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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - July 14, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news these Days the 1958 Campaign moves no political party not even one that is motivated by pollsters As the republicans Are can Aloid to acknowledge that it faces a Sharp defeat in a forthcoming election. Its motto is always. and it goes Forward with the hopefulness of everlasting youth until it disappears As the whip party disappeared. Nevertheless for practical purposes it is Clear that the Republican party has pursued a suicidal political policy during the Eisenhower administration and that the democrats will take full advantage of the situation in both the 1958 and i960 campaigns. The republicans have however some Hopes i that the recession will be dissipated before election Day and that the people will be cognizant of better times. This can in no manner be affected by advertising television or propaganda in any form it is a matter of individual Well being and a sense of Security. 2. That the democrats will Over j do their anti Republican invest Gallons to tin Point where they will Boomerang the republicans Are not altogether displeased with i Oren Harris s operations of the House committee investigating Sherman Adams it has been a badly done Job which is beginning to evoke sympathy for Adams 3. That individual candidates might draw strength in particular states. It is such a Hope which motivates the candidacy of Nelson j Rockefeller for governor in new York state the Assumption is that the rocket e tiers have done so much for new York City and that they have such a Good name. That it will carry Nelson Rockefeller into the governorship. Such Hopes As la get Are not within the realm of political Pratti j c a 111 y the Republican party by tween 1932 and 1952 managed to keep itself intact As the conservative element in the country opposed to the new Deal and the fair Deal and antagonistic to what i it called creeping socialism a term invented by Herbert Hoover. The character of the party might Best be described by the tact that Dor \ ing most of tins period. Senator Robert a Taft was its Leader. However due entirely to big business influence Taft could never be nominated for president because use pol 1st Era and the Adver a using consultants on Madison Avenue had decided that Taft could not be elected. Their own selections All Bandon Wendell Willkie. Thomas f Dewey also could not be elected which j proves that their political judg a ment As to what it would have taken to defeat Roosevelt or int Man was amateurish until they found Dwight d. Eisenhower a product of the course of events. Politically. Eisenhower made the mistake from the outset of tailing to recognize that he had to be a partisan to operate successfully within the american system. He set out to destroy the conservative republicans and although there is som it appearance of Success the fart is that the rank and file it the Republican party remain conservative and that Many of them have not voted in a presidential election since 1940. I i new York state is an excellent example of what has happened the state party organization has no standing and provides no leadership. Such a mass vote As new York county is irrevocably gone to the democrats and to the Liberal party. The Republican party does not attract Young and new voters in this area except for some Young lawyers who Sci a quicker Chance to emerge in a minority party rut that leads to quarrels among ambitious youngsters seeking the benefits of bipartisan references which bring Money to individuals but not lung to a political party. Thus Nelson Rockefeller who has apparently been assured that he can defeat governor Averell Harriman moves into a strictly political fight without enough of a Patty to support him whereas the i Ibert party has been Friendly to Rockefeller when he was an appointee in the Roosevelt Truman and Eisenhower administrations that party for whatever its strength is Worth will support the democratic party As it always has although some democrats say that James a Farley cannot be nominated for United states senator because of Liberal party opposition no Leader of the Liberal party has made such a statement and it can be prognosticate that should Farley be nominated the party will endorse him and that Farley will be elected. In other states in the Northeast vol. 80, no. 161 it. Pleasant Iowa monday evening july i i 1958 by c Arrier jul per week by mall. 7.50 per year Iraq government alls blown its top a Judy Collins 13-year-old daughter of or. And mrs Dewey Collins of Topeka Kansas has a giant sized cleanup Job ahead of her after wind storms took the roof off of her be dim m the storm left considerable d image Over most of the Topeka Deedee Galer writes of experiences in Germany Deedee Galer who is spending the summer in Hamburg. Germany under the aes. American Field service i student