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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - July 31, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news partly Cloudy Section one 2 sections vol. 92, no. 179 it. Pleasant Iowa Way evening july 31, 1970 Price to cents these Days by John Chamberlain taking education out of politics there is a curious flavor to the Battle of the payoffs in Washington. President Richard Nixon Bent Over backward to give senator Strom Thurmond a special Trade Concession in the form of an import quota on textiles. Such a quota flies in the face of everything that Nixon really believes about Trade policy. But if Nixon Felt he could hold Strom Thurmon in line with a Mere economic Concession he failed to reckon with the South Carolina senators generally non economic orientation. Thurmond is a figure from the age of sir Walter Scott Swaverly novels he thinks in terms of loyalties not economic categories and he gave his word at the Miami Beach convention in 1968 to support Nixon in full expectation that the sensibilities of his Region would be considered when it came to questions of detail and Tempo in pushing the school integration program. A Nixon having thrown his sop to Thurmond in the form of the textile quota proceeded in the time honoured Way of the political pragmatist to make a counter balancing payoff to Whitney Young the executive director of the National Urban league. By holding out to Young the Promise that the internal Revenue service would deprive White Only private schools in the South of their tax exempt status Nixon in effect purchased a limited amount of peace on the racial front. He had not succeeded in extracting an apology from Bishop Stephen Spottswood the chairman of the Board of the National association for the advancement of coloured people a act who had called the Nixon administration anti negro. However the Whitney Young Promise to work for change a within the system a which happens to be dominated by the Republican party did much to extract the sting from the Spottswood charges. The trouble with trying to Rule through payoffs is that appetites Are always whetted thereby. Thurmond with the textile uota in his pocket is already asking the White House to come through with the second instalment of what he conceives to have been an ironclad pledge. And Whitney Young will be around tomorrow to insist that his proposed a Domestic Marshall plan for eliminating the ghettos must be enacted into Law. There is no Way of bypassing the conflict. However it could be softened if Nixon would Only listen to some of the libertarians among his advisers who have been trying to take education out of the realm of politics. The Milton Friedman proposal to return educational tax Money to Heads of families in the form of vouchers that would be washable at any school would restore a Freedom of association calculated to smooth some of Strom Thurmond a ruffled feathers yet it would not Hurt the integration of Public school systems. The government would be saying in effect a look we Are not discriminating in our own schools which Are subject to the a equal rights clause of the Constitution. On the other hand we Are not forcing a political Zed education on too the government could require that certain educational standards be met int both Public and private schools As a condition of the voucher system. Anyone who would be willing to pay something extra beyond the voucher Money for really Superior schooling would be free to do so. But there would be no reason to Force a head count on last pitchers of any Type. In the Calmer atmosphere that would result from a Good voucher system education could Only improve. The free use of vouchers is not the idea of Christopher Jencks who would use a voucher system to give the government an ideological stranglehold on education everywhere. But the Jencks restatement of Milton Friedman a voucher plan is a perversion of the original. The Friedman plan if i understand it correctly would balance the right of equal Access to Public facilities against the right of free Choice and free association in the use of private facilities. The balance if accepted would not infringe the Constitution too moreover it would get the Nixon administration off the dubious constitutional Hook that is presented by the current irs ruling against tax exemption for one set of schools. All private school systems practice discrimination of one Type or another. The parochial schools have religious preferences. If tax exemption is to be denied one private school Why should it two u. S. Officials seized in Uruguay Montevideo Uruguay up a two american officials and a brazilian Diplomat were kidnapped by unidentified armed men believed to be Tup Amaros terrorists today. Police said a fourth Kidnap attempt against a u. S. Embassy official failed. The kidnapped men were identified As Gordon Jones 27, a . Vice Consul who managed to escape his heaviest raids in 6 months in Vietnam Saigon up �?. B52 bombers carried out their heaviest raids in six months across