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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - July 25, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news partly Cloudy vol. 92, no. 174 it. Pleasant Iowa saturday evening july 25, 1970 Price to cents these Days by John Chamberlain Why do commissions end in cop outs what is the matter with investigatory commissions they bring witnesses to Washington to Mouth clinches to grab headlines for partisan advantage and to reinforce stereotypes that have no More pure value in them than a Lyndon Johnson 25-cent piece. There was the National advisory commission on civil disorders which spawned the Kenner report a superficial document that blamed rioting on such things As substandard housing without Ever tracing the conditions in our slums to the agricultural upheavals of the thirties when new Deal farm crop limitation policy forced thousands of negroes to trek into the big cities where there was no room for them. Now there is the president s commission on Campus unrest set up to dig into the psychological background of the Kent state University killings and other events of the recent Spring. Judging from the statements made by the first witnesses. Chairman William Scranton is fated to preside Over another Dud. To steal a title from a Cole Porter song its just one of those things. Too it could hardly be otherwise for the commission is trying to come up with answers that have eluded philosophers Ever since the Western world became embroiled in its first great fratricidal War in 1914. Our society has been crumbling for a Long time and the society includes its schools. There was Campus unrest in the twenties when we mocked Woodrow Wilson for his quaint belief that he had led the . Into a War to end War. There was Cam Pur unrest in the thirties when the depression hit. Youth Ever since i have been around has had an identity crisis and to blame the crisis Only on the vietnamese War or on Cambodia or on the rhetoric of vice president Spiro Agnew is As shallow a performance As one could imagine. Too a the truly guilty party a said j. Otis Cochran chairman of the Black american Law students association a is the Nixon Agnew administration. What Hope is there for advocates of peaceful protest if each new week brings another ill conceived attack from Agnew s thesaurus of invectives a the Only trouble with this explanation is that no one had Ever heard of Agnew when the age of the Campus rebellion dawned at Berkeley. I happen to have in my desk a research Institute of America study of Campus dissatisfaction dated september 25, 1967 remember it was a Lyndon Johnson swarm then. The Ria Survey was made by Jeffrey St. John a competent journalist who spent Many weeks talking to College students about their one of the big Youthful gripes at the time was the a adults lacked the students wanted to Admire people who a stand for something a and looking about them they found such characters few and far Between. The Campus crisis of 1967, so or. St John concluded was part of a bigger crisis of the spirit. What youth wanted a from the adult world a on the Job or off a is direction action plausible and rational reasons for policies honesty and clearcut it Wasny to getting these things from permissive parents or from economists who believing that All things Are relative doubted the very existence of first principles or from sociologists who had never tried to determine what human constants might underlie the diversity of tribal customs. Too in Brief youth in 1967, was lacking in the self esteem that comes from knowing who you Are where you Are what you stand for and what you Are capable of doing. The colleges in 1967, weren to noticeably geared to helping students get hold of themselves before taking on the bigger Job of reforming society. The faculties weren to teaching history with reference to the balance of Power they had let economics degenerate from a study of principles into a business of manipulating statistics it had become mathematical not something that had first of All to reckon with the human values that dictate Choice they had dropped the idea that a Western University should uphold Western values or that a Greco roman Christian civilization should begin by studying its origins before trying to relate itself to other cultures. Spiro Agnew had absolutely nothing to do with the 1967 scene which is still the scene of 1970. The phenomenon that we know As a Kent state was just a continuation of the Berkeley of Mario Savio or the tighten Security after gun theft san Clemente Calif. Up Security wound president Nixon a compound at the Western White House was tightened Early today after a guard was beaten and an armory raided at the Camp Pendleton Marine base 15 Miles away. A Marine corps spokesman said a search was underway