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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - November 18, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news partly Cloudy vol. 92, no. 272 it. Pleasant Iowa wednesday evening november 18, 1970 Price to cents these Days by John Chamberlain the Small scale troubles of Australia Melbourne Australia a australians so one is told done to Welcome criticism from outsiders. It is not that they feel inferior or out of it because of their immense distance from lands of their own cultural background it is simply As Craig Mcgregor the Sydney journalist puts it that they refuse to be patronized. Certainly they Are not a fraid of discussing their own problems. One quickly gets a rundown of at least ten disturbing issues All of which Are calculated to make an american visitor feel that he has never left Home. Too 1. There is a controversy raging in the Melbourne papers about Urban renewal. The scandal is that the housing commission has sold condemned real estate to private developers at a tremendous loss with poor people bulldozed out of their Homes to make Way for a a planning that favors the Well to do. This is what or. Martin Anderson who now works for president Nixon in the White House has been saying about american Urban renewal for years. Small world. 0 o o 2. The conservationists Are Busy in Australia As elsewhere. To the australian countryman the Kangaroo is frequently a pest like the Rabbit whose geometrical proliferation was Only checked by the introduction of a Rabbit disease. Australia a land from far Back in time has never had Many predatory carnivorous animals which Means that herbivores will increase As the foliage increases. But the Kangaroo exists in several some multitudinous and some rare and the Kangaroo Hunters who kill them for dog meat do not distinguish among the species. So there Are mass meetings to protest the a Slaughter of the the accent is that of the american Sierra club rallying behind the alaskan Caribou. Small world. Too s. There is the race problem.,the visitor who walks along Collins Street in Melbourne or from Kings Cross to the Harbor Bridge in Sydney is struck by the Universal whiteness of the population. But the students wont let you forget about the aborigines the a Zabos a of whom there Are a Hundred thousand. The new Laws passed since 1966 give the a a boy Legal Equality but the students say that the Northern territory stockmen grossly underpay Black employees at the big cattle sounds like the Berkeley students talking about Mississippi Back in 1963. Small world. Too 4. I once sat through a Boston court Case against Erskine Caldwell so a god a Little acre a judged by the anti Pomo Grapher to be salacious. It might have been preview of the local australian court Case against a a Portnoya a same arguments about a redemptive social value and a redeeming literary Small world. Too 5. There is the Issue of pollution of course. The Oil men think there might be offshore Oil up by the great Barrier reef. The conservationists fear that Oil leakages would endanger the undersea life of the reef. Sounds like Santa Barbara Calif. Small world. Too 6. Colonialism. Australians Hege Mony Over Eastern portions of new Guinea gets a she lacking from the students. Its but one student of Sydney University who had actually been in new Guinea told me that if Australia gets out it will be another a nigerian biafran civil War Between local tribes. Too 7 and 8. There Are the linked questions of Vietnam and conscription. Though the a a moratorium of a year ago wont be repeated the student objections to a a militarism remain Strong. 9. Culture. Australia has a literature and vibrant popular arts. Why then ask the critics Are there no real a australian studies in the colleges too 10. What to do about immigration. John Gorton the prime minister says a White australian policy is a morally but australians fear to a accept asians starving throngs and an asian Way of the quote is from a newspaper Story which makes no moral judgment on its own. To an american visitor the australian talk about troubles is both familiar and puzzling. Familiar because the world a global Village talks about the same things every robot Moon Walker prowls sea of Rains Moscow up a Lun Khod i russians robot Moon Walker prowled the sea of Rains for soil samples today and sent Home television pictures of its own Trail through the lunar dust the soviets said. Space commentators exulting Over the latest Milestone of the soviet re entry into the Moon race said this eight wheeled Silver Teakettle was the forerunner of fancy space mobiles that would criss Cross the planets with tracks like those. A o o o Lun Khod landed tuesday aboard Luna 17, the third soviet spacecraft to explore the Moon in 58 Days and the second of those to land there. Luna 16 landed sept. 20 and returned to Earth with Rock samples while Zond 8 looped the Moon once on a photography Mission last month. Shortly after Luna 17 touched Down Lun Khod buzzed to life and rolled Down a Gangway out onto the surface of the Moon where the soviets said it would gather soil samples Analyse them with its own