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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - March 29, 1961, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news partly Cloua it vol. 83, no. 71 two Section set. Pleasant Iowa wednesday evening March 29, 1961 these Days by George e. Sokolsky Vav a it i i was recently in conversation with Young people and found that War was a dirty word. This was not so True in 1913 when University campuses were stirred by the pros j poets of War. Even then there were 1 those who believed in pacifistic ideals of the Carnegie peace foun j Dation and collegiate anti must continue fido Blue Bird decision told at meeting Dean Pixler talks about inc at kiwanis club approve Kiwan ians were Given information about the academic program and policies at Iowa Wesleyan College by Doan Paul Pixler at the going meeting monday evening. Fido he told of the curriculum re financial and Industrial develop quire cats of Iowa Wesleyan a a a Opportunity at a called Church related Liberal arts College. placed on militarism league and then came ahead with operation the Force peace ship with its unbelievable absurdities and finally no it it no the War to make the world Safe for meeting1 of the Henry county in of the Izro of student body that a democracy. There was no doubt dump al Board and others Best fitted for operating efficiency that the Kaiser would be Hung on filter non. <1,000 to 1.200� of the admissions times Square and that Woodrow the a cd Fot Noring upward selectivity procedure and of the Wilson was the greatest Man in i i no the $35,400 figure now at attempt to do the very be get possible history. Young people went to War. I trained was emphasized by president for the education of the students singing Quot Over and Sousa be Ank Delucia who presided. The latter Means greater selectivity Marine corps hand of 400 or what talk a meeting was called primarily in employing faculty members and to inform the group that officials adding More with pm. D. Degrees of Blue Bird Midwest were an he said bouncing the decision to come Toj a a excellence is a watchword we it. Pleasant. At the same time of1 give ourselves at Iota Wesleyan Quot the announcement before the group j Dean Pixler told the group copies of the news carrying the vice president Alanson Elgar Story were distributed. It was a and Secretary George Means were dramatic and important moment in elected delegates to the kiwanis in it. Pleasant. To National convention in Toronto. E. A Hayes gave further info Canada. Or. F. V. Coles and Roger mat Ion about the recent develop Galer were elected alternates mints and said that the company the meeting of the club on april Likely will get the construction in in will be held at the mental health stirred the Ever instrumentalists land to patriotism. Nothing so exciting happened in world War ii although the movies tried hard to make War popular and everybody was instructed to hate Hitler. But our people could not fall in love with Stalin or the coterie of unusual personalities that showed up in the government. It was very difficult to believe that Henry Hopkins was a great statesman. When the United states lost world War ii to soviet Russia after making huge sacrifices in life and wealth doubt spread As to whether anything really valuable changes and is gained by War. J commented Quot i then came the which the United states lost to i pet kit. Districts All time Corn acreage is indicated ask Russia to join in space patrol project 31-15 for congressional Geneva up ii a the United Tats today asked the soviet. Union to join in the launching of the Ken. J a space patrol of a dozen Satel de3 Moines it up it Nedy administration s be d Grain j Lites to prevent secret nuclear program apparently is finding Little j testing High above the Earth or la or among Tov a banners a farm behind the Moon Mcazine poll it Wallace s Farmer indicated today. Der Way after april 10. Referring to the decision relative to Blue Bird and to other major developments he think thus will be korean War it be biggest year in history for it Institute Good news a Karl Smith president of the it. Pleasant Hamber of Commerce mrs. Beverly Moxley Secretary in the of office and Edward King chairman of fido financial and Industrial development Opportunity read the Good news in evenings it. Pleasant news telling of the decision of officials of Blue Bird Midwest to locate the bus body Plant in it. Pleasant. Chief american Delegate Arthur h