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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - March 31, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news partly Cloudy Section one 2 sections vol. 92, no. 76 it. Pleasant Iowa tuesday evening March 31, 1970 Price to cents these Days by John Chamberlain the scare technique is being overdone i am All for publicizing the warnings of the ecologists about the dangers of Long term contamination of our environment but can to it be done without scaring the wits out of the teen age population there is evidence that the constant Parade of Hobgoblin predictions of a vanishing oxygen Supply or the imminence of a new ice age or the burial of the human race in its own wastes is creating a a a what a the use a psychology a Mong some of our More sensitive Young people. Who knows How Many boys and girls have turned to drugs because they have become unrelieved pessimists about the future yesterday it was the Hydrogen bomb today it is pollution. One does not ask for the return of Pollyanna All one asks is that something be said about the ability of the human animal to come up with answers to problems before the curves of doom have been extrapolated through the ceiling. Too the first Spotful to be male is that a great Deal is already being done to clean up the environment. The automobile companies racing to anticipate the coming anti song legislation have gone All out to produce a Low emission internal combustion engine. The agricultural chemists Are hard at work on effective substitutes for Dot. The biologists Are striving to learn More about turning pests against pests. A big aluminium company has been sponsoring drives to pay children for gathering and returning aluminium cans for reprocessing. What is needed now is less recourse to scare propaganda and More Light on the technological possibilities for control that Are already available in our laboratories and on our testing grounds. Too a second Point is that it Isnit True that free Enterprise is not capable of cooperating with government on anti pollution programs on a voluntary basis. The electrical companies have been accused of killing the fish population by pouring heated water into our lakes and streams. This is called a Thermal pollution a and it has been a problem. The Edison electric Institute however is spending a million dollars to finance water Cooling studies at Johns Hopkins University. The Pacific Power and Light company has taken a sophisticated approach to the Thermal problem it Hopes to find beneficial economic uses for the Large a mounts of heated Waer produced in steam generating plants. The Long Island lighting company Hopes to raise oysters in water warmed by its Thermal discharge. At Oregon state University they Are testing the use of closed Cir Cuit underground hot water pipes a to heat farm Fields and thereby lengthen the growing season. Too in South Carolina and Georgia the new generating plants Are being equipped with Cooling towers in addition to electrostatic precipitators and a chimneys twice As tall As the Washington Monument for taking any remaining noxious fumes into the upper atmosphere. Standard que and the Babcock and Wilcox company Are working on a flue Gas Dewulf urination process it should help pay for itself for Fulfur dioxide will be recovered and marketed in the useful form of sul uric acid. There Are reputable scientists professor Hardin b. Jones the assistant director of the Donner Laboratory at the University of California in Berkely is one who think the Dot menace has been overstressed. But lets say that Dot is indeed the villain that has caused the decline in the Peregrine Falcon and the Brown Pelican populations. Lets say that Dot has been overused against the Gypsy Moth. The fact is that Progress is being made in the development of sex lures that will cause the male Gypsy Moth to misdirect its mating proclivities. This will be Good news to tree growers who have been dependent on the now proscribed Dot to keep the Gypsy Moth menace under control. Too and biologists have been turning Quot Good insects such As the praying mantis on aphids and other harmful pests that have been eradicated in the past by chemical sprays that Are now deemed1 harmful to animals and human beings. The use of a a Good nature to control a a bad nature is a growing science it should be attracting More and More of our Young people As a worthwhile career Opportunity. Sewer water lines contract awarded the Nichol construction company of Dyersville was awarded a water and sewer lines contract in the amount of $222,236.50 by the it. Pleasant City Council monday evening. The Nichol bid was the lowest of seven responsive bidders for the work which includes a water and sewer line into the new East Park