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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - July 1, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa Fat pleasant i news partly Cloudy vol. A no. 1s4mt. Pleasant Iowa wednesday evening july i 1970price to cents Only 9 first on list 1971 draft Call birthrates and order in the draft lottery Washington up a follow tag Are the birthrates of men becoming 19 years old this year and the order in which they will be summoned for possible military service in 1971, As established by the draft lottery first figure Given to the birth Date Washington up a youths who will be 19 on july 9 were tagged today to be the first called up for induction in 1971 under the National draft lottery which decided the military prospects of 600,000 eligible born in 1961. A red capsule drawn from one plastic drum and a Green capsule taken from another assigned july 9 the no. I priority on next years callup list. Beaber has major surgery after fall Jamar Jan. 1-39 2-16 3-336 4-99 5-23 6-285 7-169 8-116 9-69 10-401 11-144 12-162 13-330 14-71 16-74 16-136 17-54 18-186 18-184 20-211 21-129 22-182 23-48 24-477 26-67 28-140 27-137 28-346 20-277 30-112 31-60. / february feb. 1-335 2-864 3-188 4-94 5-97 6-16 7-26 8-127 9-187 10-48 11-22 12-262 13-13 14-288 15-201 j16-334 17-345 18 887 19-331 20-20 21-213 22-271 23 961 24-226 25-326 26-88 27-66 28-234. March March 1-14 2-77 3-207 4-117 5-299 6-296 7-141 8-79 9-279 10-150 11-317 12-24 13-241 14-12 16-157 16-268 17-220 18-319 20 170 21-246 22-269 23-281 24-203 25-298 26-121 28-96 29-147 30 66 31-38. April april 1-224 2-216 3-297 4-37 5-124 6-312 7-142 8-287 0-223 10-165 11-178 12-89 19-148 14-208 15-182 18-31 17-264 18-136 19 62 20-118 21-8 22-256 23-292 24-244 35-328 26-137 27-236 28-82 29-111 May May 1-179 2-98 3-171 4-240 5-301 6-268 7-29 9-106 0-357 10-146 11-293 12-110 13-353 14-40 15-344 16-175 17-m2 18-180 10 155 20-242 21-225 22-199 23-222 24-22 25-26 26-148 2.7-122 20-0 29-61 30-209 31-360 june june 1-65 2-204 3-135 4-42 5-233 6-163 7-169 8-7 9-362 10-75 11-356 12-51 13-348 14-363 15 276 18-229 17-209 10-214 19-163 20-43 21-113 22-107 25-44 24-226 25-327 26-308 27-55 28-215 29 154 30-217. July july 1-104 2-322 3-30 4-59 5-287. 6-164 7-365 8-106 9-1 10-158 11-174 12-267 13-349 14-166 15-273 16-284 17-341 18-90 19 310 20-120 21-356 22-262 23-172 24-300 25-3 26-47 27-85 28-190 29-4 30-15 31-221. August aug. 1-326 2102 3-279 4-300 5-64 6-251 7-263 8-49 9-125 10-35# 11-230 12-320 13-58 14-103 15-270 18-329 17-343 18-109 19 83 20-69 21-60 22-250�?T 5d-10 24-274 25-364 26-91 27-232 28 248 29-32 30-167 31-275. September sept. 1-283 2-101 3-183 4-231 5-285 6-21 7-265 8-108 9-313 10-130 11-288 12-314 13-238 14-247 15-291 16-139 7-200 18-333 19 228 20-281 21-88 22-88 23-206 24-237 25-107 28-93 27-338 28 30# 29-303 30-18. October oct. 1-308 2-191 3-134 4-288 5-186 �-79 7-131 8-45 9-302 10-160 11-04 12-70 13-92 14-115 16-130 16-34 17-990 18-340 19 74 30-196 21-5 22-36 23-339 24-m9 26-17 26-104 37-318 28-28 29-269 30-322 91-311. Nov a fur nor. 1-243 2-306 3-294 4-39 5-296 6-245 7-t2 6-119 9-176 10-83 11-123 13-226 13-272 14-11 19-382 1�97 1t-0 18-280 19-262 30-98 21-81 22-263 23-193 24-81 26-23 28-62 27-168 38-324 29-100 Kab. One by one the 365 birthrates of the year were pulled from their drum and at the same time a capsule containing a priority number was selected from a nearby drum. It was the latter selection that determined the order in which this years 19 year Olds would be summoned for military service by their selective service boards. The drawing went much More slowly than had been predicted. Officials had anticipated it would be completed in an hour and a half but the lottery took More than twice As Long As that. Terry Beaber 23, of 211% East Monroe Street under a font major surgery at University hospitals in Iowa City tuesday evening for injuries received tuesday afternoon. Beaber fell from an electric Power Utility pole at the Cornier of South White and Green streets while Reading a voltmeter and struck the ground on his head and shoulder. He suffered a severely crushed Vertebra and doctors fear the Accident May result in partial or total paralysis from the Waist Down. It is possible that his head came in Contact with a a a hot wire which knocked him from the pole. Name attorney for Wilson became defense department manpower needs for next year have not been set officials were wary of predicting any hard and fast guideline for