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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - June 19, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news cooler these Days by George e. Sokolsky the main objective Nikita Khrushchev delivered one of his More important policy declarations in his speech before the seventh Congress of the bulgarian communist party on june 3, 1958 it is always important to note Khrushchev speeches because they arc Well prepared adequately conceived and designed for Hie world. In this speech he said Quot our successes in the development of science and technology Are Well known tile soviet Union possesses everything to solve in a historically Short period the main economic problem to catch up with and overtake the most de vol. 80. No. 144 it. Pleasant. Iowa. Thursday evening. June to to ,8 a a a a a i -.in1 Roum imn by Carrier 30# Par week by mail >7.50 per year iop explosion fatal to four big. Ali a i 15aegsllll>ljjlilji�lja a a ii -ii.,&Quot. Quot Quot a. He a a. Name new school head at it. Union it Union Dwaine n Hoffman has been hired for the Supervene capitalist countries in per i tendency of t he it. Union con capita am dated school for the coming 1958-59 term. Superintendent Hoff just As two centuries ago the Man is at present attending Wash american colonies founded our ing on University under the a great industries upon the earlier tonal science foundation program development in great Britian at is Ixia is to. He also attended just As Japan in tile Meiji revolt Nebraska state teachers College Tion built a Modem Industry upon Chadron. Nebr., and the University the results of Industrial develop of Nebraska at Lincoln Nebr. Meats in the United states Andi he has had to years teaching sex Wesleyan names new organist Joseph William Schreiber faculty member of the University of Louisville will be the new College organist at Iowa Wesleyan College this fall. He will be ail assist great Britain so soviet Russia is building an Industry and agriculture based growth in upon the enormous production and distribution in the United states great Britain and Germany. On that basis soviet Russia starts or Coli and takes full advantage of what came before which it is entitled to do. Therefore it is not impossible for Khrushchev to continue to build a modern Industry. However when Khrushchev Speaks of overtaking the capitalist countries he assumes that Only soviet Russia is dynamic and that the Western world is Static which is of course absurd. Besides in this particular speech Khrushchev does not limit himself to soviet Russia. He includes the entire soviet Universal state. For instance he Points out what strides red China is making in the Effort to overtake and pass the West Prience 5 years of which he has served As superintendent he was superintendent at Soldier before entering the Washington University. He served Tho United states air Force 1942-45 As navigator. B-17. Or. Hoffman is married and is the father of a 12 year old daughter Suzanne. He is affiliated with american legion Phi Delta Kappa. Isea and masonic Lodge. Harold e Fleming who has been superintendent the past 4 years will go to the Shellsburg school. The chinese people s Republic is now struggling to catch up with and overtake England in volume of steel production and other important Industrial products. The band concert Friday night the it pleasant municipal band will .Ive its second concert this week. Rehearsal will be held this thursday in the High school band room at 7 30 . The concert will be in the City Park on Friday night at 7 30 . This weeks program will be As czechoslovak Republic has already i f0jjows. Surpassed Sweden France and West Germany in per capita steel smelting and France and Italy in electric Power production. With the emergence of socialism from the realm of one country and the establishment of the world socialist Camp new and exceptionally Sig nil least possibilities for speeding up the Tempo of development of socialist Economy have been created it is essential that these Are utilized wisely and in a Businesslike the emphasis on the Skoda works in Czechoslovakia is interesting. Because this was one of the principal steel and manufacturing enterprises in Europe first established when Czechoslovakia was part of the Austro hungarian Empire. During world War i Skoda played a great role in the Kaiser a War activities subsequent to world War i Skoda exported de Molay commander Hall. Light cavalry overture Suppe. Basses on a rampage huffing. Swi Turin Down the Lane a Kahn Jones. .Ive am Lewis Young Henderson carnival of Melody Hawkins. Semper Fidelis Sousa. Teddy bears picnic Bartton. Marie Berlin. Americans we Fillmore. Wanting you Romberg. Tho Blue room Rogers. The Gypsy Baron Strauss. Whip and Spur Allen. Ant professor of music and will have the duties of prof Frank Keady who retired from the faculty this june. For the past year or Schreiber has taught piano and theory at the University of Louisville. Before going to the Kentucky City he had been a