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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - November 28, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news Section one s 2 sections vol 92, no. 280mt. Pleasant Iowa saturday evening november 28, 1970 Price to cents o Cloudy Jeffrey Hart lets invade Libya that a right Libya. I admit i shared your Surprise not to say Shock when the idea was first broached to me. Lets do what but Ever since the collapse of Secretary Roger a peace initiative in the Middle East i have heard the idea bruised about by a variety of informed people and in the november 17 Issue of National review one Charles Benson provides a definitive statement of the invade Libya Case. This article is remarkable in More ways than one. First of All. It makes a powerful i would say persuasive a Case. Consider 1. Employing the Arab israeli conflict As their Basic dynamic the soviets Are now in the process of taking Over the Arab world for a strategic position. As the present trend continues we May expect to see russian naval air and missile installations All along the Africa coast of the Mediterranean out flanking nato and rendering the a position of the sixth Fleet untenable. 2. Nothing now present in the american military and political strategy can Cope with this tide of events. The Roger peace initiative was probably hopeless from the Start. During the six Day War of 1967 the israelis quadrupled the strategic depth of their defences and cannot be expected to give up this advantage without a definitive settlement of the conflict but such a settlement is unthinkable from the standpoint of the guerrilla leaders and for substantial segments of Arab opinion. Indeed events since the ceasefire give the arabs less reason to desire a settlement than before. Massed artillery now protected by soviet ground to air missiles has changed the balance on the Suez front in a Way favourable to the arabs. 3. The shift in strategic advantage in favor of the soviets throughout the Mediterranean Region poses an even More serious threat to the israelis. In the event of an All out Arab israeli clash say three years from now u. S. Support for Israel designed to counter soviet support for the arabs would face insuperable obstacles. The sine qua non of american support the sixth Fleet would have been neutralized. Thus from air instal t lations near Obruk and from the former wheelus air base at Tripoli advanced russians interceptors such As the Mig-23 could dominate the Carrier based planes. Additionally the ships themselves would be vulnerable to soviet styx missiles. Short of nuclear War there is no Way of retaining a strategic presence East of Sicily in the face of the capabilities of projected soviet bases. But a u. S. Nuclear ultimatum would Lack credibility in View of the fact that the soviets now have achieved nuclear parity. 4. Therefore a u. S. Counter move in the Middle East must be conventional in character. A suppose a writes or. Benson a rather than attacking the russians directly or sending american troops to die for the Sake of Israel or waiting around until the russians using Arab bodies actually attack Israel before we decide what we Are going to do we were to take Libya. Destroy the offending bases before they Are developed size Libya by military Force occupy it and if necessary drive or transport the roughly two million inhabitants of that a nation into As this initiative got underway president Nixon would be on the hotline to Moscow making the seriousness of our purpose Clear and denying any intention to launch a strategic strike against the soviets themselves. 6. The soviets Are not prepared to risk a first strike against the u. S. With Lobmas. At present they do not have the capacity to counter such a u. S. Invasion by conventional Means. The defense capacities of the libyans Are minimal. 6. At one stroke the soviet de Sig sin the Mediterranean would have been countered nato would not be outflanked the menacing soviet presence would not have been extended eastward along the Mediterranean coast instead of Israel misting As an isolated enclave Egypt would be sandwiched in Between Israel and the american presence in Libya. 7. The reverberations would be global. The third world proxy Powers would have another Factor to Deal with when they considered operating As a staging area in so called Peoples wars. Libya would constitute a nato staging area backing up Western Europe and complicating the soviet strategic perspective there. And of course american Power would be Applice or a. Vaas jetliner with 230 crashes 179 survive clip joint promotion its a double Decker bicycle built for five in Miami Fla and Howard Fairfield Barbershop proprietor uses it for promotion kids coming in for a haircut get a free ride. All five riders have pedals to assist in powering. Parts of a dozen conventional bikes were used to build this one. Huge crowd gathers at Manila mass Manila up a a huge crowd gathered to see Pope Paul i say an open air mass today while not far away the Man who tried to assassinate the Pope Friday said a it would be a pleasure to have another Chance to kill him. Bishop Juan Velasco chairman of the mass Media committee for the papal visit said he estimated 3.5 million persons gathered before the altar set up in Luneta Park on Manila Bay for the papal mass police and other estimates wen1 much lower _ the highest ranging about one million persons. Not Long before the Pope said mass bolivian surrealist Painter Benjamin Mendoza Amor appeared