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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - May 8, 1961, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news vol. 8 a no. 108 it. Pleasant Iowa monday a Venino Mav 8, i of i these Days by George ii. Sokosky Uba will not Bik no matter what is done to quiet tile discussion of the cuban fiasco the discussion of Cuba will not die Down. When ver one goes Ute i discussion is about Cuba. There is a sense of shame. There is Chagrin. There is hopelessness. No nation is willing to accept such a defeat As the United states suffered in Cuba without doing something about it. That Quot something Quot might be going to War or it might im1 dim Nissing an official. But something must be done or there w ill to a a popular explosion on Hie subject. The form of that explosion is unpredictable but a Wise politician like John Kennedy cannot afford to be caught in a storm. One thing that could be done would be the publication of Khrushchev s letter to Kennedy which on hic Subj ter was announced but has not been published. According to Many rumours and reports. Khrushchev made it Clear beyond doubt that if the United states went into Cuba. Soviet Russia would take i Berlin tin. Could be regarded a. An ultimatum if we so chore. I sooner or later the United states a ill be forced to Call Khrushchev s Bluff shall we wait until Cuba takes key West or Miami or shall we assume that soviet Russia will Only include the entire latin american continent in its conquests. Leaving North America to its own devices when an Empire Start. Rolling it docs not hop until it is. Topped that lesson no Jwili Titian can a i Ford to forget. The British theory is that we can wait until soviet Russia and red China go to War and then we shall take advantage of the situation but suppose soviet Russia and a Ltd China do not go to War or do not go to War for a Century what incomes of us during the Ion period of tempi rebuilding do nearly 1000 present at 4-h rally president honors Shepard nearly 1,000 4-h members parent.-. And friends took part in Hie second annual 4-11 rally at Cottrell gym last saturday evening rom it it it Richard l Thuma co. La Tel Sion director newly elected officers were installed in a Candle Light ceremony conducted by the Rigi county officers. County officers elected to sgt Rve from get. I Hwu to september 30. 1002 were Judy Linier Canaan to Tes and Duane Roth Tippecanoe Hawks county president Mary Rockwell. Tippecanoe topnotch�?T.-, and Richard Wonderlich Tran Marion go getters county has influenced much thought Manon Quot getters county vim j subject of Cuba. This let i pr05i<jents Joann Hunting Snappy and Dean rodger.-. Wayne soil savers county or arc tary treasurers Sharon Lee new London lassies and Donald to cab. Champion clippers county report or he dorians Ann , Canaan ties and a Champion clippers county recreation chairmen. Mrs. Holiest Hunting it pleasant. A Mem r of the county youth committee and past chairman of the girls 4-h co. Committee was initiated As an honorary member of 4-h in Henry county. Hie initiation ceremony was conducted by in rulers of the Snappy Sal Mettes led j by mrs Dale Watts and mrs. Dale Cammack Steve so Berg county boys 4-h r Porter historian. Reported that the nine boys 4-h clubs in Henry coun i to contributed a total of $52 to the Iowa International farm youth Exchange program. Or also reported that 12 girls 4-h clubs contributed j a total of $54 to i f y e. Or and mrs. I is Mcgohan it. Pleasant were pres need a certificate of appreciation for serving As we sit on our hands and wait for i f y e. Host family last sum-1 something to happen apr the it certificate read. Quot the in a Joe National farm youth Exchange it is Rue that the major Effort it expresses appreciation to or and of current diplomacy is to avoid mrs. Los Roohan for contributing to International understanding and world peace As a Host family to to be the policy of senator Ful Thomas Robinson from Australia Bright As Well As of important j during the period for june 24 to members of the state department july 14 president Kennedy has decided apparently to go along with this policy. But most americans find it difficult to understand Why we should be willing to Send troops to Laos and not to Cuba. Surely j a