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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - October 7, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news these Days by George e. Sokolsky the right to vote each year about this time the mail fills with political circulars mimeographed letters and other effluvia designed to get the citizen to go to the polls to vote for candidates for various offices. The Point generally made is that to vote is a duty. Actually in our system of government it is a right to be exercised or not to be exercised by Freedom of Choice. One of these circulars comes from Sidney Shore whom i do not know on the stationery of Vernon Pope who i also do not know. The thing looks like a personal letter done on an electric typewriter. But close scrutiny indicates that it is a circular from the american heritage foundation. This particular letter has to do with two objectives one is to get the citizens to vote the other is to get them to contribute to Campaign funds. The latter objective is designed a to free candidates and office holders from the grip of a special a a worthy cause if accomplish Able. The first part of the problem getting the citizen out to vote in some instances presents an insurmountable Handicap because there is no one to vote for. The guiding principle of Many is to accept the lesser of two evils which is strictly immoral. It is like making a Choice Between burglary and murder. Those whose consciences permit them to make a Choice Between the lesser of two evils have an easy time of it. But what do you do if both candidates Are negative human beings. Or it one is a bum and the other a Crook or if one is subversive and the other a Moron the Man who is a partisan has no problem. He votes the straight party ticket come what May. He never deviates from that because his father never did or for other pertinent reasons. But suppose a voter is choose. Let us say that he will not vote for a divorced Man or an alcoholic or an atheist or a bankrupt suppose he has prejudices or convictions about such matters. What does he do in a Day or two i shall go about finding out who is running for member of the House of representatives in my District. At present. I do not know. I have not heard. There must be a Republican and a Democrat and i could vote for one or the other without worrying about his name or ability of Quality Leat ions on the ground that the party can do no wrong. Such a person can even get pleasure out of voting tor a nameless faceless candidate because that is what the Boss wants and what can give greater pleasure than to please the Boss but i cannot vote that Way. I need to know something about what i am doing As a citizen. I cannot just vote for Harry my Gluck an ambulance chasing lawyer who needs a Job to support his family and who has served the party valiantly for a Quarter of a Century. Professor Arthur Schles Inger. Jr., of Harvard apparently thinks that if the democrats and republicans nominated Ivy league eggheads it would solve All problems but that too does not mean representative government which requires a variety of persons in Congress. \ i whenever matters of conscience Are involved voting becomes difficult under our system of selecting candidates and yet what can be done about getting Good candidates i have watched the Effort to get decent candidates for half a Century and have seen How futile the efforts have been. As a child i heard about How Boas selected office holders would be driven out. Then came the direct prior finnies and they were to solve All problems. They solved no problems. As a matter of fact it is hard to decide whether Public officials today on average Are better or worse than half a Century ago they look worse. So Boom Boorn for voting will not solve the problem of getting Good candidates. What we require is someone to vote for in Many states there is really no one to vote for if an elect in is be Edom of Choice it ought to be a Choice Between two men who in then own communities represent some degree of distinction beyond astute Public relations or political venality. In Many areas in the present election that is not so. The candidates Are neither distinguished nor representative. Copyright. 