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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - June 30, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news partly Cloudy Section one three sections vol 92, no. 153 it. Pleasant Iowa tuesday evening june 30, 1970 Price to cents these Days by John Chamberlain the germans too efficient for their own Good Frankfort at first listening to officials of the Bundesbank the West German equivalent of the Federal Reserve and the Commer Bank which is third among the big publicly owned business Banks you think like Bob Hope in Vietnam that you have never left Home. The economic woes of West Germany sound so terribly familiar. Costs and prices Here Are on a steady upward climb. The recent revaluation of the Mark combined with stiff wage increases has trimmed the German Lead in the Export markets. The in per cent Rise in what is paid out in both wages and salaries is double the increase in productivity. In capital goods the Price inflation is nine per cent in consumer goods it is five per cent. The Rise in the Overall Cost of living stands at four per cent for the year though there has been a slight tendency recently toward Price stability. The prediction is that building costs will mount by 16 per cent by 1971. Too As for profits it also seems to be the american Story All Over again. The yields of business were Good in 1969. But profit margins Are now under pressure and the Commer Bank says that by next december the earnings of private enterprises will be feeling the effects of a a hefty profits will be Down in spite of an increase in the volume of sales. The building trades As in the u. S., have been running on old contracts. And there has been a trend towards a moratorium on Public projects. Both Federal and local government projects Are suffering because of a National decision to retrench. Too when you dig below the surface however you learn that the West German problem differs from the u. Problem in important ways. In certain respects West Germany is blessed beyond other nations. Willy Brandts government has Many worries but it will not be voted out of office because of unemployment which is negligible. The labor shortage Here is so spectacular that the demand for foreign workers from All the countries of Southern Europe is still climbing. It will probably go from 1.7 million to 1.8 million by october. If they could find workers German industrialists could put 860,000 extra people to work by the Middle of next week. The advocates of the a Aero population concept two children per family would cheer the tendency of modern germans to have Small families but the economists done to exactly like the Prospect that by the Middle of the Nineteen seventies there will be fewer people of employment age. It will take considerable automation to keep the volume of German production on the upgrade either that or still More foreign workers will be needed. Too with full employment a presumably Long term reality one is tempted to scoff at the Long faces the local Bankers pull because wages Aire out distancing productivity. Nobody seems to be suffering. But the very fact that there is some inflation creates a special fear in these parts. Twice in a generation the germans have been totally ruined because their Money became worthless. It happened in 1923�?and Adolf Hitler and the disasters of world War ii were the ultimate result. It happened again because of the loss of world War ii. Thus inflation has a meaning Here that it has never had in the u. S., or even in countries like Brazil. Too the trouble is that the germans seem condemned by their own transcendent abilities to import inflation. They revalued their currency to make it less profitable for foreigners to buy in Germany and so contribute to the internal Price Rise. To some extent imports were encouraged to increase faster than exports. Nevertheless the Export surplus for the first four months of 1970 stood at 4.1 billion Marks almost $1,000,000,000. There will Likely be a favourable Trade balance this year of 12 billion Marks As compared to 16 billion the year before. President Nixon looking across tile Ocean might very Well say that he wished he had the German troubles. But if it takes unemployment to kill inflation and who has succeeded in finding another Way in this age of Trade Union strength a the germans Are on the spot. There is no Prospect of recession through unemployment. And the employed workers done to want to see taxes eat away their postpone Apollo 14 flight till january Washington up a spacecraft changes to get rid of hazards which almost Cost the lives of the Apollo 13 Crew members last april have forced postponement of the Apollo 14 Moon flight to no earlier than Jan. 31, 1971. The postponement was announced today by Nasa administrator Thomas o. Paine at a hearing of the Senate space committee. Apollo 14 had been scheduled for october and had