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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - October 15, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa Colder the it pleasant news Section one 2 sections vol. 92, no. 243 it. Pleasant Iowa thursday evening october 15, 1970 Price to cents Jeffrey Hart Lindbergh i naturally the publication of Charles a. Lindbergh a wartime journals has provoked a great outcry. The Point is that world War ii has always been a Gratifying event to the Liberal sensibility there was history As it really ought to be democracies fighting against persecutors and Book burners a the confrontation was Ideal. And to Cap it All off in a sort of Climax to the old popular front there we were fighting Side by Side with the plucky soviets. Marvelous. And so when Lindbergh a journals appeared once again raising world War ii As an Issue the new York times actually went so far As to run an editorial in rebuttal and the reviews have generally been acerbic. For Lindbergh has not changed his mind since thirty years ago he viewed the outbreak of War with horror and considered the War a catastrophic for our in retrospect he observes that a in order to defeat Germany and Japan we supported the still greater menaces of Russia and China. The British Empire has broken Down with great suffering bloodshed and confusion. Much of our Western culture was soviets have dropped their Iron curtain to screen off Lindberg still thinks that Britain and France should not have gone to War and that America above All should have stayed out. Too the argument remains an interesting one. Certainly Adolf Hitler was a fanatic and possibly crazy but had it been our policy to go to War Over the character of foreign rulers we should Long before 1939 have been at War with Stalin. William f. Buckley jr., meditating on Lindbergh a journal writes that we were justified in going to War in order to save the european jews but our going to War does not seem to have helped them much indeed there is every reason to think that the War accelerated the extermination program. During the 1930s Many jews did succeed in emigrating but not during the War. Too historical judgments Are infinitely Tricky but it seems very possible that Britain and France blundered when they went to War Over the polish Issue in 1939. Everything we now know suggests that the germans planned to move East not West. As a. J. P. Taylor has shown they lacked the capacity for a two front War. In the breaking wave his definitive study of the Luftwaffe Telford Taylor shows that hitlers air Force was designed for close support of troops and totally lacked the Long Range fighters and bombers necessary for a Cross Channel Campaign against England. Too in his recently published memoirs Albert Speer records that the principal nazis were flabbergasted when Britain and France declared War for they could do nothing to save Poland and strategically the thrust into Poland was clearly a prelude to an invasion of Russia not France. The soviets themselves agreed again and again they charged that the democracies were scheming to turn Germany against the communists. It seemed a rational policy. Speer recalls that during the opening phases of the War Hitler ordered the army to remain strictly on the defensive in the West he refused to authorize a a boat attack on the French battleship Dunke que he thought that Britain and France had declared War to save face but that a soon the whole business will too to be sure if Britain and France had sat on their hands Hitler might have conquered Russia and then turned West. Still it seems More Likely that he would have been bogged Down for a Long time to come in the russian vastness. Meanwhile the democracies could have become Well enough armed to forestall an attack upon them. Too la the end i suppose the question remains was it worthwhile to fight a War to bring Down Hitler who in any Case would not live forever and at the same time ensure an enormous soviet Advance Westward the apparently permanent division of Europe the economic and strategic Enfer element of Britain the answer is not so Clear As Lindbergh a critics suppose. Distributed by King features Syndicate. Terse verse by a. C. Gordon a very Many a born free unmarried but then a lot of them aet married. Soviet details plan for the Middle East by up the soviet Union today detailed its plan for peace in the Middle East. It called for a two stage israeli withdrawal from occupied state bar Assn endorses judge Leary the Iowa state bar association has endorsed judge j. R. Leary of fort Madison for re election As a judge in the first judicial District. Endorsement of the Veteran first District judge was among a number announced today by the bar association. Judge Leary who has served More than 30 years on the