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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - January 3, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news partly Cloudy vol. 92, no. 2mt. Pleasant Iowa saturday evening january 3, 1970 Price to cent these Days by John Chamberlain approaching the seventies with humility Dublin Ireland i happen to be writing this first 1970 column while travelling and the perspective on ones own country that supposedly comes with distance should enable me to give some added Sharpness to the traditional predictions for a new year that coincides with the beginning of a new decade. But distance does not lend certainty. It is All too humiliating to recall the Brave prophecies of ten years ago when everyone was talking about the soaring sixties. Instead they turned out to be the sick sixties. Nobody to my memory foresaw the burning looting and killing in the ghettos a indeed the very word Quot ghetto belonged to a time in history when jews were compelled by Law to be inside their houses at the curfew hour and we manifestly did no to have anything like that. The beat generation Hadnot yet become the hippie degeneration the drug craze Hadnot blighted our Urban High schools and skipped to the suburbs College was a place where you went to read books it was still at least mildly respectable to be patriotic assassinations were something that happened in Iraq cubans Fidel Castro Hadnot yet revealed himself As the Century a greatest cheat Vietnam Hadnot become a running sore. We were doing All right Jack meaning Jack Kenned Yand life was going to be a Lark at least in the United states. Tight Security in Kopechne inquest Edgartown mass. Up a tight Security will be in Force monday when the inquest into the death of Mary to Kopechne in a car driven by sen. Edward m. Kennedy opens at the Dukes county court House. Edgartown police chief Dominick Arena said Friday a from 20 to 30�?� local and state police and Deputy As events soon disclosed the sixties made monkeys of All the prophets. The u. S., which began the decade on a higher Elevation of Well being than the rest of the world had the farthest to fall. And As it fell our foreign friends gave us a delighted kick or two on our Way Down. They were still at the business of kicking us a very Short while ago. But a Reading of the foreign press now discloses a new tendency. The news of the Pineville a a massacre should logically have caused a final orgy of Finger pointing at alleged u. Depravity is but it Isnit happening that Way. Thus the foreign editor of the London express while recognizing the a a evils and a rank injustices Quot in american society sees us tackling our problems with a a Vigour and above All an honesty which is both compelling and since Richard Nixon is the Man in the White House he should Rise and take a Bow. In the Irish times Spiro Agnew gets some kidding treatment but the tone is kindly. And the editor of the Irish times does no to beat our brains out because of the Vietnam War he merely notes that if you Are going to get out of a War you might As Well do it without Protr acting the agony. In Stockholm and Oslo there Are Many who consider the u. The equal of Nero a Rome but your average scandinavian pacifist is at least fairly consistent when it comes to Finger pointing. He does not absolve the British who continue to make excuses for giving arms to nigerians who Are doing their Best to starve out the biafran children in the bloodiest of tribal wars. A group of scandinavian scientists in Oslo make the horrified and horrifying statement that ten times More biafran kids have perished of hunger a than the total death casualties on both sides in the Vietnam meanwhile the Moscow communists Are trying to persuade the authorities on the Island of Fernando to to Stop the mercy planes which Are using that Point off the african coast staging area for carrying Biafra. If criticism is to be passed around no nation can expect to get off Scot free. The government of North Ireland has been the target of Many who think the Ulster protestants get a better break than the minority Ulster catholics. But the prime minister of North Ireland exhibited a becoming humility the other Day before a score or More visiting journalists he admitted such things As the slow Pace North Irish House building and in effect pleaded for forbearance while his government tried to make amends for past errors. Nixon was using a similar tone when talking of the Pineville a a massacre just before i left Home. And mayor John Lindsay of new York took his opponents off guard last october by acknowledging that he made serious mistakes. If this is the Way our leaders Are to approach the seventies the next