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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - January 31, 1961, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news \ of. 8 a no 2�?� it. Pleasant Iowa tuesday evening Jam Auy Ai i d01 these Days by of Tirgg e. Sokolsky i 111 a Kesidis it and Ooi let president Kenned a Lei at first pros confort Nee about Gold is it Aret t but should to have Aud it it a child Serin to to that any stat men on Gold should to sudden without warning so that Tho speculators have no impetus to drive up Tho Price much of our troubles arise from Tho Specula i Tive activities on the London Market. The United states purchases Quot Iii at $35 an ounce. Tho Price Friday i on the London Market $35 43 an ounce. The speculative Price has Bei n As High As Over >40 an ounce. Gold these Days is mined principally in South Africa and soviet Russia there is Small mining in the United states Canada and elsewhere but the a account for so Little that in i need no enter into any calculation. The South Gold extremely important and the american companies interested in the Mineral have huge investments in South african i mines. However As the speculative Price of Gold is higher than the i Iran Price Little it any of the South african product has. In recent months came to this Conn j try. It is consumed mostly by european Banks and individuals. Aho tin j Apa i in have been buying cold. The United states needs Gold to spa Alf a 25 per cent dec vet age for its it Urrey ii bus recently been losing Gold too rapidly and in too great quantities tor economic safety there an. Of course those who do not believe in a Glt id tor Money and who do believe in Fiat Money do i to the frightful sex Peric Nee of other countries with inflationary procedures. One cannot Argin with such persons because Tho refuse to recognize wha has Bern True since ancient Egypt and Babylon that tin human race traditionally and historically recognizes mom y As Good win a backed by Gold and inadequate when not Bai kid by told. In the roiled m ites tin re in. Oin big a set me e pins it Ion to Gold probably the most effective of the ant i a g old nun a a tits w As tile populist party which developed in the Midi Quot West in opposition to Wall Street the Propen Victory for Kennedy in House kiwanis votes nearly 400 $1500 gift to at anneal scout Camp dimes Hale Between 350 and too a copy a at tided lie annual March of dimes j tile it. Pleasant kiwanis club Hall monday evening at i or Mai Ai voted to give $1,500 to Tim capital health Institute and danced to Iii i improvement program of Camp my. In of the Ari Cherata Eastman at the meeting monday Harold Craig had us flu decorates Ming. Ing committee for the occasion meeting of Community Chest feb. 7 injured in close vote car truck mishap to expand rules croup the annual Community Chest meeting will be held tuesday evening. K b 7 at 8 00 at Tim Harlan Lintel. I bus is the meeting whirl pm 81 11 pin m�w1 la people in the i. Pleasant Corn ered Mcdowell it. Pleasant route three. F offered a Cut up and a knee injury when the 1960 Ford Falcon he . Driving involved in a collision with a truck driven Washington up a presi by a or. Blind of dryer on High Dent Kennedy won his first big 103. Two Miles East of West congressional Victory today we n the Camp Eastman development dying the intern a Ion t ii r j Tom Iii Cir t arca Are invited to explained by Warner a. In Many Beautiful a ekes a it re award i h.p1 l 1,1 includes Tim a a Cov Quot a 11. Former Council president. Up it their wining. Mr.-. Ii l. Adams i it 1 by the my pleasant con min Supply Mcnary remarks were made president of the american legion i la District la is on of Tfir by e a Hayes Council Campaign auxiliary . Tom Cath \ and chairman and h p. Mccran. Mrs. Neb Schmidt Valt in Char chairman. Of the drawing with miss k the kiwanis club in making the Remer drawing the winning num most. Important meetings of the veer for this group the summary of the Chest drive last fall will be Given and the officers will be elect gift which May be fitted into the hers from the Box. Or Sam Ewart i c Lor a Quot it Outing year. Three year development program is and . Stanley Looker wire co-1 this Gould Well be one or the petting a possible pattern for Tho chairmen of the Cak i project Jinns tin Poi hip meetings the Chest Tother kiwanis clubs of the Council donor of cakes followed both it ibo is re r Public support a and All May join in financing a winners arc listed below specific improvement. American legion auxiliary the local club has a special in Loren Mcne tie the zest in boys and girls work and . Varoy Kruse a i a i n has done much directly for scouts Crawford and scouting in the