already been postponed to december because of the Apollo 13 near disaster. A fuel cell oxygen tank blew up Senate votes to raise . Debt ceiling Washington up a the Senate has completed congressional action on a Bill to raise the National debt ceiling by $18 billion after beating Back an amendment to rescind their $12,500 pay raises. Approved and sent to the White House by a 64-19 vote monday night was the House passed Bill boosting the temporary debt ceiling from $377 billion to $395 billion and the permanent ceiling from $365 billion to $380 billion. President Nixon is expected to sign the Bill promptly. Treasury Secretary David m. Kennedy had cautioned that a extraordinarily serious consequences and a a chaos would result if the ceiling were not lifted. Too with the Federal debt now at $370 billion the government would be unable to sell Bonds or borrow Money until Congress acted. In less than two weeks Kennedy said it would be unable to meet its payroll. Under the rejected proposal of sen. Carl t. Curtis r-neb., the salaries of House and Senate members would have fallen from $42,500 to the previous level of $30,000. Eleven democrats and 18 republicans voted for the pay Cut 35 democrats and 21 republicans opposed it. Also voted Down was a proposal by sen. John j. Williams r-del., to impose a ceiling of $205.6 billion on government spending for the fiscal year that begins wednesday. Kiwanis program by Geo. Garcia Kiwan ians were made aware of what Blacks have done in this country in a a Black awareness talk by George Garcia teacher at Waco the past four years at the meeting monday evening. A very few of us do not have prejudices a Garcia said at the opening of his talk which was divided into four areas of emphasis a to educate to propagandize to exhort and to bring about contacts. He tended to downgrade the leadership of Abraham Lincoln and to give emphasis to the fiction in some comparisons of history. In his Effort to bring about a Black awareness a some of his remarks were slanted. Others evidently were from sources that did not agree with information As reported in Many accepted history books or what Are considered As reliable statistics. Sharp criticism of some of the statements came from the floor following the talk a not against his emphasis on Black awareness but upon the Content of some of his statements. Some of the Kiwan ians related historical facts As they remembered them and others asked questions in the spirited debate. Garcia stood his ground on Many of the statements and accepted correction on others. When Apollo 13 was More than 200,-000 Miles from the Moon. The Accident forced astronauts James a. Lovell jr., Fred w. Haise jr., and John l. Swigert or. To rely for survival on oxygen and other supplies aboard the lunar Landing Craft which was still attached to their co Apmand module. Had the Accident occurred on their Way Home from a Moon Landing with no Landing Craft to serve them As a a Lifeboat a the Crew members would have died in space. Too As a result of the Apollo 14 postponement to 1971, Paine said it will be necessary to put off the planned launch Date for Apollo 15 several months to july or August 1971, to maintain the six month interval Between flights on which the program is now based. A review Board reported that a Short circuit ignited electrical insulation in an oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13�?Ts service module. This caused the tank to explode and Cut off electrical Power in the Crew quarters. Paine said the command and service module systems will be changed to eliminate combustion hazards disclosed by the Apollo 13 Accident. Union indicted in connection with contribution Washington up a the seafarers International Union and eight of its officers and employees were indicted today on charge stemming from the alleged contribution of $40,000 to the 1968 political campaigns of both democrats and republicans. Attorney general John n. Mitchell announced the 17-count indictment alleging conspiracy to contribute $750,000 Between 1964 and 1968 and actual violation of Federal Laws prohibiting political contributions by corporations and unions. Mitchell said the indictment was returned in u. District court in Brooklyn n. Y. It was the 16th such Case brought by the government since May of last year. The Union and Secretary treasurer Al Kerr each was named in eight counts charging actual violation of the u. Criminal code Section prohibiting political contributions by unions. It carries a maximum penalty of a $5,000 Fine for organizations and two years imprisonment and a $10,000 Fine for individuals. Kerr also was named in the conspiracy count along with Union president Paul Hall lobbyist Philip oar lip Siu vice president Earl Shepard and four Union employees prank Boyne Joseph Digiorgio and Brothers Frank and Paul Drozak. President Calls on Hanoi to act for peace san Clemente Calif. Up a president Nixon