Bench is a Mong 44 District court judges up for re election to six year terms nov. 3. Under Iowa Law the governor appoints judges from nominations made by select commissions. To get another term a judge must stand for re election. Voters decide whether he should be retained in office. If a majority vote a a not the governor appoints a replacement. Judge Leary is chief judge of the first judicial District which is comprised of Lee Des Moines Henry and Louisa counties. Other first District judge Are William Cahill of Burlington and Harlan Bainter of it. Pleasant. Found guilty in Crawfordsville . Robbery Des Moines up a three iowans accused in the june 4 robbery of the Crawfordsville Post office in Southeast Iowa were found guilty wednesday by a us. District court jury Here. Found guilty of breaking into the Post office and taking Stamps Noney orders and other items were Francis Evans 26, of Cedar rapids Donald Kness 36, of Rural Marion and Gene Knudtson 23, of Rural Waukon. No sentencing Date was set. Inc professor s Book published Iowa Wesleyan College sociology prof. Jack Hinton has written a sociology reference Book relating to communities and designed for use by historians sociologists librarians and College University faculty members and students. Hie 58-Page bibliography entitled a the american Community a Multi disciplinary bibliography a has been published by the association of planning libraries Monticello 111. The Book is especially useful for those studying Urban sociology sociology of the Community Rural sociology Urban history and Public administration according to professor Hinton. A member of the Wesleyan sociology department since last year prof. Hinton holds a b.s., degree from Illinois Wesleyan University and an m.a., from Ohio state University. He is a former assistant professor at Carthage College Loras College and was an instructor at Southwest Missouri state College. Prof. Hinton has done special research and publication in the areas of Community government Urban facilities and town gown relations. Arab territories and demilitarized zones manned by United nations troops. The proposal came As the United states attempted to get the Middle East peace talks started again. Secretary of state William p. Rogers was going to new York this afternoon to meet egyptian foreign minister Mahmoud Riad apparently to urge that Egypt withdraw soviet built missiles from the Suez canal cease fire zone. Arab diplomats at the United nations offered Little Hope for such a pullback. It looked As though the United nations would be the scene of a noisy debate As Well As a quiet diplomacy on the Middle East. Egyptian ambassador to the u. N. Mohammed h. Al Zayyat formally asked the general Assembly to schedule a full debate As soon As possible and u. N. Sources said it might be set for oct. 26, two Days after the end of the commemorative session devoted to ceremonial functions. O o in Egypt voters today elected a new president with acting president Anwar Sadat the Only candidate. He took Over the Job sept. 28 when Gamal Abdel Nasser died and if a majority of the eight million eligible voters balloting support him As expected he will be sworn in saturday. Results of the election will be known Friday. The soviet proposal printed As a commentary on the front Page of the communist party newspaper pravda was an elaboration of an earlier plan it claimed was a being ignored by Western second degree murder ruling at Keosauqua Keosauqua up a Van Buren county District judge a. V. Hass has ruled As second degree murder the july 27 shooting of a special Deputy William Sutherland of Fairfield. Larry Parsons 22, of Danville 111., had earlier pleaded guilty to the slaying on an open charge of murder. The shooting occurred in a farm Field Southwest of Keosauqua after Sutherland and other Law officers had apparently cornered Parsons. Parsons had reportedly driven a stolen car to the area. Parsons will be sentenced at a later Date after a pre sentencing investigation Hass said wednesday. The sentence for second degree murder can Range anywhere from one to 89 years imprisonment. Prof. Jack Kinton Nixon campaigns against heavily favored demos Washington up a president Nixon a determination to unseat prominent Senate doves has led him to go beyond tossup races and risk his prestige by campaigning against heavily favored Senate democrats on their Home grounds. High on the list Are Sens. William proximire d-wis., and Stuart Symington do. Both Are strongly favored to win reelection but Nixon has scheduled visits to both their states in Hopes of engineering upset Republican victories. The president has not Only decided to fight the Wisconsin Odds by appearing in Green Bay this saturday in behalf of Republican Senate candidate John Erickson but also has Given Erickson a Well