1958, King features Syndicate inc vol. 80, no. 236 it. Pleasant Iowa tuesday evening october 7, 1958 by Carrier us per week by mail $7.50 per year provocation charge by the . J nighttime i speeding tickets issued to 15 Faith Fol Pray for stricken pontiff a roman catholics Kneel in St. Peters Square in prayer for the recovery of Pope Pius Xii who suffered a cerebral stroke affecting his sight movement and speech at his summer Home Castle Gandolfo in the Alban Hills. Vatican authorities have indicated the 82-year-old pontiff has rallied to a urgent treatment a but grave fears Are held for his survival and last rites have been administered blast rips Jensen co. Building Des Moines up a detectives began today the Tough assignment of piecing together wreckage from the explosion damaged Jensen construction co. Building Here to determine if the blast monday night was caused by dynamite. A Shai a explosion monday night ripped a Corner off the one Story Affue building of the firm Here. Damage was estimated at $30,000. Evald Jensen one of the owners of file construction company told authorities shortly after the blast he smelled dynamite fumes when he arrived on the scene. He said the firm had had labor trouble recently at a Bridge construction Job at Plattsmouth. Neb. But had not been bothered by labor disputes Here. Detectives were trying to determine if there was any tie up Between the labor trouble and the explosion. A preliminary search of tin area monday night failed to to n up the detonating device used to touch off the blast which showered debris in a Block wide area. Jensen said he thought the dynamite was tossed through the window of the building he said the firm had had one of its cranes dynamited in Nebraska in september. Jensen said he and his Broth is have filed contempt charges against men who jostled his car and the eaten de him after the Crane explosion. A editors note the Jensen company constructed the High school gym in it. Pleasant and will Start replacing the floor soon. Changes in care of mentally 111 cited in talk by or. Cromwell the number of patients in mental health institutes in Iowa has been decreasing but the number of patients admitted has been increasing or. James o. Cromwell director of mental institutions in Iowa said at the kiwanis meeting Here monday evening. This reduction is achieved by the tact that the patients stay less time. Not Many years ago the average stay in a mental institution was eight years. Now it is less than one year. Or. Cromwell said he believes that if we Institute a modern psychiatric program we can reduce the number More. Minimum standards As suggested by professional associations place the Cost at about $10 a person per Day for proper care. Multiply that by 8,000 patients in Iowa a institutions and you have a $25,000,000 figure he pointed out. However he said that it is his belief that when that Days comes the Day of the better standards As hoped for the number of patients will be less than at present. The average Cost per patient at the mental health Institute in it. Pleasant was $3.92 the past year a Booklet distributed stated. Salaries amounted to $1,095,123 support and maintenance $491,052, repairs replacements and alterations $50,853, and equipment $27,757 total $1,665,386. The payroll Here averages about $97,000 a month it was stated. Employees number 450 full time and file part time june 30. 1958 figure i. On the staff were eight physicians la registered nurses and 13 other professional personnel. The average daily population in residence was 1197. The rated capacity was 1,200. O a or. Cromwell gave an interesting historical background of the evolution in the care of the mentally ill from the Days of the placing of the patient in Complete seclusion through the period of putting him in an institution and leaving him there and Down to the present when Many Are receiving treatment successfully and others who cannot be improved but who Are harmless do not remain in an institution. Guests at the meeting were or. W b. Brwon superintendent of the mental health Institute Here or. Milke of the Institute j. B. Weaver Des Moines m. C. Bardon Burlington Richard Young or Paul Pixler and Otis Miller of Iowa Wesleyan and Earl Mcallister. Or. Richard Parker of to Iowa Wesleyan faculty was announced As a new member. The Highway patrol had a state j radar Speed analyser in operation j on Highway 34 West of it. Pleasant met nday night and 15 motorists were Given summons for violating the nighttime Speed limit. I ten of the persons have been i fined m Justice George Means court. Those fined for violating the 60 mile per hour Speed limit for a ear Are r d. Butters Marshall a town $12 and costs Paul r. Jensen Oskaloosa $10 and costs y. I c Johnson. San Jose. Calif. $8 and j costs r. A. Stevenson. Florissant j to $22 and costs Willis l. Dodd Burlington $7 and costs and Din a id Savage Lockridge $12 and costs. Those fined for violating the 50 mile per hour nighttime Speed limit Are Kenneth Decker. Hardin 111 $6 and costs Merle e. Drake it Ayr $10 and costs Lawrence Nelson Mediapolis $8 and costs and Floyd e. Meyers Palmyra mo., $6 and costs. Sixteen motorists were issued tickets for speeding sunday night by patrolman operating an analyser North of Ainsworth june Ion on Highway 218. Iowa traffic death toll on increase a by a Upit Fine arts group Dulles gives views directors to meet Jiyo Zygg War planes Over Quemoy or. Louis a. Haselt Nayer chair Man of the division of the human i cities of Iowa Wesleyan College will be Hast wednesday afternoon at i 4 45 p. In. To members of the Board of directors of the Fine arts As fur persons