decade May not prove to be As sick As the last. There a nothing Bench Mark figure set for land values Des Moines up a in order to give county assessors in the state a a Bench Mark figure to use in figuring out land valuations the state Board of tax review has established a tentative rate of 6 per cent to be used in capitalizing farm land earnings. William h. Forst state Revenue director said that the 6 per cent figure was tentative. Quot this is a Bench Mark for assessors to use in figuring 171 taxes a he said. In order to find the value of a piece of land based on capitalization the local assessor will take 6 per cent of the net Price Farmers received for their products. If the Farmers earned an average of $30 for each acre of land in production an acre would be valued at $500. Sheriffs will guard six Points Side and outside the building. In newsmen from across the country and some foreign lands have begun arriving at this picturesque Cape cod Community virtually a ghost town in Winter compared to its thousands of summer residents and vacationers. Miss Kopechne 28, drowned the night of july 18 when a car driven by Kennedy went off a narrow Bridge on nearby Chappaquiddick Island into a tidal Pond. Too the inquest was sought by District attorney Edmund s. Dinis of new Bedford. He had sought an autopsy on miss Kopechne but this was denied by a Pennsylvania judge who ruled against exhumation. Miss Kopechne is buried near Larksville a. Kennedy was expected to be one of the witnesses called. Others Are expected to include several girls who attended a party on the Island the night of the Accident with miss Kopechne Arena other police officials and medical experts. The inquest will be closed to the press and the Public. New plane delay n nervous aphrodite s Temple believed uncovered this partly excavated circular greek Temple at Anidos Turkey is believed to be the original Temple of the goddess aphrodite goddess of love. It was discovered by archaeologist or. Iris c. Love inset an assistant professor at Long Island University. It is hoped further excavations in the ruins on the coast of the Aegean sea May result in recovery of the famous nude statue by sculptor praxiteles. But Forst said this is Only part of the basis for the final assessment. Land in Iowa also is valued on its Sale Price he said with each method being Given 50 per cent weight in determining the final assessment. If land which would sell for $550 an acre was producing Only $30 in crops per acre its valuation for assessment would be $525. Forst cautioned Farmers not to expect their taxes to be reduced automatically because the capitalization rate had risen from 5 per cent to 6. A fall it Means is that they estimate the rate of return in 1971 will be 6 percent a Forest said. The assessors will base their computations on that estimate and will have Only one variable to change if the Board must set the final figure at something besides 6 per cent. The Board is projecting a a pretty Rosy future a Forst said. A they Are estimating that the farm income is going to increase a he said. Farmer is line of defense in cattle rustling As a food to Des Moines idea a after a series of meetings on cattle rustling in Iowa a state committee has concluded that a the line of defense has to be the or. E. A. Butler chief of animal Industry for the state department of agriculture said its estimated that $3 million Worth of livestock is lost each year in thefts. But or. Butler added the amount is probably higher because Many thefts Are never reported. Or. Butler who is heading the groups efforts said every theft should be reported promptly to the local sheriff or state Bureau of criminal investigation if necessary. Livestock thefts Are a local situation that May have regional implications or. Butler pointed out. Or. Butler suggested that Farmers Check livestock frequently daily if possible. The Farmer should get an accurate count of the number of cattle present he said. The state agriculture official also suggested that livestock chutes be placed in a less accessible area at unoccupied farmsteads. All chutes and Gates should be locked he added. He also recommended that the farm family shut the garage doors when leaving. When the doors Are left open it leaves evidence that the family is gone or. Butler noted. Lighting also is important especially at unoccupied premises he said. Urges system of private schools in Mississippi Jackson miss. Up a Mississippi Stop segregation spokesman said at a protest rally Friday night that a statewide system of private schools is the Only a a salvation for children faced with integrated classrooms. Jimmy Swan a Short balding former country music Singer said the . Supreme courts a desegregate