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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - May 6, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news warmer these Days by George e. the problem is i Man vice president Richard Nixon in a recent address said this a a Normal economic system just like a Normal human body does not and should not in at full Speed All the time there air times when it must sans Down so that needed changes can be toads Rod bad habits and faulty practice1 corrected. If these needed cd a life is Are made tile system will be stronger at the end of the corrective period than before it this is probably Tine but it is not an answer to any question when tile Economy slows Down people arc out of work that Means reduced income tor the family it Means reduced purchases it Means reduced manufactures and unless the situation is handled rapidly und drastically it can mean a de pression of varying depth. Too since 1929, one of the most discussed subjects in All capitalistic countries has been How to level out the peaks and valleys of production and employment. Both management and the labor unions have been studying this problem As Well As have economists and sociologists in tile universities. What has generally been regarded As essential in Western thinking has been that Prosperity should not be dependent upon War or upon the preparation for War. Such a Prosperity is profligate inflationary and harm tul in its social implications. It must be admitted that the United states has not solved the problem of peaks and valleys in the Economy. The 1958 recession As it is called presents an unfortunate picture of unemployment and of a buyer s avoidance of Post potable commodities. The situation w ill not readily be explained away. Not is it sound Public relations for a government to say How deep a depression will or will not be nobody can prognosticate what us Likely to happen unless Steps Are taken to alter existing conditions the most immediate step is a reduction in income taxes such measures As a heavy Public works program May show some beneficial results in 1960 or .1961 they will not produce much in 1958 or 1959. This is a problem not in politics or semantics but in human relations. Great depressions have occurred in both democratic and Republican administrations and there have been some lesser depressions during the administrations of either party. The wheel of the Economy turns faster or slower with Little regard to politics or to whims of politicians. It is too Early to Analyse this depression to discover its causes or its course and although a great Many professional Wise men will be issuing statements from Day to Day what they say is not of the slightest significance because they Are Only guessing. It often takes decades to discover Why at a particular moment families that spent their Money freely suddenly stopped spending freely. For instance the american automobile has been rising in Price for decades. Its durability changed after world War ii. It became a More showy car and Many customers have for years been complaining that Comfort and durability were being sacrificed for styling. Nevertheless the american Public bought automobiles As they could afford to buy them. Too in 1957, they bought fewer automobiles and conditions in that Industry became depressed. In 1958. The Public continued to postpone buying automobiles Why wily at that particular moment Why did the consumer suddenly discover that whereas the car looked larger he was less comfortable Why did he suddenly decide that he was being Gyp Ped by gadgets of which a year or two earlier he was proud wily did the Price Factor suddenly loom so Large when As a a Moses a Teyv for vol. So no. It a a it. Pleasant Iowa to Esi a evening May 6, 1958 a w i a and in in. I., i i Iii.,.-, a of by Carrier 3<k per week by mall flit per year trouble getting jury Iko Speaks May Honor korean War victims memorial Day plans started threat to at meeting of organizations free world is Treater i Wicnty persons representing painful to Mips in a pleasant met m Aday evening May 5, it 7 pin it the american legion Hall to begin formulating plans for wit Observance of memorial Day last year at this time consideration was Given by the group to j Cini i investigate the possibility of Seoul Man my a Bronze plaque which would j the american War do vow show the. Names of Allol the men is fat 2561 and boy stouts Are again being asked to deliver the Hall the afternoon or Early evening of m i 29 rho ladies group will appoint Worket to be on hand at the legion Hall that thursday eve it ii Iii to assist with the making of the wreaths this Wink will Lipgui at to to Inland the american was dads auxiliary. M s flank god president will serve As Chan Campaign in High gear a the two Republican candidates far governor were putting in some Good punches in behalf of their respective campaigns at the Braselton hotel Here. At