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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - January 9, 1961, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news vol. 8.�?T1, no. It. Pleasant Iowa monday evening i a Auy 9, 1961 these Days by George e. Sokolsky Freedom to think i get All sorts of mail some praising me As a Prophet others condemning me As a wicked Devil who sold out to the Wickede Joe Kennedy for his tainted shekels alas Joe still has his shekels and i had one of them truth to Tell. I voted for Richard Nixon and do not need to apolo glue to anyone for having pursued my privilege however tile Day after election Day this to be the new administration it is made up of younger men As the names of appointments rolled out there were Many whom i know some. My Long experience with the foibles of human beings particularly those in Public life cause me to say that they Are no worse than their predecessors and some Are better i recognize no great Genius As yet. But i do not see much political Pav off in the appointments thus far besides there is always political pay off to a degree. Iowa legislature opens session second on Ference Shes with . A Singer Anna Maria Alberghetti signs application for american citizenship at the Bureau of naturalization in i of Angeles. There la be a hearing about a month later for the 24-year-old Singer actress she born in Paaro Italy. Mrs. Ina Stringer taken by death mrs. Ina Stringer 63. Died sunday. Jan. 8. At Burlington Hospital is a Republican or a Democrat we re so hid be a a patient for seem to me immaterial if he approximately the e weeks uses ins position to strengthen the i am asked Why i do not object to Douglas Dillon a Republican serving in the Kennedy administration. It to forgotten that colonel prank Knox Republican candidate for vue president and Henry l Stimson Herbert Hoover s Secretary of state accepted Cabinet positions in Franklin d. Roosevelt s administration Douglas Dillon is an extraordinarily competent Public official and his services can prove to be very valuable to the country. Whether he Washington up it president Eisenhower and president elect John f Kennedy will hold their second Post election conference Jan. 19. The Day before Kennedy takes the oath As chief execute c. The White House said Kennedy will Call on the president at 9 for a private set Ion to by followed by a meeting with their ranking aids. The incoming chief executive added a Federal communications commission chairman to his new administration today. Kennedy s Choice for chairman of the heavily criticized acc Newton n. Minow 34. Chicago Law partner of Adlai e. Stevenson. The 1932 1956 democratic president ill candidate recently named by Kennedy As United nations ambassador. Faith lutheran fleets officers integration of u of g delayed Athens. A i negro students t Daic process of Register in i t a Ersita of Georgia with a minimum of Ira id it by Era i Tuge Merit before j attorneys Cha Hayne Holmes immediate i to n tiie until Tab 1 a f d on it ordered a to they c it did Lim h for the �?~mid1 it Hunter and Hamilto n Aid they we n d App it and Judi a Elpert taxes and four killed apportioning n Iowa roads loom Hiir Quot ver weekend this is All Over hardly and time at All ago producer actor Dick Powell and actress june a Hyson were like this. And now Are officially separated probably a divorced and it will aet him Back maybe a million. Executive Council members thank Dollar. What is this fierce dislike for John Kennedy he has been elected he is entitled by custom and gentility to at least pm Days of Freedom to get started he has not yet committed an overt act of any kind except to nominate some deserving democrats and republicans for certain positions which the Senate can constitutionally if it chooses reject. Let us have a look at some of the names admittedly. John Foster Dulles a great Man a giant among �?�s�11 of Sal in. Mrs Sadie Hallowell secretaries of state bid can the Yarmouth and mrs. Nina Moyie same be said for Christian Heller j of it. Pleasant. Do those who complain about the she i deceased by her Par appointment of Dean he. K expect eats two Brothers and four Sisters. Kennedy to continue Melter in funeral arrangements Are Pend office would they have preferred my at the Waterman funeral Home Dean acheron after All. It is in Salem. Usual in the United states for democrats to appoint democrats and republicans to appoint republicans. She born May 16, 1897 at it Hamill the daughter of George w. And Mary Ann Wright Mogul and had lived most of her life in Salem. On june 16. 