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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - November 12, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news vol. 92, no. 267mt. Pleasant Iowa thursday evening november 12, 1970 Price to cents Cloudy Jeffrey Hart Rockefeller in Magnifico in any election everyone who is involved thinks that his candidate is the better one As Well he May be. But ifs valuable even a kind of liberation to step Back and consider politics As pure spectacle. To those editorialists and other moralists who Paley sigh that the 1970 election was a bore i can Only say maybe you be chosen the wrong vocation. In a dozen ways this election was a Delight to the connoisseur. Think to choose Only one of the fabulous figure of new Yorkus governor Nelson Rockefeller. Have you really seen him set aside for a moment your position on him and think of him As pure spectacle. He is clearly the nearest thing a round to one of those great Borgia Popes of the Renaissance a the nearest thing to say Roderigo Borgia who in later life became Pope Alexander i no saints name for him rather Alexander the great world conqueror. I have no doubt a and believe me i say it seriously a that in some Way invisible to the Normal gaze Nelson Rockefeller is a Man of principle a Man of rectitude. There is no doubt in my mind that he sees himself As such and could make a convincing Case for it. I am also certain quite seriously that Alexander i possessed a holiness invisible to his contemporaries and invisible to us now. But what a visible foreground somehow the two great men melt together and blend. Fantastic wealth great administrative talents vast construction projects a multimillion Dollar mall rising is Albany Bramante a sketches turning at a papal nod to Vatican Marble the collections of modern Art Raphael and Michelangelo painting away Chase Manhattan the hundreds of Rockefeller tax free foundations. And under it All an almost selfless will to Power. Too Only yesterday it seems there before us was Nelson Rockefeller bearing aloft the Torch of liberalism campaigning against the Coldwater a dark Rocky Martyr of the cow Palace. Rocky As a last ditch move in 1968, suddenly Bobby a heir As new pol a sort of Liberal frenzy. Faster than you could say Arthur Goldberg this great Borgia Prince became a secret ally of the new York conservative party. Goldberg said Rocky a polls had the jewish votes a and so the conclusion was obvious. Rocky would go for the Irish and the italians. Overboard with some ballast super lib Goodell. Tough to spots on narcotics and Law and order. Like a Renaissance Magnifico he choked Goldberg with Money out spending him ten to one. At this Point the Reader will be experiencing moral indignation Goldberg was the better Man no he Wasny to. It Wasny to Only Rockefeller a Money. It was for example his incredible insouciance As when he blandly presented himself on to As standing for the a integrity of the and it was also his really florentine skill and sense of timing. My own favorite example is the Mario Procaccino operation. Running against Goldberg Rocky knew he needed the italians but they usually voted democratic. How to break them Loose observe one Way on to Rocky blandly announces that the Goldberg managers have promised some unnamed individual a lucrative Public Job in return for an endorsement. O o m a damned lie a returns Goldberg the naive. Then the trap is sprung. Rockefeller supporter Mario Procaccino suddenly surfaces As the Man to whom the offer allegedly had been made. In various ways the message was underlined could italians vote for Goldberg who had virtually called their hero Procaccino a damned liar la this own Way Rockefeller is a genuinely major phenomenon. A a he la do anything a one of his aides was quoted As saying Awe struck. And no doubt even now Rockefeller is casting an appraising Eye on 1972. Where Are Nixon a soft spots what Are Reagan a plans Lindsay a but these Are Odd realms in which to move. In them the biter can often be bit. Distributed by King features Syndicate Challenge offered in inc alumni drive a $38,000 fund Campaign among album my is underway at Iowa Wesleyan College and several donors have established a special $10,000 Challenge fund to encourage new and increased gifts during the drive or. Louis a. Haselmayer Wesleyan president announced today. The alumni Campaign which runs through june 30, 1971, is the second of three drives to be launched at the College