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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - January 13, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news Section one 2 sections vol. 92, no. Tomt. Pleasant Iowa tuesday evening january 13, 1970 Price to cents Cloudy these Days by John Chamberlain the head and heart of Richard Nixon it is obvious to anyone who is blessed with a faculty for objective observation that president Nixon has a mind. But now it turns out that he also has a heart. Proof of this is the presidents commutation of the six month prison sentence of or. Thomas w. Matthew the negro neurosurgeon who created negro National economic growth and reconstruction organization self help a holding company whose affiliates have paid out $11 million in wages to people Whites As Well As Blacks a who would otherwise have remained on Relief. Or. Matthew had been convicted for failure to pay income taxes during the Early Days of his negro project As he explained it he had put his earnings into doing something constructive for his own people and he just did no to have the necessary funds available when april 15 rolled round. He had never tried to conceal that he owed the Money and he had promised to make Good on his debt with interest when he could. But in spite of or. Matthews honesty a Federal judge chose to take a Tough line that is Seldom enforced against anyone who admits his indebtedness to the government. The courts decision seemed a trifle Odd for at the very time that or. Matthew was convicted various leftist characters who had refused to pay taxes for tile Vietnam War were still walking around free. But to get Back to president Nixon a heart. Actually Richard Nixon had no reason to feel any great compassion for or. Matthew when the republicans were Busy preparing their position papers Back in 1968 Nixon had invited spokesmen for Black capitalism to a conference at san Diego. Or. Matthew was one of the negro leaders who took part in the proceedings. He did no to think the Nixon program for encouraging the growth of Black capitalism was sufficiently realistic. Or. Matthew is a polite Man but As i have reason to know he never disguises either his feelings or his beliefs. Accordingly he walked out on the conference. This Hurt the republicans who had been Bop in. To get the support of or. Matthew in reaching for a Small but possibly critical number of votes in the big City ghettos. After Nixon had moved into the White hopi or. Matthew remained critical of Republican efforts to do something for the Black capitalism movement. He had troubles getting contracts from the Pentagon for chemicals and other materials on which his negro companies had entered the lowest bids. Meanwhile the administrations efforts to establish an effective office of min Orty business Enterprise in the department of compel acc could t seem to get off the ground. The negro Community As a whole echoed or. Matthews complaints. Plan annual banquet of it. P. C of c final plans were completed for the it. Pleasant chamber of Commerce annual banquet on january 28 at the regular chamber Board meeting tuesday noon. Dave Heaton banquet chairman reported that the dinner will be served Buffet style. There will be a Choice of three entrees Ham Baron of beef or shrimp Creole. Tickets for the event will be $3.50 per person and1 Chad Wymer chairman of the Iowa development commission will be the guest speaker. Too in other business the Board reviewed the 1969 financial statement and noted that a total of $20,278.81 was expended $445.68 less than the estimated budget for the year. Heard the audit report from Dale Longwell for the year 1969. He stated that All books have been examined and certified As governor expects Appeal on item veto Powers Des Moines up a gov. Robert d. Ray said today a controversial Polk county court ruling concerning item veto Powers will probably be appealed to the state supreme court. In a ruling monday District judge Gibson Holliday agreed with attorney general Richard Turner that the governors item veto Power Only applied to Money items in appropriations Bills not riders or spending stipulations. Ray said since the state was forced to hire private attorneys to defend the Iowa Highway commission in a Battle with the attorney general he would probably need special permission for an Appeal. The permission Ray said would have to come from the Iowa executive Council. Early last summer Ray had used his item veto Power for the first time to Knock out a provision in the Highway commissions a Propri Victory Celebration on nigerian streets Lagos Nigeria up a niger Back with tear Gas when their Desman students staged Impromptu vie on stations took on anti Catholic tory celebrations in the streets of overtones and they tried to of Orch Lagos today but police turned them on the roman Catholic secretariat. Nigerian Leader Gen. Yak Cuba of evidence of successful trapping Farmington a Craig Miller 18, left and Garvin Roth 15, both of Farmington proudly pose with their Cache of furs they trapped. This was the first year of trapping for each they got 41 Fox three Coyote 84 opossum 34 muskrats la Racoon one Badger and one Skunk. Their parents Are or. And mrs. Norman Miller and or. And mrs. Melvin Roth of Farmington. Connect of t11� i