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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - January 3, 1961, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news is vol. Is no. I it. Pleasant Iowa Tiesi yen emn a Jam Uhl i these Days by George i. Sokolsky policy i l l Sonni i the new is ginning to take shape. Tile talk is not simple president elect Kennedy will have to appoint a vast number of persons to All sorts of positions he can pursue a political course and select Amy those who Are partisan lie at appoint those who arc recommended by various persons for Obion he cannot know All who have to by chosen he can keep Many Eisenhower appointees. Thus far ills pattern forms to be to is b al non political persons who Are efficient but who will not have Hay great a voice policy the a tar department example Dean Rusk is t a Polit \ during the year that he has not been office he played no Public role. When he was the a Tate department tui be the Truman admin to Tam he was not concerned with Polk v which was Tho function of Dean Acle a forceful p i r s o Alit y Chester Bowles the uial i Arret try. Has opinions Many subjects particularly Asia but his position he is not Likely to have too much time tor policy p ail hit who planned policy for Dean Acle is sent to the Pentagon where he will surely not of involved Foi eign pol ii v Adlai Stevenson gee to the unit Gnu inns Vire he a will h Ive to compete v till the reputation of Henry Cabot pod which will not be easy. At any rate of Khrushchev rattles a shoe at Stevenson we shall see what a fighter he is Douglas Dillon who helped up rider t Ete Nourr make Polk y is Over the Treasury under the new regime. Obviously is one looks at this person al it is Clear that John f. Kennedy a president will make his own foreign policy. I Haw read his Campaign mum lies to it i care a pattern there is none the speeches we shall have to wait for the policy to fold so tar As hic t Treasury. I i i corned the api it Olaf cent of Douglas Dillon As re by of i he Treasury would ii ate that i president elected would Tai r a balanced budget and hard Motley. the other hand although Douglas Dillon started life As a banker i the son of a banker he has never been dominated by a Wall strict concept of National financing Winch is narrow and Many respects not the Public interest. It was anticipated before the election that should Kennedy be elected he might have appointed Eugene la Plack id flu i it National Hank or John Jay Mccloy who is Chawn Ai of the cd Manhattan Hank instead he Chere Douglas Dillon out of the state department the attorney general Hao Quot been a Polk a1 al a Tim most recent one. that office have non Hon or Cummin Frank Murphy. Robert Jackson Francis bid la Tom c c Aik j. How it j i till j my a granary. Hot Hub re i i. And William p Rogers. Frank a Murphy Robelt Jackson and Tom Clark a to tin hopi be coni1 the attorney general has a Large amount of patronage to dispense and lie can use that As a political club to Kup Conan re line for a president Ile can rebuild a Polit ii a1 party by patronage. The appoint it of Robert Kennedy would indicate that the president elect is protecting his rear from political stabbing. During the Eisenhower admit libation the attorney general a office was not Polit if by wry <1-Fective Whit ii ii. A or of Man. Reasons Why area i keel w York state tile Republican parly jell apart. President Eisenhower never managed to understand the nature of to ii to al m Rue tire vice president a us p .1 Opal adviser i Campaign was the attorney Vinci ii. William of or i tie department of i altar comparatively recent created 1903 As the a parti runt of com Merce and i a err i i 3 it was paraded pm Smej no National Fig Tiro or even outstanding Laid lieder a i fins i a served tin of fire. The following have been secretaries of labor since 1913 William b Wilson James j