publicized role in a White House worship service sunday. The former Wisconsin basketball coach a Board member of the Fellowship of Christian athletes will Lead the prayer. Monday Nixon has scheduled an appearance and overnight stay in Kansas City mo., to boost the underdog Campaign of Republican John Danforth the Missouri attorney general who is opposing Symington. Several published reports have said republicans plan Little Aid for the opponent of sen. Henry m. Jackson d-wash., who has generally backed Nixon defense policies and there is no indication the president plans to Campaign against Jackson. Scores plunged into River As Bridge Falls Melbourne Australia up a a $47 million Bridge under construction three Miles from the Center of Melbourne collapsed today plunging scores of workers More than too feet into the Yarra River and crushing Sheds where others were eating lunch. Police said 30 workers were killed and 19 injured. They said to to 15 others were listed As missing. Too one of the fatalities was chief construction Engineer Jack Hind Shaw who Only six weeks ago had assured workers that the Bridge was Safe. The workers had sought assurances in the Wake of the collapse of a similar Type Bridge at Milford Haven in Wales last june. He died in a Hospital of multiple injuries. Police said the West Gate Bridge the biggest in Australia fell As nearly too workmen were at work at a Point 134 feet above the River three Miles from downtown Mel Bome. Too the Bridge fell two months after work had been suspended so the steel framework could be strengthened. At the time work was suspended Oscar Meyer chairman of the lower area Bridge crossing authority said a there is no cause for alarm. We Are taking this action suspending work to ensure that no Accident the Bridge was designed to have eight lanes and was to be 122 feet six inches wide and a length of 8,-460 feet making it the longest in Australia. Its main Span was to be 200 feet above the River. Two Hijack soviet plane to Turkey Istanbul up a a lithuanian truck Driver and his 19-year-old son armed with seven guns and three grenades hijacked a soviet Airliner today and forced it to Fly to Turkey. An airline hostess was reported killed in a Battle aboard the plane and two pilots wounded. It was the first known successful hijacking of a soviet plane although three abortive attempts were reported earlier. The 46-year-old lithuanian and his son surrendered to turkish gendarmes at Trabzon and asked for political Asylum. Too the russian plane identified As a twin engine Turboprop similar to a Fokker f27 Friendship was on a Domestic run Between the soviet Black sea coastal cities of Batu i my Sochi with 46 passengers when it was forced to turn toward Trabzon. Officials said the hijackers carried five pistols of various sizes two Jawed off shotguns three homemade hand grenades and a a substantial amount of ammunition. Their names were withheld but officials said they lived in the soviet Uzbekistan Republic in Central Asia. Unofficial reports said both men forced their Way with drawn guns into the pilots Cabin shortly after Takeoff from Batum at 10 30 am. 4 30 . Edt the hostess tried to Block their Way and they shot her dead on the spot the reports said. A few minutes later they wounded the pilots one of them seriously turkish officials said. The plane arrived at Trabzon at noon 6 . Edt firing flares to demand permission to land Trabzon assistant governor Haluk her Gok told up. He said the passengers were put up at a hotel in Trabzon and the two wounded pilots hospitalized. Order troops into Montreal Montreal up a an army spokesman announced today that the Federal government has ordered Canadian army troops into Montreal because of the terrorist Kidnap crisis. Overweight Scales postman Clenton self looks at an Odd piece of mail he found in the Box in Houston Tex. Somebody mailed a 30-Pound fish three feet Long. . Council ends Agency a contract dedication and open House at armory oct. 17 dedication and open House will be held at the new it. Pleasant National guard armory on saturday oct. 17, at 1 30 . Following a Short dedicatory ceremony and an address by the Hon. Fred Schwengel congressman from the first District the visitors will have Opportunity to go through the new facility located on South Walnut Street about a Block South of the former armory. In addition to viewing the building which was completed a few months ago the visitors also will Des Moines up a on an unanimous vote the Des Moines City Council today terminated its contract with Iowa children and family services a non profit Agency that hired Black militant Charles Knox As a Job Counselor for juvenile delinquents. The move took Only about to minutes and the Issue came to vote without hearing either Knox or citizens in the audience wishing to