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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - March 14, 1961, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news vol. So no. Ii it. Pleasant Iowa tuesday evening March i i thu these Days Sokolsky King al Attu by George e a copyright 1961, Syndicate inc a the Hoise commit i e on in american at Iii i la s since its organization 23 years ago. Us House committee on in american activities has been opposed and attacked it would be untrue to say that tins opposition came exclusively from communists and their Friend Many persons who believe that the term. Civil rights As incorporated in the american Constitution permits a person to hold views to present privacy to fight off the pressures of conformity also oppose this committee. They include among those who possess these rights communists socialists anarchists but not fascists which seems inexplicable because if civil rights Are justifiable for one set of subversives. Why not for All subversives on the other hand the supporters of the House committee on Una Merican activities have generally held the View that tin communist party menaces Liberty in the muted states and requires constant examination and investigation with a a u toward extirpation. Hupac is older than tile Senate internal Security Subt Emmita both committees engage in the same general operation their effectiveness. Even from flu standpoint of their own programs is uneven. Some Tine s Fine committee sometimes the other is More effective Moie competent bettor publicized in its a tivies or More violently attacked Tho utilise committee the chairmanship of Martin Dies set the Standard for that measurement of communist affiliations namely guilt by associations that is the relationships among persons to prove a common objective the Senate committee under Senate Joseph Mccarthy attempted a deeper probe namely to discover a pattern of subversion and espionage if one looks at the reports of both committees they represent a vast Survey of communist efforts in the United states. The House committee ii years has been delving into the ideology and methodology of marxist activities and has been issuing studies some of which Are quite valuable in an understanding of the problem the Senatt committee has within the past few months been making a study Ltd tin re hit kinship of William a Wieland and the state department to the development of the Castro revolution in Cuba its be shoes have been or Cutie and the testimony has not been made available to a he Public but enough is know of what tilt have done to establish a conflict in testimony among Wieland and ambassadors Earl e t Smith Arthur Gardner and Robert ill to justify an Assumption that when Ojjeh sessions Are held either the testimony will be changed or one of these witnesses must by i mid Lur perjury. The object of holding hearings in executive session is to avoid giving Public a to of a and personal deviations which May be Rumor not facts. In the executive sessions a Man can set his record straight without but if he lies. His peril is that he will be called in open session and established As a perjured or ii resell to i Ive Lames Roosevelt has been leading the fight against Hupac demanding us abolition thus far he has no Bec r. U res. Ful. R i present a t Ive John v i id a of new York a re pub Winfield it. Union school merger voted nearly 5 to i of three director districts re. Exc timely and Arr to be elected by voters of the entire area and two Arr to be Clerc cd Large Tho merger of Tho two districts forms a Winfield it. Union Community District with an Rosin us Winfield District 457 votes valuation of $7,063,452 and were East of tin number. 410 voted moneys and credits of $7>2.663. The and 45 no there were two total High school enrolment the propos d Winfield it Union school merger approved by a majority of nearly 5 to i in the special election Laid in the two i districts monday. The measure approved in both districts with a total of 527 yes and 117 no. Argue redistricting yes spoiled ballots. In tile i Union District. 192 votes were cast of the number 117 voted. In a 72 no. Three ballots were spoiled. The mix step in the reorganization is the calling of a election at Winch directors 152 and the elementary enrolment 404 a a total of 556 a at the Start of the school year the bonded indebtedness a. Of june 30, 1959. Was $65,000 that bonding capacity is $561,671. As up Elal Sessody valuation Back of each Pupil will to is $12,713, which is higher than Naud for the new in authorize d most of the reorganization to Fiji dist Iez under the proposal three by ii tits in this part of Southeastern directors must be residents of each Iowa. Highway program in. Williams in serious trouble Washington up Trona Usi i v Douglas Dillon told Congress today that the a pay As i you go Quot the Deil Highway program is in is Nous trouble. I said considerably More Mon y than