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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - June 4, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The my pleasant. News partly Cloudy vol. 92, no. 131 it. Pleasant Iowa thursday evening june 4, 1970 Price 10 cents to take bids june 17 on City sewer Bonds the City Council wednesday night set june 17 As the Date of a hearing on the matter of issuance of $160,000 of sewer construction Bonds for the purpose of defraying a part of the Cost of constructing sewer improvements at three Sites in East and Southeast it. Pleasant. Bids on the Sale of the Bonds will be opened the same night and the Bonds will be sold to the highest bidder. O o o in other business the Council approved an agreement Between it. Pleasant and Burlington for Back up fire Protection in Case of bad fires in either City firemen from the other City would help fight the fires. O o o an ordinance providing that the Stop signs at the four Railroad Crossings in town where there Are arrested after taking child from Home Leon Czerniak 34, Receda calif., was arrested by Des Moines county authorities at 10 45 . Thursday and returned Here to face a charge of breaking and entering with intent to Kidnap a child filed by his wife Bertha j. Czerniak it. Pleasant. Czerniak broke into a House at 314 popular Street Here at 10 . According to police and left with the couples daughter Sherill 5. Police were notified and an Alert was put out for the Man and the girl. The arrest followed and Czerniak was held by Des Moines county authorities and the girl was taken care of by the Des Moines county sheriffs wife. City and county officers returned him Here thursday afternoon. The girls Mother and some neighbors went to Burlington to bring the girl Back Here. The Czerniak a Are separated and she has custody of the child. She and her daughter have lived with her brother Hector Magana Here for about a year at 314 popular. Mrs. Czerniak told police that Czerniak came to the residence at 9 30 . And she let him in and talked to him through a window. He left and she locked the windows and doors. He returned at 10 . And kicked the Back door in she said. He talked to her about taking the child to a Motel. She called two neighbor women and one tried to take the girl out of the House but Czerniak grabbed the girl ran to his car and drove off according to mrs. Czerniak. Crossing arms be removed was adopted As the Council does no to think they Are needed. Councilman Max beavers voted against the removal of the signs. O o o the Council hired Ray Morris Iowa Wesleyan student to work for three months during the summer As canine patrol officer. He will have a pick up truck with a Cage on it and will pick up All stray dogs in town and take them to the new City dog Pound being built for or. Robert Welander. Owners will have to pay a $5 Fine at the City Hall and or. Welander for Board and room and shots in order to get their dogs Back. This set up will Start june 15. O o o the Council accepted the bid of Shafer motors for the rental of a pick up truck to be used in picking up the dogs for $80 a month. Sheets motors submitted a bid of $94 a month. The Council approved the hiring of Buck Tanis to the police department for the summer. O o o a building permit was granted to the pester Derby co. For a service station at the site of greens Standard on East Washington Street and one to smitty a cleaners for a drive through service Entrance and exit. Lenart Bergdahl City zoning administrator was authorized to Issue the permits. Karl Smith was present to make his request. O o o the Council started work on the budget for the next fiscal year and department Heads were advised to turn in their budget requirements. There was discussion on other routine matters. $100 million Ransom asked by Hijacker methodist youth group leaves for East coast boys cause parents some anxious hours Toddville Dpi a two Todd Ville parents spent several anxious hours wednesday night and Early today after their 11-year-old sons failed to return Home from school. Linn county authorities said today that Craig Collins and Danny Grant both walked into their Homes about 6 . After spending the night in a Cornfield in the Toddville area. The classmates reportedly encountered some disciplinary trouble at St. Pius school in Cedar rapids and chose the Cornfield rather than their Homes after the trouble. Ray takes firm position Des Moines up a gov. Robert d. Ray let it be known wednesday he will no longer tolerate Campus demonstrations or disorders that seek to Block open Access to classes or buildings on the three state universities. In a tersely worded letter to the three University presidents Ray said the schools should be prepared to take prompt and firm action against those who would either incite or participate in Campus violence. Acknowledging the right to dissent Ray said violent protesters a commit an injustice to All Iowa. A we cannot accept or condone such disorder and violence in the years ahead a said Ray. A therefore with understanding and sensitivity to the problems of the Day there