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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - July 22, 1961, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news partly Cloudy vol. 83, no. 171mt. Pleasant Iowa Sah Row evening july 22, 1961 these Days by George e. Sokolsky sponsoring 5-acre Corn yield contest urges Call for cease fire a telling incident on May 26, 1945, Harry Hopkins met Stalin in the Kremlin to discuss Many very important subjects. For some time prior to this meeting president Harry Truman and tri in e minister Winston Churchill had been mane vering to the Junior chamber of com get Stalin to agree to some kind Merer announced that it will of a Summit meeting but Stalin i sponsor the Iowa master Corn had avoided a decision. Finally growers contest for Henry count Hopkins was sent to the Kremlin to this year. Make arrangements for what. This is a five acre Corn yield con a eventually became the Potsdam test the Winner of which will com con Fere Nee. I Pete in the state contest. Hopkins explained that president deadline for signing up for the Truman him Hopkins to go contest is july 29. Banners May to Moscow because sign up at Wayne Nelsons Booth at he thought the marshal the Henry county fair or at the would be interested in a Brief of pleasant chamber of Commerce description of president Roosevelt s office. State of mind just prior to death. He said that on the Way Back from Yalta it had been Clear to him that president Roosevelt was very fired and that Energy was on the Stalin pushed aside this emotional description by swung that Lenin also died of a cerebral Haemorrhage following a stroke Stalin apparently wanted to the local National guard unit get on with the business on hand. Troop b of the first recon a he knowing that Hopkins himself Naissance Squadron 113th Armor was a very sick Man who had not will leave for two weeks of summer much longer to live and had not Field training at Camp Ripley made this Long trip to discuss the Minn. Aug 12 and will return Ben nature of Roosevelt s death. Aug. 27 a 0 0 the local troops will make the however Hopkins persisted and trip to Camp Ripley by truck con reminded Stalin How much Faith Voy along we if the Headquarters Hie Cuy Council Wonc. A. Roosevelt had in soviet Russia and unit of Burlington troop a of night decided to go ahead with the.,t, he entire pro acc councilman that Roosevelt was responsible for Washington and troop c of Keo Street widening program As pro Derrell Goddard second a it a a i initiating the program of Aid to Kuk soviet Russia arrival Date at Camp rip y is Hopkins then went on to explain sunday. Aug. 13 on the Way to that since Roosevelt Quot death Tho Camp the troop will Stop Over nigh american people were not Asen in Austin Minn on the return trip thus Istle about soviet Russia Asu of troops will bivouac overnight of guard unit to leave a. 12 charged alter car hits pole stamp out resistance in Tunisia a charge of operating a motor vehicle while lie War intoxicated was filed again t John William i Ridinger of. Plea Anu saturday. Morning by City police. I car of is. Struck a in All Light in front of the Starlight Motel on Wert washing pounded urn then hit a Light pole. Tim it a it t cd i tit i i ton and breaking it off Friday at 8 pm turn no indicate lot a i re i pin stand tat i a Quarter Ltd of Blan p out i to ditch Dag wants in to make the request t i n t a nations. N y up v it tar general uns hat tar a a it id Tod a urged the u s. Tip curd v Council to Call tor an in til it i it f la i d. J her War p re in tunic to i to in pan. Ii. N sources said the had or in teem d these Early hours Are rough a astronaut Virgil Grissom shows ii s Parth Wingness by giving out with a big Yawn at breakfast before donning press ire s it for the spa e hop a technician helps him with adjustments on space helmet a Cape canaveral a. Let contract for Street widening to Jones c company posed and awarded the contract for motion passed with All voting Aye Freak damage by lightning Holt at Monson Home red incr rent the night in tin county jail and appeared in mayor a Ai my Ai Wade my ret b s court saturday Bond was set at $350 and a hearing was scheduled for i pm. . Ridinger and a passenger in i car. James Higgins. Big escaped injury. According to police Ridinger. Driving a 1957 Studebaker a headed West on West Washington exp in cd a him my and at a Point just West of Ood fhe future of a a hug win s Shell service the car veered base at Burn across the pavement to the South Guiba blockade operation. 