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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - March 14, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant new vol. 92, no. 62 it. Pleasant Iowa saturday evening March 14, 1970 Price to cents partly Cloudy robbers Force israeli troops hit in frontal assault manager to n go to store the it. Pleasant seventh and Eig Lith Grade band of 106 players. Loco i Bond to be featured at band festival on March 17 the it. Pleasant seventh and eighth Grade band of 106 players will be featured at the annual Junior High band festival to be held in the Cottrell gym tuesday night March 17 at 7 30 . This organization that rehearses condition by tuesday night. Mem twice a week has chosen a classic Bors of the band have been putting in band literature for its main j Forth extra Effort to make this an number a overture for winds a by exceptionally Fine performance. Charles Carter. For contrast the this is the first year that or. Band will play for its second so Dodd has been in charge of the Lection a recent publication writ seventh and eighth Grade band ten by or. Schillio alone the mod even though he did teach part time pm idiom titled a jumping i in it. Pleasant last year. He is both the players and audience a now on a three Day basis in the patently enjoy this Type of Synco it. Pleasant schools rated style. I he received his bachelors and according to director Dodd the masters degrees from the univer band should be in Good playing sity of Illinois most of his teaching was done in Illinois where his bands won top honors in contests and Community recognition. Prior to coming to it. Pleasant he served six years at Waco Community schools directing both the High school band and the Junior High band. The latter group was chosen to play at the Iowa bandmaster state convention at Iowa City four years ago. As Host director for this band festival it is his responsibility to make All arrangements organizing and planning the Many details that involve Over 275 musicians. Seating of the massed band is one of the the three schools next to each other to make it easier to get acquainted and also distribute the players As fairly As possible according to ability. A Large crowd is expected so the doors to the gym will open at 6 30 . The program will Start Proney at 7 30 . And last approx largest projects As each student is mately one and a half hours. Part assigned a definite place in his particular Section. Each Section has an appointed Leader and every attempt is made to seat students from of that is needed to seat the band in massed formation. Admission Price is 25 cents for students and 50 cents for adults. Iowa City up a an Iowa City grocery store was robbed of an undetermined amount of Money Early today after one of two robbers forced the manager to drive1 from his Home to the store while i the other held his family As hostages. Kenneth Ilcken told police two men came to his residence about i 2 a. In. While one stayed with his wife and children the other took Picken and the family car to the Kirkwood by Vee store where Picken is manager police said. After taking the Money from i a store Safe Picken said he was driven out in the country and told to walk Back to his Home. The car was found abandoned a i Short time later near Pickens House. Police said the two bandits wore stocking masks and at least one was armed with a Small Caliper automatic pistol. By Dpi i Rael Aid its troops crossed the Suez canal at 2 . Today and with support from fighter bombers knocked out a gun position in their first frontal assault at Egypt a defences since the 1967 War. From Cairo the egyptian command said its forces saw the attack first Saigon bombings Iii v 1 Severn i weeks charged with robbery after j Hank hold up Council Bluffs up a a Kearney neb., Man has been charged with robbery in connection with the Friday afternoon Holdup of the first National Bank Here. Donald Clyde Tatum 58, was arrested shortly after the robbery and Council Bluffs police chief j Keokuk senior High school Keokuk. Nick salient said $3,824 was found he has taught this course for More on Tatum. Than 20 years. Mrs. Eleanor Hansen a Teller at among items discussed in or. The Bank said a Man walked to Locketti a course Are pre marital sex her window about 1 40 . And told relations reproduction implications her to give him All her Money or 0f the moral code venereal disease Lockett to speak at local meeting on sex education the it. Pleasant Parent teacher association will present a program on sex education on monday night. March 16. Or. Roger Williams of the local school system will explain the present program in the local schools. The guest speaker will be James d. Lockett. Or. Lockett is instructor i in marriage and family living at he would shoot. Mrs. Hansen said