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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - March 9, 1961, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news \ of. 8b, no. &Quot>7 it. Pleasant Iowa Tiu its i Ayen in Ino m kit la a i a i these Days by George e. Sokolsky changing s i stood before nearly 4,000 Young people and of lie id a new generation emerging to its own leadership. It was a mass meeting called in new York City by the Young aim Picans for Freedom a youth organization mainly in colleges and universities which Calls itself conservative and is not fearful of the consequence.-,. Youth at any rate in this organization which now claims unit too affiliated organizations on College campuses rejects so called liberalism As the Frozen response of the 1930 s to conditions then immediate in the 1960 s. Young people reject the new Deal even the new Frontier fog . The y prefer patriotism National Pride capitalism to the Compromise which the a it it in pin tilt it Pii it los tiie cello make with the driving Force of a i n i. In. These Young people reject such compromises because they do not Lear Russia they Only fear the prospects of Compromise with Russia. Murray Kempton a Liberal writer once Young refers to the Young americans for Freedom As a a childish which of course they Are a As most of us Are children of our Tore Ai s. I recall when i used to refer to Kempton As Young but never a child. Back in those Days articulate youth was divided among those who were communists who adopted a Middle of the Road ii b e r a i i. In which they could never Dame but which give them a feeling of goodness those who were opportunistic and hopped on the successful band Wagon of Success i Moc rat in or for that matter a it publican liberalism and. Of course there was the vast majority who cart d very Little one Way or the and hoped that they would get fringe lits As Well As a wife by lore Ila \ a it hied a he Ai my. I was Iii some ways a furious mood bul not More so than is usual among Young pct pie House votes redistricting Kennedy unveils plan to pen in Home building a Hin i in it k crude d. In p p it i it and i let a bring chief a members of the it. Pleasant fir department met at dinner at the Iris recently to Honor tile retiring shown Here left receiving a watch presented by the new chief William Alvine in behalf of the department. From left Lair Johnson. Paul Welcher Dick Roach William Hayward Dwight Shellabarger William Leyden Melbourne inn Robert King Eugene Barnes Robert Nicholson it Larch dec Smith and Honor chief Axel Bergdahl. He is mown grouped around them Are safer Leonard Young Don beanies Don Stanley Hill. I r Fame i la. A a id co pm def a a d a melt not a up i or slum la i a program nil Home by id dig ii in in i fed cd r on better iou,.cg i i Todd e income p Elal Massage Kennedy it must redeem us of the 1949 housing act of i i a heme and suitable Liv i Iron mint Lur every Anion provide a clod nod a Alo i and in ii isling St t tial am cl1 i erode congressional remapping in to Senate ii or by v my my tiles ban and i nou. My n a be it inure n rate i what 11� off a mined i Tho to comparative City receipts a l storm cuts attendance at it annual meeting City including $ i 040.633. For i Tho grand amounted to s Tho utilities wore Tho preceding year total expenditures ri8.3l7. The storm Cut the attendance severely at Tho production credits Twenty seventh annual meeting of i stockholders. The meeting was held receipts from Sale of electricity j methodist Church in it. The past year Are listed As �397,194, the am Iron its Wen in in Active and the Best organized. They knocked off conservatives by smearing them pitilessly they absorbed liberals by flattery or Black mail Shirver served Best they infiltrated both the Republican and democratic parties As they did everything else including business they were imaginative and intellectually impressive. For about to years they had a wonderful time then came the Rosenberg Case and the noise Mccarthy made and the weak of heart deserted the communists. The liberals were Frozen in the postures they total receipts of the it. Pleasant utilities for the past Calendar year were $648,694, the annual financial report shows. This amount is $129,305 More than the figure shown tor the preceding year. Other receipt figures for City of and for the preceding year. $375,270. A ration varied Horn