Dave will . Dunk Frances. Park ii s l. A sch Wellon Bach. Maurice j Robin Martin p. Durkin and Jam p Mitchell pro Biden Elf Kei a Cly has appointed to this office Arthur Clit Icib re. A labor lawyer w the outspoken decided of i ions the relation hip of orc Niz cd labor to tile a urn. I it one or. A Man of unusual attainment a completely Index pendent of political pressures he is Likely to be a pol t v maker. He touches a held which Robert Kennedy is expert. The Laos situation believed grave hmm Homer Haines taken by death if Mer Ryan rallies 62, motor i patrol operator for the past 37 years died january i at 11 00 a at the Home of his son Melvin. Sui ii of new London. Or Raines was the son of Elizabeth Allsup Ana Clark Raines and was born Novembri 18. 1808 Ai hew London where he spent his entire life. He warn lined it plea ant december 24. 1923 to Margaret Ellen Collins. Surviving Are mrs Raines and one son Merom l Raines of new Lindon four grandchildren three fours mrs Maude Pierce mrs. Genevieve Archer both of Burlington and mrs. Myra William a1 new London and a a. Rames of e. A. 11 ayes selected As arca a Man of the a v ii car r Liron s of t h 5 of v e univ area Wie of Reed run pined hid e a have of it plea ant won the deserved Honor of a Man of the year Quot from a Nin Eon Ana i. Rounding Burlington the Burlington Hawk a emf t selected a1, n f r recognition was sister m Irv the Mas of the m s Hospital staff at Burlington. They w Ere chosen i rom 20 no tin is and Anginal plan to s Lect oily person we 1 modified we the to nominees had so Marly army a talents and Lone ii is of acc Mph. A Hawk eve stat d Mill ire ant residents Are familiar with Many of his to v it and his lit m s count f Ion w Ith Nhi \ v. I c j a and ments. The Roosevelt memorial design this is the design set cited by a airy of five experts for the f Ranklin d. Roosevelt memorial to be constructed Washington a strip of land chosen by Congress Between the Potomac River and the tidal Basin. Awarded a $50,000 prize the design includes a Cluster of eight perpendicular tablets the largest 165 feet tall which would carry famous words of to late presid it. Tho wanning architects were William f. Pedersen and Bradford Tilney. Three die Iii other mishaps Only one traffic death Iii Iowa Over Holiday weekend brother Floyd a rallies of la Iii is r Rog Niti Canada caul. Follows funeral services will be held j j. A Ujj Mcnno us a it get w dec Day Iii 2 no . At Elliott j Man the Bon scout Camp it 1 Chapel ret Harvey g. Quandt Man $t?5.o Dev grim m will officiate. Farted hts Busine s rarer it Inu it will be Tuge pin 92ha. M,.n, cemetery. J the a i Hay co. I-1lends May Call at the Chapel j p big mixed Centi d fun d it tuesday aft Moon and evening Mutual ii nuance co., and met i five suffer minor injuries collision Chu 11 1.1 d til Cid a the big it a v Ida Quot no h i plea. Ani i by to ii Quot at 8 of m mood a it both cat wer badly damaged tie a Cid it i i ii prep a. M. P a fun i Olga a , m leap iiminn., Mike and . A of Iiri a and i Ain Vul Ike holds another top level meeting Waji Ino i up i i r i de t Kab held another top or v i of. 1 once p Day Hie crisis i. So my a White House pot Man Sud the unit d states believe the Quot indeed grave Quot idea t met with High Mil diploma to adv users a inure s said the United gathered informal id Mullin Hose i real-1 and i i a Mimi Moines Paw Ink d Civ v. The r ii a 1 by und a re Ai ii 1 la al Ila 1 is p la ii a a funny 1 Ila i to met i live Menir of 1 and fraternal precipitation three inches Over Normal As its president when the firm United casualty kids and his from 1929 to <1 with co. Of Codal now a direct ugh a r i i of a Iii w it hts the new be a that a Fie a of i it Cunninghan i d monday to get Gas near Buffalo la or al Lri diday Tad -1 i for w \ unified 0 the arg Iii of ii would by drat i or. Thomas Buffalo was run a met Faay win