it. Pleasant Gem loan a is. Community As Well As in the Colin Mai. I not been wide spread enough to fill Ilu Chest needs those who have contributed have d be very Well. M by have done nothing. This Lack j of in Poi might be understood As end Worde a repudiation of tin efforts of the Community to provide worthwhile to in House voted to expand the rues the Mcdowell youth who Wasny to committee to . And Gary Peterson. Do a toll Call to c of 217 to 212, i. Pleasant were returning from it approved a proposal by speak a it. Madison. Tile truck pulled out san Rayburn to enlarge the 12-of a Side Road onto the Highway Man group to 15 members. Mcdowell headed West. Tried to t1 w l1 Adel three Libers my a swerve and m s striking the truck her a 10 Quot committee and break but. Was unable to. The front die conservative control that had end of the truck collided with the threatened to Roadblock House a left Side of the car. Peterson t tion on Kennedy a Liberal Legi amp la Hurt. Tive program. Tiv Falcon extensively in close contests. To aided mgt a damaged. Lee county authorities brr two of whom will be ram d investigated by Rayburn a wit swing control of the commit tic frn chairman Howard w Smith d-va., to Rayburn. Smith is chief strategist of a con Elvation coalition a Corr sing him of r p. William m or Rush to get licenses Chimpanzee takes a Roket ride. Chimpanzee goes on High and l ast rocket flight Oil. The gift for capital improve Winfield Ileal mints i. An additional phase of the biliary a Price Ari can al Hal it up it 11 the unit d states successfully Dom the capsule indicated the Milt a trained Chimpanzee on a Chimp alive when it hit the 5.000 nip an hour rocket flight water radio telemetry circuit club s work and not a replacement of local support it stated. Club Spon worship of the travel and adventure series has made in Sib la an accumulation of funds i thai can be used for this purpose club officers and h. F. Mcleran i said. The program monday evening 1 in two sections. Immediate president Roger gales gave a Ujj cute Hillsboro american legion Ili Arv a Bob tracked mr.-, Fred woe re email al Riec Olds american legion auxiliary a Don by i Lings a Iris Beauty shop Ericson or Merton Wright Bank . Lola of Battles Merd miss. And the committees we had the biggest Day in a four r pub ican it which in the ,. I ii i t or it a irm a onday Selling nearly Pat has blacked action on some Aux Arr by humanitarian efforts car licenses and other vehicle la Quot Ion Aux b1 grains t r our youth through girl Sand boy scouts and student Cen to such recognized giants in the Field of Aid to service men the alleviation of human suffering and Aid flt r unfortunates through the american red Cross and salvation . Welfare Bills like Thole in Ken-1 c i s. Said county Nedys i priority list. William Hayward tuesday. A it it the deadline for buying 1961 although Kennedy forces carried pini�.-, without penalty is 4 30 pm. Today a vote the narrow margin today it tuesday and the trea it or appeared to foretell a hard Rocky or. Harry Ai a 1 1 sup Poi t of our own school or off crowded with per Road ahead for much of Theka a eur John for retarded children. An imitation is especially Given Over the Atlantic today in a rehearsal for manned space flight the Rock t overshot its target by 130 Miles but sen a this said the Chimp alive when its Cabin hit the it r and had been sighted. The National aeronautics and sluts Agency said shortly before i p in that they it up cited to re Cov r the floating capsule within three hours. Wind receive signals from the space Craft went out when it land a it i and no further signals wore n Sci cd. Review of Many of the More important activities of the club in Tho year As disclosed in the achievement report for the year. A it a a the club had a Long and in the Chimpanzee had 28 hours of Pressie hit of activities and pro of. In i planning in the capsule Grams. Many of there were Man unit tin lines wire damaged. Tio cd briefly by or. Galer. However there no food or a a Keith me al t i Mote a a ii a a the i. J 1 Bilos it could 0&Quot Van Industry no mom y al in coing. In i de i lop i to cold v William Jen ran on the or Dot it tin a in Leat i of is in it r to e and his of Quot the w eel called crops. Ii a e w a h or the a new it j i 11a 90. Eat of populism dings Bryan v to democratic ticket three times and cd. Hot wanted the in Gold to to in to oui fort popularly free Sliver mov Lull a in Farmer wanted w al v a i p Money but in Pirn develop d am borrowing world to go proc be. Suol Gold in ii hindi the Mineral in to accessible. Bet Ween the Nisita ions of William m Kinley a rid Franklin d remt Sevelt the t a state remained Quot ii the Golf did american Money sound and hard Franklin d. Roosevelt went Iii the Gold is and Aid and tile Sun in of a ont u pm a if him i a ii old ii Jit a1 joint Nso qution decision oct nevertheless us United state s cd Vid oper into Possi or of Gold i told ii v ii Hoard of $24.