this year. The annual county Campaign which already has raised Over $44,-000 in gifts from individuals and businesses in Henry county started sept. 23 and ends june 30, 1971 and a fund drive among parents of must t complain to debtor s employer new York up a a new City regulation that went into effect today prevents creditors from complaining to a debtors employer when he misses payments. Mercury blast sets off Load of dynamite Tulsa okla. Up a a potent Mercury explosive being readied to blast a dead Oil Well Back to life detonated near nine huddled oilfield workers wednesday night killing them All gouging a 50-foot Crater and knocking out Power for Miles around. A ninth victim was found at Daybreak today. Small White flags swirled in the wind marking spots where searchers picked up bodies or parts of them. Too police first reported that a portable oilfield Crane struck High voltage overhead Power lines buckled and fell onto a Van loaded with explosives. But a pan american Oil co. Official today blamed the death and destruction on a premature blast of the Mercury explosive which set off dynamite and nitroglycerine in a nearby truck. A there were bits and pieces of bodies scattered everywhere a one Deputy sheriff said. Too pan american a subsidiary of Standard Oil of Indiana holds a lease on the Field Northeast of Tulsa which contains one inactive Oil Well. The nine workers members of a seismic Crew had been conducting tests to determine if the Well could be reactivated. The Mercury explosion shattered a nearby Van loaded with dynamite nitroglycerine and Mercury. The blast blew a Crater 50 feet wide and to feet deep in the ground and knocked Down Power lines leaving three area communities without electricity through the night. Explosive experts were called to the scene today to remove a 50-gallon drum of the Mercury explosive. Pan american ordered police to keep unauthorized persons one mile from the blast site. Capture one of three escapees Charles City up a Iowa Highway patrolmen captured one of three escapees from the Iowa state Penitentiary at port Madison wednesday night. Authorities said they apprehended Warner Kelly 26, near Charles City. However the search continued for Charles Richard 26, and Harold Boyd 37, who escaped with Kelly. The three walked away from a prison farm North of fort Madison and were discovered missing during a bed Check tuesday night. Limited number of tickets available a limited number of tickets for the mount pleasant High school Junior class play a night of january 16�?� Are still available. Plan to be present for this exciting courtroom drama. Will miss Andre be guilty or not guilty Contact members of the Junior class immediately for tickets to the november 13 and 14 performances. State to use non Lead or Low Lead gasoline Des Moines up a gov. Robert d. Ray said today he has ordered the use of non leaded or Low Lead gasoline in More than 8,000 state owned vehicles a whenever and wherever practical. The special Gas currently sold by two firms in Iowa is designed to out pollution from Auto exhaust. Wesleyan students and former students is set to begin in a few Days. Ail Campaign gifts Are going for general support of the College. Too with operating costs at an All time High and educational needs expanding at the College fund drive quotas have been increased. The $38,000 alumni goal for this year is Over double in 1969 goal of $17,500, which was exceeded. In the local drive Henry county citizens donated Over $31,000 to Wesleyan last year but in 1970, with still nearly eight months left in the fiscal year county gifts already have reached $44,000. This years county goal is $60,000 compared to a 1969 goal of $26,000. Too under terms of the alumni Challenge fund established by alumni representing a Broad Range of classes and living in varied parts of the country the Challenge donors will contribute up to a total of $10,-000 in excess of their gifts last year provided a like amount is contributed by other alumni in new and1 increased gifts. Specifically the a a match will work this Way 1. If an alumnus did not contribute to the College during the 1969-70 year his entire gift will be matched by the a a challenges donors to a Dollar for Dollar basis 2. If an alumnus did contribute last year any increase in this years gift will be matched Dollar for Dollar 3. If an alumnus has Given to the College in some previous year but not last year a his entire gift will be matched Douay for Dollar 4. For each