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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - January 20, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa If you miss your news Call 75 City cab Between 6 30 and 7 00 p. it. Pleasant news colder these Days i by George e. Sokolsky is bickering Competition the theory behind using All sorts of military people and organizations on the same or similar projects at enormous expense to the taxpayer and without Brilliant results. Is that there is no monopoly on intelligence and that when men compete tag list each other there is an incentive for achievement. It. Pleasant. Iowa. Monday evening. Jan. 20. 1�?~c.n a a Quot Luj i i it f a i la gig a Nigga by by Carrier. 30# per week by Mai. $7 to per year Ugai Gai Ujjin to spend More 111 Middle East thi of course is True in private bin in a government service the Money incentive can be of Little consideration because you act paid whether you work or not other incentives service to country belie in an Ideal desire for honors these diet influence some men. But when. Uch men find themselves up against the Stone Wall of regimented stupidity they most often give up and go into private Enterprise where they enjoy both recognition of their abilities and financial rewards. That s a nuclear rocket newest version of the worlds most powerful fighter plane the Mcdonnell f-101b voodoo is shown in St. Louis with the my 1 Genie nuclear warhead rocket mounted underneath. The voodoo la cum etl thu be the fastest scheduled for Continental defense. The air to air atomic rocket formations of in pm bombers. And longest Range interceptor is capable of Downing entire internal to ecu Sou i photo one Man who fought every facet of heavy wit and prejudice in the Navy and who stuck it through against every obstacle is Admiral Hyman Rickover who built the atomic submarine. He built the atomic submarine ahead of sched us a again11 every objection. He was Only per Mihi d to go ahead because old fogies were sure he would fail and then they would get what teemed to them a fanatical nuisance out of the service. And now that he is the leading naval authority on the subject the Navy is not using him to develop the nuclear submarine for the Polar missile. Only dopes would act that Way permitting personal prejudice to interfere with the National interest. And it is because of such factors that we have fallen behind the russians in a Fie a where we should be the champions. Edwin l. Weisl chief special econ Cal of the Senate preparedness investigating subcommittee of which senator Lyndon Johnson is chairman a kid Admiral Rickover this question a will you Tell us in detail the Steps that you had to go through in your organization ral Rickover. military organization is not set up to do development work. It is set up mostly to do routine work. So if anyone comes in the people in naturally tend to make him conform to the organization because is prize. There is still too much conformity rather than performance conformance rather than performance. A so the first thing that a Man Lias to do is to make up his mind a he is going to get his head chopped off ultimately and he Dies not have that feeling h never get things accomplish the military. A so when i toe k this Job i k that if i were going to do i a in per manner i would Nat i displease Many people and Ca them t be angry with me. Anticipation proved to be qui. I Correct because we had to d things1 Cut of channels in order to y t thi m done. We had to do things out of channels not Only in the military even in the Industrial president will speak from Chicago a and pin new location president Eisenhower will be seen on television channels 6 Woc and 13 who in Iowa Washington ins president Eisenhower begins his sixth year in o lice today by flying to Chicago to make a purely political pitch for election of a Republican Congress this year. Or. Eisenhower was scheduled to j leave Washington in the preside to Al plane Columbine Iii at 1 45 . Est alter sending to Zongren his annual Leport on the nations economic status and Outlook the presidents Chicago appearance highlights 44 simultaneous i gop fund raising dinners through out the nation which we Ere expected to attract about 40.000 Republican a from $10 to $100 a plate. The Din ners in 27 states and the District i of Columbia will be linked by j closed circuit television. Or. Eisenhower s Lo-Lo-12 minute Republican rallying Call will 1 so feature a 