to ii 1. Retarded Cai Lei is up a ? his Cli alb was the 01 i. Low t ii p Rud during t. Hour week and and came just 1 or hours of to 1 the Holiday p i end d at Midnight monday Iowa .1 second traffic fatality it the new year was recorded shortly after Midnight monday but Iii ii Atli of Larry l. A Mizaur 21, of i it re Junction did not count tin 73-hour Holiday week rid toil a killed Iii Tantle us 78 a ,1 h it 20, h to to of lion is ii m Alp of Addi tur Ila pc Cia my c a lid a. a Cor a acc id a Nin ton i pita a the Hun inn no a ii a ii Jon Mono co v a it pm about. U a Ion it orc i Mizani s Ion tit Day a t yes of lives Dun e Warf and ii. Lur did Quot kill lot my old Boe Day ii a car front of miss . M by tic night Maria. Mob no i.,. Round ii. Motor was Shu . I c. L lain. Adams county a. Dural a a minor. Blan ii pm Bor. Monoxide from tile Thau a the Ling stir fatally hot was Fin it la a i of ii id 9. \4 Ellington. Pols a a Iii was kill by a Bullet accidentally discharged from a .22 Caliper re Elver Beis g shown la boy by John Goodland r. I who bad thought it was unload re. The i a fired boy was visiting the Good Lander Home at the time of to Ines Deal. The year 1960 it not it i with a total of 618 reported traffic d Raths Low i 61 Low the count for 1959. Is Ilion said it us elated at ii a a a. Non v ill c a Tai \ record during the Holiday and he and agn cd much Cree t was the Quot a Tough crackdown by Tore a hic coot lion the Quot drinking Driver a cup.ty cited Highway a hit f David la Ruck s Satora w be ii p. At -. Emphasis ii Duke 1, Driver u a a la a my a wet season tor the first ten months with year turned dry the closing two months to make the year s average Only a Little above the Normal precipitation for that pleasant Vilt mity. Precipitation for the year was 36.91 inches a bout three inches above Normal. Over 36 inches of the amount had come to tile area til first ten months. Precipitation the form of rain and Snow a cumulated Only 44 of Inch december tile amount november had been .35 of Inch. The precipitation for the first tin months averaged better than 3 6 inches per month which ii it had continued unit basis through the i last two months would have meant leu ten inches above Normal. Snowfall i"1 hic year was above Normal tin total was 44.7 Inch s it will be recalled that heavy successive snows occurred March. December snowfall amounted to 2 5 inches. That company lie is Cuiman of the Board of the insurance plan savings a loan Assn president of soybean. Inc. Vice president of the a d Hayes pm. And office two ii my county Bank but e. A Hayes is Mon than a Bunc Saipan of i volunteering much of Iii tal it it i Energy to i growth and Progress his Community i he is a member of the h m y county m Mon till. Pita Board a j District coordinator of the Iowa j state safety Congress a regional director and chairman of the Iowa i executive committee for the u s savings Bond division vice chairman of til Board of trustees at Iowa College a member of the executive and development commute s at inc. 1 lie Nim and former chairman m the Low 1 a. Leyan alumni a . advise Aud i 1 i it it y Vonti Hon. Is was tru Rihal d -1 a t a build no i Ostram at a a of of cent additions at ii a it a and it Union Rorm end a science department i currently under construct belies of Llu own protects each week. Helping the school and Deputy Dick Gray arrange planning a if Ile i time to it inc his ideas Are i. ii. to i i of indu trial developing . U v volunteers ins time and til h constantly available to work any project aimed at ruin Imp v development a it pm is Ait r ident Long familiar v. The Hay s accomplishments term til Man of the year designate a ii Wiio has been very Bucca ill a a Community. Who will devote Nia tidally All of his time Iii helping the Community vim h a a a Quot so Good to him. A when any Job of consequence of to i it i gone the thought