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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - June 6, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The i pleasant news vol. 92, no. 133 it. Pleasant Iowa saturday evening june 6, 1970 Price 10 cents these Days by John Chamberlain a Long hot summer on postal Reform we done to have filibusters any More. We have a extended the Nixon administration trying to stave off a final disposition of the Cooper Church amendment that would Cut off any funds to our allies As Well As to our own troops for fighting in Cambodia after june 30, has been quite Happy to everybody oratory Happy in the Long hot Senate afternoons. If the . Can make a great Success of it in Cambodia before withdrawing our ground forces at the end of the month the Dove senators will look both churlish and foolish if they Reward the Victory by tying the presidents hands in Southeast Asia for the future. A Cooper Church Success in depriving the commander in chief of the right to use Money to protect the country would Boomerang at the polls if any disaster befell . Forces As they Are being extricated from Southeast Asia. However if the administration has welcomed extended debate on Cambodia it Isnit going to like the same sort of a stretch it out talk that is promised when the postal Reform Bill comes to the Senate floor. As the postal Reform Bill is now constituted it would permit Post office employee unions to bargain collectively with the Federal government or any Public postal authority for a compulsory Union shop. Postmaster general Winton Blount has made a Deal with Al Cio president George Meany on the Union shop Issue in order to get labor support for the rest of his Reform package. The Deal is the More egregious because two presidents John f. Kennedy and Richard m. Nixon himself have issued executive orders in the past proclaiming that Federal employees should have the right to join or to refrain from joining unions As they fit. O o o the White House would like to the postal Reform Bill go through without calling the attention of the nation to the fact that Nixon is sanctioning a Bug out on his own words and those of Jack Kennedy. But the White House Isnit going to have its Way. At least Twenty senators Are up in arms Over the attempt to Saddle the country with compulsory unionism for Federal workers. Senator Fannin of Arizona who is running for re election Heads the opposition to the Blount sellout and the Church will come when his colleagues Are forced to vote on his amendment which would Knock the compulsory feature out of the postal Reform legislation. Before the vote comes senator Tower of Texas senator Baker of Tennessee senators Hruska and Curtis of Nebraska senator Holland of Florida and senator Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania will All have had their Way in the right of postal employees voluntarily to decline Union membership. They will be joined by other senators after All there Are Nineteen right to work states that have their own Laws against Union compulsion. And some of the senators Are prepared to talk Well into the summer even though a extended debate thereby becomes a filibuster. On the House Side of Capitol Hill there has been a bitter Exchange Between Democrat David Hnderson of North Carolina who is number two Man on the House committee for the Post office and civil service arid Democrat Morris Udall of Arizona the number four Man. Udall has broadcast a letter accusing the National right to work committee of inspiring a mail Campaign against the Blount plan. Henderson in a counter letter has said that Udall is deliberately trying to confuse the Issue. But whoever or whatever has inspired the mail Campaign it has resulted in More recent mail than anything besides the Cambodia Issue. And the letters have been ninety per cent against Winton Blount. The country is apparently ready for a filibuster too. The instincts of the opposition to Blount Are Good. If the Al Cio could have six or seven million Public employees plus their dues delivered into their hands by compulsion it would turn our whole governmental bureaucracy Over to one pressure group. Why go to the bother of organizing a labor party if you can get your Way from Republican Winton Blount and Republican Richard Nixon distributed by King features Syndicate Lima Peru Topi a survivors of Peru a killer earthquake scavenged for food in the ruins of Carat today and there were reports of looting in nearby Guaraz. Reports coming out of tragedy in Peru there were grisly stories of starving dogs and pigs eating the bodies of earthquake victims. Anthony Balinsky chief of the United nations Mission in Peru cabled Secretary general Thant Friday that at least 50,000 were dead in the Callejon de Huayllas Valley High in the Andes where 1.5 million persons lived. The problem of getting Relief supplies to the Valley 300 Miles Northeast of Lima was complicate John c. Graf killed in Cycle crash in . John Charles Graf student at the University of new Mexico Albuquerque n. M., was killed in a motorcycle crash on May 28. He was the son of Glenn and Margaret