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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - July 18, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news these Days the Western states the Republican party in California is split into the Knight faction and the Knowland faction but from the standpoint of Republican National politics it is important that William Knowland should be elected governor of California. If Knowland fails of election it will effect the position of vice president Nixon for no candidate can be regarded As Strong whose Home state is Uncertain. The Republican leaders in Washington recognise that 1958 is a bad year but they Are not willing to concede that 1960 is bound to be. The generally accepted candidate for 1960 is vice president Richard Nixon and at present there is no other candidate. Harold Stassen. Who was troublesome for Nixon has been finally eliminated by his defeat in the Pennsylvania primaries. William Knowland who had the Taft Basic strength in the party cannot be nominated As Long As Nixon is a candidate president Eisenhower is said to have hoped to make general Gruenther his heir but that is now beyond possibility. At one time there was some talk of Sherman Adams and or. Milton Eisenhower but there is none of that sort of conversation left by every process of elimination it is Nixon. Senator Knowland has still to wage his Campaign and everything that a political party can put into a fight will go into electing William Knowland As governor of California. It is unthinkable politically that the present incumbent Quot Goodie Quot Knight will sabotage his party although in California some very unthinkable things have been done Over the years vol. 80, no. 168 it. Pleasant Iowa Friday evening july 18, 1958 by Carrier 39# per week by mall 17.59 per year bitter words Over intervention outstanding events at fair which 0 pens monday peaceful Landing a a woman stands in the foreground As u. S. Marines land on Khalide Beach near Beirut. U. S. Sixth Fleet Landing Craft is in the background. The american fighting men took control of the City a second Force of 1,800 men were landed from 13 transports on the same Bich where 1.700, came ashore on tuesday. Farm Bureau members from la counties meet in Arizona Barry Coldwater is a running for re election As United state senator. Coldwater is the 104 farm Bureau members from most constructive conservative the j 11 counties attended the 1958 Dis Senate has had in Many years. No strict resolutions committee dinner die hard reactionary he stands for i meeting wednesday july 16, at the positive principles of american Economy which he knows How to state understandably and with courage Coldwater has an advantage which is rarely to be found in Iris court in it. Pleasant. Jim Helmick. Member of tile Iowa farm Bureau Board of directors from District 7, from Columbus Junction presided Howard Waters the Senate in that he is a retail vice president of i Ftp from Dan merchant. Most senators Are lawyers and professional politicians. Coldwater is a department store owner and operator. He not Only understands mass psychology but he has a firm grasp of the needs and wants and opinions of grass roots folks. He therefore brings to the Senate a closeness to the Ordinary person upon the understanding of whom his private and Public career depend. The republicans need Coldwater in the Senate because he is an unwavering Republican who builds a record of ideas and principles with the sureness of a Leader. His running quarrel with Walter Reuther has done the Republican party no harm and has made Quot the right to work Issue an important one for 1960. Too in Nevada. Senator George Malone comes up for re election. Like Coldwater and Knowland Malone comes out of a profession outlier than the Law. Malone is a mining Engineer and he has been successful in his profession. Unaccustomed to the ways of politicians he sometimes upsets the political Appl Ecart by off Side remarks but his record shows substantial work of an extraordinarily High Quality particularly when he is dealing. With subjects to which an engineering mind May address itself with advantage his analysis of the american position in the economic world is probably the Best that has been made anywhere and ins report on our accessibility to raw materials j Olds. Was damaged in an Accident reads like a text Book. His ques on the new pavement North of of Honing of witnesses before the Senate finance Committer this former resident killed in mishap it. Who Bernard Smith known in pleasant As Barney Smith made his Home with the Robert Vandersnick family before and after serving with the armed forces and worked with contractors several