Exchange pro Mam has written several letters to her family about her experiences the following Are extracts from her letters which Are written in diary form. June to i Eft Chicago along with 60 other . Students on the Canadian National railway for Montreal Canada. Very interesting trip becoming acquainted with everyone finding out where they were going and learning about their Foster families became Well acquainted with the student. John Palmerton who was going to Kuopio Finland Elsa s our Exchange student Home town. June la sailed from Montreal on the is Waterman a dutch liner primarily a dutch foreign Exchange ship carrying 600 passengers 410 a students 190 dutch Exchange students and too passengers my Cabin really not a Cabin but a fair sized room crammed with 55 girls 27 bunks and i cot. I was on a top bunk. The waiters on the boat were All Little javanese men so Hope to learn some indonesian words plus dutch and German find the Dit Ferent types of foreign languages very mating. Our crossing was very smooth seemed Uke a big Lake at times but old Man seasickness caught some including my just one morning though. Rome experience the boat made excellent time even had to make stops during the night because we were ahead of time schedule. The dutch food was very Good but much the same. Guess the Best meal was when we were served the nearest to american hamburgers As the Cook could fix not. Bad june 19 docked in the Harbor of Southampton. It was most interesting to watch the tug tender come and pick up the passengers for England. Saw the Sicily Isles and England grandpa does that seem possible ? june 20 arrived in la Havre and were there Only 20 minutes. Think that i got some Good Pic Tures of the Harbor. June 21 arrived at our next and last Stop Rotterdam. We were met by a Large reception committee of band and people on the pier. The band played our National Anthem after about an hour we boarded the train for Dusseldorf where a girl from Minnesota and i were placed tor the night in the Beautiful Home of attorney and mrs. Geniese. June 22 on to Hamburg by train along with 19 other . Era being placed with Hamburg families. Imagine my Surprise to meet an Oskaloosa boy. Jim Ferree. On the train. Good train regular similar conditions prevail and the democrats Are very confident for 1958. Copyright 1958, King features Syndicate. Inc seats but enclosed with sliding doors 6 seats with aisle outside windows Roll Down arrived at 5 j pm. And met at the station by my family. Or. And mrs. Bernhardt Marianne and Franz. Don t worry about my learning to speak Ger i Man. They speak Deutsch much More than English and Are very anxious to teach it to me. By the j looks of the social Calendar i will j be plenty Busy especially when i school is out. July to to August i 20. Their school year is quite different from ours. At faster time they had 3 weeks vacation or holidays As they Call it. And then they have continued until the july holidays. Week of june 22 i have enjoyed visiting school of course the Frig j bsh class was the easiest one forme however it really is English a the Book consists of Little stories about England and everyone has such an English speaking accent j went to a French class and was i Ever lost All French and German even latin class was too complicated for me everyone had had 5 years of it so latin and i German Wasny to Clear either. I june 23 went to a Street fair in Harburg and took my sister 1 Marianne for her first merry go i round ride had Els i ice Cream Coke Peppermint Randy doughnut holes and All that goes with a fair. Also saw my first German picture show. A an american in Paris. It was very Good but All the words were in German except for a few songs. June 26 Marianne and t went for a walk in the Forest Park or Woods. It was very pretty a id thick with Trees we were gone 2 hours quite a walk Don t worry i am getting plenty of exercise and i will be in shape tor marching band july 2 today we Are taking the first of several trips arranged for All the . Students their German Sisters and Brothers. We Are going to the Rathaus which is the seat of the govt of Hamburg Harburg and surrounding communities As Hamburg like Henry county is a state in itself. From july 30 to August 3. We will take a trip sponsored by the Shell Oil co. To the Ruhr District. July i or dad Bernhardt has taken me on Many Tours All Over Hamburg and today drove my to Hanover a City about too Miles South of Hamburg. Tile Bernhardt lived there when Marianne was born right during the War when bombs were dropping everywhere. Hanover is about the Best big City which did the Best Job of rebuilding after the War. Everything seems so Large grand and modern Here except for the occasional bombed and ruined buildings Here and there and the Small villages in the country. Next week we Are to go to a refugee Camp very interesting As Many people still flee from East Germany to West Germany. A lot will exhibit mammals Birds