equipment and Plant scientific devices in the lunar soil. Too today Tass said it continued that general exploratory program and also transmitted television pictures of the lunar surface. A the Quality of the television is Good and the tracks left by Lun Khod on the Moons surface Are clearly seen As Are some features of its construction a Tass fall systems of the vehicle Are functioning normally it said. Honor is students in school activities an Assembly honouring students who take part in co curricular activities at it. Pleasant High school was held in Cottrell gym tuesday afternoon. Steve Savage student Council president introduced mayor Charles Hanna Ken Rogers president of the Board of education and supt. Robert Formanek who spoke All praising the students for their achievements this school year. Among the groups honoured was the marching band which won a division i rating in the state band contest at Williamsburg and the varsity football team which won the Southeast seven conference title. Too mayor Hanna said in part a i consider the Opportunity to be a part of this program today a privilege and an Honor. A the recognition that has been bestowed upon individuals and groups Here at it. Pleasant High school already this fall not Only has an Impact on the individuals involved but on our school and City As Well. A this is an example of dedication to our school program on the part of both students and instructors and what dedication can accomplish when properly applied. A however besides being dedicated to school related situations we need to also dedicate ourselves singularly and collectively to our City state and nation As Well As to our families churches and our own Good name. A a in a sure that All of those we Are honouring today can sincerely say dedication builds that which lasts and gives a feeling of deep satisfaction for a Job Well tentative school budget is approved massive Aid supplies Pakistan Ken Rogers commended the students for the honors and prestige they have brought to the school system academically and in Many school activities. He defined the word activity by relating words to each letter such As a for action ability and attitude. C stands for Challenge and cooperation he said and t for Talent i for identity v for values i for imagination and t for tenacity and a most important is y which to me stands for the youth of this school system who give so generously of their time and talents to the activities of the a More recently our band and football team have brought honors to the school a Rogers said a and the school year will produce other outstanding achievements in such areas As speech and debate. The Maroon echoes and target Booster club and girls recreational association future teachers homemakers and Farmers the Maroon and Gold singers class plays and operetta. These Are just a few of the Many school sponsored activities where the Young men and women can be Active and a each and every one of you is a credit to this school system and we Are proud of your achievements a Rogers said. Too supt. Formanek stated in part a the recognition of the achievements of All of the groups which make up the co curricular portion of the it. Pleasant High school is great. We cannot clearly separate these from the academics because the co curricular and the academic together make up the total of the available learning experience of the it. Pleasant High school. A i have a list of the various groups which Are presently Active and i would like to read them football varsity Sophomore and freshmen music instrumental and vocal drama club thespians and Junior class play math club science club Spanish club Library club Booster club debate forensics future teacher association future homemaker association future Farmer association Pep club Maroon echoes cheerleaders girls recreational association creative writing National Honor society and student Council. I find that by adding All together the individuals who belong to these various organizations number slightly Over 1,000. A when a group wins Success we All of us have a part in that Success when they fail we All fail. The degree of Success or failure is determined by the total school through participation support and encouragement or Lack of participation support and encouragement. Each of you cannot be musicians athletic and an actor but i believe each of you can Excel in something a i encourage All students to take part in some of the opportunities that Are. Available to you Here at it. Pleasant High school. The Sweet taste of Victory is Short lived and soon forgotten. If this was the Only Reward of winning i sincerely doubt that it would be worthwhile. There Are however Many lasting values. A a Young Man or a Young woman who has had the rare Opportunity to be a Winner May and should reap a lifetime of 24 hours a Day a a family of tourists gazes at the american Flag which now Waves in the Breeze atop the North portico of the White House 24 hours a Day instead of the traditional Sunrise to Sunset. Says he saw killings but not it. Calley it. Benning a. Up a a Ronald l. Haeberle of los an former army combat photographer Geles now a free Lance