1923 she married to Earl Stringer at it Plas ant. She w As a member of the Salem methodist Church had b in a in Rumbf j of the woman Sel Iii the congregational Lades Aid society and the Oak Leaf chapter of the order of Eastern Star no. 216. She is survived by her husband and Lour Sisters mrs. Grace Graves of Donnellson mrs. Bessie David in the annual election of of fic re of Faith lutheran the following officers were elected Robert p Terson. Chairman George wil.,s. Vice chairman Richard Bracewell trea. User f Belicki Secretary and Edga Smith sunday school suds Moines up or. Lag Iii the fades will be publican members of the Low i kit to nor j. Divine and Yeutive Council today thanked gov. Tuttle of the 5th us c Yeuit court of Appeal t Ltd for tin. Afternoon in Atlanta tile students had i a Tun the Federal court ordered of becoming the first negro students in the University a 175-year history with Federal judge w a Booth in Macon a. To up tied to integration order he i tied Only la t Friday Boot los new older a to allow the state of Georgia Tim to Appeal i. Previous old that tie students be admitted imm Dontely Bootle s ruling came As the student protest d Mon Fallon of the Day being put Down determined University officials by Silvar innards Regina Deville. 3. Bears Down on a tasty extremity in Einstein me Cal Center Philadelphia oblivious of the fart that her bile duets now Are 12 Stiver tubes. She bom with improper Hile ducts so her parents or and mrs. Fronde Deville of Richmond calif., set her to the Only place in the . Where they conduct such operations. Trace of sadness As Loveless Stal l prepares to la ave Ives Moin is up i the iou legislature opened h >9th in today amid proclamations of cooperation Quot and a constructive lie nor Ity Quot and cries for property tax Relief Ami reapportionment tattle m in Hun of g gone a e n ii details were ironed out at the Quot i i t elision a1 i or 59th Gene a1 Assembly and the real work of the leg lature w ill not get underway next week. But one thing a apparent on the first Day tile republicans have control Complete control the nov 8 Fleet ions gave the gof All of the state executive of by up i accidents took four ii is n Iowa dining the weekend giving tin Gat a 1961 one a Day death rate on the highways through sunday. The weekend fatality brought i a i i d toll to 8, compared a the twice that number through in in Date Jan 8 in i960 that we and i Curtis w re to. By a i a but Tolj Murphy 21. Rural Bedford Dona d la in. P nor 39, Rural Dunlap an i Walt r di�?T.5,n. 49, Cedar rapid., my Dill ii daughter. Janet Louise 16. Min pin a killed sunday when his car kidded off Iowa 2 three fires. Including the governor s u5 of Quot can a i Bedford and plunged chair and a wider majority in b Thil is a Down into a Cleek houses. When both House Here pm led into order shortly att r to a in. For Public or held a 35-15 Edge in thi Senate and a 78-30 margin in the House. The first Roll Call of til is Ion pro i to t his life when his pm up tin a k a curve saturday St m nun Valley and overturned. A Celli in with a train killed Dillon and i daughter saturday Whit he a teaching her to drive. A fast moving Rock Island a. San Camo Only one hour and 40 Minuter train sliced the car in half of a while gov. Loveless convicts bid for Freedom is smashed do Moines up a there a a a 1 a an mum. Amable Trace of sad be. Fully to Bur secret ballots in tile in s in the Ollice of democratic Senate committee meeting. Gov c. Loveless today for thus s inauguration week after tile Senate brought to creasing we r of Iowa City order. 