at a press conference head at a police Headquarters about 400 Yards away. He told journalists a i should be congratulated for the attack on the Pope and added a it would be a pleasure if i can get another chances to kill him. Shortly before the mass the Pope told a South vietnamese delegation a we Are doing everything in our Power to help bring peace in Vietnam. He renewed his Call for a honest and sincere negotiations to end the War. The Pope throughout his numerous ceremonies today appeared unruffled by the assassination attempt and reports there May be More death plots against him. Hickel cancels i press conference Washington up a former Interior Secretary Walter j. Hickel cancelled without explanation a press conference next week at which he had promised to answer All questions about his abrupt dismissal by president Nixon. A Hiekel a action Carnet Friday shortly after a White House aide personally fired six other Interior department officials All close associates of Hickel. Other dismissals were Josef Holbert Hickels press Secretary had requested on thursday that the National press club set up the wednesday luncheon press conference. Holbert was one of the six officials dismissed. But on Friday an unidentified Hickel spokesman told Donald Larrabee chairman of the National press clubs Board of governors that Hickel would be out of town wednesday and would not be Able to return in time for the meeting. Able in the Mediterranean whatever the mood of the latest italian coalition government. 8. Finally the u. S. Would have demonstrated an answer to the soviet a pol strategy a an answer not at All Manifest up to now. Russians attempt to Export revolution would have resulted in the strategic collapse of the Structure it had hoped to build. And who is the Brilliant Charles Benson i had never heard of him. And National review identifies him with interesting vagueness As a formerly vice president of the me tron corporation and As serving a since 1965 As a private consultant to the aerospace and defense hmm. Distributed by King features Syndicate Nixon will meet with Hussein and Heath Washington up a the White House Lias announced that president Nixon will meet during december with King Hussein of Jordan and British prime minister Edward Heath. The meeting with Hussein will be dec. 8, on the first Day of a two Day unofficial visit to Washington during which he also will meet with Secretary of state William p. Rogers and other officials. The Date for heaths visit still is Uncertain but the state department said it would be a some time in the latter half of 10 killed 11 injured on Turnpike Downingtown a. Up a ten persons six of them children were killed and at least la other persons were injured Friday evening in two related crashes involving five vehicles on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The six children and their parents who also were killed were in route from their Home in Philadelphia to Reading pa., to visit relatives. A t the father who was driving apparently attempted to make a a Tum to avoid backed up traffic resulting from the first Accident and his car was struck broadside by another Auto state police said. A what happened there is purely conjecture a Franklin Summers Turnpike operations director said. A with the family wiped out Well never the Philadelphia family were identified tentatively As Regis Alen 27, a taxicab Driver his wife Mildred 25. Four sons aged i month 18 months 8 years and to years and two daughters aged 5 years and 7 years. Two other daughters 4 and to were injured critically. Too state police said the first Accident occurred at 5 15 p.m., est when a Well drilling Rig went out of control on a curve in the westbound Lane crossed a medial Barrier and upset in the eastbound lanes. An automobile crashed into the Rig. A passenger in the Rig owned by the Mobile dredging and pumping co., Reading was killed. He was identified As Edward Kline 30, Glenmore a. Five persons were injured. Eight minutes after the mishap and five Miles away Allen attempted to make a a Tum in the traffic clogged eastbound lanes and was struck broadside by an Auto operated by mrs. Ruth c. Walters 42, Temple a. A Turnpike Tow truck Enro Ute to the first Accident struck the Allen and Walters cars. Mrs. Walters was killed. Four persons were injured in the second Accident. Iowans share in show honors Chicago up a a 1,130-Pound charolais Hereford steer a 215-Pound Chester White Hampshire a Barrow and a 103-Pound Hampshire Lamb have been named champions of the 1970 International livestock a exposition. The Junior grand Champion j steer a pumpkin coloured animal named pumpkin was raised and shown by Kendall Taylor 17, by Sart Iowa. A Fine wonderful great Quot Taylor repeated As 2,500 spectators applauded. The Junior grand Champion Market pig sep was raised and exhibited by James Rodibaugh 15, Rensselaer ind. Rodl Baugh a brother Rex won the same prize at last years show. Miss ton Leven 16, Newkirk okla., raied the grand Champion Market Lamb named spotty. The animal was judged Best of 300 Wethers in a class open to All exhibitors. Miss Levine a Lamb was shown by Walter Stelzig a professional showman employed by the Levin ranch. The Reserve Junior grand Champion steer was shown by Susan Lansman 17, Audubon Iowa. Her steer a 1,250-Pound augus summer yearling named Black Jack and pumpkin now Are eligible to enter open Competition for the International grand Champion title. Anchorage Alaska up a a chartered Jet with 230 persons aboard crashed while attempting