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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - July 22, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant t news vol. 92, no. Fair it. Pleasant Iowa wednesday evening july 22, 1970 Price 10 cents these Days by John Chamberlain new York and the anti human City planners some years ago Edna Ferber the novelist returned to new York from overseas. Coming from the clean cities of the european North the Mediterranean South is quite another Matte she was oppressed by the dirt and clutter of Manhattan a streets. Naturally As a Frontier style action girl she reacted with a Yawp telling the new York City fathers off for their negligence about keeping their own metropolitan nest immaculate. The years have passed and things have not noticeably improved in fun City. True there Are cans for litter but the mania for rebuilding keeps the streets in a constant state of disarray. And the rebuilding is not being done with the needs of people in mind. The traveler returning from Europe trying to get a taxi in the rain is oppressed by the a a Plaza approach to rebuilding on Park Avenue where the City planners have pushed the new Banks and office buildings far away from the curb and it is impossible to go from building to building without getting soaked. In the newer european cities the needs of the pedestrian Are consulted he has is open spaces in the Parks for sunning and bicycling but when he is shopping it can be done under cover. The Arcade is Standard wherever there Are things to be sold one can go from store to store without an umbrella or even a hat. As for the taxi or bus it Isnit needed until one has decided to Call it a Day and go Home. O o o s. Joseph Tankoos jr., a new member of Secretary of Commerce Maurice stans a advisory committee on City planning has been trying to convince mayor John Lindsay that the a open spaces policy As applied to shopping and business areas is anti pedestrian anti consumer anti business and anti human. It could Only have been evolved he says by City planners who live in suburbs and never come to the big town to shop. Or. Tankoos gives mayor Lindsay Good Marks for excluding automobiles from Central Park on weekends so that people can enjoy walking and cycling without being knocked to the ground by speeding traffic. But Central Park is not the whole City. The amenities demand a different approach in areas where commercial display takes Over particularly in a sea coast City of the Northern hemisphere where As or. Tankoos puts it with pardonable exaggeration there Are at least 330 disagreeable Days in the year. Or. Tankoos Points to the planning of the Canadian City of Calgary in Alberta where the population has surged from 50,000 to 4001,000 to keep Pace with the Oil Boom. As a a Little Houston on North country soil Calgary has made a unique use of the Arcade approach the building of shopping malls is done at the second Story level with Bridges arching Over the streets to carry the under cover pedestrian from Block to Block. This keeps the shoppers and the automobile Drivers separate it is the a ultimate to civilized pedestrian ism a As or. Tankoos describes it. O o o in Montreal the a division of Labory Between the shopper and the automobile Driver has been accomplished by putting the stores under ground. It was Manhattan a Bill Zeckendorf who sparked the Montreal development that permits a pedestrian to walk the equivalent of Twenty new York City blocks without surfacing. Because the Montreal slopes Are Steep escalators carry one from stage to stage in the underground shopping area. Since new York City has been committed to the a Plaza approach in the mid town areas there is Little use to crying Over the spilled milk that has resulted from defective planning. However there Are still areas in which new buildings could be moved out to the curb with spacious undercover arcades providing a protected space for the window shoppers who go downtown to buy not to take the Sun. The Cost of bringing the Calgary Canada approach to new York City would probably be terrific. Would t it be Nice though to have second Story arcades along second and third avenues for example with Bridges to take you Over the Cross streets and even from one Side of the Street to another As an added attraction fun City would become Safe City for the mugger would think twice about being trapped without Means of escape from an upstairs mall. Distributed by King features Syndicate the Boeing 747 has a fuel capacity of 47,210 u 3. Gallons. Six arabs seize Airliner a a hard