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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - March 5, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news partly Cloudy vol. 92, no 54mt. Pleasant Iowa thursday evening March 5, 1970 Price to cents hearing relative to n. L. Nursing Home a hearing relative to a License housekeeper had quit. Application for the Mitchell nursing Horae in new London was held wednesday in the court House Here with state health commissioner Arnold Reeve presiding. The Home is owned and operated by mrs. Grace Mitchell. The state represented by William Garretson Peter Fox and Don Debiak called Judith Gaylord Len As their first witness. She testified As to having been in the employ of the nursing Home in new London for the past six months in charge of patient care. She further stated that mrs. Mitchell had left the Home from mid november of 1969 to the first week in december 1969 and left no Telephone number to get in touch with her a a she mrs. Mitchell said shed keep in touch and she during that time mrs. Gaylord reported whenever funds were needed the defendants attorney Donald j. Bell of new London provided the funds a following the arrangement mrs. Mitchell left with Bell. Too the next state witness Waunita Smith stated she had worked As an aide at the Home and reported discord Between or. And mrs. Mitchell. She recalled mrs. Mitchell As saying at one time a Between mrs. Gaylord a buying and or. Mitchells expenses ill be mrs. Smith commented. A it is my honest opinion that All of our people Are Well cared Emma Marie Totemeier in formerly employed at the Home and still on Call there testified As to a drug Cabinet being left on Occa r tonally and general unsanitary conditions but on recall by defense at Torney Bell she stated that improvements had been and still Are being made due to observations she made in visits to see her aunt at the Home. Quot i thought the nursing care was above average a she stated on the basis of her past experience in nursing Homes and the care her aunt was receiving. Letters written by mrs. Totemeier were then submitted. One presented by defense and concerning sanitary conditions at the Home at that time had been sent to the acting commissioner of health or. Ronald Eckoff. The state then presented a letter received by the state consultant health nurses which the witness read stating disturbances Between or. And mrs. Mitchell that had been reported to her by patients and employees. Too Deputy state fire marshal Joe William Beal told of four inspections of the Home from june 21, 1969 to Jan. 28, 1970 and described William ii. Shout mechanical engineering consultant for the state health department presented 15 pictures he had taken inside and outside the nursing Home. His specific Job requires interpreting floor plans specifications and building standards. A it was dirty a in bad repair a he commented after testifying to inspections he had made. Too Don Debiak supervisor of licensing and inspecting nursing Homes testified that his first visit of the Home showed that work was needed and later some work had been done with plans for More. A at this time a provisional License was issued. Application for a new operating License was about nine months late and denied due to inspection and fire reports. Later inspection revealed a degeneration of the Home rather than improvements. The consultant nurses reports kept us from issuing the new License. I would judge that renovation of the Home would be rather Debiak further stated there Are 500 nursing Homes in Iowa roughly half Are of old construction and to or 15 similar to the Mitchell Home in new London. Too or. Harry Readinger of new London was called by defense and briefly commented that nearly every patient in the Home was under his or his associate or. William Vaughn scare and that the Home was not a a unfit for patients. He stated that his patients were receiving adequate care to the Best of his knowledge and that each time a prescription was filled the drug store checked with him for approval. Betty Smith affirmed that her Mother a patient at the nursing Home was receiving Good care and had a no complaints about the food cleanliness or care. Len Judith Gaylord was then recalled by defense and health department standards were reviewed. Mrs. Gaylord elaborated on her duties improvements of patients records and the purchasing i of new linens a towels sheets Etc. I a i would say the patients Are get i Ting excellent care a Superior care. She related to the court of her previous experiences in a nursing Home and described the daily routine followed at the Mitchell Home. Too a mrs. Grace Mitchell testified on her own behalf discussing the purchasing of the Home payments and operation. She stated that her former husband prevented her from improving conditions in the Home. A a he a move appliances from Phi delts sell fish dinner tickets to Ray Elefson As they started Calls in the it. Pleasant business District. From left Randy Peck Pulaski Elefson Galen Howsare Crawfordsville and Bill staffer Kalona. Phi Delta Theta sponsoring fish dinner Phi Delta Theta fraternity is i will be Able to find a convenient i the proceeds will be used