too alumni giving in 1970-71 who did not give last year the a a challenges donors will contribute a Bonus Grant of $1,000. O of o in announcing the alumni Challenge fund or. Haselmayer said a because of inflation and a temporary leveling off in enrolment a he stated a giving from All segments of the colleges constituency is especially important this year. Those establishing the Challenge fund a recognize this importance and have Given us a big boost toward reaching Bur establishing the fund is one Anonymous donor and miss Carol Nemitz class of 1956, Wesleyan Dean of student personnel services. Miss Nemitz has been on the Wesleyan staff since 1963. Or. And mrs. C. R. Mccuen class of 1950, it. Pleasant. Or. Mccuen is president of insurance plan savings and loan. Mrs. Meeme a the former Alice Barnes was in the class of 1952. Warren Hayes class of 1945, Palos Verdes estates California. Or. Hayes is chairman of the oboard1 of Fansteel inc., a metallurgical firm. Ralph w. Leathery class of 1949, Fullerton California. Or. Leatherby is chairman of the Leatherby companies an insurance group headquartered in Fullerton. F. L. Stewart class of 1932, Burlington Iowa. Or. Stewart is president of service motor sales a Ford Dealership in Burlington. Or. And mrs. Robert j. Windrow class of 1941, Keokuk Iowa. Or. Wustrow is a director and vice president of the Hubinger company in Keokuk. Mrs. Wustrow the former Bertha Giddens also was graduated from Wesleyan in 1941. Or. James a. Van Allen class of 1935, Iowa City Iowa. Or. Van Allen is head of the department of physics and astronomy at the u. Of Iowa and is one of the worlds leading space scientists. \ or. And mrs. H. B. Peacock Dallas Texas. Mrs. Peacock the former Helen Wainscott was in the class of 1922. Or. Peacock who is retired is former owner of the geological surveys corporation. Board of directors Wesleyan alumni association. The 13-member Board elected by the alumni voted to pledge the $1,009 Challenge gift at a Board meeting oct. 3. Too in september a similar Challenge fund was established in it. Pleasant to provide incentive to local giving. Ten individuals and businesses established the fund on terms similar to the alumni offer. Over $8,000 of the fund has been earned so far in the local drive. Alumni drive plans Call for direct mail Solicia Tian among All Wesleyan alumni and personal solicitation by volunteers in it. Pleasant and Henry county it. Madison Burlington Keokuk Washington Muscatine Ottumwa Cedar rapids the Quad cities and Fairfield. Personal solicitations also Are planned for several major cities across the country. Roses in Bloom in november Farmington a roses Are Blooming at the d. V. Ware Home in Farmington. Mrs. Ware said this is the first year she has had roses in Bloom on nov. 7. In full Bloom Are three huge Pink roses a red one and a number of Salmon color buds Are ready to open. Nancy Van meter one year old daughter of or. And mrs. Ronald Van meter of Farmington is shown in photo with mrs. Ware admiring the Helen Traubel roses in full Bloom. No american fatalities in 48-hour period Saigon up a american forces in Vietnam went through their first 48-hour period in five years without a combat fatality u. S. Spokesmen said today. War action dropped off sharply in both South Vietnam and Cambodia and the spokesmen reported that during the 48-hour period which ended at noon today there were no significant clashes betwee i u. S. And communist forces and no american combat deaths. They said they were not certain of the exact dates of earlier two Day periods without americans willed in action but said they were certain the last time was sometime in 1965. Military sources said some americans had been killed in action after noon today so the period would not extend beyond the 48 hours. U. S. Combat deaths for the week ending last saturday Rose to 31 from the five year Low of 24 the week before the u. S. Command announced. They said the combined total of 31 dead and 104 wounded was the lowest Overall casualty figure for a week since the seven Day period ending oct. 23, 1965. Truck strikes Bridge abutment at 5 10 am. Thursday a 1962 Model truck driven by Rev. Charles r. Sommers 36, Winfield struck a Bridge abutment on Highway 78 five Miles East of Highway 218 and was damaged an estimated $800. Visibility was limited by fog at the time. The Driver escaped injury. Rev. Sommers was driving the truck owned by Myers Rossiter Winfield to a Mission in Onoto miss with a Load of