to take off in a freezing rain Friday night and exploded killing a number of military personnel bound for Vietnam. Military officials said at least 46 persons were killed. There were 179 known survivors and five unaccounted for in the crash of the Capitol International airways stretch dc8 Jet bound for Cam Ranh Bay. Aboard were 219 military personnel and a Crew of la. A i heard a noise then i saw the wings flutter and the plane crash a said Joseph Haywood who was working on his car near the Airport. A the fuselage split in the Middle and a big Ball of flames went up maybe 120 to 150 feet High a he said. Other witnesses said the Pilot was trying to take off but decided to abort. One of them said the plane smacked Back Down on the runway at a Speed of about 170 Miles an hour. The plane flattened a Small Fence slowed under a building designed to hold instrument Landing equipment and Slid to a Stop trailing tons of burning Jet fuel. The big plane began breaking up As it bounded across the runway shedding one engine. It broke into three pieces and passengers soaked with Jet fuel tumbled out of the plane. The explosion came from three to five minutes later. Quot there was panic at first a said master sgt. Robert l. Keller of new York City. A but the older gis aboard the plane quelled the panic instantly and this is one of the things that pulled us out a he said. Too the plane broke into three main pieces the Tail fuselage and nose sections. Some of the survivors found themselves thrown out of the plane still strapped in their Seata. Searchers with flashlights worked far into the night scouring areas in All directions from the wreckage looking for bodies or injured survivors. The bodies were taken to a temporary morgue set up at hulls air National guard base which is located at the Airport and is about one half mile from the crash scene. Too survivors were taken to Providence and Community hospitals in Anchorage for treatment. Those who were not seriously injured were taken to facilities at Elmendorf air Force base. Bob Porterfield a reporter for the Roseburg ore., news review was vacationing in Alaska and witnessed the crash. He said he saw 21 bodies lying on the ground and it looked like still More bodies were being pulled out of the wreckage when he left the crash. Iowa new party holds convention Des Moines up a the Iowa new party plans to hold a special state convention Here today and sunday. State coordinator Bob Landwehr said a we expect to have a minimum of 50 candidates running in Iowa As Well As a presidential candidate on the ballot in every state in 1972.�?� under Iowa Law the new party is designated As a a non party political award contract Washington up a the army corps of engineers has announced the awarding of a $1,644,-144 contract for stage ii of the local flood control project in Dubuque. The contract was awarded to the Shappert engineering co. Of Belvidere in. The corps of engineers said Friday the work will include building a flood Protection system across the Mouth of a commercial Harbor in Dubuque. Pond victims were cousins Fairfield up a two 11-year-old Fairfield area cousins playing on an ice covered farm Pond drowned Friday when the ice gave Way and they plunged into the Chilly Waters. Authorities identified the two As Tommy Hammes son of or. And mrs. John Hammes of Rural Fairfield and his Cousin Edward Ture Cek. The Turecek boy was the son of George Turecek of Iowa City and mrs. Guadalupe Conrad of Stockport. The two were playing on a Pond behind the Hammes farm House about six Miles Northeast of Fairfield at the time of the Accident. One of the other Hammes children apparently saw the Accident tried to help the boys and then called mrs. Hammes. Jefferson county sheriffs deputies had to break through the ice and use two boats to drag for the Young boys bodies which were found in about 12 feet of water. Too editors note the name of the Turecek boy was incorrectly Given out As Edward Conrad son of the Keith Conrads in an Early report published Friday. Caught stealing gasoline fined John Sanderson 20, Washington was arrested by Deputy sheriff Ron Elmore Early saturday morning and charged with stealing gasoline. Sanderson appeared in Justice William smarts court and was fined $100 and costs with $50 suspended for Good behaviour. Elmore said that Sanderson was apprehended on the Emery Mcguire farm four Miles Northwest of Trenton at 1 45 . Saturday by Mcguire and two of his neighbors. Gasoline had been taken before and the men were watching the barrel through the night. Sanderson was taking gasoline out of a barrel when he was caught by the men they said. Elmore was notified went to the farm made the arrest and brought Sanderson Here to face the . Terse verse by a. C. Gordon two things Many people never get a All they want and ail they ought to get. Waiting for food survivors of the East Pakistan Cyclone and tidal wave line up for food on Bhola Island. President spending weekend at Camp David Thurmont my. Up a president Nixon is spending the weekend at Camp David his Mountain Retreat to consider More High level personnel changes and to work on the 1971-1972 Federal budget. With the president Are mrs. Nixon daughter Tricia and a close Nixon Friend c. G. A a Bebel Rebozo. The Nixon so other daughter Julie Eisenhower is in Newport r. I., visiting her husband David who is undergoing naval officer training. H. R. Haldemann Nixon a chief of staff was expected to go to Camp David during the weekend. The White House did not say what staff changes