1the Gal at the wheel the democrats attempted in sue j the Irain m. True Len 79 my it an i our and tattered Pierrot the car 200 feet Down the tracks parts by a 34-16 nearly straight party o it Landing in a ditch Between the line vote Senate republicans do tracks and 6 and other parts Everett Hildebrand with or. Krew m chairman of the elders. The trustees will be h Ary holler Chines Sprott. And Virgil Morris with or. Holler As chairman and i tire finance committee will be made 1m up of Floyd Miller. Theo Husne Orville Morris with or Miller As the chairman. Thus is the first year that congregation has not received help from the dbl Rich and the t it Able to report that the con gig cation had met its budget and Good governor but in a not sorry to tile Back of the that All Bills were paid see you go because you re a demo Anthony Tough Herschel c Loveless for the Quot spleen i did Coop ration which a. Marked1 the past four nears during Council sessions today s executive Council meet the la. T for the retiring demo Atic chief executive but All the Republican state officers gave the governor warm words of Praise the at the meeting s adjournment Loveless fellow Ott Uwan state auditor Chet b Akers told love Philadelphia it Upit thir to two Lone term convict including a Slayer under de til sentence stabbed two guard and seized nine hostages at Eastern state Penitentiary sunday night before their bid for Freedom sea hed by tear Gas hurling stat police Pennsylvania comme loner of corrections Arthur Brasse said As the i gelatine noisily opened one floor above members of love-1 a hire staff prepared to give up heated the amendment Only Ben Henry j Luken Ltd were thrown into a Cornfield in Hie opposite direction. The Bodier were Akron vote i with the 15 d to hurled 130 feet less that he had been a very very that when state troopers broke tory have borne the Brunt of the pastor escape ton it attempt Scoleri the congregation voted to hold a Erat preaching teaching. Reading mis 26. I receive mail objecting to Robert Kennedy As attorney general not because he is his brother s brother or because he is too Young but because lie has not been a trial lawyer since when does the attorney general of the United state have to be a trial lawyer apparently when the attorney general is envisaged what is expected is a mouthpiece perhaps Perry Mason in person this is an administrative position having to do with Many phases of the Law with the management of our Federal courts and prisons and of the Fri and pursuing by investigation malefactors of various kinds t do no know whether Robert Kennedy could be a competent Accident lawyer or whether he could defend a criminal but that he is a careful and precise investigator and that lie understands management is evident in his career. Lynes fleeced Senate Leader Philadelphia threatening Secretary of state Melvin d it. William Righter. 54. A hostage Ion in february adopted a higher Synhorst who started the round of guard with a knife Praise said congregational budget for 1961. And plaudits for the governor said a its Scolerio a younger brother. De approved plans for the remodelling i been a real pleasure to work with Ward. Also with his brother of the Church Kitchen Vou governor and i want to thank in a prison garage at the time i tile congregation look Forward a a a for your splendid cooperation Quot tile elder brother Ern to a year of growth in 1961, their jobs to make for the new crafts in favor of the proposal. R publican governor. Loveless alone the ornate went on to adopt the1 failed to Shiw any melancholy at rules which will allow members of Trude a operation Transfer moved the press to attend Committer toward its conclusion meeting., but still permit any com Mittee to go into a private executor Rise employees of the gov Tive be amp Jon any time it wish s Cranor. All of Vnhorn joined him in a o a january. 1957. When he became the the House called to order at Lite s third demo rat in chief sex 10 01 am. And the invocation it utile since the turn of the Cen read by the Rev. Vincent a Walsh. Of St Francis de Biles Church. Keokuk the Senate officially convened at 10 09 a m with tile invocation read by or. John c authorities a id the or which had just turned off nearby u. S 6 onto the gravel Road started to Cross the tracks without slowing Down Des Moines up Gen j Kendal Lynes. A Plain i id allo began serving his Lith session in the Iowa Senate today elected sunday As Senate majority Leader lynn.