years was fatally injured wednesday night near morning Sun. He was dead on arrival at Burlington Hospital. Finsterwald leads pea Field into second round Ville also attended the group enjoyed a tasty dinner before the program got under Way. The program which was designed to give the policy development committees ideas and suggestions in carrying out a successful policy development program was under the direction of Glen Taylor and Harold Anderson from the research staff of the policy i development division of the Iowa farm Bureau federation. Some of the current items which i Tho feb members in each i will determine the stand that farm Bureau will take Are As follows state taxation property taxes school finance reapportionment and roads. Part or All of these issues and other issues of interest locally will be discussed at meetings set up by the county resolutions committee. After Many township and committee meetings the county resolutions will be drafted and presented for adoption at the annual meeting which will be held i in october attending the meeting wednes Day evening included v. D Eckles j mrs Charles Strothman mrs b b j Buffington. Howard coffin. Vern Rodgers Nathan Elliot. Glen Mccabe. Dean Meyer mrs. Theodore Eckey and Marshall Bailey All representing Henry county. Funeral services will be held saturday morning at to o clock at the Prugh funeral Home in Burlington too a companion in the car. Laverne Ash 32, of 919 Argyle court was listed in fair condition at the same Hospital. He reportedly suffered head lacerations and body bruises. Reports indicated the car in which the men were Riding ran off a gravel Road and overturned. Highway patrolmen and Louisa county sheriff s officers investigated. Smith a West Burlington Man was born april 24, 1920, in Lockridge the son of James b and Mary Cody Smith. He was married to Betty Kirkpatrick in in 1952. Smith was a Cement finisher with the Charles Seaman construction company. He was serv i ing As a vice president of plaster a Era and Cement masons local 484 surviving Are his w Ife two Chil Dren Michael Patrick 4, and j Lynnette 14both at Home j two Brothers Leonard j. Of Fairfield and Ralph e. Of Brighton and two Sisters Catherine Elizabeth Zihlman and Doris Louise Smith both of Lockridge. Havertown pa., up a Dow Finsterwald a Little Guy who hits the Ball a mile paced the Field into the second round of the pea Golf championship today with a one stroke Lead and predicted a it looks like the time in a going to break my second place Finsterwald who Hasni to won a tournament since february 1957, when he captured the Tucson open played it Quot Safe All the Way Quot thursday when he carded a three under 67 to beat out Jay Hebert by one stroke. Only seven in the Field of 163 golfers were Able to crack . Grouped with Lionel Hebert at 69 were Dick Mayer. Jimmy demand Felice Torza and ted Kroll at even 70 were Burke and Bob Crowley. Cary Middlekoff one of the favourites was among seven who carded 7l�?Ts. The others in that bracket were Bill Collins Leo Biagetti Bob Rosburg Art Wall Buster Cupit and Don Whitt. 1 open Champion Tommy Bolt was another stroke Back at 72 Burlington along with Doug Ford. Ken Venturi i Julius Boros and five others. Sammy Snead another of favourites had a 73, As did Casper. Many outstanding events have been scheduled for the Henry county fair which will open for six Days monday monday is entry Day and the Many exhibitors will have their livestock in place and their demonstrations set up. Of 7 15 of clock that night the Henry county Saddle club will have its horse show. Four of the classes will have preliminary judging in the afternoon. Judging of the various exhibits will be done during the Day on tuesday wednesday and thursday boys and girls will compete in demonstrations those Days and the 4-h girls entries will be judged. Hie presentation of the winners in the 4-h Best grooming contest will be held thursday. The livestock Parade is scheduled for thursday at 7 tile Junior 4-h livestock Sale is scheduled for to . Friday. Harness horse racing always popular at the fair will be held tuesday and wednesday nights with the first race called at 730 o clock each night. A new event a Halter class horse show will be held thursday at 9 a in. Too the Minnie Pearl show will be presented in front of the grandstand at 8 p a thursday. Minnie Pearl is the Homespun corned Lenin of the ism grand Ole opry who keeps the House in an uproar on saturday nights with her Homey Patter and songs. Late Model Stock car races is on the Agenda for Friday night with the time trials slated for 6 30 . And the first race at 7 30 pm. The big car Auto racers take Over saturday night tile time trials will Start at 6 