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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - January 4, 1961, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news vol. 8�i, no. 2mt. File Asa it Iowa wednesday Enen Long i i any i 1961 these Days by George e. Sokol sky thi Klim Bil it i Eltty the two party system is e ,.ii to our political Structure otherwise no Opp Ilion will exist to to luxe in Power and we shall Haw a tyranny the Republican pal y or some opposition laity must remain in operation the recent Hon c certain facts one is that the Republican party is not a minor to it party. The narrow Marlin by which the election was to t we a Small As to indicate an Equality Between the parties. However the recent election Ako o i an lied that republicans in Force numbers no longer vote Lor their party but vote tor individual candidates. As. For in Lama. Members of conure Richard Nixon As the candidate for pre aleut proved disappointing because he did not tight hard tor his election. He covered considerable space but he did not Hiar ply differentiate by tween him Elf and John f. Kennedy As to principle and method. Starting As a two to one sure in he shakily lost his Lead after Ute walled debate. His arguments were weak and lost him Republican votes. Republicans Are in re conservative than democrats fun Liberal republicans Are More conservative than Liberal it Moe rat except perhaps senator j icon javits and one or two others who really ought to tallow the i Sample of senator mon1 and go into tin Denim i ii pal to i he \ it i t expect that the republicans Wall a distinct from hic democrats when they arc not. They lore. Landen Wiiilie Dewey and Nixon lost because Reyn i Oil cans did not vote for them in sufficient numbers. To retain . Base in Cuba anti Castro outbursts Mattie m. Kellogg first baby taken i a death a Cabinet snacks Dean Rusk who will h adut the nation s foreign affairs As Secretary of slate in the new Kennedy Cabinet enjoys a snack from the family Cabinet in his Scarsdale new York Home. Here he gets plenty of attention at the Kitchen table from his children David. Peggy and Piebald. United nations it tipi a anti Castro outbursts in the Public Gull by forced suspension today of a Security Council meeting called to Hea Cuba s charge that the United states plans an imminent cuban invasion. Reinforced u n. Guards hustled from the packed gallery anti Castro demonstrators who repeatedly shouted a base Sinos murderers As cuban foreign minister Raul Roa sought to present the invasion charge to the Council. U. S ambassador James j wads Worth told the Council the cuban charge was brewed a from the cauldron of hysteria and made the Castro government appear Quot ridiculous in the eyes of the and two aides had been pelted win to Frozen Snow balls by anti Castro demonstrators when they arrived at u n Headquarters for the meeting and u. A guards had to Rescue them. Arter discusses kiwanis work postal i ans in in it Iii pm i. The at ill will in e candidate to Dot i lady. Unto s he Sci y Badin. In very to if i iou it to possibilities of pit bbl in Par y the i de tor a Ita i a f. A i a pres Lent does will probably be by ii. The r pub Are Richard Nix on Nelson rot be Leller and Barry Oolda Fttie these three men will be spending the next four years by wants kit a ii i. H. R y a a r. Pee 1. A Man a run i i a a a he n ii hts it Wen president of John Carter a a Hig to so a y of. To it \ i i in it t three killed in explosion Mattie m Kellogg 74 of new London died Jan 3 at Henry county memorial hoi ii Tai where she Hadj been a patient for about two we is miss Kellogg was the daughter of w. J and Amanda penholder Kellogg she was born May to 1886 in Hall county Nevii when she was about right y ars of age she came with brr parents in a covered Wagon to live near Burlington the lanky later in vol to new London where miss k a Logg had lived in the same House for 50 years. She was a seamstress for 30 years. Was a member of the Rebekah 14x1 go and the first methodist Church both in new London t she is survived by one brother Earl Kellogg of a Stu id. And two Sisters. Mrs John kale Wath of j new London and charts Ilide Burgus of spell y she was predeceased by her parents and three Brothers. Ber. Ices will b thursday at i 30 i pm at first methodist Church inner London the re Harvey j Quandt will officiate interment will be in Walker Rem Des mores county near of new year Horn tuesday Bells to Tell of Centennial commemoration White House makes Public statement j it cry Sperry a no in of tile a hint Char club i tic la w tis give la. Had w it far a it con. A a of soothe member of la re tin act. Post nos i dec it. Cd let will my pm f al and a pleasant ii. I the Pas w. Prox Unate n i960 than in null t Smith 11 a tie it Anc i ii c.,. Preparing for the 1964 convention senator Barry Gold a a or has tin forum of