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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - January 9, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa Them pleasant news vol. 92, no. 7 it. Pleasant Iowa Friday evening january 9, 1970 Price to cents warmer school Board hears project Star report the it. Pleasant Community school Board heard a report at their regular meeting thursday evening on project Star. The film strip and discussion was conducted by mrs. Mohatt area director for the project and miss Ruth Keraus associate professor of music at Iowa Wesleyan College who provided the leadership to organize the project two years ago. Federa1 financing of the project will terminate in september of this year and there has been much local interest in continuing the program with school financing. Some 80 youngsters Ages 4 through 8 within the school District Are enrolled in the program and it is estimated that the pro rata Cost to the school for the 1970-71 school year would be approximately $7,000. The Board deferred action until superintendent Robert Kormanek and elementary staff can investigate scheduling and facility requirements. Too superintendent Formanek reported the following to the Board 1. Those on the superintendents adv Soring committee include mrs. Pauline Rosenberger Van Allen mrs. Margaret Swenson Lincoln mrs. Leah Smith Harlan mrs. Betty Geary Salem mrs. Erma Scott pleasant Lawn mrs. Lusena Kerr Saunders mrs. Ava Waterman and or. William Fauna 7th and 8th or. Robert Evans or. Roger Williams miss Bernice Huffman and mrs. Virginia Ekstrand High school. The committee has had three meetings recently with reference to a teacher evaluation 2. During the year 1969 the school earned a total of $13,756 in interest on savings certificates. 3. Mentioned that salary meetings should be considered in the near future and that the Iowa state education association is recommending a Blanket to per cent increase in salary plus increments in the schedule. 4. Submitted a procedure for handling student suggestions relating to academic areas. 5. Recommended the employment of miss Phyliss Mclaughlin As a replacement for mrs. Judith Hull who recently resigned. The Board approved the recommendation at a salary of $3,200 for the balance of the school year. 6. Discussed the finances of the hot lunch program. Action was deferred on raising the rates until further investigation. A a a Donald Young elementary curriculum Corridin Ator discussed in service training briefly and submitted other information. Richard Van Tuyl High school principal discussed scheduling and the student directory for the 1970-71 school year. This service is provided by the Iowa education information Center at an estimated Cost of $1,106.25 and was approved by the Board. Richard Garrels chairman of the professional relations committee of the pea submitted a suggested a professional negotiation policy to the Board for consideration. The Board will meet with the pea committee and officers on january 21st for further discussions. Too extended contracts for summer curriculum development were considered and approved by the Board. There will be approximately to instructors during the six week period at an estimated Cost of $11,700. The program is a continuation of curriculum development in the areas of elementary and secondary math and science. Too the Board approved practice teaching agreements with Iowa Wesleyan College. About 25 inc students will receive elementary and secondary classroom experience in the it. Pleasant schools. A request from mrs. Robert Evans for a leave of absence effect1 be March i 1970, was approved f by the Board. The saturday recreation program under the supervision of or. Dennis White and mrs. Ruth Mcdowell was approved. Temperature above Zero the severe cold that has chilled the Midwest the last three Days cased a lit in on Friday and in it. Pleasant the temperature had climbed to six above my mid afternoon. A gradual warming trend is predicted but temperatures till May remain below7 Normal for several Days. The Low of Early thursday was 14 below of Early Friday five below when read. To so tool Board on use Iii local school i Rug county attorn met informally w v Jam ill in ing it i professional meetings and the use of school facilities were approved by the Board As follows 1. Kent Bennett David Lansing Dennis White basketball clinic Iowa City saturday december 20th. 2. Richard Stiles Tom Young James Andrews coaching clinic St. Louis january 16, 17, 13th. 3. Donald Young Daniel Bowman Mobile in service program it. Vernon january 30th. 4. Donald Young elementary Reading workshop Harcourt Brace Davenport february Lith. 5. Richard Van