action Bill which would have barred commended equip comml5sion rom moving any of ment be capitalized instead of written off during the year Pur its 48 resident Engineer chased. The Board approved this recommendation and moved that Longwell d. J. Martin and r. J. Bondage serve on a committee to establish a capital account for major items purchased. Heard a report from Gary Williams chairman of the mayors Central business District committee. Williams stated that final meetings with three plan off ices. At the time Ray vetoed the provision he accused the legislators of a pork however judge Holliday held that the clause was a policy matter within the authority of the legislature to determine and not a question of Law. A i had hoped that the item veto Power had some meaning and until the supreme court rules otherwise i will still assume that position a truck and car collide ruling favourable to Wesley acres Des Moines up a the a Semi trailer truck driven by Iowa supreme court today Over David p. Youngwirth Wesley and ruled a lower court decision and a 1968 Plymouth driven by Thomas granted tax exempt status to a m. Immerman it. Pleasant col Large Church a sponsored Home for lived at the intersection of Adams the aged in Des Moines. Sentenced for truck theft will be held Ray said. Ning consultants during the next few Days. The committees report will then be presented to the City Council in late january or Early february. J approved the renewal of the lease for office space to insurance consular inc. For the next 12 months in the amount of $60 per month. Discussed changing the Day of the annual meeting from the 4th wednesday in january to the 4th wednesday in february. Tile Board passed a motion recommending this change subject to the by Laws of the chamber. Discussed having All or some of the regular monthly meetings in the evening rather than at noon luncheons As at present. No final decision was reached and the new officers were asked to study the matter further. The Board also gave consideration to adding certain officials As sex offi Cio non voting members Tot the Board of directors. At the present time there Are three having such status president of the Jaycees president of the Henry county Industrial development corp. And the immediate past president of the chamber. No action was taken by the Board on the question. Would permit Public employees to bargain then came the jail sentence. Or Matthew his technical guilt from the outset and said he was willing to pay any penalty that was assessed. He had refused Legal help which might have gotten him off with at least a suspended sentence. But if or. Matthew was willing to serve out his six months As a matter of fact he found prison life quite interesting for the Opportunity it gave him to study Federal programs for the rehabilitation of jailed narcotics addicts his colleagues who had been entrusted with running the various negro enterprises were appalled at the difficulties of keeping their companies going in the absence of the founder. Despite or. Matthews decision to take his minish ment they decided to make a plea for a presidential Pardon or at least a commutation. In spite of what happened at san Diego it turned out that or. Matthew had very Good friends in the administration. Secretary of health. Education and welfare Bob Finch was one of these friends. So too. Was Leonard garment Nixon a special consultant on civil rights. Patrick Buchanan and Martin Anderson the White House conservatives were also on or. Matthews Side even though they Are not always in agreement with Bob Finch and Len garment. Too from a purely practical Angle what bothered Bob Finch was the Prospect that without or. Matthews personal attention the bus line which negro had taken Over in the Watts area of los Angeles might fail. It was easy to go to shoot Down 3 american helicopters Saigon up a communist forces shot Down three american helicopters monday and for the first time in More than a year used a mine to damage a . Navy vessel in Vietnam Waters military spokesmen said today. Communist ground fire downed and destroyed the three Light Model army observation helicopters As they were used to support Allied ground troops in widely separated incidents monday but Only one crewman was injured. A mine apparently attached by a communist frogman exploded Early today against the port Side of the a s. Navy tank Landing ship new London county in the Northern coastal Harbor of Chu Lai 335 Miles Northeast of Saigon. The blast caused minor flooding in the 400-foot ship but spokesmen said there were no casualties among its Crew of about 150. Des Moines a Iopa a a legislative study committee has reached agreement on a proposed Bill to permit under certain conditions collective bargaining for Public employees. The key feature of the Bill which probably faces heavy opposition in both legislative Chambers is the a a strike provision. Under no condition could Public employees providing a critical services go on strike. Critical service is defined in the Bill As a any service which is necessary for the Public health safety or welfare including but not necessarily limited to services provided by policemen firemen Security personnel at state institutions and peace strikes by other employees including school teachers