Nixon would consider. It is known he is considering naming a new United nations ambassador to replace Charles Yost. How the Public looks at students by Louis Harris c 1970, Chicago Tribune the Pivotal Impact of the Campus unrest Issue on this years election wits not nearly As decisive As Many pundits and campaigners predicted it would be. While student protesters Are highly unpopular the Public did not see the Issue in strictly democratic Republican party terms and even tended to blame the Nixon administration for not handling the unrest in a Way to close the Gap Between the students and the rest of the nation. Evidence of the unpopularity of student demonstrations is not hard to find a by 52-34 percent a majority believes that a student discussions and demonstrations Are not a Good thing during a crisis when american troops Are fighting a by 57-29 percent people feel that a College presidents Are far too lenient with student protesters and encourage disorder on a by 55-35 percent the Public is worried that a Many Young people who go to College get corrupted by drugs and too these results however Are Only part of the Story these Days about Public opinion on students and College. Here Are some other findings from the same Harris Survey of a Cross Section of 1,600 people nationwide a by 75-15 percent the Public also rejects the claim that a these Days a College education almost automatically makes a protester or Radical out of a student a indicating that people do not see most students As wild eyed bomb throwers. A by 80 to 15 percent most americans acknowledge that a Young people know More and Are better educated than Ever before especially those in this would indicate widespread respect rather than contempt for those Young people now on Campus. A by a narrow 29-25 percent with 46 percent seeing no essential difference the Public tends to place More Confidence in democrats rather than republicans in Quot handling student too significantly when asked to rate the Job president Nixon is doing in handling student protesters he received 59-32 percent negative rather than positive Marks. Despite the frantic rhetoric a bout student radicals during the last weeks of the 1970 Campaign these results provide the basics for understanding the perspective of the american people on Campus unrest. Perhaps the most significant single finding is that the Golden dream of nearly All american families of sending their children to College has remained relatively untarnished throughout this turbulent period of Campus unrest. The Public is firmly convinced that colleges and universities Are still performing the essential task of educating the Young. $100,000 suit in Waterloo drowning Waterloo up a a Waterloo couple has filed a $100,000 lawsuit in Black Hawk county District court in connection with the drowning death of their son last summer during a civic sponsored swimming class. Named As defendants in the suit were the Waterloo Community school system and the Waterloo recreation commission. The suit was filed by or. And mrs. Chuck Wong of Waterloo whose 11-year-old son Peter drowned last july. Young Peter was participating in a swimming class at Mckinstry Junior High school at the time of the Accident. Lifeguards pulled the boy from the Pool and he was rushed to Allen memorial Hospital where attempts to revive him failed. The lawsuit alleges the school system and recreation commission were negligent in failing to provide proper supervision for the swimming class. Battlefield deaths Low Saigon up a military sources said today u. S. Battlefield deaths during the month of november Are expected to be at one of their lowest Levels in recent years. There have been seven Days this year when no u. S. War deaths were reported they noted and three of them came during november. In addition the level of deaths has been lower than in past months. At first it was believed there was a 48-hour period this week to which no americans were killed but later reports said that one american was killed thursday and another died on Friday. The reports brought the total number of dead recorded by the u. S. Command so far to two since Midnight tuesday. Official communiques reported eight u. S. Wounded during the period but spokesman said there frequently were additional wounded in incidents not reported in the daily communiques. In Cambodia government planes and artillery pounded suspected communist troops concentrations on the outer defense perimeter of phenom penh throughout the night. Military command spokesman it. Col. Am Rong said despite the heavy shelling by both artillery and planes a there was not much fighting around phenom three found dead in car Dallas Center us a the Iowa Highway patrol and Dallas county sheriffs officers today were investigating the deaths of three persons whose bodies were discovered this morning in a car parked on a Dallas county Road. A Hunter apparently discovered the three a a Man woman and child a in a parked car South of interstate 80. Authorities said they thought Carbon monoxide poisoning was responsible for the deaths. Commoner than you d think Britain Princess Anne 20, at times pretty aloof to friendliness of commoners looks As if she shaving a Good time As she enters a movie House in London a Tough East end with Sam Shepherd 19, Star of the movie there a Bronco Bullfrog a about a Tough East Ender. He invited her. Said he afterwards a a she a just the same As any other Bird girl a she a human ainu to she a

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