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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - July 12, 1961, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news vol. 83, no. 1h2 two sections it. Pleasant Iowa wednesday evening july 12, 1961 showers these Days by George e. Sokolsky Blue Laws up Here in Western Massachusetts where i summer come Many week Enders to spend a Day or two in the Cool of the Berk Shires or to listen to a concert at Tanglewood or to watch a dance at jacob�?T., Pillow. There Are Many other such cultural activities Here which attract the casual tripper who does not take a Long summer vacation but goes with his wife or lady Friend hither and Yon seeking quiet and perhaps the Joy of a bit of unpolluted Green. Now along have come very diligent police officers to execute the Massachusetts Blue Laws con Cering keeping places closed on sunday this revival of puritanism does not include the clipping off of ears of the non conformist bin the continued harassment of Small merchants who exist for the week end Trade during its Short summer season could Send some into bankruptcy. This does not bother those who believe that theirs is the Only kind of Sabbath and that the spirit of Cottom Mather should govern the life of Man some merchants justify the Blue Laws on the ground that they a keep open All year and close every Denver it up it Here is a sunday and that the sunday Spe of iowans known to have Nalis a take away the Trade which aboard the unit d Aii lines dc.8 j0u3i truck Driver and his wife they would have if everybody had plane which crash a an bum of it ipod Ith minor injuries tues to close on sunday the truth is cd Here i be Xian claiming 17 be. Day in the crash of a United air = launch. Tiros Iii had transmitted seem double High flying sky spy and new weather Eye in orbit proposed county budget Calls for $18,242 reduction testing samples from 18 Trees for Elm disease samples of 18 it. Pleasant Elm i Trees Are being forwarded to the state testing Laboratory to deter me whether the Trees have dutch Elm disease. Ten Trees which apr year to have the disease were lifted previous y others added for the torts include two in Central Park and two More in Sandei Park reports on the compared with $111,506 for the cur getting orientated three beauties from the far East take time out for a bit of picture taking in Miami fla., during the a miss universe Competition. From left Ayenu Toyama Quot miss Japan a Suh Yang his miss Korea a and i Ling Wang a miss Republic of China Formosa Quot results of the test should be received in ten Days to two weeks probably the be. T example for Cape canaveral a. It up it of to Arguello. Calif Public viewing of the tree that apr the United states fired a Ujj a or sky spa Pear to have the disease is the on Quot weather Eye Quot satellite into orbit sat lit rumbled to a r Cord High at the Northwest Corner of the around the Earth today to televise it it in a a a that regularly took its Saunders school grounds. Two iowans die in Denver plane crash injured. Hurricanes from space. The satellite immediately went to work. Scientists said the shot went Quot al 25 Thomas Gamble 14. On of most the Federal space the Gamble not injured. 26 Kathleen Gamble 4, Daugh ter of the gambles not injured. Hunting pay experimental mix be Load or Russia the air Force said Midas Iii we the heaviest space Craft Ever launch e n the week end tripper is in new York or Boston or some other such place during the Days when tie regular merchant is willing to be open. Also then is great ingenuity among those who specialize in attracting the tripper two new York City Choo teachers came up <106 escaped it dead 1 mrs a lie d Sheperd. In her 70�?Ts, Davenport officially listed As dead by the airlines she was Enro Ute to Colorado Springs to attend the funeral of her brother wife. Agency said the Moon let a two Tele it it it it in r unit d Statt when i vision cameras were taking pictures on All Secir orbit 1,850 on its first orbit around the Earth. Night a it give tie Earth Over the tiros Iii was launched at an Job i k Lujo for each Angle of 48 degrees to the Equator. A Over tin arli in a almost this Means it will pass Over every. Creul it it he Point on Earth Between 48 North from hat to upon in Pace its and 48 Softli latitude. This includes Infra i a a. A d Over every spot Large areas of the soviet Union and on a h a one Tim it or another a a a a a China. In the Western hemisphere looking for Exham flames from a Edison Carver. 