30 pm. And the first race at 7 30 . Too during the entire fair the Midway will be crowded with farm machinery exhibits and the carnival Home furnishings and appliance exhibits will be on display under the grandstand. The schedule of events monday july 21. Entry Day Henry county Saddle club horse show 7 15 . Tuesday july 22, judging of exhibits harness horse racing 7 30 . Wednesday july 23 judging of exhibits harness horse racing 7 30 . Thursday. July 24 judging of exhibits Halter class horse show 9 a in. Livestock Parade 7 . Minnie Pearly show 8 . Friday july 25 Junior livestock Sale to . Late Model Stock car races time trials 6 30 ., first race 7 30 . Saturday july 26 big car Auto races time trials 6 30 pm first race 7 30 . Bulletins Moscow up i a the soviet Union announced tonight it Quot will have to take the necessary Steps Quot to counter Quot unprovoked aggression Quot by Britain against Jordan it again demanded that the i s. Get out of Lebanon. Too new York i Pic it consumer prices lose to a new All time High in june after pausing Iii May the National Industrial of Crenic Board reported today. O. W Ashington up a the i state dip ailment had no confirmation today of reports from the Middle East that the government of saudi Arabia has refused to let . Tanker aircraft Fly Over its territory to Supply Petroleum products to Jordan. Republicans name Galer Egypt and soviet Issue statements attorney Ben a Giller was elected first District Republican chairman at the state Republican convention in Des Moines Friday. He was elected unanimously at the thursday evening first District will observe 50th anniversary of ordination Murray hits Loveless plan i the Rev h. Russell Jay will ob-1 serve the 50th anniversary of his ordination by speaking on Quot after fifty years Quot at the Federated i Church sunday morning. The jays will also observe their 50th wedding anniversary on sunday and will have a reception in the afternoon at the Church. Firemen called the Billy firemen were called to a second floor apartment Over the office of or. J. Stewart Jackson on North Jefferson Street about 8 45 . Friday. It developed that smoke in the room was from smouldering cigarettes in a Coffee can. Ina Ballard reported the smoke to Crane s furniture store from where the fire Call was put in. Robert e. Mogel taken by death car damaged on new pavement a car driven by Ila Hostetler pleasant at the North end of Scott s Lane at 11 30 . Thursday session was acute understanding a woman whose name is not and far beyond the usual efforts of Nown to county authorities had congressional committees to adduce driven her car onto the new pave information of a technical nature a a it heading South. She did t think it was yet open to traffic and started to Back up and sideswiped the southbound Hostetler car causing it to drop off the pavement and become lodged a wrecker was called to remove the ear Deputy Robert Nicholson investigated. Local woman receives award for . Kit jus As it is important for the Republican party for Knowland to be elected governor and for old water and Malone to be re elected to the United states Senate so will the democratic party fight for their defeat. Therefore tile campaigns in California Arizona and Nevada Are Likely to be among the most bitter in the country. While partisans in California on All the various sides Are sure of the course of the Battle and its ultimate result those who do not live in California can Only regard the outcome from the standpoint of National affairs and from that standpoint tile defeat of these three stalwarts of the Republican party would be a calamity to it because these men represent the character of the party prior to 1952, which is what the voters Are Likely to be talking about in 1960. For How will one make a distinct removing floor of new gym workmen for the Viggo Jensen construction company began removing the new High school gymnasium Maple floor thursday. Tile floor had developed humps Over a Large area j after removal of one Section i another Large area developed a Hump Friday greater than had j been apparent previously. The democratic parties a copyright. 