including two a it it Minturn. The wu1 Tatel Man Catholic priests were fatally injured in traffic accidents in Iowa monday. Place in the George a m Roll Washington up a Secretary faculty lounge of Tho John Wesley j q state jul a Foster Dulle it it i Holland student Union j a there will be a a world the deaths raised the states 1958 memberships in the line arts wide condemnation of the chinese traffic death toll to 421, exactly i00 association will be the order of j communists if they again resume less than at this time last year. I business for the group. While night Inge a m the Quemoy area. Ber ships were received last Spring. I _ two priests were fatally injured those who have moved to this1 do Lea re Mart a Quot Iho Ruy monday night in a one car crash Vicinity since or those who were near Avoca. Father Edmond Ryan Noj available to be contacted May o Donnell 72, pastor of the All join this fall according to mrs. H. Saints Catholic Church at Stuart Traut vice president and Mcm was killed instantly. Father Thorn per ship chairman. She is receiving formal denial Iowa gop about Money by As j. Mcnamara 52, pastor of saints Phillip and James Catholic Church at grand Mound died shortly before noon today in a Council Bluffs Hospital. He suffered a crushed Chest and other injuries. Authorities said father o Donnell apparently lost control of his car during a rain and windstorm and plunged into a ditch on Iowa Highway 83 about one mile East. Of Avoca in Ottaw Ottamie county both men were thrown from the vehicle by the crash. 0 0 9 late in the Day Ara Bowman. 80, Maquoketa was killed when struck by a car As he attempted to Cross u. S. Highway 61 South of Maquoketa. The car was driven by Sharon a. Newell 76. Monmouth. In. The car went out of control and into a ditch after striking the Man resulting in minor injuries to Newell s wife. Earlier in the Day Pearl Lani Gham 72, Rural Manchester was killed when the car he was driving collided with a gravel truck at a county Road intersection about six Miles Southeast of Manchester. Also Edmund Cheng. 41. A staff member at Iowa state College was killed when his car collided with another vehicle on u. S. Highway 6 about four Miles West of Tiffin. The red chinese with committing a a provocative act by sending eight War planes Over the China offshore islands during the temporary cease fire there. The Secretary said a it is not easy to evaluate the communist announcement that they will suspend the bombardment of Quemoy for one week. However he added a at least for the moment there is a cessation of the bombing. This the United states has been vigorously seek membership card w a. Also the development assures worldwide condemnation of the chinese communists if they again Register new motor vehicles to Start resurfacing Road near Wayland Washington surfacing o i the Wayland Washington Road was to Start tuesday morning it was announced today by representatives of Tho Norris construction co contractors. The Road is to be surfaced with asphaltic Concrete and if the weather remains favourable should be completed in a matter of two of three weeks. The base has now been completed Over the entire route to w a a land. Surfacing will Start at the Washington end of the Road. Ohio congressman is found dead the following persons and firms have registered new motor vehicles at the treasurer s office Iii tile courthouse. Where no town is listed person or firm is from it. Pleasant. Cars Martin Brothers two Ramblers Charles h. Swan new London Oldsmobile Donald w. Newsman. Chevrolet Charles l. Schall. Salem. Chevrolet John w. Wick. It. Union. Plymouth Harry d. Mcdonald Winfield Mercury Randolph e. Starr Ford Raymond e. King. Winfield Ford Zachary e Simkin Pontiac Harry d. , Pontiac Fleenor Pontiac Oldsmobile and Earl c. , new London. Rambler. Iowa ill Moia Telephone co., new London. Buick Mildred m. San jeers. New London Buick Joseph i w Krai. Rambler Wayne a. , Salem. Chevrolet Harry j i Brockett. New Loudon. Ford Harlan c. Foster Studebaker. Trucks sheets motors two Fords concern Over condition of the Pope new York uple Iowa republicans have denied that they charged state democrats with using Greenlease kidnapping Ransom Money in their gubernatorial Campaign. It was reported today by the fair Campaign practice committee inc. The formal denial was made to the committee in response to a complaint by the Iowa democratic organization it had complained that Iowa republicans had charged by insinuation that Kidnap Ransom Money fruitlessly paid for the return of Little Bobby j c jrj0,Paf c Greenlease was used in the dem-1i Hal socratic gubernatorial Campaign in Iowa. In the Republican response or. William c. Murray the Republican gubernatorial candidate and the gop state Central committee denied the charges and expressed regret that their original denial Quot had been subject to state Central committee chairman l. L. Jurgemeyer noted further that comments from both