tin United states Banate he will not a stunt leadership in the Senate that role will go to senator styles Bridges bul As Coldwater will be in the Active role of a pre it candidate his colleagues will give Hun every courteous no pm tune v to exhibit himself. Senator Coldwater is an avowed it ouse vat Ive i t k w la be it Ivoal it riling involved will crack pot groups and extremist put it ions which often conservative persons take just As liberals ofttimes become protectors of communists. It Lolow a Tern f in l it a a of i. Being level headed of having had a lip a varied experience in Iii and of amp War avoiding tile Pitfalls which have Hurt other conservatives he has tile further advantage of bin. A Man of Means and therefore does not Ila pc to go for Campaign funds Sovei nor Nelson Rockefeller of new York is a Liberal a Maverick in politic. He has the advantage of having the forum of new York which is a very wide one. It Quot is driven by a com pol Ive ambition and does not readily accept the rules of the game Bijj polities in must be re i u Ted Guy Ruhr in 1962 ii he is to be a candidate for president in 1964. By my id he be Defeated in 1962, he will b a dead do k extremely Imp Pill among politicians. He retains a popularity among the people because of i personal Cli Alin and the very Good Trine. Rockefeller. Richard Nixon is. Of Coule the titular he id of the a it publican party and a such he Wall be resell by the Republican leadership in Washington although he run a in i Campaign in i960, irs reputation As a fighter remains and he did get ail enormous von he will have ample Opportunity to Peak in Many Paris it the country during he next Lur years and to write articles. The question ares a to win Lur will assert oppositional leadership or will be a Calm objective student of even. The republicans nod a Strong but reasonable Leader for the opposition. I he new committee or a boys and girls work. We Tach and Miles King Sci vices Jack jills n and la a my support of d Are Haerr program and Ai Barnier la i. Ben a Gal r membership. O. T Coo or k Anc i inter club r club. W a Rue White finance al a Iona guidance frail Harf i Agricula i win. Hoaglin a i to. Richard a a n a. M 5 Irh a y music be on a lid gee s ont it thai r s p i me Feo s ill tips m in Quot Quot a no. In at h a he la a d i w to. I is closed the re-13.219 for 1959. Is 08.599 s a i Zed d spite immunity lost users of the mail Post office the v Lee of the during ii year the body is at the Bai Lon my tile first baby of the new year Hunt at Henry county memorial Hospital and i Gibler to receive a dozen a liable prix s is Timothy Alk n Smit h Hgt is the no of or and a ii y l Smith. Pou South Adam a tree it please it his Mother is the t Nenei Mona Brown and he has two by Quot to a is. R Cha i a age 2, and Steven to. Young or Smith whose arrival was awaited with More than average inter t since the announcement Quot i the prizes to be Given by to al i chants arrived at to 18 tuesday evening hell be utile to keep Well f d and warm and have Many other combats a. The remit of the generosity of the following it pleasant Mer Cli nits they include Crane furniture hair i Smit by s cleaners i cleaning. John Green baby Kennedy a Dairy -1 modular. Co High s5 in dry Blanket. 30 quarts of the Mailli place with re of the Yea to Des approx left. S Enate Idaho Falls. Idaho up a a non atomic explosion ripped an f experimental nuclear reactor in Southern Idaho tuesday night killing three technicians and releasing deadly radiation in mimic ate Atra. However a spokesman for atomic Energy commission 1 very definitely there was danger from radiation to i Community. I the National reactor testing ii of where the Accident occurred i prawns Over 892 Square mile mostly Sage Brush and lava Rock. It is 30 Miles from the nearest. Sizeable Community. Idaho Falls with 34.000 residents. The Abc spokesman said during the night Westerly winds of five Miles per Kasson funeral Home in Winfield. La inv county savings Bank $5 where friends May Call at any time. N a Quot m count. The casket will by t., to the Harrison s dozen diapers Church at 12.30 . Thursday and a Man Choc store pair baby firs. Will ice. Not be of Ned after the serv the the said no any Sta of it three of $10.95 dress baby Anna m. Peterson Speaks at Olds alumni banquet Hoaglin s 5c to is store Book. He of food store car bed and car seat b id s Tower shop Cut Flower Arrau germ it r Ila. I or t be clock Olds a the annual alumni banquet was held at the Olds consolidated school on wednesday evening. Der 28 a Lovely Ham dinner was hour carried any escape served by the Finley lunch women violates parole in county jail Church Bell will be ringing in Many cities sunday morning Jan 8, preceding Church service As a Symbol that the greatest cent. A Nial commemoration Ever to be staged in this country hrs begun the civil War was be or