choirmaster and organist. In Hammond ind., Waco Texas and Chicago 111 he studied Church music and Organ theory at Northwestern University and later transferred to Baylor University where he received his Bachelor of music degree in 1953. Two years later tie completed work for the degree at Northwestern. Or. Schreiber is a flautist and cellist As Well As pianist and organist. He is a member of he american Guild of organists the Chicago choirmaster association and Pill my Alpha. Mrs Schreiber and their two children one and .Ive years of age. Will accompany the new organist and music professor to it pleasant later this summer at present they Are in or. Schreiber s native City new Albany id. U. S. Calls for probe of executions Washington up the United states today called for a full scale United nations investigation of the execution by the russians of hungarian Freedom Leader. Imre Nagy Aud three Coni Patt Iota the state department charged the present Quot soviet installed hungarian regime Quot with violating the 1948 u n declaration of human rights by denying Nagy and the other Freedom fighters Public trials and the right to present their defense. The Senate. Meanwhile approved 91-0 a Resolution expressing its Quot deep sense of indignation Quot at the Quot brutal political reprisal Quot against Nagy. Verdict of not guilty Adrian Henry Kempker. What cheer was found not guilty of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated by a District court jury which deliberated for jo1 hours tuesday. The jury retired at la to . Tuesday and returned the verdict at 9 40 pm. County attorney Charles Garretson was the prosecuting attorney and Francis Phelan of it Madison the defense attorney. Members of the jury were John Wolfe Orl in Eigsti Viola Crane Ezra Conrad Ezra Martin Bruce Young. Lucille la Bot son Clarence Reid. Florence Davis Harlan Ford w j . And Lawrence Moore. Approve fund for plutonium Clive opinion on survivors of korean vets i Moines up a korean and widow of widower who oiled Atter no 6, 1956, i he eligible for comp Eitsa provided in Iowa s korean ice compensation act. An at it Genet a1�?T opinion said to Biff Money two from Hilt approved county die w Iii Hospital to j Kauffman sex Mitt pc Ary of the service Coni pen a ii Board asked alts Gen no by be tot the controlling on which veterans survivors eligible for benefits a lift Man asked specifically we thei a person who re married in n of 23, 1956, would be entitled to compensation under pro visions of the act Erbe said the Etc Active Dale which times the eligibility status of veterans of the korean who i nov 6, 1986 he said therefor a widow of widower of a korean Veteran who re married 23. 1956 would in Ell Gibli compensation on for nov i such i sentenced on two charges Connelly and Caudle Appeal Minneapolis up two former Truman administration of not Only steel and steel products totals slated to Start prison terms but All kinds of manufactured this saturday have appealed for goods including locomotives. As for China a steel production the japanese had developed an important. Steel Industry in Manchuria Long before red China Carne into existence. Although soviet Russia dismantled the manchurian a new trial at u. S. District court Here. Attorneys for Matthew Connelly onetime assistant to the sex president and t. Lamar Caudle former head of the Justice departments tax division made the plants immediately after the War motion for a new trial before fed with american Connivance they Elal judge Gunnar Nordbye wed have been rebuilt and refurnished mesday. Since the chinese communist gov Connelly and Caudle recently Ern ment clime into existence Large j were convicted in St. Louis Only at russian expense. The largest i charges they conspired to prevent exclusively chinese Enterprise in i punishment of an income tax this Field tile Han yelping steel evader by the Federal government. Works at Hankow on the Yangtze an Appeal for probation and re has been in existence for Many i auction of two year prison terms years. I visited it in 1919. Haniyeh was denied last week Ping is now part of the immense steel production in the soviet Universal state a production which is second Only to that of the United states. One of the facts of which the West is now Only becoming conscious is that the soviet world Economy is integrated. Four killed in accidents by up a House Senate atomic Energy subcommittee has approved expenditures o 45 million dollars to make More plutonium needed for Small nuclear weapons. This was disclosed today by subcommittee chairman Melvin Price d-111 who said there is Quot critical need Quot for More of the atomic explosive than is now being produced. Plutonium is better than Uranni-um-235 Small nuclear weapons such As defensive missile warheads and Field weapons. Bill Bailey in Rome. Has Bren sentenced by Justice Rudolph Rekey to to Days in the county jail Oil two charges of disturbing file peace filed by mrs Myrtle Messer and mis mar Snyder both of Rome Bailey received 30 Days on each charge. The Rase of a 17 year