for a three or four unknown assailants following first District gop elects Mary Erbe Des Moines up a Iowa republicans elected a committeeman and committee woman Friday night for each of the states seven congressional districts to Kickoff the state gop convention Here. Republicans in the 1st District took three ballots before electing Mary Erbe of Iowa City As committee woman. Mrs. Erbe Defeated Katie Davis of Burlington by five votes. State rep. Richard Drake of Muscatine was re elected committeeman. In the 2nd District Roger Halverson of Monona was re elected committeeman and i Nicoleen of Clinton was re elected committee woman. T. Cooper Evans of Guthrie Center was elected committeeman for the 3rd District and mrs. Judy Fos Sam of Cedar Falls was elected committee woman. James West of state Center was chosen committeeman for the 4th District succeeding Herb Selby of Newton. Mrs. Trudy Beattie of Creston was elected committee woman. In the 5th District Rodson Riggs managing editor of the Ames daily Tribune was ejected committeeman and mrs. Pat Bain of Des Moines was picked As committee woman. Margaret Mcdonald of Cherokee was elected committee woman for the 6th District and Peter Narey of spirit Lake was chosen committeeman. Keith Richardson of Jefferson was elected committeeman for the 7th District and mrs. Maxine on Weller of Council Bluffs was elected committee woman. Air National guard Pilot Dies in crash Winterset up a a Jet tactical fighter aircraft flying a training Mission out of Des Moines crashed and burned about la Miles West of Here Friday killing the Iowa air National guard Pilot. Killed was col. Wayne c. Neb Ben 46, Des Moines commander of the 132nd tactical fighter group of the Iowa air National guard unit based in Des Moines and the Only person aboard the f-84-f Jet. Nef Oben mid other Pilot capt. Jerry l. Proctor of Chicago were flying the jets on a paired training Mission when Nebben a plane crashed in rugged Timberland on the Virgil Jones farm around noon. Proctor who is employed by United air dines As a Pilot said he noticed Nebben missing when he was unable to regain radio Contact with him. Nebben reportedly was conducting a simulated strafing attack on a Bridge at the time and crashed after he apparently failed to come out of a dive on the Bridge. The incident in the staging battalion area of Camp Margarita on the sprawling base. The spokesman said nine m16 automatic rifles one m79 grenade launcher and a .41-caliber automatic pistol were taken. The guard was not seriously injured and was being questioned by investigators from the Marine corps and the Federal Bureau of investigation. The base was sealed off after the robbery at about 10 30 . Friday approximately the same time the presidential Jet touched Down at Eltoro Marine air station North of Here. The Security St Pup at the Western White House which is on the Northern end of the Camp Pendleton base was believed precautionary. Columbia of Mark Rudd where it was a matter of pure Luck that no innocent bystander happened to get in the Way of a lethal missile of one kind or another. It so happens that Spiro Agnew is one person who has a conviction a which is something that students have been searching for. As for president Nixon he wants to end the War without surrendering to the soviets who would certainly kill the american University As we have known it. To blame our Campus a a unrest on the Nixon Agnew administration is the Rawest kind of cop out. If our University presidents can to see that they Arentt capable of seeing anything and we might As Well close their institutions Down. Distributed by King features Syndicate. A a very Lively session with pres. Nixon Fargo . Up a a no one was shy As five midwestern governors discussed Rural problems with president Nixon Friday. The session entered on methods to Stem the flow of persons to Urban areas. It lasted More than two hours. Nebraska gov. Norbert t. Tie Mann called the discussion 1 very Lively and said a no one was other governors who attended the meeting were Harold Levander of Minnesota Robert d. Ray of Iowa Frank Farrar of South Dakota and William Guy of North Dakota. Guy was the Only democratic governor at the conference. Too Tiemann vice chairman of the committee on Urban and Rural development of the National governors conference outlined a report which called for planned population distribution and economic development. The economic development administration an Agency of the Commerce department has been criticized for funnelling More Money into very poor areas than it spends in areas with better potential Tiemann said. The Agency spends $250 million annually on Job producing Grants. Agriculture Secretary Clifford Hardin who was among Nixon staff and Cabinet members present at the session said Rural America has one third