50, i is monies ill Range from Newfoundland to p ,.j. In Erna missiles its a. Southern Argentina. Load could detect nuclear one Hundred minutes after Bia. Tie satellite weighed 3,500 pounds iowan describes plane tragedy compromised on salary ceiling the amount to be raised by taxation for Henry county govern court fund $2,300for the state ment courts roads and the poor institutions fund $8,600 and for and so on will be $18,242 less the the Weed eradication fund $1,000. Coming year than for the present income from sources other than year the proposed budget discloses taxation will be less according to the amount for the new year the budget estimate. The income will be $532,114 compared i h Jor the current year was listed As $550,356. A part of the reduction 320.575. For the year the is in the general fund. The ask. Amoun is estimated at $276,850. Liws for this fund will be 96.485, the ,,nculr0cted a a Down from $206,480 to $143,400. Rent year a reduction of 14.661., proposed expenditures for the another sizeable reduction was current year were $1,077,411 and made in he amount requested for of the new year it $052,364. Actual the poor fund Chr reduction is expenditures for the year 1960 were $19,600 from $33,985 Down to a 13.6128. The Cash balance in tie $64,385, county funds is about $5,000 More tie amount asked for soldiers than for the preceding year Relief is Down $1,670 and for the hearing Date on the budget pro county fair Down $500 Are requested a postal As listed elsewhere in tin for the Issue is july 25. Deb to i neb up three members of the legislative interim committee huddled with the state Board of control behind closed doors today and reached a a Compromise Quot recommendation on the controversial mental health salary ceiling. The detail of the recommendation to be made to the full interim committee were not revealed tells u. S. Not to get tired of foreign Aid police take Man from parked car lines jetliner at Stapleton Airfield a very Good Cloud cover pictures or,., Here was in orbit however since miss Ruth a. I see. 21, Farragut off Ciary list cd a dead by.0jd us no de alarmed which gave weathermen information fun a Iju a mafia up much of its by Edison it Arver they would not otherwise have had a in burned up Mida its told to United press inter about a storm off the coast of lab in it in or5,t it than Nat a al Rador. Som it earlier satellites. Tie air Denver up. Quot we were scientists said the satellites radio f a a h it was Tho about 10 minutes out of Denver signals were picked up by tracking he amp. Of Iau Nehf would Nof when the Captain told us we had stations at Woomera Australia san do a via weighed when it ios our Hydraulic Brake fluid. He Nicholas Island calif., and Wallops the Idelt a aloft. Dens. Fog from Washington up a part tanks straight talking Soldier pres Dent Mohammad Ayub Khan told tie timely arrival of City to the u s. Congress today that tie lice As the result of phone Call United states had Quot better not get from Robert Nicholson probably sen John d Shopman a at 4jrpd of carrying a huge foreign saved the life of a local Man Wen lactic. Said the advisory sub com Ilid Burden. Dell Litton 39, Early wednesday morning. Police found Litton at 1 am. By Ting in the front seat of his 1956 full committee at its meeting next that in the event of a world War Ford week at Eldora. Pakistan is the Only country in Shoeman said the recommend Asia a who will stand by Mittee of the interim committee had tentatively agreed on a specific addressing a joint session of the recommendation to be made to the House and Senate Ayub also said airlines. A Newt 11 shool to our Wude Ness to get away from cached Enro Ute to Portland Ore it All at first they developed a Jor a a Jolt with her Brothers Little mail order business to and a Jurt d and uninjured i using novelties in fashionable 3 a Cha d to no it 44. Sioux i to irn tis Rhey were skillful and employee of Mutual of new their business prospered and in due York insurance co he was exc urse they bought a barn along am Ned and released from a to Side a Road gave it a new coat of ital pain and named it Jennifer 4 i of Moline 48. Sioux House this is one of Many such a v Teller at toy National Bank i tees in new England but i Hap find its scr of Moylim she a. He old us that fire wagons and other equipment would be there. Then we landed. It was awfully rough. We hit at a pretty Good Speed i he tried to Stop it but could not. Then it sounded like a tire blew or something. We whirled around and caught a Wing. There was fire on both sides. The Guy across the aisle opened the Hatch and we headed for the Hatch. We were sitting in the first Island a. County no hears talk on farm figures a a an $18,900 ceiling on salaries Ith the 30-foot satellite. 