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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - June 24, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news partly Cloudy vol. 92, no. 148mt. Pleasant Iowa wednesday evening june 24, 1970 Price to cents these Days by John Chamberlain the revolt of the forgotten Quot ethnic american in the late years of the nineteenth Century William Graham Sumner americans Pioneer sociologist wrote a famous essay on the Quot forgotten the forgotten Man was the Long suffering lower Middle class citizen who worked hard at his Job paid his Bills and his taxes built a House for himself with perhaps a second Story to rent out to somebody else and invariably found himself mulched by the politicians to support pressure groups of one Type or another who might or might not need the Money some fifty years later Franklin d. Roosevelt misappropriated and perverted the title of the Sumner essay to cover the a third of the nation that paid no taxes. Too Well it is a Long time since we have heard of a or from a the original forgotten Man. But the other Day at a conference called by the Urban task Force of the United states Catholic conference in Washington dc., he reappeared in a new Guise As the a ethnic there Are forty million of these a ethnics a of recent european descent and he found a spokesman or rather a spokeswoman in miss Barbara Mikulski of the Southeast Community organization of Baltimore. She Laid it on the line As a member of the a White ethnic working class in accents that almost exactly paralleled the Sumner rhetoric. Too a the ethnic american a she said a is sick of being stereotyped As a racist and dullard by phony White liberals pseudo Black militants and patronizing bureaucrats. He pays the Bill for every major government program and gets nothing or Little in the Way of return. He has worked hard All his life to become a a Good american he and his sons have fought on every Battlefield a and he is made fun of because he likes the Flag. The ethnic american is overtaxed and undeserved at every level of government. Being a Home owner he shoulders the rising property taxes. Yet he enjoys very Little from these unfair and burdensome levies. If he wants to buy in the old neighbourhood a he cannot get an Cha loan. His income of $5,000 to $10,000 per year makes him a near he is the victim of both inflation and anti inflationary measures. The Public and private institutions have made him frustrated by their Lack of response to his needs. At present he feels powerless in his daily dealings with and efforts to change too sometimes the a a ethnics whose cause has been so eloquently presented by miss Mikulski react in what the reverend Paul Ascidian an italian american newspaper editor from Chicago Calls a a spastic terms. They feel their jobs and Homes Are threatened by the Blacks. But they Arentt really racist. They done to want to go to George Wallace. The danger however is that they will be driven to him for want of understanding by the a phony White liberals the pseudo Black militants and patronizing too the dilemma of the a a ethnic american has been dramatically pinpointed by the recent election in Newark new Jersey where Kenneth Gibson a negro easily Defeated the incumbent mayor Hugh and Donilio of italian background in a Runoff election to become the first Black mayor of a big northeastern City. Gibson an Engineer is a decent person and we May be certain that he Means it when he says he wants to bind up the Community a wounds to promote Harmony and to reverse the trend of decay that is to be found in All the Central cities of the nation. But his slate failed to win the Newark City Council which stands six to three against him. Too it will take More than easy promises to keep Newark from experiencing terrible troubles in the near future. Anthony Imperiale a councilman who Heads a militant White North Ward citizens committee is the very image of the a ethnic american that was mentioned by miss Barbara Mikulski in her a forgotten Many speech in Washington or. Imperiale is rough an expert at karate and he does no to trim his words. He seethes with a sense of injustice. A i saw voters intimidated by the Black panthers a he said in a postelection talk. And then came the clincher which tells us what has happened to the . A if anyone comes to our Home to Burn loot or riot a he said a a in a going to protect announces method for draft lottery Washington up a selective service director Curtis w. Tan announced today plans for a double draw draft lottery to make sure that the new drawing will be a truly the drawing at to . Edt next wednesday will decide the order of Call for Young men who turn 19 this year. Orders to report for physicals will go out shortly after the draw Wesleyan receives $19,293 Iowa Wesleyan College has received1 a $19,298 legacy from the estate of alumnus Henry h. Barker former it. Pleasant resident who died August 25, 1968, in Detroit Wesleyan president Louis a Haselmayer announced today. Or. Barker a retired chemistry teacher living in Detroit at the