department to. Receipts from Sale of water Are other d. Pertinent trim a year ago in listed As $83,577 As compared with smaller amounts. The grand total $55,531 the preceding year. Of All it copts is listed $939,552. J the report shows municipal in total of All receipts a year dub redness has been reduced $230. J for three years. Other Board Mcm a Quot it w. Ast cd a just undo $800, Odoth. Indebtedness at the Elose hers Are Howard Anderson of Craw our $799,808 tin amount of the of the past year is Given As $300,000 Fords Ville and Wayne Bower of 1 Ai. To. Is d As $146,332 for j$50,000 g neral Bonds and $250,000. Stockport. Tin year Cist concluded As Coin Revenue Bonds As compared with Kenneth Lynk of Marshalltown. Pai l d to $103,054 101 tin preceding i $5. 0,000 tin year bebop $60,000 Gen chairman of the District farm year. Era Bonds and $470 000 Revenue cd Dit b0iircl of directors was the to condemn Roche lot for parking i i lit of a a in a Ach a a a tilts goal the pics j / pored expansion of pres-1 a d hour n a Effort and Ai i o of Loden i Mort-1 in m Ain 0 Vanthia n. Cook a taken i in death put 1970, be said Natl net Ion of a million m w houses and apart a lits a Star will la necessary a rely to keep up with i Pula on growl i Cut nth a n Cook 78, died a Ltd in. Day morning about 11 30 at her Home Northwest of Salem. She a born december 9, 1882 near Stockport the daughter of William and Arma Bailey Watson i on january i 1903 she was Maria d to William h. Cook Dos Moines a up. A to 0 Iowa House today passed the i a g Graham amendment to a com in 11 tee e ppr Vod congressional redistricting p an 67-29, thus dumping the thorny problem into the Senate slap. However shortly after the House vote it was Learned that the Senate Gap leadership May not go along w it ii the measure. J republicans in the House rammed the Meas ure through the lower chamber after the amendment won a narrow 56-49 vote on adoption As la substitute for the original Bill. The City Coli ii. At a spot Cia meeting wednesday night voted to condemn a 60 by 80�?T lot owned by l. J pleasant. Wed Day March 8. Wuhr quoth in it Waud in Hie 200 Block h v Baker president of the board1 Oiw St Madison Street for Addi of directors presiding atonal off Street parking facilities. Howard Kemp of Douds and Don Ald have Dull of Wapello were re Olec tec to the Board of directors a hearing on the was held and there Jet tor Vero grand total expenditures of the Bonds scores of volunteers search for missing boy speaker in tile morning. Or. George Lamore jr., director of religious life at Iowa w Sleyman College was tile afternoon speaker. Witt drop Iowa i Pic a scores of Volunteer Rescue workers trudged through Wais deep Snow drills near Here today in a massive search for a Lur year old boy who had do appeared Only 30 feet from the adopted spreading More they had counting a growing no Mot out no More creating no aking advantage of what accumulated like a Mist r last year s gain.-, but it lining nothing More 11 a St p tuesday. Sex 1 a i. 1 As d press d Jimmy i of his parents Home Hunch 11 Ort win Bland nearly 200 workers into service Hopes that m s might be found alive the Young americans for fiefdom n present not a reaction to to Cicada hand of 1930 lib racism. It is an affirmative statement of an al together new generation and it will live or or neb by eau e of what oldsters have to say about it but became of How its own generation responds to its enthusiasm and Ltd Cit ement. The o d very rarely Are willing to recognize that they have reared sons and grandsons not to of y than but to Lake Oer. Only too often the older ones look upon the self expression of youth As an infringement upon their prerogatives Hie Young of heart welcomes youth when it asserts its readiness. This affirmative movement is ablaze among cold be students who recognize that they will have to Bear the Burden of the enormous debt we Are piling up they wit. Work under the unbearable pressure of the taxes they will is forced to pay to meet the expenses we Are mounting for them. They will be toned to postpone marriages to cause of economic and social conditions our generation created tor them. And they arc Tho ones who live constantly in the Shadow of the pro. Peel of War which they will be the ones to tight and in which Many of them v ill. Beyond clout die their p probl1 mgt Are their own but not of their making and they will