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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - June 18, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa Pleasant Price to cents it. Pleasant Iowa thursday evening june 18, 1970 Section one 2 sections ask for billion for waste treatment sewer Bonds sell at favourable rat these Days by John Chamberlain taking Hope from an a fishy fish Story i thought it was a fish Story. Well it was a fish Story. But not a fishy fish Story if you know what i mean. The a fishy fish Story concerns Howard j. Fremont the president of the newly formed Marine protein corporation who says the commercial growing of fish under rigorously controlled conditions in huge tanks a a comparable in size to Farmers silos a is just around the Corner. As this is written or. Fremont is preparing to Tell his fantastic tale to the second world food Congress at the Hague if he convinces 1,200 delegates from All Over the Globe As he has convinced me Many worried people Are going to Stop worrying about the population explosion. The fish explosion is about to counteract the scare stories of the ecologists who have been making our flesh creep with their predictions that Mankind will be starving to death inside of thirty years. Or. Fremont is convincing because he Speaks in mechanical terms. Fish farming is old in world history the chinese were practising it in Ponds As far Back As 1,000 b c. But the Best a one acre Pond has been Able to do is to produce 3,000 pounds of protein in a year. Or. Fremont by piling fish on top of fish in a sort of a a aquaculture skyscraper says he can raise a million pounds of fish per year per acre. His experimental plants in Central Pennsylvania and in Florida where his company is growing Trout Salmon Catfish and Pompano Are already showing the Way. Washington up a the i in a $5 2 billion Public works a House appropriations committee Propri tion Bill that also provides said today president Nixon s pro funds for the atomic Energy posed four year water pollution commission and for water resources program Quot risks a slowdown of Prog development by the corps of it called for direct a proper gingers and the Bureau of Recla action of $1 billion for waste treat ablation. Ment construction beginning july i in his budget message to con the committee said an estimated Gress Nixon recommended a four carryover of $440 million would. Year $4 billion wa.�?~, treatment make about $144 billion available Grant program for waste treatment construction j Grants to the states during the next under the administration plan fiscal year. The Federal government would a a a a 0 Gree to reimburse states for part the committee included the $1 of the Cost of construction but a billion for water pollution control i Tual payment would be spread out a Over nearly to years. The committee called for appropriation of the $1 billion in direct Grants As authorized by the clean water restoration act of 1966, in one in other business the Council heard a proposal by Bud Campbell representing Continental life of a police retirement program. It was turned Over to the personnel committee for consideration. Dwight Wallace submitted the it. Pleasant area recreation commissions budget request for next year. It totals $9,710. It will be considered when the City budget for the next fiscal year is set up. The Council will meet june 29 to work on the budget. Wallace also gave a report to the Council on the functions and goals of the commission and on the Progress of the recreation program. Too a representative of the Wells Fargo co. Demonstrated a burglar alarm panel Board which will coordinate the burglar alarms of various firms at the police station. The police and fire Protection committee will make a study of the alarm system Here and determine if the panel will be installed at the station at no charge to the City. Too the Council gave the mental health Institute permission to put on a fireworks display july 4. The Mhz is contacting local organizations about helping with the Cost on the display this year. Too mayor Charles Hanna promoted Laverne Harlan to assistant police chief and appointed Russell Van Tuyl former county sheriff As a police desk clerk with the Council approving. Too the Low bid of h. Eugene Smith for the placing of curbing at the new City parking lot North of the Telephone office was accepted. It is for $2.60 a Lineal foot and the total Cost will be