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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - June 25, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news partly Cloudy 1 Section one 2 sections vol. 92, no. 149mt. Pleasant Iowa thursday evening june 25, 1970 Price 10 cents these Days by John Chamberlain a you do it one kid at a time the Black panthers can to be very numerous a a figure attributed to the Fri puts their number at somewhere under a thousand for the whole nation. Yet this Small band of professed marxist revolutionaries seems to have cast a spell on the contemporary College generation whether White or Black. A talk with Andy Coe the Yale 1969 football Captain is revealing Andy stresses the Good the panthers do in providing breakfast for slum children and giving the More militant Blacks a sense of Pride. Well As Andy says even revolutionaries should get elementary Justice such As fair trials and Freedom from false arrests. We can Norree to that. But Why is it that the Young on the campuses seem to have the idea that it is the panthers alone who Are concerned with putting food in the stomachs of the hungry and teaching the members of the negro Community to hold their Heads High i think of or. Thomas Matthew the dedicated negro neurosurgeon who has started a score of businesses which give employment to Blacks. There Are others besides or. Matthew. For example Jesse Owens who splintered the nazi claims of a a aryan superiority in sports by winning four Gold medals at the 1936 Berlin olympic games. O o o How Many undergraduates who think of the panthers As constituting the True negro leadership have read Jesse Owens recent a Black think my life As Black Man and White Many Jesse thinks the militants Are a drag on the social and economic emancipation of the Blacks political emancipation is already a reality in most of the country As the existence of negro mayors and legislative representatives proves he challenges the extremist rap Browns and Harry Edwardsen the Black panthers and the Black muslims with his own set of figures. The estimates for the Black muslims Range from p.000 to 80.000 a an Uncertain statistic which would argue that the muslims come and go not pausing to be counted in any accurate poll. O o o As against the muslims there Are non militant organizations whose figures do not fluctuate or otherwise baffle the statisticians. Jesse Owens mentions the women. There Are 40,000 negro women in Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority which Fosters higher Scholastic standards among Blacks. There Are three million in the National Council of negro women who work peacefully for social and economic growth. For men and women both such organizations As the a act National association for the advancement of coloured people and the Urban l eague Are an old Story. The a act is not composed of Uncle Toms a few weeks ago i talked with some of their leaders in South Carolina and while they Are courteous enough they say things to your face that Are jolting to hear. Fierce combat along canal by up the israeli syrian front exploded today with the heaviest Battle since the 1967 Middle East War and fierce combat engulfed a youth program going but needs funds the summer youth Opportunity program sponsored by the local Jaycees is operating with a total of 19 boys and girls participating. This program for employment of disadvantaged youth who Are from families eligible for add or Are past recipients was started june 8 and is now in the third week. The 10 girls and nine boys Are presently employed at the following places City Light Plant mental health Institute soil conservation head Start City Street department it. Pleasant High school Winfield it. Union High school National guard r.e.c., and state parole agent office. The boys and girls Are doing Relief custodial work Light construction Field work Street work Kitchen work meter Reading and serving As secretaries. One boy and three girls still need places to work. The Jaycees have been raising funds to pay part of the Cost of the project but Are far Short of the necessary amount. Local firms contacted have Given $375 of the local allocation of $1,725, which is 20 percent of the total. The other 80 percent is from government funds. The total budget is $10,500. Because of the shortage of funds it was necessary to obtain a loan this week to meet the payroll. Those who Are willing to contribute to the fund should1 Contact either Jerry Tritley or Terry Ross. Wide area of the Suez canal. Immediate reaction from the Arab world to the new . Plan for peace in the area was lukewarm. Israel declined comment on the proposals announced by Secretary of state William p. Rogers and summoned its ambassador in Washington Back to Jerusalem for consultations. Tel Aviv communiques said israeli jets attacked army Camps deep inside Syria near the capital of Damascus and battled syrian interceptors in the skies while israeli and syrian tanks and artillery fought across the entire 50-mile length of the Golan Heights cease fire line. Fighting raged for