1958 King features finn Between the Republican and Syndicate inc mrs. Joe Casanova was awarded a certificate of appreciation by the state office of the . At a dinner held in her Honor at Iris court thursday evening. She was presented a $75 Check and certificate Quot. For contribution which resulted in improvement and Economy in it is the first of its kind to be awarded in the state. Mrs Casanova employee in the . Office designed and made a kit to be used by ask. Reporters in the Field. The kit. A piece of Denim which is to be carried on the Belt contains pencils a magnifying Glass dividers a scale Rule and a Pencil Sharpener. The equipment is used in measuring Aerial photographs in the Field. The need for such a kit arose recently w Hen the operations for measuring the photographs was changed. Thus made it necessary for the reporters to carry All of the equipment with them in the Field. . Officials from Des Moines Bloomfield Sigourney and Washington and it. Pleasant attended the dinner. Clarence w Schwebke of Des Moines chairman of the Iowa state , incentive awards committee made the presentation j Side ration Robert Earl Mogel 70, of Salem died thursday at the Burlington Hospital. The son of George w. And Mary j Ann Wright Mogel he was born j september 27. 1887 at it. Hamill surviving Are six Sisters mrs j Grace Graves mrs. Ina Stringer. Melvina Mogel All of Salem mrs 1 Sadie Halliwill of Yarmouth. Mrs j Bessy Davidson of Donnelson Antimina Mogel of Denver Colo. He was preceded in death by his parents two Sisters mrs. Hattie Wilmeth and mrs. Maude Berry Hill and one brother Albert j Charles Mogel. Funeral services will be saturday at 2 . At the Waterman funeral Home. Burial will be in South Salem cemetery. Chuckles in the news Quot out to lunch Quot Chicago up a the Chil Drens Section of the Brookfield zoo advertises a purple people j eater among its animal exhibits j however no one has Ever seen the creature. Director Robert bean explained the Quot horrible j beast is always out to lunch. Paid for this one Cheyenne. Wye up Al democratic senatorial candidate donated a Vicuna coat wednesday night to the Cheyenne labor unions committee on political education and the group plans to1 auction it to raise Money the candidate. Hepburn t Armstrong told Union officials Quot i paid for it in Bolivia. Goldfine did t give it to Des Moines t up t a Iowa Republican gubernatorial candidate William Murray attacked the fiscal policies of gov. Loveless before the big Republican convention audience Here Friday. He was the Keynoter in the absence of senators b. B. Hickenlooper and Thomas e. Martin in remarks prepared for delivery Murray accused Loveless of falling Back on Quot property taxes and a new soak the corporation income tax Quot to support his Money program. Murray criticized Loveless for vetoing about 16 million dollars in College and state institutions building funds a year ago. He said the veto indicated a Quot negative attitude toward education and property tax Relief. Quot to listen to the governor talk about sales tax you would think it was a terrible tax Quot Murray said. Quot the worst we have and that we should try to get rid of it it passed in 1933, in the Depths of a the depression by the democrats Quot Murray said. In his prepared speech slated for delivery after the platform was adopted he made no direct Appeal for his 3 per cent sales tax Plank. Cap Calls off search Des Moines up the Iowa civil air patrol wednesday called off a search for a Light plane missing since Friday but the sheriffs of two Northeast Iowa counties said they would have ground search parties out today new pavement open to traffic tile three sections of new pave Merit on Highway 218 North of it pleasant in Henry county hive been opened for traffic the new sections Are at big Creek. Hickory Grove and near the Lloyd Peterson residence. Tho shoulder work re j Mains to be completed. The new sections include two new Bridges and eliminate the Hast j Ards of two narrow Bridges some i dangerous curves and a deep Valley with a Short View distance to mrs Casanova. The state , office has sent the kit to the National office to Washington d c for further ror peace missions a president Eisenhower ordered the nation s top diplomatic trouble shooter Deputy undersecretary of state Robert d Murphy left a to Fly to Lebanon on an urgent peace Mission the White House said the president was sending Murphy to Beirut As his special representative with orders Quot to do everything possible to restore peace and Tranquility to the lebanese government and to assist president Chamous in so doing Quot foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd. Reg hit flew to Washington for top level military and political talks on the growing Middle East crisis. Lloyd who was accompanied by marshal sir William Dickson. Britain s top military Leader and sir William Hayter. His chief political adviser said the visit was being made at the invitation and suggestion of secret a in of state John Foster Dulles. Ben a. Galer caucus an informal election and was Given formal approval Ai the District meeting Friday morning. The position automatically carries with it membership on the state Central committee. O 9 o his election was without opposition thursday evening