to test our count in Ever fared built of heroism and endurance that wer a drawn Tram men and women of both sections by a Voth n to i Peipus Valuer move than life itself in this we ale comm1 Moratin our most profound and tragic emotional experience As a nation what was lost was Loc by All and what was finally gained affected our National character and our National destiny. The preservation of the american Union As an instrument of Freedom for All the world. I chm hrs in Laking part in Tho comm oration do not wont to simply string by i hum a series of holidays reviving Heth a the exultation of Victory a i the sadness of defeat rather the Centennial should give the nation a new uni St aiding of the Way in which americans built from sacrifice and suffering an enduring nation and enduring peace when the few thin ended the y closed ranks saw a Unity in the land and have since fought Side by Side when the occasion demanded it to fight Foi the Pink Isle of Freedom. Human history contains few lessons More Insp Imp than this. Therefore through this commemoration there will be a new study of american patriotism to give us a revaluation of the immense a serves of bravery which lie Iii the american character. A Conti buted i Dan a vat b in r v and r Chard Hanson Public fairs a. M Patterson House reception Fred Abraham and Hay is do ure a an Vos of a i. To Iii h. Filibusters my radiation away from Idaho Falls names of the three men killed. All military personnel were within to pending notification of next of Kin no one else was in the reactor building. By. Education and Denis t Jones and Clio v stall. Leg ? producers to meet Jan. Ii a Man a i it Urc i by it f a 111n lilt \ i Quot i 11 by a int pupi Lull ii a a is tiie fledged i i to curb my d Quot ii an al at to modify Pis s it quo. A approval of a f ail in my is vol in Bai i in be limited rub two i by or. Reedy writes for music journal i Doe ii try try d to Nul sult cling in no Mary in Cir cuss on it dui d i in Day to i auf , a i Hulme a p Clr a Irma n it to prod us is div the a As i Vav 0 to i of ii residents will be interested in this news account relative to Frank r. Reedy formerly on tile music staff at Iowa Wesleyan Colon when liberals j lege proposals a both j a a 9 v of the first Hyannis. Miss Frank r 87 or my re. A Reedy organist at the first Bap i Iii bust is i t Church in Hyannis. Has been the program invocation music Waldo Bloom Welt one to has of i960 Garret res Pons Ron n a Emlu Moy r. Music William Tolar Der Roll Callo clashes Wilbur Gar res. Speaker Lina mane Peterson a graduate of the Olds consolidated school attended Iowa Wesleyan College taught Sev ral years at Danville spent several Summers in South America on Church missions attended a Small negro school with four other White girl at Atlanta and at present is a student at Bethel collage. Bethel Kan the parole of Charier e Ridge a it pleasant has Bern revoked j Nice he violated a provision of the i p Rob he is in the county jail i serving a total of nine months on Wilbur to conviction. I Ridgeway had received a six month suspended sentence on a Barge of breaking and entering and a three months suspended sentence on a charge of making Beer available to a Armor. These terms must now be served due to the a crated role violation. Veal firm name is Hundred old has it covering from Accident injuries the ensuing year Are m non in n i Poul p. In. In City it d Gram include Princeton Iowa late Shanman do ii Ion a be to non Aims Ai i j suet k in k i Iowa Polt a i tie to ii a i a i Quot a a eting w at it. Pm a As at Iralu it on t in . Re la egg prod peer of Ilie plod he Iowa poultry in in w tilt turn d goal of the state organization Lrroy executive Secretary it lit by association v ill net for now a egg or Ork together in a d level through Don of the Iowa Ion Paul to Mast Lur Mcmilla n present an int my my talk entitled it a fit. T. In b in nun k i Ace p my to Jonn them i p of it a. It i Csc a am a ctr a r. To. To \ of i while Perm i i a. I or. O id do Quot the its d three-1 singled out in the january Issue by t Sou Cit ii the \ a it a ram. C amp gip Over i for i Quot Sid illiberal in debate fat r d As debate House Moc Raue Vin is a now Best j called it elect i about Legisla a hoi up a met. And i a re quit i k Liu As always Themy enc Power makes if record in the Congress and nowhere else. Governors and private persons die emerge but. Party actions Are in Congress tile Republic a p try my make up is i id where it belongs what it stands for what posture it intends to present to the american people. It cannot go on bang a nixed up party. A party must know what ii is doing and what it stands for. It must t in i. V. Y soda up Cia i. Vlf it ii Sci to t Quot ii the Progi to Cost and a to be Sere by Taylors inc of it. Pleasant. Marriage License issued a marriage License ha.