1 psychiatrists and physicians at i Arlo Sweet to air Force ,. This base Adja Cul to Van Denberg air Force base Success u was particular Scifert s since the first to Midas shots failed one failing to orbit and the other having transmitter Pouble also this one was hurled toward the trickiest orbit vet tion was Quot in the area of a the committee Quot a june 14 set an $18,900 ceiling on salaries of institutions under the Board of control. Summer to buy pretty things that i did not need and to eat Indian pudding from which alas i have ? now been excluded. Sunday is the most convenient work for a living during the week cd is and it does not make sense to t be a Day off for that sort of thing even in these Days of leisurely labor when one does not do too much lest he violate Union rules. The graph showed that today Henry county n of. Held their regular meeting monday evening. July 10, at the Rhea. Building pen to go there now and then. D Condit in at fizz a Quot z by Quot to Quot several Cedar county members v listed in Good co Naquon Ai ri1�?T Hatch. We were sitting in the first and feeling the candies of Simmors a my Hospital with Shock ,.w. Section on the left Side just were m attendance. A a v childhood smelling soap a it v ,. , to the funeral a a theil not Jack Cahill of Cedar county gave used to smell and buying gifts to of in la s i the Hea. Was Niue i never a very act St stalk about aver sind to friends there was a time a a h Robert hrs Dersofi 38 by a a age Iowa farm figures and Cost of Rit , Rysor so Fejt such beat. The fuel was Burn Quot 4 i went o Wiggins inn a West Des monies attorney Enro Ute ing on both sides x was kind of action fac p tractors Impton once or twice every he escaped with Only Panicky. R wanted my wife and i n for nomm from govern Mil a Quot torn shirt sleeve. To get out of there fast. We had to i it Lalli it uck 6. Merle bit tie 46. Des Moines drop a i done to know How jeweler. He was hospitalize d at far Colorado general hasp it ii wit ii had a broken rib and a Burn recur once of heal condition but 10i1 my Ift Side. My wife had some Day for tripping because one reported and Hurt her knee. 7 e Dura grub it66. Iowa we boarded the plane at Omaha. City Secretary in mercy Hospital were on our Way to see our nurses training school she was Lori Gale. In san Diego. He is in the Navy there. We Fly a lot. We will probably ii again it was just one of those things. I Don t know if we will go on to san Diego. We Don t have any clothing. Eight firms sign agreements Washington it up it a eight of the nation s largest defense contractors signed non i. Crim nation agreements with the government gives birth to 7th consecutive set of twins Jacksonville. Fla. Up mrs a l. Mac Pearson gave birth tuesday to her seventh consecutive set of twins a both boys. The Mac pearsons have had 18 children but Only 13 now Are Liv a ing. Was parked in the parking lot on the East Side of the Rea building. Two hoses connect he made the speech after a de to the cards exhaust extended lengthy conference with president through the left rear window of Kennedy. The chief executive agreed the car. Rags had been placed at i to Send a u. S. Scientific Mission to the top of the window. Pakistan to help devise practical the officers opened the car doors ways of reclaiming 27 million acres Khz it off the motor. Litton was of land poisoned by Salt deposits still breathing and was revived. Lift m was Tak a to the City jail. Fun was released later wednesday. His Case is pending. 