must be firmness and direction to prevent such five soldiers die in army truck mishap Wertheim Germany up a u. S. Army truck carrying 15 soldiers drove Over an embankment into the main River at Wertheim today a military spokesman said. He said five soldiers were killed and five others injured in the Accident. The spokesman said the soldiers a from the 1st battalion 7th in Fantry a were in a 2 4 ton army truck travelling from Schaffen Burg to Wertheim. The methodist youth group left i such it. Pleasant wednesday afternoon by chartered bus for a nine Day trip to new York City Washington ., and other Points of interest. They will spend four Days in new York and while in Washington Will have the Opportunity to meet with Iowa senators Jack Miller and Harold Hughes. Special Tours will be made of Points of interest As the United nations Chinatown american museum of natural history Kristy Frish Peggy Kauffman us Kyle Janette Mcdowell Joni Sie son Todd Mcbeth Paul Burrow Stan Johnston Jim Gugeler Shar Washington up a a trans world airline jetliner in route from Phoenix to Washington with 51 passengers aboard was hijacked Over new me Ico thursday by a Man demanding $100 million Ransom. A radio message from the Boeing 727 said the Man demanded the Ransom from the u. S. Supreme court when the plane landed at Dulles Airport outside Washington. The message said the Man demanded that Only a fuel truck and smithsonian Institute cemetery and others. The methodist youth and adults making the trip include students Judy Logan Laurel Al Lender Bill Kirk Marlin Ford Miller Brenda Turley Sheila Roth Arlington Jonesn Stout Dave Caris Steve Wettach John Burrow Janet Hayward Jane Thuma. Cheryl sch Roeder Sandra Norris Katha for Manek Susan Price Rhonda Harryman Doris Young Joan Mcdowell Bob Anderson Kim on Roth Debby Biggs Debra tur two representatives of the airline Denise meet the plane scheduled to land at 3 40 . It Edtl. It was the 19th aircraft hijacking this year in the Western hemisphere. Ley Jeannie Megorden Rodd Vicki Schnicker. Adults or. And mrs. C. Dendy Garrett or. And mrs. Richard Thuma or. And mrs. James Miller or. And mrs. Harold Rankin and mrs. Beulah Shaw. Clarence Cory accepts position in Indiana Clarence b. Cory son of or. And mrs. F. Byron b. Cory who Farmed North of it. Pleasant for 18 years and now live in Colorado Springs colo., will receive a master of arts degree in Hospital administration from the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis minn., on june 13. He has accepted a position on the administrative staff of the 600 bed Parkview memorial Hospital in it. Wayne ind. He attended the Olds Grade school and it. Pleasant High school. He was very Active in 4-h activities in Wayne township Church work and High school band. He graduated from Webster City High school and in 1965 graduated from Iowa state University Ames in the department of business administration. He spent three years in the army serving As a helicopter Pilot in Vietnam and the last year was promoted to the rank of Captain. Or. Cory married Margaret Groshens of Webster City also a student at Iowa state University. They and their family of two boys David and Bruce will be moving to it. Wayne on june 15 where he will Start work the following week. County vote for Congress first District the vote by counties for congressional candidates in the first District Republican Schwingel Stanley Cedar. 1,197 1,079 Des Moines 1,931 1,584 Henry. 729 615 Jefferson. 1,366 674 Johnson 2,939 1300 Lee. 2,122 1,645 Louisa. 821 815 Muscatine 1,632 2.807 Scott. .7,729 4.824 Van Buren 6c9 73 Washington 1,677 898 totals. 24.3321 18,806 the flight was originally sched j ukr to land at Washington nation Al Airport in Virginia just across the Potomac River from the Dos j strict of Columbia. The Pilot How Ever requested permission to land at Dulles about 30 Miles West of j the capital. The Federal aviation j administration estimated he would j land there at 3 40 . It Edt it but Twa estimated the plane would a rive at 3 15 . Frank p. Heckman twas manager of passenger relations at Dulles said a he a armed a but added that he had no idea what kind of weapon the Hijacker carried. Officials said they had no idea of the hijackers identity. In ton about 30 Miles from Dulles in suburban Virginia a spokesman would Only say a we Are conducting an in addition to the 51 passengers the flight no. 486. Carried a Crew of seven. It originated in Phoenix leaving there at 8 . Mot. In los Angeles a Twa spokesman said that it we As the Hijacker himself who radioed his Ransom demands not the Pilot or Copilot. A Twa spokesman in St. Louis Joe Riley reported that the Hijacker Quot said Over the radio that he wanted to go to Washington be a cause his rights had been violated. He announced in a message directed to the supreme court that he wanted $100 million in Small Bills delivered to the plane. He also requested a fuel truck and two Twa representatives to meet the Democrat Albrecht Mezvinsky St rout presbyterian youth and their advisors making the trip to the East coast included 1 to r Rob Mccuen Rev. Gerald Ilo Seberry Janet Mahle Deann Lamm Susie Breazeale Lee Coppernoll an Rommel Carol Brombaugh Mehaffey Bob Welander Barbara Welander and Gail Scherer. Sitting Are Lynda Woline sue Fite and Amy Nesbitt. Also making the trip but not in the photo were k m bit the Linda Garrels and Dave Scherer. Presbyterian senior High Fellowship travels members of the presbyterian Church senior High Fellowship class left it. Pleasant tues. Afternoon on their a caravan 70�?