to help sponsoring a fish Fry saturday time to eat. Everyone is encouraged finance a cultural encounter trip for underprivileged children in the the menu consists of the follow it. Pleasant area sponsored by ing Perch fillet potato salad the men of Iowa Alpha of Phi Del Cole Slaw Coffee and pop. To Theta. The fraternity feels this tickets Are now being sold by is a very worthy encounter and the men of Phi Delta Theta a j Hopes you will feel the same by adults $1 25 children $1.00 attending and supporting the pish delivered $1.35. I pry this saturday. March 7, at the first presbyterian t0 come Church 902 South Walnut. Dinner will be served from 4 30 . To 8 30 . If deliveries Are desired Call the following numbers 5-3427 5-2714 or 5-9412. The fraternity has extended the dinner hour and has made delivery available in Hopes that everyone r r workers Back on jobs on most lines Washington up a most Union Railroad workers reluctantly agreed today to abide by legislation blocking a nationwide rail strike. There were a few pockets of Wildcat strikes but the workers were being forced to return to work by Federal court orders and under orders of National Union officials. U. S. District court judge Frank Wilson ordered picket lines dispersed at Southern railway Yards in Chattanooga tenn., and a Southern spokesman said at midday that service was returning to Normal. Other railroads including the Norfolk is Western and the Chesapeake is Ohio also asked for Federal court injunctions against a few strikers who disrupted service at some key rail terminals in the Midwest far West and South. Council several acts on matters the City Council wednesday j 1969 Ford police car which Hasni to night awarded a contract to Shafer arrived As yet. Motors the Low bidder on a 1970 Chevrolet police car. The Shafer firm submitted a bid of $1,812.49 with the Trade in of a 1969 Dodge police car. Other bids were submitted by sheets motors on a Ford $1,879, and Delzell Brothers on a Dodge $1,948. These bids were also with a Trade in. The Council at an earlier meeting awarded a contract to sheets motors for a 1970 Ford to replace the Faith lutheran to dedicate new Church at sunday services Faith lutheran of the City is where there will be a Brief service adopt nuclear limit treaty Washington up a presi looking Forward to the dedication at the door with the unlocking of j Dent Nixon Ana soviet Premier of its new Church on the Corner of the door to the new Church and Maple Leaf drive and Highway 218 then at to . There will be a ser this sunday with an expectation of vice of dedication on which the a Good attendance. A Twenty Minu Church itself and the furniture will the Farewell service is planned at be dedicated to the glory of the the old Church at 9 Arn. Triune god. The congregation will then drive second festival service of ded to the new Church As a group we be held at 3 . In the n. L. Leases Landfill arca new London a the sanitary Landfill project was discussed at length by the City Council this week stump freed after serving seven years Des Moines up a after five hours of deliberation a Polk county District court jury wednesday night freed Ronald m stump from the murder charge he has carried for More than nine years. The jury of seven men and five and it was decided to enter into a women found stump not guilty of will speak in Des Moines in length the Homes failure to meet j the new London Home to the it. The chairmen of the Iowa Senate and House agriculture committees both men representing Henry county will report concerning agricultural legislation at the greater Des Moines chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon meeting next monday. The two Are sen. Richard Stephens who represents the District of which Henry county is a part and rep. Charles Strothman of Henry county. L. B. Liddy Iowa Secretary of agriculture will be a special guest. William h. Greiner director of the state soil conservation committee will be the program chairman. The meeting will be held at hotel elect of Brien afternoon at which the Rev. W. Getting of Waterloo a former District president will preach. The adult choir will sing in the morning service and the children of the sunday school will sing in the afternoon service. The Public is cordially invited to any and All of these services. The Chapel will be Complete for the sunday service the educational unit May or May not be Complete depending upon the arrival of some material that has been dissent. The congregation plans an open House later in the year when the forty foot steel Tower and Cross Are completed and the sidewalks Are installed. Considerable outside work will remain to be completed. Alexei n. Kosygin led their governments in formally adopting a nuclear nonproliferation treaty today and voiced Hope a general soviet . Disarmament agreement might develop. Both Nixon and Kosygin cited the forthcoming talks on several strategic arms limitations try negotiators from the two nations beginning april 16 in Vienna. At a state department ceremony Nixon said the nonproliferation pact was a the first Milestone on the Road which leads to reducing the danger of nuclear of the strategic arms negotiations he commented a we Trust the climate