and was seconded by All of the counties of the District except Iowa. That Iowa county did not second was due Only to a technicality As the county was known to be strongly in favor of Galer. When the time came in the evening s business for the election col Roy Pierce of morning Sun the present committeeman who was presiding informed the group of his reasons for not seeking reelection. As the Roll Call was started Cedar county yielded to Washington county and Galer s nomination was made by Washington county. Iowa county passed and then came Des Moines county which seconded the nomination As did All the remainder of the counties. Richard Cor Nick made the seconding remarks for Henry county. The Secretary was instructed by voice vote to Cas a unanimous a lint for Galer. He responded with a few remarks of appreciation to Allut the Honor and commented briefly Ai Quot it the Job ahead in Hie fall Campaign. Too mrs. Carolyn Dickey of Jefferson county was reelected vice chairman without opposition Cedar county yielded to Van Buren which Nom hated mrs Dickey a series of seconds followed and sin was unanimously reelected delegates from it plea an tending the thursday evening Sion and most of whom attended Friday were Ben a Galer a Alyee Benesh mrs Marie Wilson John b r cow Ell. Clifford m Keo Wilbur Bater Carl Register Patterson. Warner a Russell Richard Cornick. I t Harlan. Veda Cornice Wilson Ervin. E \ haves. Robert Lsley. Charles Strothman Harry e Olson and mrs. Glen Hultquist Junior delegates were Given recognition. Present loin Henry county were David Mccoid i inn Hunsaker John Strothman. Dons Register Jean Register and Janet Hayes. By he t Lebanon up a Arab Leader initial Abdel Nasser and soviet communist Boss Nikita s. Khrushchev who conferred secretly in Moscow thursday tonight issued separate bitter denunciations of the Anglo american intervention in the Middle East. Cairo and Damascus radios gave first word of the Moscow meeting today after it was Over and before the outside world even knew Nasser had gone to Russia. Tonight Nasser said in a speech in Damascus Quot All of us will Bear Aims to defend Arab nationalism. We do not fear fleets nor atom bombs. We Are ready for the we Orst. We will fight to the last drop of our the soviet Union issued an official government statement in Moscow saying it Quot will not remain passive in the matter of this unprovoked aggression in this Middle East area and it will have to take the necessary Steps dictated by the interests of the soviet Union s Security and the preservation of world meanwhile . Marines in Lebanon increased their strength to More than 6,000 men in a massive reply to Russia s ultimatum to Quot get out Quot of the troubled Middle East. Communist Powers were whipping their people into furious demonstrations against both the United states and Britain. O 9 9 . Ambassador Omar lout i told the United nations Security Council in new York today that a . Note delivered in Cairo thus morning warned Nasser that any attack by United Arab Republic troops on . Forces in Lebanon would have consequences of Quot dangerous tile note said the Landing of american troops was designed to uphold the Independence of Lebanon and protect . Nationals Loutfi told the Council adding that it also expressed Washington s desire to withdraw the forces As soon As possible. Too in Moscow a mob of nearly 20, 000 persons screaming a get out of Lebanon Quot burst through police lines and hurled Ink bottles and stones at the . Embassy. The mob smashed nearly every window on the embassy first floor. Some missiles reached As High As ambassador Llewellyn Thomp son s ninth floor office indicating use of slingshots or air guns. The mob was part of a throng estimated at from 50,000 to 100,000 Wiio demonstrated in Moscow today. Charge of perjury Des Moines up a legislative investigators exploded a political Bombshell late thursday when they charged there were instances of Quot perjury Quot in their probe into Iowa Commerce commission election practices. The special legislative investigating group also recommended Legal action against commission employees who were members of a Quot Unity club Quot which solicited Cam i Paten funds from other commis Sion workers. Language and land barriers melt away Des Moines up Langush and land barriers melted swi t olt a j Asio soviet students a it peeved an introduction to a Mer can Colletia life. One visitor noted a stud i characteristic common to both to United Stites and the so it Union a daydreaming. Fined at Burlington Burlington Richard w j Mcclure 21, it. Pleasant has been fined $6 and Cost in Munci court Here on a noisy Muffler charge

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