a sewer main from near the Mhz North and East to metro mail and storm sewers in the Northeast Section of the City. Other bidders were h. C. Buescher const. Co Burlington Iowa a $248,204 Normoyle Berg amp assoc., Rock Island 111. A $259,784.50 Gjellefald const. Co., Forest City la., a $245,199.50 h. F. Gierot const. Co., Dubuque la. A $248,031.40 Van Fossan const. Co., Ottumwa la. A $240,645.40 Public development Montour la. $237,796.50. Too Don French and associates of Fairfield engineers for the project a sick out continues by up striking air traffic controllers continued their a sick out today apparently ignoring new government threats of disciplinary action. Poor weather combined with the strike in the heavy air traffic corridors of the East today to produce even greater delays than during the easter Holiday weekend. The air transport association said the entire Eastern portion of the country from the Carolinas North and from Cleveland East would experience a a substantial delays because of Snow and poor visibility. Logan Airport in Boston reported 3 to 6 inches of Snow and deteriorating visibility. The air transport association represents the country a major airlines. The Federal aviation administration said preliminary indications were absenteeism of controllers today a has been running about the Way it has the number of controllers reporting in a a sick at the 21 regional traffic control centers around the nation has hovered at about 25 per cent but has been increasing slightly. The Faa sent out letters monday telling the controllers they would be fired in 30 Days if they did not return to work. They were Given five Days from the Day they received the letter to Appeal the decision. Planning for priority mail Washington up a the Post office department is going a head with a plan of priority mail which would assure a Mailer of delivery by a certain time. No rate has been fixed for this new class but sources estimated it might Cost to cents per ounce. Postmaster general Winton m. Blount told a House appropriations subcommittee feb. 16 in testimony made Public monday that total Revenue from priority mail according to surveys of potential users could be $400 million a year. Blount also said he would recommend an increase in parcel Post rates to bring in an extra $75 million or $100 million a year. Rate changes in parcel Post which is fourth class mail must be approved by the interstate Commerce commission. Last april the Nixon administration asked Congress to raise the rates for first second and third class mail. These increases would yield an additional $674 million a year. Estimated the contract value at $236,000. French representatives reviewed the bids and recommended to the Council that the contract be awarded to tile Low bidder. Or. Williams of Hud was also present at the letting and concurred in the award. The Cost of the project will be financed by a 50 per cent Grant from Hud and the balance through the issuance of Bonds by the City. Nichol visited with the Council following the letting and stated he will Start construction work a within a few Days and estimates completion in about 90 Days. City attorney Roger Galer was authorized by the Council to place orders for radio Beacon equipment for installation at the municipal Airport. A letter from the Federal communications commission had been received approving the License effective March 24, 1970, through March 24, 1975. The facility will have a Power of 25 Watts and transmit a non directional radio signal on a frequency of 212 pc Sec. It will enable pilots to a a Home on the signal and locate the Airport particularly during periods of poor visit bit. Too in other action the Council discussed the removal of junk and or abandoned cars a new three year contract with the it. Pleasant benefited fire District and the operation of the municipal swimming Pool. City superintendent William Hayward was authorized to place orders in the approximate amount of $4,880 for new tanks and filter elements for the Pool. The Council will meet in regular session wednesday evening april i. Fire destroys 6000 Young turkeys Charles City up a a fire near Here this morning killed a bout 6,000 turkeys when it destroyed the three Story barn which housed them. The Blaze reported by a passing Motorist apparently was started by a Gas Heater in the barn. The turkeys were owned by the three Brothers Gordon Garwin and Grafton Monagha who raise about 30,000 turkeys a year. The Birds destroyed were one week old. Johnston in supervisor race Oleo Johnston 615 South Harrison Street it. Pleasant announced his candidacy for the Henry county Board of supervisors on the Republican ticket in ithe june primary. Incumbent Clark Burns and Carroll Crane have previously announced their candidacies for the 6 