30-minute National television program on the dinners with a new idea j sponsored by the gop National the organization j committee. The telecast Over the Abc network will begin at 9 30 est. Or Eisenhower who was in aug i the my pleasant a and p super Market moved Over the weekend from the location on the South Side of the Square to the new location on Adams Street North of Washington. This new location is the i former Haworth motors site in the first Block East of the Square t the building has been completely remodeler for the a and p supermarket the exterior was changed by bricking in areas and the installation of a new window arrange -1 meat. Numerous changes were mud a on the Interior before the new Dis play shelves refrigeration and so on were installed. The entire Interior i has been redecorated j the new location gives Opportunity for better arranged floor space l but the greatest single advantage a Over the former location is the Large parking area adjacent to the build i ing. Also the new location is More accessible for unloading of merchandise from incoming trucks than was the former location the new location will be air conditioned before the hot summer n months arrive. Two Large unit will be installed to adequately Cool the building manager Joe Casanova and assistants completed plans Over the weekend to open in the new location monday morning. The new Stock had been moved into tie building Over the last several Days. Ask $60,000 in suit a damage suit has been tiled m the clerk s office at the courthouse in which Virginia Richards Linn county us asking $ >0,000 from John Griffith and John Hedberg doing business a.-, the Grillich Hedberg Dairy co., and Al Helfrich All of Washington. The plaintiff claims that on Jan 6, 1957, she was Riding in a car driven by her husband when h was involved m an Accident with a Griffith Honiberg Dairy co truck driven by Helfrich the Accident occurred at an intersection with Highway 218, one mile South of Swedesburg. The Pla in till charges that it was through the negligence of Helfrich that the Accident occurred she claims she suffered injuries and lost time from work As a result of the Accident. Or. Van Allen to show Antarctic film rated v. President on this Day in reported ready to make a Appeal for election of a Republican Congress this fail stressing that he needs a gop-1 Cubit rolito House and Senate to put across his program during his last j two years in the White House. All of to House and a third of the Senate will be up for Rabs in the november elections. He will be introduced by vice president Richard m. Nixon who is attending the new York City rally and Wall do the honors via the closed circuit to Hookup. Other speakers on the half hour program Are the chairman of the Senate and House gop Campaign committees sen. Andrew Schoeppel of Kansas and rep. Richard m. Simpson of mrs. Clemens 84, taken by death following his address to the Wes Leyan associates tuesday evening in the John Wesley Holland student Union on the Iowa Wesleyan Campus or James a Van Allen has i will show films of his work in the Antarctic. The famous rocket of pert will visit his Alma mater to launch the first meeting of the Wesleyan associates an advisory i group which is being organized for 1 the College. Choral groups under the Divic i Tion of or. David Price and Robert g. Davis of the music faculty will sing during the dinner. Will meet to discuss buying Railroad engine a meeting of persons Antei purchasing a larger Railroad tor exhibition at Mcmilla will be held thursday in 7 30 at the r e a building interested persons Are also representatives of or Pat which might be interested several Farmers have ind e interest in the engine an it pears Likely that there will to end gilts of $100 to $250 of forthcoming. If these by misused the group headed let Mathews will move Alx plans to raise the reman id it i it it i $4,500 needed band carnival colourful and successful event a i k in at cited i Titius d an apr sex More As Stan with t the five die on Iowa roads Over weekend if a Ink Traffo Accident have claimed five live in Iowa Duzine the week end. Raising the 1958 toll to 31 ten Mot e t.1 an had Ben i re pm dad 20 conference in Ivi Ping for three Mol hers Hong kit Redmond no today my ins i was summoned t by the other two rut to Zeip a me through grrr 30 led my fld word Kaplan it Vea eld Mother of 11. And Hei 13 Yeai a id daughter. Phyllis Wei Killel Dotty before noon sunday when Tleiji was