clothing. He was driving West when the right front wheel dropped off the Highway and the truck struck the abutment. Deputy sheriff Ron Elmore investigated. Truck goes into ditch after hitting Deer a 1968 Chevrolet pickup truck driven by Larry l. Casey 35, Warsaw 111., struck a full grown Doe Deer which ran in front of it on Highway 218 7% Miles South of it. Pleasant at 5 30 . Wednesday and went into a ditch rolling Over and ending up on its wheels. Casey was going South when the truck struck the Deer the engine Hood flew up and Casey see ahead. The truck left the Road and went into the ditch. The Deer was knocked into the path of a 1970 Oldsmobile being driven North by Donald i. Ward 27, Ottumwa. The car ran Over the Deer and dragged her too feet. The truck was totally damaged the car Wasny to damaged. The carcass of the Deer was picked up later by a conservation commission officer. It was the second Deer killed by motor vehicles in Henry county this week. Neither Driver was injured. The Accident was reported at 5 54 . And Deputy sheriff Charles Droz investigated. Degaulle burial in Village churchyard change name to Centerville Campus Ottumwa a by an eight to one vote the Indian Hills Community College Board adopted the name of Centerville Campus for the former Centerville com Muity College after discarding the name Rathbun Lake Campus a month ago. The official name change was to have taken place oct. I prior to the dedication of the new College facilities at Centerville and Iowa tech. But students did not like the name Rathbun Lake Campus and there were also Strong feelings in Centerville on the naming of the Campus. Persons identified in Oskaloosa false Calls Oskaloosa up a the Oskaloosa school Board said wednesday it has positive identification of the persons involved in a false fire alarm Friday and a false bomb threat monday to the High school. The Board which refused to release names pending Legal action said the same persons were involved in each incident which forced school officials to evacuate the building. The Board said appropriate action was pending against the persons involved. A false fire alarm was turned in last Friday and the school received a Telephone Call on monday saying a bomb was planted in the school. The school was searched but no explosive device was found. Rand Beattie Heads new kiwanis club a new kiwanis club the port City kiwanis club was chartered at Muscatine on tuesday evening. The new club will have a morning meeting Date. Rand Beattie former resident of it. Pleasant and son of mrs. Viola Beattie is president of the new club. Mrs. Beattie attended Tine charter meeting at Muscatine. Commends Chest fund agencies Quot Oxtot a series calling attention to the benefits of Community Chest agencies Virginia c. Van Tuyl a longtime resident of it. Pleasant and her husband Richard Van Tuyl Are in the local school system. Mrs. Van Tuyl has been a teacher at Junior High for the past seven years is a member of the it. Pleasant education assn., Delta Kappa Gamma and sponsor of the Junior High Library club. She also serves on the education committee for the old threshers association and is a member of Pounders chapter . Both or. And mrs. Van Tuyl have Given Loyal service to their Church and various Community activities. They Are the parents of two grown children Tom of Gardena calif., and Donna mrs. Bruce Alp Lara Wayland. Virginia enthusiastically supports the it. Pleasant Community Chest because a by supporting programs person can have a share in which help build leadership and Row a our Hope and thesis ted Koop on Wesleyan Board ted Koop Washington vice president of the Columbia broadcasting system lbs has been elected to a three year term on the Iowa Wesleyan College Board of trustees according to an announcement today by or. Louis a. Haselmayer Wesleyan president. The inc trustees elected Koop to the i Man Board during their fall meeting Here oct. 24. Koop 63, received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from Wesleyan in june for his contributions to journalism that began As a reporter for the Monticello Iowa express when he was 12 years old. He was graduated from the University of Iowa school of journalism in 1928 and served three years on the staff of associated press in Des Moines. Koop became director of news and Public affairs for lbs in Washington in 1948 and held that position until 1961 when he was named lbs vice president. Local Man leaves for induction the draft Call for Henry