of those talks will be Good and we look Forward to the ceremony which will Mark the ratification of that contract with Ray Leitch and sons for a land fill at the rate of $275 per month for a one year term. The Landfill will be on land owned by Leitch and will be about eight Miles from new London about n mile off the Lowell Blacktop Road. Leitch is to provide an All weather Road to the dump area. Any and Ell kinds of garbage or trash can be put in the Landfill including White goods and Trees. The Council also decided to rent or lease a garbage Packe Umit and new truck through Hines motors. It will be a 16 cubic Yard unit. Total Cost of the unit is approximately $11,967.44. The 1961 slaying of Michael Daly 21 of Des Moines. Stump was originally convicted of second degree murder in Dalys death. A Federal appeals court ordered a new trial in 1968 on the basis that Iowa a Alibi Law was unconstitutional. The Law that was in effect at the time of the first trial required the defendant to prove his innocence rather than the prosecution having to discredit the Alibi. Democrats Kirkwood. Washington up a sen Richard b. Russell d ga., is suffering from an infection of his lower respiratory tract and will be confined to Walter Reed Hospital a for More than just a few Days a his office said today. Hope ends for submarine Crew Toulon France up a the French Navy today confirmed reports of an explosion aboard the lost submarine eurydice ending any Hope still held by relatives waiting in Toulon for its return from a test dive in the Mediterranean wednesday. Rock hits window it was reported to City police at 11 47 . Wednesday that a Rock was thrown through a window at the Temple theatre. Certain Iowa electrical code standards inefficient wiring curtains that needed fireproof my an alarm system that needed to be checked and repaired and the wooden fire escape needed paint and repairs. The Jan. 28 inspection revealed electrical Heaters being used in a bedroom hot water Heater not vented properly and holes in the Walls and ceilings which needed repaired where electrical outlets had been removed the fire escape had been repaired a to a degree a at that time. A the Home still did not comply with the fire safety code and i denied them a permit but it could comply if they a make the repairs a he said. At this time court was dismissed to inspect the nursing Home in new London under the direction of the fire marshal. After resuming the hearing fire marshal Beal reported that the holes in the Walls and ceilings would act As a flue enabling any fire to spread More quickly. Too two consultant nurses with the state health department Myrtle Burget and Beverly Scott were then called by the state and testified to general unsanitary conditions incomplete medical records insufficient help and failure to obtain an operating License. Nurse Burget who made three inspections of the Home in 1968, reported mrs. Mitchell was put on probation Al License we hich expired in december of 1968. Nurse Scott testified of similar findings during inspections of the Home in november and december of 1969 and March 2 and 3 of this year. She added that new tile and floor coverings had been purchased and that patient care plans were being reviewed daily but that space Heaters were still being used and the pleasant Home and one time i had a local electrician contracted to do work at the new London Home and or. Mitchell dismissed her testimony revealed she visited relatives in Pensacola fla., during the time in november and december she was gone from the Home. She Felt a emr. Mitchell would Stop bothering at the new London Home if i left for a while but he did no to. An injunction was filed against him. Before she left attorney Bell was Given a Telephone number where she could be reached. Asked if any improvements had j been made a a i have As far As i could. It was interference and otherwise that kept me from doing it she concluded her testimony by telling the general duties of herself and other employees at the Home and expressed a desire to improve things. Commissioner Reeve ended the hearing with a a lot May depend on what Tho fire marshal says after his thorough inspection a about those holes in the Wall wooden fire escape Etc. Ill suspend ruling on the hearing until i hear from fire marshal he pointed out that the Home had been operating for a year or More without a License. Would establish state crime Laboratory Des Moines up a the Iowa House today unanimously passed a Bill which would establish a state crime Laboratory and the office of state medical examiner. Washington up a Lawrence f. Of Brien was elected unanimously today As democratic National chairman. All opposition to of Brien collapsed at a democratic National committee meeting when Indiana state chairman Gordon St. Angelo withdrew from the race in a move to unite the party. Or. Howland will return to reunion what turn of events might do to Iowa Republican candidates increase in . Casualties Saigon up a a Sharp Rise in communist attacks last week sent the number of americans killed in Vietnam to the highest seven Day toll in nearly four months the . Command reported thursday. Spokesmen said 113 american Proopis died Many in helicopter