More than six hours and spokesmen said the Battle was the biggest since israeli troops seized the Golan Heights in the 1967 War. It followed a two hour fight wednesday night involving tanks and artillery. O o o o o o Jesse Owens admits to occasional relapses into hate no negro who has had his experiences can forget certain insults. But when he Analysed the hatred for a a Whitey that the militants cultivate he discovered that most of it could be traced Back to hidden feelings of self hate and self disgust. In other words it was not compatible with real Pride. Martin Luther King confessed to Jesse Owens that he too sometimes hated the White Man a for just a Little but or. King did no to let it affect his life. He told Jesse Owens to a build on what you know what you it took years for Jesse to realize that he could build on his past As a the worlds fastest human by working with youngsters mainly through the lesson of athletics. The most Gratifying work he Ever did was dealing with juvenile delinquency As a sports specialist with the Illinois youth commission. 0 0 0 Jesse believes that real Progress is made in the world a one shot at a time and a one kid at a he is critical in a kindly Way of the Type of mistake which a Young negro Tennis Star like Arthur Ashe can make through Over political nation of life. Ashe once cancelled a commitment to play Tennis for a let handful of ghetto kids in Chicago in order to do an interview with a National Magazine about what he thought could be done to remedy a society Sills. It was Sargent Shri Var Owens says who convinced Ashe that the Magazine Story was More important than pleasing a Hundred grammar school youngsters by walking into their Bailiwick and performing for them. After the Winfield cars in collision a 1967 Buick driven by Virgil Burdetta Metzger 49, of Winfield collided with a 1969 Dodge driven by Roberta Eileen Enke 22, also of Winfield at 8 30 . Today. The Accident occurred three and one half Miles East of Winfield on a gravel Road. The right rear of Metzger a car received $200 damage and the Dodge was a total loss. Miss Enke went to it. Pleasant memorial Hospital by car with an injured right and possible fractured ribs. Metzger was charged with failure to yield the right of Way at an intersection. Henry county sheriff Van Crawford who investigated the Accident said he had stopped at a Stop sign then proceeded North into the path of the Enke car. Israel reported a soviet built mig21 of the syrian air Force shot Down in an afternoon dogfight Over the Golan Heights. Syria said its antiaircraft gunners downed a .-built phantom Jet fighter bomber of the israeli air Force. Iraq announced it has placed its troops on the Arab Eastern front with Israel at syrians disposal a to repel the continued zionist the front includes Iraq Syria and Jordan. Iraq is reported to have about 12,000 troops in the area. In Cairo Egypt announced that its antiaircraft gunners shot Down a .-built skyhawk Jet today As 30 israeli warplanes attacked the Suez front for the 19th consecutive Day. 81 Register for Reading program the it. Pleasant Public Library is conducting a summer Reading program a be a bookworm. So far 81 children have registered for the program. Each child received a folder on which he keeps a record of the books he has read. When the folder is completed the child receives a certificate of Merit. At the end of the program prizes will be Given the winners. House Voles to override Nixon a veto Washington up a the House in its first such action in a decade voted today to override president Nixon a veto of a $2.76 billion Grant and loan authorization Bill for continued Hospital construction. The Bill returned to Congress tuesday without the presidents signature on the ground that it overshot his budget and sought to tie his hands in making Economy cuts was passed again and sent to the Senate for another prompt test. Final enactment despite Nixon a objections was expected some time next week. The Bill a main is to extend for three years the expiring Grant provisions of the popular Hill Bur ton act under which the Federal government has helped pay Bills for local Hospital construction for the past 24 years. Cosmonauts Back Hom in the photo reportedly taken from a television screen a technician atop the russian space capsule soyuz 9 prepares to free cosmonauts Andrian Nikolayev and Vitaly 8evastianov following their Quot soft Landing about 47 Miles from Karaganda soviet Kazakhstan. The soyuz 8 set a record by staying aloft 17 Days 16 hours and 59 minutes. Cable photo modest increase in school budget the it. Pleasant Community school general fund expenditures for the 1970-71 school year Are estimated at a modest increase of 3.5 per cent Over the 69-70 budget. The general fund tax Askings Are Down $8,626.00 from $1,209,615 69-70 to $1,200,989 70-71. The actual millage can not be determined by the Henry county auditors office until All school budgets Are submitted to the state of Iowa and the amount of funds from state Aid determined. The Board of education met briefly tuesday evening