Dean outlined the preposition As the last of the concessions Iowa Farmers have indicated p ans a it ,., a a _ president John f. Ken Nedys and r an All time record Corn average. Or ministration has offered As Chi this year. In response to the poll. ,. ,.dence of its desire to sign a no Only 38 per cent said they would be. Clear weapons test ban treaty with willing to retire 20 per cent of their i Moscow. Corn and Grain sorghum acres. T i the United states supported by agriculture Secretary Orville l. Britain outlined its outer pm Pace Des Moines up a the Iowa Senate today passed the commit tee approved congressional redistricting plan. The straight party line vote was 31-15. The resolving of the Issue took Only 50 minutes As the upper chamber Defeated three amendments and went on to adopt the main Bill. The Commilee plan achieves the placement of both democratic congressmen m the same District and according to the opposing democrats assures continued Republican Freeman has said a hoped 70 per bid at. The 280th meeting of the domination of the Cong res cent of the nation s Farmer would three Power nuclear test ban con comply with the acreage reduction for . I a red China a country which Only while that it generally was known a few years before had no rept i int a company was considering Able military Force. The United a cat Nghi it pleasant definite states lost that War because its announcement of the identity of military strategy had to conform that company obviously could not to United nations political concepts. Thus americans were killed in a War in which Victory was impossible because the proper place to fight the War was Manchuria and that was a Sanctuary for the red chinese from a military standpoint the korean War was madness from a political standpoint it was a disaster. Be released for Many reasons. Since the announcement there w a s favourable reaction on every hand. Would allow Bonds f or highways Des Moines a it up it a the highways committee of the Iowa teachers reelected school planning acted on by Board the Magazine poll said some Iowa Farmers May decide to participate in the program after they get a rigorous sell from county and local representatives of the agricultural stabilization and conservation it ask committees. A contracts let by county signal delegation. S n. Melvin Wolf Ltd Waterloo who sponsored one of the Defeated i proposals. Called the plan Quot Black magic Quot and asked the senators j Quot Don t give the people of Iowa a raw or Point d out that the approved plan allows a population deviation of 175,482 Between the largest a the 3rd a and the smallest a the 7th a districts. Salary sch Dules were adopted and teachers reelected at the meeting of the it. Pleasant Community school District Board tuesday night. These matters plus the rearranging of areas to be included in some so just As Many nations became Neutral american Young people reviewed the theory of War and the necessity for fact the Truman and Eisenhower River flood Crest begins slow recession Waterloo. Iowa Senate today approved a Bill which be attendance centers and con Wotila allow the state to float a a liberation of the school building Revenue Bonds to Complete the in it Biog am held the Board in session Testate Highway system and con und around 2 30 in the morning struck primary roads. J nearly All teachers were reelect i de. Some had previously signified the Bill had been suggested by that they would not be returning the legislative Road study commit included mrs. Edna Crume tee. Which also included a provision i Lincoln who is retiring mrs. Mary to permit cities towns and counties Beth Young. Junior High Margaret up �?1� is Mac to venue Bonds for Road and Rensberger Harlan who expects to it. As a matter of the record flood Crest of the Cedar began Street work. A painfully slow re admin stations attempted to talk cession Here today and mayor de War out of existence and lost every Jochumsen said a i think Battle. The enemy the russians Over the Hump committee chairman son. D. C. Nolan a Iowa City said the latter were part of the Bill had been dropped 1 because the attorney s general s if the state decides to sell Bond. Could not Only talk longer and with an estimated 3,000 Persona j office had ruled that the state and louder but increasingly other a evacuated from their Homes Here local provisions should be in Lions became Neutral. And in adjoining Cedar Falls and separate Bills. And when they adopted the Evansdale. Bone weary