photograph testified today he watched an am or was the fourth witness called in Erica Soldier pump automatic Wea the court martial of it. Calley a tentative budget for the 1971-72 fiscal year for the it. Pleasant Community school District was approved by the Board of education tuesday evening. The preliminary figures indicate an increase in general fund expenditures of 8% or a total of $1,898,900 for 1971-72. The tentative budget is required by legislation enacted by the last general Assembly of the Iowa legislature. The budget As officially adopted is not required until the summer of 1971. The tentative budget was prepared by estimating an increase in general expenditures of approximately 5% and salary and Benefit increases of about 8 percent. The Board also discussed Book rental fees and activity account expenditures with the viewpoint of including some of these expenses in the general account. No action was taken. Director mrs. Mary Lou Myers was named the official Board Delegate to the Iowa association of school boards meeting in Des Moines on thursday. The next regular Board meeting Date is 7 30 . On tuesday dec. 8th. Arrive in East Pakistan up a massive Aid supplies arrived today in Dacca and More were in route but communications were so bad Little actual help was reaching the million or More homeless and starving victims of East pakistanis Cyclone and tidal wave disaster. One pakistani official warned that unless Relief agencies win their race against time disease and starvation could wipe out another half a million people in the coastal areas. Some estimates were that the catastrophe already had taken that Many lives. Too the United states which promised $10 million in Aid was flying in six helicopters to distribute supplies to the coastal regions and offshore islands some of them still flooded. Britain was sending two helicopters and 13 assault Craft. The victims have been without pen fire into a group of vietnamese civilians in the Village of my Lai but said he did not see 1st. It. William l. Calley. Where. Puzzling because of the difference in scale. The australian a a Bose Arentt even one per cent of the population. Distributed by King features Syndicate Savage called the student body a a fantastic group and praised the students for their cooperation in various projects and for their achievements. Films of the band contest and of the championship it. Pleasant Fairfield football game were shown after the talks. Terse verse by a. C. Gordon a when someone says Quot i Hope you wont resent my telling this its very certain that you wet a resent his telling this 1 tile imports. Free traders Deal blow to Trade Bill Washington up a House free traders dealt a crucial and possibly fatal blow to the controversial Trade Bill wednesday by refusing to let the House consider it under a no amendment Rule. On a procedural showdown the House voted 204-189 to Block consideration of the textile and shoe quota Bill under the no Amend ment procedure. The vote paved the Way for immediate consideration and another vote on a Rule that would allow separate votes to kill various sections of the Bill. Supporters said that if the measure is hacked apart under new rules the Bill might fall. Too the Bill would set up shoe and textile quotas provide new machinery for possible other quotas if imports mount give a tax break to u. S. Exporters and provide Relief for import injured u. S. Firms. Rep. Wilbur d. Mills d-ark., the Bill a manager acknowledged in Advance that if the House killed the no amendment Rule that would in effect kill the Bill since he would not Call it for further House consideration under any other Rule. In Advance of the House debate Stanley Nehmer Deputy assistant Commerce Secretary for resources said american workers could lose As much As $3 billion a year in wages by 1975 unless Congress acts to Stop the flood of Low priced Tex commends Chest fund agencies James of Connor owner of of Connors clothing has been a it. Pleasant merchant for the past 35 years. He and his wife Irma reside at 500 South Jackson Street. Their two children now married with Young families of their own were reared in it. Pleasant where they were aware of the Many advantages Given youth through Community Chest funded programs. Of Connor is a member of Al wan is chamber of Commerce and the Iowa retail clothiers. As a Long time local businessman he has Many times served on fund drives for various agencies. A it is far better to have these fund campaigns under one drive a the United Community Chest and i heartily approve of All the organizations which participate in the communal Ity Chest a charged with the premeditated murder of 102 South vietnamese on March 16, 1968, the Day his platoon made a sweep through my Lai. Too Haeberle told the court martial Board of six officers five of them Vietnam veterans he was about too Yards away when he saw the villagers being mowed Down. But under Cross examination by defense attorney George w. Latimer. He conceded he could not identify anyone he saw firing and added a i done to believe i saw a lieutenant All a then obviously you did no to see it. Latimer said. A i never did see it. Calley