old you to i charged with Bailey was turned Over to juvenile authorities the charges were filed after the youths blew up a Bird House at the Messer residence with firecrackers and plugged up a Well at the Snyder place by tossing Sticks bad rocks in it they also allegedly blew up a Bird House at the Pearl Calamus residence with fire Rackers. Killing some Wrens. Hip incidents happened saturday night and the youths promised take care of the damage. They j failed to do so and were taken into custody by Deputy Robert Nicholson. Tripoli. Iowa up one youth was killed and .Ive other persons Hurt wednesday night in a two car crash near the intersection of Iowa 93 and 63 near Here. Dale Leeks 15. Tripoli was j killed outright in the crash and i Tell legion Post four other youths in the car were Hurt. William Buis 64, Fredericksburg and his wife. 65, occupants of the other car were also Hurt. About boys state Khrushchev Speaks of it in the following terms Quot. Recently a conference of representatives of communist and workers parties members of the Council of Mutual economic assistance was held in Moscow. Representatives of the chinese communist party the koreans workers party the vietnamese workers party and the mongolian people s revolutionary party also participated in the conference. Quot the conference came to a unanimous conclusion that at present when economic relations among socialist countries have been strengthened the question Imp a a oui a la Opplt fit further improvement of the1 forms of economic collaboration ale of the greatest significance. This includes More thorough specialization and cooperation in production in mutually related branches of the economies of the socialist Camp nations. If the european Coal and steel Community is a Success it is very doubtful that either red China or Czechoslovakia will Long surpass Sweden France and West Germany in total production of steel products. However Europe continues to diddle with economics nationalism copyright 1958. King features Syndicate inc Shenandoah Iowa up Merill Collow 44. Shenandoah was killed wednesday night when his panel truck collided with a Semi truck .Ive Miles Southeast of Here. Too Harlan Iowa up mrs. Julia Therkildsen 66. Harlan was killed and her husband Andrew. 70, critically injured wednesday in a car truck collision seven Miles Southeast of Here. Two interesting talks were Given by Larry Kinney and Steve Proctor 1958 Hawkeye boys state represent Tives to Ltd the members of Bob Tribby Post of the american legion who sponsored them wednesday night commander Dick Howe introduced them. Or. Kenneth Dickson reported on the chiropractic assistance to veterans. The nominating committee made a partial report and was instructed to fill the slate for the next meeting. A thank you note was read from Sherry Stull who was named out standing girl of the 1958 i pleasant High school graduating Cia. By tile legion. Vie for top girls state Post Cedar two Des vie today Falls Moines for the Iowa Tuti Aren girls will Post of Quot Gover girls state at nor Quot of Hawkey its annual Encampment Here the girls will select either Marilyn Torode Des Moines a or sue min ear of near West Des Moines a Quot federalism the Winner will be installed along with the other officers selected tonight by Quot real Quot gov Herschel c. Loveless. Woman confesses kidnapping child i Gay House Washington up the House today approved overwhelm nigh i $1,977,827,300 Public works appropriation loaded with funds int extra projects the president Iii not request Hie bin Money Lull was sent to the Senate by a 360 18 Roll Call vote after he House rejected by voice vote in attempt to Send to Hack to commit Lei the Bill As ii passed the House carried $1,311,300 More limn the president asked for in his 1959 budget despite almost 50 extra planning and Cost Niolon projects Senate defeats proposal to it Auto truck taxes Washington up the Senate Defeated Dodo it a proposal to slash Auto and ii tick excise taxes again Demount rating support for president Eisenhower a hold the Hue stand on tax Relief by a von of 89-32 the chamber rejected an amendment Ivy Hen Pat Mcnamara i Mich to Clit the excise levies on autos and i Rucks the vote came As the Beanie moved Briard final action on the tax Extension Bill registering for music workshops registration continues tor Hie mum workshops which will be held during the week of june 23 at Iowa Wesleyan College teachers in elementary grades and music supervisors Are registering for the afternoon sessions which will present Fay Templeton Frisch As visiting consultant piano teachers and innate supervisors will in attending the 1 morning session Friday. June 27 Quot Iii of children 7 to 9 years of age will form an experimental class which will be taught by mrs in i h mornings of the week of june 38 parents wishing to have their children in tills class should Contact or David is Price head of the music department of Iowa Wesleyan the first meeting of the children s class will he at 8 30 monday june 23, in the second Story of the student Union. Rite children attend the Claes free of charge they will be a part of the demonstrations by mrs Frisch who is an internationally known two hem v Emit y Young men were among tour victims of an explosion ii the Iowa it it a Dijune it Plant wednesday afternoon at tut Lorn o clock Donald k Scott. 