crashes. By Harrison Weber Des Moines a idea a the political fortunes of governor Robert d. Ray and lieutenant governor Roger w. Jepsen and others May be involved in an up coming decision by judge Martin Van oosterhout. Its conceivable that Ray might wind up As a Federal judge. However its like any political Jigsaw Puzzle All of the pieces have to fit together. But Here show it could happen judge Van oosterhout a native of Orange City will be 70 on oct. To if this year. This Means he must relinquish his position As chief judge of the eight circuit court of appeals. He could continue As a Federal judge in which Case there would be no vacancy. Judge Van oosterhout who has been on the court of appeals since 1954, reportedly is undecided on his future judicial plans. As a circuit court judge he receives $42,500 annually Only $2,500 More than a regular Federal judge. If judge Van oosterhout does decide to retire however judge Roy l. Stephenson Des Moines is considered a possible successor to Van oosterhout on the circuit court. Stephenson was appointed in 1960 to the Federal Bench by president Eisenhower to represent the Southern District of Iowa. If these two events occur a judge oosterhout resigning and president Nixon naming Stephenson to the circuit court then the door might be open for governor Ray to become a Federal judge succeeding Stephenson. At this Point lieutenant governor Roger Jepsen Davenport Republican enters the picture As a possible candidate for governor. There May be others too on the Republican ticket. Democrats already have a contest Between House floor Leader William Gannon Mingo and former lieutenant governor Robert Fulton Waterloo but More May enter the race. A major problem though is that the deadline for filing for state office is March 29. While governor Ray presumably has taken out nomination papers to seek reelection and is expected to make an announcement to that effect shortly the whole political picture in Iowa could change very quickly depending upon judge Van oosterhout a decision and other subsequent events. Or. Richard Howland special assistant to the Secretary smithsonian institution Washington d. C., and nationally famous author and historian is planning to make a return visit to the Midwest old settlers and threshers reunion this fall. Or. Howland previously attended the local steam festival in 1964. And at that time headlined a wednesday evening Chautauqua program speaking on the subject a the future of our in recent years or. Howland has served on the advisory committee of the Midwest old settlers and threshers association and is in frequent Contact with officials of the organization. He had expected to come to the 1969 reunion but was on an assignment abroad at the time. Too Board members meeting wednesday evening reviewed possible improvement of the ventilation in the antique machinery building. Appearances in parades in other communities where invitations Are received was discussed at some length. An invitation to appear with a unit in a Parade at the North Iowa band festival in Mason City in june was declined because of the distance involved in transporting a steam engine to the event other promotional activities were considered. It was decided that volunteers representing the old threshers would attend one Day of the Iowa sports camping boat and vacation show March 31st april 5th, in Des Moines at the invitation of the Iowa development distributed april 8th at the Waverly horse show. Too the decision was reached to Plant 2t� acres of Cane and 15.3 acres of Oats on old Thresher ground this Spring for use during the reunion. Authorization was Given to secure Gates for ground use an antique Barber chair and flooring for the grist Mill. Slabs and Hickory for engine fuel were considered. Numerous needed repairs on buildings were brought to the attention of All Board members and recommendations made for improvements. Too the Board adopted the following policy a items brought into the trading Post Are left at the owners risk and old threshers is not to be responsible for loss or theft of these the final draft for the reunion flyers was completed and is ready for the Printer. It is hoped that the flyers accompanied by a Progress letter can be folded stapled addressed and ready for mailing this month. The association will proceed with plans for the completion of a new Bath House and restroom facility on the South part of the Camp grounds. Bids on All phases of the construction will be received and considered at the april Board meeting. Plans Are to have a group picture taken at the next Board meeting april 1st, of the association officers and directors. Members have now been assigned to All committees and a Complete stump 30, showed Little emotion As District judge a. B. Crouch read the innocence verdict. A it wife the former Linda Jones cried slightly but soon regained her composure As the couple approached the jury and Shook their hands. Each of the five women jurors hugged mrs. Stump and one said a a in a so Happy for stump who had been enrolled in graduate school at the University of Iowa since being freed from prison said he intended to look for a Job. The Man who spent seven years in prison for