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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - March 18, 1961, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news freezing rain \ of. 8.5, no. 65 it. Pleasant Iowa saturday evening March 18, Zwil these Days by George e. Sokolsky history i hoi t Imp i Munts it a is Iii the Teheran conference <19431 that Stalin first met Roosevelt and Churchill together. Churchill had been to Russia earlier and he met the georgian How eve. A to Roosevelt he was not known. It is Clear from what is available about Teheran that it was at this meeting that Roosevelt agreed to give to Stalin a Largo part of Europe and Asia. Altogether the Yalta conference occurred after Teheran the Yalta papers been published by the stat department but Teheran is still supposed to b secret. Recently it was suited and denied that general i in Flower when he left the White House took the Teheran papers with Lam. Eisenhower said that he had not done so. Those papers in no manner Arr the prop it try of Eisenhower they Are state department documents till secret and general Eisenhower As a private1 citizen has no More Light to than than you or i his denial must be taken on its face and it must be assumed that All these documents Are in their proper place in the1 state d. Apartment an hives and that they will one Day bi1 published. Too however it needs to be noted they cannot be destroyed because the British and russians have these Teheran Pap is and some if not All of them have been seen by private persons in tins country and else we re. The Only purpose for suppressing them would by to save the reputations of the persons who attended this conference Congress has authorized their publication never Farmers have Bis planting intentions test capsule Winfield and it. Union to vote March 27 Des Moines up a a new All time record in Corn acreage will by established by Iowa Farmers this year if planting intentions Are carried out the Iowa crop and livestock reporting s vice said Friday. A win ii i an elect n by lie in addition to putting More acres fun Iii voter of the Winfield to work raising Corn. Iowa farm is m t. I of school i it also h helical re they planned to Plant strict. Will be or id on monday i the set nor highest number of so res March 27. From 12 00 noon until to soybeans exceeded Only in 1938. 7 of p i. Toast five directors on the basis of March i intentions Tiro r porting service said a record 12,718.000 acres would be several break ins and Auto thefts May be connected astronauts watch May end tests for View station War Brok it n in to Aud a car 1 uric in new London Friday night. Washington a up a the Mercury j Pace capsule was blasted the Peter on Shell Dalton at Oft or a for the m0it violent new London a s entered into and re h astronauts chances several dollars in pennies and a i Cape should something go the Din d01 will be effected Nickels Werc taken from a Cash Wrons in the manned flight pcs by the vote of Tho entire District. Register. Entrance was gained by Ihly Juet weeks a was. To a a a older i it Hin a this Murray 750 kilowatt Generator an a a id timer at the it. Pleasant Muni it Plant is tin1 one that visit s let the Plant like to in operation because it has the visible action of the by Flywheel. Seeing it in action is a rarity however for it is Seldom if Ever necessary to Call up n the old timer. It will be less so now that the new diesel unit is available. Nevertheless the unit is synchro cd who others at the pm int and can be put into operation if necessary. Planted to Coin and 2,950,000 acres a0 ditch tots will be elected a breaking to soybeans. Large three directors will be elected while the i Nena sos in com and in director do t riels As Iasi soybeans will r suit in correspond in of those districts the lectors res Dir open the front door. Terrorists threaten europeans student Campaign on at Wesleyan Leopold Ville the Congo up Ltd hundreds of fanatic a Leopard men terrorists Are roaming the topless they have been suppressed. Congos Kivi province threatening from the standpoint of history no t0 u I la europeans the body a reputation can Ever be saved United nations said today by violating documents because the a or cog unit 01 u historian ultimately gets at the troops and col facts. Until the Teheran papers Are published completely most of the judgments of the american people on no Jinx a soldiers Earl the relations Between the United priests and railed nun states and soviet Russia will be bused on Lack of accurate information. Will open armory bids on april 18 my decreases Iii Oats sorghum and Hay acreages the total which will be planted to major farm crops will be about 23.267,000 acres for the second highest on record. Only in 1959 were More Iowa farm acres involved in crop production and the intended plantings for this year will exceed last years a few minutes later officials the test capsules escape rocket a 1957 Dodge one of two stolen fired satisfactorily after 35 Serin Burlington Friday night. A. Ones of flight and that the Cap found behind the tation stuck in sulcus main Parachute was seen in director mud up to the axles. Several car to open. There Imit be a purpose in suppressing these documents. Is it to save the reputations of Franklin d. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill is it to prove that in their various Public statements and books these statesmen told the truth is it to save the reputation of general George Marshall if those in charge of such matters have no reason for suppressing the truth Why do they do it the Public official who set up the Trahan conference was Averell Harriman presently by ski it Kennedy a roving ambassador. Harriman has matured considerably since his Early Days in Public life. He knows what happened at Teheran and undoubtedly has kept notes or a diary or he May even have copies of some documents. Harriman is one of the few top men alive to Tell the tale. The american people have the right to know what happened at this conference that changed the world and that Laid Down principles and agreements Over which the cold War has been continuous shirt 1945. The cold War has three sides oui Side the russian Side and the Neutral Side. Our Side us that we believe that we know and we state it to be Ray b s oops and Cong of be hat ional army forces were in route to toe Art a to do the Lei no is is a w a from the area where Mau be at up i in Sis Whit missionaries Are by a. The Anne. A u. N. Hundred us Page. Til it around the thorns Ives at least 30 believed to spokesman several to it s were on the ram i w Ai i bands Riu ads and describe As a religious sect. They have b in ii and tor an lung to massacre All europeans especially belgians in he Lasonga area the u. N. Spokesman said the Leopard run armed with bows and arrows Are reported to be members of the Katwala seek. It a political Campaign for stud it government posts is drawing to a dost1 at Iowa Wesleyan colleges a rally at the John Wesleyan Holland student Union monday night March 20, will precede the election i tuesday March 21. A number of write in candidates Are expected As Well As the following nominees president Robert Mcleran it pleasant and Norman Wulf lost i nation i vice president George Ferris a Chie ago 111., and Basil Huston Richardson Tex. Secretary Jean Johnson Agen in and John Nelson Rockford 111.1 treasurer Gary Ford Russell and Byron Johnson Arlington. A Doulie committee Dorothy i lop Pep Traer Phyllis Smith lode. Pence Nee. Mo., and Marge Wisman Quincy. Advanced planning Jerrold Becker Skokie ii and Jim Belt. Chicago 111. I Assembly committee Linda of a Candle Blae Park Ridge n. Barbara Noble Washington d. C., and Marin straying Algonquin 111. I total by one per cent and the ten a year <1950-59 average by two per nomination papers for director i cent. I and treasurer must be filed with despite surplus and storage prob 1 h. Mcgrath n i Peri n Tendon of lems and the soil Bank program the Henry county schools not j Iowa farms expect t to increase their later than 12 00 noon thursday a Corn acreage by two per cent Over March 23 each Petit Ion is to be i last Vear and 19 per cent above the toed by not kegs than ten Quanti id no. I Wyman Eton Grove tons of cigarettes and a flashlight j tile Parachute was set to open and director District no. 2 win believed taken in break ins the Ai an Altitude of 10.000 it. F id Mars 1 it Dpi their bal same night at Danville and mid a powerful Little to Quot rocket lots at the Winfield school build dle town were found inside Tho car with the empty capsule poised on ing tile electors residing in Dirac owned by James Kneedy. Its nose was fired at la 48 a in. Tor District no. 3 it it. Union will a 1959 Ford owned by William est at the Wallops Island. Va., cast their ballot at the it Union of Neil new Tendon was reported test station of the National Aero school building. Mien and authorities were search Nautis and space admin Strain g for it. I tion. Sheriff Russell Van Tuyl was a 0 a called to new London to investigate. Pass Bill Omaha a the Omaha District ten year average the reporting serv fit d electors of the school District of army engineers announced to ice said. For example the elector. Of direr Day that it Wall of Jim bids april 18 the intended soybean planting tor District no. I must sign papers j for const suction of army Reserve will exceed last year by 16 per cent placing in nomination a pros pee training facilities of it pleasant and by 33 per cent More than the Tive Board member from director Iowa. Ten year average. The estimate d $�?