1 Nicholson who lives at 909 e. Monroe St., saw a car enter the parking lot about 12 45 am. He a suspected that something was Wilke desires to get Back on duty Chariton Iowa up a puzzled Iowa Highway patrolman and called police. The of was recuperating today from a fico is hurried to the scene. Sheriff strange 46-hour ordeal while a Russell Van Tuyl was called later thormities continued to search for by the police to Aid in the invest his alleged kidnappers. Galion Robert Wilke 31, Chariton was pore Chlof Werner Smith said released from a Leon Hospital Lues that the evidence indicated an at president Kennedy hailed m�?op�ars�11 a television repair Day and expressed a desire to get tempter suicide. A Man had Only one comment we be it As a historic step in opportunities assuring for All air Kvut he Blue Laws will change All that one will have the al i in native of going to Church or sifting at Home. Back in the old Days of the three hour Sermon it was possible to pass the time listening to a Clergyman Thunder away at sin but oratory is no longer attractive As a Fine Art. A 20 minute Sermon seems to suffice and then one wants to get into a car to see the world. Back in the Days when there were no automobiles and no television and not even a phonograph folks did know what to do i in Good condition at Colorado general Hospital with smoke inhalation sprained ankle and burned Arm. 8 or e a Mcmurray. 60, Newton Enro Ute to san fear Cisco and Hawaii for three week vacation. He a no injured 9. Mrs. E. A met Murray new ton. Wife of or. Murmur rare. She was hospitalized with Burns and smoke inhalation. 10. Sandra Mcmurray 18. New word has been receded by rela ton. Daughter of the Mcmurray Tives Here of the death of mrs. She was not injured Ross Sadie Raines 74. Sunday 11 Edison k Carder. 50. Des july 9. At Colorado Springs. Colo. Moines truck Driver for Watson she was the daughter of the Rev. Bro transportation co. Who is and mrs. Martin Rich and form caped with minor injuries i Erly lived in the Trenton com 12. Mrs. Juanita Carder. 38, Unity. She has Many relative in equal Job american. Thit firm Cwm Western electric o. Boeing plane co. Doug la aircraft co general electric co. Martin co. North american aviation . Radio corporation of America and United aircraft corp. I got enough for a baseball team its time to Macarthur flies into Japan mrs. Ross Raines Dies in Colorado she is in Good condition at Fitz with their tune. Nobody did any this far them so they did or army he it a. Themselves. But even then the Blue Laws invaded the Homes to discover that ones thoughts were not sinful. However there was bundling for the very Young. Find Nutten. Peulum8. And a daughter. 13. Mrs. Vilhelm Ine Magnus sen 78. Resident of the Friendship Home for the aged in Audubon who was in route to visit a son c. V mag funeral services were held wednesday morning. Property sales Are reported the average operating costs of an Iowa farm is $17,453.02. The average income is $13,347.20. That shows that Farmers Are losing Over $4000 each year and they Are living on their depreciation and interest. These figures were based on a ten year average. As an example Corn should be priced at $1.71 per Bushel to meet Cost of production. It was stated Tami there have Only been 2 year since 1909 that Farmer have received Cost of production for their commodities a report was Given by Wilbur Garrel about tie . District meeting saturday night. Also it Sal of the mrs Fred William was reported that National no estate property on South Walnut de Tok it a know was coming. Vice president Bob Casper will to Virgil Ayer on an offer of $6,800 there was Little ceremony and no meet with Secretary of agriculture was approved by the court wednes official japanese delegation to Orville Freeman and with us a Day. The Ayers had recently sold 8�et him officials on july 27th and 28th to their property at 602 Lombardy to discus marketing reports and mrs. Thelma mul. N briefs compiled during the last Lynn Byrne of tie holding action. Henry county memorial Hospital. Tie re will be a meeting in de has Purchas d the property at 306 Moines on August 7th for All n f. South Jefferson from Paul Elmo. Members to decide if they want Merman. Byrne will get Possession Back to work As quickly As possible Litton is a despite his bizarre experiences. Here Wilke said he would be willing to _ take a lie Detector test if it would Clear up an doubt about his a construction worker auction report. Quot i wish it were hoax a he said. Wilke described by his wife As t0k\0 up ii Genera of the Jud Happy to be Home and Quot real army Douglas Macarthur a a Quot anxious to get Back to work a told 1 to Japan in virtual secrecy today and Federal officials that for a Brief overnight Stop Over in three Man abducted him