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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - November 27, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news vol. 92, no. 279mt. Pleasant Iowa Friday evening november 27, 1970 Price to cents Cloudy these Daysi plans revealed for by John Chamberlain the Brave play terrorists of Conn despite the hardening of the country against them even that Bible of the new York Avant Garde Norman Podhoretz a commentary has been turning against the a pseudo radicals of the Campus a counter culture the play terrorists of the colleges Are still at it. They forced Al Capp to cancel an appearance at the University of Hartford toy a Mere intimation that he might toe met with More than questions. Al Capp was called Chicken for not risking his Bulky form on the podium but a Short time later in that same Region the play terrorists at the University of Connecticut in Storrs set up a thunderous hand clapping count that prevented or. Rut Patricio the foreign minister of Portugal from being heard. He quit in frustration after three attempts to open his Mouth. Gagging a Man by noise is not of course the same As shooting him. Our College play terrorists still Grant a Man his right to life. But free speech forget it. The Brace play terrorists have blotted out that particular guarantee of the Bill of rights. Now Why does t the american civil liberties Union Start suit against the ads students for a democratic society the Black students Alliance and the african students of a Conn for infringing or. Patricious rights under the first amendment too anyone would be a fool to say that life in the portuguese african territories is ail Cream and roses. Portugal itself has been a dictatorship and portuguese Angola and Mozambique As parts of Portugal itself do not have american style democracy. But the portuguese in Africa have maintained the same sort of inter racial society that they started in Brazil. You can be Black White yellow or Green in Angola or Mozambique and if you Are Able and intelligent you can Progress much More than can a hindu of comparable ability in Kenya a Bantu in Rhodesia a Cape coloured in South Africa an israeli in Egypt a biafran in Nigeria or a White Man in the Congo. In Angola and Mozambique they at least try to practice the brotherhood of Man which is More than you can say for nine tenths of the nations in the rest of Africa. The play terrorists at the University of Connecticut might have Learned something about real terror if they had allowed or. Patricio to get through to a question and answer period. Like other tropical african countries Angola is Multi tribal. There Are the Bak ongo in Northern Angola the Kim Bundu the vim Tondu the Lunda and the gangue la in regions farther South. When Holden Roberto a Bak ongo who had been radicalized by Nkrumah in Ghana and by Lumumba in the Congo tried to raise a revolution in Angola in the Early sixties the tribes to the South failed to respond. And among the Bak ongo Only 25,000 out of 500,000 gave heed to Roberto Scall to arms when he marched across the Border from the Congo with machetes. Too the portuguese at the time had Only two thousand soldiers and six thousand police in the whole of Angola which is bigger than France or Germany. If there had been any will to revolution among the Central and Southern tribes the portuguese have had a Chance. But the atrocities committed by Holden Roberto a rabble were so frightening that the a a revolution killed itself before it could persuade a single coloured policeman that a liberation a was at hand. It is not that Holden Roberto tried to keep ids rabble from cutting people in two with rotary saws and from stuffing banners in Little pieces into Salt boxes that were usually reserved for pork. Bernardo Teixeira teds All about it in a blood drenched Book called a the fabric of you might not believe Teixeira but Holden Roberto himself boasted to a correspondent from the Paris newspaper be Monde about the atrocities. When be Monde a reporter asked for details one of Roberto a men said a we sawed them too Why recount this now because As this column is being written Portugal is in trouble because of an alleged invasion of Guinea which has encouraged1 rebels in trying to undermine the government of neighbouring portuguese Guinea. Since charges and counter charges Are flying both sides of the portuguese african Story should be heard. Students at a Conn listened to a number of the Mozambique liberation front a week before some of them shouted kidnapping official Washington up a Fri director j. Edgar Hoover said today his Agency has uncovered plans for a militant Antiwar group a to Kidnap a highly placed government official and