originally anticipated must be raised to pay for interstate superhighway i the system is to be Campit c by 1972. made the comments As the ways Aid Means commit tie opened hearings on presid it al needy a a controversial Highway tax program to provide the extra i funds be dec an estimated $9.7 Billian of r the next la years. Joining Dillon in the plea for More Road Mon v commerce1 secret re Luther h. Hodges warned that future Highway allo-1 cations to the states a definitely a would have to be Cut unless Congress at is. Talks about guard unit in Congo Start Airlift to i Lee i up . Forces county no to lists meetings Chalupa plan Defeated i he Henry county n. A o Brid it. Or Guluzi monthly meeting monday re Nung. March 13 at the r. E. A building in it. Pleasant with a Large group in attendance pre ident Jim Collins of it Union explained to tile members what a holding action Quot is Aud How it work. Important n. F. Time Ting be held in the near future were cd. A i hey Are Mea Bourd meeting March Des Mollie. Organizational meeting March i 17. Gum Wood commune Center. Organizational metering March 20 Wayland City Hall. J sausage fed March 25 j air ii eld school to an 16 the by Praise for the local unit of National guard a. Expressed ii Seral i rank Williams of Cedar Falls assistant division commander at the kiwanis meeting monday evening he and other officers who had come for the command inspection of the local unit were guests a the kiwanis meeting. He mentioned Hie reorganization that has taken place in the local unit and said it had changed a. Many times As any unit in the state the men Are to to commend u10ed highly for their acceptance of changes and adapting themselves to them. He told also of the Praise the Mitt received from an officer at Camp at it. Knox for their morale and eagerness to learn. Gen. Williams listed some of the Benefit. That a Community get from the National guard. In Dol a Quot a a a he Quot 1 Purel it a him he referred to a unit of 130 or uu., Toor Imi in of plates to 140 men. Twit As the one in it pleasant As the equivalent of an Industry employing about one. Third that number. Sue summons to the operators of any motor vehicles without new plates. Those who have purchased their plates but Haven to put them on then motor vehicles Are advised turns in Fortune he found Brink guard p. R. You g mops his brow and indicates his gratitude As Douglas w. Johnson 50, a jobless negro maintenance Man Etui us to him a bag containing $240,000 in Cash that had fallen Flora an armoured car into a los Angeles Street. John on a out looking for work when he noticed the bag took it Home and called up Fri agents. A i never thought of keeping it a he said. 600 million asked to Aid latin America Sullivan May sue Paar for calling him a liar Leo to i do i tile Cong Quot i up i of Joje u h air Foree farted a massive Airlift of 3,000 Indian combat t r Ops today to rein 4 fora United nations forces and j to h apr it. Tori order in the Congo j where tribesmen have inflicted i a indescribable humiliation on priests and nuns and raped an Arm rican girl missionary the Airlift started when the fir. Group of 280 combat ready gurkha warriors left new Delhi. Muiir meet Long. M Rich a _ an re u s c124 g b a h Washington school planes this morning. U a source. Aid they Are Dot Here a it due. Day night. U n. Officials said the Airlift will ignore it my Jdc gov it i in kit pro a Quot a j six Hundred More Indian. Old r and a million pounds of car go will arrive saturday and 1,185 Droop will be on hand by the end of tin month. The full Indian con tiny it i. To total about 5,Ock men rippled by us w j Bdl Awao several troop contingents from the also a debate to by Brid at the Wapello school Hou. A april 12. Between two members of the n. F. O. My Iwu from farm Bureau Senate votes to exempt ionic moneys better have new plates on wednesday on their cars or trucks will b subject to Airest. Darting wednesday. I Oil ice Arr instructed to is-1 Law to do so be Ion wednesday. To Day 6.081 car and 1.600 truck licenses have been sold at the county tri usurers office last year a in a ii of 6.918 Cai licenses were sold this figure includes the Lief uses bought for Law cars All through 1960. George l. Murray rites thursday c let vis Murray 98, of it i Ion. , March 12 at 6 30 the Shelton nursing Home lie had by i ii a patient for Pedigo and born in 14, 1862 for had lived in bean favors the absorption of the duties of the Hon committee on l numeric n actin its by the House judiciary commit Lee. A body that had generally Bein antagonistic to its work and that is bogged Down with numerous other activities including the preparation id legislation dealing with the criminal code representative Lindsay in effect would really abolish Hupac the same a Jimmy Roosevelt would except that he would do it. By an organizational gimmick instead of outright at one time. In the Roosevelt administration an a capt made to