speak on the Issue. A councilman chares Manderud deft who chaired the meeting said he had no intention of turning the meeting into a a three ring circus the first successful Cable car run in san Francisco was made in August 1873. Or a forum a for those who either want to wave the Flag or talk against too Knox 25, was one of eight men hired As Job Counselor for the Des Moines Model cities area and was to have assumed his $7,000 a year Job today. Knox was closely associated with the now defunct Des Moines Black Panther party and recently admitted organizing and leading a Black communist youth i roup in the City. Larry Scales director of Iowa children and family service set off tempers in the City last week by announcing the hiring of Knox. City Council members immediately threatened family services with the loss of the contract for juvenile treatment Counci Ling if Knox were hired. Scales who said he was impressed with the Many a ability to communicate with the Black Community and eagerness to do the Job refused to Back Down on the Knox Issue. Too family services had been under contract with the City since aug. 24, 1970. Today a action Means the City will no longer pay the Agency for any work in the Model cities area. Earlier this week officials in Kansas City mo., also announced the suspension of $92,000 in Federal funds earmarked for the Agency pending full investigation of hiring practices. The Council Resolution noted certain a policies and practices of Agency a totally inconsistent with the Public interest and welfare of the Community. Corporation counsel Philip Riley said the Council was completely within Legal Bounds Nobel prize split among 3 Stockholm up a an american a briton and a swedish scientist today were awarded the 1970 Nobel prize for Medicine. The $78,400 prize was divided among sir Bernard Katz of Britain prof. Ulf von Euler of Sweden and prof. Julius Axelrod of the National Institute of mental health at Bethesda my. Von Euler is a former Secretary of the Nobel committee at the Royal Caroline Institute which announces the awards. The announcement said the three scientists were honoured for a their discoveries concerning the humoral transmitters in the nerve terminals and the mechanisms for their Stor age release and see equipment used by the National guard on the lot outside the building. Personnel will be on hand to answer questions and give explanations regarding the equipment. Too present for the dedication will be several top officers of the National guard in the state. Included will be brigadier general Ronald Woodin major general j. G. May and others. Brigadier general. Joseph b. Flatt commander of troops state of Iowa had expected to attend but became ill recently from a heart condition and is hospitalized. At the dedication program father Speigel will give the invocation e. A. Hayes will speak briefly and brigadier general May will introduce congressman Schwengel. O o % o at the noon hour a Small Hinich Eon will be held at the Iris with visiting officers of the National guard local officers representatives of a few local organizations and of the contractors on. Ste building project. Captain Larry e. Lampe and sergeant Derrell Goddard Are in charge of making the local arrangements. Tryouts this in weekend for festival play tryouts for the play a a where a my Teddy a to be presented As a part of the a repertoire americana festival will be held this weekend. The tryouts will be conducted in room 110 of the Wesleyan Library at 4 00 . On Friday october 16, and sunday october 18. The festival will be held on the Wesleyan Campus the evening of nov. 14. Three Young men and one Young woman Between the Ages of 18 and 28 and an older Man and woman will be needed. Or. And mrs. Jamas Davis stars of the Schaffmier players will be playing Lead roles in the play. By firing Knox because his political a a where a my Teddy a was writ a a Aviews and activities Are i consist ten by Neil Schaffner in 1926 and Don Franklin suffers fractures of both legs Winfield a Don Franklin suffered fractures of both legs when he slipped and fell from a 20-30 foot steel bin he was working on near Kalona about 3 pm. Thursday. He landed on his feet. He is employed by Winfield Agri builders. He was taken by ambulance to mercy Hospital at Iowa City where he is in room 5123. His left leg was shattered around the Heel and ankle and his left leg also was broken Between the knee and ankle the right leg is broken just below the knee Cap. At present his legs Are in sub casts which will be replaced. The doctors have told him he will be in the Hospital at least two weeks and May expect to have surgery after two months. Is a delightful comedy with a message about discrimination. It will be presented in its original form bit its theme and humor Are As timely As today. A