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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - May 1, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news fair vol. 92, no. 103 it. Pleasant Iowa Friday evening May i 1970 Price to cents Early morning visit to Pentagon by Nixon after decision Washington up a president. Nixon made an Early morning visit to the Pentagon today to discuss with the nations top military leaders decision to commit american troops to combat action in Cambodia. As reports from the War zone said 10,000 gis were participating in a sweep aimed at knocking out what Nixon described As the communists main command Center for the Vietnam War the president conferred Nixon said that will be carried out mostly by South vietnamese forces. Too but he said he determined that a a combined american and South vietnamese operation is necessary a to wipe out the communist Headquarters in the so called fish Hook sector North of the Region where the first . Advisers to enter Cambodia went into action wednesday with South vietnamese forces. A this is not an invasion of Cam with the joint chiefs of staff and Nixon said. He said the a Sec Cleary of de Fie use Melvin r. Laird. White House press Secretary Ronald l. Ziegler said the military chiefs told Nixon a the operations appeared to be going too the morning was overcast and the presidents mood was somber As in speech thursday night on radio and television telling the Public that he had concluded the cambodian action was necessary to protect american forces in Vietnam from flanking attacks. There will be other Allied attacks on communist Cambodia bordering on was being attacked had been a com ing for congressional action to a set Erica lives the outer limits of Southeast. Asia intervention. Church solid Nixon had taken in Cambodia decision a the same route we started Down in soviet communist party chief Leonid i. Brezhnev omitted any reference to the american move in today a Moscow May Day Celebration in red Square but the soviet instant communication with Amor-1 were not a a can military operations around the the political implications to Nixon world. Himself and the republicans in the fall elections were still being assessed and the president himself recognized that if the cambodian operation is unsuccessful the gop could lose in tile fall and he could fail to win re election in 1972. As lie entered Tho command Post Nixon s spirits appeared to perk up. Smiling he paused to Chat with about 50 Pentagon employees who applauded and cheered him As he walked Down the corridor. Anticipating harsh criticism from communist capitals to decision Bhe pies int said in speech a those aet ions Are in no Way directed at the Security interests of move quickly into Cambodia Saigon up a american Border a entrances leading under in thursday night a peach the chief executive showed up at just to Days after lie Ann mice i news Agency Tass cond Unne i a.-. Oval office at 7 30 . Edt plans to withdraw today much earlier than usual and 150.000 gis from went in limousine an hour la next year a Nixon said a Dpi at in Ber to the Pentagon making it in to in latties Arr by in destroyed Dur transferring the flame of War beyond Vietnam. Two american diplomats walked any nation. Any government that attacking into Cambodia on around from several places chooses to use these actions As it pretext for harming relations with the United states will be doting so on its own responsibility and at its an additional own initiative and we will draw the Vietnam in the appropriate said. Orders from president Nixon to a it could be a command Center crush communist sanctuaries drove or an ammunition storage depot Quot today to within one mile of the one american officer fold up Cor reported location of the common respondent Robert Sullivan. A we 1st command Center for Vietnam Don t know but it is a sophisticated War operations military sources the units halted 600 Yard Petely controlled and occupied Quot by off a podium in Warsaw when to a minutes in Rush hour traffic North vietnamese for five years in Tosh communist Leader Wladyslaw a blatant violation of cambodians Nixon declared a once enemy forces Are driven out of these sanctuaries and their military supplies destroyed we will Gomulka condemned the . Action As a brutal armed he was accompanied by National Security affairs adviser Henry a. Kissinger a who had brought him up to Date on reports from tin1 Hanoi s communist parity news White houses 24-Liour a situation paper nhan Dan called the . a and assistant in r. Hal intervention blatant interference in deman. Cambodian affairs and said the 0 0 0 