Tuyl North Central annual meeting Chicago Illinois april 5, 6, 7, 8th. 6. Mrs. Leah Smith . Delegate ise a Assembly Des Moines february 5, 6th. Too use of school facilities 1. High school study Hall classrooms Isea teacher drive in conference april 28th evening 2. I. W. C. Basketball game Cottrell gym tuesday january 27th. Special Board meetings were scheduled for january 21st to meet with local Industrial leaders and later with the schools architect. On january 20th the Board will meet with the pea committee on professional relations. Mrs. Linda self Mhz pharmacist is presented a 81,000 Cheek by or. Peter f. Leonovicz jr., in behalf of the Roche laboratories division of Hoffman Laroche inc., As lie officially informs Mhz staff that the Hospital has been selected one of the ten National winners of the Roche Hospital pharmacy research Grant program. The Grant was awarded on the basis of a. Program developed and submitted by mrs. Self. Also pictured Are i. Tar or. Walter Fox superintendent or. Dorothy Vanmetre Mhz psychologist and or. Delmer Eggert clinical director. Prog Rem developed at Mhz wins Grant of $1000 mental health Institute it. State hospitals and teaching in pleasant has been selected As one statutes throughout the nation. The of the ten National winners of the winning project at Mhz which Roche Hospital pharmacy research the Grant will support was de Grant program. A $1,000 Check was eloped by mrs. Self with assist presented to the Institute tuesday Ance from Dorothy Van metre pm. To support the winning project asd., director of Mhz psychology developed and submitted by mrs. Department and will consist of a Linda self pharmacist at Mhz. Study to develop a medication Edu the program is entitled a the de cation program for patients a elopement of a medication Educa a your routine Contact with Patton program for patients in a tents has indicated that Many Long term intensive treatment practice indiscriminate use of both or. Peter Leonovicz jr., representative of Roche laboratories division of Hoffman Laroche inc., presented the Check to mrs. Self and Mhz staff on tuesday As he officially announced the selection of Mhz for the Grant by the Roche Hospital pharmacy advisory Board. This Grant is awarded annually to Only ten of the Many applications made by general hospitals prescription and non prescription medications said mrs. it is generally assumed that education is a key method of reducing the occurrence of medication abuse. We feel if patients a learn a respect for drugs and the importance of following directions prescribed by the doctor a step will be taken towards a decrease in the readmission of patients who return because they have failed to continue their medi cation after leaving the Hospital and supervised the Basic intent of the study is to develop a course that will present information that can be retained by the patient. During the study the course will be presented to patients on the doctors referral but on a patient voluntary basis. The study will consist of a series of lectures followed by tests which will be evaluated to determine whether learning has taken place. Ii is recognized that the tests will serve As an educational tool As Well As a Means to assess learning. A the need for medication education is not confined to patients con a hues mrs self a and it is our Hope that this demonstration will Lead to the approval of such a course for schools and Public groups and will serve As an Aid in the Community education of drug recon Iii Pii foliage ii right of Way Ames up it a the Iowa Highway commission reported thursday that 1&69 was a record year for right of Way purchases. The commission right of Way director Gordon Switzer said a total of More than $12.5 million was spent on acquisition of right of Way. He said the figure included Purchase of 1,556 parcels of land and468 payments to lease holders on land purchased. Sweitzer said in some cases the payment to a lease Holder is More than the amount paid to a land owner because of the effect on the business located on the land. In the acquisitions he said 81 per cent of the purchases were made by condemnation. Sweitzer said the percentage of condemns tion Wras slightly higher than in 1968, but a substantially lower than in 1967, when a Large number of parcels were acquired. Sweitzer said that in 1969, the acquisition was done entirely from the Central office in Ames. He said that in other years during the biggest Rush of land acquisition in cities where freeways were built Branch right of Way offices were established to handle the Load. Ant pre ing Pill of High so Peachin it at Ion d thin Moi win his office a on the or n a in my a a Joi Unity. Teachers students