struck by a North a Vestern freight Tram at a glad i o sin in 1 Hughert about 20 mints Southeast of Mason City the Mother and daughter were returning from Church Ier tee at the 11me of the crash Kaplan and the other ten children were at Home injuries suffered in a two rat 11ash in Des Maine saturday it aimed the life of 33 year old a i Grandquist of de it Monix the was injured when his cow it m Moon Witti on Oil i to t by a sit old not Man r Kehuei of mines. Police said Grandquist was a drag icing with 34 year old John of Des Moines Rural at the time of the mishap killed in separate one car dents saturday were 18-Yeai Norman Godfrey of Horthy it Good 27 year old Eugene Alphonse i i of Maquoketa Young Godfrey lost control of l i i an Mother. Now visiting Tho ii Impi soiled sons Foi a Coli Gerende with a a High level communist Clil it m officials Yolk i ready to meet threat of Russia Washington ins1 a High and mini traction official said today the u s is prepared to launch a major economic counter offensive in the Noddle East to meet Ute a rur Antei Nat Ion in Dio Tel Ephom she did riots n a a a Mother t do new. Service by a from Shanghai that know the reason for and car and truck in Accident by Sammie i Kennedy s Meir uni s North on Noe l Alry Conn High at organizations. The Mere fact that j Pennsylvania a company is a Large one and Hasi wonderful reputation does not mean that it can really do a Large scale military Job. A there have been too Many times in the history of the military and particularly in recent years where a Large Industrial organization with a great reputation has come in and mad statements and promises which have been accepted and this has not always Ivor ked out. I think that it is essential in the performance of Large scale development work in the military As Well As in any other Branch of the Federal government that there be purple at Headquarters who Are at last a5 capable As those in the Industrial organizations and this was the real secret am i getting to far afield or shall i go on in this Way a about 5,400 persons were expected to turn out at Chicago a International Amphitheater to hear the president. An estimated 1,000 workers were required to Supply and prepare the food for the $100-a-Piate dinner which includes three tons of roast beef from 1. 500 prize steers. Or. Eisenhower will stay Over right in the adjoining Stock Yard . And return to Washington tomorrow. Davis named to state department planning group county superintendent of schools Joseph s. Davis has been selected to serve on the state department of Public instruction planning this critique of governmental organization in at the heart of our problem of falling behind the Rush ans. The h sever commissions do a it in this in most of their reports. A government official often j state department of fears that any change any different a shed any reorganization May ultimately leave him out of he Little Empire which he so painstakingly erected the russians use communists. Anti germans. Italians anybody and eve Ryb Edy to do their jobs for them. Committee considers county Institute plans for teachers for each year. County Institute is financed by a i annual appropriation from the Public instruction. Ail the teachers in the state of Iowa met for a county Institute where relevant matters concerning teaching is considered. The Henry county teachers plan to hold their Henry county Institute next year in it. Pleasant. West Point mrs. J 1 Clemens 84, a lifelong re. Idem of j West Point died Early monday j morning Jan. 20, at the Home of a daughter mrs Albert link North i we.1, of West Point. Mrs. Clemens had been ill Lor several years. She was born May 18, 1873, at West Point and was married to Frank c. Clemens nov. 15. 1894, at St. Mary s Catholic Church in we t Point she was a member of that Church and also of the altar and Rosary society. Surviving Are four sons Edward Clemens Maurice and Alvin. West Point and William of it. Madison five daughters mrs. Fred Scheuer Man it pleasant mrs. Richard Fullenkamp mrs. Ai Bruise mrs. W. E. Schierbrock and mrs. Albert link All of West Point. Surviving also Are 23 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Pred ceasing her were her husband who died 20 years ago a -.on, two Brothers and two Sisters. She was the last of her family. Services will be held thursday at 9 30 . At St. Mary a Church West Point with monsignor j. A j Wagner officiating. Interment will a in Calvary cemetery at