argument that it would a save Allied Nixon went directly to Laird Skiest lives was Foolhardy. I third floor office where he chatted boys ing an age of anarchy both at Home and abroad. I nits of the Lith armoured cavalry regiment., part of the 10,000 . In informal conversations with Pentagon employees today he praised american fighting men and contrasted them to Quot those bums who Are burning College Nixon said stud sets were a the Lur people a and added a those out there in Vietnam Are Nixon a action produced these de Mem no mom hers of Congress Stren in Saigon South vietnamese briefly with Laird and Gen. Earle standing tall Quot you sly objected to the move with president Nguyen Van Thieu said o. Wheeler retiring chairman of Nixon stayed up until 1 30 . Are Down the . Acts like a pitiful of Renwic a sen Charles e the joint .-Soiith vietnamese the joint chiefs. Taking Telephone Calls which the helpless giant the forces of Usu Wiita Goodell of new York calling it operations in Cambodia were a in Nixon and the Pentagon leaders White House said ran 6 to i in a Ria tem and anarchy will threaten Aires Quot in a a sly and a Democrat sen. Dispensable and essential Quot to save then walked to the National Miu Vor of d. Cistern Ziegler said that free nations and free institutions Vietnam i Frank Church of Idaho today Call aves in country including am j tary command Center which even the Calls that opposed Nixon i throughout tile Ile stressed that he still hoped the communists would agree to negotiate a just Pieace and that the cambodian operation was aimed at. An j South vietnamese troops in them to talk seriously. A but if the enemy response to our most conciliatory offers Fen peaceful negotiations continues to lie to increase its attacks and humiliate and defeat us we shall react accordingly a he said. Nixon added a if when the chips i rom the area prepared to go in at Dawn on saturday Friday night Edt. Too the attack was directed into the fish Hook arca of Cambodia a aged in operation Shoemaker arrived at we it they called a a soph Sharp protrusion into Vietnam 67 Miles Northwest of Saigon. Intelligence sources Toad located the Central office of Vietnam Cosyn. The communists Jungle Pentagon seven Miles inside Cambodia at this Point. The absence of heavy fighting the first Day of the operation indicated tire communists had pulled further Back into Jungles in the immediate Border Region and maj. Gen. Elvy b. Roberts. 52. Of Louis inti rated area Quot six Miles inside the Stephen Norris Winner of by Vee 4-year scholarship reactions to Nixon decision by countries by up the soviet Union said today president Nixon a decision to Send american troops into Cambodia a grossly flouts the Independence sovereignty and territorial integrity of France expressed fears it would unleash an uncontrollable sequence of events. Communist East Europe reacted with anger and the North Vietnam and Viet Cong delegations to the Paris peace talks issued harsh statements accusing Nixon of escalating and expanding the War on an unprecedented scale. But they said privately they would not walk out on the Paris talks. Military on Alert in new Haven new Haven. Conn. Up a riot ready marines army paratroopers and the Connecticut National guard were on Alert today As new Haven braced for a massive May Day rally in support of the Black panthers. The police chief said the City was the National guard went on a Lert at 9 am. Edt and was scattered throughout the City in Small groups. Authorities said they would play a a supporting role for Federal troops who were flown to two new England military installations outside the state thursday. A Small National guard unit was observed behind City Hall near the new Haven Green where the late Day rally was scheduled. Troops were loading their i rifles with what appeared to be live ammunition and wore combat helmets Bay ammunition a the City is uptight a said police chief James a. Ahern a so uptight and nervous that things Are sort of immobilized right there appeared to be no major influx of demonstrators into the City which was enveloped in Chilly and Gray weather at mid morning. Most american allies agreed with the Nixon decision but British ones Gas masks and foreign Secretary Michael Stewart pouches. W As so concerned he called the soviet and u. S. Ambassadors into separate meetings in London to try to get another Geneva Confer ence on Indochina. In Bangkok foreign minister j Thanet Khotan said the Nixon de vision is a right decision in order to end the War in Vietnam but he said _ there Are a Many other actions be fore the Vietnam War can be ended fire Breaks out As we he did not