when he route Home from a triumphal amp in stopped to Olfer Aid to them Early Simental tour of the Philippines. Saturday so tight was the Security sur rounding his arrival that Only a few of the americans at the vast Kerr replaces Yokota u. S. Air Force base out _ stong As chairman n. L. Break in Mitchell withdraws name from consideration fort Dodge. Iowa up a Iowa democratic National com Ames Spencer upi1 a Robert Republican today Keir two juvenile boys a 17-year-old from it. Union and a 15-year old from new London have admitted breaking into the Pool Hall at new London sunday night and taking $9. They were questioned by police chief Werner Smith tuesday since sheriff Russell Van Tuyl was n Toledo questioning a local youth about the recent Trenton break ins. The it. Union youth was taken to have another holding action August 20. Defers sentence whist for the elderly a Forsooth on the Sabbath a and As everyone knows love will find a Way despite the interdict of the elders. Mrs. Irene Haskins Glendale. Calif. She was not injured. She Nancy Guyor and her three unt a Navy children were few minutes from Home hitch is Over Nevada. Iowa it up it was Eldora by sheriff Van Tuyl and named chairman of the Iowa High. Officer Eugene Thielbert wed Way commission replacing to mesday Lor violating his parole. The stong cos Aumi. Also a re pub other youth a turned opt to the lican jurisdiction of juvenile court. Everett l. Schockey Council a Bluffs Democrat replaced Republican William Nicholas. Clear Lake Mittleman Donald. Mitchell Jai it vice chairman of the commie said today he had asked atty. Gen. S on Robert f Kenneht in Ash run i today s meeting was the first in Vennev to withdraw Schmel or. 70, Lima was killed his name from consideration for a r tuesday when the car in which he appointment As a Federal judge in b. Helscher Cedar rapid Riding crashed out of control Iofi i publican As members otly Ehi a i a. Into a ditch on a county Road about Mitchell said he was withdraw by commission. They replaced. My from consideration because he Harold teach out Shenandoah and a 0 a enjoys general Law practice Andi Tob it Brice Waterloo both demo Man killed in Auto Accident Elm a. Iowa up Lewis the supreme court has held participation in politics Quot More than he would being a Federal Chance of getting an appointment. Denver it up a Nancy Guyer has two sons p a Magnussen and and her three children were a few Pilot Grosso tried to nurse Phila Vear Oil Navy Man has something e v. Magnussen. And a daughter minutes from Home after a Vaca i Delphia los Angeles flight 859 to Quot look Forward to when his present mrs. Ellen Jensen at Audubon. Tion in the East. Bernard Neff just \ a halt i hitch is Over three years from judge he had been n a str As members of the commission 14 mrs. Ruth Aasen. Sioux City. 0u 0 medical school was a few a disaster team of the in to St a in county the Blue Laws constitutional and she was hospitalized. Miles from his first assignment As aviation Agency studied the wreck Quot i therefore any state that favors Roy Assen 14. Her son who an Ajr Force doctor. Age today seeking the answer. 1 Olson Rural Story controlling the life of the Indi a a hospitalized. They had just buckled in for the Henry c. Blom. 54, a civil eng in a it a us in re al sentence tax deductions visual from the Cradle to the 16 .1 h Brinker Cedar rapids dc-8�?Ts Landing at Stapleton air Eer was parked Well off the run r. Lues a it Hgt Dis net com judge. _ u a a Rcd in a panel truck when the plane Calt h. Hill on a charge of using hit do Canute to blow up a Section of Washington Upit a Start pi1 a an Alert for four Awo grave May do so. It probably executive vice president of Cherry port when Pilot John Grosso s voice gives pleasure to those who enjoy Burrell co. He a not injured calmly sounded through the inter deciding How others should live. Edward Conrad Cedar a com but it has nothing to do with re kids col lies radio co employee there was some trouble in the Ligion As the advocates of separa he was not injured. Hydraulic system. It might be a tion of Church and state must 18. Miss Ethel Pine Cedar a rough Landing know because even if the state a kids retired department store buy the dc-8, carrying a capacity 122 crafts. Stong and Nicholas will continue Alert out for four awol soldiers four Miles Northwest of Here. F Ive other persons in the car escaped serious injury although two Francis Schmelzer. 