have Given him reason that 37 High school s regularly using drugs c others Are o Ca ional ers. And three Are a a a said. Shipment Are said from Iowa c de outside of Che Morrison it pleas evening re Nieset sing role local pc i a Oil mod the a of but a com to the combo a i arc n la t i Lur it find others to believe j students Are or narcotics Man rime it Ltd up hers Quot he obtained in my distribute h. Morrison cited in people to get involved difficulty in obtaining rants even if he is tsp mint has arrived and it his own part to pro is school students As reuse Law enforcement of fica to Deal with the probe Morrison asked if might Institute an e us a i m d in Ness of report 5, search Ware s a ship in stance on cute High ins for local la so inability Al. The Board at Opal Iso Gram on drub Abu. In the Community health Institute a uni resources from the of trial and perhaps Youn a people who have had expel with Din to them elves. Not Iier Sug e lion was school an to suspend kit tits found to b under the influence of drugs in. A doctor certifies that they Are no longer users. Still another approach offered was a meeting v. The h. H school faculty to Alert thai to symptoms of drug and narc a u a oui perhaps a letter to Parent of High school students riving them the same information. Too after the presentation members of the Oard asked questions such a. W by a tile problem suddenly own to such proportions i an educational program All we can do would a Community wide based or. Am be More effective than one sponsored by the school alone morn on seemed to feel that it is a Ort old in Quot thing just now7. At this stage with All the handicaps placed upon him by confidential i forma lits and the recent supreme Hilt rulings that an educational program is All we can do now. He offered the resources of his office to any school or Community program that might be developed. Quot Terry Ross regional Winner in Jaycee Lvern Terry to meat direct Jaycees. Was i chapter it a of the m on of thro guard unit drills this weekend the local National guard unit co. D and the separate detachment will have Back to Back drills at the new armory saturday and sunday. Troops Are to report at i . Saturday and 7 . Sunday. The summer Camp dates for the local unit and other units of the 224th engineers battalion Are july 11-26, not August 11-28, As released incorrectly out of Des Moines recently. The two weeks summer training will be at Camp Mccoy wis. Inc group asks retention of two the constitute sent Assembly of a a Wesleyan students took action Lur Day evening demanding that ofes sors Frank Wright and Bruce Reb assistant professors of reload at Iowa Wesleyan be retained i the faculty. Sixteen of the 26 members of the is Titrent Assembly were present the meeting according to Kent Adley vice president of the stunt body. He said that a meeting la be held this evening with a Oss Section of students to decide i what action will be taken if Ere is riot a reversal of the Deci it a not to retain the two. Rhe following is the Resolution a by the constituent Assembly too solution passed by the constituent Assembly january 8, 1970 be it resolved that the Iowa Wesson student body is strongly op-3sed to the indiscriminate Dis Issal of any faculty member with it due consideration of the Possie consequences such dismissal ight have on that department and without proper consultation with Dent faculty and administrative furthermore the student body demands a reversal of the decision to dismiss or. Wright and or. Birch on the grounds that i the department of religion will be jeopardized 2 or. Birch is a highly versatile scholar who is capable of teaching courses As varied As world history hebrew and a Host of religion courses which have never been offered at inc. Or. Wright being a Church historian fills a position which is invaluable to religion history political science and sociology majors. This position will be vacated by his departure 3 the student body will lose the Benefit of two progressive educators who consider their Job to be More than in the classroom and who see valuable contributing members to a True academic Community. The student body refuses to sit idly by As two of the greatest contributors to the intellectual life of Iowa Wesleyan College Are forced to leave and is prepared to take decisive action in the event that this tragic decision is not immediately reversed. Robert b. Harris student body president arrested in connection with . Break in Keosauqua a after an extensive 3-week investigation into several recent break ins in Van Buren county sheriff Orville Lee issued a warrant for we. Leslie Schrock 21, of Burlington formerly of Rural one of the 28 passengers aboard