22, son of i and mrs Raymond Scott of North to Rome and Roy Harrow 28, new London son of i and mrs Char buy new Well bump i he City Council wednesday night accepted the Low Dir of the Thorpe. Well n of de Mollie for a sumo j Milam i Able pump to be installed j in the Cliv deep Well Al Saunders rite old was for $4,468 other firm interested in the i Ayne Western co of did t submit a old on a a Type pump it submitted St old of $6,628 50 on a line Shaft pump with the motor at tile top of til6 Well Thorpe a bid on a Lilu Shalt pump was $8,424.24 hic Des Moines firm also submitted an alternate hid of $5,389 on a Fairbank Morse submersible pump lilt Council went Over the bids in exeunt Ive session Park Hie Pinter am Donald Scott Lei. Barrow Fairfield died j thursday morning at mercy Hoe pita i where they had been taken j suffering from Burns killed outright Ai the blast were Dolores Mal let. 40, and Max hell 22, both of it Madison Hospital attendant said Scott. And Barrow received severe Burns and were in state of Shock when admitted to the Hospital i be Council add pled an ordinance changing a number of parking real Al ions on certain streets in i plea Ani the changes had been recommended earlier and published in the new the ordinance of. Fili ally listing the changes will be published in Iii a news i de Burroughs representing Hie Midwest old settlers and threshers Ai Quot Ria lion asked permission from it Brj j Istle Council to place an old depot on the association land adjacent to Mcmillan Park for use in Eon Nee Hon with Hie old steam engine owned by the organization he also asked permission for the building of a steel shed to House the engine. Permission was granted by the Council tile a Oei Aliou Lias made a old on the old a h or q depot at Hillsboro. The muffled explosion blew part of the roof off the one Story roil Crete building and blew out some windows there was a Flash tit damage was placed at Between $35,000 and $40,000. La Rodney Lewis acting com mantling officer it the Plant. Said one or More artillery Sheila apparently exploded a Board of investigation was scheduled to probe for the cause of the explosion today one other person was injured in the blast when an artillery hell apparently exploded in a 19 fool Square room where workers Complete cml Milf meter shells on a mile Long As scrubby line he was Carroll Cosby 26. Burlington i the room where the workers were employed normally is restricted to seven persons it was not known How Many actually advises Ike in Adams Quot ase Washington up Senate Republican Leader William f. K Howland said today president should Quot carefully i s e n h o w e r weigh Quot whether state tit Sherman his usefulness Quot presidential Adams has by taking a a Hart gifts from Bernard Goldmine figure in Brink s robbery slain Bouton me in the robbery to up the sixth Fig million Dollar brinks meet a violent end were in the room when the blast occurred nor wait definitely established what caused it the room to in building 210, line it the Plant is owned by th1 army i ordnance corps and operated with b ,. Civilian employees under Eon i Art j Rod inc group with the Mason and Hanger subpoenas Tallman was found shot to death in his car today. He was John f. Fats Buccal 11, a notorious racketeer who was released a month ago Atter serving part of a two year term for receiving $60,000 of the loot in the nation s largest Cash robbery. My in educator and has written a Mason co in series of books of music lessons the Plant employees about boo the workshop which will take i workers Many of them women. Place afternoons and which is i Ltd a a especially designed for elementary Glenwood Iowa up Dewey Jones 59, Tabor was killed in a one car crash eight Miles North of Here on . 275 Early today county sheriff Don Rhoden said 1 girls nabbed for Jones apparently lost control of his car and it turned Over several times. Rifling lock boxes it. Pleasant stores will be open Friday night convenience Murray had 26,342 vote margin Des Moines up Republican gubernatorial candidate William g. Murray chalked up a 26,-342 vote margin Over la gov. William Nicholas in the june 2 primary an official state canvass of votes showed today. The former Iowa state College economics professor gained 112-496 votes in the primary to 86.154 for his Veteran Republican opponent. Gov. Herschel c. Loveless who was unopposed for the democratic nomination to run in general elections this fall polled 94,418 votes the canvass showed. Dubuque Iowa up Federal authorities wednesday broke up a gang which had been rifling Post office lock boxes two girls aged 12 and to. Postal authorities called in fed ural agents after a week of com plaints that mail was disappear my from lock boxes in the Post office