approximately $1,080. Melvin Smith also submitted a bid. Here in Iowa the amounts of the direct Grants and the projects Are Ames Reservoir $400,000 Des Moines flood control $600 000 Dubuque $3 5 million fort Madison Harbor $100,-000 Guttenberg $800,000 Iowa River Clint Creek levee dist. 16, $987,000 Marshalltown $900,000 Missouri River levee system with Kansas Missouri and Nebraska $3.7 million Missouri River. Sioux City to the Mouth with Kansas Missouri and Nebraska $5 million Rathburn Reservoir $2,706,000 red Rock dam and Lake red Rock $1,-570,000 Saylorville Reservoir $3,-250,000 Waterloo $200,000. Old hangar at it. Pleasant Airport comes Down just a few minutes after this photo was taken the old West hangar at the it. Pleasant municipal Airport was a Down on the ground. The Jaycees have undertaken the project of removing the Structure and will sell All salvageable material to help Aid their youth programs. Several pilots have indicated an interest in Kee pug their planes Here if suitable Hanger facilities were available. The matter is timing considered by the City Council. Phenom penh up a communist troops today Cut Highway i. Which links phenom penh and Saigon but cambodian troops reopened another major Highway connecting the capital with the Gulf of Siam and cambodians Only Oil supplies. At one Point the communists had Cut All major transportation routes Between phenom penh and the outside drawn for Surv pane to soften language of funds Cut off in Saigon the u. S. Command reported 130 americans were killed and 364 wounded in Indochina fighting last week compared with 119 dead and 1,123 wounded the previous week of these 37 were killed and 97 wounded in Cambodia. South vietnamese Battle deaths dropped from 600 killed to 476 during the week and communist losses were estimated at 2,051 dead compared with 1,910 the previous week. Names have been drawn on the jury panel for the third Calendar Quarter beginning july 6. Notices will be sent out from the sheriffs office stating the specified Day jurors will be asked to report for duty. The $5.2 billion Public works total approved by the committee in what is often referred to As a the pork Barren a Bill includes $2.3 billion for the a e. Cd a nearly $13 billion for the army engineers and $304 million for the Bureau of reclamation. The total of $5,243,363,000 is a bout $467.8 million More than appropriations for the current fiscal year and $25.8 million less than requested in the presidents budget in its report to the House the committee said it had emphasized expenditures on works that would improve the environment. Those drawn Gary Abrisz. Frieda Aldrich Warren Anderson jr., Milton Becker Kent Bennett. Mary Bennett Henry Boecker Darwin Brock Bert Butcher Walter Carper Helen Cecil Ellen Clark Emma Cottrell Dean Davenport c. R. Davis Ann Devinger Shirley Dodds Delbert d Foss Ernest Trazer Woodrow Hale. Charles Harris Faye Heartsill Ruth Heyde. Howard Johnson Olive Keeley Thelma Lane. Mary june Matheny Olive Megchelsen Marie Mendenhall Winifred Meugniot Laura Mohr Elizabeth Morrow Jack Mccreight Joyce Mckim Barbara Mcsorley Alice Mcwilliams Elgin Pankoke Dorothy Potter Mervin Raines Betty Snuggs Nina Stiles Herbert j. Stonehouse Roger Swailes Harold Syfert Sylvia Tolander Merlin Trueblood Lucille Van soc Gladys Watton mrs. C. H Wilson and James l. pastor Active infill open new restaurant soon Many Are Sadr. Haselmayer leaves on trip to California the Rev. Or. And mrs. Carl e. J Wilson who will be moving Here i soon after he becomes pastor of i first United methodist Church Are the parents of three children. They Are mrs. Philip r. Connell of near Dayton Ohio. She has two sons two years and one year Jonathan Carl married and in Law school at the University of Iowa Iowa City and presently serving on the Law review editorial staff and Jane Elizabeth just graduated from High school and presently employed at Wesley acres in Des Moines. Mrs Wilson Miriam is a daughter of Carl l. Erhardt Bloomfield. Or. Wilson received his is. Degree Magna cum laude from Parsons College and his m a. And St b degrees from Boston University. He received a doctor of divinity honorary degree from Simpson College in 1968. He has held membership in the chamber of Commerce and rotary in cities where he has served charges has served As president and chairman of Many civic groups and has served on numerous boards and held directorships in Many organizations. He served As sex offi Cio trustee of Simpson College. He was elected Delegate to the i 1968 jurisdictional conference of the United methodist Church has served on Many committees and commissions of the conferences in Iowa and As Secretary of the South Iowa annual conference and As Secretary for the Cabinet under i Bishop Thomas. Or. Wilson was a member of the evangelistic Pioneer team to Japan i in 1954, a Delegate to the world methodist conference in August. 