place to Miles from the United slates is More significant than a i place several thousand Miles away. I in a word if we cannot defend our. Elves in the Western hemisphere w by defend ourselves in Asia or Africa it is not impossible that there May be a sound reason for member present but did not a All of their leaders present program numbers include d. I 4-h girl s Creed by Linda rap Wayland woman taken by death Nasa medal presented at White House ceremony fir abet Mil -11in a county turd a Murn Way and my by. Us. Died at die m Moinud Hospital 13 Jug. Fungi �1 St re ices v ill be held tuesday afternoon at two o clock at the Wayland mennonite Church with the Rev. Omer Nisley officiating in term it will be in no the Hill cemetery. I he Zehr funeral Homes in i Lurer the daughter of Dan k and Fannie it Wittmer Rich tie was born at Hartford Kau., on Jan in 1h73. She and p tor r Miller were married april 14. 1807 or died in 1052 and alter his death mrs. Miller resided with h r daughters. Surviving Are the three Daught is. Mrs John Zihlman and mrs Scaroli of Wayland and mrs. Willis made Frau of Idle Plaine a ton Woodrow Miller of let is an Geles calif., and a step daughter mrs. Henry Bella it. There Are la grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. Storms and flood Waters i ins Midwest at George of is no in. It i the West Edge o fort a Illy a. Here is the location of the Corner of Tho of. Pleasant. This in effect was what the were saying As they staked out. The site Blue he on their Way 34. They the Bufi Din stake while perfect hits on new building for Luce Brothers Joe fief in the indu anal Park Happy a were others present about the orca Ion which indicated an Early dim bus Bod it. Will be made tile Luce Broth is also w in ban Lerit a 11 it i Plant engine a r. A. Hall fort Valley was it winging the ii aul lop of tile take were Idu nit he ii Bird and a Ion. T i i t holding 4. In red a world War. Particularly the possibility of .1 nuclear War. This seems Karin a cmdr a ifs student from Germany attended As guest j of Honor of Tho Henry county 4-h 1 officers til follow my clubs were Given j pedal re Coniti it a for having All j of their members and leaders pres a Cut City centers it. Pleasant Lively lassies. Marion Snappy 1 Sal Mettes tip get it Aine Hawks and Wayne soil savers. The Klever Klover club. Jefferson and k-9-f club. Canaan had All the position taken by the president and his adv 1. Ors. But if there is a Ira. Ii Why not Tell the people what it is it i True Itiat president Franklin i Roosevelt was followed blindly Down the Primrose path to War but Roosevelt had an Mill in hold upon the american people and was the Only president in our history to have been elected four tunes. He was Able to convince even his opponents that his course was right and that he knew what he was doing. John Kennedy Lias not yet achieved much an Afrfcc-1 innate following. He May do so. He May undo Roosevelt in jux Pular favor. But such an attitude on tile part of our people does not exist now and the cuban question is before us now. It will not die Down. It cannot by pushed aside. Too president Kennedy like All politician. Even those in communist countries must have popularity As an Aid to Power no Man can be stronger than the support he has. I when Mussolini a popularity wore thin the italians who had been s dating la Duce turned on him i and killed him. Hitler committed suicide Stalin was denounced by t thru. Lichen As a scoundrel after la was dead. And so it goes with All greatness. To make even a Lour year term it a president noteworthy John Kennedy must not be regarded As i one who presides Over a coterie of j qua Celli 1 m Cooks who produce al poisonous Broth. He must get rid of some of the Cooks and get Daw n to ,1 realistic recognition of the fright Tai Cost of defeat. The heaviest Cost of All is shame a a National shame. Waring a on Tom it hairier 1 Calo i a a a a Ronald. Cmdr Alan b Shepard or. Flew birr today to Recd a a kiss from his Wile and a a dal from pro Ken Kennedy. He 1 Oil. To 11 Hie k if rom i us wife. I a Iii i Cai Andrews air Force base after a Hight of two hours and la minutes from grand Bahama i land Twenty thro minutes later he was on the South Lawn of the White House baking hands with pie silent and mrs Kennedy with vice president