now ruling is part of a communist conspiracy designed to a take control of your a fall they want is integration and Mongrel nation a Swan told a cheering group of 1,500 which gathered to protest the supreme court ruling ordering an immediate end to dual systems for Whites and Blacks in 30 Mississippi school districts. The new a a unitary systems go into effect monday in a number of the districts when classes resume after the Holiday recess. Gov. John Bell Williams planned a 30-minute statewide radio and television address tonight to discuss the situation but there was no indication what he would say. Williams has proposed a Campaign to raise $1 million in Public contributions to finance a task Force of lawyers who would file desegregation suits in the North East and West. The a a counteroffensive is aimed at eventually returning a Freedom of choices desegregation on the theory the pressure for integration will decrease when it is experienced on a massive scale in the rest of the country. Salem Man injured in car Accident Albia three persons were hospitalized following a two car Accident at 9 a. In. Friday a mile South of Albia on Highway 5. Iowa Highway patrolman Loren Bud said a car driven by Fred a. Savage 26, of near Salem collided with a car driven by Curtis Mikels of near Moravia. Buol said the Savage car was turning into a service station when it skidded out of control on the icy Road striking the left rear of the southbound Mikels car. Louise Mikels 33, wife of the Driver suffered a broken nose and abrasions. Savage suffered a Back injury and a neck laceration. He was taken to Des Moines general Hospital. His room number is 126. A passenger Mary Johnson 21, of Albia is being treated for a broken Pelvis and rib fractures at the Monroe county Hospital. Buol said there were eight passengers in the two cars. The Savage Auto was a total loss. Damage to the Mikels car was estimated at $500. Services monday Agnew praises for . Couple to Lai Lalu for War Effort funeral services for or. And mrs. Irvin Harvey Hill victims of a car Accident will be held monday at 3 30 . At the first United presbyterian Church of it. Pleasant with Rev. Q. Gerald Roseberry officiating. Interment will be in the Burge cemetery new London. Friends May Call at the Elliott Chapel in new London sunday afternoon or evening. Bangkok up a vice presi Dent Spiro t. Agnew arrived in Thailand today and praised the nation for fighting communist guerrillas within its own Borders while providing troops for the Allied Effort in Vietnam As Well. Panama City up a the hardluck hijackers who stole a brazilian Airliner two Days ago ran into mechanical trouble again to per where they landed to refuel for the flight to Havana with 33 persons aboard. The French built Caravelle Jet Day at Ocumen International air owned by the brazilian Cruzeiro do Sui Southern Cross airline was hijacked thursday on a flight Between Montevideo Uruguay and Rio de Janeiro Brazil. It got As far As Lima where a Generator broke Down. One Accident daily for past veal average an average of an Accident a Day the past year occurred in it. Pleasant according to summary of accidents prepared by the it. Pleasant police department. The 365 accidents was two less than the number the preceding year. Fire alarms in the year totalled 121 which was nine below the number of the preceding year Stop sign violations were much higher than a year ago 185 to 52. I violations for excessive noise were up 25 to 4. Summonses for the year totalled 1,447 compared with 1,336 the previous year. The average number of Calls per 24 hours was 95, or an average of nearly four Calls an hour. January was the highest Accident month with 48. The noon hour was the highest Accident time with 42. Next highest was the 4 . Period. Some of the figures from the report and some comparisons with a year ago. The plane finally took off from Lima today with a new Generator and landed at the Airport Here. But when the Pilot started to take off for Havana he could not get the engines started. A Varig airline Generator was backed up to the planets nose but electricians could not Start the engines. How Long the delay would be was not known but capt. Patricio Jansen civil aeronautics director talked with the planets Pilot and said the a hijackers Are very nervous and they Are getting More nervous waiting inside in this too the plane took on fuel for the flight to Cuba and Airport officials sent 35 lunches and 35 bottles of soda pop aboard. They also sent seven sport shirts for the crewmen who complained their own clothes were getting dirty. The plane was ordered isolated by Jansen and Normal traffic at the Airport was not disrupted. A we Are aware of the solid and significant support