comes to mind of Anyo connected with to 1 a act i cos Call Hayes he he accent the orb v re missed fro the to pita tire mrs p. A a was driving a Drc Juc a us to 218 w Renth Cid Rhi occurred i Paw Ink three Otter p Opte a late with the i of v St Aid d the covered Highway while c Down a Hill to he Brid be. Pie Peza str tightened till w it it to a 1 Tel Aga i id i w it ii 0 not 1 ii he i hot a drive a to i re a of the Bridge continued and the Bank the Toad. The i Mesa the Middle of the Bridge. The left front end., of both machines w it re badly Damag i Don Platt of the Highway patrol inv Stig Atud 19, . C Ira e. Or rat oui re d 1954 or it ii flu u lits i he m d c a t pred upright a to t Side of to a car stoop d ii ill Iway tile five More whiles .o. School hive treasurer of Sigma Phi Epsilon t he Job done services held for mrs m. Shumaker Ai. I. La cd Vav i v Quot pm 1 ii Rel id to ii i a Bod cd i Icil a record c a cd May Pat Aud to d i v it took train Wash to Ara credit cd 11. R i forts by to and it i if the Public do w Ani and Iowa Public safety Cornu Ion r Donald St it ton add a Quot got a re Ain amount of i p ii pm bred Quot the sir ale Road fatality this new 7�?T�?Tar Holiday ired tile s b i co o id tile Jan i rim i v 1 a v car end pc Iod re according to we i. Burnett .-a1 to education Cire b att d Parton Bun a uti stud the new year w Mckend of Nigg 1958 1f0 re Gnu d Only Ore real a a Ware i ,�6 Aud 1959 had two each iou bad inure d 1957 had 11 i he death of cunning Jim prominent Day part Are a Dut re and to pare it Maunder Otth Davenport american legion was tilt first reported Ilia tale s Road since thursday his w f a mob had been waiting their St cd Cir abut. 11 mile from to a client Sec wire unaware of Lier h u bards i at re Urb i police Cive pc up and informed h r authorities had been Summa i re Ere by a i a St v re 56. By i Driver of the car Winch h Frere re. Here. I lie victims at c inn. A m. Or a Kingery 13, Corn my Kona . 25. Rural pre Motl 7heir bodies Vav re found Early m Recomb. Ilion of upright secrete by of labor with a co opera Ive attorney general could open a new Era american Sui . 1969, King i �. Rei Syndicate inc k pledge willingness Moscow it up or tier Nikita Khrushchev pledged new soviet Wiblin Quot be re to improve u. lot 1 la tic is monday and called tor mat tonal conference to solve i is i Diblein Iii amp speech fit a cuban embassy a option Chrusl Thev castigated the outgoing Eisenhower administration a the a principal bulwark of ii a kit tile precipitation by months january. .2 61 fab tory i 40 match. 2 .20 april. 3 50 May. 5 78 june. 4 82 july. 3 18 August. 5.71 october. 5.03 november. 35 december 44 temperature variation Decem Ber was 71 degrees even though much of the month was mild the High was 64 the fourth and the Low was 71 degrees colder at seven Shumaker of m Ermat tonal i i i j 1 k re re t 1 a Lek i re 111 c Lebarre Nisi cub i it Mal t Bas ii b Low the 23rd. Other lows were five below the 21st and Zero the 22nd. The Echol Castro temperature dropped to eight the Gressie a s. First and six the 13th. Aba 0 tire planning to at veg they were try of i that russian Osbu my Aga inst uvas had Bein established soon would to. Not d re. Nil a Quot Legal Lim cult Laos a the l s. Govt rom it Ufi Sivc act Iotis of t fitment of Laos and Lumumba gov min it r o. H added id Dang oils has St d Laos anguished time. A Ai. Fire which must a sex Confer a Nae of Mas be a Mem d org til the Sam a lines As the conference which took place ire Geneva 1954, and the Vav a of Iii internal Conal Commissi a Laos must be re ire sell 2,Oss new car licenses to it dub 29g8 car and 511 Turk Hare is Hare been t id at the a Reu office the courthouse. Icar re Are running a utile ahead of a Yeai ago while the running amp a truck ire Sai re Are Hind. To a end a p a by my be 1 re chased Kcf 1931 plates ire f b i. Records made at