-, 37, it in t a of on the second ballot by i fellow Republican senators at a i legislative s Sion in or Moines. Tile vote and i. Opponents for the top party Post were not made Public. Irving i Long 15, a Mailhes tor elected Senate president pro tem on the first ballot the Post which Lynes held in the la Ai Atun for some reason ifs warming up by up maybe it happen Hance that it should warm up in Iowa on the Day the states biennial fireworks the Iowa general Assembly got underway but that wha happened in Iowa today. The legislators convened in Des Moines and the Weatherman Samc vein harmonious agricultural Secretary Clyde Spry fenced to die in the electric chair said that we be never had any rid for the 1938 Holdup murder or faculty in working thing out and Max Gordon. South Philadelphia i m very grateful for Pevely store owner Edward the other Republican member of sentenced to Hie Impi Norment in j the Council. State treasurer m l the same s laying Abraham son said the most Righter suffered a superficial my thing to him in dealing with it wound of the right it the governor during the past foul not known if it inflicted by years a. That a everything has either of the so Ole i the other been above the j injured guard a Donald can. Loveless thanked the Gap state who suffered a wound in the right officers for their cooperation and shoulder said he had found All the activities tile band of prisoners armed he Sal i he hoped with cleavers and makeshift knives members of both houses were sworn into office. Some of the Quot organizational Cli o n along b Good tidings of Skie. And temperatures in ii per 30 s and lower 40 s temperatures May be a few w s Outlook called partly Cloudy skies with change in tem Peru Tun s. Senate Laders mid no Nornma Brees cooler tuesday but i i either of tile posts were pleasant weather will still be made but that the 35 Republican Rule. Senators just kept writing Down names until one Man had 18, the number Neces Are for election. However it Learned that at a a i he is also the brother of his three other senators received brother As John Eisenhower is the votes for the majority Leader. Job son of his tither As a1 Hie room j Sens Robert Rigler new Hampton volts had their opportunities in the David o Shaft Clinton and Jack White House i cannot get angry sch Roedi. Davenport so Brooder Orpi this appointment As some of fas the majority Leader during the my friends expect of or nor do a it a version that their Quot warm relationship and zip gun could continue in the future huh Section the governor Aid the Only unfinished business which the co unfair Cli Lias not discus cd is an incr Cas Quot the i salaries for maintenance employees of the state Highway commission. The governor Aid he strongly supported a pay boost for Highway commission person be i. Fair the de Fer Little held control of the of the it year old prison in downtown Phila Dejuli a for nearly three bouts be Ort they broke and ran under an assault by a Quot solid Phalanx Quot of trooper nov. 8 election defeats. They Are Park Rinard the govern executive assistant mrs Alma Warddrip Loveless personal Quot Elan. Mrs Margaret Lipovac a is ant Secretary and mrs Mary Cullison. The governor s pardons and notary Public commissions assistant but while they Are sad at losing the ii jobs and the drama of being of the legislators were taken care in the governor s front office they Ltd fat precession caucuses late Sun View with Pride love Keg four years Day. The Republican members of Iii the executive seat. The Senate named j Kendall Lynes a of Plainfield the majority Leader. Mrs. Warddrip who has been and Irving d Long. Manchester Lese to Loveless than the rest of Senate president Pio tem. I in since she sieved As his Secre a a a tary while he mayor of it Senate Presmont Pio tem Irving Mim a. Said he a so interested in d Long in Manchester Emp a Peop and their welfare i Don t led the importance of taxes in his know How anybody could have any remarks following his formal elec Quot oing but admiration for lion to the Post. Bile said her duties made her feel he told ins colleagues that the Stop traffic on cuban Highway Havana uti it a cuban militiamen today blocked off traffic Eichorn pastor of the co Grega \ from the major Northern coastal tonal Church at Forest City a tourist Highway and said it after the invocation the Legisla j mined against an a imminent in tors elected in november were Cert-1 Vasion Troin the United states. Died without Challenge and the. Over thursday the Quot tone of the legs Latare will be clearly evident. Both it William Mooty and Senate majority Leader Lynes Are connected with farming. On the other Side of the Rotunda Henry Nelson. Forest City. Elected House speaker is Alo a Farmer. All told. 22 senators and 61 representative listed farming As at fast one of their occupations. That makes a total of 83 