this years 19 year Olds to determine exactly if they would be subject to Call. However As a Rule of thumb they indicated that those with priority numbers from i to 185 should consider themselves potential draftees while those with numbers above that could probably plan on being exempt. Bor instance at Ute other end of the scale youths bom on july 7, 1991, were placed 366th on the induction priority list and almost assuredly were guaranteed draft Safe status. Donald Bell senior partner in the Legal firm of Bell and Hansen new London has been appointed by judge j. R. Leary As Legal counsel for Frank Edward Wilson. Wilson is charged with murder in the strangulation slaying of his wife Sharrine Ray Wilson. Mrs. Wilson a body was found in a shallow Creek bed just South of the Brandywine Road North of it. Pleasant on sat urday. The preliminary hearing will be scheduled next week in Justice of the peace George Means court at which time the calling of a grand jury will be decided. Sheriff Van s. Crawford whose suspicion of foul play led to an intensive investigation and Early arrest of Wilson said today that except for a few details the formal investigation has been concluded by the state of Iowa by. Wilson is in the Henry county jail with Bond set at $40,000. Two injured in collision near it. Union Senate votes to overhaul Jeffrey Dohrman 16, of Appleton driving a 1964 Olds convertible and William Pye 64, of it. Union the Driver of a 1967 Chevrolet pickup truck were involved in an Accident tuesday at 12 05 . The Accident occurred about one half mile South of it. Union where county Road a joins a county dirt Road. The Dohrman car stopped at a Stop sign proceeded on and collided with the truck being driven by Pye. Pye was taken to mercy Hospital in Burlington for treatment of injuries. A passenger in the Fye car Jon Pye 12, of it. Union suffered injuries to his right knee and was treated at new London. Damage to the right Side of the Olds was estimated at $1,000. The left front of the Fye vehicle was damaged an estimated $500. The Accident was investigated by Deputy sheriff Charles Droz who issued a ticket to Dohrman charging failure to Stop at a Stop sign. To department Washington up a land a measure outlaws compulsory Union Mark legislation to overhaul the ism while the Senate Bill Grants Post office department for the permission to negotiate for a Union first time in its 187-year history was i shop. Passed by the Senate Early today shortly before old night it with set Cap a Marathon 15-hour, 22-min Doz in postmen in the Galler Ute session. The Senate another the Bill to create an Independent a or difference in the two Bills postal service and Grant postal workers an 8 per cent pay raise j warned by sen. Diaries e. Good now goes to a House Senate con Ell ., that the situation Ference committee. It marked a vie among mail carriers was desperate tory for the Nixon administration j and that new strikes could erupt most of the session that began at next week the Senate adopted 73 9 . Tuesday and ended at 12 22 to 14, an amendment by sen. Jac-. Today was consumed by de of k. Javits to make an 8 Bate Over the Cooper Church a per cent pay raise retroactive to amendment to limit . Military a april 16, the same As the House Bill Tivi ties in Cambodia. Small Mouth Bass for area Ponds the drawing that determined july 9 As no. I was made by Robert Roth 21, a Hartford wi., youth adviser to the selective service who is himself bound for army service in july 12. Both a Ripon College graduate will report to it. Sih okla., As a commissioned second lieutenant. Under the two capsule system sept. 16 was the first birth Date drawn but youths bom on that Date were assigned an induction priority of 139 because of the numbered capsule drawn from the other drum. August draft Call reduced mrs. Davis names her committee Washington up air it lense department called today for an August Drift Call of 10.000 men 5.000 fewer than in july and the lowest August quota since the Vietnam buildup began in 1966. Pentagon spokesman Jerry w. Friedheim said one or two months of a Aero draft later this year can be considered a a defense Secretary Melvin r. Laird revealed in a broadcast tuesday night that the augur draft would be less than half of the August 1969, quota., when 29,600 were drafted. It turned out to be approximately a third. Friedheim also announced that i the total draft for 1970 is now expected to be Between 150,000 and 1170.000 men a reduction