Vietnam in a series of missions ending today. The . Command said other american warplanes went after guerilla Supply lines in Laos and Cambodia. B52s dropped at least four million pounds of bombs in 19 raids Over South Vietnam in the 48 hours ending at noon military spokesmen said. The raids were the heaviest since the 20 missions flown Jan. 23-29. The raids followed reports that three Veteran communist regiments had moved Back into South Vietnam from Cambodia. The strikes in the North pounded buildings in sectors near the laotian Border where Allied troops engaged in heavy fighting with communist forces some three weeks ago. Nine of the raids came in the 24 hours ending at noon today seven of them in Mountain Jungle Border regions of the Northern provinces of Quang tri and thu Thien. Two others hit targets from three to four Miles from the cambodian Border and 78 to 79 Miles Northwest of Saigon. Field reports from phenom penh said a communist attack before Dawn today on a cambodian artillery position 40 Miles West South West of the capital had blocked Highway 4, connecting the capital with the port of Kampong som. Assailants although wounded Dan Mitrione 50, of the International development Agency and brazilian consular official Aloysio mares Dias 41. An american embassy official said there was also an attempt to Kidnap the cultural attache Nathan Rosenfeld 48, but that it failed. He gave no details. Mitrone is from Richmond ind. Jones was identified Oniya As a californian and Rosenfeld a new yorker. All of the Kidnap rugs occurred within minutes of each other in widespread sections of suburban Montevideo. There was no positive identification of the kidnappers but it was assumed they were members of the underground Tup Amaros terrorist gang which has been responsible for most of the violence in Uruguay in recent months. The Tup Amaros named after an inca emperor who revolted against the spaniards Are self titled Uruguay so National liberation Zehr funeral Home sold Bob Beatty president of the Beatty Foster funeral chapels inc., of it. Pleasant and Salem announces he has purchased the Zehr funeral Home at Wayland. Lyle and Vivian Zehr have owned and operated the funeral Home in Wayland for the past 30 years buying the business from the Boller firm. Bob Beatty was bom at Wayland his parents were reared in the Wayland Community. The Zehrs for the present will continue to help Beatty and his staff in the operation of the funeral and ambulance service. Beatty said he will strive to give sincere service to the Wayland Community in both Tho funeral and ambulance service. Day of sadness for Fairfield Israel accepts peace proposal Tel Aviv up a the israeli i eminent of Premier Golda Meir. Cabinet heeding an Appeal from j the six members of the hawkish president Nixon today accepted the i party voted against accepting the . Middle East peace proposals j proposal according to the israeli of fore and after with Middle East peace talks a real possibility this before a Lefter Ewo the real estate involved is in the news. The . Proposal Mcl Udes a three month cease fire. Egypt demands return of captured territory. Ban swimming at festival Middlefield Conn. Up a doctors fearing a health problem banned swimming today at the site of a cancelled Rock festival that attracted thousands of Young people. The Volunteer doctors announced the ban Over loud speakers As thousands More streamed into the powder Ridge ski area for the weekend festival that was halted by court order. Some 20,000 Young people lolled beneath a blazing Sun doing what they normally do at a Rock fest Val but without the Rock music. Many had been swimming some in the nude in a powder puddle a a Small Pond near the base of the ski Hill. Or. William a Ruppi in imposing the swimming ban said doctors had treated at least 2,000 medical cases including hepatitis skin rashes and dysentery. Fairfield Ledger a this was a Day of sadness for Fairfield. Separate funeral services were held for Billy Sutherlin 48, and Susan Clark 23 a both victims of tragic slayings which shocked the Community. The Rev. Wilson Hyde pastor of the first United methodist Church officiated at both services. A Volunteer peace officer Sutherlin was shot and killed monday night while taking part in a manhunt near Milton. His accused killer is being held in the Van Buren county Jab in lieu of $50,000 Bond. Miss Clark a graduate student at Ohio state University was fatally wounded sunday by an unknown assailant who forced his Way into her Columbus apartment. An Honor student with deep concern for the nations social ills scheduled to receive a masters degree in journalism in August. An estimated 1,000 persons filled the United methodist Church to capacity for the Sutherlin rites held at to . One Section was occupied by 64 officers representing the Fairfield police Reserve and posse Fairfield police department Iowa Highway patrol sheriffs personnel from Jefferson and adjoining counties and the state conservation commission. Many were present monday night when Sutherlin met his death while