if. Johnson and other Dignal bibles Gath red to do him Honor. High overhead peeking through the railing of the White houses South Balcony three year old Calo line Kennedy Kibitz d on the activities on the Law la below. Kennedy Barr Lunard under a hazy Sun and perspiring in the heat of a muggy Day or sen Ted Shepard it with the distinguished service medal of the National aeronautics and spine administration Nasa s highest award. Shepard grinning broadly a liniment Miner stood rare Rod stiff i in Kennedy 1 and the f station and accompanied it with la warm personal Cong a Tula t ions Iii his welcoming remarks just la Tore he decorated Shepard. Kennedy a if i Quot i think they know How proud w arc of him and what Greata Stac 1 Ion lit accomplishment Lias Given us. A a he said of the Oiler astronauts a your Pride in them is Mio president said Shepard a flight was a a common Effort and All of Hie astronauts deserved credit for the feat. Goes bark to then Home at Virginia b Ai h near Norfolk a a Well maybe it wont he Rio Long Quot i Kennedy was heard to say at one lint i by re iced ceremony tvs hardly As smooth a last Friday s launching first president Kennedy Nimby d and dropped the medal with its Blue White Obbon. Then he forgot. Tor a moment to pin it on the ast 1011 ant when the med Kennedy s hands a Sinisi Rator retrieve the president Drew laughs from the assembled officials which Lri it Hided members of the Cabinet when with the medal Back in his hands he told Shepard i Quot i Ain proud to present this Decora to n Winch has gone from the ground up Quot i then he handed the medal to Shepard with the r Mark a not until Shepard had delivered his response did the president rectify his mistake. Taking the medal bark from so Pard Kennedy said i a let inc pin it on 1 11 do my d slipped from the Nasa Adel it. By up it tempest fed ii xxi water. Wrap into town in the Middle wet to. Day. One Community Way emptied i of inhabitants and boat. And helicopters rescued refugees in others. Mil1 floods were pow red by 1 continuous weekend rain. Measured up to h1. Inch in Southern. Illinois and Kentucky tile rain were part. Of a torn adic Stomi Estrin which spread death and destruction across seven states i at least 34 deaths were blamed Ion the storm. Oklahoma counted 1 in Chad Iii tornadoes which hit the j Tow us of How Alai Diehert along the Southwest Quot Tornado j then were to dead in Arkansas. 4 in Missouri 3 in Indiana and i i in Illinois i tile american in 1 Cross in St. Louis estimated at least 1.000 j families roughly 4.000 persons a after greeting his wife and Par 1 Quot were affected by the torn Doe and ids. He flew to the White Rains which Whipp d parts of South Lawn Arkansas. My sour i. Oklahoma j Illinois no if i Kansas Kennedy noted that the Hight i file red clo. Us i i per. On Nide who full Public Diss had been injury 38 were to. I i to lifted and 5 were missing. Dam Jage was estimated Iii the millions of dollars could have made hop earlier Shepard Washington it Ufi it a Astro naut Alan b Shepard or. Said today a everything worked Fine on lits space voyage last Friday and that the United states could have made the hot before Russia put. Its Man into orbit. Quot we could have gone a it earlier a a the 37-Ycar-old heroic naval commander told a jammed news conference but the civilian space Agency decided not to Quot Rush the program Quot a i think we should give them All a Kennedy told the crowd on hand for the ceremony in the 1 i 1 Ite House Rose Garden. Shepard had flow n into space j v,1,y Tulp space Agency had and Fame last Friday and had not rushed the program Shepard spent the intervening time at grand i said ai1 persons involved Felt the Bahama Island before flying to i timetable was a Quot Well Laid out. Andrew. Air Force base. Md., by reliable program. A t tins morning House for th1 Fedal ceremony. Ant for the third brother mentation on belial of Albert jr., and the comm it by. Their Luther. Albert lure City center.-., a dreaming a ung by la Mica bergs a Tippecanoe top jew it to chars Quot dizzy a skit by member., of til a Trent or. Sunshine and Tren Morion go getters 4-h clubs a Tonko Busti 1&Quot la japanese Folk dance Quot Heavenia Days Quot a safety Quot kit by the live1.