of the nations population and half of its poor people. Too a member of Nixon a Domestic Council staff said the Dakotas have had a net decline in population since 1960. John Price said Nixon chose Fargo As the site for his visit to underscore the need for action on All governmental Levels to reverse current trends toward larger cities and less populated farmlands. The majority of those dignitaries who attended the meeting favored programs to develop Small cities More Hardin said and to develop new communities outside of metropolitan areas. Cabinet members who attended the session included Hardin housing Secretary George Romney Treasury Secretary David Kennedy Interior Secretary Walter Hickel and Commerce Secretary Maurice stasis. Five mayors also attended the meeting. They were Ben boo Duluth Minn. M. E. Schirmer Sioux Falls . Lloyd Turner Waterloo Iowa Herschel i. Lashkowitz Fargo. And Eugene Leahy Omaha neb. Leahy and Lashkowitz Are democrats. And Fra Market livestock Sale totals $21,458 the 42 Market steers 72 Market hogs and 31 Market lambs sold at the 4-h and Fra Market livestock Sale Friday brought a total of $21,456.29 reports r. L. Thuma county Extension director. Market steers averaged $35.57 per Hundred pounds Market hogs averaged $33.14 and Market lambs averaged $33.62 Thuma reports. Metro mail officials assemble at plaint for open House prior to the opening of the doors for their saturday open House staff members of metro mail gathered with postmaster Wendell t. Smith. Pictured from left Back Row Garth rustan production manager Smith Larry. Broeg production control manager Bill Howe president of metro mail front Row Phil swords staff Engineer Gary Doak Plant manager Mike Mcsweeney vice president operations and de King personnel manager. The open House continues until 3 . President of Continental concluding Telephone killed by bomb in car fair event editors note Philip j. Lucier. Kilted Friday by a bomb was president of Continental Telephone corporation Parent company of Superior Cable co., which has a death has visited the it. Pleasant Plant and spoke at the opening. This evening St. Louis to. Up a Philip a _ a a an excellent program that de j. Lucier president of the Contin a a a a a a a. Served a much larger attendance Plant in it. Pleasant and Parent rental Telephone corp was kilted comment of some of those thai a Friday when he turned the ignition in anime 1 of his car and set off a pipe bomb attending the grand Ole opry en-co., which serves mis area James. Sprta Ismeni. St he Henry county l. Robb vice president of Continental who narrowly escaped planted beneath the seat. J testament at the Henry county two vice presidents of tire firm air tri Day evening Mhz patient fatally Hurt in 3-Story drop Darlene Vaughn 38, of Solon a patient at the mental health Institute died of multiple injuries including severe head injuries at memorial Hospital Here Friday. She either jumped or fell from a third Story window at the Mhz and landed on Cement. She was taken to Hie county Hospital and lived Only about to minutes after arrival there. Or. Harold Rankin As county medical examiner said that death was due to head injuries and multiple fractures. Two Savod from fire through window Des Moines up a a Des Moines woman trapped in her second floor apartment by fire Friday night dropped her 3-year-old boy out a window to a neighbor and then jumped into the arms of two police officers. Mrs. Margaret Graves dropped her son Frankie about 25 feet into the Aims of Walter Piasechi a neighbor and then jumped into the arms of patrolmen Clarence Jobe and Jerry Jones. Fire officials said about six other persons fled from the apartment House after the fire broke out about 9 30 pm. They said the fire apparently started on the second floor of the two Story Structure which sustained considerable damage. No one was injured. B 52s bomb non buildup Saigon up a the u. S. Command sent an Armada of b52 bombers today against what was described As the beginning of a North vietnamese attempt to drive american troops out of another gun base near the laotian Frontier. Across the Border a laotian battalion commander was reported killed in heavy fighting with communist troops at ban non Boua near the to Chi Minh Trail. In Cambodia communist forces blew up two Bridges on Road linking phenom penh with the strategic Mekong River town of Kom Pong Cham 50 Miles Northeast of the capital. Military sources in phom Peny said the Bridges were Sabato ged Friday. Who were returning from lunch with Lucier were uninjured although they had just opened the doors of the Black Fleetwood Cadillac to enter. Lucier 49, had jumped in ahead of toe vice presidents to a Cool it off Quot apparently meaning he would Start the air conditioning in the car. The vice presidents were James l. Robb and James v. Naper