a Haeberle replied. He did not clarify How he could be sure it was not Calley doing the firing if he could not identify faces from too Yards. Too Haeberle said that in one area he saw a Small child walking toward him with wounds in an and a leg. Quot a i Knelt beside me and put three bullets into him a Haeberle said. At another Point he said soldiers with him shot three men of military age on a Highway. Haeberle took some sensational pictures during the my Lai operation and later sold them to newspapers and magazines. Too under a rigorous examination by Latimer Haeberle said that fear of the army was one reason he did not disclose the color pictures he had taken with his personal camera. Another reason was Quot i did no to want to Start the Ball rolling about this a someone would have to come Tome a Haeberle said. He added that he and a reporter Friend a talked this Over and decided to keep quiet until somebody came to Haeberle said he turned Over to the army Black and White film he had taken with two army cameras but that those pictures contained nothing unusual. Too Haeberle denied he had told an army investigator that he wished he had not sold his pictures until after the court martial because he could have made More Money after the trial. However he said he did say he wished he had not sold the pictures. Haeberle maintained the color photos were for his personal use even though he was under army pay and was taking pictures for the army at the time of the sweep. He said he could not recall telling anybody in the Section about a a massacre dead asked Why he did not Tell the chaplain or his commanding officer in the in climbers reach Summit of Al Capitan Yosemite National Park Calif. Up a Mountain climbers Warren Harding and Dean Caldwell reached the Summit of Al Capitan today alter a 30-Day epic of endurance and courage on its 3,-000-foot-High Southeast face. The first of the two climbers went Over the top of the vertical face at 10 14 Arn. Post for the Mare gradual 400-foot hike to the Summit and1 the second followed almost immediately. Too Harding a 46-year-old West Sacramento Calif., Surveyor and Caldwell 27, a Milwaukee ore., photographer and adventurer negotiated the last few feet of the a Wall of the Early morning Light in warm sunny weather. They were met at the top by a crowd of jubilant fellow climbers newsmen and Park rangers a some of whom Load been ready to a a Rescue them last week until Harding shouted up Friday a like hell they Harding the first Mountaineer to climb Al Capitan 12 years ago thus became one of the first two to climb the tortuous a Early morning Light route its last a climbed major face. Last wednesday rangers decided they could not go on and decided to Rescue them. Five killed by Booby trap in Vietnam Saigon up a five american1 infantrymen were killed and one wounded today when they touched off a Large Booby trop on South Vietnam a Northern coast u. S. Military spokesmen reported. The incident involving a unit of the 196th brigade of the army s americal division occurred about 330 Miles North Northeast of Saigon near Tam by the spokesman said. At least 24 us. Servicemen were killed by mines and Booby traps last week pushing american losses in South Vietnam to their highest level in five weeks. Government spokesmen in Saigon reported that elements of a 6,000-Man South vietnamese task Force on a major drive into northeastern Cambodia killed at least 31 communist troops in two clashes today while taking losses of two dead and two wounded. American helicopter crewmen reported killing 18 communist soldiers tuesday about a half mile from the cambodian Border in the same Region where the South vietnamese crossed the Frontier in their new operation on monday. Food and pure drinking water since the Cyclone struck thursday night and brought immense tidal Waves Friday in what is believed to be the most densely populated Region of the world�?1,650 inhabitants to the Square mile. Oho five planes from West Germany already have arrived with tents and medical supplies but Dacca is not easily accessible to the stricken areas and authorities estimate it will take River boats 24 hours to move the supplies to the South. A single Road leads into Oak Ali but it is jammed with traffic slowed by three ferry Crossings. The International red Cross and Many of the nations of West Europe were sending food. Soviet ships had tried earlier to land supplies but were hindered by shattered Dock facilities and mud Flats. Officials warning of the need for faster Relief work said a a it will not be possible to save the lives of at least half the survivors in the disaster area. Thompson a not to 3rd term Ames up a Iowa Highway commission chairman Derby Thompson said wednesday he would not swept a third term Oil the commission even if it Watfa offered. Thompson a Burlington Republican has served on the commission for eight years and his current term is to expire on july i. Thompson is reportedly one of Many state officials who gov. Robert d. Ray plane to replace Rattler than offer additional terms. Ray said the replacement would give government a a new look and approach. Thompson also urged that