and approved the 70-71 estimated expenditures and set july 8th at 8 . For the Public hearing As prescribed by Law. I o o o although salaries and wages were increased approximately 10 percent there were major expenditures in 1869-70 of a non recurring nature which helped hold the budget Down for the coming year in addition the National defense a education act has phased out and 1 the title i expenditures have been reduced. Budgeted general fund expenditures for the past and coming year Are compared in the following Chart Ashe cancellation was announced Jesse watched the kids As they in turn watched Rod Laver a White substitute hit a few balls. The kids were numb. Some hold Back their tears. Others too Tough to admit emotion went Home even tougher than they had been before. A a we la hear from some of them a says Jesse a when its too late for them to be changed by. Any High sounding interviews in National o o 0 the panthers find a Good audience for their literature on the College town Street Comers i buy it just to keep up with them. But it is too bad that Jesse Owens Point of View does t get hawked on the Street Comers too. We need the corrective if we Are to have any of the balance that makes for meaningful education. Distributed by King features Syndicate. Former Salem Man injured a former Salem resident Gene Blakely is reported still unconscious after a two truck collision monday in Georgia. He suffered broken ribs punctured lung and head injuries. Mrs. Gene Erma Blakely is staying at the seven Mills Motel room 27, Rome a. She would appreciate hearing from friends. Classification budget estimated percent 1969-1970 1970-1971 increase decrease Board of education a. $ 22,807 $ 27,144 18% superintendent. 36,006 37.829 5% elementary instruction 517,185 579,383 12% 7th amp 8th instruction 140,174 158,552 13% High school instruction 412,376 449,111 9% health. 9,050 8,750 3% transportation. 89,781 95,201 6% fixed charges. 122,440 147,760 20% my tenancy amp operation 167,762 146,359 13% other services. 500 500 summer school. 8,075 4,363 46% capital outlay. 92,000 51,991 44% n. D. E. A. A 22,034 nil 100% title i52,025 44,361 15% total general fund .$1,692,215 $1,751,304 3.5% schoolhouse fund expenditures recapitulation actual estimated estimated 1988-69 1969-70 1970-71 1 Mill. 78,150.00 102.150.00 Bonds. 40.000.00 47,000.00 47,000.00 interest. 34,740.25 19,756.00 15,500.00 Bond Issue bal. 923.00 portable bldg. Fund. 42,600.00 total. $118,263.25 $144,906.00 $164,650.00 new Law on fees for Mobile Homes county treasurer Arnold Lindeen Calls attention to new Laws passed by the last session of the Iowa legislature affecting the registration fees on Mobile Homes License fees on farm trailers and delinquent truck License penalties. He gives the following information effective july 1. 1970. On a Mobile Home less than 5 years old the Semi annual tax will be changed from Ivi cents per Square foot to 10 cents per Square foot. Those owners who have not paid their last half Mobile Home tax May still pay at the old rate if paid before july 1, 1970. Mobile Home owners who Are 65 years of age or older and have a net income of $3,500 or less May continue to pay their tax at the old rates. In order to qualify for these rates at least 30 Days before paying his Mobile Home tax the owner should go to the county treasurers office and take with him a copy of his birth certificate and a copy of his Iowa income tax return for the latest year. If no tax return has been filed an affidavit stating net income received for the past year will be accepted. Older Mobile Homes will still be figured on a percentage basis using the new rates for the base figure. Also effective july 1, 1970, farm trailers will not be required to be licensed. These trailers must be used for agricultural purposes Only in order to qualify. The new Law requires a $5 minimum motor vehicle registration fee and also provides that no refunds of registration fees for less than $5 be allowed. When a delinquent License is paid on a truck a penalty is added. After july 1, 1970, if a truck owner wishes to raise the amount of weight he is allowed to haul after he has paid for his delinquent registration he must pay the penalty on the added fee also unless he Waits 45 Days or More after buying his truck registration. Time to talk about what is right in . St. Louis up a president Nixon responding warmly to a tumultuous Campaign style greeting from midwesterner said today a it is time to stand up and speak on what is right about the president stopped off in St. Louis in route to the Western White House to give a rousing off the cuff speech to about 20,000 delegates to the 50th annual meeting of the United states Jaycees. A a a the Young businessmen cheered him repeatedly As did the crowds of thousands who lined his motorcade route to Kiel auditorium. The president appeared to love every minute of it. In an unusual move he stood up in his open top Limo so opens new front on Border Saigon up a a 5,000 Man South vietnamese armoured infantry column crossed the Border into Cambodia today