-50b.tiqu.noo at it in tiny ibis has now Flat t borate into. About $17-000. which i in to qua a. The problem is to rest Jle the am r an Gold Loard to of least $18 Ogo of i a to i rate a Dollar t i a in Quot hark Loun unit i y at is Abou .s2&Quot.boo,o i a hot Money Quot Moi Yout of calculation i Rev to 4 m Many parts of the rid and to res Ore resp it tor our currency univ it really. This u la not be achieved by a task Force of a to of professors who do not understand the operations of Money professor wrote water the Small specially i formed Couch in which he engaged. Immediately after the Rockef lifted from its launching pad an a in vers who n cold d lights fi06 Jet Quot Chile Quot plane flew Over f cd Appal Rny perform cd sat the Cal and headed downrange. I act Only during the buffeting the plane carried two astronauts. Pilot air Force maj. D. K say i in Chimp Simoune Emont said t ii trained for months to hit shortage at Malvern Bank cashier kills self auxiliary Lister daughter. Of i a Olla de Rord emr Salem american legion auxiliary a Glen St in. On sons getting their plates. Nedy program. Even with the rules at. 11 30 a. In tuesday 5,121 car blockade broken the president May la Mea to be Well or pro Brenir it Anco 422 truck plates had have troubl1 mustering the major f m l 1 Uhi dance of All in a can it Toj j the sales arc slightly a a Quot my. T have in the Hou get. T1 1 1 5f in nor did to express he Sci of last year at this tune. Bot i Rayburn and Kennedy put 111 11 feeling concerning hic fun after today a penalty of five per their prestige on the line in the if of it ills cent of the Cost of License per bitter fight that has embroiled the in it we How Quot in punt in out Monys wjy1 no penalty los Quot than $1 House since Jan. 3. Opening Day of immunity by attendance at the 0 charged. Person not having the 87th Congo is -. All Ether House annual Community cd St meeting their plates by March to will be Busine-.-, has been at a standstill six. R. I a. It i. V Sov n Astro ton. And Navy la. Cmdr Walter j _ i ii Eta of whom expats to Schirra. Malvern. Iowa up a a Rouin Iki i flight liner this the 83-toot combination of Rock Bank audit disclosed a Short Job in i rho 15 in nut. Cap tile and escape Tower a2rr at the Malvern Trust amp Sci. F in Var on. Van Point hand much like a pipe with a pigs Bank monday and apparently i a rotund.-, away whaler buoy on Tup to e smoothly prompted the Bank cashier and j Melvin Mcbeth Bernard j Dingman Reserve ties Clifford Cantwell v p w. Auxiliary a Lloyd hot Pili Rey Harry Ford a . John Hun Sluger american legion a a Ralph Lich Woldt . Francis Scott a Curt Moulter Harlan hotel a Ordale Kellogg . Han a we Walcy or. Join Neuweg mu., cd i Amre de hut. Mrs Dalton Gray or John feb 7, at the Harlan hotel. May contribute to Dunn family fined in Justice of peace court on on an official Mission. A 11 ii o u g ii telemetry award contract for w Ork at Ioc to a Blue Kyas hundreds of a jct president to commit suicide in ivc i sea a tests and in looked on., Federal Bank examiners showed a up at Lac Bank unannounced monday morning and about an hour school officials View c construction annoy Irwin it w7as made from Washington d. C., tuesday morn a i rip Fred so by eng i that and the Board Secretary. Mrs. Rob s11 a Mason company fit Mason and Cit Wilson visited the schools at la. In i id i reel award d a con Mediapolis and Bettendorf Mon i in of Lur work to b Keijo nned at1 Day to see the new construction tin i w ordnance Plant the firm and different types of construction. The trip made in Cornice r tit w till the planning for new Comisi auction in lie it pleasant Community school District. Members of the Board who went were Maurice Davis Robert Youn to . Milton Curtis and t h. Hanley. Later Bank Casher John e. Willard. 39. Went Home and killed himself j Wiki a Shotgun . 17ie amount of the Portage who err i not know immediately. However r. K Crane co far Berry or. Clark line a Ray she Quot . A Enol s in o us mr.,. Harry Elic on or. Walter erne. Karin or John woe r do my i it it. Pleasant school boned Mem Psi Jent e w Burdic sad hers and supt. Robert forma Nek e a i b pc i. It appeared to be a sub. Tanti ally less than the $12,000 Fidelity Bond w is awarded a $2,180,746 contract for medium Caliper ammunition and w or Heads. Six americans escape execution Elaine Itu gab r Ward Roberta Sowers in.