parties Quot have already been Given j problem. Extremely wide publicity in Iowa j Loveless speaking at the Iowa telephoned requests at her Home. Telephone 809 the association makes possible hearing in it. Pleasant artists who no Mally Woald appear Only in very Large cities through the a organized audience plan in which music lovers join the association concerts of unusual Worth Are booked. Admission to the series is by single admissions can be purchased. The first Date of the Fine arts association offerings is nov. 251 when the Columbus boy choir will i be heard. The addition of adult 1 soloists makes possible giving the opera Quot Kamahl and the night visitors a work of Gian Carlo men Otti. The composer had the unique j Honor of having his opera produced at the Brussels world fair in August where it played for two weeks the Only american opera \ Ever presented at a world fair High Jaycee award to Hunsaker tire first regional Junior chamber of Commerce meeting for this area was held sunday at the it pleasant Golf and country club with the it. Pleasant club As Host i voting nationalist vessels which Dulles read a prepared statement to reporters at the Airport upon his arrival from a five Day vacation at his Retreat on Duck Island in Lake Ontario. In making the a a provocation charge state department spokesman Lincoln White would not go so far As to accuse the communists of violating their cease fire. He emphatically rejected any j ingestion that the chinese nationalist anti aircraft gunners who opened fire on the red warplanes had violated the cease fire. White said they were not guilty of this a in the slightest because the communists had committed a a provocative White declined to say whether american warships were still con juvenile crimes be publicized More Clinton Iowa a up a gov. Herschel c. Loveless suggested a monday that juvenile crimes More ,w. Club to give forty Jaycees attended this event and they were from Cedar rapids Muscatine Columbus Junction. Burlington it. Madison Keokuk and it. Pleasant. Guido Fahden state vice president from Keokuk had charge of the meeting and Max Hibbs state president of Jaycees was tile guest speaker. The local chapter of Jaycees j awarded the j c i. Senator ship to Stan Hunsaker. This is the highest Honor a Jaycee can receive. Are supplying Quemoy during the Lull in the bombardment. Other officials said however they believed the american conveying action probably had stopped. Deedee Galer gives rotary program like rotary club held its weekly meeting monday night at the Braselton hotel. John Elgar was the program chairman and introduced Deedee Coshocton. Ohio. Up a u. S. Rep j Harry Mcgregor a Republican who had represented Ohio a 17th District in Congress for 18 years was found dead in his apartment today. He was 63. Mcgregors body was f o no n d shortly Atter 8 30 am. A physician said he had been dead about six hours apparently of a heart ailment. Grand jury in session the grand jury for the october term of District court went into session tuesday morning members of the grand jury Are Rex Canby Raymond Long. Virgil Aldrich Roy Dustman m. J Westerbeck Helen Barton and Hazel Green for woman. Castel Gandolfo ital y a up Pope Pius temperature blood pleasure and pulse rate went up tonight and a Vatican spokesman expressed a concern Quot Over his condition. Earlier the pontiff Laid been reported improving. Tile Vatican press spokesman Aid the Pope s blood pressure tonight was about 135-80. Compared with 130-85 earlier in tile Day. His Normal pressure was Given As 120-85. The Popes pulse rate Given As 102 in. A 6 p. In. Noon c d t. Medical bulletin was said to have increased still further. It was 82 this morning. The Pope was repo ted previously to have regained his full menial Powers and his Powei of speech earlier in the Day in a surprising Corn Back from the stroke he suffered monday but a High Vatican official a i then that the 82-year-old pontiff remained Quot gravely 111.�?� the developing slight deterioration in his condition tonight bore out Cha warning advice. The fair Campaign practices committee which does not pass should be publicized people will be better informed acre for Hall of Fame j Oiler who showed pictures and and More understand gig of the gave an account of her summer the it. Pleasant b p w club j spent in Germany As an Exchange at a special executive committee j Udoni. S ate policemen Assn. Convention said some officials done to pre judgment on a Case said it was i Haze juvenile crimes to protect now up to the state s newspapers i the youngsters. Quot but maybe its to investigate the charges. I not a Good idea he said. A was far As we re concerned it j he said juvenile crime was the is a closed Case a a committee no. I Law enforcement problem in spokesman said. I Hwa and people should be a More informed about it. Meeting voted to give an acre of ground for the agricultural Hall of Fame and has pledged the efforts