of 10,000 in the top figure. Reductions in the sine of the Farmed forces at a rate of about dec. 1-347 i a a 2-110 -306 5-27 9-108 t-m2 9-323 0-114 19-204 11-72 12-19 13-191 .14-343 19-97 1941 17-319 19-209 19-249 29-219 21181 22-194 23-210 24-2 29991 28-99 27-229 28-138 29-149 99-w3 31-128. Property on North Adams sold announcement to made of Thel Sale of the property at 107 North Adams Street owned in Job hams to Jennie foggy. She expects to move her Beauty Salon from 299 North main to tile new location. I Burlington a mrs. Kathleen a Okay teen Davis of Burlington a candidate for election to the Republican state Central committee As first District vice chairman today announced the formation of her District wide Campaign committee Ben a. Galer of it. Pleasant mrs. Mabel Edwards of Iowa City and mrs. Alma House of Burlington have been named District co chairman of her committee. The District vice chairman will be elected at the first District caucus on july 24, on the eve of the state convention in Des Moines. Galer who served As District gop chairman from 1958 to 1966, said a we Are convinced that Ray tee Davis is the most qualified and experienced person to hold the position of District vice chairman. Republican leaders and workers indicate that Kaytee has significant support in ech of the twelve counties of the some 18,000 Small Mouth Bass fingerlings were distributed to 80 Farmers and others representing 85 Henry county farm Ponds at Mcmillan Park tuesday morning. Leo Turley District conservationist with the Henry county soil conservation service left and a representative of the Fairport fish hatchery North of Muscatine distributed the fish. Young Dennis Huddleston Center son of or. And mrs. Dennis Huddleston is eager to receive his fathers allotment and take them to their acreage and new farm Pond South of new London. Fingerling Channel Catfish will be distributed about the first of september to Farmers whose Ponds Are in excess of one acre. The pcs and ass offices can Supply fishermen with a St of arca farm Ponds where the fishing is excellent and the a a Welcome sign is out. Plane with 39 hijacked to Havana iu11 activity in other Capitol the major difference Between the tuesday the House two postal Bills is that the House passed it first major anti crime Bill of the 91st Congress authorizing $3.1 billion for state and local police programs such As riot training and Community relations. Will study in Spain miss Kathy Norris an under a sent to the White House a Bill to continue major ant pollution programs unchanged for two graduate student at Cornell col month while work is completed on lege it. Vernon Iowa and the limited window service a it. P. Post office on Fri limited window service will be provided at the Post office on Friday july 3, the stamp and parcel Post window will be open from 8 30 . To 10 30 . And 3 00 . To and lock boxes will be served. There will be no Rural or City delivery on july 4. 5 00 . The Money order window will be open from 9 00 . To 10 30 . And 3 00 . To 5 00 . Normal delivery service will be provided on Rural and City routes and regular dispatches of mail will be made. The Post office will be closed All Day saturday july 4. Special delivery service will be provided hol the Henry county courthouse will be closed on Friday july 3, since the Holiday Falls on saturday when the courthouse is normally closed. Most business will be As usual on Friday. Some places will close Early according to individual announcements. A limited number of places will be open saturday july 4, for part of the Day or for All Day As an Miami up a a National airlines dc8 Jet carrying 39 passengers and crewmen was hijacked to Havana today shortly after Takeoff from new Orleans. National Headquarters in Miami said the Pilot Carl Greenwood of Miami radioed from Over the Gulf of Mexico a on Way to Havana. Request Havana there was no indication How Many were involved in the hijacking. The plane carried 32 passengers and seven crewmen. The dc8-na-tional�?Ts flight 28-originated in san Francisco and made stops at Las vegas and Houston before new Orleans. The plane was hijacked at 9 26 . Edt National said. About la minutes after taking off from new Orleans bound for Tampa and Miami. The plane landed at Havana Stose Marti Airport at 10 53 . I Edt. New air and water cleanup Legisla daughter of or. And mrs. Robert Norris 712 Broadway has been gave formal clearance for Early selected to join the experiments