fish and reptiles the exhibit of a Hundred living mammals Birds fish and reptiles to be shown during the special 2-Day science education clinic at Iowa Wesleyan will be sent to the Campus by the state conservation commission. The clime is scheduled for monday and tuesday. July 21 and 22. The exhibit is housed in a custom built trailer thirty nine feet Long it is drawn by a truck trac to r and contains Complete Public address and water systems. Upon reaching the Campus the sides of the trailer will be raised and the exhibit will be viewed from the outside. The live creatures Are carried in tanks and cages. Conservation officers and exhibit personnel will be on hand to answer questions. Secondary and elementary teachers have been registering for the 2-Day clinic in methods of teaching science. Experts from both Levels of teaching will give demonstrations and appear on panels. Special emphasis will be Given to if snores of material to stimulate interest in science. One hour of credit May be earned by attending the two full Days. Tuition is $20 00 registration May be accomplished any time during the week of july 14 those unable to come to the Campus for pre registration May Register at 7 am. July 21. Grand jury May look into papers theft Barker to assist in speech work Kenneth Barker Burlington will join the Iowa Wesleyan College faculty this fall As an additional member of the speech and drama department. For the past two years he has been speech therapist in the Galesburg 111., Public school system. At Wesleyan he will assist mrs. Jean k. Gatch head of the department in class work and the production of drama. A native of Burlington and the son of or and mrs. Lloyd Barker 1002 Maple St. Burlington Baker attended the Public schools of the River City before entering Northeast Missouri state teachers College Kirksville. To. He interrupted his College work to serve in the Navy three years and was graduated from the Missouri school in 1956. Immediately thereafter he began graduate work in speech and is currently working on a masters degree in speech correction at the University of Colorado. His wife is the former Mary Lott Nutt who was a 1957 graduate of Iowa Wesleyan taught in the Galesburg schools the past year and will teach in Burlington the rom my year. Washington up a Federal grand jury May be summoned this week to investigate the alleged theft of the a paper Man papers Quot in the Adams Gold find Case it was Learned today. Simultaneously chairman Oren Harris Date. Of Tho House influence investigating subcommittee disclosed to has signed subpoenas for new witnesses in his group s probe of Boston Mil Lionais Bernard Goldfine. He declined to say for whom the subpoenas were issued. Harris also told United press International that agents of the internal Revenue service were sitting in on hearings of his subcommittee on Goldfine s affairs. He indicated another House inquiry into the Boston industrialists tax affairs Wras possible later. Goldfine gift giving Friend of presidential assistant Sherman Adams was due Back today from Boston to face a final showdown with the subcommittee tuesday. If he persists in refusing to answer a series of questions on his business finances he fare an a1- tided at the Beulah Church Corner it is Miles Northeast of it pleasant con about 12 45 saturday afternoon. Mrs. Wheeler was thrown out. Of the car onto the gravel. Wheeler said that one of the front wheels of his car apparently had run Over her. She was taken to Fairfield Hospital with a severe leg wound and head and Back injuries. Wheeler and mrs. Dohrman and j her children were uninjured j mrs. Dohrman was travelling i North and Wheeler East. Mrs. I Dohrman said when she was a Anni vers Ary reception july 20 a Rev. And mrs. La. Russell Jay will observe their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception to he held in the Federated Church Parlours. Sunday july 20 from 2 30 to fat . All Church members and other friends of the Jay family Are invited to attend. The reception will also recognize the 50th year of Rev Jay s ordination. Woman injured in Dies after car Accident receiving injuries i at Beulah Corner in car Accident a Fairfield woman mrs. Albert Wheeler was seriously injured when cars driven by her husband and mrs Wayne Dohrman col most certain subcommittee mov to cite him for contempt of Gress. Mrs. Verna Martin Dies at Home the of mrs. Verna Johnson Martin 81. Died at her Home at 208 s Jackson Street at 5 30 . Sunday after an illness of several years. The daughter of John and a j broaching the Stop sign at the inhale Canfield Johnson she was i ter Section she turned around in born july 19, 1876, near West i la it seat t0 talk her children and Point Iowa. She was married to holed to Stop Tho vehicle before Louis Martin at Ottumwa nov 3, reaching the sign. When she a 1920 he proceeded her in death Jan. La. 1939. Her parents a sister and four Brothers also predeceased her. Mrs. Martin