kill Man trying to Hijack plane Panama City r. P up a National guardsmen today shot and killed a Young panamanian trying to Hijack a c47 transport to Cuba. Stockport and charged him with the dec. 21st break in at wards tavern at Bonaparte. Sheriff Lee had been in Muscatine and Burlington and with the cooperation of Burlington police and other officers he discovered evidence that led to is a suing Tho warrant for Schrock. Loc As Hetage and ordered the put Hopes several recent break ins will capt Enrique pret it to by cd. Be solved before the investigation i is Over. Schrock was arrested by Burlington police thursday afternoon on the Van Buren county warrant and was arraigned in Bill held by the Hijacker As a hostage i was shot and wounded slightly. Tile Airliner operated by the panamanian raps airline was in route from the City of David to Bocas Del Toro when Jorge Tulio Medrano Caballero 20, took a passenger firs service new addition in the Assembly of god Church will be holding its first sunday school and Church service in the new addition of the Richard Bare mistrial in Case of it. Madison Man Des Moines up a Federal judge Roy l. Stephenson declared a mistrial thursday in the Case of a fort Madison Man charged with transporting stolen Silver estimated As High As $100,000 across state lines. Jerry Ross 27, is accused of taking Silver flatware and Sterling Silver pieces from the Charles Wiman Home in Moline 111., in july 1968. Robert Edwards of Peoria Iii also was charged in connection with the same incident pleaded guilty to the charge of interstate transportation of stolen goods. The stolen Silver w7as uncovered along a Creek bed near fort Madison by construction workers in August 1968. The mistrial was declared during Ross trial in Federal court in Des will winners in the r Jaycee program ii wednesday night. As a result to Testant in the state program in Sioux City in the state winners will eligible to compete in the Competition in St. Loin june during the Jaycee Niv Ersary convention. Develop pleasant Region v speak up Muscatine be a r a speak up of Cru iry. Then be c nationals to in i 50th an pretext told the Hijacker he did not have enough fuel aboard t Carters j. P. Court in Keosauqua make the flight and was ordered to thursday night. I return to David to take on Addi tonal Gas. However maj. Antonio Bond Wras set at $5000. Bond was j Noriega National guard command not posted and Schrock was lodged and Orfield refused to permit Home 11 j Miles South of town on Moines. Edwards testified at the 218, Jan. La at 9 45 a. In. J trial that he had been in jail with the morning warship service will Ross at an earlier Date. Attorneys follow at la of clock with Rev. Sen preaching. The evening service will Convene at 7 00 of clock. A suitable meeting place in town is being sought until the new Church building is completed some time next summer. For Ross objected to Edwards testimony claiming that it was prejudicial. A new trial Date will be set before a different jury. Moon rocks 7 oiling Story Houston it up a scientists Liee concluded from four Days of reports in Moon rocks that the Man y lunar surface will fulfil its Promise of revealing a hidden chapter in the history of the solar system. N Only should the Moon Tell Man More about Hie birth and evolution f the Earth and other planets scientists said but the lunar Rock a1 a Tell a unique record of the behaviour of the Sun for billions of years. The Apollo la Moon science contest Nee closed thursday night without an Wering any wide rang in questions about the in ones i in and evolution. But it produced volumes of highly detailed i i. That May help Lead the Way to some historic conclusions. A the scientific information which ha5 hailed Down upon us for the last few Dis contains enough clues to the e problems of global importance. Such As How the Moon on to rated that the room for speculation will be narrowed a great Deal in the next few months a or. Edward Anders of the University of Ciu go told a panel discussions summarizing results of the untre i conference. In Van Buren county jail in lieu of Bond. There have been recent break ins in Bonaparte Farmington Keosauqua Douds Stockport and Birmingham. Burky now owns builders inc. An announcement appears in tonight a Issue of the news that Carl Burky has purchased too percent interest in the contracting firm builders inc. Burky and Orval Morrison founded the firm some nine years ago and have been associated together since that time. Morrison will continue to assist on special building projects. Posts Bond on driving charge Hennon n. Harris Dallas City 111. Has posted a $250 Bond in Justice George Means court on a charge of driving while