elaborate but Thailand itself is threatened by in methodist Hospital the neighbouring War. Des Moines up a patients an authorized French statement on the first and second floors of in Paris said French anxiety had j0wa methodist Hospital Here were been growing in the past months moved to other sections of the Over the spread of the conflict and pita when a fire broke out thurs that French policy called for a re Jay night in an overloaded Indiver turn to the Geneva accords that Ator. Ended the French Indochina War. District fire chief Joe Loffredo a the government can Only de j said there were no injuries in the lore whatever aggravates pro Blaze which resulted in an estimate Longs and extends the conflict a the cd $4,000 damage to the building French statement said. A the sex and contents. Prience of recent years shown firemen were in the scene about Miller and Hughes differ on decision Washington up a sen. Jack Miller a Iowa said today president Nixon a address on Cambodia was a an extremely Well thought through statement to tile american people and that decision to a clean out the privileged sanctuaries should have been made five years ago. Sen. Harold e. Hughes a Iowa however said he was a shocked and saddened by the presidents a a we have come so far and Learned so Little. I do not believe american involvement in Cambodia will end with the destruction of the enemy Sanctuary a he said. Hughes added a a it a a tragic mistake and i Hope the people of the country will let the president know Miller said he was not a troubled by the use of u. S. Forces in a narrow privileged Sanctuary along the Border because we have Long followed a policy of hot Pursuit in the Case of the demilitarized zone in a there will be some who will wring their hands and for political motives refuse to take the word of their president that As soon As these War cannot be souled in isolation by Stewart Hensley i i diplomatic reporter Washington up a president Nixon s decision to try to smash communist forces and installations inside Cambodia unch Ariton it. Pleasant Stephen High school Norris senior Ville ky., commander of the 1st and employee at the by Vee said the communists might store is one of ten Iowa High 3 m analysis school students being awarded four year College scholarship by by Vee food stores inc. Of Chariton. Announcement on the ten winners w As made this Wack by directors of the by Vee foundation and store manager Joe Halferty. Maximum Grant per student is $2,000. Payable Over a four year col-1 lege career. Scholarship winners May attend any accredited College in Hie United states and Are unrestricted As to their Choice of 1 major study. Have gone underground. Too Roberts railed the world was it Type offensive a a Complete Success Quot so far. An opinion shared by White House officials who said the military operation in Cambodia was proceeding exactly As planned and that objectives of the first Day were achieved they did not say what these objectives were b52 bombers saturated the area ahead of the operation in the first b52 bombing of Cambodia before the 12 Allied battalions crossed the whether the War is decided on the Battlefield or at the conference table it to be dealt with As an indochinese War rather than simply a Vietnam conflict. Too this Long been the Conten is tsp Boxer does no to forget to Duck Kelly Tommy Sullivan a Boxer in Memphis tenn., and Donald Tommy s Duck arc pals eat sleep and play together. Field reports said the americans took three military prisoners and gathered up 300 refugees including a Bride in her wedding dress and a Farmer who Quot ran like hello when he saw the assault helicopters. The command in Saigon said 108 persons Load been detained. Up correspondent James b. Russell reported from Sway Rieng that South vietnamese forces halted there to link up with several battalions of cambodian soldiers inside the town. A cambodian Bat foreign relations committee cd asks for meeting nit Nixon Washington up a the Senate foreign relations commit privileged sanctuaries Are cleaned tee today asked Foi a meeting w till that military action entails an unavoidable sequence of events which cannot be first soviet comment was comparatively mild. Stronger language can be expected after the soviet line is set by the top National leadership. An hour and a half. Loffredo said the fire started in a built in incur out both the South vietnamese forces and any of ours will return to South Vietnam a he added. Broken flashing lights belong to Henry county the five electric flashing lights which were broken at a Road repair site three Miles South of new London tuesday night Are owned by