consideration of the s0.caued news Independent study program group paper preservation act. To Spain during the fall of 1970. Voted to stand by it proposed the announcement has been forced Bunij and made by or. John a Wallace i attempt Fco Leagai ize court re Recter of the school for interned Freedom of Choice school in training Brattleboro it. F the Teg ration plans is conducted by in International Liv City Power tonal the school Experiment ing. The Experiment recognizes that a communication is the key to understanding another people and its la consequently it requires j i i u la i us its participants to have Basic conversational ability in the language of their Host country. To enhance her semester in Spain Kathy will enrol in an in Tensive course in Oral Spanish. All time High tile big 9375 Eva Turbine Generator was started at the municipal Given by the Experiment just prior put Mer Plant Early tuesday and by to the beginning of the program. During the language course she noon it was supplying the City of it. Pleasant with an All time record iday dispatches of mail will be made bounced individually. 30,000 a month Are helping reduce Tine draft. The quotas for May june and july were 16,000 each. The August draft will bring total inductions for the first seven months of the year to 124,500�?107,000 fewer than for the same period last year. If the Low figure of the departments 1970 estimate proves Correct and the total draft is 150,000 for this year Only 25,500 draftees would be needed during the last five months of the year. August quotas since the Start of the Vietnam buildup have Helen 16,500 in 1966, 36,000 in 1966, 29,000 in 1967, 18200 in 1966, and 29,500 by 1969. Organizations give their ratings of Iowa congressmen Des Moines Idra a several National organizations have rated congressmen on the Basto of their Roll Call votes during the 1969 on issues which each group considers important. A rating of a i ooh indicates the lawmaker voted favourable to the sen. Jack Miller r sen Harold Hughes d congressmen Fred sch Wentt Rjohn Culver do r. Gross or. John heal amp Aca Ada nov Cope 67 17 44 20 8 89 94 too As 40 60 80 6 87 93 too too 13 20 30 77 13 52 33 18 60 93 78 05 7 40 30 94 7 23 to Ltd. Rill Wiley Mayne William scheme r Aoa americans for constitutional action a conservative group. Ada americans for democratic action a Liberal group. Nov a National Farmers Union a Liberal agricultural group. Lopez the Al Cion a committee on political education. Virgil Hileman right assumed the responsibilities As president of the it. Pleasant rotary club tuesday evening. Retiring president Joe Williams passed the Gavel of leadership and authority in the Brief ceremony. Rotary installs new president the Joe Williams retiring president aug and other problems. Of the it. Pleasant rotary club club directors in the various Aven passed the Gavel of leadership to 1 us of service As Well As committees the 1970-71 incoming president Vir and committee chairmen will focus Gil Hileman. At the tuesday evening their attention on a bridging the Gap a Hileman said. Gives Flowers to boys Money in Home disappears will meet the other members of her 200 kilowatts 112% More than study group. With the assistance previous a it eak demand Ever re of an experienced Leader the group corded will discuss the customs and Cul add the cloy is Selling Ture of spam and prepare to met a i Watts to Sherbina it mo., through its people on their own terms. I Grid agreement following Kathy a arrival in the Jow amp and Home stay Community abroad she will live with a local family for one month. This firsthand Opportunity to develop friendships to learn the customs and traditions and to 155" i april and the big Turbine has been tic Pate in the activities of the 1 _ Host country from the Vantage sour. Due to the economics of Power generation the City of it. Pleasant has been purchasing Power since mrs. Laura Coe of 104 n. Harrison Street a most gracious and generous lady provides tender Loving care for a Beautiful bed of Lowers on her property. Some Days ago a boy about to years old called at her Back door and asked for some Flowers for his Sisters wedding. She willingly obliged and provided the armful of White snowball hydrangeas. After her caller had left she discovered that some $31 was missing from her nurse. She did not assume that the boy was connected with this loss. A few Days later another boy a bout 12 years old called at the Back door and made a similar request