abolish Hupac and to do from its i i this move v. I fought Oft and the tiles . Cd intact however a most of the material in the files has been published the destruction of the data now would by Mea no Iii is and no one presently advocates that. There i Little question but that the work of Hupac will have to be altered. Most of the ear lid investigators Are gone and tile initial anti com must impulse is worn it i. To Tver in. Count. A Teal new l p. In. Will of ii St years on of Nancy Jacob m Murray he i be county december the past 16 y ears he new London. In a married in West Point on May j j 1889 to la la Jemina Fost r who died pm Ber 25, 1896 he of tie Baptist Faith. Surviving Are a son and two i daughters Roy l. Murray of morn i ing Sun and mrs Viola Dillavou i and mrs Grace Lite both of new j London ten grandchildren 201 in at grandchildren and three great great grandchild to. A Daugher g r a n d daughter great grandson three Brothers and two Sisters preceded him in death. Funeral sauces for or. Murray will to held thursday at i . At Elliott Chapel the Rev. Harvey Quandt will officiate interment will be in Williamson in. Pro 14 n. Our ii to of new London friends May Call at the Chapel w d i or at t i no in am. Eve it Ning you get Back some of the Federal taxes you pay for National defense also he said. Relative to received he said you Are getting an 85 per cent ready organization for a Cost of Abom 30 per cent of what might other Wise to the Cost. A state tax saving is made possible by the National guard for it also is a state unit that is subject to Call. If there were no National guard some Type of emergency Force would have to to provided at a Cost Many times the approximately one million Dollar that the guard now easts the state tile guard has something in it More than dollars or stressed. It l designed for Protection including Protection at the state level should occasion arise when a National Leader became a dictator and took Over the National army. Gen Williams expressed appreciation to the employers who in their National guardsmen off for the duty in the annual guard Camp. Cap Dorrald j. Martin of tie local unit introduced Gen. Williams al Lam Roger Gaiter former head of the local unit., presented capt Martin. Other guests it la. Col. Robert Gamrath. Fairfield it. Col. Robert smythe Cedar rapids major Joseph May Des Moines it Donald Willson Des Moines warrant officer Jack Yepsen Dis Moines and capt Donald e Parson army adviser of Burlington. I Larry Tweedt introduced As a in w member. Announcement made that lieutenant governor Albert Nail will make an official visit to the club next week Washington it Upit a president Kennedy asked Congress today for $600 million to figlus poverty in latin America and meet a a grave and imminent danger of underprivileged Peoples turning to communism. The president urged the legislators in a special message to appropriate immediately the $500 million in general assistance and $100 million for earthquake Relief in Chile they authorized last year. He stressed the urgency of his request and said the funds would be committed quickly As possible to put into operation a bold. 10-year program for raising the living standards of the latin american nations. But in an apparent Effort to head off any charges he proposing a Blank Check Aid. Kennedy that no funds would let a allocated until Here Are a a. In i Congo the . Was to to the Aid of 300 nos Dapp d in the new York a up a eel Sullivan said today in May sue Jack Paar for calling Hun a hat on nationwide to. But he still wanted to hold the debate that cancelled when Cash Man claimed the other Back d out Paar who appeared Aloin in place of the debate on his Abc to show monday night climaxed his feud with Sullivan by ending the program with one of the most heated Public statements in show business Over the calling off of their touted face to face meeting. A feel Sullivan is a liar Pear said. A that is libel. To must now sue and he must go to court. I repeated Sullivan you lied today monday Sullivan did not take the Challenge too seriously but told up i. That or planned to have his Law-1 j i j l a 4\j scr look int the charge today. I King to White per province of Kiva scene of numerous reported outrage alter us slaying of cd i a incr Patrice Lumumba . Reports i Tore said i ii c american in i no. An in in Kly ii raped Rexa Teddy by four congolese soldiers while nun. Were forced to dance in tile nude Arri priests were foil d to confetti us a martyrdom of Lumumba a Christ of the a a la Yah patrol of the Force dispatched to the Cene of the reported atrocities but no we re iia. Been heard from it yet. A Liers that a each recipient nation will live us to the principles self help and Domestic of inspection for local guard Des Moines up Hie Iowa Senate today passed a Bill which would exempt interest bearing savings accounts and other interest bearing d it xxv its in Banks from the 6-Mill moneys