she saw no gun and police reported that Tatum was not armed when arrested. Returned to Mhz Vincent Cummings 19. Burling ton walked away from the mental the family planning and Many other pertinent items. From the beginning he has worked closely with the planned parenthood league. All issues Are discussed from a biological emotional and physical standpoint. Or. Locketti a coif use has been highly recognized As being one of most successful programs in treat officers for bites Waterloo up a four policemen were treated for bites and lacerations at a Waterloo Hospital after subduing a 24-year-old Escapee from the Iowa state Penitentiary Friday night. Being held for fort Madison authorities was Orrington Spencer who walked away feb. 4 from University hospitals at Iowa City where he had been taken for medical treatment. Authorities said Spencer was apprehended after first being spotted outside of a Waterloo tavern by an off duty policeman. Health Institute sometime before 8 45 a. In. Friday and was taken into custody in Burlington and re the country. Those in charge a feel this subject will be of vital interest to everyone in the Community and injuries fatal to Keokuk woman Keokuk up a Linda f. Hughes 26, died Friday evening at a Keokuk Hospital of injuries received in a five car Accident Here thursday. Police said the accelerator of mrs. Hughes car apparently became stuck causing the vehicle to strike four cars a traffic Light and a Utility pole. One other person received minor injuries. Turned to the Institute at 11 25 p. I cordially invite you to attend. Lincoln elementary school Start m. Friday. The meeting will be held at the ing promptly at 8 00 . Sixty die in collision in Mexico Pachuca Mexico up a at least sixty persons were killed and 41 injured Friday night in a Headon collision involving two buses and a truck the Pachuca red Cross said today. Many women and children were among the dead. The Accident occurred when one of the buses Enro Ute to Mexico City from Pachuca passing a pickup truck on a Hill crashed into the other bus which was heading North to Pachuca about 40 Miles from Mexico City. A truck carrying More than 400 cans of Industrial alcohol then smashed into the two buses. All three vehicles exploded in flames that burned in the Middle of the Highway for two hours. Empe expo ror �?T70 the a visit Usa Quot Pavilion at Japan so expo of a world fair in Osaka being built by air in half a Day top the big neoprene coated Nylon bag is taken from its packing Case raised by a High Crane and is fastened to the Concrete foundation. Bottoms the Pavilion is inflated in 20 minutes and becomes a Hemi Globe More than six stories High. It is imprinted with color representations of Earth a oceans and continents with primary air route connections to the . The air supported Structure houses a theater featuring an audio visual presentation of . Travel attractions projected on the half spheres inner surface. The fair expected to draw 50 million before it closes sept. 13. The fair originally was scheduled to open in 1940 but was cancelled by history a most destructive War. Opening Day was not without flaw. A Ferris wheel stalled keeping 80 persons stranded in Glass Bubble curs for 30 minutes before mechanics solved the breakdown. About 7,000 invited guests witnessed the hour Long opening Osaka Japan up a emperor Hirohito opened expo �?T70 today. He dedicated history a most worldly fair to Progress and human Harmony. Children of All hues and continents danced in festival Plaza beneath scudding Clouds while cannons boomed. The . Peace Bell opens in Japan pealed and huge mechanical Man disgorged a too piece childrens band. The 68 year old emperor last surviving National Leader of world i ceremony televised in color via War ii and ruler of Japan Sion j satellite to Pacific Island nations million people stood bareheaded in j and North and South America. 30 degree weather As he dedicated j Gates open to the Public sunday. Junior girl scouts join in skating Outing Junior girl scouts of troop no. 36 at Harlan school and Junior scouts of troop no. 206 at Saunders school joined together in recent weeks for two skating outings at the Fairfield roller rink. Both groups of girls were working on requirements for completion of the skater badge. Beginning skaters gained much Confidence on the second trip and More experienced skaters showed improvement proprietors of the rink led the scouts in a the mexican hat dance a a London and a Hokey Pokey a and provided balls tubs on wheels and horses on wheels for too for six weeks in january and february members of the Harlan troop were working on the dancer badge. Some of the dances Learned i were a Bow Belinda a a shoo Fly Quot i a two couples went skating a and polka and Square dances. For the final meeting brownies in troop no. 26 