also Are prohibited unless All of the following conditions Are met a a the impasse procedures established by the agreement of the parties or under the provisions of this act have been exhausted and a period of not less than ten Days has expired following the completion of the last impasse procedure. A a the strike is called by an employee organization certified or recognized As the exclusive bargaining representative of the majority of the Public employees in an appropriate unit. A a the strike is called in support of a bargaining demand within the scope of collective bargaining. A the strike is consistent with the Public health safety and the Bill if passed would go into effect for All state employees on july i 1971 and Jan. I 1971 for All other Public employees. However by executive order signed by the governor the act As it applies to state employees could be delayed for one year until july i 1972. And Washington streets at 10 20 . Monday. There were no injuries. According to police who investigated Youngwirth was driving the Semi owned by Ellsworth freight co. Of Eagle Grove East and did no to see the Stop sign due to another truck parked on the South Side of Washington Street West of the intersection. Youngwirth drove into the intersection and the right front bumper of the tractor collided with the left front of the northbound car which had entered the intersection. The car was turned around by the Impact and stopped near the Southeast Corner of the intersection headed Back South. The front end in a unanimous decision the High court said just accepting a a room gift and monthly payments from those who can afford to pay should not make Wesley acres subject to property taxes. Wesley acres was established by the methodist churches in Iowa in 1947. The court said it was organized As a non profit private corporation. A Polk county District court decision however ruled the Home should pay property taxes. The reason cited was that persons who could afford it pay $7,500 for a room gift and $160 a month to live at Wesley acres. A we think the Home is rendering a commendable and admirable Robert Roy Lynch 45, has been sentenced in District court to a term of ten years in the state Penitentiary at it. Madison on a charge of larceny of a motor vehicle. Lynch changed his plea from not guilty to guilty monday and was sentenced. The charge involves the taking of a pick up truck in new London and abandoning it in Illinois. Lynch was a patient at the mental health Institute at the time. He has been in the county jail from nov. 24, 1969, to Jan. 12 and will be credited with those Days served on his sentence. Lynch was taken to it. Madison by sheriff Van Crawford tuesday afternoon. Propose six classifications of nursing Homes Des Moines a idea a a legislative committee is recommending nursing Homes be rated on the care of patients As Well As the facility. I the nursing Home subcommittee of the standing committees on social services is proposing the Crea j Hon of six classifications of nursing Homes a adult Foster Home. A boarding Home. A custodial Home. A intermediate nursing Home class i and class 2. A skilled nursing Home. The intent of the act is to compensate nursing Home operators on the basis of the facility As Well As care offered to the patients. For example obviously the operator of a skilled nursing Home would be won accepted the surrender of big a Fra in a Midnight broadcast and offered full Protection to All biafran troops. He asked biafran leaders to Send peace emissaries into the Field to meet nigerian commanders. Gown instructed nigerian soldiers to shoot Only of they encountered resistance from the Bla Frans. He also agreed to allow Britain to Fly in to tons of medical supplies for the ill and starving refugees of the nigerian civil War. Five Mph students in Honor band of the car was badly damaged. The service is vitally needed a said car will be totalled out. Damage to Justice Bruce Snell who wrote the the Semi was estimated at $75. Decision police charged Youngwirth with the said no person failure to yield the right of Way. Denied a r00m at the Home need for More emphasis on violence causes Washington up a the nations news Media have failed to financial reasons charitable nature tion. Was for evidence of the of the ins Titu to speak . On narcotics the new London Coop ladies auditions for the Southeast Iowa Honor band were held saturday Jan. To at the Washington Junior High building in Washington. The Southeast Iowa Honor band is selected from students of participating Southeast Iowa High paid More than the operator of an schools. All classes Are represented _ adult Foster Home. A a a c. It is sponsored by the Basic requirements and restrict Southeast Iowa band directors _ tons Are established for each association category and the state health de five of Mph so a Bondsmen apartment could augment these with selected to participate in the con suitable administrative rules. Cert which will be presented Satu the proposed Bill. If passed Day. Jan. 31 at 7 30 . St the would become effective Jan. I 1971. Washington Junior High school in nursing Homes could be Cert Washington. Fled in More than one area of care. The five Mph students sri it also stipulates that no in Jane sheets flute Tom a wer. Licensed Home could receive