which Thailand i summary of items is giving to the efforts of its neigh i Bor to resist communist aggression a said Agnew upon his arrival from Taiwan. So curative As a Humble and a con trite heart provided your opponent has a Little capacity for Grace on his own. Distributed by King features Syndicate March of dimes aids in research on birth defects a science is uncovering More and More ways to prevent birth defects a said mrs. Harvey Snavely 1970 March of dimes Campaign director. A the future holds More Promise than Ever before for her statement set the spirit for the opening of the March of dimes annual fund raising Campaign from january 2 through 31. Mrs. Snavely explained that a new vaccine can eliminate the tragedies of re disease. The rubella vaccine has the potential to Mark the beginning of the end of afflictions traced to German measles when contracted during pregnancy. Paediatric surgery is another weapon in treating birth handicaps. For More than a decade the National foundation March of dimes has been leading a nationwide Effort in the prevention and rehabilitation of birth defects. It has established a nationwide network of 111 birth defects centers and conducts numerous programs in professional and Public health education. Let the Light in Dayton Ohio up a americans first a Daylight factory was built Here by the National Cash Register company. The Walls of the building were 80 per cent Glass and were supported by columns of Brick veneered steel. _ of. Pleasant Community school Calendar Jan. 5�?school resumes. Burlington 9th there at 5 30 Jan. 6�?wrestling, Burlington Here. Jan. 7�?in-service meeting Early dismissal. Jan. 8�?school Board meeting at 7 30. Jan. 9�?wrestling, it. Madison Here. Basketball it. Madison there. Jan. Ion wrestling Highland tournament there. Varsity basketball Washington Here. Jan. 12�?junior varsity basketball Fairfield Here at 6 . Jan. 13�?basketball, Burlington varsity there. Jan. 14�?ft. Manson 7th and 8th, there at 4 30. Jan. 15�?Burlington 9th a and b Here at 5 30. Jan. 16�?wrestling, Davis county there. Basketball varsity Davis county Here. Jan. 17�?band carnival. Basketball 9th, Iowa City there at 10 . Jan. 19�?Fairfield 9th Here at 5 . Jan. 20�?basketball, varsity Keokuk there. Jan. 21�?wrestling, Cardinal a there. Jan. 22�?Fairfield 8th Grade a and a there at 4 15. Jan. 23�?end of semester. Wrestling Here Washington. Basketball varsity Fairfield there. District speech event Here. Jan. 24�?District speech Large groups Here. Jan. 26�?teachers workday no school. Fairfield 9th, there at 4 30. Jan. 27�?second semester begins. Iowa tests of Basic skills through Jan. 30. Jan. 29�?Washington 9th there at 4 30. Mid Prairie 7th and 8th Here at 4 30. Jan. 30�?aquinas, Here. Dance. Jan. 31�?wrestling, conference. State debate finals. A we All Admire the tenacity and courage of the South Vietnam Farmers subject to self employment tax Des Moines a Iowa Farmers Are subject to self employment tax for 1969 if their farm income is $400 or More John f. Hanlon District director of the internal Revenue Mese people to resist enemy at service advised today. I act tie said. Thailand s support the self employment tax rate of South Vietnam is doubly mean of i Ingul when one takes into account j faulty the reality that Thailand is simultaneously combating communist led insurgents within its own Borders by using its own forces. A this self Reliance attitude has is 6.9 per cent with a maximum $538.20, and is in addition to income tax. A self employed Farmer is one who operates his own business or farm. A Farmer is also considered accidents in the City personal injuries. Fatalities. Fire alarms. Summons issued a control and failure to yield. Stop sign violations equipment. 5 careless driving. 27 speeding. Too improper turns. 15 Drivers License and registration 1969 1968 365 367 26 40 i j 121 130 113 185 116 52 16 43 116 self employed if he employs others impressed the people of the United consuming Beer on Public to operate or work his farm even though he does not live on it himself. A Farmer must file a Federal income tax return and pay the self streets hit and run excessive noise a 42 hour illegal Start from stopped position. States and added to the respect in which Thailand is held in my coun Agnew arrived for visit and discussions with leaders employment tax due if his net earn of one of the United states closest miscellaneous Ings from self employment Are $400 asian allies. He came from Tai illegal wan where he told Generalissimo c h i a n g Kai Shekus nationalist chinese government the United states will stand firm with Taiwan against dangers to peace in Asia. Or More even if his Gross income is less than $600 and he owes no income