won a a into me preparation for a main attraction at the Henry county agricultural fair and these Youn i and Fra boys and girls deserve much credit for their tuesday evening performance. In the foreground left to right Are those who received top honors and include Becky Bates Connie Waters Jennifer Hoover Trudy Thornburg Marie Waters and Randy Johnston. In the background Are the other competitors who also went Home with Blue red and White ribbons. Horse show presented As opening entertainment before grandstand the 4-h and Fra horse show Drew a Nice crowd at the opening grandstand event at the 1970 Henry county agricultural fair tuesday evening. The show has gained rapidly to popularity during recent years and More than 25 horses and ponies were entered this year. Becky Bates daughter of or. And mrs. Robert Bates was honoured with grand Champion ribbons for the performance of her Fine Quad Ter horse Ebonite. Reserve championship ribbons were awarded to Connie Waters daughter of or. And mrs. Dale Waters showing her horse tadpole. Jennifer Hoover and her exceptional horse Queenie won top honors to the Trail ride Competition and gave a near flawless performance of disc Pine and training. Jennifer is the daughter of or. And mrs. Robert Hoover. Trudy Thornburg Riding her Beautiful horse Brady was awarded second place to the Trail ride which had a total of 14 entries. Trudy is the daughter of or. And mrs. Dayton Thornburg. Grand Champion showmanship honors went to Mark Waters for his handling of miss Whimpy Bay and he is the son of or. And mrs. Dale Waters. Championship honors to the Pony class for showmanship was awarded to Randy Johnston son of or. And mrs. Dean Johnston for the handling of his Pony Thunder. O o o following Are the results of the horse and Pony show held tuesday evening at the Henry county fair with Twenty two entries grand Champion horse Becky Bates Busy beavers. Reserve grand Champion horse Connie Waters Center ettes grand Champion Pony Mark Waters Jackson juniors. Reserve grand Champion Pony Rendy Johnston Scott so busters other winners Are As follows Halter Pony 2 yrs. Old Blue Cindy Hill Tippecanoe Topnotch ers Halter ponies 3 yrs a Over Blue Mark Waters Jackson juniors Roger Bates Man ears Randy Johnston Scott so busters red Tony Prottsman Tippecanoe Hawks Rodney Hanze Wayne soil savers White Kathy Barton. Tippecanoe Topnotch ers Halter horse yearling red Jim Barton Tippecanoe Hawks. Halter horses 3 yrs. And older Blue Becky Bates Busy beavers Connie Waters Center ettes Diana Jennings Tippecanoe Topnotch ers red Mark Waters Jackson juniors Mike Prottsman Tippecanoe Hawks Trudy Thornburg new London lassies Carolyn Mckim new London lassies White Randy Johnston Scott so busters Kevin Mickey Champion clippers Jon Fye k-9-f Gayle Helphrey Center ettes Kathy Voss Busy beavers Mike Barton Tippecanoe Hawks Jennifer Hoover Tippecanoe Topnotch ers Trail ride class there were thirteen entries in the Trail ride class with Jennifer Hoover of Tippecanoe Topnotch ers winning 1st place 2nd place to Trudy Thornburg of new London lassies 3rd place Randy Johnston of Scott so busters 4th, Connie Waters Center ettes 5th, Mark Waters of Jackson juniors. Showmanship contest Mark Waters of Jackson juniors won first in the horse and Pony showmanship contest. Highlight event of 4-h clothing year on thursday evening july 23, this event is not open to the pub at 8 00 the 4-h dress revue style lie. Mrs. Betty Guy from burling show will be held to the antique ton will be the judge selecting the car building at the Fairgrounds. Dress revue Winner. Selection will this event of the fair Marks the be made on the basis of the con highlight of the 4-h clothing year. Of the eight juniors and eight seniors competing one senior will Striction of the garment appearance of the garment on the girl grooming poise and the 4-h re be chosen to compete to the state Cord books which the girls have fair 4-h dress revue. Judging of the girls to select the Winner will be done on thursday morning at Iowa Wesleyan College. Becky strikes weak blow Panama City Fla. Up a tropical storm Becky struck the Florida Panhandle a weak soggy blow today spinning off a Tornado that destroyed three Homes and causing some minor flooding. About an hour after the storm came ashore near Apalachicola at 8 . Edt skies began to Clear and by midday a Bright Sunshine had replaced the Gray overcast in most areas. Merchants began the Job of stripping away the tape they had applied to protect their storefront windows and surfers turned out in Large numbers to make the most of