� trip to Eastern states. This has been called a learning trips. They will visit and learn in Washington ., new York City and Philadelphia. The students will concentrate on identifying Urban problems and the methods trip rather than a working trip As that the Church can use to Aid in were their two previous summer solutions. On their return they plan to spend an evening with or. And mrs. Henry Traut. Former residents of it. Pleasant now residing in Lancaster Ohio. The students and their adult advisors expect to return to it. Pleasant on june 10th. Cedar. 122 260 162 Des Moine. 549 1.194 333 Henry. 155 291 67 Iowa. 143 265 129 Jefferson. 128 194 62 Johnson. 2,359 3.151 685 Lee. 72f> 1,227 149 Louisa 108 150 190 Muscatine. 305 228 311 Scott. 1,354 1.387 2,627 Van Buren. 57 137 75 Washington 180 380 102 totals. 6.185 8.864 4,897 the flights skipper capt. Dale c. Hupe a Veteran of 23 years with Twa. Said the Man entered the 2 8o7 j cockpit when the plane was Over Las vegas n. M., and demanded to be taken immediately to Washington. The plane had been scheduled to Stop in St. Louis but Hupe had enough fuel to Fly directly on to Dulles and obeyed the Man s demands. At Fri Headquarters in Wash highlights of Nixon a address Washington up a highlights of president Nixon s address on Cambodia assessment a a. The most successful operation of this Long and difficult he said More than 9,100 communist troops had been killed More than 1,900 captured along with almost As much supplies and equipment As taken in Vietnam All of 1909. Out of the so called sanctuaries too j although he did not say when Buthe left open the possibility of their further a activity in Cambodia in i he future depending on a actions of the he said All . Of j rations other than certain air raids to interdict movement of communist troops and material would be halted by his promised deadline of july 1. Injunction against septic tank operations Des Moines up a the Iowa attorney general a office today obtained a permanent injunction against three Des Moines men charged with fraudulent septic tank operations. House Quot roup approves farm support Money Washington up a the House appropriations committee today approved a $7.4 billion Money Clarence Cory threat he said the operation had removed a serious threat to . Forces in South Vietnam from i communist troops in Cambodia by keeping them from linking together several Sanctuary bases into a one s continuous hostile territory of goo Vietnam nation the operation in Cambodia involving 43,000 South vietnamese and 31,000 american troops demonstrated that the Viet Nami nation program a is succeeding a we Ith Saigon forces effectiveness skill and courage exceeding expectations. Withdrawal All . Troops will to withdrawn from Cambodia by june 30 and the Success of the operation already has made it possible to resume the pullout of gis from Vietnam. . Commanders in Saigon previously had asked for a suspension until july 1. He said 50.000 . Troops would be pulled out by oct. 15, the first increment of the total of 150,000 he had announced would be coming Home by next Spring. South vietnamese they will pull peace Nixon said a the door to a negotiated peace remains wide open to North Vietnam and Reaf firmed his pledged to a Send this critics he characterized the Strong criticism of his Cambodia operation As a an unprecedented barrage a and expressed a deep appreciation for those who supported him. The three Are Jack Wayne Osborn James Bernard Wilson and Donald Earl Thomas. Assistant attorney general Julian Garrett said the three had represented themselves As state health officials and allegedly conducted an inspection of numerous septic tanks in Wayne county. The group then ordered the tanks cleaned and Garrett said the men charged a a fantastic prices for Only partial jobs. Drug effective for Parkinson s disease Washington up a the food and drug administration Fra today announced approval for the first marketing of a prescription drug called a Dopa which has shown dramatic results in the treatment of Parkinson a disease. A this new drug shows Promise of being one of the major drug discoveries of recent years a said Fra commissioner Charles c. Edwards in a statement prepared for a news conference. Very fortunate to live in .