1 a Tull Iii Toiba in War up Irene military major objectives my that military practically and to it it c on Habib Ben or a Rei r Ber in got of i naval al it a. Bour tile a in French out o to urged an immediate halt in flu fighting and a pet uni to it Fain quo without prejudging it controversy which triggered tile pocket War Iris recommend of Lor were in line with a draft proposal by the United states if Amnia skjold fold the Council meet my few the second Day in emergency session that news from Tunisia a indicates that serious a developments latest re purls said the Lynch were Pound a Ling la. T ditch ifs is to Lite in the to inn Quarter of i Vierte and run Siatta suffered heavy and entered tile West Entrance of bid to fore the the Motel drive Quot Hie car shot Tun a that touch d ult he fight that tile Over tile curb smashed into tile my a it Bur. Day . Ii lit in front or the Motel. A although we do no u. Render a i consider in the circumstances the Brick founds to Force b Urguiza min a it re it is my duty to make an urgent the work to the Ben Jon con councilman j Stewart Jackson the Low i was not present. J the Council then accepted the 1 Jones bid and waived on Irreg a auction co of Newton. Bid i r at $84,230 50 they had bean Hopkins said a two month ago there had been Charles City tie fir t four Day of Trainer. Construction co of awarded the con two overwhelming sympathy among the plated for in the Field where the am lit an people for the soviet men will train sleep and eat. Of by a Union and Complete support for Bat they will move into the Camp president Roosevelt s policies which Barracks. Tie in a is to knew of Well this commander of the local unit is so in patly., and support came Pri capt Dorrald j Martin a idly because of the Brilliant a a a achievement of the soviet Union in the War and partly from preside Roosevelt s leadership and the magnificent Way in which our two countries had worked together to bring about the defeat of Germany Tim american people at that time _ hoped and confidently believed that Hie two countries could work to where is the Pessimist who Aid get her in peace As Well As they had this will be a dry summer in War he undoubtedly gone into hibernation since Friday s Down the Norris Ottumwa a tract for the surfacing of the new off Street parking lot $18,660, the Low bid the Street widening project Cal lie Home the r Soma t r Trig of Tho to Lim Llama which struck at tile a r West of Oil Highway 34. Did Ltd in it i freakish Way. Larity in the firm s Bond i that the bid of tile Norris after con Fer 1 struck Ion co was accepted i the total improvement is cd. Peeled to Cost $170,000 that in Fer the widening of 16 blocks Bor-1 eludes the two contract. A he padding Tho business District to h1jchase of land for the off strict prove the parking situation and the part Tang lots engineering fees flow of traffic. Atch basins advertising and Bonds rain totals 2.57 inches the m the t ant nil i House a its dam tool Rotor on a end of the House and forced the Knob from the control out into the i room but he set was not damaged tile Boll carried to the set in Tho West part of the House and knocked out that set. I tile Bolt also broke a Mirror in Council wednesday night at which at first the Council estimate d j h h Brnad out switch bid were received the Council and th0 to al Cost at Bur after and a a journey to meet Friday night so j receiving the bids Learned it would j that the bids could be reevaluated Cove Aboul $29,000 More after Conand possible Cut Back be made. Sid Erable discussion it was decided knocking it off tion. The right ride of the far Nam read t swung around into Hie Light pole a m of Vav u near the Charles Roppel re to device of. Napping the pole off. Tile car came to re t straddling a hedge with the front wheels on Hie West Side of the hedge. An ambulance was called but a ii cd i. Prob j Appeal i k i Ltd i and tin d to followed by direr i Tunisia on a sons were not injured it evidently struck the to Lear the ast end of the Wasny to needed a local wrecker d the. N Bame selective in towed the badly wrecked car to a a i knocked out the con Van Crawford to set at the East aided police at the scene fret at unit d cd Pule at the regular meeting of the and bonding company fee. Mishap in front of officers Home c Driver is fined to the Council i mum avoid the Quot need for immediate act on which cannot await More time consumed by debate a he said. A i therefore take the Liberty to appt a1 to Tho Council to consider aking w it Lieut delay intermediary decisions pending Furt Lier consideration of the item. Such a decision honed not prejudge the final do lib rations of the Council. The Council should request a ceasefire and relation of All