of the club to assist the chamber of Commerce whenever possible. Two members Beth Rochefort Faubus having tax troubles Loveless also urged Tho Law officers to Iowa during their a new member of the club Paul Clark associate professor of chemistry at Iowa Wesleyan was present and there were several guests or. E. A. Matthews Jack Adams who is in charge of the Iowa Wesleyan cafeteria Marvin Peterson student rotarian from he High school or. Robert Man and Helen Moore have been appointed to serve on special committees to secure agricultural statistics and to make up the brochure i aug assistant to Herbert Jones a that will be presented to tile site Yie Public relations office at Iowa contacts with persons travelling j committee in Kansas City today Wesley an Virginia Burroughs Edi i tuesday. Monday evening a or of the club bulletin and Aguila \ Ouart be is of e 11 in e j group of b. P. W club member Rowan Exchange student from i the Only salesmen to meet tour met chamber of Commerce a Little Rock Ark. Upi1 Isis. He said. He urged them to j office to assist in assembling the j gov. Or a i e Faubus. Charged to j a try to sell Iowa because we j brochures i Day that the Federal government is have much to be proud of and the local b p. W Clift will Loveless accepts the Netherlands be represented in the group tin travels to Kansas City for the interview by Helen Moore j Mills and Helen Virden Helen Virden will present a part of the in trying to Nail him for income tax my h to sell evasion extending As far Back As 1954. Faubus said that All told the government demanded taxes on with reservations $105,499.14 for 1954, 1955 and 1956. A considerable part of it he said. Des Moines it Upit a gov. Was for living expenses which he is Herschel c Loveless today a supposed to be furnished As gov copied a with reservations an in error. Citation to head the reception line i he said that he recently received for president Eisenhower at the i Quot what is known As a ten Day letter Quot National Coni picking contest from the internal Revenue service near Cedar rapids oct 17 demanding payment. Loveless with an Eye to the monday he said. He received a coming election said he will head form letter telling him that the the line if the contest planning previous letter was sent to him pre committee Quot follows some rules of j Miami up maturely and that the whole mat protocol in selecting other Janice built in to 90 i Lea an hour Frost caused Little crop damage Des Moines up a widespread Frost which covered the Terziev on Community spirit and j stale week caused very Little cooperation. To further assist in the project the members of the b p. W. Club will help serve the Chicken Barbecue to be held soon. Janice moves ter is under thorough review. He said the investigation is still going on. he said. Florida produces about one fourth of All the watermelons grown in the United states the nations first beet sugar re Twenty one per cent of the a finery was established at grand tons Highway deaths in 1957 of Junction Colo. In 1899 j curved on saturdays a mrs. Eleanor Jerrel player her Baldwin Organ at the b. P w. Club Kickoff dinner which was held at the Iris. This was left out of the previous write in to appear on to Wycliffe Wuori and Washington Okumu. Iowa Wesleyan freshmen from Kenya. East Africa will be featured on the flying reporter hour. Gem to Quincy 111., wednesday. The program comes Over j the Sheaffer quonset tonight Channel in it nos no irs it tuesday at 7 30 pm crop damage the agriculture department reported today. Most crops were either mature or so close to being mature that damage was negligible the weekly weather and crop bulletin said. However late Corn and sorghum or Fields of unevenly maturing away from Mainland Corn suffered varying degrees of damage in a few scattered local Hurricane ties especially in Northern Iowa. The bulletin said however the in the line. Fui v today 365 Miles a East of Day-1 benefits outweighed any harmful if i in going to be placed next Tona Beach but continued to churn 1 effects in most cases since the to some u. S. Senators it will be northeastward away from the killing of foliage will facilitate Okay the governor said. But if i Mainland. I Harvest of soybeans and Speed the they stand some candidates for j squalls front the by storms j drying of Corn and sorghum election next to me i wont be fran go a were expected to Rake the the Corn crop continued to and goal line notice the goal line club will meet at South Atlantic coast with 35 Miles Vance toward Complete maturity at an hour winds and High tides. But a near average rate As a re file weather Burati emphasized that a there Are no indications that damaging winds will occur anywhere along the South Atlantic a suit of recent dry weather. Nearly 95 per cent of the acreage was Well dented and hard the same a this time last year but slightly ahead of average

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