his License is under suspension filed by the Highway patrol. Hearing is pending. The flight to take off again and ordered Medrano Caballero through Loudspeaker and the planets radio to surrender. A lieutenant Armando Palacios Gondola boarded the plane through the pilots window7 and the Hijacker sought to flee through the door of the Cabin holding his hostage As a shield. A burst of gunfire Cut him Down and inflicted a minor wound on the hostage. Too Beirut up a a Young Frenchman brandishing three guns hijacked a trans world airlines Jet with 21 persons aboard from France to Beirut today firing two shots in route. He said he did it a for Christian Bellon 23, gave up to policemen who surrounded the Boeing 707 on Landing. He surrendered ids two pistols and Rifle and was taken off to jail for questioning. No one was Hurt by his two shots. Kill to 7 ii fighting Saigon it up a american infantrymen wearing Gas masks As Protection against guerrilla tear Gas killed 110 communist soldiers thursday and today in a fight for control of Black Virgin Mountain a height dominating the cambodian Border near Tay Ninh 65 Miles Northwest of Saigon. The u. S. High command reported the loss of three More helicopters in two Days of fighting killing two crewmen and wounding three others. The loss brought to 2,983 the number of helicopters lost in Vietnam. Car goes into ditch at Trenton a car driven by Berton a. Dewitt Washington went off a curve at the North Edge of Trenton at 9 p. In. Thursday and into a ditch but Wasny to damaged. A charge of not having registration on the car was filed by the Highway patrol which investigated along with Deputy sheriff Cleo Johnston. Bitter sons sons of Joseph a. Yablonski Kenneth deft and Joseph leave a funeral Home in Millsboro pa., embittered Over the gunshot murder of their father Mother and sister. The victims the Defeated mine workers presidential candidate his wife mrs. Margaret Yablonski and daughter Charlotte 25, were slain in their Beds in Clarksville a. Federal Grant assists Iii Purchase of recreation youth sought in slaying gives self up Cedar rapids up a a youth sough., a connection with the it Tim. Day Shotgun slaying of a. station attendant Here sur rendered to Cedar rapids police Early today. Lacy Laverne Kelly 18. Of Cedar i a Jai turned himself in at 12 20 Iii a firs degree murder warrant Iliad been issued for a lie former a Lin s be uth Iii the slaying of Thom As John Noethe 19. N it lie was killed during a Rob cry. T the trax Oil co., service station. The search warrant was issued wednesday evening following a a h of Kelly a apartment. Police chief George mafias said evidence Acar l of taken from the service cation along with 16 gauge i t. An in is a were seized from the apartment. Lea terse verse by a. C. Gordon inflation a something big we should Duck before we re stabbed too hard in the Buck. Apollo 13 take off delayed a month Houston up a Apollo 13�?Ts astronauts have been Givin an extra month to prepare for an ambitious expedition to the Foothills of the Moons rugged Highlands. The space Agency thursday postponed the launch of James a. Lovell Thomas k. Mattingly and fica i w. Liaise from March 12 to april la a Federal Grant of $3,250 and Henry county conservation commission funds will be used for the Purchase of a tract of land 51 a acres to be a new recreation area in Henry county. The tract which is being purchased from the Charles s. Parsons i estate is located six Miles South of new London and is adjacent to i mud Creek. It is described As in a eluding an attractive piece of Timberland which has added interest Purchase had been held in abeyance i awaiting approval of Federal funds. Congress Fred Seh Engel announced Friday that the Bureau of outdoor recreation in the depart-1 ment of Interior had approved a Grant of $3,250 for the arca. He said a the area will be known As the mud Creek recreation area and will include facilities for Pic icing camping hiking and nature resigns at Dubuque u. Dubuque up a University of Dubuque president William g. Chalmer. Submitted his resignation thursday. Claimer appointed to the position in August 1967, said his nation would be effective june 30. Hawaiian school system Honolulu up a there Are no local school boards in Hawaii. He said also a tins Federal Grant because of the quantities of geodes will be matched in an equal amount All Public schools Are under the Din one area by Henry county making the total coition of the state Board of Edu the commission had contracted Cost of the approximately cation. Hawaii is the Only state for the tract but completing the Cost $6,000.�?T�?T which has this arrangement

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