announced total american withdrawal from Cambodia today and called on Hanoi to seize the moment for an honorable peace in Southeast Asia or face a struggle that could go on for months or years. In a 7.000 word statement out a Success that enhanced prospects of peace and the completion of the timetable for bringing american troops Home from Vietnam. Too the president made no concessions and in fact emphasized that this country would increase its military assistance in terms of Money and equipment to non com Surprise recognition Given Catherine Mccormick Catherine Mccormick Henry county Extension office assistant since 1930, is shown receiving a Check for $40 at the Surprise appreciation Coffee held june 24th in the Lincoln room of the Harlan hotel. Others in the picture Are from left Schoffelman Extension 4-ii amp youth director Robert Marshall Extension Council treasurer Gerald Anderson vice chairman of the Extension Council and Richard Thuma co. Extension director. Miss Mccormick also received a gift from the 85 friends who attended the Surprise Coffee in appreciation of her 40 years of service. The Coffee was planned by the Henry county Extension Council. Guests included present and former 4-h leaders Extension Council representatives farm Bureau Board members and . Office personnel. Since 1940 miss Mccormick has worked with five county Extension directors a ten r. Heath Floyd Goodell Robert Denney Phil Burd and Dick Thuma. Senate cuts off action in Cambodia Washington up a tile that american bombings could con Senate today approved Long pending legislation to prohibit a second Large scale american military operation in Cambodia. The vote was 58 to 37. Before the final vote the legislation was amended to make Clear Petit jurors for Quarter dismissed Petit jurors for the second Calendar Quarter Are notified that they Ane dismissed from further service As Petit jurors and May claim their per diem and mileage at the office of the clerk of court Harold j. Davis. Average 45 at playground attendance at the it. Pleasant playground recreation program totalled 223 children last week with an average of 45 each Day. This weeks special event will be the Peanut Hunt on wednesday morning at Saunders Park and at Mcmillan Park on thursday morning. Red White and Blue peanuts commemorating the fourth of july will be hidden at the playground for the children to find. Many ribbons will be awarded to the Lucky winners of various categories. In Case of rain this event will be held at a later Date. Parents should also note that there will not be a playground program on Friday july 3. Wage increases. Who in the Western world can impose austerity on the workers Echo answers who distributed by King features Syndicate. Over 200 tour the Stone House Over 200 persons enjoyed touring the Alice Savage Stone Home near Salem sunday on a visit sponsored by the presbyterian Church As a Benefit for their Organ fund. Miss Savage greeted guests at the door and hostesses on each floor aided with the tour from 4 . To 8 . Injured in fall from pole Terry Beaber 23, was injured at about 2 20 . Tuesday when he Tine but not in direct support of the cambodian government. The vote on that amendment sponsored by sen. Henry m. Jackson d-wash., was 69 to 27. Too accepted at the Climax of a sometimes acidic two month foreign policy debate was the Cooper Wilson held in county jail in murder Case Frank Edward Wilson 24, charged with the strangulation slaying of his wife Sharrine Kay was arranged on an open murder charge late monday afternoon. Wilson was returned from Des Moines where he consented to go for a lie de Tector test by agents of the state Bureau of criminal investigation and Deputy sheriff Ron Elmore. Wilson is in the Henry county jail in lieu of a $10,000 Bond. The body of Sharrine Kay Wilson was found about i p. In. Satur Church amendment to deny presi Day partially submerged in a Creek Dent Nixon funds for a repeat of bed West of Highway 218 on the oration in Cambodia without prior Brandywine Road. An autopsy re congressional consent. The measure sealed she had been strangled. Faces Uncertain prospects House of representatives. In the Wilson and ills wife have been separated and the divorce was fell from a Light pole at the Corner first majority the senates Antiwar but its approval was a Rebuff to expect eco to have been granted this the president administered by the pipe couple Are the parents lining the . Position Nixon Monist Southeast asian nations hailed the cambodian operation As but he put his main stress on a i Call for a negotiated settlement. A there is nothing to be gained in waiting a the president said. A there is no military a sooner or later peace must come. It can come now through a negotiated settlement that is fair to both sides and humiliates neither. Or it can come months or years from now with both sides having paid the further Price of protracted struggle. Quot we would