--. Agency vie Launcr Benners Jim with threshers f cd store a Houghton clod ii e to i Pica ant womb i. Club i n Horn c Havana up America x charged with crime. Ara inst tire cuban state today a clip cd execution but were to y a in prison. Ben Gurion resigns Tel Aviv. Israel 301 i Emit r David Ben signed tonight. Up Gurion re Mark s one me that in to Rene a to to tin it in eau d vice Wessot stand t be r a it o lint excl Mot and heroin Deal j us ill in docs j nature of the to they do to Amel in a i actual Aurin one y from the Tab a it it a melt the country letters of in lit and such Mon p Money but the pro it a try did not Nacier of a hot Money Quot of bootleggers a Moray. He Apt understand the it. Vein and a hat in currency. Iii Vao promises to land a pm Ive passengers in Brazil in Miller lids court . Ralph the Bank holds with an Eastern cab casualty company. As Odic auditors Bogan a detailed Check of the Bank s records rough estimate of the shortage Quot about $50,000.&Quot the Odic audit probably will not Glen St Jvon be completed before late this week. J Kennedy n u r he said. Burdie displaced the shortage shortly after Willard a 14-year Bank employee and the son of tile president of the Home savings Bink at Persia found dead. Burdie said Willard showed up it work As usual monday morning _ to be greeted by Bank examiners Jai i who make twice a year visits on v Hlad Mcd a 1 0111 an unannounced schedule. Of a a i Willard left the Bank about 0.30 i Fly Sich i a it Ness a.m., ostensibly to go Home for _ Quot his usual cup of Coffee a Burdie pit subject to settlement of the Issue. Too Smith with the backing of most Southern democrats and al but a a mall group of republicans. Charg-1 re Rayburn with trying to a a pack the rules group Rayburn replied he _ seeking merely to assure that a number of persons have been majority of the House can work its friends and neighbors who would fined in Justice George Means will. Like to Cid the . Effie Dunn Tam court on various charge. Tho rules committee a House Lily with if us of any kind ran Call David j. Mcnamer Keokuk a traffic controls the flow of 18715. A. Pleasant or Fo-7-1291 rued Sib and cods for violating legislation from other committees j n w London or bring to the Green til Quot nighttime Speed limit and $5 to the House floor. In recent a ars Wood Community Hall during the and costs on an expired Drivers it a it divided sometimes 6 to 6 afternoon thursday feb. 2. Lic charge. Two dollars of the on or social welfare and Coelho Dunn family Abir to latter Fine suspended when he Nom in measures of the kind Kenova Only a Low items of furniture obtain d a valid Bren r. I Ray outlined to the Congress in of some clothing from the fire i Robert Pratt. Lockridge paid $15 his first state of the Union address which destroyed their farm Home and cod. On a charge of violating yesterday. On a tie vote clearance la work. Or Effie Dunn is stay the nighttime peed limit. Robert is denied. Inc with another daughter in c Dar Ingle Bright wa., fined $10 and j a r i Cis at present. Vale Dunn is cots on a defective equipment with the Merle Yaley family South charge. Even it Wellington. It. In. T of it pleasant and . Car pleasant driving a Eugene Smith Olyn bight Barbara and Becky a construction co. Truck a. Given Conff fuss at Tho hum of Myrtle Collins. H to kit on h Delin Tient. License i a or. And or. Charles True and charge and fined $10 and costs. Nod Collins Aro also guests in the a i the tickets were issued by Home of their grandmother. Mrs the Highway patrol. Kennedy to special message Myrtle Collins. Milt Bell Winfield of turd a pre place pews in Oakland Church Surprise pastor the engr Chat a n of the Oakland Manta Mullin Mills Community Church Are Happy or. Flea Holmes Gilbert tfx have received several items from Sci rear it to he former Baptist Church building.1 wings Oak Quot by .-. Robert pews a bulletin Board and other cog Ida in Cid dial furnishings were Given to . Fiord Ford a or Omar the Church by the Iowa Illinois stuck Jurg ii tii a he in co., owners of he building. The men of the Oakland Mills Community a hurry worked several Day. Lat week to Cut Down the size of the pews so that they could Bru cd for the worship service on sunday Jan. 29, Winch the last Washington up Sii and costs for passing a school Kennedy will Send Congress Bas which stopped to Dis a special message thursday on charge passengers. The charge pjs recommendations for a economic Iii d by the school Bas Driver. Recovery and growth a democratic a congressional leaders disclosed to Day. He will Send a second message a to Congress next monday on the balance of payments problem and the Drain of Gold from Hie United so ates to foreign countries. Tile first items on the Kennedy time table of legislative recommendation were reported by speaker Sam Rayburn after