opening a new front five Days before the scheduled withdrawal of american troops. U. S. Field commanders said increasing communist resistance in Cambodia had eliminated the possibility of destroying All Viet Cong Border sanctuaries and Supply depots before the june 30 withdrawal deadline president Nixon has set for u. S. Troops. O o o offer peace proposal for Middle East cars stolen one in Accident two cars were stolen from local Auto dealers used car lots late wednesday evening or Early thursday. A 1963 Chevrolet sports Coupe color White License 44-1699, was stolen from the Shafer motors used car lot. A 1967 rambler convertible color White License 44-6347, was stolen from the used car lot at j amp j motors. The rambler was reported involved in a hit and run Accident in Keokuk about noon thursday. Neither car had been recovered at press time today. Terse verse by a. C. Gordon when you stretch the truth alack often it will snap right Back. Washington up a Secretary of state William p. Rogers announced today the United states has submitted a new peace proposal in the Middle East to encourage the arabs and israeli a to Stop hooting and Start talking under the auspices of the United nations. Rogers told a news conference that the objective of the american plan was a to encourage the parties to move towards a just and lasting peace which takes fully into account the legitimate aspirations and concerns of All governments and Peoples of the area o o o the Secretary said he declined in a statement opening the news conference to disclose and details of the plan. He also declined to a discuss publicly military assistance for Israel on grounds that to do so might jeopardize the acceptance of the new u. S. Peace plan. Rogers failure to announce the . Decision on israelis request for 125 More warplanes was certain to disturb the israelis they have argued that an announcement that More planes would be supplied might have a psychological effect in preventing a further soviet military buildup in Egypt. O o o although Rogers declined to give details of the . Peace plan it was understood that it Calls for an Arab israeli ceasefire of at least three months and the Start of negotiations on the basis of following pledges involving Israel Egypt and Jordan willingness to carry out All provisions of a 1967 . Security Council Resolution laying Down guidelines for a settlement. A commitment by Egypt and Jordan to the principle of keeping the peace with Israel and acknowledging israelis right to a secure existence within specified Borders. As israeli commitment in return to the principal of withdrawal from Arab territories it occupied since the six Day War of june 1967. Those conditions constitute the first phase of the . Plan. The second phase Arab sources said involves establishment of a 12-mile-wide demilitarized zone a Long the Suez canal line and stationing there of . Forces to make certain the cease fire was maintained. Do Mellson. Soldier killed Donnellson a army private Jerry Guy Giberson 21, was killed in combat on saturday june 20 in Vietnam. He was killed in a Booby trap. Born december 7, 1948, at Fairfield private Giberson is the son of Guy and Audrey Gordon Giberson. He is survived by his parents or. And mrs. Guy Giberson of Donnellson two Brothers Jim of Fairfield and Jay at Home one sister Janet at Home two grandmothers mrs. Della Thomason of Fairfield and mrs. Mona Cryer of South Wales and one Uncle and two aunts. Two grandfathers preceded private Giberson in death. A graduate of Central Community High school in Argyle private Giberson attended Community College in Keokuk for two years before entering the service. Arrangements Are pending at Millers Home for funerals in Donnellson. O o o Selma up a or. And mrs. Robert Steele of Rural Selma have been notified that their son army spec. 5 Robert f. Steele. 20, has been killed in action in Cambodia. Specialist Steele was reported killed during action against a hostile Force on june 19. He was a member of the 1st cavalry division. Specialist Steele was a 1968 graduate of Cardinal Community High school. Allied military spokesman said the South vietnamese column was pushing into northeastern Cambodia from the Central Highlands area West of Plesku 170 Miles Northeast of Saigon an area where military sources have reported a buildup of communist strength. American warplanes have been flying daily missions against communist Supply trails and other targets in the same general area. The thrust into Cambodia was the 15th by South vietnamese troops since late april and military sources said it increased the number of South vietnamese troops there to about 39,000. Sources said about 9,000 american troops Are in Cambodia All of whom Are to be pulled out by june 30. O o o in Cambodia military spokesmen said Daylong bombing and napalm attacks by american phantom jets have broken a communist siege of Kampong Thom a provincial capital and Highway Crossroads 80 Miles North of phenom penh. Around the cambodian capital itself they said other air strikes and ground fighting have weakened