demand the end of . Bombings in Southeast Asia As Hickel to comment about his dismissal Washington up a Walter j. Hickel abruptly dismissed by president Nixon from his Post As As Interior Secretary has promised to speak out next week on his ouster. Nixon fired the 51-year-old former governor of Alaska wednesday night in what was described As the most abrupt dismissal of a Cabinet officer since april 1952, when president Harry s. Truman fired attorney general j. Howard Mcgrath in a dispute Over a corruption investigation within the Truman administration. Nixon notified Hickel of his decision in a 25-minute meeting at the White House. Hickel went to the White House believing he was to attend a budget meeting. A spokesman for Nixon said the president took the action because the two men did not have a Mutual Nixon nominated rep. Rogers c. B. Morton of Maryland the Republican National chairman to succeed Hickel. Morton is not expected to take office until Early next year. His appointment must be confirmed by the Senate. Pleasant Hill s thanksgiving dinner enjoyed an enthusiastic group met at the Beautiful pleasant Hill Church to enjoy the usual Bountiful dinner in fashion of the pilgrims heritage and to observe their 60th thanksgiving dinner. The reunion with friends and neighbors included the spirit of sharing thanksgiving baskets. It was a special Joy to Greet College students of the Community who were Home for the holidays. Three generations were present to partake of this festive thanksgiving. Or. Jasper Becker and mrs. Ethel m. Austin of Galesburg 111. Were most Welcome guests. It had been More than 50 years since or. Becker had moved from this Community. It was a real Joy for him to have this Opportunity of seeing Many of his old friends. Or. And mrs. Willis Hinkson of Columbia mo., former neighors were most Welcome guests from a distance. Mrs. Parke Comick chairman extended a Welcome in giving a the Art of thanksgiving is she then announced mrs. Holland Comick As the chairman for 1971 and various other committees were named. Many expressed their wishes that this custom would be carried on with gods help for Many years to come. Ambushes kill 17 cambodians phenom penh up a Viet Cong ambushes killed 17 cambodian troops and wounded 50 others today in an attack about 45 Miles Southwest of phenom penh of Highway 4 that ended in hand to hand fighting with bayonets. Communiques from Saigon said no americans were killed in action in Vietnam in the 48 hours ended at Midnight thursday. It was the second such two Day period without combat deaths in the War zone this month. Steal Art works valued at $900,000 Montpellier France up a Art thieves stole 19 old masters valued at $900,000 from the fab re museum thursday night police mild today. Down the portugese foreign minister. When it came to hearing both sides of the argument the students turned play terrorists. Brave boys a or should we say Brave bully boys the Price for his release. A the name of a White House staff member has been mentioned As a possible victims of the kidnapping plot Hoover testified before a Senate appropriations subcommittee. Too Hoover said the Kidnap had been plotted toy a group known As the a East coast conspiracy to save lives a with which roman Catholic priests Philip and Daniel Berrigan were associated. Both Brothers Are in jail in Connecticut for their role in destroying selective service records in Baltimore in 1968. Hoover told the senators that the group also plans a to blow up underground electrical conduits and steam pipes serving the Washington d.c., area in order to disrupt the Federal governments too Hoover did not go into detail in his closed session testimony and did not disclose How the Fri had Learned of it. But he described it in the present tense indicating that the group still plans the action. In testimony made Public by his office Hoover said this about the plan a the plotters Are also concocting a scheme to Kidnap a highly placed government official. The name of a White House staff member has been mentioned As a possible victim. A if successful the plotters would demand an end to United states bombing operations in Southeast Asia and the release of All political prisoners As Ransom. Intensive investigation is being conducted concerning this 20 involved in Accident up traffic accidents in Iowa since the thanksgiving Holiday began have claimed four lives. Twenty persons were involved in one Accident which claimed one life and left 14 persons injured. Killed was mrs. Bonnie Miller 36. Of Mercer. To. Four other members of the Miller family were hospitalized in Omaha. Neb., and three Miller children were treated for injuries and released. Four cars were involved in the Chain reaction Accident. The Iowa Highway patrol said the Miller car and one driven by Leroy d. Wall 33, of Omaha neb., collided Headon thursday about three Miles South of Emerson on . 