serving with the police posse. Also present at the services were City and county officials and personnel of the Fairfield Post office where Sutherlin was employed for 13 years. The speaker was first Lieut. David Sutherlin stationed at Craig air Force base in Selma ala., who gave an eloquent and moving tribute to his father. He termed his fathers death a a Symbol of the courage of the Fairfield police Reserve and he also cited his fathers love of the organization and his readiness to answer a Call Day or night. A the was absolutely dedicated to to the ideals and values of the uniform i Wear and the uniform that the peace officer a i put my fathers Banner in the hands of those he served with and i ask you to carry it Forward. A in a final reference to his father Young Sutherlin added a the never knew a stranger. Everyone he met was a Friend and before Long they were serving As pallbearers were chief of police Russell Simmons sheriff Bill Angstead Iowa Highway patrolman Roy Eubanks and three members of the police posse Robert Cox Bill Drake and Harold Peck. The funeral procession to Evergreen cemetery was led by to Highway patrol cars All with red lights flashing. Funeral services for miss Clark daughter of amp for. And mrs. Marion Clark were held thursday afternoon at the Raymond funeral Home. Injuries of july 22 Are fatal to Man Noall Richard John Rowe 68, of Burlington died thursday afternoon at University hospitals in Iowa City of injuries received in a single truck Accident South of it. Pleasant on wednesday july 2bnd. He was the tenth victim of Henry county highways and roads in 1970. Rowe was injured when his semitrailer outfit went off Highway 218 just South of the Skunk River Bridge. He was headed South at the time of the Accident which was reputedly caused when a tire blew out As he was crossing the Bridge. The outfit went into a deep ditch on the West Side but did not Roll Over. His death was attributed to severe head injuries. Injured in one car mishap John Mccormick 20, of Rural route 2, it. Pleasant received head and lacerations in a single car Accident at 12 30 . Friday. Mccormick was driving a 1969 Ford Sedan two Miles East of Highway 218 on the Hickory Grove gravel Road. He crossed a Small Bridge Nixon gives Assurance to israelis los Angeles up a hoping to nudge the israelis toward acceptance of the . Peace plan for the Middle East president and lost control of the car on Loose j Nixon thursday assured them gravel slowed through a Fence and they had nothing to fear from a travelled some 200 feet into a Corn ceasefire Field. The car rolled Over and was totalled. Mccormick was alone at the time of the Accident. He was admitted to Henry county memorial Hospital. That include a three month cease fire on the egyptian front. Egypt had accepted the proposals earlier. The decision was taken by the Cabinet in the fourth crisis session of the week despite the threat of a walkout by the six Grahal party members of the National Unity coalition that would imperil the gov Booklet tells rec Progress the annual reports of the . Iowa cooperative electric association an attractive 16-Page Booklet has been mailed to the More than 5,500 members of the cooperative now being served. The electric service is provided to the membership Over 2,000 Miles of Power lines in seven . Iowa counties. Since the lines were first energized in july 1940 the cooperative has enjoyed a steady growth serving More individuals businesses and industries each year. Defense questions mrs. Kasabian los up a Linda Kasabian testified today that had been living in group a a communes Ever since left Hoq pc at the age of 16 and up until the time joined Charles Manson under Cross examination by defense attorney Paul Fitzgerald the states prime witness acknowledged that had considerable amount of a human experience before joined the hippie cult charged with the Sharon Tate Labianco slayings. Fitzgerald has said he will attempt to show that mrs. Kasabian a accounts of the killings were a a a fantasy that came from a mind impaired by the Long usage of drugs. Mrs. Kasabian said had lived in communes from coast to coast from the time left Home in a Small town in new Hampshire and had a child when was 16. Fitzgerald took Over Cross examination of mrs. Kasabian thursday in an attempt to nullify three Days of testimony in which gave an Eye witness account of the killings last aug. 8-9. Man wanted in Mississippi Jimmy Wayne Ellis 22, was taken into custody thursday afternoon by Deputy sheriff Ron Elmore in connection with a forgery charge against Ellis in Mississippi. Elmore went to the Mardan trailer court where Ellis was living and requested to Ellis a identification. Ellis at first stated that he was net the wanted Man. Other Law enforcement officers were called into the area while the identification was being established. The sheriff of Montgomery county Mississippi arrived in my pleasant today Friday with the warrant charging Ellis. A hearing will be held in Justice of peace court on saturday. The United states he said was committed to a