pay trumpet Marilyn Krabill. Clarinet ments from the social services Cindy Lawrence oboe and Jerry help reduce the level of violence in you to attend a special meet american society because they have eng monday Jan. 19, 7 30 . At emphasized the violence and not its Clark elementary school gym causes according to a new government report. As a result a a new kind of journalism is needed to unfold problems top to Bottom and suggest solutions according to a 614-Page report released monday by the National commission on the causes and prevention of violence. The principal recommendations of the report have been endorsed by the 13-member violence commission headed by or. Milton s. Eisenhower. The task Force report entitled a violence and the Media Quot is itself the views of a staff headed by Robert k. Baker and Sandra j. Ball. It upbraided both broadcasters and the press for failure to provide a routine and peaceful Access to the Public ear for people with new ideas and minorities grievances. Three blocks South of the Bank in new London. The speaker for the evening will be sergeant Paul j. Bartholomew from the special service Section of the it. Madison police department. The topic of interest will be on drugs and narcotics. Sergeant Bartholomew will display actual drugs and talk about the experiences he has had dealing with this serious problem. Questions will be answered. There will be a discussion period following the lecture. There is no charge. Roy interprets his position on City taxes Des Moines up a gov. Robert d. Ray today claimed he did not Back City taxes but Only favored City authority to tax. A i done to favor any tax increase at All and i certainly done to Back City taxes a Ray said. However he said if municipalities feel they need More Money the residents should be Able to enact some form of social taxation. The governor said the authority to Levy a City tax should not be a a a substitute to either state or Federal Aid. Ray said a Revenue sharing program Between the City and the state such As proposed Between the Federal government and state government would be a Good Way to get needed Money to cities and towns a but remember two years ago we sat Here with a $112 million surplus and we raised taxes. So this is an department for patient care. The proposed Bill also Calls for a physician to prescribe the Type of care the patient should receive such As skilled nursing Home or an intermediate nursing Home. The Bill was drafted with the cooperation of the Iowa nursing Home association. Tolson baritone saxophone. The band is proud of our Honor students whose talents Are certainly not confined Only to the Meta Katl realm Here at Mph. Record amount in state taxes Des Moines a idea a state treasurer Maurice e Baringer announced monday that the state collected a record $578 million in taxes in Calendar 1969. That san increase of $43 million Over 1968 and up $120 million Over 1967 tax collections. The major reason for this increase Over this Span is the omnibus tax Law enacted by the 1967 Iowa legislature which included extending the sales tax to More than 50 enumerated services. The Impact of the service tax. Would return to biennial sessions the Bobcat is also known As the North american Bay Lynx. Pass medical practitioners Bill Des Moines up Iowa Senate tuesday 61-5, and sent to the Bill that would allow a the approved House a medical Des Moines up a sen. Wil with Siam Reichardt. A Des Moines proposed a constitutional amendment but the report defended the news monday thai would return the Iowa Media against often heard charges legislature to biennial sessions the Media promote violence by give j Iowa voters in 1968 approved a ing its practitioners publicity. Constitutional amendment putting which became effective in the fall awkward time to share anything a 0f 1967, was not really Felt on the Ray said. Iowa tax scene until 1968 when the governors comments were in response to a local newspaper Story which Ray said had misinterpreted his position on municipal taxes in his state of the state address monday. Student Back in is gasses Lee Kochneff who stayed out of it. Pleasant High school because of a controversy Over his Beard la Back in classes tuesday. He had been told a week ago of j principal Richard Van Thyl to shave off his Beard and return to classes. Kochneff Felt he indicated that this was a personal matter not to be determined by the achoo administration and remained out of school. There were reports that a petition would be circulated supporting his position but this Effort faded. Action by the executive Council of the High be Hoot strident Council was in effect Attiat his position also. He conferred with principal Richard Van Tuyl tuesday morning. Classes missed during Tho period he was out Are treated a unexcused absences. Stanley to speak sales tax Revenue increased by $57 million Over the previous year. In contrast the sales tax Revenue increased by Only $9 million in the past year going from $157 to $166 million which in general reflects economic growth. The largest single growth in taxes was experienced in the individual 5 made 40 income taxes up 16 million from property owned by any nonprofit re $122 to $138 million. Attempt to tax some Church property Des Moines up an at the Calendar year figures for the