county for november was for two men to leave for induction nov. 9 but Only one was to leave As the other received a postponement to finish school. The latter had lottery number 185, the highest reached in the county. Robert d. Alton 20, new London transferred to Knoxville and was to leave from there. No draft Call has been received for december As yet. Four men Are to go to Des Moines dec. 9 for their physicals. By Robert Musel up senior editor Colombey Les Deus Eulises France up a Gen. Charles de Gaulle was buried today As he had wished in his Village churchyard without fanfare or Eulogy. But in Paris More than a Hundred world leaders paid homage at a requiem mass in notre Dame Cathedral. France declared the Day a National Day of mourning and taking advantage of the release from work a vast assemblage estimated j at nearly 50,000 gathered in the silence de Gaulle has requested in i his own funeral instructions to Bear witness to his imperishable place in French history. Too the astonishing throng pouring in even As the funeral ceremonies were underway by automobile bus and special trains spread like a living carpet Over the Hills and Fields of this cattle raising Village where the great French Leader always retired to study his setbacks and from which he set Forth to Paris on his greatest triumphs. France would have liked to turn today a ceremony into a state funeral worthy of a Man who ranks with Napoleon in the nations pantheon of heroes. But de Gaulle had resolutely forbidden the presence of world leaders at his funeral. Too in his instructions he said he wanted a neither president nor ministers nor Assembly committees nor Public reluctantly the government of president Georges Pompidou agreed and the world leaders including president Nixon and soviet president Nikolai Podgorny attended the requiem mass at the Cathedral of notre Dame in Paris too Miles away instead. De Gaulle also had said let there be a no music no fanfare no Bell but today the Bells of Frances 40x100 churches tolled a requiem a the first time the Bells had rung from Dunkirk to Perpignan since liberation from the nazis in 1944. Too r 11 there were no dignitaries As such in the White washed Interior of the Church along with his widow Yvonne his son capt. Philippe de Gaulle his daughter Elizabeth and his son in Law Gen. Alain de Bois Sieu. If any were there they were there As friends. Maj. Gen. Jacques Massu former paratroop commander in Algiers was present today As a Friend. It was to Massu that de Gaulle turned in 1968 to seek army support when the gaullist regime trembled on the Brink of collapse in the worker student revolt. Massu gave it and saved the regime. Too de Gaulle a body in a Flag draped wooden coffin was carried the 300 Yards from his Home la Boisserie where he died of a heart attack monday might to the Church on an armoured scout car. In the Village pres. Nixon pays homage to Degaulle citizenship each Tomor Paris up a president Nixon a grave unsmiling figure in a Black morning coat paid final homage to Charles de Gaulle today along with More than too other foreign statesmen in historic notre Dame Cathedral. Then he paid a Brief Courtesy Call on de Gaulle a successor president Georges Pompidou in the Elysee Palace office from which de Gaulle himself had directed the affairs of France he also had a Short talk with ambassador David k. E. Bruce head of the u. S. Delegation to the Paris peace talks. Nixon took off from orly Airport at 7 03 . 1 03 pm. Est for Andrews air Force base in Maryland too but the widely predicted Summit meeting Between Nixon and a soviet Leader did not materialize. Instead of Premier Alexei a. Kosygin the soviets sent their president Nikolai v. Podgorny a figurehead rather than a policy maker to represent them in Paris. Apart from Brief exchanges of courtesies with other foreign leaders he happened to encounter Nixon ruled out politics during his 18-hour Paris visit. In notre Dame Cathedral he sat Between grand Duke Jean de Luxembourg and president Marian Spychalski of Poland some distance away from the soviet head of state. Too like All the other visiting dignitaries Nixon remained in Paris and did not go to Colombey Les Deus Eulises where Degaulle was Laid to rest. It was at Degaulle a own desire that the actual burial was a family affair without visiting foreign statesmen although tens of thousands of Ordinary French men and women travelled to the Little Village to Miles East of Paris and filled its narrow streets