~200,000 Job in while Corn and soybean Plant valves construction of a 4,300 Square mrs increase providing weather foot training Center building and a economic conditions labor Supply 1.350 Square foot maintenance hop. And government programs Are fait will be a Concrete Block Structure durable the Iowa Oats acreage will with Brick facing the contract to be trimmed by three per cent from by awarded includes heating and last year to 4.112,000 acres utilities engineers will limit soliciting bids to Small business organizations. They will allow 270 Days for completion. District no i. Speed traps intent to seek so hts on Board of directors of the by formed school District been indicated by or. R. T ii e new two of americans seven aeronaut. Air Force capt. L. Gordon Cooper and Marino it. Col. John h. Glenn witnessed the firing. Glenn is one of the three astronauts who May take the first ride in a Redstone rocket from Cape canaveral Fla. At an Altitude of 35,000, where atmospheric pressure and the thrust of the escape rocket would provide the maximum a a squeeze i against the Walls of the space the Cabin the capsule was to be Cut present message storage payments go in mail Centennial commission of bunty to meet tic ii Ary cent Nanial Cut March 21 at court lieu it a Are invited it comm/1 yes concern t staged wine co us parti War. Plan. V in w no 30 athletic committee Gary Doak. A ton. Of on Iowa and Harold Mil a i Rockford 111. Public Rel turns George Elliott minion Grove. Ill and Albert Naperville 111. Is trial committee Charles Espy Rockford i. Stud it Union committee Elizabeth Matthews Carmel Calif. Religious life committee Linda Davis Quincy 111., Linda Laird Knoxville and Dennis Nicholson Albany. Calif. An audience of about 400 persons viewed the pageant a message of a candles a which was the opening event of girl scout week last sunday afternoon. Tho pageant com tiv county ask office has started mailing Advance reseal payments to Farmers who have farm stored grains under reseal Loans for the i 1960-61 season the Henry county Des Moines a up has Low a legislature sent a plan to Loose for a jolting flight which it wid gov. Norman a. Erbe Friday aimed hoped would end in a soft Mer and Kelt ii Mcallister delegates at eliminating Speed traps in Small Parachute Landing at Tea. A Large Robert humphrey., Dele Iowa towns. J u successful Nasa said today a Gate from District no. I Elgin j the measure was prompted by bring would be the last test of Pankoke Delegate from District no i complaints that some communities 1 die capsule before a Mercury 2 Bob Connop Delegate from Dis have set unrealistically Low Speed astronaut is launched into space strict no. 3 j limits on highways passing through or a non Orbital distance Hight the towns in order to trap unwary j that could come within a matter j motorists and provide a source of al we is at the Cape. The Orbital Revenue. I flight May come late in the year. I tile House passed toe Bill which j j previously won Senate approval. It would give the state Highway i commission authority to raise Speed limits on primary roads in cities and towns when the com a Mission determines the locally im-.1 posed limits Are too Low. Farm wife talks desperado into surrendering methodist laymen to hear or. Bach Poplar Bluff to. Up a Brave farm wife a religious plea i a a to a r agricultural stabilization and con ,1v>�?z a a 100th birthday of was credited today with ending the scr Valion committee announced to on a Bill Raisin police shooting spree of a desperate Day. The Advance e payment Are in. Ment for do whose rampage started with two with president Kennedy ,. Present Law pennies owners of can j other fugitives a week ago methodist laymen from six South a 9 a Eastern Low a counties will meet in i he House also completed action it. Pleasant March 24 to hear an Tho age require address by or. Marcus Bach of antique automobiles Iowa City. Or. Bach will address the Lay february 8th announcement and arc intended to help Farmers meet but before mrs. Eva Clannahan which Are 15 or More years old to menus annual District dinner meet Mcm rated the Juliette Gordon Low the founder of girl scouting. Over 375 girls from tile area took 1 part in the preparation and pre i sensation of the pageant. A Welcome was elven by Janet i Plaine my other costs. Megorden. Margaret Coder. Jill Howe Chc Rvl Noble and Hazel my _ al i troop of. Present i the take a a cuon t0 a a it a a head in Day. A Quot a it the Sov Emor s signature would require Church jul represent churches in at to w ill Henry cell James s. Blister known Here. Dies talked Douglas Wayne Thompson them for a $1 fee if ins on his trip to Africa and visit into surrendering to a cordon arc on a for a a we Ilion with Albert Schweitzer explained mice Karoumi he farm he killed a up Quot oses and Parade laymen attending the banquet that Farmers with reseal Loans need Home lip and hot h c policeman Tho or measure awaiting the in my pleasant s first methodist the office m Mase Vance storage payments. The Colos. Capture that befell his to o. I it i r., a a a a i merits will be called to armers us i Hose in the speaking choir were fast As the necessary papers can b cd. Com 1 autos be at. Least 25 years old Des Moines Henry Lee Louisa before they could be designated As Muscatine and Washington coun a tending the work in p in Des Moines Klopfenstein Judy Lee i Martin Linda Metcalf Christy Nan Kathy Norris Carolyn of Connor. Is a Rawlings Diane Rukab. James s. Buster 53, chief Bank Murat la Smith Lillian Starkey examiner for Iowa for the Federal Mary Walker Diane Wellington Marilyn Burroughs Linda Cornice Joe Len Hunt Steffanie Hunt Judy j not of Marlene i crops uni r reseal Loans in lode ant Iwuc lie. March 31 what s g an Iii and Rinc Bank of Chicago died i d Quot Van Whipple. Judy Wilson and Man fit d sch in that at Potsdam soviet Russia agreed to conditions of Conquest which the russians have violated. Their Side we do not know and cannot know until we have before us the Teheran papers which if published in full will give us the agreements and understandings among. Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin in n Iowa legislature a word Are the rus. Ans bluffing in Coign a. At the meeting tuesday nigh at the courthouse cot Fie and i a Rue. We i i \ d on the Lichtor Side Early Friday morning at Estherville i rom a heart attack. He was born feb. 8, 1908, the son of or. And mrs. John busier at Grandview and was graduated from toe Grandview High school. He will be remembered by some As a Marlys Woepking the singing choir was composed of the senior girl scout Carol Alice presented a Friendship and the conclusion was Given by mrs. Dwight Mehaffy Riepe and Betty Tweedy sounded 1959-crops of Corn and Grain sorghum 1958-crap of Grain sorghum Corn and oat 1957-crop Corn and 1956-crop Corn. Rates of the Charne storage pay Anions a wreck earlier. Thompson 27, slipped up on tie Oao Nahan farm eve bebop another Hill it to toe governor pole knew he had wounded Tate a try tou c approval ily Day pm rim c arson in trooper Gam daw., 24. Alai a t quota med at keeping a a Crackpot can Raymond s. Glover 45. lube to. A my husband and i were at Home mrs. Clannahan said. Dilates off the election ballots. It Keokuk fire sets a requirement that non party 1 candidates be nominated by con-1 Keokuk Iowa up the did no to even know the Man was in i a Monte Are seven cells per Bushel mentions or caucuses attended by at Streator lumber co., fire Here for Corn five emf Lier Bushel in or us h0u-m> a us a he us phone least 50 qualified electors. Out of my hand. Member of a state tournament j Tell s basketball team and on two of Pic sensation of the Juliette Low casinos and was an All Stater in world Friendship fund was made by i Oats and 12 cents per Hundred weight for Grain sorghum. The re mailing storage payment due will i be paid at similar rates aft r toe i Inda maturity dates of Loans which ait1 March 31 for Grain sorghum april to for Oats and july 31 for Corn. In pit St Nta uvas from the different or w re promises made to the in Uit Iii rep Jonn 1925-36 to received his a de which have not been lived up to Rockwell a mount pleasant Orr. At Parsons College where he ,0�bs a a follows Finland Cindy or Are we complaining about acts receded a round of applause from ap0 played basketball and his to Ody mcxic0 Roberta Rawlings of aggression on the part of soviet a a student group in the House Gal degree from the state uni i Carolyn Padley Innia. Janet Russia to which we agreed we. N a a dolls to k Var Ity of Iowa. J canton1. Spam. Vanessa hat Ria a the War was still on i or students were from Middle he was a teacher and coach at 9 9 9 town Iowa and were introduced Wilton Junction Grandview. Arch to understand tilt character of by la Robergt id. Do a ,.rand Estherville before a assistant prof. To become Clown a the Man told As he had shot a state trooper and another Man she a Aid in a soft Calm voice the House was surrounded by police when first mrs. Clannahan and then Thompson walked out. A i wont out and told them not to shoot a a she said. As he passed me he told me. Day was rub d a was the work of an arsonist Quot by state and City author Ibe House also approved a Ben pies Friday. At a Pas. bbl which allows for Deputy state f ire marshal we on toe Highway near our Home j the Date for inauguration of the Bur Johnson. Des Moines Keokuk governor and lieutenant governor fire chief John Breheny and Bud to be advanced to the first or Hoffman of th2 National Board of second Day of the regular Legisla j underwriters Des Moines made the Tive scion int to and of the fourth j announcement upon completion of a their investigation Friday. Another Bill passed by the House the authorities said three a Sepa and sent to the Senate would irate Quot fires were started in the now you Pray for my he seemed change from july 4 to july i toe showroom and office and another and in Ivous mrs. Clarina effective Date of Laws passed by the j one was discovered in one of the an said. General Assembly. The cold War and the russian insistence that it be prolong a even Pended the May a a Ltd it it a \ school against their interests one is forced a in the 5 / and in g and to believe that tiler must be it rec tile fun Dent w / Illy applaud a cd. Son for their attitude. That reason Hon. / Henry c Nelson is to be found in the Teheran Par Forest Cit i put i a Bya pers. As one reads the Yalta papers telling your a e. in Kwell it becomes Clear that Yalta was a is 49. Prolongation and a correction of Tell ran. But what happened at au0 a paint Potsdam where Harry Truman unfamiliar with both the Teheran and Quot of hear sen of dwt ter Yalta conferences was confronted by prior agreements he never of nov e a in d agreed to a Summit conference after hear v s. F nato bar . President Eisenhower went to a it a r to arizon As p Iii pal one Summit conference and came speaker during tit 1961 convention off with Little Benefit and at the of the Iowa automobile one he was abused and be association wine begins March 27 i titled. What does Khrushchev hold in d it / that he Darri to humiliate the pres by men w shot it mini a a Dent of the United states i think ant will join r c it of to. The answer will be found in tilt the dealers a eclat a n a pre Heran papers. Mention melting sunday. March copyright. 