1966. In London England also a Delegate to the world family life conference in Tendon England that month. He lists his hobbies As gardening hiking Woodwork and Art. Or. Louis a. Haselmayer president of Iowa Wesleyan College leaves today for the remainder of the month on College business in California. Friday he will be the guest of Honor and speaker at a reception for 200 members of tile p e o. Sisterhood in the los Angeles area at the Home of mrs. Edward r. Chill Cott Pasadena. This reception has been organized by mrs. Clell Cotta a sister mrs. Wallace Weirick a trustee of Iowa Wesleyan. Sunday or. Haselmayer will attend the picnic of the los Angeles alumni club of Iowa Wesleyan in Long Beach. On thursday evening june 25, he will be the guest of tile Queens Bench at a dinner at the hotel St. Francis Given by the san Francisco bar association to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the signing of the United nations charter in san Francisco. The speaker will be his excellency Hardy Dillard recently appointed Justice to the world court. Friday june 26, the inc president will attend the dinner of the san Francisco alumni club and sunday june 29, will be present at a Benefit Barbecue sponsored by members of the National association of women lawyers in the interests of the Belle Babb Mansfield pre Law scholarship for women at Iowa Wesleyan. On intervening Days or. Haselmayer will make other Calls on alumni and friends of the College. A Days Stop on College business in Denver colo., on tuesday june 30, is scheduled on the return trip. A building permit was granted to h Eugene Smith and e. E. Taft amp sons for an addition to the High school Annex on East Monroe Reserve leases building changes a1 two local motels a sign for the Iron Kettle William and John bakery a new restaurant East on Highway 34 was approved. A class b Beer permit for the restaurant was granted with councilman Darrell Donnolly voting no. A liquor permit for the West Side was renewed with Donnolly voting no. Remodelling work is nearly completed in the building owned by Virgil lineman at 205 South Jefferson which was recently leased by the . Army Reserve unit company a 495th Engineer battalion. Company b has their main facilities West on Highway 34 and required additional space for storage classrooms and maintenance of equipment. The building was leased for five years at $4,000 Lier year. The Starlight Motel located West on Highway 34 is now under the management of or. And mrs. Eugene Coder. Mrs. Helen Beachy is the new manager of the Starlight inn Motel located on North Broadway which was previously managed by the coders. Harvey and Salinda Miller previous managers of the Starlight on Highway 34 West have recently moved to the Lockridge area where they have purchased a farm. Battle sniping and Rock throwing in Miami Man killed in Davenport Chaser free escape Al it. Madison improving from racing Accident injuries Clayton Kremer 306 s. Main. It. Pleasant is continuing to improve at mercy Hospital in Iowa City following a horse racing Accident at Maquoketa Iowa on june 6th. Kremer popular and longtime horse Trainer and racer suffered a Boken knee broken wrist and Elbow. Broken ribs and cuts and bruises. During the race at Maquoketa a horse walked in front of the one Kremer was driving causing Kremers horse to shy and throw him into the guard rail. Or. And mrs. Wayne Klopfenstein have purchased the attractive Rural Home and farm from or. And mrs. Ralph Morris East on Winfield Avenue. The Klopfenstein plan to move Early in August and the Morriss will establish their new residence in Tucson Ariz. Terse verse by a. C. Gordon when you think the worlds careening often its yourself that a leaning. Made a Monkey of Ricardo. Now we have the a fishy fish Story of or. Fremont. If the japanese can raise oysters under controlled conditions or. Fremont can surely do the same for fish in his big tanks. Or. Carl e. Wilson

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