59. Diane Rohwer 24, of Walcott was killed on thanksgiving Day when the car in which she was Riding collided with another vehicle on a Scott county Road about one mile South of Dixon. Miss Rohwer was a teacher at Davenport West High school. Her husband Gary was hospitalized in satisfactory condition at mercy Hospital in Davenport. A Scott county sheriffs Deputy said a car driven by Dennis Dally 22, of Rural new Liberty was apparently on the wrong Side of the Road. He was treated and released. Cigarette blamed in truck mishap a cig Aret stub that blew Back into his cab caused Driver Alfred l. Ryan 817 w. Harrison Plymouth ind., to lose control of a Gumc truck with trailer on the Blacktop nine Miles West of it. Union Early Friday morning he said. The eastbound truck left the Highway went off on the South Side ripped out about 50 feet of Fence and broke an rec Power pole. The current was not interrupted however. Ryan told officers he was driving about 45 Miles an hour when the cig Aret he threw out the cab window blew Back in. He was charged with failure to have his vehicle under control. Deputy sheriff Ron Elmore investigated. Damage to the truck which is owned by Rolland Mccleary Packwood was estimated at $400. The Accident occurred at 7 15 . And the sheriffs office was notified at 11 15 Arn. Terse verse by a. C. Gordon what can to be cured should be insured. Taking Steps to improve water Supply the it. Pleasant municipal i on the no. 4 Well which is located North Vietnam raiders defense Secretary Melvin Laird second left introduces to reporters in Washington the leaders of the search and Rescue team that landed by helicopter at a prisoner of War Camp Only 20 Miles from Hanoi in North Vietnam to Rescue american prisoners Only to find the Camp deserted. Army col. Arthur d. Simons of new York is at left. At right is air Force Brig. Gen. Leroy j. Manor of Morrisonville . Looking on is . Thomas Moorer joint chiefs of staff chairman. The raid aroused criticism by Washington doves. Attempts to kill Pope Paul in Manila Manila up a a bolivian artist disguised As a priest tried to Stab Pope Paul i with a foot Long knife today. Aides threw boys drown in farm Pond near Fairfield Board of utilities has taken action which when completed will solve much of the City a water Supply problems and greatly improve the Quality of water. The most serious problem we Ith the potable water has been the High Content of Iron which settles out in the main distribution lines and makes it Way into Homes and ends up As yellow stains in the bathroom and Kitchen. The final feasibility study recently completed by Sherman Smith and associates consultant engineers of Burlington has recommended a new filtering system Fairfield a two la year old with attempted murder. He was quoted As saying a i want to eliminate the Pope because he is the boys drowned Friday morning in a Symbol of superstition and hypo j farm Pond six Miles Northeast of themselves in front of the Crisy. I done to believe in ideology or Here. The bodies of Tommy Ham pontiff subdued the assailant anti religion a of a a a Ltd a a n 1 Coo i Haimes and Edward Conrad son although the Pope was not Hurt j of or. And mrs. Keith Conrad who the attack and his extremely heavy live Southeast of Fairfield at 12 55 the uninjured Pope went ahead with a full Day of activities. The assailant Benjamin men Douay Amor 35, was arrested and police said he would be charged Man drowns near Burlington Burlington up a Gordon b. Mckay 48, Cedar rapids drowned when a boat he and three other Hunters were Riding in overturned in High Waves on the Mississippi River nine Miles South of Burlington. Officials said Mckay and Clarence Hunter 39, Robert Lafontaine 49, and Roy Jamison 44, All of Cedar rapids were guiding the boat towards a Blind wednesday when it was swamped by three foot High Waves. The four Clung to the Side of the boat but Mckay lost his grip and slipped beneath the churning icy Waters. The survivors were rescued by two Burlington men Mel de Lang and Howard Hoelzen jr., after they were in the water approximately 45 minutes. The Cedar rapids men were taken to Burlington a memorial Hospital where they were treated and released. Mckay a body was recovered some three hours after the Accident occurred. Unicof special on television at 6 30 to All the worlds children is a two part television special about tomorrows people a the children of today a world. More than a report it tis an inspirational tribute to the Hope of Mankind a the Young. Part i of to All the worlds children will be