were guests and Learned several of the dances with the assistance of the juniors. Director of the activities for the badge was mrs. Haydn Owens assisted by Beth smart. Too the girls of Saunders troop have been Busy working in various badge areas. In connection with the dramatics badge troop members were privileged to visit a dress rehearsal of a the music Many and observe a a backstage activities that go into such a production. They will now be working on Pla Lettes As a part of the badge requirements and will be making use of simple costumes make up props Etc. They have also visited an Art show at the College w Hile working on the Art in the round badge viewed a film at the Southeast Iowa Media Center and received instruction in the health Aid badge with mrs. Vernen Dean . As instructor. Too plans for the coming weeks for members of troop no. 206 will include a visit to the it. Pleasant news Plant and radio station Kugi and a Spring Camp out at a Keeta in april. Costly to get fish this Way m up a conservation officials say the two fishermen from Waterloo did too much bragging about the Beautiful string of Bass they caught. Officials Friday charged the pair i with fishing at the state fish hatchery Here after they were arrested with two Large Trout apiece Early Friday. Douglas Dvorak and Denny or Good both 20 and from Waterloo were so proud of the Bass they allowed their picture to be printed in the Waterloo courier with their catch. Conservation officials decided the fish Story was too Good to be True since such Large Bass usually Are not caught by ice fishermen. So they put a watch on the fish hatchery and Friday morning arrested the pair and confiscated four Trout. The fishermen pleaded guilty in a Justice of the peace court and each was fined $100 per fish plus costs. Stephens to a Ain Richard l. Stephens Republican Crawfordsville announced today that he will seek re election to the Iowa Senate. Ile will seek election for the forty fifth senatorial District which is comprised of Washington Henry and Jefferson counties. He is completing his second term in the Iowa Senate. He is currently serving As chairman of the agriculture committee and As a member of the schools social services and appropriations committees. Senator Stephens said a i will feel that my experience and knowledge of the issues will help me to provide a Strong contribution to solving our pressing fiscal and tax problems particularly property tax he lives on a farm near Crawfordsville and is engaged in farming and livestock production. Saigon up a the first terrorist u Una Ings in Saigon in two weeks killed one civilian and wounded seven More today less than one mile irom the presidential Palace police reported. A High ranking Pollee source i said comm Lutish sapper teams were i operating inside the capital and i predicted a rash of terrorist bomb i Ings in the near future. Police said a three Pound packet of plastic explosives placed in front of the administrative office i in the City a 3rd precinct destroyed a portion of the front Wall and i showered Glass throughout the of i cd just before noon. They said one it i son was killed and five i wounded. Later two Torr lists Riding a motorcycle hurled a one Pound plastic charge into the Gateway of the 3rd precinct police Headquarters wounding More persons. The terrorists caped in a Hail of police gunfire sources said. Coming moved up to the very Edge of the canal and beat Back the crossing attempt sinking several boats and inflicting heavy israeli losses in lives and equipment. Too israelis version said the troops crossed the Northern sector of the waterway wiped out a front line 1 Bunker and gun emplacement an killed at least seven egyptian sol a Diers before fleeing Back to the canals . E yet said it lost one Man killed and two wounded. Of to tri Aviv put its losses in the raid at two dead and four wounded. It said the strike became necessary because of an upswing in egyptian artillery attacks across the canal. A the purpose of the raid was to crack a Section of Egypt a front line bunkers Quot an israeli military source said. Israeli warplanes were Over the target for an hour and 40 minutes supporting troops on the ground. The exact site of the commando raid was not disclosed. The announcement from Tel Aviv said its men withdrew a without further returns after year in South Vietnam up 5 Marvin Anderson son of the Rev. And mrs. Ardeth Anderson of Salem returned Home Friday night after a years tour of duty with la uplift with the army near Bong son South Vietnam. He served on reconnaissance while there and received the Bronze Star and combat infantry badge. Anderson was discharged at Wash. He is a 1967 graduate of it. Pleasant High school where he was an outstanding Atli j Lete. Anderson reported that to visit j de with Kenny Myers son