of the 158 Legisla Toro involved directly in agriculture. Neither Mooty nor Hansen will assume their duties until after the flu in Triumph for de Gaulle a Uke both a travel log Aud Calendar current legislative session Quot will session begins Mooty must wait in j til after the inauguration ceremonies thursday to assume his Post. Tile Senate called to order today by out going democratic it. Iov Edward j Mcmanue. While William Lynes brother of j. Kendo la wielded the Gavel first in the House. Book rolled into one Quot her chief trying to each and every one of us duty has been juggling the unending number of appointments and tips of the governor. Gary Cooper honoured at dinner i exp t Robert Kennedy to be a Lynors. Who opera s ext political and intellectual slave of aim Una his brother w l Walt i Reuther any More the amp a j Ham who a member of the Iowa Dwigh by v or by Hills. Calif up a a if people ask me if i m the Luckiest Guy in the world All i can say is it Quot or. Yup Quot of Hanson baby taken by death i Eisenhower a political or intellectual slave of his fellow of inner. George Allen i ii is a Demour hic admin n action and it is expected that it will pursue democratic tendencies with Mast of which i As Many of no readers do not agree but the time to critic a g when something is done Wilt h is disagreeable not to in in Advance that the Bride has a Chi Eye tile critics remind inc of that passage in the Bible which deals by it ii Balak the King of Moab who wanted Israel cursed perhaps too Early in its history. And blink Sud unto Balaam. Quot what Hast thou done unto me0 i took thee to curse mine enemies and behold thou has blessed them altogether Quot the Campaign is Over the election has been held. The new president has not yet taken office let us wait to do our cursing for the present yep require All the strength we Nave to curse Fidel House said Senate Omi mute meetings would be open to the press the committee in tin were opened to news Media for the first time in the last legislature. Otherwise lyrics said the Senate rubs adopted by the 1957 legislature would tx1 in effect that time a apparently meaning that the lieutenant got Mer would one again have the Power to Nam column tee members. The republicans stripped Hie committee naming Power from democratic la Goy Edward j Mcmanus in the Las session. But a Republican. William Mooty. elected lieutenant governor in he nov. 8 elections and the majority Piny returned the Quot powerful committee selections to him. Long a lawyer is serving his fourth four year term in the Senate Castro. Copyright. 1931, King features Syndicate. Inc himself and in to its. The pack 1 Gary Cooper his by s u n Hie movies a talking real life Kenneth Wayne Hanson month old son of or and Donald f of new London. Died sunday at 12 30 p in at me pari3 up the Frere ii government today claimed a Triumph for president Charles de Gaulle s algerian pram plan Over the hit seven ter and violent opposition to eur. I rope an settlers. Moslem rebels and communists supporter House speaker Henry Nelson in his opening remarks Lister reapportionment. Distribution of Road or. Id to vac ironically enough Bai tax funds increased state Kiel to is bowing out the same she Public i tools. Tile needs of Iowa ? came in typing the governor s institutions of higher learning and s t a to of the -81, a t r message. Love agricultural land tax or dibs As ie., will deliver his final message among the top issues facing the leg Chie executive tuesday before painters. A join session of the legislature. Of be cautioned a these Are but both women agreed that the Quot sex a few of the major headaches b fore thing about working for theve a Quot he said he hoped that tile governor a. Been the people whom Boti e Quot Means to approve an of democrats to a wait and see of the 70-year-old Morial Hospital where he had president who s liked his Job on been a patient for two Days i the outcome of a the Ltd to a Ocea it Ion a jammed friars club $200-a-plat testimonial dinner sunday night honouring the quiet actor for his 30 years before movie lands Cam it i . Y hides damaged in local collisions formerly Elizabeth tonal referendum swept aside moslem Boycott and blood died Algeria to give him the vote Confidence lie had demand d a in of a ate a Wagon driven by Hanson Ann Parker. Kenneth Wayne born Jud Quot la i960 in it pleasant. He is survived by his parents and the hollowing grandparent mrs Mary Parker of Iowa City. Travis Parker and or. And or. John Hanson of i. New London his great grandpa Council Bluffs Iowa cot Are or. And mrs. J l. Parker. A up Howard Walt n Clark. 