Teschendorf Graf and was bom in Honolulu Hawaii oct. 14th, 1948, where his father was a Marine corps lieutenant. After returning to the states the family moved to Albuquerque. He was a 1966 graduate of san Dia High school and was a member of the Sandia chapter of the de Molay and St. Luke a evangelical lutheran Church. He entered the University in 1966 and was a senior majoring in English and was scheduled to graduate in january 1971. His father was a 1943 graduate of Iowa Wesleyan College. He is survived by his parents or. And mrs. Glenn Graf two Brothers Glenn jr., and James All of Fairfield Calif., and grandparents mrs. Margaret Graf lock Ridge and Charles Teschendorf Detroit Mich. Funeral services were held at French mortuary Chapel in the Garden june 1. The Rev. Dale l. Knudson officiating. Burial was in Sunset memorial Park Albuquerque n. Relatives attending last rites were or. And mrs. Harlan Diers or. And mrs. Larry Rhodes and daughters All of Brighton mrs. Samuel Vorhies Harlan c. Craf and Lester h. Graf All of lock Ridge or. Phil Wilhman Burlington and Richard Graf Douds. De by the fact that Only helicopters have been Able to negotiate the Andes corridor at 15,000 feet. The us. Aircraft Carrier Guam is due wednesday with 12 Chinook helicopters and two Tuey helicopters which can carry tons of supplies in and take out 24 litter patients at a time. Mormon missionaries Michael Boyd Nielson 20, of Moroni Utah and Allen Anthony Arvig 24, of Long Beach Calif., who were brought out of Carat by u. S. Helicopter thursday night said medical help had arrived but there was still no food when they left. They said the Adobe houses in the City of 12,000 were collapsing and most of the 3,000 survivors shivered in Blanket tents in Camps on the Hillside afraid to go Back into town. O o o two u. S. Helicopter pilots said peruvian troops declared martial Law in Guaraz thursday and fired shots at looters. They said they were told a some looters were killed. A dogs Are eating bodies in Guaraz a one Pilot said. A the smell is terrible up there.�?�1 u. S. Army col. Joe Beitler of Oakland Calif., a Relief operations expert said a the devastation is utterly beyond belief. In be seen a lot of War in my time but this destruction is far greater than anything in be Ever Beitler said 300 children and their parents were entombed in school buildings in Guaraz which collapsed just As a school play was starting. Relatives were pulling the rubble away Brick by Brick in search of their loved ones. Beitler said at Bungay which was buried in an Avalanche of mud from the surrounding mountains a the Only thing that rises out of the mud is a statue of Christ with arms outstretched. It now looks Over a sea of Richardson to succeed Finch Washington it up a presi and welfare by undersecretary of Dent Nixon announced today that state Elliot l. Richardson. Robert h. Finch will be replaced there were reports Finch would As Secretary of health education become a top Nixon assistant. Shirtsleeves commencement More than 500 Oberlin students March to graduation ceremonies in Oberlin Ohio minus the usual Caps and gowns a first time in the colleges history. The graduates voted to forego the Getup in protest against Indochina and the fatalities at Kent state. The rental Money is to go for Campus welfare and social programs. Huge tire on plane blows county Bridge delivery again in use the Wymer Bridge across the Skunk River near the Merrill Mills Charleston . Up a wheels. Paugh farm was re opened to nor the first c5 Galaxy aircraft de j the plane largest in the world Mal traffic late Friday afternoon slivered to the air Force lost one was being delivered to the air arrest 3 after Crawfordsville . Robbery Washington a Federal warrants have been filed against three men following their arrest in connection with a break in and theft at the Post office in Crawfordsville Between 10 and 11 30 . Thursday Cedar rapids police who had been following the activities of the government sources said earlier an announcement on the change was expected from the White House. State department officials said they a re a not in a position to it was reported that Finch was being moved to the White House to serve As a top adviser to the president presumably on Domestic issues including welfare and health care. Finch has been reported dissatisfied with some of the policies of the adm illustration. Finch has let Een under severe pressure at hew from some employees who say they have been Dis satisfied with the Quality of his Eluee men for several years were i leadership and with his refusal to wheel and blew a tire on another Force from Marietta ga., where it today while Landing at Charleston was built and a number of an air Force base but the huge plane Force officials and rep. L. Mendel came to a Safe Stop on its other 26 according to county Engineer . Doggett. The Bridge was closed temporarily two weeks ago when a chord in air Force chooses big b1 bombers Rivers d-s.c., chairman of the the upper Structure failed As the House armed services committee result of an Accident. It was struck were on hand to it land. Well pleased with the night s work of Don Robertson Deputy sheriff from Washington who worked around the clock As the Case against the three unfolded. Named in the warrants Are Gene Allan Knudtson. Donald Lee Kness. 