the left Lieut. Gov. William Nicholas was discussing Campaign issues with Lyle Burroughs and there was some reminiscing far they knew each other in Butler county and in Mason City in Earl or years. From Henry county who died in the service of their country during the korean conflict. This plaque if secured would no doubt be placed alongside tin plaques at the memorial Hospital 1 w 11 n ii lit those who gave their lives during world wars i and ii an Effort is being made now to Loci in the names of those boys who lost their lives in Korea anyone having such information is asked to please make same available to the committee. Persons serving on the committee Are Nellie Schmidt ted Taylor and Eldon Brake wreaths to it it the cemeteries Prim to a Ade time on May 30 the cub semite have Brett give the responsibility of seeing that the is displayed at half staff that morning until Norm and then flown at Lull Sfat from i Khz to i until lot a been i n ear Sunset with sgt. Harrell Goddard presiding Parade and program plans for the Day were discussed following last or ii successful Parade arrangement the groups will assemble in front of the legion Hail at approximately 9 a in and the Parade will Start moving Down South Jackson Street to the Saunders Park Entrance at 9 services will be held it the location of the Seniv county memorial Mark i he group denied it regrettable and was considerably concerned a. Bot it the the that tin hag has Seldom been seen displayed on the pole neat the Marker rarely even of up Ria holidays a committee was appointed to look into this matter they Are so Plank Miller Roy Craig. Ned Wikel and Hay mond Pickard the Flag pole and beaut if Iii Nylon Flag Wen presented last y a by the daughter of Union Veter ans the next meeting of this committee will tie monday evening. May 19 at 7 Al tile legion Hall final plans for the services will b completed at that time All organisations will be expected to report then whether or not they Al in Saunders Park Only last year i on memorial Day this Beautiful new j be placing a Wreath during us Granite Marker a dedicated a memorial services project made possible by the com a i billed efforts and contributions of i Many individuals and organisation in Henry county. Each ladies patriotic organization is asked to appoint a Quot Flower Quot com my tee which will be responsible tor Washington ins president f Senh wet declared inlay the Wirt threat to the free world is greater than it was a year ago be cause the russian have switched to an Quot economic and political Type of the chief executive speaking at the animal meet got the advertising Connell linked reciprocal Trade and military reorganization As important moves in the tight against communism and in the quest for world peace Eisenhower noted that a Igo russians chief threat was military nature which has at least partially blocked Quot he said the soviets Olnee turned Quot More and More Quot to infiltration by economic and political Means i the president made Strong pleas or support of his proposals to re j organize the Pentagon and to expend reciprocal Trade agreements i Eisenhower spoke for 25 min a Lites and covered a number of sub lefts including the recession in the manner it a Man who had i several things lie wanted to get Oil ins Chest at the Concio Ion he brought laughter from lits audience when he said he Hud talked longer than lie bad intended Ann compared himself to ii television set that Quot just runs on Ami of Quot to there is nobody to turn it off. But Ila Vckov. Carswell resigns As pastor of Olds Church i Olds Rev Joseph car swell. J minister it the mils congregational Church resigned at the build a morning worship service. May i i it Lak. Effect theist of july Rev j will retire from the min j 1stiy with More than 50 years of service he and mrs Carswell will i reside at rapid Cid 8 1. About three by is it no the Honor urns i Alex wife Ami faintly til Cle Tohei t a Quot a Celt i ated i heir 50 h wedding Anniv in san then daughter Ann is Secretary accountant for a medical school in Chicago 111 Rev and mrs i m a i la r Ime to the obis Congery at Iona it lunch six years ago from Caldwell they have both made Many Friend in the Olds Community and in Hie Sui rounding communities As Well. Rev car Well was Nevei too Busy to veil in tin Homes Oil a visit the sick not Only his Chut of members but Noii me Manx As Well la. Will in greatly missed Iii the Church and tilt Community Ilion friends wish tie car swells Many years of Happing in their retire meld in Starkweather Case i a to sects say they have opinion cooperating groups represented in the monday evening planning session Wen National guard army Fie serve american legion american legion auxiliary. Vow Post no 2561. Of a a auxiliary no j collecting Flowers from t heir Mem-1 Bels to make the numerous Wreath j girl scouts will be asked to accept i Calls from other persons having Bowe is to donate to this