the communist position closest to phenom penh a at Prek Tameka. Sine to wave and gesture to the crowds to press closer. After the Jaycees had cheered his Entrance for 20 minutes Nixon told them the nation has problems but there is no need for fear. A i believe that at this time instead of talking Only primarily about what is wrong with America it is time to speak on what is right about America a he said. A because you see. What is right about America enables us to Correct those things that Are wrong about o o o he pointed out that in the past 50 years population in the . Has doubled. A but while the population has doubled the production in the ., the income in the ., has gone up ten fold the number of americans in High school has gone up 10 times and the number in College has gone up Twenty fold a he said. A never in human history have More people shared More wealth and had More Opportunity with better jobs than in the United states of America at this time and we should be proud of that and i believe we 0 o o the president had warm words for his own welfare Reform program now pending before Congress calling it a the most historic. The most revolutionary program in this Field in a period of 50 Nixon was flanked by his wife Pat. And his daughter Trici both carrying bouquets of Flowers. Their 15-Block motorcade to Kiel auditorium was a triumphal Parade perhaps Nixon a warmest reception since the 1968 Campaign. The Only jarring note was provided by several thousand demonstrators who clustered in front of the auditorium chanting a what do we want peace. When do we want it but Thev were All but drowned Cut by the cheers greeting Nixon As he arrived. Some of his most enthusiastic rooters were construction workers wearing hard hats. Along the Way crowds were lined four to six deep. In his speech Nixon acknowledged the Indochina War As a divisive Force in the nation but said a because of our Success in destroying enemy sanctuaries in Cambodia 150,000 More americans will be coming More than 5.000 persons greeted the Nixon party when it stopped off from its flight to san Clemente calif., at Scott air Force base across the Mississippi River in Illinois. Box pried open Robert Young reported that at 5 15 . On june 24 a Box in the Diamond South of the Railroad at Mcmillan Park had been broken into. The Box had been pried open but nothing was reported missing. Leasing St. Alphonsus building will solve some space problems fewer deaths More wounded Saigon up a american combat deaths in Indochina last week hit their lowest level since the end of March but the wounded toll was nearly double that of the previous june week the . Command reported thursday. Extra charge for late Hospital dismissals effective july 1, 1970, there will be an additional charge for late dismissals from the Henry county memorial Hospital. Late dismissals frequently cause departments within the Hospital additional overtime with added last minute duties. Dismissal time will be 2 00 . In All areas except maternity and that will be 5 00 . The . Command reported 80 americans slain and 643 wounded in the week ended june 20. Twenty of the dead and 255 of the wounded were casualties on the Cambodia front. A it is a part of our continuing Effort to provide the Best learning and teaching situation possible for our children a responded superintendent Robert Formanek in regard to the recent leasing of the St. Alphonsus elementary school building. Effective july 1. 1970, the terms of the lease Are for three years at $12,000 per year with the school responsible for utilities minor maintenance Upkeep of grounds and custodial services. As stated earlier in the news four elementary classes will be assigned to the building beginning in september with emphasis on placing As Many pupils As possible from the Southwest Section of it. Pleasant. According to supt. Formanek. Those classes will probably include two first Grade sections one second Grade and one third Grade. In summing up How the additional space will affect the remainder of the elementary schools superintendent Formanek explained a we will be Able to have an additional third Grade which we could not have otherwise. This obviously Means that the Pupil teacher ratio will be reduced from Over 30 students to approximately 26 per teacher. As a result of the leasing of the St. Alphonsus building there will be available space in Van Allen Lincoln and Saunders elementary schools. Commenting further superintendent Formanek stated that the available space in these schools would better provide for the following programs 1 instrumental music lessons 2 speech therapists 3> school psychologists 4 remedial Reading 5 project Star <6 physical education 7 music and Art 8 learning material Center storage of audio visual equipment <9 hearing tests 10 visual screening 11 special testing such a make up testing 12 staff meetings. Or. Donald Young elementary curriculum director. Admitted that a it wont take care of a of our problems but it is certainly a step in the right directions

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