West it. Be body will by taken from link funeral heme tuesday a at four o clock to the i no or daughter mrs. W e Sci Erbic in West Point Rosary will be tuesday and wednes to Day Evenin it eight o clock. Enters plea of not guilty Rollie Zihlman it. Pleasant pleaded not guilty in Justice George Means court sunday morning to a charge of injury to propel to filed by Caroline Dougherty and was released on a $15 Bond hearing on the Case will be held tuesday at 10 . Zihlman was arrested at the Dougherty Home by police saturday night Afier a fracas. The charge resulted from the alleged pulling of a Pijem from an Oil barrel it was repo i ted. The Case was taken to Justice Means since mayor Wade me Beth is in the Hospital. Will speak at farm equipment meeting football coach Forest Evashevski j and or. Marcus Bach of the University of Iowa will be speakers on the opening Day of the Iowa retail. Farm equipment association convention to be held at the veterans memorial auditorium in Des Moines february 4, 5. And 6. T. H Harney of Harney implements is a member of the Hospital j Ltd committee and also he is exert j Tive director for the 10-county Southeast Iowa District. Will show pictures of Antarctic at vow Hall the annual my. Pica ant High school band carnival held Batu Niay evening Drew a Large attendance a4d was greatly enjoyed by students and others. The gym had been trauma red int it it a gaily decorated Center with Booths of Many kinds for Gam Quot and contests and tests of skill As Well As for Purchase of no serous items such As balloons confetti hat. And tiny dolls. I cat on a Gia clod Road North of the Booths represented several i Northwood and Adriana a Auto countries in keeping with the h fixed object on a Black top a around the world a and gave of r id Pear Wheatland port Unity Lor special decorations a a and Gay costume for the supper provided by the band mothers a line formed soon1 after the doors were opened at Flici . And continued without a break until around seven of clock Quant i-1 ties of excellent food were served to several Hundred persons. Disclosing of the names of the King and Queen was a Climax to it it the variety show held in the auditorium Raymond King and sue Meghan from the Junior class won the honors. Selection is made on the number of votes received based on the amount of Money collected at a cent a vote. Eddie Means was the ceremonies at the show eluded the teen times Michel Ritchey Judy Melby Roberta Davis and Karin Johnson a duo number vocal and tap dancing by i Inda and Karen Biggs humorous Reading a a Eloise by Clara to Holland toe dance by Penny Patterson the announcing of the King and Queen a trampoline act by the trampoline team and again the teen tim r a a Rocky Jim suavely added comedy through the various acts tile auditorium was Jam packed tor the. Show. J popular stands through the evening were the pop and Randy counters in the corridor. A House of ter i ror on the second floor added sex . Student chairmen Dick Fenton and Sherry Stull had the assistance of Many other students from the band in planning and Manning the show. Band parents organized in Many committees gave assistance1 a and supervisory suggestions to help i carry through on the annual event which not Only is profitable for the band parents fund but provide i big evening of entertainment i figures on the receipts and profits the conference. All three women Are visiting sons imprisoned by the piping regime a ii a spy Quot Haiges the meeting was believed connected with appeals f it or it lease of the americans now or i n my it eau is ranging torn 29 Yeai it to life. J mrs Redmond said she planned to Tiv top Piug wednesday the conference is scheduled Foi thurs it in v mrs. Redmond openly admitted Eluting two letters to red chinese i pm Ernie cell Eli Lai Iii an a fool to secure the release of her son. Hugh Redmond a $8 year old bus iness Mati serving a lit sentence in Shanghai. The two mothers in peeping a Philip feet eau of Lynn mass Ai and or Mary v Dow nov Ltd new old j Britain. Conn had declined to m l i confirm whet tier they had mad Quot col 2 it de a car driven Burlington and i Ruck driven by collided two Milt Way 218 at the big Creek Bridge j 45 . Monday according to Deputy Roland Nicholson who investigated. Noe was headed North and passed i i and the milk truck also headed North. As Noe approached the master of j Bridge Over the Creek he Luthi which i j brakes and started a skid Conn Ini the brakes on the