hostile act. Tin. It said. Liquid to combined will the immediate return would Tak 11 Ca e it to the status Quot before the fight s in cease fire to be negotiations wit controversial a. E Bourguiba v the stand taken by the states and Britain on i. With France a it is painful Arni extern. In irritating and that Washington and London for known motives in line w till pan Fin not. A w r jul and conform to the u n charter a said he aul that if the in n to Cun Quot font ii did not give Tunisia in tis i Lac Hon hot Emmett Carmot Salem wits la that no blocks would be put on of the the not Raiti thee All Merit i pours that from Early morning to Early evening totalled 2 57 inches this came on top of about two i inches that had fallen in the past Hopkins made the Point that Amor Iran opinion was turning an i russian he said he wished to assure the marshal with All the earnestness so Vera Dav its at command that this body of Uzzle periodically Friday and american Public opinion who had Hen a downpour Between seven be. N the constant support of the an eight in the evening a cum Roosevelt policies were seriously plated 47 inches. The Early morn out at Friday nights meeting the inc program As they a. Council went into executive session widening to discuss the project the Council j the project will be paid for. F returned to regular session and of the City s parking meter fund councilman Harold Mcleran made it will take about ten years to pay a motion that the City go ahead for it. Eked off a Small piece of a clock radio was knocked out in the West part of the House mrs Monson had gone to close a Whf wow and opened hic curtain a charge of striking an unattended just As Tho Bolt struck. She was vehicle and $20 and costs on an till general Molj whop tag erupting wednesday. I Nisi i would Humph Quot efforts by hic United boat my it Tim tunisian Wen reported to Cool off the Battle of Biz one had j have suffered he a casualty in i in into opposition from both de $100 and Cost in Justice George i fusing Todi kide. Means court saturday morning on j terribly scared but not injured. Tar of Charles h rancher at 205 it s. Jefferson s at 8 30 o clock the Accident occurred in front charge $62 for 15 minutes on roof Grissom in Good shape two arrested for fighting in it harking lot intoxication charge. Both charges were filed by Deputy Van Craw Ford Friday night of Craw Fords residence As Craw a Hen he arrested Garmoe from an Acci after j Ford was return inf Garmoe. Car struck the parked Dent Cene on West Washington three die in accidents disturbed about their relations with Ravia in fact in the last six weeks deterioration of Public opinion had been so serious As to affect adversely the relations Between our two Hopkins then explained the nature of Roosevelt s foreign policy the Cardinal basis of president Roosevelt to policy which the american p male had fully supported had Licen the concept that the interests of the United states were work wide and not confined to North and South America and the Pacific Ocean and it was this concept that had led to the Many conferences concerning the peace of the world which president Roosevelt had had with marshal i Stalin president Roosevelt believed that the soviet Union Hadj likewise world wide interests and that Hie two countries could work but together any political or economic considerations at Issue Between them too we come Here to the Core of the problem lacing us today. Apparently it was Roosevelt a plan to had amounted to i to an elderly. New London woman i tuesday had expensive a repairs have been spot done to the roof of her Home by ing ram inches win in showers have been spotty Acme a Tim Tom in no Ournac 10nssom this month most parts of the three out of state men who said county if not All received some of it they Only wanted to look at the \ fridays rain i Leonard Ridinger and Darrell Wallington were arrested by City. Police Friday night and charged with fighting and intoxication the grand Bahama Island est took Lack in the a to parking Ewi a up a astronaut Virgin a a Bright and Sharp and ready to go Home. T a Day Merat House tvs Clara Brandmeyer paid cd he did no blow tile cover off spa e Cap. Iii soft Maple tree collapses i the to non $62 for about fifteen 1, i Send it to the Bottom Quot i and the Ocean both in ii appeared in mayor wary my be n Murt saturday morning and were each fined $25 and costs on be fighting charge my $10 and costs on the intoxication charge. A soft Maple tree on the front parking it Hie Raymond curl residence 311 West Monroe grew tired and toppled into the Street in the Early morning saturday. It became evident after the