Anet credits tax however those deposits would a fill tie a of cd i Mill of tile moneys and credits tax which is used to pay off the korean Imus Bonds when the Bonds arc jail i Mill Levy would be i terminated t i the vote 44-5. The measure now goes to the House. Passage of tile Bill called a erosion of the tax based by sen. George o Malley a Des Moines who opposed the measure. He said the exemption would result in an increase in property taxes and a a Chipping away Quot at Tho tax base. A it. Is not in the interests of Good government to continually a provide exemptions to taxes or the i erosion fat of the tax Bur of Malley Caid. Dunn rid land warm tempera the Bill. A amended would re i Tun. Put a hint of Spring in the quire that. The exempt deposits dem Mai neb a cd t ii a Iowa House in it. First vote of us Day Defeated the Chalupa plan for legislator reapportionment 63 1 it dem minks i mud opposition to i Bobena or approval Law plan for i i Latier reap Portlow Imant gamed momentum in i to i of a Home a. Do via i Rural Legi la to joined City lot or in a last ditch Effort to beat Down the no a sum Tho House recessed for Hus h wit lion taking a vote on rapport Ion ment. The opposition gather d it it Force around a substitute plan offered by up p Lucro a Fialua a Pidi ant Plain it would get up a 127-Memlxr House based on population Ann a 50�tih Ember Bena a based on Ana the Chalupa plan which is at the opposite Side of the reapportionment. In Strum from the one drafted by sen David o Shaft a Clinton. Pick d up unexpected Rural support when four Farmer us Makom. Pok it vigorously for j. Rep William is. Darrington a Persia a Harrison county Farmer aul Tho state of Iowa is bigger than Ila in on county in his remark. Supina Ting the Chalupa amendment the most emotional oratory of the Moil ing round offered b rep. A c Hun. On. A Inwood who Aid lie peaking my conviction and from is heart Quot when in urged the Chandler to accept the Chalupa amendment Hanson had offered a similar Bill for House consideration on the first go round feb. 14, but it wa., Defeated 57-46 however it received the greatest support of any except the watered Down version of the Shaft plan which the lower chamber subsequently approved. Hint of Spring should turn in Highway 218 route petitions by i pm Havana it up it Premier Fidel Castro As. Ailed president Kennedy s proposed hemispheric a Dalliance for Progress Quot Early today As a an attempt to buy the conscience of lot America Quot a Well Sec whether the conscience of latin America can be bought for $500 million As Kennedy intends or whether As we contend it cannot be bought at any Price a Castro said in a rambling three hour speech to a crowd at Havana University. Earlier ambassador to Moscow Faure Chaumont had formally proclaimed the Castro regime s j a loyalty to communism to the same audience while Castro looked on beaming. Talk on checkers liven at rotary tiie local unit of the National guard had if. First command in. X it Ion monday a run with general Frank William., and Oiler officer it tin. Tate he in of classes by by be ii William and inspection of the ranks we it include ii the unit a. An Anim to in i it Ltd on by the pro a. Setup and is subject to the command inspection upon de. Ignatiou officers in it it to the vent besides Gin Willims we in it co Robert Gamrath. It col Rob i smythe. Major Jose Jib May or Donald Wilson. Wart offi it it r Jack yep. In Apt Donald e. Parson major Paul Abris capt. R air in Iowa tuesday after a pair of March snowstorms i Inperato Lens climbed to the 40 s in tie hoi i Bra. I and into the 50 s in tie soul ii i and the a run a trend Roi Moue Over most of tin Tate through wednesday. I own str Day night will Range from the 207 Iii the Northeast into tie 30s in the South West highs wednesday will generally Range j from tie upper 407 and Low r 50�?Ts in i the i Orthea t to the lower 60s in the Southwest 7 he Outlook for thursday is for Phi my Cloudy skies and continued mild temperature s. Would have to have been in the Bank for three full months before the assessment Date normally the first few Day. Of january to qualify for the exemption Ben Earl Elijah. A Clarence a banker called or Money and re edits tax Quot most unfair and said that Banks Are treated Sun fairly a in their Competition with savings and loan associations he of i id with savings and loan association Are already exc mint because those deposits arc considered As a Chare in tile organization. Many of tile signed petitions giving dipper to Tiu Iowa Highway coi Umla Ion on bypassing i pleasant with the relocation of Highway 218 have been turned in. There Are still Oiler petitions out that should be turned in. They must tie turned in by wednesday noon at tile chamber of Commerce office manager Richard Hartley Aid. In order that the Complete list of signers May to turned Over to the Highway commission wednesday afternoon. A total of about 500 persons have