Henry county not the Schroder construction co. As reported to the president Nixon on the War in Indochina a the first such request in 51 years. The committee action came As criticism mounted on Capitol Hill Tom Galer wins scholarship of Honor society Tom Galer son of Rock Galer 403 East Washington been Border. Another 10,000 vietnamese declines the fact the Vietnam con j named recipients of the by Vee to the South penetrated into Cam Flint cannot be settled in isolation. Awards along with Stephen Norris Bodian troops. Were Stephen Dole of Eldora Rog i or Johnson of Webster City. Dennis Hlavka and Stephen Hobt of Chariton Kathierine Jorde and Michael Stephenson of rapids Richard Singsank of burling j ton Patrick Roach a student at lion of those critics who Felt Nix Doung High school in Des Moines oils a Vietnam elation Quot program j George Lawson who attends involved a Basic flaw. As addition Hoover High school in Des Moines. A1 american troops Are withdrawn j scholarship winners were selectee Pix sure on Hie communists to f j on the Baals of their High school negotiate became less. The pros j academic record Leader sin a per pet for survival of the South Sonnance on the american College vietnamese government receiving testing act examination and Only logistic and air support from i recommendations of their employ j Tolion runs about 400 to 500 men. The United states would be poor so ers to let High school Counselor. Cambodian soldiers were guiding Long As it was outflanked by major nearly 80 employees and sons both the Southern and Northern gland daughters of by Vee pm Tensive drives Plo yees competed for the 1970 awards. The scholarships apply to columns of tanks and armadas the College term beginning in the of helicopters took the 6.500 Ara fall. By Vee made ten similar Eric ans and 3.500 government sold awards a year ago and expects to tens into the fish Hook Region of continue the program on the basis Cambodia farther North of Saigon of ten scholarships i it or year. His morning in a massive pincers directors of the by Vee Faun j movement aimed at catching the cation which will fund the $20,000 Viet Cong and North vietnamese in in awards Are Dwight c. Vreden Hie Middle. Burg president of the by Vee the task Force destined for a food stores inc., Marion m. Point 20 Miles inside Cambodia met Coons company Secretary teas Light resistance. Field re Porta listed user John Rhodes administrative 125 guerrillas slain mostly by Heli assistant and program coordinator copter gunships and 108 captured. North vietnamese and indigenous communist elements in Cambodia and Laos. Too the president in television address thursday night cited two principal reasons for taking advantage of cambodian sanctuaries to build strength for a massive attack into South Vietnam which would i Ril american and Saigon forces. J �?. Failure to attack the communists in Cambodia in the face of Hanoi so a intolerable actions and unwillingness to negotiate canwmbafrops1 into Cambodia i not fled of amp cd n 1011 m lp1 would destroy the credibility of the Dunan Lucas county one american was reported wound can corneal drops into Canu Wusi. J of amp $lt000 National Honor Soor it United states a in every area Al it superintendent of schools and w. By unanimous vote the foreign piety scholarship. Winners ale be Yie world where Only the Power of gel it Arf Iowa supreme court Justice. De. Orator on the Firat floor and spread news by the sheriff s office. Up the incinerator Chute to the Sec a county Crews Are repairing the and floor. Blacktop in that area. Siren will sound for severe storm them to. Pleasant Siren atop the City Hall is heard Over much of the City and is the Best alarm available locally should there be storm danger. Residents have experienced some difficulty in deciding which it renal is being sounded. The system followed is repeated Here for a fire a Siren sounds for 30 seconds. Rapid alternating of High and Low tomes. For a storm Alert a duration three minutes. Slow up and Down tone. Sounds for a serious storm sighted in the area. Take cover a duration three minutes. Combination of very rapid High and Low tones with a distinct shriek or scream in the background. Signals that a serious storm is in the immediate area or rim Case of civil defense that an attack is underway. Relations committee sent a letter to the White House signed by chairman j. William Fulbright expressing the feeling that Quot on a matter of this importance Quot a top level conference is justified. The committee asked Nixon to arrange a meeting a at earliest the last time such a conference elected by the scholarship Board of the United