Large a a tree Tad fallen that the entire Root a Emo Down Atter about to minutes Naa i seeking payment system with the exception of a very Small part had rotted away. I Only a Small part of the trunk at the ground level perhaps one if j Teeth of the circumference re-1 Maine alive. At 12 05 a m. Saturday. John i Fehy 711 East Madison notified to j lice that a Large limb had blown on Light wires near Home. City j minutes of work $15 less than when had asked according to the report her brother reported tile incident j grand Bahama Isi not to the new., saying he wanted to a. W i a Una a astronaut Burlington stolen a warn others about the situation. A Gus Quot Grissom dunked in s it \ tile men drove up to the House in j water following Nde into a pie. Which miss Brandmeyer ufos was toasted with Champ urn Ai alone telling her they did no to want pronounced in a tip top shape or. To sell her anything but would doctors. Like to look at the roof to see if it american astronaut Brough needed repair. Later they took up buckets and it a pm Eow d mis Sile Range Island for a debriefing i was scheduled to undergo Conn to my checks by a team of physicians lie a us a precautionary measure. Car found Here a 1953 Buick reported stolen at Burh be. T a was found in front of 105 s. Adams Street saturday mortising. It had been there since 10 30 Bim. City police Are investigating. A. B views the mrs. Hris Hertig Dies unexpectedly mrs Chris he Fig. 68. Died unexpectedly at. 5 15 Pun at Lier patrolman buys local property Ralph Sheila Barger old threshers reunion enthusiast old mail Hack which been loaned for the i freshers reunions. Old mail Hack for threshers reunion have a two nation control of the workers were called and took cart t Home one mile West of Wayland j world. The United states and of the situation soviet Russia would be the masters it was disclosed the Spiel test Pilot controlled the posit to ii i of Craft for re entering Hie j Earth s atmosphere Friday i doctors planned to give him n-1 other thorough going Over Rod. And hoped to find him fully recuperated from struggle in he through tile Carrier Gilbert Effort of Cantwell an Rural old proper. Housing and Cai sgt. Melvin Jack Beaman of the Iowa Highway patrol who come mail come to it Midwest old Thresher Hack had Ben on display in Wallington. D. C., and would be Avail ing. Sgt Bree Hack used in the Early 1900,. Litao win a w pleasant for Dis do strict from Winterset. Has to a chased the Ware Taylor prop Illa it at Ali a 414 by i reunion. Of Ipi i to hic accidents claimed to lure 5 in i m Iowa Friday rain King the state s 1961 toil to 331 compared with 290 through july 20 lat year. Mrs. Ross Shaffer 53. Walker. Was killed Friday night in a two car on Iowa 13 about Fourmile North of Marion. Two i passengers in Lier car and the drive i it of the other Auto escaped i Riott injury. Late Friday afternoon am old Frederick Wulf. , Rural Dubuque. Eau it killed when the car in which he was travelling alone was in Colli Ion with one operated by Charles c worser 22. Rural Mcgregor on Iowa 18-52 at Hie eat it Edge of Luana Werger was not Leriou juy Hurt but a passenger in car. Robert r Rikli Abr. 16, Monaca a hospitalized at Postville with a broken leg extensive Scalp injuries and multiple cuts and bruises. Earlier Friday Roger Rice 30, Tulsa. Okla., was killed and five Iller persons were injured Iii a one car crash on Iowa 97 about to Miles West of Decorah. Cantwell noticed in earners Magazine the a hat Iona in mail and mrs. Beaman and their Hac c beings to mrs. Lora daughters will mow to flu Mora to w or it a. Able to soul organization would cart thai three honoured by Iov. Erbe property soon. They get Possession and All other countries would fit into place. Stalin made no comment on this particular subject. Instead Stalin tided to get the Dis Cussion off on a Tangent namely t ii a t the conservative party in great Britain was against soviet Art Hamm joins police Force til at it will be Given Ruth Boese was born feb. 14, 1893. 