courthouse Tim last Quarter of 1960 Mark d a ii unit High the auditor. And r old is Oft Ore property Iran tors for that Quarter ending die 31st. Helen m Virden making comical bus for the dire Yea reports the following closing Quarter 1958 136 clo my Quarter 1959 147 closing quarti960 192 these figures do not Ina id transfers made Roadway easements for tin yearly figure the eve rail re cd transfers ran almost a rail-1 with 1853 but were 97 ahead of 1958 Tim Overall figure for number of i Strum nos show a gradual ease 19546624 19588520 19608822 there was a wide variance real estate mortgages during the three y a period and Lex Corn sealing chattels were fit red i960 than 1958 i. Maty Alice a Tlumak died at 4 of e sunday j at memo Iii pm i the dam per of Jan a i Ion Smith Mann Reg a e it. A b u to f at a i 74 re re county ared was a la lore re i of the county and of my fun a ant she had lived ire. It i 1 Are re the past 35 a july 31, 1894 he v mar j to John Wili slum to 1 it ii Quot preceded her to Atli to y i 1911 she is survived by five to it a ii ters and 011�?o i. 11.hi. Of Ell i Wuu i of. I Everett moxie and m s Mark Cornick of it of t it r a Billing by of ii Ico re , ire Recabo surviving Are 16 grandchildren anti 16 or a Grandc Hilje Aren and two re Char Manning and Frank Manning both of it pm arrant it two Vaughun anti a son p ue-<�?oa., bet funeral or vices Vav re d j 1 Day afternoon a 2 it 0 0 f a 1> first my Trio h t Church or j. A Mathew a offic at i or r litre Gall Muic bearers were i von Moxhay Cai shunt Ake 1, a to Philip la Are inter it i War c re i tui cemetery Henry count More marriage licenser fewer divorces Iii county Hico to 59 re More marriage i a i Henry county re 1959 a d fewer big d nut my i960 than there of to re i 1 1959 i re re j 118 19 there i960 re. 19. >3 t 1 t 1956. 23 i i nun Quot of incl by Moulin f 111 o w sic 119 marriage licences a compared to 105 lie re rec years prior to v. Re 118 is lied 1958 f and 305 1956. A re 19 Divorcee granted to 27 1959 Lviv 14 1957. 21, and marriage License i960 ared 1959 vie . S hum Kersh a i ii it re. I 196.&Quot i 1959 �1 Ai. 5 9 i 1 9 i i Ach 7 7 a a i 8 5 May 13 7 j a i 19 12 a go re la. 1 ire. 14 re. Pio 7 re 5 6 i i v 14 la i a 1 la 9 ills 119 105 hrs collide a car driven by Nancy Daw Ion t 11 of a re. A ii Quot near Thra High of it a Quot driven i St Cui ret Ivai la re i it by or George ult. Ai 8 to a. today both new or eans it up a new White it i id pm or went to a a. Is integrated school after the can Mas new year to vacation despite a death threat against a 5-year-old White girl that fed a Quot a today. William Frantz and Mcdoil go 19 elementary schools reopened today after a 10-Day Holiday and the re were 13 Whit 1 students and one of Gro girl fran z. At Mcdonouh 19, a Whit Boycott remained Complete there were i y about a d men women at Frantz school and they did not jeer. When Chon do cd there were eight White children and orc be Rio girl Frantz and Only three negro girls Mordt Noah 19 a s m by Sand president of a parents organization known a save our schools said she received a series of threats during the new years weekend. Lac saturday she Aid a Man called and Sud Quot i have just come from the we t Coart re. Situate your daughter. You have exact 72 horns to get out of the a caller told Imp monday that a you have 24 hours to re from the sos or your daughter will be dead a she said Che if red Jed to amp i and City authorities about the Call mrs land5-ve Ltd old daughter Mary of ends kind Crauen Iii a school that is St til Segi gated. Stewart Atis to new fashion out Ade communist Tori yen i Ion strife torn Laos is greater the previously known one u u of f re i said the United states 11 and received convincing to ii re to a a i-epor1.fi that communist a Quot eth vet Nim to Kips Piave entered the Laos civil War. C a Monk t f hint my he no i vie Nam was said