states deters Daggres the National association of secon Sjon a Dary school principals. Coo 234 scholarships totalling $165, the congressional comment was too Are Given in the National Hon immediate. Sen. Lee Metcalf a or society program. Toms award mont., said a this is not Only the of $1,000 places him among the top Nixon War but its a bigger War 44 winners. Scholarship applicants than we be Ever sen. Walter qualify by membership in the a f. Mondale d-minn., said a it is tonal Honor society High score in now officially an Indochina War the preliminary Scholastic anti and i an end to any Hope of was requested a and held a was us be test and re commendation by Early w in 1919 when Woodrow Wilson was president. The subject then was the league of nations and world War i peace terms. The students principal. The Scho Nixon made it Clear he believes warship Board considers individual the destruction of Ucli of the grades rank in class need and communist potential in Cambodia service records. Which advisers have told him Norris is one of it. Pleasant High schools outstanding music students and is being graduated in the upper five per cent of the senior class. He also was a Semi finalist in the Iowa state scholarship 1970 Competition. He served As Section Leader the past three years of the High school band percussion Section received division i ratings in state music contests during Sophomore and Junior years been a to rename , Iowa College a contest is under Way to rename Southeastern Iowa area Community College. The present name is considered Long and is similar to several other Community colleges. A committee been designated to make the selection and the procedure and dates established. Persons who wish to submit names should give the following information 1. Proposed name of institution 2. Name and address of individual submitting proposed name 3. Brief written explanation of significance and justification of title proposal. A for my very dust is laughing of r thinking of the humorous thing submit to or. William h. Gehr called Mann business manager South Brenda Bratton one of the ghosts from spoon River rehearses for Eastern Iowa area Community this years senior class play a spoon River anthology appearing to College Box 1001, Highway 34 night on the Mph stage. The production will also be presented to West Burlington Iowa 52601. Morrow evening. Deadline is May 22. Of the scholarship. Senior play at . Tonight member of the High school stage Galer a senior at Mph and May be possible within six to eight up an is Anco other music president of the local chapter of weeks will convince Hanoi it groups. He is a member National Honor Boci in will at no Chance of winning and should National Honor society tend Iowa state University at begin to negotiate peace in earn Arnes. He is the first Mph student est. To receive a National Honor society but destruction of the communist potential in Cambodia even1 if this is possible will not alter the fact that there Are 65,000 Hanoi troops in Laos which could probably take Over that country with comparative ease. All of this seems to Veteran observers of the Southeast asian situation to add up to the necessity for eventual peace talks covering All three countries. In re by t p Tom Galer militant students reduce their ranks Columbus. Ohio up a National guard troops who battled militant students at Ohio University for two Days sharply reduced their ranks Early today when a fragile peace was restored on thei sprawling Campus. It gains in retail sales in 2nd Quarter it. Pleasant Fairfield and Washington All showed substantial gains in sales in the second Quarter the past year compared with sates for the same Quarter the preceding year. It. Pleasant a gain of 14 per cent was considered excellent but was not As great As the approximately 20 per cent gains made by Fairfield and Washington the figures Given Are based on sales tax returns made to the state on retail sales and not including services. Comparative figures for the Quarter for several Southeastern Iowa i cities and towns City 1968 it. Pleasant $ 4.765.995 5,389,701 4.864,898 4,580,215 1.412,652 550.648 20.788.191 17,864,118 All towns of Henry county had gains in the Quarter except the smaller units under 500 population the comparison for the quarters Fairfield Washington Centerville Sigourney Keosauqua Burlington Ottumwa 1969 $ 5,422,338 6,470,523 5.806,454 5,213,614 1,629,568 768,164 22,016,323 19,087,950 Stephen Norris new London $668,231 $713,652 Wayland 350,083 371,595 Winfield 612.853 663 902 i under 500 304,262 293,506rural 481,951 628,128

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