policy of keeping Israel stronger than its Arab neighbors. A a natural proposition connected with any ceasefire would be a a military standstill a the president said and added a i believe that Israel can agree to the ceasefire and can agree to negotiations without fear that her position May be compromised or jeopardized in that aaa touching on a number of other Points in his first news conference outside Washington since becoming president Nixon also took a sympathetic View toward Southern school districts facing the a very difficult problem of desegregation. He raised the unpopular Specter of higher taxes in 1972 if a those very Well intentioned congressmen and senators keep appropriating More the Booklet received by the members includes a report written by the president Knight Hartley and also a managers report prepared by Warner a. Russell who has served the cooperative since july 1939. During the past 32 years the membership of the cooperative has shown two significant trends. The first has been the migration from Rural to Urban areas. More recently the trend has reversed and families arc returning to Rural living on Small tracts and acreages. In addition most farm operations Are much larger and Are utilizing substantially More electrical Power Industrial and commercial Power now represents in excess of 20 per cent of total Revenue. Too the annual report includes two very important pages the balance Sheet and a statement of Revenue and expense. The cooperative has an invest state radio which said the vote in the Cabinet was 17-6 with no abstentions. However they did not immediately walk out but caucuses again to decide their course. Too political sources said it was unlikely Grahal would take any firm decision before sunday leaving the country still teetering on the Edge of a governmental crisis. The Grahal bloc which has 26 seats in the 120-seat unicameral parliament had decided tuesday to walk out if the Cabinet said yes. Despite the threat the Grahal ministers were invited to sit on a ministerial committee which will draft the official Israel reply. The israeli statement today said Israel was prepared to subscribe to the . Proposals for a 90-Day cease fire Quot at least on the egyptian this ruled out a cease fire now on the jordanian front where Arab guerillas have threatened to continue the War. Too the . Proposals were vaguely worded and Israel was forced repeatedly to seek clarification from Washington their meaning. The Rogers proposals spoke specifically of a cease fire on the Suez canal front and hopefully of the other fronts. But during the 90-Day period the belligerents could begin preliminary discussions which would Settle the problem of a cease fire on other sectors with ambassador Gunnar v. Jarring acting As mediator and hopefully to prepare for negotiations to write a formal end to the conflict. Money than he has asked for ment of wel1 Over five million do1 be granted to the next there is no Way out of the thorny Thicket implied by this question unless we Are prepared to take education out of politics. Distributed Syndicate toy King features terse verse by a. Gordon if you keep on driving like you re demented youll get much More than a fender dented. Possible scandal in House buying subsidy program Washington up a the two year old multimillion Dollar subsidy program to help Low income people buy houses May be a a National scandal of the most sordid Type a according to congressional investigators. Staff members of the House crime committee and House banking committee reported that shoddy slum houses have been resold by a a speculators to poor people in Philadelphia and Washington d. The Sellers were said to have realized profits of up to 150 per cent in some cases by buying the houses for subsequent Sale under the subsidy program. In response to the preliminary investigation report banking committee chairman Wright Patman d.-tex., sent housing Secretary George Romney a letter demanding an explanation of Why slum houses were sold under a program which Calls for Safe and decent housing. A your preliminary investigation has disclosed the probable existence of a National scandal of the most sordid Type a Patman told Romney. Inc honoured Dan Kimball Dan a. Kimball who died thursday in Georgetown University Hospital Washington d c., received an honorary degree in 1956 from Iowa Wesleyan College when he visited the Campus and spoke. He served on the Iowa Wesleyan science Board of visitors prior to the erection of the Adam Triesch Mann Hall of science. Or. Kimball served As Secretary of the Navy during the korean War. He was once a world War i Pilot under Jimmy Doolittle and recently retired As head of Aero Jet general corp. He also was Active in democratic party politics serving As party finance chairman in 1960. He received an honorary doctor of science degree at Iowa Wes Veyan. And said he would decide next week whether to veto measures on Federal housing and education that contain almost $1 billion More than he requested. A we can avoid an increase in taxes and we can avoid an