telecast tonight november 27, at 6 30 . On Abc. Part ii will be shown on sunday november 29, from 10 30 11 00 Arn. Schedule took its toll. Tonight in pm. A speech at the presidential Palace the Pope looked tired and slurred his words. He had been on the go for More than 32 hours with Only Brief Catnap on the plane from Rome to Manila via Iran and East Pakistan. Jefferson county officers said that the boys were apparently walking on the farm Pond wheal the ice cracked and they fell in. Two scuba divers participated in the search for the boys bodies. The Accident occurred at a Pond on the Haimes farm. Mrs. Ham the attack came moments after Mes reported that the boys were the 73-year-old Pope stepped from j missing about noon. His jetliner at Manila International a Airport to begin an historic tour of asian and Pacific lands. The Pope proceeded almost As if the incident had not happened receiving the cheers of one million persons As he drove to downtown Manila for talks with president Ferdinald e. Marcos one of the heroes of the aborted attack on the Pope. Open House at gift shop nov. 30 free Coffee Rolls and cookies will be served at the Holiday open House in the gift shop of Henry county memorial Hospital monday nov. 30, from to Arn. To 4 . Kennedy s gather for Caroline s 13th birthday Hyannis port mass. Up members of the Kennedy clan gathered at the family compound today to celebrate tire 13tih birthday of Caroline Kennedy. A family party for the daughter of the late president Kennedy culminated a three Day Holiday Celebration that began wed. Night with a 10th birthday party for John Kennedyjr. Virtually All the members of the Kennedy clan were in attendance including or. And mrs. Aristotle Onassis sen. Edward m. Kennedy Sale priced merchandise for the and has family. Mrs. Ethel Kennedy Day will include items left from the j and or children or. And mrs. Stephen Smith and mrs. Eunice Shriver. Caroline arrived with her Mother and step father from the Brearly school in new York where she is an eighth Grade Pupil. Indians protest in mourning at Plymouth mass Plymouth mass. Up a Twenty five indians buried Plymouth Rock under Mounds of Sand and seized a replica of the vessel that carried pilgrims to the new world As part of their National Day of mourning on thanksgiving. Some of the indians in native dress flipped Over a table Laden with Turkey and pies when they were invited to set Down for a recreation of the first thanksgiving dinner. The indians left with four turkeys after refusing to a heat White Many a the indians scaled fences on the state pier to swarm aboard the Mayflower ii. They climbed the rigging and Tore Down the Flag of St. George the Patron Salt of England and the Kings colors the predecessor of the Union Jack. A Wax statue of capt. Christopher Jones master of the original Mayflower was tossed overboard a Long with the Flag of St. George. The indians left without incident when police arrived. No arrests were made. Annual Bazaar As Well As some items from the regular Stock and new and special Christmas gifts and decorations. Eldon boy Falls under Wagon Eldon up a a 7-year-old Eldon boy was killed thursday when he fell off a Wagon loaded with Corn and was run Over by the Wagon. Dead is Dennis lag Lei son of or. And mrs. Larry Lagle who farm just West of Eldon in Wapello county. Near the Utility Plant on North Adams Street. The Cost of Olla equipment installation and debt service is estimated at $154,000. The second priority recommended by the Smith firm is tile moderation and reactive Stathon of the Oakland Mills water pumping ablation which supplied the mental health Institute with All water since 1025 until taken Over by the City some two years ago. The coat of this is estimated at $100,000. Too Bruce Rhode chairman of the Board of trustees said that the Engineer has been authorized to Complete the final design specifications and drawing with a target Date for construction bids of february 9, 1071. The new filtering system for the no. 4 Well and the of the Oakland Mills Plant should be completed cond in operation by june of 1071, according to Rhode. The estimated Cost of the two projects will be raised through some $300,000 of Revenue Bride which will be amortized from a modest increase in water rates. There has been no increase in water rates since 1969. Too there Are other recommendations in the final report submitted to the Utility Board which will be considered at a later Date. These include additional underground water storage facilities of about 1.0 million Gallons replacement of some of the older water in Strimbu tion lines and the interconnection of a dead end lines to form a Loon which would eventually encompass the City. The Board has been