-. Lassies and Quot Shell be Cornin round the Mountain Quot a humorous skit by Champion clippers. Leon Floater Tippecanoe Hawks. Provided special Organ music during the evening and played the 4-h ceremonial song for tile honorary member initiation ceremony. Legislative Chambers quiet John sell Roll taken by Deal ii Rusk tells . Plans More Ilian k the past three Creek Aud lakes i was still most of the night and Early inches of rain Iii Day Gen River. Over i air Bank. Raining today. Rain fell sunday today. Wen t he 1 closure and that it was All the More because of tile risk that was present of disclosing failure. 1 in presenting the award he noted that a a this is an accomplishment. The it started from the ground up a tile Cit at toi i Rad by Kennedy of Aid Centralia in inches of rain travelling Emblem presented at Ottumwa Dos Moines up tile legis Lii Tive Chambers Wert strangely silent Tex ii a but comment on the just completed session was Strong in both directions. Some Mem tiers sail the sew it a failed to Settle a numb r of important issues but others praised it for enacting a proposal More equitable division of the Road use tax fund and avoiding a tax increase. Tile travelling Emblem Are i seated to the Industry Encampment auxiliary at Ottumwa Friday night by tile following ladies from the it. Pleasant auxiliary Hazel Massey Mina Campbell Maud Pennebaker versa Lonsbury Ken Rietta Wittmer Minnie a it sch Vera Wilson Nelda Patrick Nam Livix. Edna Wilson and Crete finn. C. M i via Howard Welch. Noah wit Tancre and mrle Masse attended the Encampment n ice tin in Ottumwa the same evening is his own. He can blame no underling for the underlings mistakes but he can throw him out. Loyalty to an individual can will admitted to probate and dec. A it Lda 31. 1876 25. 1898 the will of Nettie i Ansa has been admitted to probate at the courthouse and according to terms of the will her property was left to Roscoe p. Jacobs who was named executor. The will was drawn up feb. 9, 1957. Times listed Are Daylight saving ail times events will time mile.-1 a the words Given in the news of be Daylight Savin a s slated in it will be a cd that not be stronger than responsibility the time. Are St if Tilers in to the american people. President stat nuut Merw. It Harding was ruined by the wrong 0 0 kind of loyalty. Perhaps nothing would appease i this is what the president faces judgment asked the american people More than a i and there is no possibility of Duck reorganisation of the Cia and the i ing the cuban Issue. To use a a i Titio has been filed in the state department and the a minium j popular cliche something must be clerk s office at the courthouse by lion of those who created confusion 1 done about it. Colonial Petroleum co against of policy. A president of the United copyright. 19 51. King features Gene Long King judgment for states stands alone and his policy i Syndicate inca $ 109.06 an acer i involved. John sch Roll. 84, died sunday afternoon May 7. At the Kennedy nursing Home in it plea mint. The son of David Schrol i he was born at Syracuse Kaull was 1 married on rebut Syracuse to Nellie Bam. Mrs. St ii Roll and five children survive. They Are is j icy soil Roll my mrs. Goldie Christner of Wayland mrs. Emma Allie user and mrs. I of snick of i peasant. Mai Alfr d sell Roll of Ottumwa Elen grandchildren. 22 great grandchildren a brother and two Sisters rus. Cli Schrol i and mrs Katie Ellis both of Syracuse Kau. And mrs. Bessie Mcdowell of san Diego. Calif., also survive j Oslo nor a i tary of Stile foreign minis1 i Atlantic to Ai Day the United Send a manned before the end of 1 up 1 a Secre a a a la re k told of the North >1 Quot an at i m expects to satellite into orbit the year. Rink said projects to Moon Mars the United suites Send rockets to my Venus. Lias the Linen at j nearly 5 night. Nearly Jill. T Bool in a urea were close i up to 5 feet of water flowed t Hiou Gli of Rah Greet. A nne marooned townspeople were taken from their Homes to safety by boat. Attend state acc convention he flight As the first United states astronaut was an outstand 1 my contribution to the Advance of human knowledge of space during lie technology and a demonstration of j Many a capabilities in suborbital the Centra space flight 1 and he said that All seven astronauts agreed that the u. S. Man in space plans were moving along on an