time of his death was graduated from iwo in 1916. He taught school for a year in Iowa three years in Northern Michigan and 32 years in the Detroit schools. Bom eight Miles Southeast of it. Pleasant in 1889, or. Barker moved to it. Pleasant after attending country school until he was 16. After graduating from Wesleyan he spent a tour of duty with the army air corps in world War i. Surviving relatives of or. Barker Are two Sisters mrs. Gladys Johnson of Iowa City and Edith a. Barker of los Angeles. He is buried int the Forest Home cemetery it. Pleasant. Richardson takes oath Washingon up a Elliot l. Richardson was sworn in As Secretary of health education and welfare today and pledged to work toward president Nixon so vision of More peaceful world and a better Quality of life for All chief Justice Warren e. Burger administered the oath of office to Richardson in the White House Rose Garden while Nixon Cabinet members congressmen and others looked on. Robert h. Finch Richardson a predecessor at the sprawling 110,-000 employee department of health education and welfare also was on hand and took the oath of office in his new Job As Counselor to the president. Richardson became the ninth head of hew a Job that has caused frustration for Many of his predecessors including Finch. Richardson who has been no. 2 Man at the state department has a reputation As a top administrator but faces a major Challenge to efficiently run a department that is second int size in the government Only to the defense department. Finch Drew criticism both inside and outside the department for some of his policies and methods. Richardson a bostonian will be 50 on july 20 and was lieutenant governor and then attorney general of Massachusetts before coming to Washington As undersecretary of state. Ing a so that those eligible will know where they stand and can plan their lives a Tarr told a news conference. Too the new lottery will involve the use of two plexiglass Drums shaped like quonset huts. One will hold birthrate capsules containing slips of paper on which will be printed the 366 Days of the year 1951. The other will contain capsules with numbers i through 365. After each birthrate capsule is drawn from one drum the numbered order of sequence applying to that capsule will be taken from the second drum. The two combined will decide the Call up order for registrants. Too for example feb. 14 is the first capsule drawn from the birthrate drum and 218 is the first out of the lottery number drum. That would mean those who became 19 on feb. 14 this year would be 218th in the order of draft Calls next year. Tarr abandoned the previous method of first out of the fishbowl was the first in the order of Call used in the first lottery procedure last year. The capsules will be placed monday. They then will be placed under guard until the Day of the drawing. Nader accuses while House of fronting Washington up a Ralph Nader accused the White House today of fronting for big business in an Industry Effort to torpedo a proposed Independent consumer Protection Agency. Nader charge that White House staff members were a a illicitly working with representatives of the National association of manufactures Nam and the . Chamber of Commerce to bring about Senate i e Section of a Strong consumer Bill approved tuesday by the House government operations committee. The proposal would set up a powerful consumer watchdog Agency outside of White House control which would have police Powers to Force manufacturers to meet safety standards my Home. Done to make this City turn into a bomb. If they Start it Well finish too in other words or. Imperiale is ready for a protective the Black panthers formed their original organization in the san Francisco Bay area around this very concept of a protective violence when they ostentatiously a picked up the so we have the tinder Laid on both sides ready for the defensive match. The psychological atmosphere is enough to terrify anyone. It wont dissipate until the a phony White liberals the pseudo Black militants and patronizing bureaucrats mentioned by miss Barbara Mikulski Wake up to what they have done to Poison our seats of learning and our communications with their misunderstanding of All our a forgotten will they Wake up in time id like to think so but i have All my fingers crossed. Distributed by King features a Syndicate. Farm left to Arizona Church the will of Carl Joseph Roberts has been admitted to probate at the courthouse and according to the terms his farm was left to first Baptist Church in Tempe Arizona. The contents of or. Roberts House were left to mrs. Vera Cornell of Little Rock Ark. A sum of Money was also set aside for the maintenance fund of pleasant Hill cemetery. The amount which May be either $1,000 or $6,000, remains to be interpreted by the court Roger s. Galer was named executor of the will which was drawn up july 31, 1969, by or. Roberts youths injured in Accident Are improving Robert Bates jr., injured in a two car Accident saturday afternoon has been released from memorial Hospital and is resting