House and Senate democratic leaders held the second of their weekly legislative conferences with the president at the White House. Youth returned in radio theft ase i h be Are matter oat Ait president must Deal with if our cold is to be recaptured or it my cold is to to Brough in to Armor new a Washington Lupe presi said. Nothing apr Icard to be amiss can Kennedy said today he set vier to be conducted by or. E a. Burdie said but Willard apparent concerned about a a dearly Cleolin a Mathews before leaving for a win by realized the shortage a would be in to Jar physical fitness standards of ter ration. Or. And . Mathews picked up in the audit. Americans As compared with euro who were unaware of the project. After he left. Burdie said the pram and other people around tin Wen most pleasantly surprised up 1 on uterine the Church to find a the 620 Cap the message sent from the Cap 1 Willard a Short in some a i no said or hop cd that the White i no engr gation seated in the Tive liner 55 Miles of the Brazil i would a do our Best to Emp about the same time. Willard phase zen that fitness two of lie smaller stained Glam to come into Recife in View of arrived Home and told his wife he vital to the nations survival and windows Horn the Baptist Church a guarantees he had received from a going to get a that something must be done about also will be installed in the Oakland if t Ai aft r a u s. Naval Quadros. J sheriff eel Barcus said. Instead the problem. Mills Church building later. a roup boarded the Santa Galvao a announcement of his Willard went into a room just off Mal i and personally warned Gal p ans Vias disclosed shortly after the Kitchen took Down a .12 a o it too dangerous to free conferred for nearly three gauge Shotgun and shot himself in tile captives on the High seas. Hours aboard the Santa Maria the left Chest authorities said. Galvao a pledge made in a with rear adm. Allen Smith or. Bunty assessor Speaks at rotary Recife Brazil up a r Bel a a ,1. R Galvao prom a caplu.1 City of Naito Awtey. Tank examiner uncovered Turt world ised to it Day to Brin Tive passengers of the hijacked liner Santa Maria ashore Here a a it a a a St a a gh1v�?o� had dec did. Day. Message of new congratulations to the apparently without reaching goal line club to meet wednesday president of Brazil. Janio firm agreement on removal of the Date when Lite problem will Quadric who sworn in at passengers. B it1 a1 a i Quot Quot a cd inure ural iou err f monies in the Smith ret i lied to tile l a do la Aili i Ltd id in a. A a Stroyer gearing at mid morning the i . In. A i h Means Gold is to be absolutely silent after the session aboard the Santa that or. Cold a. Sets out Fly Quot about it but absolutely. J Maria and said i m d s ii it copyright. 1961 King features not As Del mite As All concerned j tic banquet March 22 will Bea a. Un.,id. A 6\ndicatt ilk would but it to Btu discussed. The goal line club will meet at the Rea building a the picture is at 7 30 . Plans for tile All Dollar Day Money saving Day wednesday in it. Pleasant police chief Werp t Smith re turned a 16-Ycarod sex t Moline la b it Here from much Tine min Day afternoon to face a juvenile court hearing on a charge of stealing a Rad from whales store sunday night. The boy is being held in the county jail awaiting the hearing. He taken into custody in or Caline sunday night after a radio Alert put out for the car in which he Riding with several other persons. Only the b1 held in the theft. He a. A Willard Jensen county assessor Frig thy juvenile record in Daven and a member of the rotary club port. Was the speaker at the monday _ a a night meeting of the rotary club. Or Jensen told the group of some ust Oates for of tile duties of the county asses Sor and some of the procedures that they follow. He said that the Success of a county assessor is due to the do strict speech context t will the Confidence placed in him by be held in Marengo Hie week of the p Ople. He said that limitations february 13 tile play contest will and requirements Are placed on the be monday. Tuesday and wednes assessor by the state but that the Day. Feb. 13 to 15. The individual assessor is the one who must will be Friday. Feb. 17 and ter Mitic the valuations a question debate on saturday. Feb. 18. And answer period followed or. Students who receive a i rating Jensens talk. In the preliminary contest go on to Gene Isaacson a gust at thu the District. All it. Pleasant Stu meeting final plans for the Vaten dents who participated at medi Tine party to be held at Tho student pods received is and will go to Union on feb. 13 Are being com Marengo for Hie Competition there pie Ted. Speech contest

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