tax. The self employment tax applies to a maximum of $7800. But this figure is reduced by any wages from which social Security taxes were withheld. A special optional provision in the Law enables Farmers to acquire social Security credits even if they have a loss after expenses Are deducted. A a farm As used in the Federal tax relating to social Security and self employment taxes includes Stock Dairy poultry fruit fur bearing animals and truck farms j and also plantations ranches and nurseries. A a Farmers a tax guide a irs publication 225, furnishes More detailed information on this subject. The Booklet is available without charge by sending a Post card to your county agent or irs District office 210 Walnut Street Des Moines Iowa 50309. Hughes scheduled to be on tonight show Des Moines idea a senator Harold e. Hughes is scheduled to appear on the a a tonight television show with Johnny Carson monday night Jan. 5. Hughes is making the appearance on behalf of the National Council on alcoholism to plug their alcoholism information month which they Are observing during january. Patient missing from my Institute Joyce Koehler 37. A patient at the mental health Institute was reported to police As missing at 5 41 p. In. Friday. She is 411&Quot, 101. Has Brown hair and Hazel eyes. She is from Scott county. 13 6 2 25 20 9 957 total summons issued .1447 formal radio messages 78 average Calls per 24 hour Day a a a a a 95 Accident damage a Auto damage i january february. J March. April. May. J june july. August. September october a november i december. Total other property a january i february March april. May. June. July. August september october november 1969 1968. $ 6.923 $ 6,505 $ 2,572 $ 2.696. $ 4,013 $ 5,013 $ 3,542 $ 4.209. $ 5,783 $ 4,221 $ 6,750 $ 3.544 $ 7.758 $ 4.038. $ 3,647 $ 4.093. $ 2,983 $ 5,836 $ 3.423 $ 5,985. $2,637 $ 1,852 $ 4,200 $13,609 $54,231 $61,609 to a $ 170 $ 170. $ $ $ 92 $. S 412 $. 200 $ 6.378 $ 1.000 $ $ 233 % $ 360 $. $ 400 $ charge . Position near do zone Saigon up a communist troops firing machine guns and mortars charged a u. Infantry position near the demilitarized zone it Doz it separating the two Vietnam today killing sever. Americans and wounding 12 others. Military spokesmen said the 5 americans drove off the attackers with artillery fire and helicopter 23 gunships. The attack was near due Pho 302 Miles Northeast of 13 Saigon and Between the South 3 China sea and the demilitarized 4 zone. Spokesmen said the americans kept up an intense fire Bhat killed 29 communist troops one of whom managed to break through the barbed wire surrounding the u. Camp. It was the highest american death toil in a single fight since dec. 27 when seven . Soldiers were killed when communist troops attacked a 25th infantry division Post Northwest of Saigon. 936 1336 3.000 new York fares go up 50 per cent new York up a new yorkers. Already hard hit by inflation get another blow to the pocket Book sunday a subway and bus fares take a 50 per cent jump to 30 cents. Mayor John v. Lindsay called it a a tragic Day for new York Ile said the metropolitan transmutation authority had failed in its duties by voting Friday to go ahead with the increase from 20 to 30 cents a ride. The fare increase resulted from a $120 million new years Day contract settlement with transit Union i leaders. Terse verse by a. C. Gordon taking full advantage of a raft of friends in tote is the Only thing that keeps a lot of Guys afloat. Going Strong a seventy five years old Jan. I Fri director j. Edgar Hoover pictured at age 30 and recently says he Hopes a to continue indefinitely in my service to he predicted in an Quot open letter to the youth of american that the next decade will be a fraught with peril a but a Bright with december. $ 450 $ 1.000 total. $ 3,317 $10,548 grand total $57,548 $72,154 accidents for 1969 a by hour and month january. 48 february. 33 March. 28 april. 27 May. 36 june. 28 july. .28 August. 36 september .25 october. 25 november. 21 december. 30 total. 365 12 mid. To will discuss conditions at Amana society Plant Des Moines up a Federal and state officials will meet sometime next week to discuss conditions at a federally inspected meat Plant which a state agriculture official called filthy a state official said Friday. Robert Lounsberry assistant Secretary said he visited the Amana society meat department Plant in Amana earlier this week and found violations of meat processing regulations inside the Plant. 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 . 11 am. 12 noon 11 0 0 i i 3 12 to 15 16 24 42 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 . 23 21 30 36 27 18 15 14 17 9 la p a. 7 total .36�

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