of the Kenneth Myers of Rural it. Pleasant. While stationed near Bong son. Shoots towards car girl killed Richland. . Up a a 19-year old Sheldon. Iowa girl was shot and killed Early Friday while she and four others allegedly were leaving the scene of a break in. South Dakota authorities said the girl was Susan Fao Agana. The girls companions who reportedly Are facing breaking and entering charges Are All from Iowa. The shooting occurred in Richland a Small town along the Iowa South Dakota Border about 2i> Miles North of Sioux City. The Agena girl was shot in the Back of the head by Willis Schwartz of Richland. Schwartz told authorities he saw the group breaking into a store and yelled at them to Stop. Schwartz said he then fired two shots As the group drove away. A coroners inquest was to bi1 held at Elk Point s d. No charges were filed against Schwartz. Mine blast fatal to 51 Belgrade it up a an explosion shattered a Coal mine in the Central yugoslav town of Breza today killing at least 51 miners the yugoslav news Agency Tan Jug reported. Three miners Are still missing it said. Tan Jug said 81 men were working More than 800 feet below the surface when the explosion ripped through the mine in the town 16 Miles Northwest of Sarajevo at 8 a. In. Will conclude g. S. Cookie Sale March 16 the girl scout cookie Sale which has been inducted in the Community since Friday March 6 will be concluded March in. Advance orders for cookies at 50 cents per Box have been taken during this period and delivery will be Between the dates of May i and 8. The cookie Sale offers an Opportunity for scouts to earn troop Bonus Money to contribute substantially in building a Lake at Camp a Keeta and to reduce the Exi Ense of operating the Camp i program. Full House again for a music Many the a third night performance of Meredith Willsone so the music Many again filled every seat in the it. Pleasant High school auditorium for Many in the audience it was the a second viewing of the musical which is an unusual accomplishment for any cast and producing staff. It was the a fourth time a round for this reviewer who enjoyed every minute of the presentation. Directors Marabelle Magnuson Marilyn Vincent Lon Pugh and Keith Thomas Are to be commended on their ingenuity in adapting this difficult musical to the High school stage. In the first half of the production the scene changes required time but the excellent music of the band made a Happy interlude. The band used the difficult Broadway score and the musicians All handled the score with apparent ease. They were Keith Thomas Mph instrumental director trombone Tom Downs Winfield instrumental director trumpet Richard Dewein Iowa Wesleyan College clarinet students Becky Shook flute Jane sheets flute Judy Scott Tenor sax Diann Bare clarinet Cindy Lawrence piano Van Rommel Bill Bergren trumpets Bob Appel Bass Kevin Piatt percussion Ken Hudson baritone sax Winfield High school. Janet Oldt As Quot the librarian and Tom Galer As a the music Many turned in another top rate performance. Combining skilled acting with a Fine handling of a combination of sensitive and rollicking songs they both exhibited a Fine Range of Talent. Robbie Evans As a Winthrop Parooz responded to the applause of the audience with an encore to his appealing interpretation of a Gary Indiana. It was a Large cast Well handled and unified which resulted in an unusually Fine production. The exuberance of the entire cast which came across to each viewer won the Praise of the audience. The last showing will be this saturday evening at 8 00. Marilyn Krabill and ted Boal will play the leading roles. Girl scout troop meets badge requirement House votes for checkoff on beef Des Moines up a the Iowa i House Friday approved a Bill which would set up a mandatory Check off system for the beef Industry in i Iowa. The measure which was sent to j the Senate for consideration imposes a to cent excise tax on each head of cattle and a 5 cent tax i on each veal calf sold for Slaughter. The tax would be payable at i the time of Sale. Junior scout troop 187 from Van Allen school toured the news Plant thursday at Tern it on mating one requirement on obtaining a my Community badge. The scouts and leaders Are front Row from heft Karen Jammer Merer. Ruth Ann Wilson Connie Wilson and Marie Bollman. Second Row from left Debbie Michelson Robyn bums Robin Madole Julie Christ Denise Jacobs and Shelly Kirk. At the rear from left Teresa Wellington. Karen Gilson Sheila Rhodes Christi Statler mrs. Martyn Madole cd Nimitz re Mothe Christy Snyder Leslie Bankston irs. Bui Banks Ion Leader Gale wat Llen mrs. Robert Burns Holder and i Curie Barton. Terse verse by a. C. Gordon a living wage today there a no mistaking is just a Little More than what you re making

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