workers policy of Quot positive neutrality a it continued to Man the water logged really meant that they would not bikes plugging Small holes to pro-10 baud loads Tho it a would be re oppose soviet imperialism while vent an it additional break through tired from a combination of Federal accepting american economic and military assistance. The younger people who w have to fight in a War whose take further school work and mrs. Janet Mills Salem mrs. Mary Lou Hall a former teacher has again been employed and will succeed mrs. Mills. Contracts have been sent out or will be within the next Day or so. Supt. Robert Formanek was Given a new three year contract with provision for an increase in salary. O o o a salary schedule with increases is Mills Campbell Ruth spoil v of re cast interested in the it. Pleasant. $22,678 50 and sin re Donna log a Mottar Oreon. I pr08"�?o they ,1�?oinrri Liat to by Clair refining co. It. Pleasanter Roy Ollivier stocks Lucille Turney Richard Van to ttys Mab j walk a Robert Patterson Crane cans Maude Ekstrand Evelyn Traut Barbara 1 Anderson Bruce Van Dover Richard me Beth. Mary Beth Young Louva forbs Dixie Lee boiler Donald Taft. Ames Mroz Ruth Mcdowell Linnic Parker Lois b Laura Hinkle Aileen Morris. Mamie Olson. Larry me Beth and Irene Craig. Charlotte Davis Janet Wilson Florence Burns. Edna Crume. A j Omi Murphy Inez Barry Bessie Metzger. E Virginia Calloway Edna Cious i Verda Thompson. Dorytha Craig. Lusena Kerr Dove Nelson Clarice Hoffman Wilma Miller form Mel by Thelma Hileman. Donald Young. Alta Thomas Gertrude Miller Marguerite Ruble contracts tor a years Supply of the Pell showed that 20 per cent t gasoline and diesel fuel Culvert of the Iowa Farmers were undecided.1 pipe grader Blades lumber piling Helen rom key and 42 or Cen w it re unwilling to and wire rope for the county were 11 comply. I let by the Board of supervisors Iowa s new All Democrat state tuesday afternoon committee has just launched its j the Low bids for each category Point of 0"ut Quot that the Quot present pop Dave to encourage participation in were accepted. The contract for elation variation in Iowa s eight 1 b it Gram w us w provide a 100.000 Gallons of gasoline and congressional districts Wras 229.243. $120 per Bushel cd loan plus rent 65,000 Gallons of diesel fuel was he said the Only criticism he had on the retired land for participate awarded to the Yetter Oil co. Of heard 0f the Pian a the wide pop. Burlington for $22,122.20. The elation variation. But he said the but sen. Clifford Vance a it. Pleasant chairman of the commit tee which or w up the plan ing Farmers. The Magazine poll said Small other bidders were Standard Oil do not have enough land now under cultivation to keep them Busy. Intervention condemned by Seato $22,692.50 the Hawkeye Concrete products firm of Mediapolis was the successful bidder on 508 Lineal feet of Concrete Culvert pipe with a bid of $2,704.36. The other bidder was the. Washington Concrete co., $2,886 80. O o a the contract for 1,632 Lineal feet plus bands of corrugated Metal pipe went to the Aramco drainage and Metal products co., for $5, u. S. Supreme court ruled in 1946 that congressional redistricting was a a peculiarly political Iowa was required to realign its 99 counties into seven instead of eight districts this year because the 1960 census showed the state s population had failed to keep Pace with the average National growth. Iowa will elect seven congressmen from the new districts next year. 0 0 0 the approved plan which now goes to the House principally alters the present 6th District represented Bangkok. Thailand a a up �?1340.36. Other bids Wheeling co., i by Democrat Merwin Coad of Boone. Leah Smith. Carolyn Bigler Marg the United state s and it it Seato Des Moines $5,686.80 Eatson Metal his Home county is placed in the a ref Rensberger. Allies today promised to take the biggest rupture in the Miles and a stat it funds. In the Case of the As follows was adopted women with of levees along the winding course interstate system the Fedora gov 11 of the River through the three cities Crement 90 per cent of the with a combined population of cd careers Are being changed by War nearly 100.000 occurred late tues whose the commit tee al of brought out marriages Are being i it Ost an Southern Evans Dale. A which would repeal the Sec Pond by War ask the pragmatic Wuhan a few hours the mighty to Len q tale Law which bans the question what will War bring us ,101101 the a fall it