both of the St. Louis area. Too major Herbert Johnston assistant chief of the Clayton police department said the victim a was nearly Cut in two. It looked like he sat on a stick of the explosion ripped a Hole in the floorboard under the Drivers seat sent the Back portion of the seat through the rear window and shattered the Windshield and Side front windows. Two holes were punctured in the roof. The fair which will be concluded this evening with the harness races appeared to be one of the most successful of recent years however. The event was blessed with a a fair weather a a week of Sunshine and pleasant temperatures. A Light Shower in it. Pleasant Friday afternoon was no deterrent to the fair. At noon saturday when this was written skies were Clear but High humidity caused harness racing fans to cast a wary Eye at the sky. Ellis Island seized by 40 Blacks new York up a about 40 Blacks have seized historic Ellis Island onetime a Gateway to America a and began setting up a drug rehabilitation Center. They promised newsmen a guided tour of the Island today. The group members of the National economic growth and reconstruction organization arrived monday by boat on the 27.5 acre Island which served for More than 50 years As the first Stop for immigrants entering the United states. The head of the work party called Ogar refused Friday to show the Island to reporters who landed by helicopter on the Northeast Corner of the Island. A Leader of the group or. Thomas w. Matthews said later a tour would be conducted today. The Blacks have set up a chlorine powder packing operation under a Federal contract to show the Nixon administration that a a Black self help Community is feasible a said the groups director Gordon c. Lynch. Lynch said the party would leave the Island aug. I As an act of a Good fire in car a fire starting from an Ash tray damaged the dash and the Interior of a car belonging to Robert h. Lyon of Des Moines on the West Side of the it. Pleasant Square saturday about 11 30 . The Windshield was broken by the heat. A it. Pleasant fire truck was Chrysler offers trading Stamps to employees Detroit up a in an Effort to lick the problem of absenteeism a Chrysler corp. Plant is offering trading Stamps for Good attendance. But the United Auto workers is not sold on the idea. A a it Sall a rather Sticky problem a said Douglas Fraser head of the a awl a Chrysler department and in charge of Law negotiations at Chrysler. A because of the new program the Union needs a Green stamp committeeman. Imagine the juror it would cause if the company gave a worker 500 Green Stamps and he Johnston said the device was wired to the ignition and apparently j taken to the scene went off when Lucier turned the ignition switch. He said the bomb was what is usually called a a pipe bomb a galvanized pipe filled with Black powder. It was placed under the front seat on the Drivers Side Johnston said. A it probably took no longer than five minutes to install a he said. A it was apparently a professional police said they did not know who would want to kill Lucier who was the founder and first president of the company. Thirty five buyers from it. Pleasant Wayland Olds Winfield Hillsboro Wapello Middletown new London it. Union Salem Columbus Junction. Mediapolis and Crawfordsville purchased the 43,523 pounds of beef 14,950 pounds of pork and 3.040 pounds of Lamb sold by 4-h and Fra members following i their achievement show at the Henry county fair last week. Hillsboro savings Bank gave John Hollingsworth $580 for his 1160 la. Grand Champion Market steer. Marv Bates received $368.65 from Peterson Bros. Nixon feeds it. Pleasant for her 1,010 la. Champion shorthorn Market steer. Middletown auction sales gave $324.30 for the 940 la. Champion red Angus steer belonging to Tom Miller. Steve Olson received $381.60 from Garrels elevator it. Pleasant for his 1,060 la. Champion Hereford steer. Hassenfritz inc., it. Pleasant gave John Scott $340.40 for his 920 Pound Reserve Champion Hereford and Jerry Roth received $367.20 from toe it. Pleasant Bank and Trust co. For his Reserve Champion Angus Market steer. Hugh Miller received $98.90 from Hostettler feed and Grain. Crawfordsville for his 215 Pound grand Champion Market hog and $157.50 from Farmers Coop elevator Winfield for his grand Champion pen of hogs weighing 450 pounds. Mcallister seed co., it. Pleasant gave $96.35 for the 235 Pound Reserve grand Champion Market hog and Yoder feeds Wayland gave $170.62 for the 455 Pound Reserve grand Champion pen of Market hogs belonging to Phil Byrum. Randy Kilbourn received $57.50 from the Chicago Lamb co., it. Pleasant for his 115 Pound grand Champion Market Lamb and $88.55 from Mcallister seed co., it. Pleasant for his 230 Pound grand Champion pen of lambs. Three killed in collision Peosta up a three persons