inflationary budget in 1972 but Only if we get the cooperation of Congress in these next two to three the president met with newsmen at the Century Plaza hotel Here and appeared confident and unruffled despite irritating technical problems that resulted in his voice being a amplified for the 150 reporters seated in front of him. Pays thousands then learns wife was not kidnapped permit dropping of two trains discontinuance of the a Sar Ben trains on the Burlington Northern has been approved by the interstate Commerce commission effective on August 9. Try trains Stop in it. Pleasant and some protest had been enter a re j Flag Sunshine Canyon a de locally to the dropping of the m0ui>tain area West of Boulder trains. Some Burlington residents had entered a vigorous protest. The ruling is subject to an after the fact investigation which will either confirm or upset the decision. Heavy loss in operation of the trains Between Chicago and Lincoln neb., was Given As the reason for the request for discontinuance of the trains. Lars. Advance payments to Rea for principal and interest have been made in the amount of $449,330.17. The profit of the cooperative is up substantially Over any previous year. The profit margin for 1969 is stated in the annual report As $228,044.40. Margins for the first half of 1970 Are in excess of $150,000 according to president Knight Hartley. Too members of the Board of directors who Are running for re election include to in Quot it Hartley Charles Cowen vice president of the Board and ted Huene who is running for a one year term. Miles madams has Prev oily announced that he will nol in a candidate for re election j other members of the Board in Vilice Harold Hite Sherman Unk j Rich Fred Holsteen Ken Rogers and Max Dockendorff. The Arn u a1 meeting is scheduled for it. 4 at Mcmillan Park. In and Boulder Colo. Up a a Bonk action to the annual business meet official who was told his wife had Tai there will be entertainment and been kidnapped turned Over Rev Quot Al lunch for the entire family thousand dollars to an extortionists David Hamil Rea administrator thursday Only to learn his wife from Washington d. C., will be the actually was at a local Beauty Salon principal speaker. A police did not reveal immediately How much had been lost but the re Odoo fitment Telephone caller demanded $39,800. Or the threat was similar to one car mail pro lied out against the same banker More than three years ago. Ij60 Hill president of the first National Bank said he received the Call shortly after 3 pm. Warning that his wife had been kidnapped e a. Hayes it. Pleasant whose term expires on the Iowa development commission1 this year is being recommended for reappoint ,. Ment Republican sources have re Anc that he must pay Ransom for appointments to a com. He United states is the worlds largest producer of Beer with West Germany second. Her Safe return. Hill put the Money in a briefcase As instructed and dropped it out of a car window at a spot marked by police officer who was alerted to the threat drove up ahead of Hill but failed to the red Flag. The banker and officer found the briefcase and Money missing when they returned Down the Road. Sting Ray Bike taken Brad Dakin 108 North Jefferson reported at 8 50 . Thursday july 30, that his Olive Green Schwinn sting Ray bicycle was stolen from the swimming Pool area. Missin Are made by the governor. The term is for four years. Or. Hayes is Cha rim an of the commission at present. Governor Ray visits scene of festival Wadena Iowa up a gov. Robert d. Ray arrived at Oelwein today for a visit to the scene of the Rock festival at Wadena a about 20 Miles away a and indicated opposition to the music festival apparently is lessening a we have to make the Best of any situation a the governor said at the Airport in Oelwein. Too the festival was supposed to Start at noon today but work on the Large stage was still incomplete at that hour and no performers were on the site. However promoters of the festival continued to work feverishly to meet the sanitation and health requirements for the festival while the number of persons on hand continued to creep higher with estimates ranging up to 12,000 by noon today. Too District judge Thomas Nelson upheld thursday the court injunction Banning the festival which was scheduled to Start at noon today. However the Clayton county District judge ruled that if the promoters sound storm inc., obtained a License to hold the festival and met state and county health and sanitation regulations the festival could be held. No new meetings Between the promoters and the Fayette county Board of supervisors which must Issue the License was planned. Five patrolmen go to Wadena five of it. Pleasant District Highway patrolmen have been sent to Wadena where a Rock festival is underway. They were to report at noon on thursday. Local National guardsmen have been informed of the possibility of an Alert in connection with the festival. It. Pleasant stores open monday nights starting August 3

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