the storm stirred swells. The Tornado hit near the Community of Panacea Inland and a bout 70 Miles East of where Becky made its landfall but police said there were no injuries. Four inches of rain fell in Tallahassee flooding streets in some Low lying areas and about a dozen offices in the House Wing of the Capitol. Big crowd for ridiculous Day ridiculous Day Drew shoppers from a wide area to it. Pleasant wednesday. Sidewalks Weke jammed and parking places scarce As the crowds milled around the merchandise stands on the sidewalks. Brilliant Sunshine and pleasant temperatures provided the proper weather setting for the successful event. Tools stolen at Carl l. Funk farm it. Union a thieves broke into a three car garage on the Carl l. Funk farm near it. Union sometime Over the weekend and made off with a Large Quantity of tools Deputy sheriff Homer Dickson said tuesday. Tools reported missing include a one fourth Inch Drill two hammers set of wrenches spark plug Ratchet two sets of sockets Buffer Hack saw and Chain hoist. Funk told the sheriffs department the break in must have occurred either saturday or sunday night. Kept for the co thing year. The sixteen girls taking part in the dress revue and their respective clubs Are juniors Susan Thuma Busy beavers Susan Moehle Center ettes Lora Pierson Lively lassies Cathy Wolfe new London lassies Laura Millard Tippecanoe Topnotch ers Nancy Lauer Waynette Esther Klyn willing workers Susan Busbee 4-h wizards and seniors Becky Shook Busy beavers Gayle he Pitrey Center ettes Kathy Rodgers Champion ettes Donna Lauer Lively lassies Carolyn Mckim new London lassies Amy Boal Tippecanoe Topnotch ers Barbara Lauer Waynette Vicki Rossiter 4-h wizards. The program promises to be a colourful display of talents. The Public is encouraged to come to the style show on thursday evening to View the outfits and to hear the Annu nement of the dress revue Winner. 4-h clothing exhibits will i be displayed to the same building for Public viewing from tuesday on through the fair. Unit approves $55,000 limit Washington up a the House agriculture committee wednesday approved a $55,000 annual limit on payments to individual Farmers under each of the big Price support programs for wheat Cotton and feed grains. The committee reluctantly approved the ceiling As part of a new three year farm Bill by voice vote and then gave final approval to the completed legislation. Athens up a six Arab guerrillas today seized an olympic airways jetliner with 58 persons aboard and threatened to blow it up if seven Arab guerrillas were not released from Athens jails. Hours later they began releasing the passengers some of their demands apparently met. With the 53 passengers safely out the plane took off for the return flight to Beirut tonight with six hostages aboard a the five crewmen and an International red r. Kilbourn shows grand Champ lambs fair program wednesday evening 6 30 a tractor full thursday evening 8 00 demolition Derby leave most of Gold on truck new York up a five men hijacked a panel truck loaded with $230,000 Worth of Gold tuesday then took less than a third of the shipment. The truck was found abandoned three hours after the robbery with $160,000 Worth of Bullion intact. The Gold apparently was Repov j ered because it was too heavy and Bulky to be removed the police said. Egypt replies positively to peace plan up Egypt has replied positively to the Middle East peace proposals. United Arab Republic officials said today in Cairo. Israel reported ready to reject the plan sent its attack bombers against egyptian Suez canal positions for the 62nd consecutive Day today. Egyptian foreign minister Mah Moud Riad met briefly during the afternoon with Donald Bergus chief of the . Mission in Cairo to hand him Egypt a formal reply to the . Plan that Calls for a three month cease fire along the canal. Israel thinks this will permit an egyptian buildup for an attack across the canal. Government officials said the reply was a a positive and explained that meant Egypt indicated it was ready to discuss the american proposal further and not reject it out of hand. A . Peace plan late last year was turned Down flatly. Goes to Mason City Ames up a Darrell d. Campbell who has been District 5 Iowa Highway commission maintenance Engineer at Fairfield for the past six years today was named District 2 Engineer at Mason City. Results to the 1970 4-h amp . Sheep show at the Henry county fair grand Champion Market Lamb Randy Kilbourn Jackson juniors. Reserve grand Champion Market Lamb Randy Pickle Jackson Jun irs. Grand Champion