not fore the forces that Are responsible for their difficulties. They Are weary it 1 he to n phrases of liberalism which offers neither dignity nor Pride but a Barren hopelessness of Compromise with evil. No one can foretell How extensive How sincerely significant this movement will become but this is Clar now a these Bay-1 and girls speak of love for America. They intend to stir in the american heart Pride of country Pride of in i a Story Pride of its accomplishments. They do not Down Grade their country. Were dimming. Ti.1, boy. Sen of or Aud i Everett. I rank disappeared shortly vie fore the worst now storm of the season hit As he walked toward ins Luna Horn a hmm a Field. Day afternoon but it a hours bet Ore his parents realized he was missing. His Mother thought the boy was out in the Fields with his father the father thought lie was sate inside the House by the time they realized that he was gone darkness had fallen and the storm which reached near blizzard proportions set in. Fear 72 dead in mine fire Condo meat Ion was one of he objected on the grounds that Roche dad Given the fed in i land Bank an option on the property. The Council will go ahead with the regular condemnation proceeding the Hallie of estate property was condemned and purchased by the City for $17,500 recently. The House ii being lazed and tin property will be used for off Street parking. J the Drew or estate propel to at i Jefferson and Madison is to be ac-1 i quire by condemnation also. The j Roc he lot lies across tin Alley to the i West of the Drewer property. I e. A Hayes and Richard Hartley representing tin Industrial Duvel two accidents in which there opulent corporation discussed fur was heavy damage and a minor in j Thor the set up tor mending sewer jury were investigated by Deputy facilities to the Industrial Park arca Richard Gray we inc. Day evening West it town on Highway 34. Noth and thursday morning my definite was Arrie d at. At 5 30 pm wednesday a i960 Chevrolet driven by Patricia Mohr it id Wert Point a nurse at the the temperament of the debate was generally Cool and dispassionate although 3rd District republicans and democratic minority Lead the Natl la will by Strong r Asj Jar Scott Swisher of Iowa City do u or hound Kennedy de-1 file i survived by a son Carroll slivered eloquent speeches in Opal ii and it will present a better of Salem two Brothers. Lester and position to the amendment. Imag it to the world As it Era i Sylvanis wat on of Stockport two i the 3rd District republicans said cat s ugly. Crime infested cities Sisters mrs aha Brown Aid bad worked hard to a build a and haphazard he a to Laura Runyon both of Stockport i winning Republican team and that mat i 14 million american i Ami and by three grandchildren and the 0 s 0f Hardin Grundy mar i s a live in substandard or a Teri three great grandchildren. Rating Homes Quot her husband a son three Broth and a sister preceded her in services for mrs. Cook at shall and Tama counties would Cut i deep into the margin of Victory i enjoyed in recent years by congressman h. R. Gross Waterloo rep. Francis eagerly a Janesville said the loss of the four counties would Cut the gop popularity Kennedy put no Over All Price Era tag on Hie array of proposals he. Death. Siut Congress. It appeared they funeral would Cost. Perhaps $3 billion Over will be held saturday at 2 p. M a period of Vears. The friends Church in Salem. The. 1 a t a in Filo 18 the District by votes. Citing the 18 per cent drop in Rev. J. Edgar Barcus will officiate. Home building last year. Kennedy j burial will ire in South Cene. -1 said is no longer an enor j Tery. Moue backlog of economic demand j the Waterman funeral Home is which can be released simply by in charge of arrangements. Messerly said a i m not willing to i sacrifice our District for those gop districts that Haven to done so vehicles damaged ugh crities who said they Quot could j not Overlook the possibility of foul m connection with the boy s disappearance also were investigating a a mystery car seen in the area of tin i rank Home tuesday Atli noon. Buchanan county sheriff Emery a Hart who was heading the search operations asked that any strangers who might have been in the Winthrop Mea tuesday Contact him. Fukuoka Japan it up fire started by an overheated air compressor flashed til rough a i ii mine today a Quarter of a mile below ground it a. Tir d to m Neal health