the company is trying to instill Washington d.c., said he was Pompidou and Nixon show Friendship Washington up a president Nixon and French president Georges Pompidou wound up their discussions of world problems today with expressions of warm Friendship that obscured the still considerable Franco american differences on a number of critical issues a notably the Middle East. Following the second of two business conferences in three Days Between the two leaders at the White House Pompidou was Given a warm Farewell in sunny but Crisp weather in the Rose Garden. Pompidou then headed for Cape Kennedy fla., for a visit and a look at the Apollo 13 rocket that will make the next trip to the Moon in april. He flies on to san Francisco later today. Fear of closing hoping to put pressure on the bargaining committee by the workers now that contract negotiation time is too j. Richard Grear vice president of the first National Bank Here said the closing will pose a serious problem initially because of the Impact on the area s Economy. He not prepared to comment on an event of such magnitude on such Short notice. R. Hofman former Ottumwa mayor said the announcement is bound to have a profound effect on the people of the area. A a in a sure the people of Ottumwa with the spirit they have always had will be Able to Rise to the occasion. Discuss shifting use of Iowa funds that $200 billion May yet save the Florida alligators. Distributed by King features Syndicate 50-60 horses die in fire Des Moines up a some 50 to 60 horses perished Early this morning in a fire at. The Robin Hill stables which completely destroyed the building. The fire broke out about 1 15 . And firemen hampered by the Long distance they had to travel to obtain water fought the Blaze for Over six hours before bringing it under control. Officials said however that even if water had been readily available it is doubtful the Blaze could have been contained because the flames rapidly engulfed the stables. The stables were owned by or. And mrs. Robert Holt. An estimated one dozen horses were saved from the fire. Three injured at Wayland three persons were injured in a two vehicle Accident which occurred on Highway 78 in Wayland at 3 40 Wednesday. John j. Rich 85, Daniel g. Widener 80, and his wife Viola 73, suffered cuts and bruises in the Accident. Rich was treated by a Wayland doctor or. And mrs. Widener were brought to memorial Hospital Here and Are in satisfactory condition. Rich was driving a 1962 rambler West and was turning into Schlatter a garage. Widmer was driving a 1963 Chevrolet pick up East when the collision occurred. Both vehicles were totally wrecked. The Accident was investigated by sheriff Van Crawford. O Brien declines chairmanship Washington up a Lawrence f. Of Brien turned Down today a request by former vice president Hubert h. Humphrey to become democratic National chairman again. O Brien said in a statement that Here were a no overriding reasons of a personal nature that would prevent him from taking the Post but said he Felt a real consensus was lacking among party leaders that he should do so. Of Briens action apparently was at least partly a result of a statement by nine democratic governors wednesday expressing concern to Humphrey Over what they said was Lack of consultation Over selection of a chairman. Her husband not a prisoner of War Paris up a Hanoi diplomats told mrs. John of Grady of Las vegas nev., and her seven children today their air Force husband and father is not a prisoner in North Vietnam. The o Gradys were the first family to receive a direct answer to their queries by coming to Paris. It meant apparently that it. Col. John of Grady shot Down Over North Vietnam in 1967, is dead. A it hurts a mrs. Of Grady said. She was in tears As she told newsmen the North vietnamese had had an answer ready for her. Will attend dinner honouring the Pompidou or Paulene Aspel professor of French language and literature at Iowa Wesleyan College will attend a formal dinner in Chicago saturday night in Honor of the visiting French president and Madame Georges Pompidou. Or. Aspel who has been on the Wesleyan faculty since 19g2, was made Chevalier dans la Ordre Des Palmes academic us in 1964 by the French government for 15 years of distinguished work in conveying French culture and civilization to the people of Iowa and the Midwest. One of Iowa a leading French educators or. Aspel is author of two books of poetry and a 5 the Grade textbook. She is a past president of the Iowa chapter of the american association of teachers of French. Or. Aspers husband Alexander a professor of French literature at the University of Iowa who was decorated by the French government in 1962 for furthering French