-, been issued at the clerk s office it the my thous to Harold Benny Butin a ton 19. Columbus Junction. Mutes. It put Aker ii to my 11 re suck i. I v a t i v ult it an u to than Sam it Yourn meantime w g son. Way to break a blockade in the Houm less painful to the a planned a purge Quot of and Juanita Winfield Loul Schenk 18, to fanatical support for cause not v the the Hope of getting elected or appointed to something Republican opportunists ofter ii me democrats. I copyright i960, King it at res people i Syndicate inc r j a Coin one of the com Mil t con or vat Veblee. At i. A got la t on Rayburn w is a p it it r. A. I icly to his plan to ii Row committee nominally his do Clon Nom t party ticket in Novemb ii. Or Way ear. Be achieve Theam. End reduce Ost of dog licenses of the music journal in an article called Quot mils a is in this article or Keedy Point out that More Money is spent on music in the u. S. Than on professional baseball and yet Many so music lovers know Little music whereas baseball fans know every detail of the i game. He further states that 45 a Evv million pupils in the Public schools l r 31 today have Little time for More i than singing a few Folk songs in his article he asks a where my his j then is the Layman to learn about a re a music Quot and replies that the Maut sensible place is the Liberal arts College tile article says that a general course in Tho history of music and music appreciation and a Surveyor musical literature a the most i valuable and practical courses in private music for the Liberal arts students How he admonishes the Liberal arts colleges of train the Layman to listen intelligently to music and enjoy it. Or. Reedy now retired from Johr St rot Luna n. Nev London Rural was released from memorial Hospital la t weekend where he a is treated for bar k injuries re a a ived win n the car he was driving William Rounder president d an Slid on Loose gravel and overcook. Vice president Herbert Hult turned Iii a ditch South of Lowell Secretary and la a Garrels Tias in in the county line last thurs a or. I Day night. Officers to As follows wit h the pc 1 my of tire year a business name thai Ben Well known in it. Pm a Avant for Over 70 years also became a matter of history the name Burker s hardware was changed to Jennett hardware with the Start of the new year by owner Paul Jennett. He had Clithe store the last two under the Quot burkes name. Which had been carried on plough the decade by Grandfather and father of e g Burket and then or several years by him under the buried name tile Jennett family moved h from Hoppe ton. Ill at the Tim or. Jennett acquired tire store two Veals ago Harlan named Hoard chairman Iowa farm Roll sentiment for requiring Cross compliance a miss. Six Man were est Nuti. Go ahead with i Mer off the y because of i the National i Des Moines tit. Povl. Farmers strongly favor expansion j of the con Ervay Ion la Ive pro a Gram but they would tic it t arc -1 .tr i that Oil d i make Only cooperating Farmers eligible for governor it 1 Quot it n Loans a farm Magazine it Wallac s Farmer poll showed i Aday the in vey Alosi. It d a int Iowa Fame s hot Liev ? t card in n is ration of the program should b strengthened and the a .101 favored placing Only p in Quot i farm in the conservation in in a lath zoo 1 id older Farmers were mole will no for entire farms to be taken out of production some of them visualizing in Chi a program As a Way of it iring and still remaining on the a farm 1 5 Quot i a i me however voted h in of Vor of taking Only pit of farms out of production. I Only la per cent favored drop a p us the conservation Reserve Enli la 21 pc Cir was undecided. �?�1 Olic v it d to take Only parts the Henry county Board of supervisors held their organization meeting for 1961 tuesday and l. T. Harlan was. Named chairman succeeding Ellmer Benck Wilbur sat or was named vice Chauman at the lost meeting of the year of the Board of supervisors or. Robert Wettach took the Oati of office As medical examiner end or. George w Sutton As Deputy medical examiner. Washington it up the White House served notice today that the United slates will continue to use lie Guantanamo naval base despite the Bleak in diploma tie relations Cuba the White Hou e position a. Made \ a bloc in a two sentence t the men read by pre Dan till or s l James hag a of Quot the term nation of our diplomatic and consular relations with cub a no ref it on the status of our naval to lion at Guantanamo a his statement said. A the treaty relations under which we maintain the naval station May not be abrogated Chilom the consent of the United stat Quot the a re ire to Oki . Sailor my re civilian workers and dependent. At the Quot big Bac h of a Rev i it erf that or Dent e Quot a newer had Reep ived Contin Linus report from the state do part mint and the us. Cinda to in Havana on the cuban situation sin e tuesday nights White House arum in of the Bleak in diplomatic relations. Other developments in the cuban situation tile United state began evacuating it embassy personnel from Havana the state depart Nve it als a urged the estimated �?