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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - May 15, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa Pleasant Price to cent set. Pleasant Iowa Friday evening May 15, 1970 shooting injures i four charged with having list procedures at Iowa Wesleyan these Days by John Chamberlain is it ecology versus the need for jobs gives Black school vehemently denied there were any snipers. A there Ware no 1 hots fired from the dorm of All and this is one time police can t lie and say thy were hooting into the air Quot declared Henry Paige a senior. A there a bulb holes in All the windows and there�?T., blood All Over our Campus and blood All Over the to discuss Low income holism it Here m. It. Pierce chief of detectives and District attorney Jack Travis made conflicting reports. A there was quite a bit of sniper firing Quot said Pierce a Panr there was a Man on the fourth floor of Tho women s dormitory a Travis said an Quot extensive investigation Quot was being conducted into the matter but that there was a Rev Fry indication that a Large amount a a tremendous amount of sniper fire a both from the front and the Back of the officers before any hot it were fire d by the Highway patrol. They were under extreme 1 according to City police a group of about 50-75 Iowa Wesleyan students were in the area of the student Union late thursday night and Friday morning and caused some minor trouble. Firecrackers were set off near the Union and some switches were pulled leaving the menus and women a dormitories and old Pioneer and old main without lights. The City had the electricity Back on in a Short period. At 1 36 am. Friday police found an old junk car in a College parking lot South of the menus dorm on fire. Firemen extinguished the Blaze. Those killed were identified As James Earl Green and Phillip ii. Gibbs 21. Gibbs was identified As i student but officials said thy were not sure Green Wras enrolled at the school. About 500 National guardsmen under a strict orders not to fire Quot i moved onto the Campus situated just a few blocks from downtown Jackson but by the time they arrived. The shooting had ended. Police were unable to establish a j cause for the violence. The closest thing to a reason was offered a student following the initial outburst of trouble wednesday night. Draft Call for four on june to the Henry county draft Call for june is for four men to leave for recognition Given h. S. Dramatists outstanding performers at state contest. Recognition of performance Linda Mcnelley and Marty Neu Bauer. Special recognition awards for a music Many Steve Wettach Jerry Tolson Dan Mccabe Tom Nau Teri Elgar Art work Carol Cooper stage manager Brenda Bratton student director John Burrow Back stage Robert Hill Back stage. Recognition of outstanding performance for a spoon River anthology Elaine Keefe Bob Bates Tom Nau Carol Cooper Janet Oldt Laurel Allender Brenda Bratton Linda Mcneeley John Burrow Steve Wettach. Service beyond the Call of duty John Burrow and Kevin Wiley. Honor of induction certificates Laurel Allender Wendy alter ted Boal Tom Galer Tom Nau Maxine Rich Dave Edwards Dan Mccabe Joan Miller Arthur Rommel Ann sheets Paula Swink Lynda Woline Kim Bittie Penny Cammack de Ensminger. Thespian stars for Points earned Points listed first stars last Jane sheets 20, i Lynda Woline 20, i Laurel Allender 20%, i ted Boal 21. I Ann sheets 21, i Marty Gipple 28, i Margie Lyons 31, 2 i Dillies the time and places for the clinics for immunization against rubella German measles have been announced. The clinics which Are open to children Ages i to 12, Are sponsored by the Henry county medical society Henry county Board of supervisors it. Pleasant Jaycees and the state department of health. Many local organizations have contributed funds for the program. The clinics will be held on thursday. May 21. At the following Pisces Waco Community Crawfordsville 8 30 am to 9 15 am. Winfield it. Union it. Union 9 45 to 10 15 a m. New London new London elementary 10 30 toll am. Salem Salem school 12 15 to 12 45 . It. Pleasant Van Allen school i to 2 15 . It. Pleasant Harlan school 2 30 i to 3 30 . Evening session it. Pleasant Van Allen school 6 30 to 7 30 pm. I Lear Road to phenom Penni Saigon up a South Vietnam me e marines and armoured units cleared strategic Highway i from Saigon to phenom penh today and commune t troops in Cambodia were reported fighting their Way northward toward Laos in face of the three weak Oil Allied Force. Up correspondent Barney Seibert reported the armoured column under command of of. Gen. Do Cao tri had pulled up Short Only three Miles our Ide phenom penh with orders not to to into the capital. Tri. Aid he considered the Highway open. Quot i Hope vietnamese refugees can use Highway i to return to Viet i Nam a tri said. Tri Alo said he had received a request for As is Lance from Cam Bodian military authorities in i Kampong Cham. 50 Miles Northeast i of phenom penh and he had sent members of his staff to see what they could do. He said Kampong 1 Chan was outside his area of opera to tion but would order air strikes there a if the situation requires patrolmen return to Normal stations terse verse by a. C. Gordon a bore you like the Best the More you see him less

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