year 1971 term. Johnston a 1938 graduate of the Olds High school entered the us. Army air Force in 1942 and flew As a command Pilot in the european theatre during we. Ii. He was discharged in 1945 As a first lieutenant and was re called to military service during the korean conflict. During the interim 1946 to 1953 he was engaged in farming near Lone tree and later North of it. Pleasant. After Korea Johnston remained in the military As a command Pilot and Squadron Leader and retired in 1965 with the rank of major. He was appointed first Deputy sheriff of Henry county on nov. 15, 1968, and served until March 1st of this year when he submitted his resignation. Cleo and his wife Vada Are the parents of three children mrs. George Jan Liska a student at the University of Iowa Stanley and Diana. On a Earth Day a which is coming up on april 22, there will be a thousand and one demonstrations designed to make our flesh creep. But the negative approach does not solve problems. Why does no to someone organize a counter demonstration that will accentuate the positive there is no sense in scaring our Young people half to death when the future is actually ours a and theirs to command. Distributed by King features Syndicate area youngsters and Phi dells from Iowa Wesleyan pause for lunch during a hike in Colorado in a unt Ains. Shoot Down interceptor Over . Saigon up a Headquarters said today a . Navy Jet escorting reconnaissance planes Over North Vietnam shot Down a mig21 interceptor saturday the first Quot Bill of a communist plane since the United states quit bombing North of the Border. Hanoi radio countered with a claim its gunners shot Down an american rf4c picture taking plane monday Over North Vietnam. U s. Spokesmen said no planes were missing. The report coincided with an announcement that terrorists set off a plastic bomb Early today in a crowded Market in a tri 42 Miles of Saigon killing nine vietnamese and wounding 2h4 others a the costliest terror attack this year. Half of the Market was destroyed. The . Command said the Navy f4 phantom shot Down the soviet made North vietnamese Mig Over Thanh Hoa 125 Miles North Northwest of the Border demilitarized zone. Threaten to a blow plane too hostages it. Duffy sentenced to six months term and fined $1,500 Long Binh Vietnam up a a military court sentenced it. James b. Duffy to six months in prison and fined him $1,500 today after reconsidering a previous decision that would have meant life in prison. Sherry Nichols one of the area youngsters on the Phi Delta Theta trip to Colorado last week feeds a Deer at the Trinity ranch where the group stayed for three Days. I w c student Marcia Mayhew watches the feeding As other it. Pleasant youngsters also look on. 25 area youngsters taken on bus trip to Colorado by Phi Delta Theta a it was like a dream come True an easter egg Hunt each year for for the kids a was the Way Iowa 2 to 6-year-Olds of the area and a Wesleyan College student Dave Hel Christmas party for 6 to 12-year-Man described the feeling of 25 it. Olds. In the Spring the fraternity pleasant Salem Winfield and new holds a free carnival in i. Pleas London youngsters who were treated ants Saunders Park for area Resi last week to a four Day bus trip to dents of All Ages. Colorado by men of Wesleyan Phi Delta Theta fraternity. The Phi delts who make a habit of entertaining and helping area youngsters raised $3,000 for the trip by Selling 10,000 Candy bars and by doing Odd jobs around town. Pro the sentence followed Duffy a conviction monday on two counts of involuntary Man Slaughter for permitting his men to kill a vietnamese prisoner. The decision of the eight Man general court martial Hallmarks of All court proceedings Seoul up a fifteen Radical japanese students who hijacked a japanese plane at sword Point Only to be taken to Seoul threatened tonight to blow up the plane and their too hostages with homemade bombs ii they Are not flown to communist North Korea. The extreme left Wing students angered because they had been told they were Landing at Pyongyang three ways w to handle defendant Washington up a the supreme court ruled today that a criminal defendant can lose his right to be present at his trial if he persists in disorderly disruptive and disrespectful conduct. Iii an opinion by Justice Hugo l Black the court held there Are at least three constitutionally permissible ways for a trial judge to handle a an obstreperous defendant a Bond and gag him. A cite him for contempt. A remove him until he promises to behave. Black said the Choice depended upon circumstances. A it is essential to the proper administration of criminal Justice that dignity order and decorum be the la it Ard will be appealed automatically under military Law. Duffy 22, of Claremont calif., Holder