1961, King feat i s 26. / w. A. N to will sub Dicave inc. Be it for tin Cornin car. Rockton commented that he had position was a member of the first met ii pan Linda Lewis new z Aland Mary Mccabe France Pamela Nesbitt Germany Nancy Deal Swit As a Bank examiner he Mary sue Ford two vehicles hit same Bridge a car awl a semitrailer were states by the brownies Hawaii by Odist Church in Estherville. I Calla Cornwell Diane Jacobs those surviving include Martha Schadt and Cynthia Mitch widow two sons. Jack. A national1 Tell Alaska a by ecu Owell. B., i in minor out of Chicano and a Elaine Kuci and James a student at the state uni old r Leader and a sister. His widow is the form or Charlo to Myers formerly of Henry county and who has Many relatives Here. St vices will be held monday afternoon at two of clock at the first methodist Church. Estherville j country a presentation was made. And graveside services will be at Grandview at 2 30 on tuesday. Bemoon. The body will lie in state at the Grandview Community Church la . Tol 30 . Tuesday easm Lansing. Midi. Up or. Charles Boa. Assistant professor of geography at Michigan Thompsons capture marked tot state Unver. Ity has decided or end of a Trail of by that United wh1 be a lot happier As Charlie started at Cape Girardeau mo., the Clown. When a supermarket manager that.-, Why a faintly of my will called police and told them he pull up stakes Here sometime was suspicious of stranger in a next week and hit the sawdust Trail car at the Market parking lot. Boas an a tar professor auxiliary patrolman Herbert damaged in separate accidents since 1955. Decided last full to let Gas 68, was killed and patrol which occurred in the big Creek his year of education which led Man Dan Crittenden 25. Was Bridge West of town on Highway the 34, about 6 , saturday. Countries. International sought out his Hobby car at the Edge of town. Sheriff two Keokuk school teachers,1 mrs. Herman Martin and la worked last summer a Elmer Chatman was wounded a Mary Joan Weir and Marcella lumber Sheds. Company officials estimated dam Ages from the Blaze would reach $35,000 Dana Marshall forty eight slates d Pic to to a i thru it a a i by to Wilson. Linda Lou Ford. Llinda Jacobs mid Sally Green a doctor. Degree rest while he wound d when they stopped j scouts were Ushers. I.1 worlds largest Tanker the neighbourhood chair n were universe Apollo was launch d in mrs. Richard Voss. Mrs Stanley december 1958 i a. A capacity Walgren mrs. R. W Poulter and of i 021,000 barrel of Oil i mrs Charles sessions Clown in a circus and took some lug Seville mo., during the Chase Kearney were in the car which engagements a. A funny Man due that followed. J was headed West. The Auto kid ing the school year Sammy Aire tuck a 26. And cled on the Slink Highway and struck last september in decided to Calvin Willis Johnson. 22, both the East end of toe Bridge North see if he would like to be a Clown fugitives from a san Lute Obispo Side knocking out some guard the year round. Calif jail were captured last rails. A it Isnit that hi1 does no to like saturday. Mathew Blakewell Gale Burg. Teaching or that the University Ute driving a Burlington lines were in charge of staging and David Hasni to been Good to us said his truck was approaching from the Harlan of lighting. Senior girl wife Kathleen. Quot quite the con musical program at 7 30 w St at the time. The Semi Slid tray. He loves _ and struck the cast end of the Quot this is a Hobby that grew to the time of the musical program Bridge also but on the Ether Side world association Sherrie Lovett. Mire girl scouts sitting in the a it. I Nee held flags for each country which were waved win n that mrs. Phillip Lewis directed the pageant assisted by Cecilia Holmes. Janet Megorden and Susan Scarf the Point where he want. To try to by presented this evening at the also knocking out guard rails. His Luck at making a career of Chapel at Iowa Wesleyan has been sheriff Russell Van Tuyl invest it said mrs. Boas. J changed to 7 30. I gated. Going to Israel Walworth Barbour it above53, native of Massachusetts and a Veteran foreign service officer Lins been appointed new u. S. Ambassador to Israel by president Kennedy. He had been Deputy chief of Mission at the american embassy in London

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