peaceful j construction of primary roads on a a a nver had Ripp a out More than Mon amp into a City of More than i he task of president Kennedy mile of levee and spread water a Jooook population is to answer that question in real much As 5 feet deep around and1 is tic language understood not by through some 500 to 600 Homes his generation or his fathers but two years College training. $75 three years $100 b. A$150 and m. A. $200 men with b. A. Degrees $150 m. A $200. Adjustments were made in individual cases but in none was an increase made of More than double the amount of the increment j increase. J total Gross increase of teachers i salaries is about $22,000. This is j doing Awa it with this prohibition equivalent to a Miliage Levy of about would permit the state to launch our problem now is to keep on freeway Stu May a Tuge Moed by by the very a omut men anti women j top of the situation Quot Joscht Mem i tw0 a scarch form. Who these Days ask. What . We Stuffl have several Hundred hired by the interim Road study world War ii and the korean War volunteers City employees and committee also National guardsmen patrolling the weak spots approved a Bill which would allow Grade school children in the area the Highway commission to build1 North of it pleasant a plan has creeper lanes for trucks on primary i been adopted to give More children i roads that have a 3 per cent or the advantage of a single class per More Grade for a distance of More teacher. The fourth fifth an sixth or the cold War bring us. President Kennedy will have to levees and plugging reply that world War ii has not with been completed that it May be a seepage water Alo was being one Hundred years War that it a pumped Back Ever the levees into already lasted 22 years and has the raging flood tide that reached produced chaos and confusion he a Peak of 21.86 feet Early this will have to say that the chaos morning. The previous record was will be deeper and the confusion just Short of 21 Fet in March of Wilder As the years proceed be 1929. Cause this is not a War for bits of after holding steady for about territory or increased Power it is four hours the Crest began a slow a War for survival and the enemy recession at the rate of about 0.01 has made the United states its. Of a foot an hour Joehumsen said chief target. Every tactical step in meantime downstream about 65 the cold War fits into the immense Miles at Waterloo full scale prep strategy of first isolating and then a rations were underway to resist j absorbing the United states in the the record flood Crest expected soviet Universal state. Who wants soft Lime Friday to be absorbed the predicted Crest of 21 feet would be one foot Over the record set in 1929 and would Force Evacula Ion of an estimated 1,500 families red Cross officials said. Committee. The highways 1mills. Employment of an additional teacher or two May yet be necessary. Florence Collins Svida Mchol-1 hate or Tep a be necessary products corp., $5,793.12 John l. Omaha neb., Houston hop Scheafer Genevieve 0 Prew a a United Independent. Kins. To. $5.89356 Levine co., son Ethel Messer. Duane sender True Wood Reva Hoaglin Mary Trueblood. Mrs Janet Mills. Phyllis of Ron Mildred much Toek and in Ballard. Michael Callow a Erma Scott Mildred Neil Marjorie Zikefoose. Marabelle Magnuson Winifred Evans. Elizabeth hits Mabel Simsbury Milo Sordon Nancy Robinson oink cd t and Eugene Isaacson and Over Ign Laos. J Centerville $6537.36 Clinton Cul t h e y condemned continuing j Vert co., Clinton $6541.56 Midwest Culvert co., West Des Moines communist intervention in a Quot flagrant disregard a of the 1954 Geneva treaty. The stau meals wore contained in a Strong eight Point Resolution and a communique published As the foreign ministers of the anti All i a Nee ended a meeting a the most Seato s seven year in order to give a bet a 1 educational Opportunity to some of the than pet. Provided the Highway Carrier More than 500 trucks per Day. Grades of the Trenton area will be transported to pleasant Lawn and combined with the grades there in the Senate committee tacked an order to hav the single class set amendment on the Bill that would require the Highway commission to build the Croe Iier lanes on All re up. Montgomery and Elm schools will be closed and Trenton will have located and reconstructed primary kindergarten first second and third meeting the Grade and traffic 1 rades As at present. Specifications. The soundness of president Kennedy s position is that