Hope that Hanoi would Ponder seriously its Choice Mon Market. But it warned that considering both the Promise of an Hie conditions must be fair. Honorable peace and Cost of con Britain a european affairs min tinted War a ister Anthony Barber said no British government could contemplate joining if the Price is too High. Barber spoke at the formal opening of talks Here on Britain s Britain bids again to join common Market Luxembourg up a Britain today made its third bid within a decade to join the european Corn summing up the cambodian picture Nixon said that All 32,000 american ground forces including advisors Are out and would not go third and probable final attempt to j Back. He said the Only u. Mili join the booming six nation economic club from which it was barred twice by French vetoes. Also seeking membership were Ireland Denmark and Norway. A if we can together Barber said a then As sir Winston tary activity in Cambodia now will be bombing raids against troop concentrations and Supply areas. Nixon said he expected most of the 48,000 South Vietnam troops in Cambodia would withdraw shortly. But he said they would go into the Churchill said there will be no Lim Border areas again a without it to the happiness to the Prosperity and glory which Europe a people will but he warned that a solution must be found to what he called the a Basic problem Quot of the final coast to Britain. A unless such a solution is found a he said a the Burden on the United american advisors a if the communists attempt to reestablish the sanctuaries there. Too the president expressed no regrets at having launched the operations which touched off demonstrations throughout the country. A had we stood by and let the enemy kingdom could not be sustained act with impunity in Cambodia we and no British government could would be facing a truly Bleak Situa contemplate two accidents on Rural roads of South White and Green streets. Beaber an employee of the municipal Light Plant had gone up the pole to Check a voltmeter. It was thought he bumped his head and As a result fell to the ground striking a Guy wire on the Way Down. He received emergency treatment at memorial Hospital and was transferred by ambulance to University hospitals in Iowa City. He evidently suffered a crushed Vertebra shoulder Burn and possible head injuries. Terse verse by a. C. Gordon the Only kick in life some can find is one applied to them from behind. Tries to ignite gasoline in Auto tanks at by Vee an Alert bread truck Driver making a regular delivery at the by Vee food store on East Washington Street averted what could have been a serious Community tragedy monday evening about five of clock. Russell a a speedy Carruthers 308 East Washington Street it. Pleasant drives for Lowenberg bakery of Ottumwa was making his Call at by Vee when he noticed a Man a fooling around vehicles in the parking lot. The Man later identified As Ronald Long 35, a patient at the mental health Institute walked a round to the South Side of the by Vee building and was caught by Carruthers As he Long attempted to stuff a lighted 4th of july Sparkler in an Auto gasoline tank. Later investigation revealed that Long had taken the Gas Caps off of four other cars in the parking lot and tried to throw lighted paper and matches into the tanks. Officials at Mhz were called and they returned Long to the Hospital. Two hours later Long was seen walking on Highway 218 about 2 Miles South of it. Pleasant and City police were notified who in turn notified Hospital authorities again. Forces have Ever been Able to Muster. Too the vote came just after the last of All . Troops were pulled out of Cambodia on Nixon a target Date and the presidents statement to the country outlining his assessment of the operations accomplishments. In addition to the ban on direct Large scale . Incursions in Cambodia the Senate vote against permitting the United states to underwrite salaries and expenses of american allies fighting in support of the endangered Lon nol government in Cambodia. Of two children Teresa Marie and Patrick who have been living with their father and an Uncle South and West of it. Pleasant. Details of the slaying and official statements have not been released. Sheriff Van s. Crawford and agents of the big Are continuing the investigation. Would end use of draftees a oi1 a a Iii 5. Rii. Asia Washington 1upi1 a three Senate critics of administration War policies teamed today in offering a Bill to end the use of draftees in Southeast Asia. Sen William Proxmire d wis., Francois Gillot and or. Jonas Salk married Paris up a Francois Gillot who left Pablo Picasso after la years As his mistress saying a i can to live with a Public Monument a j said the Bill will be an amendment honeymooned today with or. Jonas to a military procurement measure Salk discoverer of the anti polio expected to be debated in the sen vaccine that bears his name. Ate next month. He