signed the petitions which have been turned in to Date. Smith awarded school contract Ralston and Berg. Win a i Ackon j. Russell Weir becomes member of Golden legion tin Skinny do began melting i Awny soon of Lowa a Snow cover land warned of minor i flooding in the Northwest part of i tin. Tall i or in Outh Centra i Iowa j 7he bunk liver slightly above j flood Quot Cai is tie Day j peeled i Quot tall below flood stage of j Hiie. I at Sigourney during the Day land in Low us 15-foot. Dago at o. I Baloo a by Midnight sends Highway Bill to Congress i the Eugene Smith construction company the successful bidder recently on the Corse school project at Burlington. Smith s bid on in general contract $118,600. Wali Long on it Upit pit Dent Kenned int to Cong today a detailed Bdl to put into Ai Ai a $10 Bdl i Ion 41/too in a upor Highway program which la wanted completed by 1972 restore Ike s five Star general rank Sells property on East Green it s official official tree of Iowa the Oak Paul Clark chemistry protestor it Iowa Wesleyan and a Rotan a to gave a talk on the game of checker monday evening at tin rotary club me Ting. W p Burke i of 302 East i walk r sold 11is men Street proper a to a j i said that checkers were lie lit Vod or have been played by Flom Ltd and Plato but that it about 1500 a d before any published account of the game made. Developing a Large i. Athar and subversive mane it mum in the Ember Cape organizations. Arse of anti communistic. Some representing a pseudo conservatism some pursuing purposes which if carried through could damage tins country they proliferate rapidly and Des Moines up Quot us Oak All varieties of the Acorn tearing tree will become the official tree of Iowa next july. Gov. Norman a. Erbo monday signed a Bill passed by the Houd and Senate giving a the Oak Quot official status. The decision to include All Varie n. Of the Oak resolved a dispute Joe Williams program chairman which prevented passage of a for the month introduced the similar measure two year. Ago. Speaker. At that time the lawmaker were or. Philip l of Iowa Wes. Unable to agree whether the of Veyan College a guest at i tidal tree should be the Burr red meeting. Professor Clark set up a number of checker games using magnetic Deckers on a Large checker Board and demonstrated several problems and types of games. J unveil we a member of Phi Delta tilt to for Fly it. In b came a number of the Golden legion of Phi Delta thin a ceremony at us Chapt r House sunday. March 12, at 2 00 p in Harold . Jut Kent of the local chapter conduct d Muen Mony and a in d by or. Weit s son. Hall w a a1 o a Resi Dent of it. Pleasant mid member of Phi Delta tin n Ravil Wen be earn a my Max r al Iowa Alpha of pin duta that on t by b 26, 1911. And has been a j resident of it plot since he i came hot a to Iowa Wasli Van College in 1910 Long member of the Board of trustee. Of Iowa Wesley a College or Weir has always been interest d in higher education the j As Well As his Craton to it approximately 70 people Washington 1 up ii a tile Hoite today stamped final approval on a Bill former president i empower a five tar generals rank. One member registered a do. Sent because Eisenhower sent trfhip.-, to Little Rock in the 1357 school crisis. The Mea Ore previously approved by the Senate now goes to pre. I fiend Kennedy for his signature to become Law. At tend seem to be . An investigation of these new efforts or pin Oak. President Art Rommel urged to led the reception in Honor of or. To mobilize persons in activities Iowa a. Had an official Flower cry Rota Ria n to make plans to at Weir immediately after the Cere designed to unsettle and disturb the wild Rase and official Bird j tend the rotary District 600 con Mony. Refreshments were served this country might by productive of tile Eastern Gold Finch or wild fete Nee to be held in Oskaloosa on and the group entertained by \ by h u a d. A a canu.1 of fit b my f. In up us i in Iii pills Mav rectory will replace this one a decision made by the vestry of St. Michael a episcopal Church Munday evening to trove a head with construction of a new rectory to replace the one shown above. The new building Wilt he on hits site adjacent to the Church on East Washington at Adams Street. Nearly $10,000 has already been pledged and construction Likely will Start this summer. The present building shown above will he offered for Sale for removal from the Ute. Nixon goes to work As an attorney los Angeles 4 Upit Pri Vale citizen Richard m Nixon goes to work As an attorney today tor tin first time in 20 Yea planning to leave plenty of time j to the business of politics. Tile Defeated presidential and Date monday joined lie lits Angeles Law firm of Adams Duque amp. Hazerine. A a actually the most profitable thing i could do set up my own Law Nixon said but i that would take a commitment of i time i not willing to make Quot

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