he is will ing to risk the political consequences of War rather than to enjoy the stultifying pacifism of spiritual defeat. President Eisenhower made it a policy to avoid War during his career in office and lie succeeded in the narrow sense that shot and Shell were not used. But in the broadest sense he failed because soviet Russia developed the cold War into a vicious Campaign for american destruction by economic attrition. So sure was Khrushchev that he was Correct in his thinking that he humiliated Eisenhower As no american president had Ever been humiliated before. And when the worst of it was Over. Khrushchev faced the world a vulgar but a conquering hero. Tins can be said nobody is go will review 218 routing Cedar rapids mayor Jain Meahan. Who tuesday asked gov. Grade 7 will be transported from Trenton into it. Pleasant and Grad 7 and 8 from pleasant Lawn into town also. In addition to radix 4, 5 and 6, there will also be grades 2 and 3 at pleasant Lawn. Kindergarten and Grade l will be transported to it. Pleasant. Ames. I of. A up re routing housing Bill passes first Iowa test three Day j critical in j history j o o a i delegation members said the Resolution was approved unanimously but the key paragraph omitted reference to joint military action a meaning individual m Ribera could act even if others did not wish to do so. The United states which had urged wrong stand and Francz which walked at committing to possible military intervention in Laos both appeared satisfied. Secretary of state Dean Rusk raid the meeting had Quot reaffirmed our uni he warned that a i of Southeast Asia is threatened by communism and raid Quot we shall meet that French foreign minister Maurice coup do Murvic said he $6,541.56, and reliable Culvert co., 5th District which elected the Only other democratic congressman last year. He is Neal Smith of Altoona in Polk county. The present 6th District would be divided by the Senate approved plan Between the present 8th a Centerville. $6541.56. It will be Ubich will be know As the 6th a noted that the last three bids Are 1 Ann the present 3rd, 4th, 5th and exactly the same. The paper Calmenson co., St. Paul minn., was awarded the contract. For 2.200 feet of grader Blades for $2,31150. Other bidders Bowen super explosives co., Mason City $2,37425 Altorfer machinery co., Cedar rapids $2,395.50, and Quarry Supply co., Des Moines $2,548. 7th. Sen. Andrew g. Frommelt a do Buquo minority floor Leader said the plan was Quot based entirely on political considerations a and the wide population deviation was in the new alignment the first District remains unchanged. Des Moines up Low rent Federal housing aimed at cleaning up slum districts in Iowa a major cities its first legislative test today As the House voted 87-15, in favor of the Bill. The Bill now to the Senate. Proponents of the measure doggedly fought officers of Quot socialism and an opposition that look Ltd like d might mushroom to Day after u s 0411 a Goldwater. R was sat fied the Resolution Quot Pul. Anz told a joint a. Ion of us the emphasis. On a political legislature that Iowa a to b j ,<.ttlenmnt military intervention saluted for not path a Pating in has never settled a political prob the Federal Aid program housing Bill to Congress t he contract for lumber went to Johnson lumber co. Lincoln neb., for $4,084 23. The other bidder was Wheeling lumber Bridge amp. Supply West Des Moines $4,-213.44. The Johnson firm received the Washington up presi contract for 1,600 Lineal feet of Kennedy sent Congress today piling by submitting a bid of a $3-2 billion housing Bill to Spruce $1544. Mcgrew piling amp lumber up older cities and help Low in co. Kansas City put. In a bid for come and elder y families it bet-sl564 and the Wheeling firm of or Quality Homes. West Des Moines $1,632. Tho Money would be spent Over the w. C. Brow n co., of it. 140 years. But most of it by 1970, Dodge was awarded the contract1 for fit Cal l962 which starts july for 3.131 Lineal feet of w ire rope j l 11 Ould add about $300 million for $706.01. Other bids Levine co. To the $728 million in housing out-$709.43 the Bowen firm $764.98 lays budgeted by former president Quarry Supply $772.18 and the al Dwight d. Eisenhower. The proposal would it Nable cities kindergarten and first Grade in and town to obtain of Cral As is Norman a. Erbe for Iowa National i Ltd 218 in it. Pleasant will be guard troops and other assist reviewed before any positive action Ance me t with red