of three Bronze Star medals and a purple heart accepted the sentence calmly. The former 9th infantry division platoon Leader could have been sentenced to six years imprisonment and a dishonourable discharge. The court did not order him dismissed from the service. In our country a the opinion said. A the flagrant disregard in the courtroom of elementary standards of pro Jer conduct should not and cannot be tolerated were reported menacing the seven crewmen and 93 passengers with pistols explosives swords and daggers. Two were reported standing in the cockpit with bombs. Too twelve hours after the plane landed at Seoul and nearly 18 hours after they left Tokyo a messenger aboard said they were a in a very sex liable condition and could do anything at any the plane itself was ringed with 200 South korean troops at a Distant Point of Kimpo Airport. Masahide Kanayama the japanese ambassador to South Korea spoke with the hijackers and passenger Shunji Matsumoto Over the Rado control link and pleaded with the hijackers to let the passengers disembark. They refused. Too a report by radio Yunhwa said the ambassador advised the Pilot Shinji Ishida 46, to agree to the hijackers demands to Fly to the communist North. The Pilot said he did not mind flying North and was sure the passengers did not As Long As they would be Safe. Another japanese airline plane flew in from Tokoyo with High ranking officials of the japanese transportation ministry to Confer with South korean authorities. The government had staged an elaborate hoax to try to convince the hijackers they were in North Korea. North korean flags flew at the Airport when the plan landed at 3 15 p m. 1 15 . Est the control Tower radioed a this is Pyongyang an banners saying a Welcome to Pyongyang flew at the Airport. But the ruse failed. Tents erected in quake area Gediz Turkey up a thou Gary Wiegel is candidate has la children has triplets Iowa City up a the Fame i by of or. And mrs. Arthur Chapman of Rural Cedar rapids seems to grow in spurts. Mrs. Chapman gave birth to triplets at University hospitals Here monday a two boys and a girl. At Home she and her husband have two sets of twins and seven other i children. Gary l. Wiegel it. Pleasant attorney announced monday afternoon that he will be a candidate for the office of Henry county at needs from a fish Fry sponsored by Ujj Dsa fled Quot the Quot soldering nibble Orff a on the Ciket a the june primary. James Morrison has previously announced that he will be a candidate for re election. A native of Illinois Wiegel received his doctor of jurisprudence the fraternity also went for the trip. That was ome 0pdii and pitched the third such journey sponsored by the Phi delts for Young people of the area in As Many years. The 12 fraternity men and their 12 to 15-year-old guests were joined by or. George e. Lamore of the inc faculty mrs. Lamore George tents today in Hills above the wreckage Rescue workers said May hide enough corpses to raise the death toll in saturdays earthquake to 2,000. Degree from Drake University in 1865. He became associated with the local Law firm of Elgar and Elgar government issued tents Mush Elliott inc alumni director and j roomed in nearby Hills overlooking soon after graduation and in May 14 Wesleyan women members of what until saturday was a sprawl 1 0f 1903 he opened his own Legal the sword and shield sweethearts Ling farm Community of 7,500. Sec Nam located at 125�?Tj West Monroe no settlement in negotiations Washington up a efforts to reach a contract settlement covering 450,000 of the nations truck Drivers have produced no outward signs a of Progress. There was a Chance the country could be hit with scattered strikes when the current contract expires at Midnight tonight. A Phi delt auxiliary organization. Mondary tremors to degree cold and driving Rains added to the the group stayed at the Trinity misery. Ranch near Wetmore colo., Andi spent three Days exploring caves horseback Riding fishing and hiking. A the kids were really fascinated with the mountains a says Helman a Junior from Riverdale my. A in fact the whole change of scenery Byrd would act against Douglas Street. Wiegel has provided much Community civic and Church leadership during the past five years. He is presently serving As president of the it. Pleasant chamber of Commerce president of the it. Pleasant Golf and country club member of the Board of trustees of the first United methodist Church. Washington up sgt profogsiona1y> he is a member of and environment was an exciting rot Kirl c Byrd do. Va., urge county and state bar associations and educational experience for the j today that supreme court to. Ice Gary and his wife Joann Are the youngsters. They seemed to love eve William o. Doug i. Us be Impi a inc try minute of the trip