comfortably at Home. Roger Walker injured in the same Accident continues to improve at University hospitals in Iowa City and is listed in Good condition. Three persons were killed in the collision which occurred 2 is Miles West of it. Pleasant at the Highway 34 Salem Blacktop intersection saturday afternoon. Drake u newspaper editor arrested Des Moines up a the editor of the Drake University student paper Dartanyan Brown 20, of Des Moines pleaded innocent to charges of Possession of marijuana today in Des Moines municipal court. Brown a senior at Drake who took Over the Editorship of the times delphic on june i was arrested shortly after 4 . By Des Moines police. Browne a trial was set for july 8 and Bond was Sot at $1,000. Senate repeals Gulf of Tonkin Resolution receiving their god and country awards from or. C. Bendy Garrett left during the second worship service sunday at first United methodist Church were from left to right Lynn Monson David Wettach and Don Conner. Three receive god and country awards Pride was evident on the faces of Don Conner Lynn Monson and David Wettach As they received their hard earned god and country awards in scouting on june 21. The presentations were made by or. C. Dendy Garrett pastor of first United methodist Church during the sunday morning worship service. Don is the son of or. And mrs. Edgar Conner of 417 North Van Buren. Residing at 601 West Henry Lynn is the son of or. And mrs. Hjalmar Monson. The other recipient David Wettach is the son of or. And mrs. Robert Wettach of 204 South Wilson. All three boys will enter High school in the fall. Requirements for the coveted a Ward include at least too hours of voluntary labor demonstrating Christian ideals. The work May consist of jobs in the Church or other deeds for fellow citizens needing assistance. The boys were also engaged in the study of Christian Faith. Christian witness Christian world outreach Christian citizenship and Christian Fellowship. Memorizing of the books of the Bible and of certain scriptures was certified either by the boys parents or by or. Garrett. As the requirements providing for close Contact with the pastor god and country boys May better see the relationship of the minister with the congregation. Day Camp at Mcmillan because of Early morning showers girl scout Day Camp opened this morning at Mcmillan Park instead of Saunders Park. Activities were being carried on As nearly Normal As possible. The opening ceremony was held in the grandstand using a girl scout Law As the theme. At each daily opening and1 closing ceremony one of the girl scout Laws has been recited and the unit which represents that Law is recognized and then All repeat the Law together. Even though brownies Are not required to learn the Laws until they become Junior scouts at fourth Grade it is a Good experience for them to begin to recognize the meaning of each Law As it pertains to the life of a girl scout. Maynard Buttle science instructor at the 7th and 8th Grade school gave a nature study on rocks during the Day wednesday. Joe Panther met with the scouts working on the camera badge and gave them expert advice on the proper use and handling of a camera. His discussion covered a wide Range of information on photography. Those in the unit working on Dabbler badge made a banana boat baskets tuesday modelled Clay and made puppets which they used later to put on their own skit. Special training was being Given wednesday by mrs. Tom Hilbrant in various methods of cooking out and the variety of equipment that can be used. Thursday she will discuss with the scouts Steps necessary in preparation for a hike. Cadette Cam Craft unit members practice pitching two different kinds of tents tuesday and practice rebuilding. Wednesday they were learning proper use of a Compass and were putting this knowledge to practice. Camp will open thursday morning at Saunders Park weather permitting. If rain occurs before 9 ,. Camp will Convene at Mcmillan Park. If rain occurs Between 9 30 . And noon campers w ill move to Mcmillan Park. If rain occurs at Saunders Park after 12 noon campers will be dismissed there. Transportation arrangements should be made accordingly. Seek two in Bank Holdup Hayesville up a authorities said Between $2,000 and $3,000 was taken in tuesdays armed robbery of the Hayesville savings Bank. Authorities said two Young men Between Ages 18 and 20, were believed to have been involved. One entered the Bank and ordered a Teller to hand Over the Money and fled. Officers said a second suspect was waiting in a car outside. The vehicle was later found to Oskaloosa and turned out to be a car reported stolen in Oskaloosa earlier in the Day. No one was injured in the robbery. Hayesville is about six Miles Southwest of Sigourney. Downpour at Ottumwa Ottumwa up a the City of Ottumwa was hit by heavy Rains Between 8 and 9 . Today that totalled an unofficial five inches. Officials reported that much of the Southern Section of the City was under three to four feet of water from flooding caused by a backup from the Jefferson Street sewer Extension Creek. Extensive