copy of the play is at the Reserve desk in the Wesleyan Library and May be read there. Ent with the proposed Job. Will try to give farm guidelines All interested persons in Community Are invited to the tryouts. Additional persons will be Washington up a in the is ration officials said today they would try to give Farmers guidance on key operating details of 1971 needed for backstage assistance. If farm programs despite the failure you cannot attend at the above of Congress to enact a new Law be mentioned times and Are interested fore it quit for a Campaign season you May Contact Joe Mauck at recess. Wesleyan or at his Home. Reject peace Nixon a plan 1 Congress recessed wednesday in a til nov. 16 despite an urgent Appeal from president Nixon that the Senate act immediately on the three year farm program to give Farmers enough time to plan their 1971 planting. Nixon contended the Senate a failure was a a grave Dis Saigon up a tile Viet Cong service to the american and North Vietnam today reject the House approved the measure de president Nixon a new five Point a a 190-146 Roll Call vote tuesday plan for peace in Indochina. The but democrats in the Senate delay Viet Cong called it a Sweet words t j action by refusing to allow a and treacherous schemes and a House messenger to deliver the Bill Noi said it was a merely a deceptive Gen. Allen j. Ellender d-la., Man of the Senate agriculture. 4. Committee who opposed Cotton the rejection y e provisions of the Bill insisted on the came in an interview with Huynh Tan Phat president of the Viet congas provisional revolutionary Kerr joins news advertising staff Stan Kerr 24, has joined the advertising staff at the it. Pleasant news effective monday oct. 12. A graduate of the it. Pleasant school system with the class of �?T64. Kerr attended Iowa Wesleyan College and transferred to Middle Georgia College in Cochran ga., when he received an associate degree in business administration. An outstanding High school athlete Kerr was Captain and a halfback on the mph football team which was no. I in the state of Iowa in 1963 in the up ratings. He was also president of the student Council and of his senior class during the 63-64 school year. Stan and his wife Susie Gibson parents of a daughter Paula Marie 3, Are Active in their Church. He is also a member of the it. Pleasant rotary club. Four treated after truck mishap Millersburg up a one Man was hospitalized and three Williamsburg school students were treated and released from the Marengo Hospital following the collision this morning of a school and a pickup truck about five Miles North of Bere. Hospitalized with head and Chest injuries was Bill Farrier of Parnell the Driver of the truck. Authorities said the Accident occurred As both vehicles were attempting to make turns at the intersection of two la. County roads where High Corn apparently obscured the vision of the Driver. Only to children were on the driven by Walford Mumm of Williamsburg at the time of the mishap. Treated and released were three Williamsburg youths Dawn Tandy 16, Doug Faas 14, and Danny Mcalester 12. Government broadcast Over the Viet Cong s Clandestine liberation radio. The same message was later heard on Hanoi radio. Delay. Sen. Mike Mansfield Senate democratic Leader promised the farm Bill would be the a first order of business when the Senate returns nov. 16. Complete phase 4 of withdrawal Saigon up a us. Spokesmen thursday announced official completion of president Nix Orris phase four troop withdrawal program reducing . Troop strength in Vietnam by More than 50, men. The . Air Force completed its pullout from Tuy Hoa air . The . Command in Saigon released a casualty report showing 46 americans were killed in combat last week eight More than the previous week. But it was the 15th straight week american War deaths were below the too Mark. In War action . B52 strategic bombers flew 30 sorties against the to Chi Minh Trail area of Laos in 24 hours ending at noon. Thursday. Communist shelling attacks wounded 19 . Marines and paratroopers in outposts in the Northern part of South Vietnam. U6. Military spokesmen in Saigon announced completion of the phase four withdrawal which had been aimed at a reduction of american troops in Wietman from 434,-000 to 384,000 by oct. 15. Uis. Military sources said the target figure of 50,000 had actually been exceeded slightly. Nixon has announced that american troop strength in Vietnam will be reduced by another 40,000 men by Christmas. Stan Kerr iowan killed by pavement roller Tama up a an Iowa Highway commission employee was killed wednesday when tile pavement roller he was operating on a to about seven Miles East of Hen overturned pinning him beneath it. A i killed was Warren Pill 48. Toledo

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