25, Marion and Francis Michael Evans 23. Cedar rapids. They Are being held at Cedar rapids under $10,000 Bond each. Much of the credit for events speak out against administration policy on civil rights and the Indochina War. The 247-foot Long plane knocked off a wheel on its left Side As it touched Down on the runway and the wheel and tire rolled along Sev eral Hundred feet behind the plane As it passed the reviewing stand where Rivers and air Force officials were watching. The plane also suffered a Blowout Washington up thru on adjacent tire but the air Long argument Over whether mis Craft Dkl not 96em affected by the Siles have made the bomber Obs Jess Lete apparently has been resolved a by the Nixon administration in favor of Mann aircraft. By a 1 ton pickup truck driven by a Dong t0 the arrest 0 to three Robert Messer route 3, it. Pleasant. The Andy Schmidt construction company of Winfield was employed to repair the Bridge. A claim messers terse verse by a. C. Gordon those who live with to much tension Seldom live to get a pension. W nine from . Iowa on trip to Europe nine Southeast iowans Are meeting with their european counterparts today in the Hague Netherlands As the first Stop on a three week Iowa Trade Mission to Europe led by governor Robert Ray. The group will spend five Days in the Hague developing foreign business prospects and tourism for Iowa and discussing reverse investment. When business is finished in the Netherlands the Mission will spend four Days in Frankfurt Germany three Days in Copenhagen Denmark three Days in Brussels Belgium and five Days in London England. Those business people from Southeast Iowa taking part in the Mission with their wives Are e. A. Hayes financier it. Pleasant and Iowa development commission chairman and mrs. Hayes Keith h. Garretson president Garretson equipment company inc. In it. Pleasant and mrs. Garretson Owen l. Garretson director of the Garretson company William w. Summerwill chairman of the Board Iowa state Bank amp Trust co., Iowa City and Iowa development commission member and mrs. Summer a ill e. J. Liechty president Speidel newspapers inc., Iowa City and mrs. Liechty e. E. Smith manager Geode industries inc., new London and mrs. Smith Vincent p. Cullen president first National Bank in Burlington and mrs. Cullen and Frank j. Delaney Secretary treasurer Midwest Bis Cuit company Burlington and mrs. Delaney. Also joining the group from Burlington is mrs. W a. Witte. Not so sure Thot Moon is dead planet a a Slayton Arlington Heights 111. A up a Donald k. Slayton Nasa director of flight Crew operations for the Apollo program says he is a not so sure now that the Moon is a dead planet. Slayton was main speaker at Friday night s annual awards dinner of United press International Illinois newspaper editors. Slayton said a camera brought Back to Earth by Apollo 11 astronauts was found to have a microorganism living on it. That camera he said had been on the Moons surface three years. The organism a in the condition of being freeze dried a was not on the camera when it was rocketed to the Moon Slayton said. He told the editors he once believed the Moon was a dead planet a but now i am not so Slayton said Moon soil seems to stimulate certain types of growth a some Earth plants grow three to four times faster in Moon soil than in Earth soil a Slayton said. He did not specify which plants. Slayton also said some samples of Moon soil have a killed three types of Earth bacteria and that cancer researchers have asked for samples of the soil. He did not spell out what types of bacteria were affected. Although the air Force is emphasizing that it still can Back Down it has announced contract selections that normally would mean the construction of a Fleet of new supersonic b1 bombers at a total Cost that May approach $8 billion. The plane lighter and faster than the b52 it is tabbed to replace As the nations no. 1 strategic bomber would Fly at Between two and three times the Speed of sound at High Altitude. The Cost would be an estimated $30 million each. The first of them May Fly in 1974, and a Squadron or More could be operational by 1978. Democratic party workers Convene Here will be made against truck insurance to cover the Cost of the repair it was reported. The Load limit on the Bridge remains at 6 tons maximum the same As before the Accident. Place roses at Kennedy Graves Sonny Tufts actor Dies Santa Monica Calif. A up a Veteran actor Singer Dan cer Sonny Tufts Hollywood s onetime reigning image of the College boy has died of pneumonia at a Santa Monica Hospital. He was 58. Tufts who was born in Boston died thursday evening. His physician said Tufts entered the Hospital sunday. Tufts had a wide Grin and a Friendly personality which made him a screen favorite. He came to Hollywood in the 1940s with a Blue ribbon background that included Boston social connection sprinkled with the humility picked up during his Days