Cross salvation taken talc Iowa Highway com army and other agencies this j Mon decided today morning to map plans for the sex recent hearing at it. Pleasant peeled evacuation and other Emer do std cd Strong Public objection to gency measures. Tims fouling of the Highway through the Salem area will be at Oak Grov school. Only kindergarten has been Field there this year. Tiie shifts will make possible reducing the of Centary school teaching staff by two. 0 0 0 there were several visitors at tilt slightly injured As car hits pole mrs Rex Canby route two suffered the loss of two Teeth when the 1960 Chevrolet lie was driving struck a Light pole at the town As been recommended by Board meeting to discuss the school commission. J building program. Some revisions citizens maintain the proposed Are being mad in the planning and Highway would run too close to the will be announced As soon As som it state Hospital curtail new housing of the. A claims can by worked out areas and jeopardize children and1 a o the other nations of the South cast Asia treaty organization arc <<�?T1&Quot 1 la a 11 now Britain Australia new zealand Cost Low rent housing Faedi Thailand Pakistan and the Philippines. Ance for the ties. states hav adopted similar enabling legislation sine the congressional a it r was first passed in 1937 Congo cites need for funds i of c residents can vote tor Fer company $775.33. To reduce Aid to dependent children United nations up ii the Congo told the United nations to Washington Upit a residents of the District of Columbia a vehicles. The commission agreed to those reelected and who will re i a it that if he world organization la nations capital a today gained in his outgoing budget to con Gress in january Eisenhower asked Congress to authorize $ �48 million in future housing expenditures by the government less than one third of the Kennedy re Des Moines up a Aid to quest. Dependent children it and it pay a housing administrator Robert mints will be reduced saturday be c Weaver said the Kennedy Bill cause of a shortage of funds. Quot would emphasize the improve the pending reduction of about ment of our existing housing sup-$6 a month Jar person provoked a ply instead of relying primarily on verbal Battle on the floor of the new housing construction for bet Iowa Senate today Between two ter Homes As we have been doing a d Moc ratio senators and Republican Jack Schroeder of Davenport. Schroeder told the Senate a subcommittee which he headed refused to approve a request for additional reconsider its proposal. It has been s Ceiva contracts with those excep-1 cannot help it financially the the right to vote for president and Money from the state Board of so suggest a the Highway bypass it. Tons noted above and two or three country must a Knock at other vice president with ratification of Cial welfare. The subcommittee also North Entrance to the Alley next pleasant thus eliminating the draw other exceptions j j the 23rd amendment to the con to the City parking lot at 9 50 . Backs presented at the hearing. Fane is Dunn George Stanley congolese Delegate Jean no Sele Stit ution my to humiliate Jack Kennedy As wednesday Highway commissioner to stong Bill Baldwin Louise Clark Robert told the Gen ral Assembly s budget Long As he is president of the the right front fender and Heid and chief Engineer l. M. United states. Light on the car were damaged. A will study the problem in the Accident was reported to City trip to it. Pleasant thursday Man Bernice Huffman. Winona big and u. N. Funds Are necessary strict residents the right to cast Cember Quot knowing it would result police morning. Kyle. Gary Embretson Roger Meek-1 electoral College votes. A in deficit Kansas mad it official by be rejected a proposal to Transfer Money from the old age assistance fund. Copyright. 1961. King features Syndicate inc a Clauson i Evans Charles Ferris Roger Gam Ary committee hundreds of thous coming the 38th state to ratify the Schroeder said the Board Arbi a Field Jobst h Len Hallowell Glenn Hoff ands of his countrymen Are Start measure. The amendment gives Dis t tra Rily raised add benefits last de bulletins Cairo up a Cairo newspapers today reported a violent disturbances in Iraq and a Quot serious shakeup in the jordanian High command. 0 9 0 Washington Chi a the state department reported today that no major fighting is going on in Laos and that the communist Side is not attempting a major push

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