45, Oxford and Paul Schmelzer. 43, Elma were hospitalized at new Hampton. The Driver of the car it in Murphy 30, Riceville his wife and daughter All escaped injury. H Mard county officials were investigating. It leaven Worth. Kan. Ltd 1 a an Alert for four a next year businessmen Mav Soldier from a i Silc battalion at prohibits one to work on sunday or. Her hair was singed persons blasted Down from the i tal treatment. They told Many Stor diam item 1 a a a a a. A a a Bridge As a Quot prank Quot reeled off course. The Wing the truck fuel tanks burst and fir l foot Bridge in a Story it Park broke out. Blom was killed the 17th a let deferred the sen 1 Wafa victim tence until Olson gets out of the a 1harder to deduct from loud me neb., near Omaha has Vav their income taxes the Cost of i been i sued in connection with the dozens of the survivors suffered f Olson Home on leave said he yachts Hunting lodges and lavish. Reported abduction last weekend of the wooden suspension nightclub spending. Charge two divisions flown into West Berlin minor injuries. 50 requiring Hospi it cannot Force him to go to 19 miss Eva Hertel. Cedar a Cloudy sky touched the runway and ies of heroism Church As beneficial As that might also retired department store rolled along. Suddenly dust flew up or. Charlene Sullivan of Levit be. buyer. She suffered second degree from the wheels. The plane slithered town. N. J., was holding her baby of course if those who like to bums on foot and Arm. Sermonie possessed the oratorical 20. F r. Krulish Cedar Falls Fervour of Henry Ward Beecher or uninjured. Wendell Phillips their churches might vie with sunday to programs. But at Many sermons Are 21. Mrs Maude Moon Knoxville uninjured. 22. William Keith into a ground Loop. One Wing hit a somebody grabbed the baby parked truck and in an instant the huge Craft was in flames. Nancy Guyer and her three Chil-1 Drin and 13 other persons were Gamble 43, killed a death toll of 17. But capt and last night for adult jumped to safety Down the escape swimmers Only Chute. She followed them out. The greatest family tragedy was this thursday night will in the Berlin up a East it Man an Iowa state trooper the Provost communists charged today thar legislation imposing new curbs marshals office Here said today Western Allied commercial s in tax deductions for entertain a the Alert listed the men As pvt hav flown two full West German ment gifts and other business1 Herbert l. Lewi pfc. Frankie a army divisions into West Berlin spending won tentative approval Cadwell pvt. Duane e Schultz. A broadcast by the eat German tuesday of the House ways amp and pvt. Junior d. Singleton who radio said the troops had arrive. Means committee. Have been absent without leave Start Quot provocations again the proposed restriction fell i since july 7 they were believed East Germany far Short of the drastic curb re so unbelievably Dull one Waits Shenandoah leg injury. That of a psychologist from fort last night set aside a the mum i Lyon colo., who awaited his wife pal swimming Pool it a adult swim Quested by president Kennedy to Bernard Neff and 105 persons is and three daughters. Nancy Guyer Niers night unless there is a bet step widespread abuses of Busi to set the blood in motion again. Copyright 1961, King features Syndicate ardently for a Good rousing hymn 23. Mrs. Gamble Ife of will. Caped with their lives. It seemed Iam not injured. A Miracle. 24 Timothy Gamble 17. Son of had the Landing gear collapsed or and mrs William Gamble not or the brakes failed on one Side As and the children. Cindy 8, Ann 4, ter adult attendance than on pre Ness expense accounts. Moreover and Jill an infant had been Vaca-1vious thursday nights according there was considerable doubt that toning at Newton Square a. All to Wayne Demmel co manager of Congress would Complete action on four were killed. A i 1 pm a me our Tius driving a Blue 1959 it Ford Edan the broadcast was made Short y with a Nebraska License. After the arrival in West Berlin or the Provost marshals office Here e German Chancellor Konrad said it had no other information Adenauer who made tie trip from concerning the pickup order which Bonn through the West a Access air was distributed to All army Post corridors in a u. S military transit the fifth army area port plane

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