As an ice Box Salesman. He built up a Loyal movie fan following during and after world War ii appearing in S.C. pictures As a bring on the girls a a a Duffy a tavern a a swell Guy a a easy come. Easy go a and a seven year itch a with Marilyn Monroe. Grads express their thanks Richmond. A. Up a graduating seniors at Virginia tech took out a Quarter Page advertisement in the Richmond times dispatch today to express their thanks for having the privilege of attending the University. The advertisement was addressed to gov. Linwood Holton the general Assembly the alumni parents and taxpayers of the state. A a. During this period of National turmoil much Public attention has been focused on this nations institutions of higher learning a the a said. A a Small minority of students have managed to present a very unrealistic picture of the american College student. The majority of the framework of society to attain a goal of higher education. A a. Thank you for giving us an must go to three boys in Craw Ford Seville who spotted the men near the Post office and provided sheriff s officers with Good description of the car. Robertson immediately spread the word via the police radio network meanwhile the car carrying the three Back to Cedar rapids was stopped in Iowa City when it went through a red Light. The Driver posted Bond and the i three were released. Moments later the description of the car came into the Iowa City station police there recognized the fact they hat just released the men and radioed Washington it up it a Robert ahead to Cedar rapids. Police there f. Kennedy s widow visited his1, spotted the car As it entered the grave at Arlington National Ceme i City. J Tery shortly after Dawn this morn-1 after burglary tools and loot from democratic party workers from eng on the second anniversary of toe Crawfordsville Post office were Southeast Iowa attended a dinner his death. Found in the car warrants against meeting at the Iris restaurant this j Ethel Kennedy was accompanied toe Toree it men were issued week. John Schmidhauser of Iowa by sen. Edward m. Kennedy and a total of $876 in Stamps and City first District committeeman his wife Joan who stood by silently pc ins was taken at Crawfordsville presided. Special guests were Clif As placed a Pink Rose on his toe share of the loot ton Larsen state chairman sced j grave and Knelt her head bowed i Quot Aan Money orders. Seventy Mon Mezvinsky newly nominated Cand and her hands clasped for about by orders were stolen along with Date for Congress. To minutes. The machine used to stamp these. Mrs. Gertrude Macqueen first none of the Kennedy children each could have been stamped for was present. Kennedy placed a red Rose on his assassinated brother a grave and the three then walked to the forces sweep into capital in Cambodia Saigon up a North vietnamese and Viet Cong forces swept into the province capital of Sieni reap saturday in a thrust deep inside Cambodia that threatened the ancient Buddhist temples at Ang kor wat. Military solutes said cambodian commanders in phenom penh had lost radio Contact with the Garrison at siem reap a province capital 150 Miles from phenom penh which is a tourist Gateway to the angkor wat ruins. District committee woman gave reports on women a clubs and District finances emphasized the need for financial help for the state ticket and the congressional Campaign. Bill Kiel Al of Iowa City a Harvard student explained his research on voting patterns in every precinct in the District. Robert Burns former state senator from Iowa City and chairman of the candidates committee gave pointers on various Campaign methods for local candidates. A maximum of $100, making a total of $7,000 Ltd they could have been cashed successfully. Evans had been free on Bond first family to Honor Grad Washington up a an a fall american menu of Steak potatoes and Corn on the cob rounded out preparations for a gathering of the first family today at the Camp David Mountain Retreat to celebrate the graduation of Julie and David Eisenhower from College. President and mrs. Nixon deprived of the pleasure of attending the graduations of their daughter and son in Law invited the Young couple David a grandmother mrs. Dwight d. Eisenhower and his parents u3. Ambassador to Bel nearby grave of former president Pon Ling Appeal of a 10-year sen where All three of nce imposed on him last month gum and mrs. John Eisenhower for breaking into a Waukon super to toe residential Retreat in the John f. Kennedy Knelt for several minutes. Robert Kennedy died on june 6, 1968, after he was shot in los Angeles on june 5, during a Celebration of his Victory Over sen. Eugene Mccarthy in the key California democratic presidential primary. Sirhan Sirhan a Young jordanian Market. Clif Larsen discussed the party National was convicted of Ken platform adopted at the state con Nedys murder and is now on death mention. He stressed the democratic Row at san Quentin. Process of building the platform up from the precinct level including q. Controversial National and internal patriotic groups tonal issues. Keith Street of Wapello a member of the state