was joined by miss Gillot Mother of two of Sens. Gaylord Nelson d wis., Picasso a children married Salk in and Harold e. Hughes d Iowa in the town Hall of Neuilly West of offering the measure. Paris monday in a discreet wedding i a we Are introducing this Amend that was announced Only after the ment because the time has come couple had left for the country. I when it is possible to Stop sending Salk 55 and divorced and miss a draftees to fight against their will Gillot 48 author of a Book on her in Southeast Asia. With the presi i life with Picasso met a year ago Dent s announced withdrawal of at la Jolla Calif., and completed j troops it is no longer necessary a wedding plans this Spring friends Proxmire said in a speech prepared tion a he said. In the report the most Complete statement yet made on the rationale behind Nixon a decision he repeated that there will be no . Advisors in Cambodia and that Only remaining american military activity would be bombing raids to interdict communist troops and supplies. Most South vietnamese forces will leave Cambodia. Nixon said. Two accidents were reported monday evening Southwest of it. Pleasant resulting in substantial property damage and minor per and the primary objective of the Sonal injury. J South vietnamese remains Vit at about 7 00 . A 1966 Ford name station within their driven by Dane Jolley 17, chg present apparently was seek Linden drive it. Pleasant skidded eng Anay fears that South Viet on Loose gravel near the Denver Nam had territorial ambitions of Williams farm 7 Miles Southeast log own in Cambodia. Went into the South ditch and i struck a Culvert. William Myers 16, of new London a passenger received a Cut across the forehead. Tile boys had been helping with Hay baling and were returning to their Homes. Damage to the car was estimated at $600 and charges of failure to have his vehicle under control were filed against Joley. At 10 00 . Mary Richardson. 21, of 128 j n. Main Street it. Pleasant rolled her 1970 Volkswagen m a gravel Road about a i mile of the couple said. Bee stings fatal to iowan Waverly up a a 55-year-old Bee keeper from Waverly was stung to death monday night after being attacked by a swarm of Honey bees. John Pelikan who raises bees As a Hobby was dead on arrival at a Waverly Hospital and doctors said the cause of death was a reaction to the stings. For the Senate floor. The United states has 3.1 million men under arms with 424,700, or 13 per cent serving in South Vietnam. Draftees in South Vietnam a mount to less than 4 per cent of the total men under arms according to prism ire a figures. A surely no one can claim there is any hardship in not sending any More draftees to Southeast Asia to replace the 115,000 or fewer draftees now there a he said. Women try to escape from local officers the two Young women arrested monday afternoon for creating a disturbance in an upstairs apartment at 400 South Adams and charged with intoxication appeared in Justice of the peace George Means court tuesday morning. They continued to shout and a it Outh of the pleasant Hill Church j create a disturbance when brought she and her passenger Erie to the Justice office at 210 West Hickerson of Mckibbin Hall Iowa Monroe Street by Deputy sheriffs Wesleyan College were not injured Charles Droz and Ron Elmore. The Volkswagen was damaged an mrs. Judy Peck tried to run East estimated $800. A charge of failure toward the Henry county savings to have her vehicle under control Bank and was caught by Deputy was filed against miss Richardson. Droz. When brought into Justice both accidents were investigated Means office she sat on the floor by Deputy sheriff Charles Droz. And refused to move. Mrs. Deliah Moore tried to run South up the Alley and was caught by Deputy Elmore in a half Block dash and returned to the up office. Both women were fined $20 and costs or sentenced to to Days in the county jail. A relative of mrs. Moore paid her Fine but later re Charles Bowman who resides at ret Umed to the up office and re merry acres trailer court notified a Jaime Ltd Ber Money saying that mrs. The news that he saw an a uni Den More would serve the Tel Ltd reports seeing object fall tidied flying object crash to the both women Are resting in county ground to the North and West of the Railroad Bridge on Highway 218 in East it. Pleasant. J Bowman stated the object crash girl bitten by dog de to the ground in a spectrum of flashing and Brilliant lighting the Jackie Watson daughter of the bats Are used for human food in some parts of the world. Incident occurred about 2 00 pin. Tuesday according to Bowman. Raymond Watsons of Salem was bitten by a dog Early this morning tuesday. She was in the area of Thomas Jefferson had a special the it. Pleasant swimming poot fondness for pickles says the a the dog was taken to or. Robert tonal geographic. Welander a to be watched

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