to overflowing. Too the president who landed Here 42 minutes after Midnight Paris time drove from the u. S. Embassy residence to 1,000 year old notre Dame Cathedral to attend a solemn requiem mass for the dead French Leader. Nixon was one of the last of More than 80 foreign Heads of state and government to arrive at the Cathedral. He was accompanied by u. S. Ambassador Arthur k. Watson and was welcomed at the Cathedral door by clergy and French officials who showed him to his seat among other foreign statesmen. Secretary of state William p. Rogers and the presidents National Security affairs adviser or. Henry a. Kissinger arrived at the Cathedral a few minutes before him. Square in front of the Church platoons from the four armed services and the St. Cyr military Academy presented arms. The immediate family and close relatives travelled int four limousines immediately behind the coffin. Mme. De Gaulle who had sat in Vigil Over her husbands coffin nightly nodded to friends in the Church and went to the Well worn Oaken de Gaulle family Pew in the sixth Row on the right hand Side of the Church. Too the coffin was surrounded by three foot tall candles arranged in groups of three and the altar was flanked by sprays of Pale mauve chrysanthemums. There were hundreds of other Floral displays a to of them from Miao tse Tung a banked against the outside of the Church. Twelve farm boys of the Region who had practice All morning with a log carried the coffin into the Church where father Claude Vaughey conducted the service assisted by de Gaulle a Nephew Francois de Gaulle a dominican Friar. Too de Gaulle had said no music but the choir Sang hymns to the accompaniment of an old harmonium a the Church has no Organ. The hymns included a nearer my god to thee a in French. But there was no Eulogy in obedience to de Gaulle a written command. Paris and notre Dame were for the world. Colombey was far family friends and the people of France. The thousands on hand watched silently massed behind every Wall up every Street in Trees an rooftops. The first Kin into the Church was de Gaulle a 84-year-old sister hobbling an a Cone and holding the hand of a grandchild. The personal Impact of de Gaulle showed More in this Church than in notre Dame. Here the choir voices wobbled in emotion. Too by the Wall stood old resistance fighters wearing their ribbons a and keeping their right hands on their hearts. Madame de Gaulle stood facing the altar. By her Side her naval officer son appeared to some witnesses to be exactly his father As a youth Small Black Mustache and All As the priest celebrated the mass a faint Buzz of aircraft was heard outside. Later the Interior ministry said planes and helicopters had violated ministry orders and tried to Fly Over the Village. Ministry officials said the aircraft were forced Down and that the pilots will be prosecuted. Too the service ended after an hour. The Young men picked up the seven foot coffin and moved slowly toward the grave followed by students from de Gaulle a boyhood military schol and members of the family. The pallbearers mostly youths bit their lips and their eyes were wide not so much apparently in labor As in Awe of their participation in the drama that was de Gaulle. Die Gaulle was buried alongside his daughter Anne who had been mentally defective since birth and for Wixom de Gaulle devoted his private life and much of his funds. She died in 1948 and at her burial de Gaulle Laid a a id on his sobbing wife a and told Yvonne not to weep a for now she is like other the Oaken coffin was lowered into place below a six foot White Tombstone. Members of the family sprinkled holy water on the coffin making the sign of the Cross. Madame de Gaulle stood silently veiled. Her family surrounded her. There were no tears. And the funeral ended As the Sun set on col obey Les Deus Eulises. Fighting Chance for welfare Reform Bill Washington up a president Nixon has a a fighting chances of getting his welfare Reform Bill enacted by Congress at its postelection session starting monday a High administration source says. The source said a nose count showed at least nine and possibly to or la of the 17 members of the Senate finance committee were prepared to vote to Clear the legislation for floor action. The House passed the Bill last Spring. It since has been tied up in the Senate committee. The Bill would replace present welfare Grants with a new a family assistance

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