resold it a acct Moil Doy Lions committee also spoke. Or. J Quot Larsen asked for volunteers from representatives of patriotic each county to assist in poll taking .r0ups monday evening during the months preceding the june 15th, at 7 30 . In a final session to discuss activities of this years memorial Day and make exit Ion or. Schmidhauser announced voter clinics and voter registration recommendations for programming drives in the larger counties. Monthly meetings will be held for the chairmen and vice chairmen in various parts of the District. And activities in 1971. Sprays and flags used on veterans Graves this year will be packed and stored for use another year. Cooperating organizations arc asked to please have a spokesman present. $400,000 fire in Playboy club West Hollywood. Calif. Up a More than 150 firemen battled a fire Early today that destroyed or badly damaged six floors of the Playboy club on a Sunset damage was unofficially estimated at $400,000. The Blaze broke out on the third floor of the 10-Story Structure and quickly raced to the top. The building was believed unoccupied when the Blaze erupted. There were no reports of injuries. It took firemen one hour to contain the fire. An arson investigation was underway the $10 million Structure was built in 1963. Nearby Maryland mountains for an outdoor graduation dinner on the Patio outside Aspen Lodge at the Navy guarded installation. Julie 21, and David 22. Stayed away from their comment err it ceremonies at Smith and Amherst because of possible Campus turmoil by anti War dissenters and consequent embarrassment to the president and members of the Eisenhower family. The informal gathering was also in Honor of the graduation of David a sister Susan Eisenhower 18, from Westtown an elite girls school in the suburbs of Philadelphia a. 500 hippies Cut from Federal surplus food program Santa Cruz Calif. Up a i Raymond Ansell Santa Cruz about 500 hippies have been lop a county welfare director said his Ped off from the Federal surplus policy was changed because of dil food program in Santa Cruz coun faculty in checking the eligibility of to. Persons living in communes. The decision announced Friday the problem with the communes. State University for t be affected people living in about 65 Ansell said is determining who can year according to ted w. Leona communes who were declared in Eli take responsibility As head of a Gible by the county social we Elfare household among a group whose department. Members change almost weekly. A this is something completely to qualify under Federal Regula and mrs. Arthur merc o up new to us a said William a. Far tons a person must be a member River and John a. Korslund son Rell who is in charge of surplus of a household a group of related of or. And mrs. A enors in o food for the state department of or unrelated people living As a sin Eagle Grove. Education which administers the Gle economic unit. Winners Are select Yeni program for the department of even a Bachelor can qualify As varsity on the basis agriculture. I a a household for free powdered Lastic and leadership abilities. Is and Noilar programs Are conducted by two boys awarded pc scholarships two Iowa farm boys have been awarded $500 production credit association scholarships to Iowa manager of the it. Pleasant pc. The winners of the scholarships Are David w. Merck son of or Honor America Day rally scheduled Washington it up it a a big a Honor America Day Quot rally has been scheduled for july 4 on the Washington Muir Merit grounds with comedian Bob Hope one of the leading participants predicting a turnout of possibly half a million. Washington up a whole Hope said thursday it would be Sale prices increased 0.2 per cent in j toe biggest Celebration in Ameri May according to the labor de Ca s history. He said president apartment indicating a continuing Iii on might Appeal the objective Rise in retail prices is ahead. J Hope said is to demonstrate that the announcement by the de americans can put aside their apartment a a Bureau of labor Sta j honest differences and Lally around Ristics bus followed an earlier the Flag to show National report Friday that joblessness Rose wholesale prices Advance slightly last month from 4 8 to 5.0 per cent the highest unemployment rate in five years. An Antiwar rally last november on the Monument grounds Drew crowds estimated at up to a Quarter million or More. Cars damaged firemen called firemen were called to Extin trash fire behind Gibson scars driven by Terry Morrow and Doug Cornick collided at the Guise a of Quot their Quot Scho dream drive in at 9 50 . Fri a discount Center at 5 58 . Friday and were damaged. Day. Cornick was leaving the drive in firemen were called to the Wil a before we can take any stand j eggs and milk Beans Rice Aima a a a Quot a and Siuth and Morrow backed into him ac-1 son body shop West on Highway 34 on it Well have to get a Reading other items a usually about $115 1 the pc As in from the government a he said. W Orth a month. Dakota. J cording to the police report. I at 5 51 pm. But there was no fire

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