---Nixon Washington up a president Nixon expressed concern today that the Middle East a is bubbling up and about to he made the comment in a wide ranging extemporaneous talk to 119 High school seniors honoured at the White House. Nixon also told the group despite the present National turmoil a you Are very fortunate to live in the United states of prior to the East room ceremony honouring the students As presidential scholars 33 of them signed and submitted an Antiwar petition to the White House. Can expect tougher policy Des Moines up a a students at the three state universities can expect a tougher policy on Campus unrest from the state Board of regents. The regents thursday announced a Public hearing on changes in policy to Deal with student demonstrations. The hearing is to be held on june 23 at the Grimes state office building in Des Moines and is one part of a move to Clamp Down on continual violators of University regulations. At their May meeting a in the midst of nationwide unrest a the for farm Price supports anti regents decided to schedule a Lenc hungry programs and related agricultural activities from meat inspection to fighting fire ants. The sum was $124 million less than president Nixon requested but the cuts were mostly on paper and the committee said the Bill a net of staff study of other states policies. Feet would be to increase Nixon a j farm spending plans in the new Fis a Ca year by $95 million. Most of the increase results from the committees insistence on con-1 tinting a subsidy for milk purchases by needy school children Over and above the single Carton that i normally comes with school lunches. For farm Price supports the Bill 1 a recommended to the House earned $3.1 billion but this was to restore commodity credit Corpora tion funds already spent for this purpose and bore no relation to what May be spent in the new year. An Extension of Basic farm Price support legislation expiring at the end of december is now under study by the House agriculture committee. Heavy shelling attacks in Vietnam Saigon it up a Viet Cong and North v vet name of troops carried out their heaviest shelling attacks in Vietnam in a month during the night and were reported today to have captured a Village 10 Miles from phenom penh their closest penetration to the cambodian capital. Up correspondent Robert c. Miller reported from phenom penh the guerrillas captured the Village of Sebo South of the City tuesday. Cambodian troops were said to be counter attacking with no report on their Progress. Other communist soldiers in Cambodia attacked the province capital of Kampong Thom 75 Miles North of phenom penh in what appeared to be an attempt to seize another Way station for a Supply line into Central Cambodia from Laos. Fighting raged through the morning. At least 15 South vietnamese civilians were killed and 83 wounded in three of the 71 overnight rocket and mortar attacks described by the Allied command As the most shellings in one night since 77 were recorded the night of May 3. Thy discussion of school policy on demonstrations for the june meeting. Executive Secretary Wayne Richey said the Board s decision also called for a Public hearing and a visit to Onassis Island postponed Athens it Upit a Aristotle and Jacqueline Onassis have postponed indefinitely a visit by american astronauts and other famed guests. A spokesman for the shipping tycoon said wednesday the vacation with astronauts Alan l. Bean James a. Mcdivitt and Thomas Stafford film Star Gary Grant and other celebrities has been put off and no new Date has been announced. . Group to fight organized crime Nebraska is one of the few states to allow Hunting of both Prairie chickens and Sharp tailed grouse. House approves debt increase Washington up a the House has voted to allow the National debt to Rise to $395 billion i after an attempt to defeat the Bill j As an Antiwar play fell far Short of its Mark. The House wednesday voted 236 to 127 to increase the debt by $18 billion. The present ceiling is $373 billion. Washington up a president Nixon set up a Council today to formulate a National Campaign against organized crime which he described As a a malignant growth in the body of american social and economic attorney general John n. Mitchell was named to head the new National Council on organized crime including three other Cabinet members Fri director j. Edgar Hoover and secret service director James j. Rowley among others. A o o the other Cabinet members Are i Abor Secretary George p. Shultz Treasury Secretary David m. Kennedy and postmaster general win ton m. Blount. Members also will include Hamer h. Budge chairman of the securities and Exchange commission and representatives of every government Agency having major responsibilities affected by criminal activity. A organized crime in the United states has three goals exploitation corruption and destruction a the president said in a statement. He said the degrading influence of criminal activity a can be Felt in every level of american society sometimes in insidious Subtle ways but More often in direct acts of violence and a it is a malignant growth in the body of american social and economic life that must be eliminated a Nixon said i he signed an executive order creating the Council in a Brief White House ceremony attended by members of the group. Terse verse by a. C. Gordon this thing called tact without denying is nothing More than social lying

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