culture and civilization in the we orld also has been invited to the dinner in the grand Ball room of Chicago a Palmer House. By Harison Weber Des Moines a idea a the Iowa daily press association has Learned that governor Robert d. Ray and Republican legislative leaders Are talking about shuffling some $20 million to supplement programs and underwrite new ones. This plan includes a diverting from $7 million to $10 million going to the Highway commission. A picking up $3 million in reversions this is Money presently budgeted but would not be spent by various state agencies. A collecting a $2.7 million Windfall each year for two years by going to a four year instead of the present two year Drivers License. A increasing the Cost for getting a Drivers License to $20 if the License is revoked or suspended this will raise an estimated $400,000, plus raising the Cost of getting a copy of a motorists driving record which bring in about $300xxx a year in new Revenue. A getting Over $3 million by putting a halt to construction of the Eagle Ridge prison Center at Anamosa and transferring the Money to the states general fund. A transferring the $700,000 set aside for purchasing land for a state College at Atlantic to the general fund. A placing a tax on newsprint we hich would bring in an estimated $500,000 to $1 million. Too the juggling would be necessary to accomplish the following a eliminate the Quot cow tax. This would be on Breeding cattle Only and would take an estimated $5 million. A supplement the appropriation. To the tune of $5 million for the property tax freeze on elderly people who have net income of under $3,500. A maintain old age assistance portion of the sales tax to percent of two thirds of the three percent tax now going into the Road use tax fund. For years when the sales tax rate was two percent to percent of the collections went to the Road fund. But when the tax was increased to three percent the extra was placed in the general fund. Identifies stump again As Slayer Des Moines up a Leanna Jean Rist who nne years ago painted her Finger at Ronald m. Stump As the Parson who murdered her former Fiance Michael Daly again singled out stump today As Dalys murderer. Mrs. Rist who was Leanna Jean Skultety at the time of the slaying is the prosecutions primary witness in the second murder trial for stump. Stump now 29 and married to the daughter of a Des Moines minister was convicted in 1961 of second degree murder and sentenced to 75 years in prison. After a seven year Legal Battle stump had his conviction overturned by the 8th us. Circuit court of appeals in the summer of 1968 on the grounds that his constitutional rights had been violate. He is now being retried on the murder charge. Today was the first appearance in the second trial for mrs. Rist who broke Dow n and cried several times during her testimony. Mrs. Rist now married and the Mother of three children was asked by prosecuting attorney James Mckean if she could identify stump and replied she could Mckean then turned and pointed Grants. Without an appropriation to stump and asked a is that the of $3.2 million the monthly old age Man who shot Michael Daly a Iowa wiretap Bill approved Des Moines up a a Bill that allows Iowa Law enforcement officers to use wiretap or eavesdropping devices in the apprehension of criminal suspects today received final approval from the Iowa House. The House concurred in several Senate amendments to the measure and sent it to gov. Robert d. Ray. Ray will have the option of signing the Bill into Law or vetoing the measure. The final vote on the proposal was 72-41. Grants could fall from $105 to $84. A help cities and towns finance sewage projects by providing state Money to match Federal Grants. With a state appropriation of $5.5 million cities and towns by providing 20 percent of the Cost of the project could Pyramid this into Over $20 million Worth of water pollution control projects Over a four year period on the basis of Federal funds that would be available a yes it is a mrs. Rist replied. Mrs. Rist had been engaged to the 21-year-old Daly and had dated stump before their engagement. Wallace announces for governor race Montgomery Ala. Up a former gov. George c. Wallace needing a Power base for a possible a increase mat Assman for a cond try for he presidency. To Day announced he would seek another term As governor. People in nursing Homes by a minimum of $10 a month toe Federal government would pay half of this increase. A hike salaries of Highway patrolmen. Too the Money to be diverted from Road funds would come from that terse verse by a. C. Gordon that Money talks we can to deny too often though it says

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