4<i Iowa City. Or and mrs. W b a postal clerk became a Iii City Combs of Sanibel. Fla. And or and i1 inst traffic vie in of 1961 Early to they met. A Sonu Ai Quot politicians seeking Fayo s and others Are just Plain Nice Midi Navy folks who need help who just want to peek in at the governor s off ii a Quot mrs Lipovac said. Los Moi nos a up Iowa a Council Bluffs Man killed Rinard who stepped up to or right Hind mans Quot Slot when or. R to Quot it Johnson. Loveless first sex Ccu Ive a i Tant resigned to return t i die University of Iowa and later b it ame an Economy adviser in Vietnam has concentrated ills of to to on pee it ii writing and helping festive a per Atli g and capital improvement budget that Calls tor no i democratic legislator have Adco tax increases j"1 a wild attitude Sun while Money matters May or a May. But pledged to be a Quot construe or come the top Issue in the legs la tip minority in the 59th Iowa five Chambers in the session Quot Quot tier al As which convenes most attention today seemed of been today a used on tile thorny and potentially1 tile Pirty a new state chairman party splitting matter of reap por a pm Hawk in Des Moines Affons tion ment. Nudd a d behind closed doors with the amount of taxes and who is but 3 it of the 4a democrats who paying them l Aho tabbed one of the big issues in til Quot session either won election last november to the legislature or Ai Quot serving the Mccond part of their trims Haw kit. Said the caucus not pushed dining his administration. Or. Albion Roy King to speak at inc a j Gibson and it pick up mrs. Rube Hanson of new London Bay. Truck Driver by Kenneth Ellis col he is also survived by one great claim a. Killed when his Ca lid cd at to Quot Southeast Coiner of the great grandmother mrs. I get Ann it a As rammed by a Luck a a by Square at 9 10 a. In. Sunday both Strong of Iowa City. And by a num intersecting were damaged. Ber of aunts and uncles Aud other Clark wa., South oui i when a 1 25 p. In saturday a car i relative s. Car hit by a Semi Trainr truck driven by Charles Hines new services will be held tuesday at driven by Raymond Paul Van London . Tracked from a curb 2 00 p in at the Elliott Chap Quot j Diepen. 38, a Oliver re no h i. Into car driven by Charles sow the Quot Rev Harvey g. Quandt will i Bio chemical Colp. Sheld a i w i ers. It pleasant in the 200 Block officiate. Van Diepen of East Monroe Street the Sowers interment will be in Burge Cerny charged with running a red morning Chapel of Iowa Wesleyan car damaged. Tery. Light and booked for investigation. College. Tuesday at 10 15. Beth Accident were reported to the casket will not i it opened he a released under Bond of 100 the Public is invited to attend the service he not injured police said. The worship service. But before the lawmakers no turn to the specific Bills aimed at product am Quot pc be strategy or solving til Quot problems the Eremon program Quot which the democratic Hgt a Ives for so to up the numerous Jai functions of stat government i it g gators would follow it it a missions Wahidi were Stab must be disposed of most of that a we jut have to wait and be will tak1 place this week Saba they the Republican. Do a tuesday outgoing gov Herschel Hawkins said a the meeting today c Loveless will deliver his a stat imply acquainted the legislators of the state Quot message lie is to with their state party leadership petted to make i Strong plea for j hew ver the party s Senate Man passage of certain Laws. Moi tiding orly Leader. Sen. Andy of Omnie or Albion Roy King head of the a Public a fun Der system to give a Dubuque tentatively named i nit Phy department of Cornell le8al Protection for persons Lack log gators who would a collect Ai d of Boyden Iowa. College will be the speaker at c y Ponce. By ing the Quot funds to hire attorney put together Quot information tor tie on thursday Erbe will present Democrat on key it. Ult. Winch ant his inaugural address. Expected to be Given Rinus con Viben Hie permanent office Rand Quot ration by the general a. V m leaders of the Senate Aud House take Bly

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