and was also provided a Nice Basket of Flowers and at no Cost. This time she discovered that $20 was missing from her purse. She then became suspicious that there was a connection Between the requests for Flowers and the missing Money. On the third occasion a Friend of mrs. Coe was visiting her and when mrs. Coe went to the Back Yard to Cut the Flowers a second youth entered the front door in an attempt to pilfer mrs. Coe s purse he was caught and gave a fictitious name to the ladies. City police Are investigating. Point of a family environment is tile heart of the Experiment program. During the second and third month in Spain miss Norris will participate in area studies and a loss cultural course and will pursue Independent study projects relating to the Host country. Miss Norris a 1968 graduate of it. Pleasant Community High school will have the Opportunity to make an informal trip through Spain. Travel will be by bus or train and she will have the of Idle James Ritter general manager. Of the utilities will keep Tho Turbine on the line and Ira operation As Long As Peak Power demands exist and the Turbine can operate in the maximum efficiency Range. Set. Louis to. Up a Union electric co. Passed its first test of strength tuesday As it set a new record for electrical Power supplied to customers in Missouri Illinois and Iowa. With air conditioners churning and fans at full throttle a spokesman said the Peak usage came at 3 . As it put out approximately club meeting. In stepping Down. Williams expressed his sincere appreciation to the membership for their Strong support and Active participation in the special and regular club activities during the past 12 months. He was presented a Gold past president s pin and a warm applause from the club. President Hileman reminded the club of the National presidents pledge that 1970-71 will be a year of a bridging the Gap in the 1970-71 directors and their responsibilities Are Ross Waters club vice president and director of club service Elmer Kreuger director of vocational service Rev. Gerald Roseberry director of Community service and Larry Cullison director of International service. The membership was reminded that the july 7th meeting will be a club Assembly in preparation for the District governors visit on which july 21st. Joe Panther assistant sgt. At extended a very special to the membership for the auricular canal is a tube leading from the external ear to the eardrum. Port Unity to test her ability to get along with other Young Spanish 4k�o-wa. The people As she applies the new Cus record of 4,005,000 was set on july 17, last year. A spokesman for Union electric said tuesdays High was a Only an Early Peak and its Likely to hit new records As the summer goes Toms she Learned during her Home stay. During the current year Experiment academic programs will extend into 13 countries in Africa. Asia Europe and the Middle Bast. Its participants represent a wide Range of colleges universities and 56v0i7 clip in geographic areas. In addition to its Independent study programs i a Llu itis fit fire the school for International train j ing offers an International Carcer Newark . Up a seven training program it the graduate persons including five children died level and a masters degree pro j today when a fire of suspicious Wagram for language teachers. All National and International rotarians will dedicate their energies arms Lemmas it ice oration. Pollution i they Good natured contributions roti Uinn Ralph Taylor to the a club Piggy Bank fund totalling several Hundred dollars have been paid into the a a pig in the form of fines usually accompanied by humor jokes and Good fun. The Money is used in support of the clubs boy scout sponsorship. Members were also reminded that the 1970-71 year will Mark the it. Pleasant rotary clubs 50th anniversary. A special program is being planned under the leadership of i icy i if Iglus raced through the upper floors of a shabby three Story tenement in Newark s Ironbound Section. Four of the victims were the children of or. And mrs. Marcos men uses and a fifth died when in leaped from tile blazing top floor of the Frame building. Another 12 persons were injured including two firemen. Two of the injured including mrs Meneses were reported in poor condition. All the dead were found on the gutted second and third floor which housed nine humid is. Terk e v Erse by a. Gordon when All your Bone. 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