Quot orderly bask flu his first Public report on in. Leap into the mysteries of space Shepard said the Hight Geve him no Quot bad it provided data that will Speed orbiting of him or one of his fellow astronauts around the Earth he said. Shepard told the changes he recommended were a minor and very few in asked if there should be another Redstone flight. Ii Tias he took. Shepard refilled Quot no a a Hie astronaut said lie expel ended a Quot very pleasant sensation a during his five minutes of weightlessness and had no difficulty controlling i Elf. Before launching seriously into a rather formal response Shepard told the president a i thought last. Friday was a thrilling Day but this surpasses Quot i got less sleep last night Quot Titan before or Pace flight. Shepard i said. Explorer scolds to to on f Mise his parents six Brothel two Sis tirs two half Brothers Anc a grandchild proceeded him in death funeral services will be la id j in burling wednesday at 2 . At Hie Wayland 1 big Methodi Church with the re Fred Martin in charge. Interment will be in Wayland cemetery. The Zehr funeral Hook at land is in charge. Flight explorer. Of from of pleasant and two from Winfield have mad a re creation tor a gnat pm in leaving on a thursday evening in Jan my arriving Back a in sunday morn attending Hie Tate convention a 1 a Junior chamber of Commerce in Sioux City saturday and sunday 1 w to i and mrs Don alter. Ton Bonder. A in net on and Rich j a re Eielson. Candidate fir state president were i o Brab get red Oak. Verne Carlson of Dewitt and bob1 Quot it Cirii of Ala on cite. Brab c was elect d on the twelfth ballot at 6 30 . Sunday. Hie 1962 state Corm nation will be mid at Waterloo he said in very mindful Quot that part of the credit should co to the hundreds of tier soils who made the flight possible during the two years in Winch or astronauts were preparing a moment later with Kennedy leading the Way. Shepard was striding into the White House for a rpt Fin by tile president and the 1 first lady. Ham Vav. In places first in horse show Keokuk la x>11. Will to Tho Luster Are Bill of Bill Duggin Liechty. Jam and Gary k it Mik Ltd it a and n. I from of ii cart Tricky of ii. La 1 in. La or n i a fluted a a a 1 ii Chalk ii. Joe Sloan. Arrested on Omvik charge for Iii Winfield. Dan Mathew Lyn Robertson of it plea ant placed first in the Quarter horse reining class at the Quarter horse show in Independence sunday her father and brother l land Robert j son Aud Lee. W Ere in Independence i also. Ralph p Breiten Bacliff Keokuk was arrested by Hie Highway patrol Tell pm. Saturday p. Mile South of Tow n no Highway 218 and charged with operating a motor vehicle while he a. Intoxicated i appeared in Justice George Means court and a released on $375 Bond. In Limi try hearing was set for wednesday at to . Harold Miller Keokuk a passenger in the car. Was charged with called for the v n to be held Mon j i toxic Hon on a Public Day afternoon at five of clock in the. And tined and costs by Justice parking lot at City . Rodeo postponed because of rain tin i nag r Adeo schedule d j for sunday of Moon was Post i to my Boca u a of Tho rain. Plans Highway the i lie pre. Aleut i d san Pard and thu other six astronauts into ins office ter a private talk. He sat in his tamed rocking chair with the astronauts flanking Hun on divans on filler Side. While posing for photographer. Kennedy leaned Lor a a of int idly to talk to Shepard in his immediate right. Mrs Kennedy escort d mrs. She Pard and the other women Iii Hie party to the White House living Quai u n tor Coffee. Sharing honors with Shepard Ivr tin a tie r astronauts of. S it act officials and Shepard s Lovely wire Louise. I in president and mrs. Kennedy gave mrs. Shepard a i beaming Welcome. Mrs. K needy commiserated with mrs. Shepard Over the Brevity of reunion with her husband who must go Back to his Mercury alanine space work later today while she / a. Sank Uke Rock a Leav Uig the Rescue ship Gran Rio at Tampa fla., docks or. Christopher b. Sheldon skipper of the ill starred Sam a rigged brigant in Albatross said Quot she went Down like a Roi six livf�3 were that of Spiel done a wife and 13 survived when the seagoing schoolroom fat a wealthy teenagers Sank in the Gulf of

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