1 pleasant was i Ocean at the end of a rocket i it i it Lii Day. J my i i that carried him 118 Miles High Aud aug Izanec it to the Thresher mrs Hertig the former Minnie 1303 Miles Down Range from clip or. Taylor expects to spend some Board for display Here w. Ii Boese daughter of Jacob and Mary 1 canaveral. They were certain to it. A Jis cot tag in Wisconsin. Agreement a Little rest was about All he need d a four fellow astronauts and Walter Williams launch director of tin Federal space Agency beaded Here j today to add their congratulation. T mediately reunion t warded to near Wayland on oct. 15, 1913, she was married to Chris Hertig. Site is survived by her husband and three children mrs. Harold j Grissom was expected to b flown Art Hamm. 23, it Russia and that therefore soviet named to the City police department r i into and Donnie Hertig. J Back to Cape canaveral during to Russia had to have a government Friday night by mayor Wade my a of Wayland and one sister. Weekend to Beth. Succeeding James Humphrey a a venue Kaufman and one Orother Albert Boese also one granddaughter Vickie Hertig. One local vow fifth in nation in Community service for it he wrote in j net or Lur a for a mrs. Sharman. Aft a a j he an Exchange of Fetter a which j a Assurance was Given that the j threshers organization would Bel glad to have the Hack and would in Roland that was Friendly soviet Russia. Harry Hopkins As-1 who resigned to take other ensured Stalin that. The United. Ploy ment. States would desire a Poland Hamm married and the father of j Daup or Betty Marie Lier parents Friendly to the soviet Union and in three children been employed three a Esters and one Bouier pre fact desired to see Friendly coun at the school bus maintenance a a a deceased her Rae the body was taken to the Chr tile appointment was approved by fun Home services will held j the City Council. Sunday at 2 . At the Wayland i tiv it pm a. A in Post. Veterans of foreign wife won fifth place pack bops baseball team. Elite tries All along the soviet . Registration week of August 7 i Kaji Lake Iowa up three iowans were honoured today by gov. Norman a to be for their i efforts in saving two couples whose boat swamped in Clear Lake. July. 3, i960. Properly hot a and display it. Or award. Were pre St Iii ii. Line Cha to Hack be by Paul Tanto it a of sent Here veil though me dad w Conley of mar other Applier i is Des Moines and William Bowles of or. , a lady Rural Man j West Moines Carrier used the Hack after she nip three men helped pull or took her husband s mail route the j Ltd mrs. Filberto Ybarra and i 1927 on u 26 mile stretch 12 melt it and mrs. Carlo. Melendez a it in the nation in Community Active Tain ment for veterans a mental sout Jaicalia Mosi had of cup air fake from the water after 1 a is 1 comm it Quot Bervie 1 further health Active in assisting veterans Model t at the time gut in bad Swain Ped making a Tun to disa-1 notice for registration of High and population. At i mennonite Church with Rev. Omer school students of of. Pleasant com presentation of will Good Bye Poland Good Bye Czechoslovakia. Hungary and All the so called liberated countries there were no secret treaties. At any rate Stalin got off on a i Potsdam and there probably were Nibley in charge. Burial will be school District Side line discussing whether hit-1 no treaties but secret arrange North Hill cemetery. J place the week of August 7. Miami. Ler was alive or dead. 1 ments in the volumes now Avail friends May give to the memorial George Stanley announced. So Here we have it the hidden Able fact the pressed item that led copyright 1961 u Potsdam. We were assured that Syndicate. Inc word on the results of the com with problems pertaining lied to Hack and team th0 payers sped to th1 petition Friday night dishing d. Lilith pensions hospitalization and. More a i he car she like to the j Anfin their Boals when they second the like very Active in a Roll f pro Job Anuj kept on web p membership in chamber of will7 by Hanh it in Rutur j also ranked scene in to Weir boats Mcary a saw the Accident. The a. A. Among cities of four to ten thous Gram membership in chamber 011whilpi her husband operated a he a to in the Craft att i Commerce and participant in hic. Until lie retired til awards will Industrial development program 1 take be made at the National convention the Post placed first in the state in Community service which the local Post provides Leader obviously was a noteworthy Honor Tai fund at the Wayland mennonite the notice giving dates and the ship and shares in a variety of now a it rank near. Top the King features Church in place end Owers if they too cute is us toned a where Presto As reported Friday. They no Conan except Untal achieve j be car in this Issue. Include. p of cub scold my in i three children of the Xiberras. One some of the friendliness of the i of whom. Melva. To. Drowned in Days on the route seem to linger the Accident. Tile Oiler two. L it in the quaint old vehicle tar. 8, and Jerry 5, were set vhf mrs. St Carman written that j Bowles also performed Artic a she May come to it pleasant to a respiration to revive mrs. Melendez be Hie threshers show after pulling her from the Lake

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