the Daly slaying said he Hopes to work As a librarian. In 1961, the Daly murder was billed As a a love Triangle at the time of his death Daly was engaged to mrs. Leanna Skultety Rist a girl stump had dated and considered marrying. At both the first and second trial mrs. Rist testified a i saw Ron shoot stump however maintained his innocence and said he was driving to Ottumwa the night of june 9, 1961 a when Daly was killed As he and mrs. Rist were standing in front of his Des Moines Home. Stump hugged and kissed his wife As the verdict was read and mrs stump in turn hugged and kissed stumps attorney j. Riley Mcman us. Stump praised Mcmanus and said a without him id probably still be in fort Madison. Without lawyers like or. Mcmanus there would probably be a lot of innocent people behind when stump was asked if he had any ideas who killed Daly he re fused to comment. Too stump who was raised in Keokuk said he did not know where he and his wife would go. He said he liked Iowa but stressed he would not stay in Des Moines. The 30-year-old stump received a masters degree in Library science in january. His second trial was postponed so he could finish his final semester of study. Stump was asked How he Felt a bout mrs. Rist now that the trial was All Over. He said Quot i done to feel about mrs. Rist and i done to think about a it would be easy to be bitter but like i say you can t live in the past you have to live in the future Quot stump said. He added he had profited from his seven years in jail but always thought he would eventually be acquitted. A hearing on the adoption of the City a new municipal code books was set for March 18 at 7 30 . Three of the new code books have been received from the printing firm in Seattle wash., and 47 More will be shipped when the ordinance accepting is adopted. Too the Council authorized the Transfer of $11,796.91 from the 1969 Street paving fund to the Street improvement fund. The City treasurer was instructed to invest $57,000 from various funds in certificates of time Deposit. Too Gary Brown of it. Pleasant representing the Herman Brown equipment co., of Cedar rapids told the Council that he had a used Bulldozer motor for Sale which could be used in doing sanitary Landfill work when the City undertakes the project. No action was taken. Too Don alter requested the use of Mcmillan Park june 20 for the District i Iowa Quarter horse Benefit show sponsored by the Henry county Saddle club. His request was granted. The Council approved the erection of a sign by do Oil co. At the service station at Washington and Cherry streets. Too class b Beer permits for the i hat cafe and Iris lanes and a class c permit for beavers Market were renewed As was a liquor permit for Iris lanes. On the liquor permit All the councilmen voted yes except Darrel Donnolly who voted no. The Council discussed preparations for the opening of the swimming Pool sewer problems the possible cracking Down on junk cars in town and the stray dog problem. Too before the meeting Donald French of French is associates engineering firm of Fairfield went Over the plans for sewer and water improvements in three areas in it. Pleasant with the Council. A hearing Date will be set when the City a application to Hud for Federal funds for the project is approved. Arrest eleven in gambling crackdown divorce Bill step nearer becoming Law Des Moines up a Iowa a present divorce Law described As an a anachronism out of the dark Ages would be overhauled and a a no fault divorce procedures established by legislation approved in the Iowa Senate wednesday. Following Day Long debate the Senate passed on a 48-9 vote the a a revised divorce Bill but tacked on several amendments that will Send the Bill Back to the House for concurrence. The House earlier approved the Bill. Too the measure would repeal the present statutes covering divorces and allow a divorce decree without forcing proof that one party or the other is responsible for the break up of the marriage. The proposed Law replaces the Many grounds for divorce and replaces them with one demonstration that the marriage is irreparably destroyed. Too the Senate made a major change in the Bill that requires the reconciliation period to last for 90 Days instead of 00. The amendment also requires couples seeking a divorce to meet with marriage Counselor or family service agents. Supporters of the amendment said if divorce is to be made easier then the parties involved should be Given every Chance to get Back together before the final divorce decree. In the House Bill the court judge could require the parties to a divorce to have marriage counselling but it is not mandatory. The Senate amendment would require marriage counselling unless All parties a including the attorneys and the judge a agreed to waive the counselling service. New York up a the Fri today arrested la men including four state police officers in connection with a multimillion Dollar terse verse a. Gordon where the Steak is tender Huff commission. Literature about the list Witt be punished within a jew soling a ration involving there it. Chee 1970 september reunion will be Days. _ sporting Eveni a. T i i

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