in mute collided i w Iii a 1955 Buick drive ii by Lyle r. Bird. It. Pleasant route four on i Highway 218 near the big Creek Bridge. Imol i eld received a Cut lip i in tie act id tit Bird was driving South and was turning West South of Hie Bridge. The Mohrfeld car skidded on the i Slick Bridge into the rear of the Bird machine. Bot ii cars were Bud by damaged. Shaff plan in Hoese next week Dos of jines Fri House i apportion in this afternoon it to report out the i he Low a committee Ted unanimously Senate approved a unless a fitly we a Jio Sill let v have to ii owner of we can find out differ a got to consider the that the boy might Force ably taken by that car a Hart said have killed 72 miners in japans worst Coal mine disaster. The flames and thick boiling smoke trapped 91 miners but 19 of them scrambled to safety i through the flames and were found lying exhausted and nearly dead Rescue teams recover to bodies but 62 men still were missing. One Rescue team which probed Coo feet beyond the original fire 1,400 feet below the surface reported seeing a clusters of bodies Quot 1110 i. Crawled in the Shaft but said thew could not reach than because of Shaft plan Loi ing. J the commit in at 11 15 a m Ali urday. A chit j Mendat Ion. Linden a Eastman Semi trailer debate on Iii driven by Robert l. Snowden. Bur sunt to tin Hon a a Lugton collided with a truck driven Only a vehicle Quot status. By George w. Haushahn Salem to be held next tut s route one. At the intersection of it in i order of Busine ii a is 11 Ive a a is rift mar i ranges Riepe daughter of or. And mrs. Ora Riec polishes a did Walnut drawer front As part of her major 4-ii project. Activities and projects have special interest in this National i ii Meek. Mad a a c Lin a which was .1 Odin with was a a pm Eta d Ayas a Spe Oman tree Hie main obstacle to the Scaroli operations is still the weather Hart said. The storm which swooped Down upon northeastern Iowa tuesday dumped nine inches of to Snow on the area and drifted Cai top Heights in sets. An Iowa Highway patrol plane was pressed into service Early tora v. Hart said in did net think More j plums would be added because the j search area is so Small. The dangerous smoke Kickoff for red Cross drive roads which ing the night open i Alay so ers could by Dri fled had to that res carried to the county wide Kickoff dinner for the red Cress drive for areas outside it. Pleasant will to held this thursday evening at to. Harlan hotel. T. L. Henderson of Fairfield will talk and a film will shut can by present cd Glenn Hultquist is be slowed i chairman of the drive work Cue the scene a school bus was used to carry one Load it workers to the Frank farm five Milos Northwest of Here Hart said the searchers nearly 200 in number had Quot pretty Well Quot covered a two mile radius surrounding thi Frank House he said they hot Ped to have searched a mile radius before Nightfall. The Frank boy disappeared tues Good things happen when you help in in thru Reo Cross Highway 34 and the new 133 Blacktop to Oakland West of town. Both trucks were travelling West. Haushahn attempted to turn Oil 54 onto the Blacktop As Snowden was passing. The Semi struck the Haushahn truck on tile left rear. The St i was badly damaged. Deputy Gray till d a charge of improper passing against Snowden anti a charge of failing to signal against Haushahn. Old Carriage House landmark pulled Down a landmark at the cd of the i. Plea ant business District ran. Tumbling Down thursday morning the site a on South main Adja Cei a to the Standard station and Aero. West from the courthouse. The Brick Carriage House badly cracked and sagging collapsed when workmen pulled out supporting Lay ers of Brick by Means of a c Hain at-1 Tach cd to the building and pulled by a truck. A Cloud of dust in bomb Lik fashion Rose from the so. Neas two of the Walls fell and the roof caved in. Chairman rep. Marva a Smith a Paull Niu of the Miasma i a messaged to the House wednesday alter tile Senate boat Back 27-23. A motion to reconsider the Bill which it had approved by the same v a a Fob. 23 tile Bill. Up a i i d by sen David o. Simoff a Climou was used is the Baal Lor a lion a commit tee plan previously approved by the Low i or Charny r. A Wivi. The sense m-1 nored the House measure and it is still bottled up in an Upp r chamber committee. I Dusik Home to i la t of curing t pro Jet. Ii Jecus Core my i i 