cause Andin turn pick up tile Flowers and do liver them to the american legion j 2561. Women s Relief corps. I daughters of Union veterans daughters of american revolution american War dads. Reserve ties. Girl scout and brownies cub scouts boy scouts and explore scouts Warner a. Russell and William Murray right Converse. Murray placed emphasis on his platform to relieve property of some of its tax Burden. Standing Back of Nicholas Are county auditor e. J. Olson and former state representative Raymond Cornice civil defense setup tested freeze damaged install new Oats in some areas b Jec rec j Jnes Des Moines. It ins it a fro zing temperate pics during the earlier part of the Quot week have had some damaging effects on new oat seedlings with a few w Ekly crop reporters stating that new seedlings had been Frozen Back to the ground in Home localities. Honre Vesp this damage seemed to be confined to a few areas rather of widespread occurrence. Oat seedlings and other sins la grains in areas not affected a. Frost continue to look Good an Quot stands Are reported even at my Points. Frost damage was most severe Iii the Case of vegetable and other Garden crops. Frost also had a moderately damaging effect on Alfalfa Fields in some regions a few re Quot 11 Doris were received of cattle hav matter of j1 i act. Prices had been increasingly going up is there a Point beyond which the Public subconsciously feels that it is not getting its Money s Worth even in a country where Swank is so important these Are human psychological questions that will need to be answered if this depression is to he explained. Certain other phases Are More profound. For instance Many american products Are not Only outpaced in world markets but our government supports foreign imports into this country to the detriment of american workers and manufacturers. This is a consequence of the Hull reciprocal treaties of Gatt and of other engagements upon which we have entered. Can we afford in Pursuit of foreign commitments to keep our people out of work even if it is politically advisable is it not socially dangerous lug been poisoned after grazing on frosted Alfalfa. Only about three per cent of the 1958 Corn acreage had Boon planted As of yesterday. Tin is less than on the same Date last year when about 12 per cent of tie crop was planted and it is also slightly less than the 1947-56 average. Says u. S. Should Send Man a a up Washington ins general James h. Doolittle said today thai just As soon As research permits the u. S. Should Send a Man Tith. I a i Moon and then a on to the Jug pets the world War la hero and i scientist was the first witness As j the Senate outer space committee opened hearings on president Eisenhower s proposal to set up a i Vilian space Agency. Work on installation of larger electric feed r lines from the Light i Plant to a half Block West of tile a methodist Church was under Way i tuesday. I these two new 0 wires Art i about four tires As huge a. The former feed r lines and Wall carry higher voltages to the North and j West blues of the Square. These areas have been it need of additional voltage during periods of Peak loads in the summer months. The poles had been set earlier i for the project. The City was fort i in ate in buying two carloads of poles at a substantial saving. City i manager g w. Wright said. They were obtained at Boom after a Lino Iliad been dismantled there at a Cost of $15 a pole loaded on the car i at Boone As compared with the i usual Cost of to $33 it i pole. They i Are pressure treated and Are a was i Good As new the installation of the new lines i is the Start of a program of in improvement in the distribution sys tem to be carried out by regular 1 City employees replacements will be made where most needed and will be a continuing program i i ight said. Battle Creek Mic hit inst an Alert for a simulated air attack on the United states and its possessions was signalled today sending into action Between 500,000 arid 5,000,000 civil defense workers the Federal civil defense administration warning was flashed to receiving Points throughout the nation at 9 06 . . From if National Headquarters in Battle i unusual setting for a fall my son when the curtain is pulled for the mat inn performance of the senior class play a fall my sons by Arthur Miller wednesday afternoon at the i pleasant High school the stage setting will rival the Beauty and allure of an arboretum or tropical greenhouse the Crew of been Busy for potted plants a fall my sons Quot has Days accumulating which have Given that extra special touch to the a Creek. It was dispatched three to setting and a fall my sons Quot like minutes alter tile North american All plays directed by Kenneth but air defense command at Colorado Springs Colo., issued the first warning that a a an enemy Quot was a i preaching the Mainland j three minutes after the Acda j Alert was flashed civil defense of i finals in Washington