was a resident of it. Pleasant Over 60 years. She was a member of the first methodist Church d. U. A a a w r a. And the King s helpers sunday school class. Mrs. Martin is survived by her twin sister Verona Johnson with whom she made her Home a stepdaughter two step sons and their families and a Niece and her family. Funeral services will be Beld at the Crane funeral Home wednesday at to am with the Rev e. A Mathews associate pastor of the first. Methodist Church officiating interment will be at Forest Home cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral Home tuesday Between 7 30 and 9 . Plied the brakes the car Slid on the Loose gravel and collided with the Wheeler car. The right rear Side of the Wheeler 54 Pontiac and the front end of the Dorhman 56 Buick were damaged damages to each were estimated at. $300. Word has been received of death of mrs James Parker Kankakee ill sunday pneumonia j complicated her condition after she j received injuries in a one car a i cadent near Peoria Iii. July 4 she i remained in a coma until her death i i mrs Parker the former Ida Jennie Collins was returning to Kankakee following a visit with her Mot her mrs. Rose Ann Collin % j who is in a Burlington Hospital j with a fractured leg which she recently received in an Auto Accident. Mrs. Parker is survived by her husband the Rev. James Parker the Rector of the episcopal Church in Kankakee three children Jimmy 18, who is planning to enter Bradley at Peoria 111., this fall Susan 13, a High school freshman this fall and Mary. 9. Her Mother i mrs Rose Ann Collins of it. Pleasant also survives she is pre-1 deceased by her father and brother funeral services will be held at j the Kankakee episcopal Church on tuesday at 11 a in. Tommy Topps taken by death death takes mrs. Mary Felgar break in at it. I Mon the Phillips 66 service station at it Union was broken into sometime sunday night and Between $8 and $10 in Small change was taken from the Cash Register. Two Cartons of cigarettes and a Small file Box was also taken Entrance Wras gained through a window on the Northwest Corner of the building. The station is operated by Cecil lieder. Sheriff Russell Van Tuyl in yes Ligated. Ready to pave relocated no. A i i of refugees Settle in Hamburg As it is the largest City nearest the Iron curtain about i hour do by car. July 8 guess what i have to do today i am to so Peak at school and Tell about it pleasant and my High school that i do not mind and have my speech written but Marianne is helping me translate it into German and i Ani to get up in front of All those girls and Tell it to them in German i who cannot even say a Rich Quot the right Way but then it is All so much fun and thanks again to All who have made it possible for me to be an Exchange student i in enjoying every minute of o the Booth and Olson paving equipment has been set up at tin West end of the present paveitien4 slab East of Lockridge and is ready to go into operation there the four mile relocation project will he Javed this summer and will connect with the present Highway 34 near the site of the former Parsonville store which burned i few years ago grading work. Being completed at the extreme West end of the project this will leave about seven mile of the Highway East of Fairfield to be improved next year. To grand jury on of i charge. Tommy Topps 78, was found i dead at his Home on Lee Street at la 30 . Sunday. City police and sheriff Russell Van Tuyl went to i the Home and found i Topps lying on the porch near a refrigerator. A doctor was called to the Home and said Tomt or. Topps had died sometime saturday night. Coroner Hugh a liner made a routine investigation and said death was due to natural causes Jay Green was i tie last person to see or. Topps j alive at Ojo pm saturday. The deceased was born nov. 9. 1881. At hmm Well. Mo., the son of Hiram and Elmer Jipson Topps. Or Topps was a resident of it. Plea of for Over 60 years. He was i member of the second Baptist 1 Church. Surviving Are his aged Mother i mrs William Keith and several cousins funeral services will by held at the cd Ane funeral Home wednesday at 2 pm. With the Rev. J s. Beverly pastor of the second Baptist chm he officiating. Burial will in at Forest Home cemetery. Myrtle Miller Dies saturday Myrtle Jane Miller 82. Died of the Millspaugh nursing Home Mary Ruth Felgar 53. Died at j memorial Hospital Early sunday morning following an illness of the past several months the daughter of Charles l and Mary Mewhirter Jaggard i Felgar wits born at Winfield Iowa april 16, 1905 she was married i Dee. 16, 1925, to Lester James Edgar who proceeded her in death in 1951. Mrs Felgar was a member of the first presbyterian Church of Winfield since childhood. Surviving Are her aged father three children James e. Felgar my i mrs William Charlotte Scott both of it pleasant and Edd w i Felgar of Fairfield four grand children John Scott and Sarah Linn and Rebecca Felgar mrs. Eel-1 Gar s Mother died june 26. 