wetting closely with the Smith firm for Over a year in order to determine the most practical and economical method of up dating the City water Supply and distribution system. As soon As the first two phases of the improvement program Are completed the Board May take action to approve additional work according to Jim Ritter manager of the utilities Plant. To report about death of sgt. Bruce Hankins a report on the death of two soldiers in South Vietnam on the lbs to news thursday night stated that one of them was sgt. Bruce Lynn Hankins 23, a Conesville Iowa native recently of Mesa Ariz. The soldiers were killed monday when a land mine exploded. A lbs correspondent interviewed members of sgt. Hankins unit about the incident which occurred on a Hill and asked questions about his views on the War and his Back ish old master Velazquez. Gallery pays $5.54 million for painting London up a a new York Art gallery paid a record $5.54 million at an auction today for a painting by the 17th Century Span ground. His picture was shown on the television screen. Sgt. Hankins was a Distant relative of the Hankins family in it. Pleasant. The funeral for sgt. Hankins will Alec Wildenstein vice president of the Wildenstein gallery which Bouget the painting said members of his family had been trying to buy it for 80 years. The painting sold at London a be held saturday at 2 . At the Christie a auction House is a Porum ted methodist Church at trait of Velazquez mulatto assist Conesville. Commends Chest fund agencies Bill Bankston general manager of Blue Bird Midwest has been a it. Pleasant resident for two years. He and his wife Ellen and their two children Leslie to and Spencer 5, reside at 407 East Washington. Bill is actively involved in Community affairs and serves on a number of boards including the Community Chest organization kiwanis administrative Board of the methodist Church executive Board of the Southeast Iowa boy scout Council and the Henry county Industrial development Board. Though a relative newcomer to the local Community Chest organization Bill says a it has been my observation Bhat the Community Chest touches the Lites of almost everyone in the Community at some time or another whatever the age or situation they really have a big Job and i Hope everyone will contribute in a big Way. Woodwind quintet to present first concert at inc the Iowa Wesleyan College woodwind quartet will have its first concert tuesday dec. I at 8 . In the College Chapel. This new group consists of miss Ruth Keraus and Larry Cullison inc music professors mrs. Jim Burnham wife of Wesleyan a Dean of men Tony Kullmer it. Pleasant elementary school band director and mrs. Suzanne Ingold Waco band director. Music presented will be compositions spanning the time from Hayden to the contemporary american composer Washburn. The concert is free to the Public. Ant Juan de Pareja. The sum paid by the Wildenstein gallery was the most Ever brought by a work of Art at auction. The previous record was $21 million paid by California industrialist Norton Simon for Rembrandt a four East germans jump off freighter key West Fla. Up a four East germans including two physicians and a scientist jumped off j a Aristotle contemplating the bust a Cuba bound freighter today and 0j Homer on nov. Is 1961, at were picked up by a charter boat Parke Bernet in new York City. Hired by the brother of one of the the bidding today started at jumpers and taken to key West. $756,000 and took less than three a minutes. Bill Bankston Moynihan to return to Harvard position Washington up a the White House Friday knocked Down the reports that presidential counsellor Daniel p. Moynihan would be named . Ambassador to the United nations. Press Secretary Ronald l. Ziegler said Moynihan expects to return to his Post on the Harvard University faculty. In no a a t we veg my a -4 pm Kip a its a pipe for the postman to deliver mail at the Marshall Reynolds Home near Cassville wis. Two accidents reported to police two accidents have been reported to City police. At 9 35 am. Friday in Tho too Block of East Washington Street a 1969 Plymouth driven by Laurel b. Pease Missoula mont., we going West and attempted to turn right into an Alley and collided with a 1966 Plymouth which was to the right Lane driven by veda m. Bur key new London. Both care were damaged. Laurel e. Pease was charged with making an improper turn and fined $10 and costs in mayor Charles Hannah a court. At 5 10 . Wednesday a Miti Dodge Van driven by Lou Lieuen it. Pleasant collided with a 1976 Ford truck owned by the Dubuque packing co which we Tkv Gilf parked to the too Block of Worth main. The right ride of the was damaged

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