d. O. Called i for an a immediate evacuation of j the nation s capital. I meanwhile estimated warning j times for cities around the nation based on a approaching aircraft Zier promises to have a superlative background for a superlative East appearing in the play will be Basil Huston Eddie Means Jack Fenton Arnold Sperfslage. Lynn Cochran Karin Johnson. Roberta Davis Linda King Sharon Swan and a Grade school student Ray Dunn. Marilyn Clark is tin student director. Tickets Are in great demand at Are being made for the two evening performances thursday and Friday nights May 8 and 9. At 8 . On the High school auditorium stage. Woman succumbs to Shotgun wounds Des Moines. Ens a 30-year-old Rural Clearfield farm woman died in a Des Moines Hospital tilday of in received when she was accidentally shot april 28. The woman mrs. Walter eng Lund succumbed to the Shotgun from the North poll Region were panthers Rexall where reservations announced Over the National warning system As follows Augusta me. Two hours. 15 minutes Syracuse n. Y., two hours 30 minutes Detroit three hours new York City. Two hours 45 minutes Pittsburgh three hours Louisville ky., and Winston Salem n c. Three hours 45 minutes and Atlanta ga., Memphis term., and Jacksonville fla., four hours 45 minutes. Unlike previous exercises the vast con Elrad radio Alert which normally shuts Down most of the radio and television stations is Only being simulated this year because of the business recession. Acda officials said they were told that a shutdown this year would have caused financial losses. I Breazeale tells i of Airport use i pleasant has one of the finest Sod St rip airports in Iowa Ray Breazeale. Local Airport manager told the kiwanis club monday evening i pleasant is fortunate for the size of the town to have Lins Airport lie said there is need for Extension of at least one of the three 1,900 loot runways to take care of some of the two motor planes coming in Here he stated. There is need also for a two Way radio communication installation the latter lie said is probably the most urgent need at this time and an Effort is being made to locate suitable equipment at a favourable Price. Renting of planes has become a ii important part of the business Here Breazeale stated. He also 1 discussed plane operating costs and said that it costs about 157,000 to operate a dc-3 6 h flying hours i while ii costs Only $6.4 m to operate a Cessna 170 a similar number of hours he cited the rapid growth of air plane usage and the tremendous increase in mileage in 25 years. At the local Airport there hic 2900 takeoffs and landings annually heist Imp ted. Orville Kinworthy Secretary of the chamber of Commerce reported briefly on the trip which lie and others from Here made to Kansas City meeting to discuss the proposed agriculture Hall of f ame. Recognition was Given to c. I. By cum. Newly elected president of the Junior chamber of Commerce mayor Wade l. Mcbeth was a guest. Wins second pulitzer award for same Story youth admits slaying and kidnapping Georgetown copy ens of hours from Amarillo took custody of i veal old admitted killer and kidnapper David flank i Knight in Georgetown Colo., for return to Texas the Greenwich Conn youth was captured and Iii 49-year-old com Panton Georgia Bryan of port cd tester n y. Shot herself of to a i wild Chase on Mountain roads monday West of Denver the pair a sought for the april 19 murder of 52-Ycar-old amal ilk Pawn shop j operator Raymond Reed both Mcknight and the girl had records of minor offences in new York Mcknight. Who wept when told of the girls suicide admitted de tails of a two week Anrce of murder kidnapping mid holdups from Texas into Kansas mid Missouri. Then Westward to California and East through Nevada and Utah before the couple was halted in Lakewood Colo the girl shot herself at the Ell Max of the Chase in a service sin lion on Denver a Western outskirts sheriff s officers said i Knight admitted the Amarillo slaying As Well As kidnappings in los Angeles Pasadena Laa vegas and Idaho Dpi mrs Colo Lincoln neb ins Charles h talk weather id year old recused Slayer of la persons calmly chewed a wad of gum today As efforts to assemble a jury to try him on Mure det charges bogged Down. Ten prospective jurors were excused because they said their opinions had been formed in the Case after Reading newspaper accounts of the red haired garbage collector s shooting spree athe prospective jurors began evaporating judge Harry a Spence raised the spectre of what a he milled a uti my by he declared a Newn Media have reached such efficiency that it is virtually impossible to find a prospective juror Wiio has not heard about it the mime unless we in America can set aside our prejudices and be fair. Oui system of jurisprudence cannot continue a a Starkweather laughed and chatted unconcern edly with his Mother i Guy by Ark weather. Starkweather who authorities Sav has admitted killing to