1958. Funeral services will be held tuesday at 2 30 pm at tile Crane funeral Home with the Rev Che ter Chandler pastor of the first presbyterian Church of Winfield officiating. Burial will be at Forest Home cemetery. The family will re Reive friends at the funeral Home Between 8 and 9 of clock tonight a monday. The casket will be open before the funeral and not afterwards army led revolt hits suddenly but i i the pro Western government of Iraq fell today in a lightning army led revolt that May simultaneously have administered a death blow to the Baghdad pact and the Eisenhower doctrine for the Middle East. Gray feats were Felt Lur the safety of .�?T3-year old King Feisal staunchest Western ally in the Arab world who failed to appear at. A a lied tiled Baghdad pact conf ence in Istanbul. His whereabouts were unreported. Baghdad mobs kill d Crown Prince Abdul Illah Uncle of the King and dragged his body through the streets with a rope about the neck. In London Western diplomats fear d the ii a developments mild Lead to a new threat of general War particularly if the ame Fate should retail Jordan. Jordan is Iraq s tiny and impoverished partner in the Arab federation which was set up to rival the Unibe Arab Republic of president carnal Abdel Nasser. Jordan a King Hussein assumed Power As head of the jordanian Arab Union in the absence of King Feisal. Hussein appointed Jordan chief of staff Haji in j Alii As com Mander a chief of the Jordan Iraq combined forces. Highlights in tile Day s whirlwind developments additional units of the . 6th Fleet most powerful naval striking Force in the world were scheduled to move into the Eastern Mediterranean a i t h i n 48 hours. Naval authorities however said the move was ordered before eruption of the Iraq crisis included will be the giant aircraft Carrier Saratoga and the fleets full complement of 3,600 marines. In Washington president Eisenhower called congressional leaders to an afternoon emergency meeting after conferring with vice president Richard m. Nixon and Secretary of state John Foster Dulles. Republican senators who met with the president earlier said he was a extremely disturbed a in Tehran the iranian government ordered the Border with Iraq closed. Too a in Amman King Hussein s government closed the Borders with i Banon. Syria and Iraq. In a broadcast to the nation Hussein expressed sadness Over tile Baghdad he blamed tile Iraq crisis on a certain hired persons Quot and appealed to the people to remain Calm. Amman was tense but quiet. Sage property in Sheaffer addition sold Allen c Toyer 20, or plea an has been bound Over to the ural i jury on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while he a intoxicated. Bond was set at $350 Ane was posted. The preliminary hearing was held in Justice Georg Means court. Trozer was arrested by City police the night of july 5 Atter the car he was driving sideswiped a Small car owned by Haworth Motet while it was parked on Broa i Street july 12. Survived Miller of daughter by one son. It. Pleasant. Mary Frances saturday she i Kenneth and one Mille of Elyria Ohio six grand children and two great Grandchil-1 dreg also three Sisters. Mrs Edna kit of Waterloo mrs Pearl my Ken let of Des Moines and mrs held i wry of nov Ato. Calif. And i two Brothers. I Eland Lessinger of Independence and Clair Lessinger of my pleasant. Her husband pre. Opened Lier in death j tuesday funeral services will be held the Wen cookes funeral Home be at Forest the Norman Sage property in Shafter addition has been sold to Morton Dodds of Tim Danville Vicinity Dodds experts to move a it it tile property later in the Summet the Sage family moved a few months ago to their new Home near Solon a mrs. Alary Bennett Ber a r duties in the office of or j. Stewart Jackson monday no at Mathews officiating with or e a interment will Home cemetery mrs. Kauffman 85, Dies in California Elizabeth Kauffman 85, former Vul pleasant resident died at Sacramento Calif july 13. Or Kauffman was born june 13, 1873 she was married to Paul Preston Kauffman who predeceased her til 1943. Surviving Are three daughters mrs Esther Ludemann mrs Elsie k Joist end and mrs. Mildred Hud on. All of Sacramento two ans Harry Kauffman of , calif., and i co Kauffman of Chicago Iii a brother Louis Grimm of Lincoln nebr., and ten grandchildren. Two daughters preceded mrs. Kauffman in death. Funeral services will be held at Sacramento tuesday at i to . The body will be sent to the Crane funeral Home Here arriving at 1 04 Friday. Graveside service will lie held at Forest Home cemetery saturday at 2 . Returned to Institute Harvey Blake. Fairfield a patient at. The mental health a Stine was taken into custody it the Paul Smith farm four Miles Southwest of it pleasant by Deputy Robert Nichols Fri at 9 30 monday my returned to the Institute. Blake walked away going to wort at 6 a in monday

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