01111 what p exam pm s of tiers Long la d. Furnishings i it Mph is for he 1960-1961 cover a wide variety of and teach Many skills Actu Linda Loudon county on Oral t. Girls do Here s a Mary Frances Riec it it re mss 4-h club a for a i our Paster canopy tis year Shell get her a Ltd Corat a ii a1 tie. A the major 4-h girls her family year. I the Lange Graham amendment was drafted by the Ida and Sac i county representatives who had noted that 8th District congressman Charles b. Hoeven s margin of re election victories have been slim in recent years although the Veteran congressman showed some Gams in winning his 10th last november. Uneven had registered complaints Over the committee Bill which was basically the same As the redistricting plan drafted by rep Dewey gooder Bloomfield. One of Hoevens constituents in ithe House rep. Marvin w. Smith a Paullina chairman of the committee did not hesitate to throw his support behind the amendment offered by reps. Elmer f Langer Sac City and j w. Graham a Ida Grove. One principal purpose of the amendment was to retain Ida and Sac counties in Hoevens District which would be renumbered from j the present 8th to the new 6th. J the 1st District would lose Iowa j county. The other counties in the District would be As at present Scott Cedar Johnson Washington Muscatine Louisa Des Moines Henry Jefferson Van Buren my Union tiled Coffee creativity i Many Way in Charles Stevens of and Lee population 386,652. Among the republicans for the measure was rep. Rockwell of Henry county. Are making table. A mosaic voting John to can be expressed in in Home furnishings project. Nancy and her Mother have worked out a Beautiful design with coloured left Over piece of mosaic tile. Nancy a father a made the a room in a a Mim in tile legs and fitted them i local Carpenter j $0 the Frame Bur the tile top. Nancy a Over too at masonic event Over too masons were present at the local masonic Temple wednesday evening to Greet grand Lodge tradition is building Tho sour to Der canopy i says Lier family likes to put their rom Olid Walnut j not on the it Hoe table and the of Lico Nineteen lodges were rep Mary prances says she will prob-1 top will be easy to clean and a1-, ably have to move from her Small ways look neat b Choom loth larger one Dow n-1 our r projects 4-h girls Are do Senate vets in Behall of science Des Moines a ubi a ii to assure a Supply of docs for scientific research a passed by the in order to Dot Cor rating an will carry or one Down accommodate it i plan. For her1 out the Trad -1 resented. Five grand Lodge officers were present grand master Earl b Dalzell did not come because of the with the bed a Olla b ii i styx local in the natural by Auty it so line Woods such As Walnut demands a finish so natural that one cannot pm any finish Lias been applied Mary finances has found flu a the Tim and patience it takes to refinish Beautiful Woods pay for itself Many times in the enjoyment of the finished product. Ing include picture flaming Poi i Una avoral folios curtains Pillow covers and j _ cushions and a it finishing furniture j encouraged to use their collide a re Auguy and imagination As Well As the Art principles of Good design. Weather conditions. At intersection Iowa Senate today. 42-6 the in a ure wha 1. Nov. Goes to the Boas. Has been one of the Mast controversial of the s Siou. At least Ludgin from the a him of mail senators said they received on it. The Bill provides that research Nan y the razing of the landmark and Laboratory inc luding those at col . To it of Tho House on Tho property bought loges and univ to ties. Can got Quot in intone in crab. Sly and unlicensed furn Immings is hot favo mitc of the to s t e v e to ii la 4-h club has a special from the Hallie Ott estate by the claimed in want for scientific research pus City is in Progress to provide off dogs Street parking. A poses. That e major projects in Home economics. This year Nancy and cars driven by mrs. Mary Clark and Clarence e. Lamb Salem collided at tile intersection of Henry and Adams streets at 5 05 pm. Wednesday the Lamb car was considerably damaged. Irs Clark was driving w St on i Henry stopped at the Stop sign i then pulled into the intersection. I til front of her car collided with the right Side of the Lamb Auto mrs. Clark was charged by poll e Villi a inure to yield the right of Way

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