period ended dec. 31, 1969, include gasoline As Well As tax receipts from the counties for the for the news Media to ignore or soft pedal news of violent confrontations would be a grave dereliction of duty the report said. A unless we propose to emulate a he Iowa legislature on annual sessions for the first time in the states history. Under reichardts proposal the amendment approved in 1968 would the Ostrich we must expect indeed be repealed and the sessions of Gentile Public has a right to demand eral Assembly would begin on the that the press will report the Days second monday in a a Nuary in each pay his Back taxes in addition to helping his own people. Nixon has Good reason to know that or. Matthew is not a a a a controllable entity. But the president looked at or. Matthew As a Man who is neither an Uncle Tom nor a Des Nixon and attorney general John Tractive influence. The president Mitchell with the preposition that commutation followed. Head and or Matthew might better serve both heart had joined together in Nixon a his nation and the Black Community first act of executive clemency. By being on the outside of jail distributed by King where he might earn the Money to 1 Syndicate. Practitioners in Iowa to receive temporary licenses for up to three years. The License Bill was one of la measures approved by the Senate and sent to the House As the Senate continued its Quick work on its non controversial Calendar. The Senate also approved 39-16, a measure that would allow documents filed in county courthouses to be reproduced on microfilm with the microfilming becoming the official record. Intelligence including that which is violent. As with other events when there is violence the Public has a right to know Odd numbered year. Reichardts measure would have to be approved by two successive Iowa general Assembly before it would go to the body of or. Martin Luther King Alioto won t run in California David Stanley candidate for the 1st District Republican nomination for Congress will speak to the Jay a ,. Cees at their membership meekly 6ale of motor vehicle ucen5e plates wednesday evening at the eagles Lodge. Stanley recently resigned from the Iowa Senate to Start his Campaign for Congress. Stanley served three terms in the Iowa House and was in his second term in the Senate when he re signed ending la years of service in the Iowa legislature. Feed available wild Birds need it Gigious corporation or society. Legislation was introduced monday by sen. James w. Griffin a Council Bluffs proposing that ret property taxes be levied against property owned by non profit religious corporations or societies a a except grounds and buildings used exclusively for Public worship of educational purposes. One dead nine missing in Alaska Motel fir son of Gen. Ryan native iowan missing Washington up a the son of the air Force chief of stall Gen. John d. Ryan was listed As missing after the f4 Jet fighter he was flying plunged into the Waters of san Francisco Bay monday. Coast guard Rescue teams found no Trace of capt. John d. Ryan jr., Atlanta up a the body of or. Martin Luther King or. Was san Francisco up a May moved quietly before Dawn today or Joseph l. Alioto announced Mon from South View cemetery to a new nay he would not run for the gov grave near the Ebenezer Baptist Erno ship of California because a Church where he had served As Pas j Campaign would interfere with his j 29, and his co Pilot capt. J. Travis tor the Southern Christian Lead a $12 million libel suit against look Nelson 29, after their plane plunger ship conference said. Magazine for linking him with maed into the water at 2 30 . Est King president of the Sulc was Fia figures. Shortly after taking off from Ham the largest Channel Catfish Ever co pastor of Ebenezer Baptist when Ilton air Force base. Features caught in Iowa weighed 25 pounds. I he was murdered in Memphis ten the Star nearest the Earth is the general is a native of Cher-,3 ounces. In april 1968. \ proximal centaurs. Jokes Iowa. _ wild Birds Are needing feed because of the Long period of Snow cover observers state. Persons Are j being urged to put out ground Corn Anchorage. Alaska up a or commercial Bird feed for them a predawn fire burned a 100-Nocfcn a Supply of ground Corn is being Motel on the outskirts of Anchor made available to local residents by age to the ground today fire of the Henry county conservation facials said one person w As known commission with the assistance of dead nine were missing and id Wert the Henry county ass. This com 1 hospitalized. Is an accumulation from samples residents of the Gold Rug to received by the ass for testing tor Lodge were jumping from tee and under regulations May either end and third floor windows when be sold or donated for conserva firemen arrived at the Blake which tion purposes. The ass committee chose to donate it to the conservation commission. Persons interested in obtaining some of the Corn for Bird feeding May Contact Marlyn Madole ass manager who is volunteering his services to assist in seeing that the Corn is distributed. Raged in five temperatures. Degrees below met terse verse by a. C. Gordon the game of Golf is like our income tax control just when you reach the Green you end up in the Hole

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