terms on the commission be extended from the present four years to Al. He said it takes nearly three years for a person to figure out the complexities of the commission s operation. If a Man is replaced after one term Thompson said a nah that experience is he did however suggested a two term limit on the longer terms. Judge Bainter Speaks on problem of juveniles in courts three die in Cedar rapids fire Cedar rapids up a three persons were known dead in a fire that gutted a Cedar rapids residence shortly before noon today. Fire chief William Mcallen confirmed that three persons believed to be two children and a Parent were trapped in the blazing Home. Firemen were unable to Rescue the family Mcallen said. The fire broke out about 11 30 . In a residential area on the City a Northeast Side. Firemen were reported still at the scene fighting the Blaze although the Home was destroyed. Further details were not immediately available. Cor Breaks Telephone pole a 1970 Chevrolet driven by Wendell c. Ensminger 25, it. Pleasant route 3, struck a Telephone pole after going off old Highway 34 a half mile West of Rome at 2 45 Arn. Wednesday. Phone service Between it. Pleasant and Fairfield and Ottumwa was disrupted and was still out wednesday afternoon. Ensminger was not Hurt in the Accident. He told Deputy sheriff Ron Elmore who investigated that a Deer jumped out in front of him and when he swerved to miss it the car went out of control and struck formation Section he replied that the Northwestern Bell pole break both of them were disliked a by most ing it off. The lines were pulled i of us mainly however he said he Down. The rear end right Side and i just did not want to get involved in top of his car was damaged an is the incident. Uima ted $1,500. Johnny is a 17 year old boy with an in of 128. He is a High school dropout and has been rejected by his Mother who has had to Date four husbands. He has been charged for molesting children and has undergone psychiatric tests at University a Mary is a 15 year old girl with an in of 70 and a special education student prior to dropping out of school. She has been charged with making 74 unauthorized Long distance Calls and also with Petty theft. At 14 she ran off with a married a Tom is a 16 year old boy with an in of 116. He has missed As much school As he has attended the past 2 years. He has been charged with breaking and entering and is completely uncontrollable. He has no idea who his father might be and suffers from acute too a these Are just three of the 327 juvenile hearings that were held in the courts of this District during 1969,�?� said judge Harlan Bainter in his talk at the it. Pleasant rotary club tuesday evening. There were a total of 2900 juvenile hearings in the state of Iowa during 1969 and even More tragic said judge Bainter is the fact that the problems with our Young people Are on the increase. Juvenile complaints Are normally filed by a police officer with immediate referral to the area probation officer. Many cases Are handled on an informal basis and the More serious require formal hearings in court judge Bainter told the rotarians. Too the Law and the courts work in close cooperation with school officials As we usually find youngsters who have problems with the Law also have problems in school. They Are Given a series of tests at the mental health Institute or by other professionals so that the court has All available information before hearing the Case he said. In both the formal and informal hearings we hold extensive interviews with parents of juvenile offenders when possible. Some hearings take a few hours and some require several Days judge Bainter said. Our Hope is always that am child can go Back into the parental Home with alternates being fatter Homes state operated Homes or correctional institutions and oftentimes relatives provide the re fit Home environment for the youngsters. Too nearly All of our juvenile cases come from Homes where the parents have lost control of their children judge Bainter said. This emancipation at an Early age plus the Lack of discipline and love is directly or indirectly the cause of most problems with our Young people. My philosophy judge Bainter said in that parental responsibility and do Sipline is a must if we Are to achieve successes in the control of juvenile problems and crimes. Judge Bainter a discussion was warmly received by the rotarians and Many questions were submitted from the floor. He was introduced by program chairman Art Rommel. Too guests included High school rotarian of the month Mark Mccoy and inc rotarian Brad Kennedy. Cedric Raymond of Fairfield and m. D. Linder of it. Pleasant were also special guests. President Virgil Hileman announced that the teachers of the it. Pleasant school system will be honoured at a dinner next tuesday nov. 24th, at the inc student Union. Bob Gibson spoke of the rotary International Book drive for a special Library in Korea and Glen Ruble spoke of rotary foundation week. Larry Cullison encouraged All rotarians and their families to attend the forthcoming production of the inc drama department a the

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