milk truck but Slid into the rear of noes 1949 Studebaker and knocked the car Omro s the Bridge. The front end of the milk truck v As damaged about $ 100 and the 1 rear of the Siu Debakey about $200 i Nett tier Driver wan Hurt i similar appeals their sons Richardf it teau 30. Tid John Downey 27. Civilian of tin u s army an a pros one in piping Downey wan sentenced to life on spy Chi res and feet eau received a 20-year sen inc it City officials in Hospital my pleasant a City of patients at memorial f rom Reserve unit provides color guard for Ball were not immediately available Likely will compare favourably other years. Miss Marshall 36, Dies in Michigan but with while the or Sid its budget shows i formerly it has been held at Fairfield in conjunction with Jefferson that while we Are still monkeying around with Balanc d services the russians who were far Quot behind us As re entry As 1945. Are out i front now. Copyright 1958. King features i indicate inc 1 Van Buren pm ties. I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad Shnks Spence. Robins Ark. Despite predict is whether that Robins a. Received the wrong communication of whether they know something that it Cal 1 residents Don to is the question. A flock of 40 to 50 Robins was spending monday morning around the Frank Carver Home on route 3, mrs. Carver reported. Usually harbingers of Spring the 1 Robins Are Here in the face of a predicted four Inch Snow. Perhaps they have their signals mixed or they May be seeking Refuge from the. Florida cold. I chief Petty officer Merwin beavers will show pictures of the Antarctic taken by him at the vow Hall this monday evening at eight i of clock. This is an exceptionally interesting program All veterans Are invited. Property left to his wife Winfield miss Margaret Peggy Marshall 3 5, of Kalamazoo i h. C died at a Hospital at 1 a in Jan 19 she had been in failing health for several weeks and had entered the Hospital Friday. Win. Mckasson 1 e t morning to bring the body to Winfield where funeral arrangement Are pending. Or. Steinkraus to be Chapel speaker the last will and testament of or. Warren Steinkraus head Frank Mccabe has been admitted the department of religion to probate at the courthouse and philosophy will be the Speake according to the terms his proper tuesday morning at the Iowa Westy was left to his wife. Della h m Leyan College Chapel service. The cabe who was named executrix. Public is invited to the worship the will was drawn up Jan. 4 service which will begin at 10 15 1056 . Members of the local army re it Rve unit were honoured recently with an invitation to provide a color guard for the annual military Ball which was held in Ottumwa on Friday night january 17. This annual event which is held at the Ottumwa coliseum is a March of dimes Benefit with various units of army Navy Marine and air Force reserves and National guard units from Southeast Iowa cooperating. The outstanding feature of the Ball was the crowning of miss armed forces of 195r. The Queen chosen from a Field of several Ean to states sponsored by the various military organizations taking part a miss Cynthia Latimer of Ottumwa. She was sponsored by c 113th aaa bn., Iowa National guard located in Ottumwa gov Loveless crowned the Queen during tie evenings ceremonies while it Loveless presented her with the Queen cup members of the local Reserve unit who comprised the color guard were Sec Delbert Foss Sec Howard Adams sgt. Earnest blight n u sgt Richard gibb.-. Those attending from the local unit were capt. And mrs. Let of tur2nd it. James Mccoy and Mary Fischbach sgt. And or 1 Ank j Miller Sec. And mrs. Delbert Foss. Sec and mrs. Howard Adams sgt. And mrs. Richard and it bus sgt. And mrs. Earnest Bright hp-3 Warren Fye and miss Sandra Hall. Cpl and mrs. Edward Mccoy former Reserve member now on t it with the regular army and m three officials Are in Natl i imm path Thuri mayor Wade Mcbeth who entered the Hospital thursday is reported As improving City manager q. W Wright who entered the Hospital saturday w getting along satisfactorily. Mrs Wright is ill at Home i cemetery Sexton will Fenton i u to entered the Hospital Friday also is getting along satisfactorily Journet Lmax Derreill Odd re named mayor pro tem in the a Ince of tia mayor by the Council recently is acting As mayor the it uned had agreed also that Char-1p Roppul should i tax assistant. Ity manager on occasions when to City manager could not seize. Fire Routs 50 four