pen of 3 Market lambs Randy Kilbourn Jackson juniors. Reserve grand Champion pen of 3 Market lambs Marion Shappell Tippecanoe Hawks. Feeder lambs red Leo Meade Mary Bates 2 Linda Bright. Market lambs 85-94 lbs Blue Mitchell Miller Bradley Pickle 2thomas Bates Linda Bright. Red Randy Pickle Charles Bates White Kevin Smith 2 Market lambs 95 to 104 lbs Blue Marion Shappell Randy Pickle Thomas Bates. Red Mitchell Miller Charles Bates. White Terry Smith. Market lambs 105 lbs. And up Blue Richard Shappell Marion Shappell Randy Kilbourn 2leo Meade. Red Richard Shappell White Terry Smith. Pens of 3 feeder lambs red Mary Bates Linda Bright pen of 3 lambs 255 to 279 lbs red Mitchell Miller Randy Pickle Charles Bates. White Bradley Pickle Leo Meade Thomas Bates. Pen of 3 lambs 280 la. And up Blue Richard Shappell Marion Shappell Randy Kilbourn. White Kevin Smith Terry Smith purebred sheep division grand Champion Corriedale Ewe Jim Shelledy new London pioneers grand Champion Corriedale ram Jim Shelledy new London pioneers Reserve grand Champion Corriedale ram Tami Toft new London lassies. Purebred Ewe lambs Blue Jim Shelledy 2 red Tami Toft purebred yearling ewes Blue Tami Toft 2 purebred ram lambs Blue Jim Shelledy 2tami Toft. Sheep showmanship contest 1st. Place Randy Kilbourn Cross representative. The guerrillas were to wait in Beirut for action by the Athens government. O o o Aristotle Onassis owner of olympic airways offered himself As a hostage for the passengers at one Point but the guerrillas refused and demanded instead that a High official of the greek government accompany them Back to Beirut where the flight originated. Deputy Premier Stylianos Pat Takos personally negotiated with the guerrillas by radio from the Athens control Tower and was reported to have persuaded them to reduce their demands. Shortly afterwards the guerrillas began releasing the passengers two by two. O o o Onassis sped to the Airport to the morning shortly after the hijacking and talked with the guerrillas Over the Airport control radio. He returned in the afternoon for a second conversation shortly before the situation began easing. The guerrillas were armed with Mach meguans and hand grenades and threatened to blow up the plane with All on Board unless Greece freed their comrades jailed for terroristic activities against Israel. They first demanded that Greece release two arabs scheduled to go on trial Friday for a bomb explosion at the israeli Al a1 airlines office last november. Then they demanded the release of two Arab commandos sent to prison in March for an attack on an Al a1 plane to december 1968. War blazes up in 3 areas Saigon up a the Indochina War blazed up to All three countries today. The u. S. Command reported an american air raid against North vietnamese gun positions South Vietnam sent 5,000 More men into Cambodia where the communists scored new successes and the government of Laos declared a state of emergency in six Southern provinces. The strike against North Vietnam was the first by americans since june 25. In the tuesday action reported today two f4 jets attacked antiaircraft batteries 42 Miles North of the Border in retaliation for a North vietnamese attack on an unarmed u. S. Reconnaissance plane. In Cambodia the communists once again Cut phenom penh s lifeline to the sea with an attack 44 Miles below the capital. They also stepped up their attack on the government training base at Rome As 40 Miles Northwest of phenom penh site of the main cambodian army training enter. Terse verse by a. C. Gordon we teach More by what we Are today than by what we do or what we say. Marion Shappelle a pen of three lambs weighed in at 311 pounds and won him Reserve grand Champion pen of 3 lambs at the 4-h and Fra sheep show tuesday at Mcmillan Park. Marion is a member of the Tippecanoe Hawks 4-h club and the son of or. And mrs. C Harles Shappell 4 ,. Reserve Champ pen of three shows grand champs in Lamb show Randy Kilbourn son of or. And mrs. Ronald Kilbourn made a clean sweep in the 4-h and Fra sheep show with his grand Champion Market Lamb and grand Champion pen of 3 Market lambs. Randy Stop Lamb weighed 118 pounds and his pen of three to flipped the Scales at 358 pounds he is a member of the Jackson juniors 4-h club. Wins Reserve Champ honors Reserve grand Champion Market Lamb honors went to Randy Pickle son of or. And mrs. Richard Jack Pickle at the Henry county agricultural fair tuesday. Randy a Lamb weighed an even 100 pounds. Randy is a member of the Jackson juniors 4-h club

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