~1.090 to 3 090 private american citizens in cub to in Ive the country and renew d its warning to american not to go there. Tin Senate forego relations committee scheduled a closed door Mer ing Nyiri by with Secretary of state Christian a Here or and other state department of 11 Ciakis on cuban development. Committee sources expected democrats to ask Why the outgoing Eisenhower administration did not defer a decision on breaking relation until Attar the Kennedy and mini to Lam take office Jan 29. Chairman Richard b in soil a of the Senate armed services comm 1 use said he did not think the break in relations would jeopardize the Guantanamo a e Russell a 1 Guantanamo is a not vital to our defense plans but Means a great Deal to our sen t Evrrett Salton tall. R-mass., ranking gob member of the armed a a vices group was among lawmakers whose general reaction was that Eisenhower a to k the Correct Salem stall added his Hope that a this will Lead to the pushing out of Castro at the to me by hip cuban people them elves and he said if Castro sought to break the treaty under which the United states operate the be tins country would have to take a a appropriate m tinn Quot sen Russell b Long d i a member of the foreign re tion. Committee said the site tion a will get a lot worse before it gets better Quot Long s colleague. Sen. Alif la j. Flintzer a la said the cuban situation is a very bad to say tile Hultman completes naming of staff Des Moines i in. Gen Evan Hill Man Toda the Henry county Board us m sols i session tuesday ded to reduce the Cost of t s from $4 to 53 for females Lulua to ii id males. -1 Active teaching and performance found let holds a master s degree in music i with educational backgrounds of the Peabody conservatory the Yale University school of music and the new England conservatory of music. In addition to music he has t night English and German at the Holderness school. Cheshire Academy the Harvey school and Iowa Wesleyan College where his title was professor of music. Than taking entire la in out of production. Results of he it a it i Hov. Cd Tim 66 per it of to a farm -1 i Ivorid enlargement of the con vat Ion Reserve program to about million acres while 35 or it thought the present Plai d duct Ion of 28 million acres was enough thut her 9 pm it in a unde Cid d the Magazine said Only vol cast by farm men we Quot tabular i but farm lined up about the atty com Taff of i up tvs if Flou f Flat Orient ufos after a a Quot err non at Guantanamo said the Uin state would ret Airt the Bairn Quot whatever one american official said other a Tern la in blare nations in Gin Foll Vav the u. S. Example in breaking ? relation1-. The United states meanwhile snatched a plane for m Miami to pick up 76 embassy employee in Havana. Of f,.m.s, and 37 per cent endorsed peeled the naming of h a in Iii can under present rules. Assistant attorney Genera. I the Quot i wit ume objection among Hultman who named i ism Farmers Oil rating their own farms bump of Moines and a olm a to pay me i of benefits to Absentee in of Marion to his staff tues a City dwelling owners. Renamed Oscar Straus As his first the Magazine poll quoted one assistant attorney general and p yer the county Farmer a aying. Frank d Bianco As second a a Quot i Don t like to see this program Tant attorney general h Oping lawyers and doctors who the state s new chief Legal Crown lend Quot Deer also reappointed six other the general Farmer attitude was attorneys to the staff Winch in d that the program had been inc i served under governor elect Norrie e in reducing surplus product Man a Erbe who stepped i or. A Tim n can Quot it was too Small took atom y general tuesday of de dog same Way ext it to were undecided fret rence for an expanded t d by b the besides being organist he also is Gram was exp choir director in the Church. Publican and democrats the Masa the Reserve of to run m in the poorer crop land Sec retained by a ohs of farms and did not offer Sis Tants were pro and quate rental to induce Farmers Mann jr., Jan. S r to assign their More Fertile acres to George e Wright Gary Gill and j Hultman As As Theodore w Reh a Oritt a Frank Craig Lymann. Would Blacktop two roads two Road improve eau it in 1 Blacktop p in have Lef a Recoui-111 in led by the Henry county to nil of supervisors to the Quot state Highway commission Tho same to incl be with farm to Market funds one of ult project is a d. A one Quot f 7 5 min from Highway 34 at he wlm Highland intersection Trenton. The other is a Droit u a of a half mile at Oakland Mill the surfacing we a con it it of Rock d Stone base with a Concrete surface

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