persons in Nebraska and one in Wyoming before he was captured has pleaded innocent by reason of insanity. The plea was entered by his attorney local men attend meeting at Kansas City Pun. Englund told authorities he had fired several shots at dogs he thought were disturbing jus sheep when he re entered the House to wounds which occur d when a gun j Load the weapon it discharge and or Only part of it. In her husbands hands discharged j struck his wife in the Back she the Board agreed to take no a a he attempted o Load the Wen was lying on the bed at the time Hon now on the procedure time discuss buckling a in new gym floor members of the it pleasant school Board supt. A a Cottrell representatives of the Viggo Jensen construction company and Waldo Dean of the Keffer associates architectural firm met at the new High school gym tuesday morning to discuss the new gym floor during the recent Damp weather the floor buckled causing discussion entered on the possibility of additional buckling in periods of High humidity and whether the whole floor should be replaced. New York ins the Arkansas Gazette of Little flock flailed for its a moral courage Quot during last fall school integration crisis has become the first newspaper in pulitzer prize history to win two awards for coverage of the same Story. The Gazette was awarded Hie prize for meritorious Public service yesterday for Quot demonstrating the highest qualities of civic leaders ii journalistic responsibility and moral courage in the face of mounting Public 63 tickets for overtime parking since City police started marking cars under the two hour parking ordinance Friday 63 ticket have been issued most of those who received tickets paid a Fine of 50 cents Hie same Day the ticket was issued those who did no to pay Ute same Day were lined $1 mayor Wade Mcbeth Ponds out that a violator May place the ticket and 50 rents in an envelope in a door at the East Side of Hie Cit it Hall and place it in a Box on the door if they pay the Fine before Midnight of the Day it was issued. Those who Don t pay the same Day will pay a Fine of $1 at the mayor s office or the police station. President to speak tonight will tie Given to see whether buckling will occur in other areas. In a similar situation at Sutherland which was worse than that Here according to or Dean the entire floor had to be replaced at the Type Rise of the contractor. President Eisenhower will be speaking tins tuesday evening on television. His address will be carried on Channel 2, wet and Channel 7, Khya and possibly Oil Channel 3, tvo. In tilts area. Flan for a National agricultural Hall of Fame were approved monday and a group of 130 farm leaders from All Over the United state proceed to set up a preliminary organization. The members of the Board of governors elected represented the broadest croon Section Ever assembled in any one group. The list included two iowans the it. Reverend msgr l. G lignin of Des Moines executive director of the National Catholic. Rural life conference and mayor Walter Conway of Muscatine who was representing governor Herschel Loveless. The Board will have such men a Charles b. Schuman president of the american farm Bureau James i Patton. President of Hie National Farmers Union Herschel Newsom master of the National Grange Secretary of agriculture Ezra t Benson former president Harry s. Truman former secretaries of agriculture Claude r Wankard and Charles f. Branan Howard Cowden president of tin Consumers cooperative association and Nany others. Cowden spearheaded the idea for the agriculture Hall of f ame. Selection of a site will be an important item in plans for Hie project former president Truman addressed the group at the Truman Library in nearby Independence Missouri. Or. Truman planning to celebrate his seventy fourth birthday thursday made tile first bid for location of the Hall of Fame in Independence. Iowa was Well represented with 18 persons from the state the largest delegation among the 26 states represented it. Pleasant had the largest single delegation with four attending. Present were John Mathews Wilson Ervin. Orville Kinworthy and Warner Russell tile consensus was that the Hall of Fame can provide National recognition of the men who made americans agricultural development possible provide a place for tools hat have made America productive and improve the Public relations of agriculture. It also was the consensus that the Hall should be located in the agricultural mid West with Iowa Missouri Nebraska Kansas or Illinois favored by most. One can never pay in gratitude one can Only pay a in kind somewhere else in life Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Give a teen Agod daughter a do the first Railroad Union a Lar and she can be especially Sweet Sanger station was opened in inc if she really wants Chad Janapolis in 1853, to serve the trat Wick. Of five lines

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