even though jul i quote g Hun old Carswell is we spent nearly 4.5 hours on the denied confirmation to the High bus a he said. The group visited the a a Urt Colorado state Penitentiary at Byrd said Douglas in his writ Canon City drove the Skyline drive Ings a sounds More like a spokes and crossed the Royal Gorge. Man for the ads than a guardian fraternity men and sword and of constitutional processes. Shield sweethearts making the trip my judgment he is a Dis were Duane and ted Roth Way Grace to the United states us land Randall Peck Pulaski Randy i Pieroe court a he said in a Senate Jirsa Wellman Barbara Craig speech. A if judge car swells Nom Bloomfield sue brow a Anamosa nation were to be rejected by the Marty Cain Ollie Cathy Garretson Senate i should Hope that in Salem Kay Dimatteo it. Pleas pachment proceedings would be ant Anne Hedlund Ottumwa a Nan immediately by Kutzner it. Madison Renee sen Stephen m. Young. A Ohio. Simonini Des Moines Jim Hinkle denounced Carswell during renew $100,000 fire at lumber Yard Vail up a the Westside lumber Yard sustained a loss estimated at More than $100,000 today in a fire Here. Fire chief Alvin Wiese said the Blaze was discovered shortly after Midnight and there was Little firemen could do to save tile Structure. Iii addition to the Structure two trucks were destroyed. Despatch Day on april 15 a dog Patch Day 1970�?� will be held on wednesday april 16th and it. Pleasant merchants will display their merchandise on the sidewalks around the Central business District. Final plans for the annual event were announced by Gary see chamber retail committee chairman for the popular citywide promotion. The employees of the a Best dressed up store will receive a Cash prize of $15 and Best individual Cash awards will be made in the amounts of first prize $5 second place $3 and third place $2. Bill Geil chairman of the chamber sponsored clean up fix up and paint up week also discussed plans for that event at the retail luncheon today tuesday. Other business discussed included the erection of a sign pointing a business District at the intersection of old and new Highway 218 North and the placement of signs around town bearing the new Iowa development commission Emblem and slogan a Iowa a a place to terse verse by a. C. Gordon we be made big strides in Medicine you la certainly agree the thing that used to be an itch is now an allergy. Parents of two children Julie 5. And Thomas 2�?~i. They reside at 1119 Linden drive. Cleona a. Pete Spina. Valley Stream . Fred Chenevey Wooster Ohio Armand and Norman Miranda Lockport ill John Kuhn Naperville 111 John Chiuchiolo Barre it. Barb Bukvich n. Auro de Senate debate As a a bigot who he said was nominated for political reasons. He said the supreme court was a too vital to be embroiled in political stratagems. The Senate is scheduled to vote a 111 Marjorie Hudson Felton monday on a motion to recommit Del Anne Lindenbaum Nardine the Carswell nomination to its jul Pekarek Lockport i Marcia May Cleo Johnston hew Hillsboro Ore and Barbara Lloyd Westmont 111. The Phi Delta Theta men put on Dic iary committee a a move that would Likely kill it. If the motion fails a vote on confirmation will take place two Days later. Explorer i that recorded v an Allen belts a a Burns Gary Wiegel Colorado Springs. Colo. Up a explorer i the stovepipe a i shaped satellite that launched America into the space age More than a dozen years ago died today Over the South Pacific. The space defense Center at North american air defense command Headquarters said the 30.8-Pound, 80-Inch satellite plunged into the Earth a atmosphere and burned up at 5 57 . Est. The oldest Man made object in space died several hours ahead of schedule. The space defense Center said the erratic orbit of the satellite made final calculations on its death difficult. But instead of burning up Over Burma As first predicted the object entered the atmosphere Between 500 and 1.000 Miles Southwest of Eastern Island a Halfway Between new zealand and South am Erica. Explorer i which gave a boost to America s sagging space Hopes when it was launched Jan. 31, 1958, had been expected to live until May. But spokesmen said the erratic orbit of the satellite and recent solar activity had led to the Early demise. Although the Battery powered radio transmitter aboard the satellite worked for Only 105 Days it was time enough for discovery of the Van Allen radiation Belt that circles the Earth. The Belt was named for or. James Van Allen of the state University of Iowa and formerly of it. Pleasant who designed the package of scientific instruments packed in the satellite. The Belt contains charged particles from a he Sun which have been trapped in the Earth a magnetic Field

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