were killed outright in a two car collision Early today just West of this Dubuque county Community. Killed were Dorothy Wright 49, and William j. Murray 44, both of Manchester and David Manter Nach 20, of Cascade. The Headon crash on u. S. 20 occurred when the car driven by Mante Mach crossed the Center line and struck the Auto occupied by Murray and the Wright woman. Both vehicles were totalled. Kim Agnew represents Nixon at Indian event Taos n. M. Up a vice president Spiro t. Agnews youngest daughter unshaken by a rugged 16-mile pack trip across Indian kind represents the Nixon administration today at a Celebration in the centuries old Taos Indian Pueblo. Kim Agnew sent by the White House with a Promise to support legislation restoring 48,000 acres of sacred land to the tribe will present a ceremonial Cane As a Token of Friendship to tribal gov. Que Rion Romero. The Cane honouring ancient Indian customs is inscribed with president Nixon a name. The 14-year-old girl looked upon by the indians As a mediator Between old and new ways Friday Rode horseback along narrow Mountain trails to the heart of the Indian Sanctuary. Six killed police chief Werner Smith r receives City safety citation plaque from Dan Mccarthy. City receives pedestrian citation Durham . Up a six Young persons were killed and another critically injured today in a was entitled to 600 Green Stamps a j fiery two car Headon crash near he said. The College town of Durham. It. Pleasant was presented the american automobile association aaa pedestrian safety citation in recognition of its excellent record in preventing pedestrian accidents during 1969. A plaque citing the City As one earning awards out of 2,082 cities involved in aaa s National pedestrian safety inventory was presented by Dan Mccarthy safety manager for the motor club of Iowa. Werner Smith. Police chief accepted the award for the City. In presenting the award Mccarthy reported that it. Pleasant has had no pedestrian fatalities for three consecutive years and has earned a total of 6 previous awards in the past aaa pedestrian safety programs. During the presentation the safety official said a fall residents of the City both pedestrians and Drivers deserve considerable credit for making the award possible. This record has been achieved despite the rising traffic exposure for pedestrians As a result of both an increase in vehicle use and the number of motor Mccarthy said the National Board of judges selected this City for recognition from 782 u. S. Cities of the same population grouping that reported their statistics earlier this year. To be eligible for an award the City had to meet cer Tain minimum program requirements in addition to a fatality free i pedestrian record. Middletown auction sales gave Randy Pickle $43.00 for his too la. Reserve grand Champion Lamb. Marion Shappell received $100.80 from Supply Coop., it. Pleasant for his 315 Pound Reserve grand Champion pen of three Market lambs. Buyers at Friday s 4-h and Fra Market livestock Sale and the number of animals purchased were Messer feed amp Supply 3 steers and 6 hogs. Mcallister seed co. 3 steers 4 hogs and 5 sheep Supply cooperative 3 steers 3 hogs and 6 sheep it. Pleasant Bank is Trust co., 2 steers and 4 hogs Hassenfritz inc., 2 steers and 4 hogs Garrels elevator 2 steers and 2 hogs by Vee food store it. Pleasant 2 steers Peterson Bros. Nixon feeds 4 steers and i Lamb Iris realty co., i steer it. Pleasant chamber of Commerce i steer 2 hogs and 2 lambs Chicago Lamb co., 4 lambs it. Pleasant news i hog Wayland sales co., 2 steers and 3 hogs Wayland state Bank i steer or. Carl Reschly i steer Yoder feeds 2 hogs John Swartzendruber auctioneer 3 lambs Spahn so Rose lumber co., Olds i steer Farmers elevator co., Olds i steer and 3 hogs. C. Amp j. Fertilizer i steer and 3 hogs Waco livestock co., 7 hogs Unkrich feed and Grain i hog Farmers Coop. Elevator Winfield 2 steers and 5 hogs Rodruck feed and Grain 8 hogs Farmers National Bank i steer Peoples state Bank i steer Hillsboro savings Bank i steer Wapello livestock auction i steer Middletown auction sales 2 steers 6 hogs and 7 sheep Van soc is Hoyer auctioneers 2 hogs and 3 sheep it. Union Coop., 2 steers and 3 hogs Mabeus feed co., Salem 2 hogs Peoples National Bank Columbus Junction i steer Des Moines co. Mutual insurance Mediapolis i steer and Hostettler feed and Grain Crawfordsville i hog. The Wayland sales co., Wayland Art Schooley mgr. Was in charge it of the Sale Thuma reports. Auctioneers were. John Swartzendruber. Harold Van soc and Dun Roth. Clerks were Robert Eppard it. Peasant Bank is Trust co. And Lea 4choffelman, Henry Des Moines co. 4-h and youth Leader. Terse verse by a. A Gordon a Young Man these Days can go As far As the Gas that a left in fathers car

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