die Throat of russians penetrate Tom of to it. Etc area. K Creary of state Jota fester Dules will go to the Middle East this week Arne d with american policy plans for dealing with the soviets alarming economic and military Aid incursion into Syria. Egypt and Yemen. The administration official said that or u. S. Is prepared to offer the Baghdad pact countries through their treaty arrangement new Amedean Aid in raising the Standard of living in Thieo under privileged countries tax source mud Tjit exact figures of american Aid have not yet to n work d out. And will depend on congressional a improper nations. But the official the u. 8. Pro pail will dial with the urgent need for Quot taking Thow countries out of the mud a the official said that the american a in Crement wants to Aid in a construction of modern highways Bridges and other moans of com nun test ions in the Ita glided pact countries he indicated that the proposed new plan would be in addition to the Normal by Leters economic Aid arrangements now bet town a i Langton and tie four member nations of uie Middle sight russian super subs Tokyo tuesday a ins a russian super Subr marines with apparatus capable of hurling nuclear missiles More than a thousand a Tea -4xvi�?~ then sighted on at least three separate occasions by american reconnaissance it was Learned monday All three vessels were on sea patrols when spotted and. In the Case of at least one photographed from tax air by u. S. Air patrols. Will leaves estate to relatives the last will and testament of re pkg Ca Belle Jericho has been admits d to probate at Pic courthouse. He terms the pro of her town prop a following nieces Enoch k Meek men t Ham Edward Buchanan and Jericho a Tison a according f is of a s. Y a to go \ Nep Liew an by 3, d is by it oks bit oks Harry a my Kuonan Jack grand it a and Gall Rand a. Utter a the rift of her Esla a is to be Chicago Donsi four persons divided a a a allows one Aphaiv to including an infant were killed and p jul Hricho one Muu of to e. Mae four women one whom was 104 a Rau Kaiui a Erick Grau one years of injured today in a fireshir0 to i inert Jericho one share to Ola Jericho one share to Gail Bertram one share to Jack Jericho one re to Pierce me to Harry by w As in a that swept a Modh Xie Chicago Rooming House routing 50 residents. Authorities said the persons who a i Al do Orie died in the Blaze a in it inn Mai it to a quo Nan or were trapped on the building s third floor an attic converted to living quarters. The dead were Stephanie Walker 21 months James Mcneil 45. His wife Virginia. 40, and a Man identified As mrs Mcneil a brother. Mrs. Lotona Walker 24, Mother of the dead child was among the injured. She and two other women mrs Ella Lowler. 104, and mrs Navarre Ladd. 47, were released from provident Hospital after treatment for minor injuries. A fourth woman mrs. Mary Matthews 34. Was transferred to county Hospital suffering first and second degree Burns. Three of the injured including mrs. Lowler were carried to safety by firemen. John Hillebold fourth division fire Marshall reported the Blaze started from undetermined causes in a second floor Stair Wall. He estimated damage at $ 5,000. Coroner Walter e. Mccarron said the converted attic did not have a fire escape and he declared his office would a fully investigate Quot the tragedy. He said a Lack of fire escapes and what he called division of the attic into 13 rooms was a one More Case and mrs. Wendell Stacker also where Money has been put ahead of led with the local group. Human lives. Chanan and of Vid d among b Davis and Vesta e. Mae Grau Virly of the will w up May 28, 1949. I k. Share to be a bus e. Skimin. Is named exec Cut was drawn continue to search for pm. Be Honolulu ins a k Ore planes were ordered into the search at Daybreak today for a missing c-97 a Force plane with seven men aboard Las heard from 385 Miles Southwest of Oahu yesterday. At it height yesterday an Armada of 29 planes and eight ship5 were engaged in the massive search under Clear skies. Dies of injuries Maquoketa., ins a a a six month old Preston infant John Kinney died today in a Maquoketa Hospital i of injuries received in a one car Accident Friday. The infant was in a car driven by a his Mother mrs. Harold Kinney when she apparently struck a Slippery spot on Highway t 61 and skidded into a ditch. Neither mrs Kinney nor the other children in the car were injured

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