to be deficit. By shipping arms a Rass the nor Tho Laios by Lier to hip rebel forces. O o o ii it ii Gro Rupini. Inde ated planes be Rei g soviet markings have dropped hundreds of tons of up Pii to i 1,111 Coli Youni its. The state department was unders Quot a t to have new data the number of soviet planes involved and tin. Number of North vat Nam be hoops reported to be tile area White h u e pre s Secretary j Anes c Hogerty told newsmen the situation was a indeed grave a Eisenhower monday approved measures to Mcpease readiness of u. S military units the Pacific at a similar High level meeting. While going a military Alert the Southeast Asia Atef the United states continued to search with its allies for a possible diplomate solution to the Laos crisis Short of a korean Type military a tion. Washinton up a Hie state department today made Public what to Call d new hard cd Deive of a extensive soviet and North vietnamese ail lifts of War rna trial into embattled Laos and Ltd a sub t a a numbers of communist North vietnamese troops. The department said the North vietnamese troops were parachuted into i Soh by soviet and North vietnamese planes. O o of a Vientiane. Laos Ute a the Pio wet government announced Tod y that ires troops recaptured the Vit a northeastern outpost of Xieng k to 1.mg from pro communist forces la a monday. The Antn Memeth said fighting was still going around Hie town. There was no immediate word As to the Tate it no them Phong Laly province Whir h earlier had been r1�?T-ported communist hands. The let oily report of Phong Saiyas capture i id not been confirmed and was regarded As doubtful. No details of the military situation could be obtained immediately. La National Assembly met special Sere Ion to give pro Western p Mupi Boun Oum a vote of Confidence and probably to endorse i Bose protest against soviet Olu t o red git Ilia. No first baby of 1961 yet find Charlo of cd chess driving Paul b surety i been hired �?T5 and re m Wade mrs to Curt to 1 driving charge la d by re r 2 Early sunday hit 1.1 i Helsinki i 111 Oil i i i finnish passenger Plum Osbed flames today 1 firc it i Inland a Northwestern coast a t police reported the All pet sons aboard were killed. O to ire,1 i it d according to Start third trial i Eiju Chi a ire h Aud his ire. R sweetheart St wart Paris cd manager of Roederer s clothing has accepted a position with Koch Brothers of i re Moines and will represent the company nine rout Here tem now a cd unti s. He will succeed Gerald partly Hooper who b Coni a sales manager w 1 Tith finn area and will continue to reside Here. Paris has Bren with the ire tithing firm owner hip anti predecessor since 1954, Milton r a de t or who Habre a co Oil Nan to Quot i the to will. Par ire will by the manager. To e gifts which will fee Given by it pleasant merchants to the first baby born tit memorial Hospital 1961, re still unclaimed. There had Bern no new 1961 birth at the Hospital by 2 . Tuesday. Huhman Namos two i Gen. Term two Tai today began the or through their third i tii r i hat ares of murdering the Sui Safe. Go i line meeting i ii g cd i. club will meet at a building at 7 3u p. a .\ Shack at City dump Burns Moines up Evan i. Hultman began his of office today by naming a is Tant attorney general Quot of by Hultman Ocie Wilbur Flor Nim 32, recency Arete taut 1 it attorney it a Moin and John h. Allen 30, a Marion Iowa 1 tor a y. Hultman did not <1 Verloree tie i it Fri a ,11 Didies of the appointees but said he would m Ike a sign Merit Public when he named i 1�?~ti of i staff Wedreu Ala posts Bond fir men it Call d dump at to 35 .1 a Small War Mil Down of at to til re mood a us re re Hack Burnt. To stove Nav have caused the tire. Jam it ardor re by i Haj a 11 d a $5 Bond Iii a Wadi i bks court litre. >1 no a Tup sign charge fixed by City police \

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