damage was also reported in Wildwood Park where at least one Bridge was washed out. The Ottumwa flight service station located about three Miles North of Ottumwa reported Only .37 of an Inch of rain in the same time period. Washington up a the Senate voted 81 to to today to repeal the controversial 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which authorized a big . Buildup in Vietnam. Sen. J. William Fulbright a caustic critic of the Resolution wound up voting against the Repealer. Too the Repealer was written into a $300 million foreign military sales Bill that will require approval by the House and the presidents signature. Because administration forces sponsored the amendment Fulbright and other Antiwar senators two electrocuted near Ottumwa Ottumwa up a two men were electrocuted tuesday night As they attempted to erect a citizens band radio Antenna at a Rural Ottumwa House. Authorities said Ricky rocket 19, and David Nichels 24, died when they came in Contact with a 13,000 vote Power line leading to Nichelso Home. Rocket lived at the Ottumwa Myca. Mrs. Lyndon Johnson in car Accident Austin Tex. Up a mrs. Lyndon b. Johnson a 1963 Mercury collided with a 1957 Chrysler at an intersection tuesday. The former first lady was Given a ticket for failing to yield the right of Way and also a citation for failing to display her Driver s License. Neither mrs. Johnson nor Steve Gary smart Driver of the Chrysler was injured. The Chrysler was a total loss and police estimated the damage to the Mercury at $800 to $900. Mrs. Johnson 57, was alone in the car returning from a shopping excursion. Union ratifies Morrell contract Ottumwa up a members of the Union local representing workers at John Morrell so co. Tuesday night overwhelmingly ratified a three year contract a insuring that the City of Ottumwa will not lose its biggest employer. About 1.300 members of the amalgamated meat cutters and butchers workmen of North America ratified the new practices agreement by More than a 90 per cent margin. Morrell with a work Force of about 2.700. Had previously announced it would close Down operations in August when the current contract expired. However last week the Union and Morrell officials reached an agreement that Calls for modernizing the present Plant and making some adjustments in the work Force to enable the 93-year-old firm to stay in business. Four Bridge workmen dropped to death Kittery Maine up a a staging on a Highway Bridge under construction collapsed today drop Png la workmen to the ground. At least four men were killed and one was left dangling by a rope As Rescue Crews tried to reach him with a Large Crane. Four men were stranded in the bridgework until removed by firemen on Aerial ladders. To build for new Albia Industrial Plant Albia a Chicago rivet and machine co. Will move its operation from tile Chicago. 111., area to Albia and begin construction of a new factory next month. J. Logan Cain vice president of the Albia Industrial development commission said i tuesday. The 50-year-old Chicago firm j which manufactures components i for rivet machines has purchased j p 15-acre site and has an option to i buy to More acres. Tile new factory will contain 14.000 Square feet. Tile company plans to employ and train from 25 to 30 persons from the Albia arca As machinist Cain said. Operation is expected to begin in november. Goldberg wins nomination in new York Albany . Up a Arthur j. Goldberg seeking his first elective office won the democratic nomination for governor tuesday night Over Howard Samuels the millionaire inventor of plastic Sandwich bags in a close primary election. Rep. Richard l. Ottinger heir to a plywood Fortune who spent an estimated $1 million on television advertising beat organization candidate Theodore c. Sorensen for the Senate nomination. Sorensen a former Kennedy aide ran third in the race behind Paul of Dwyer the unsuccessful 1968 Senate nominee and rep. R d. Quot Max Mccarthy came in last. Too Goldberg will oppose gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller who is seeking an unprecedented fourth term. Samuels refused to concede defeat As Midnight passed. Samuel a press Secretary told supporters the contest was still a a horse a a he la have to ask for a recount i think a the press Secretary said. Goldberg a running mate for lieutenant governor will be state sen. Basil a. Patterson the first negro to seek the Post. He easily Defeated his opponent a Little known township supervisor. Contended the action violated nor Mal Senate procedure. Asserting he wished to a preserve the integrity Quot of the Senate Fulbright voted no on the repeal of the Resolution he has condemned in recent years. The Arkansas Democrat said he would vote for repeal later when a Resolution of his own is brought to the floor. Too Fulbright has fought the Tonkin Resolution steadfastly for the last several years contending Congress was duped into giving former president Lyndon b. Johnson a Blank Check for the Vietnam War. When the original Resolution was adopted. Fulbright voted for it As Only