building. Wednesday Aget nabbed the ringleader a i 12 in the act and she identified i accomplice. Authorities said the two bae found a key left in one of tie boxes and had reached to int that Box to others. They Alf found several boxes which had not been locked properly. They estimated the girls obtained about $50 in the thefts to Loch was gone however a flt a goodies. J Toronto up Toronto police said today that Greta Good 46-year-old German Divorcee Eon fessed kidnapping Joel a it Itman 2ms year old heir to a clothing Chain Fortune. Many pictures in farm Section cattle tour pictures conservation pictures and others will be included in the farm and Home Section of the news on Friday conservation week stories also will be featured along with other timely farm stories and household suggestions. Barbecue supper at Park tonight the rotary Barbecue supper will tie served at 5 30 and 6 30 this evening As stated Oil the tickets purchased at Mcmillan Park chuckle in the news classroom teachers will hike up these Anas development of listening habit extending music experience through keyboard experience vitalizing classroom music group dynamics in music demonstration and discussion periods the Friday morning session will i,-.ive practical demonstrations discuss the Basic philosophy and principles of piano teaching study i continuity in use of materials hear a talk on the essentials of a Good piano lesson and consider creative activities in the piano lesson Jacob Kilcher taken by death Jacob Kilcher 93, died at me mortal Hospital about two of clock thursday morning after an illness of a few Days. A native of Switzerland tie came to Iowa in 1880 and had resided in the it. Pleasant and Henry county area since that time he was born october 24, 1864, the son of urse and Mary Kilcher. He is survived by nephews and nieces among the Nephew being Charles Dietrich of it. Pleasant. Services will be held at 1.30 saturday afternoon at the Crane funeral Home with the Rev Arvell mrs. Gilbert Cantwell of it pleasant had finished work re the Day Iii the building in which the explosion occurred and had gone to another building to change clothes before returning Home she heard the explosion looked out and saw the roof going into the air and the fairies break out. The sprinkler system went on and the flames soon subsided. Mrs Harold i Fanniem works in another building about a Block away so also was preparing to leave to return to i pleasant. Des Moines up a the special legislative investigating committee today subpoenaed j. C tall i Man Guthrie Center and met with Hun in a closed door session. The committee said earlier it would investigate the scrambled Commerce commission election race As Well As certain practices of the present commissioners. The body was funeral Home. Taken to the Crane Tulsa okla. Up George Sharp has an unusual complaint. Ever time he drills for water in Dis backyard he hits Oil. A a i be got to get rid of that Oil a Sharp moaned wednesday when the Hughes pastor of the Green Mound Burlington and Rev. Martin Greer j service station at the West Edge of third Well Carne in. A water Well Church of god officiating. Inter w Ould be $300 cheaper than Pip Orient will be at Green Mound j ing in City wafer he said. I cemetery. Brott a graduate of it pleasant High school in 1954, had taken pm ploy nent at the Plant about ten Days ago he had just reported Lur duty at four of clock when Hie blast let go according to information Here. He had been released from the armed forces in october after serving three years with the 82nd i airborne division at it. Bragg. N c. He was born at new London on january 18, 1936, the son of Raymond and Thelma Wright Scott they and two Sisters mrs Everett Hatch and mrs. Arnold hummed both of it. Pleasant survive. He died at mercy Hospital about 2 . Services will in held at 3 30 saturday afternoon at tile Trenton methodist Church. Or. George g. Hunt of first methodist Church Barrow. 28. Of new London who recently was promoted to a Foreman ship at the Iowa ordnance Plant died at the mercy Hospital in Burlington at 1 20 . He is survived by his wife the former Patricia Buckholtz and three children Dennis Dean 7, Donald Dewaine 6, and David Dwight 4. Also surviving Are his parents or. And mrs. Charles Barrow of red. 4, Fairfield and two Brothers Charles Barrow jr., and Louis k of Fairfield and a sister mrs. Velma mane Rice of Ottumwa. Harrow was born february 27. 1930 at Fairfield and had lived most of his lifetime in or near Fairfield. He and his family had moved to new London april i 1958. Services will be held saturday at 2 . At the Behner funeral Home in Fairfield the reverend Teele of the methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in memorial Lawn cemetery at Fairfield. Barrow operated the Standard of Wayland pastor of the Trenton i it. Pleasant on Highway 34 from methodist Church will officiate. In j july of 1957 until february of this ferment will be at Grant cemetery year for William Hassenfritz

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