two votes were registered in opposition. Besides Fulbright. Those who Vot Quot a against the Repealer were Sens. James b. Allend Ala. Henry Bel i Mon a okla. James o. Eastland. A miss. Sam j. Ervin jr., . Ernest f. Hollings d-3. Russell b. Long a la. John l. Mcclellan dark. Gale w. Mcgee. A Wyo. Ani John c. Stennis a miss. Tile Repealer was mainly symbolic and was instigated by republicans since the Nixon administration already had renounced the Resolution and is not using it for the Legal authority to remain in Vietnam too the Tonkin Resolution gave the president permission to a take All necessary Steps including the use of armed forces to protect american forces in South Vietnam and to Aid Vietnam and other u. S. Allies in Indochina. President Lyndon b. Johnson interpreted the Resolution As sweeping congressional backing for his subsequent decisions that swelled a troops strength in South Vietnam to More than half a million men. Powerful quake in Pacific Ocean Sandspit. By up a a powerful earthquake entered in the Pacific Ocean Shook the Queen Charlotte islands off the West coast of Canada for 30 minutes today. The quake registered in the Strong Range a above 70 on the Richter scale a on seismographs around the country. No damage was reported but residents of the Queen i Charlotte islands said buildings Shook for half an hour after the quake struck at 6 09 . Put. Powell out by Small margin new York up a Adam Clayton Powell the flamboyant Harlem congressman who is seek ing a 14th term in the House was upset by state assemblyman Char Les b. Rangel in tuesdays democratic primary. Ousted from the House in 1967 on charges of using Public Money for unauthorized travel and salary expenses the fiery negro Democrat was Defeated by 206 votes in the five Way race for his seat. Powell offered no immediate Concession statement and his political future remained Uncertain. Dressed in Blue Slacks and a Pink Hirt open at the Collar with Gold cuff links the mustachioed congressman appeared confident of Victory As the returns trickled into his Campaign Headquarters. Faced by four opponents whose votes he believed would Divide the opposition the 61-year-od Powell hardly bothered to Campaign in his 18th congressional District because he expected Victory. Cosmonauts have some health problems Moscow up a cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev said today he is having More trouble recovering from the soyuz 9 space flight than he did from his earlier Mission. His comments followed a report of health problems bothering the cosmonauts since their return. But soviet scientists in charge of the 18-Day Earth Orbital Mission a record for space endurance insisted the Effort to prove Man can live in space for Long periods was a a Complete Nikolayev and his co Pilot Vitaly Sevastianos attended their first news conference. Their appearance followed a scientific report circulated by the soviet news Agency Tass tuesday which said they had so far failed to readjust completely to the effects of Gravity. The report said their conditions although not serious. Included cardiovascular Irreg rarities and weakened muscle tone. Mansfield chides Nixon about Economy Washington up a Senate democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said in a nationally broadcast speech today the nations Economy has slumped into a recession under the Nixon administration. A references to the mistakes of the past cannot paper Over it. The rhetoric of a Radiant tomorrow does not alter it Quot Mansfield said in a noon hour statement replying to president Nixon a economic speech a week ago. He chided Nixon for failing to use the a persuasive Power of the presidency to halt the spiralling of wages and prices. Mansfield conceded that the democrats were in part to blame for the nations economic troubles but he said Nixon has ignored tools a such As credit controls a Given him by the democratic Congress to fight inflation. Mansfield said Only the president and not Congress a could bring the moral and persuasive Powers of the government to play in the Battle against rising prices and rising unemployment. The democratic Senate Leader spoke on Abc radio and television with the Stock Market continuing to Manifest a Sharp decline which began tuesday. Mansfield asked for and received free broadcast time from Abc to reply to Nixon a noon hour speech last wednesday. Bomb Center in Ottawa Ottawa up a a bomb believed planted by French Canadian separatists blasted the communications Center of the candian armed forces Headquarters at Dawn today killing a cleaning woman. Two persons were reported injured. It was the first death from a separatist bomb in five years. Today is St. Jean Baptiste Day the National Holiday of French Canada which has been the occasion for violence several times in the past by the separatists who want French speaking Quebec to secede from Canada. The bomb exploded about 6 an. Inside one building of the National defense department Headquarters the Canadian equivalent of the a Pentagon

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