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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - October 17, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The i pleasant news fair vol. 92, no. 245 it. Pleasant Iowa saturday evening october 17, 1970 Price 10 cents these Days by Jeffrey Hart those marvelous Mitchells one of the least attractive things about Richard Nixon is the enormous control he exercises Over his Public utterances. His remarks seem to come Down through at least eleven super egos much of the life edited out of them. He is always saying things like a though i May disagree with some of the things Arthur Schlesinger says of course Arthur Schlesinger has a right to his opinion and differences of opinion Are the foundation of that Type of thing. Even though you know that what Nixon really thinks is that Arthur Schlesinger is a snob and a pain in the neck. Lbs had a similar problem. Everyone knows that in private he was a colourful and earthy character in Public he came on like some kind of methodist preacher and the effect was pure Elmer Gantry. In private As a matter of fact Nixon is a cheerful and witty human being. During the 1968 Campaign for example after a Long Day of speech writing hand shaking to taping and so on the three thousandth Day of it it must have seemed the Campaign plane Tricia came to rest at Syracuse. Nixon had some hamburgers and Beer with his top speech writers and proceeded to deliver some of the sharpest and funniest vignettes of the big time reporters covering the Campaign. Nixon seems to relax Only when he is tired As in his a last press conference or in the delightful a nut cutting remark on the pre election telethon from los Angeles. O o o the surprising thing is that these men who have spent their lives in politics done to realize that the reality of a Man is much More attractive than the artefact. The conventional Wisdom is that Nixon so last press conference in 1962 was a tremendous Faux Pas and nearly finished him in politics. On the contrary it was a Relief to see him let himself go say what everyone knew he Felt about the press and by the Way deliver a few homely truths. Actually when in 1968 the democratic strategists reviewed the tapes of that performance they came to the same conclusion. They had planned to use them against Nixon in the Campaign. They quickly changed their minds. Until recently to take another example you May have thought that John Mitchell was the Tough hard driving Campaign manager full of instant statistics and voting patterns the sex naval commander the no nonsense Bond attorney. A but he was married to Martha and there had to be More to him than that. Well Mitchell dropped in at a cocktail party Given by the women a National press club in Washington and having already been to three fund raising parties allowed the talk to flow freely and i discreetly in the presence of a reporter from women swear daily. What did he think of Henry Kissinger a a Henry san egocentric maniac. He loves to appear in the newspapers with Jill St. John. But when he gets Back to the office he a really a Brilliant would Winthrop Rockefeller win in Arkansas a ooh Rockefeller could buy the whole election if he wanted to. Hell win by buying the votes of the far left or the hard right or the Black was he worried by the new left Here Mitchell delightfully said boo to nervous liberals a listen there a no such thing As the new left. This country is going so far right you Are not even going to recognize delightful Shivers All Over the women a National press club. The magnificent danger of it All. O o o on the youth business Mitchell left no doubt that in his eyes Here a a generation Gap. A a in la Tell you who a not informed though. Its these stupids kids. Why they done to know the issues. They pick the rhetoric that they want to hear right off the top of an Issue and never finish Reading to the Bottom. Why i talked to the kids from the Harvard Law school in my office and i was flabbergasted at How uninformed they Are about what a going on inside government. And the professors Are just As bad if not worse. They done to know anything. Nor do these stupid bastards who Are ruining our educational institutions. A a asked whether Nixon a viewing the movie a a Patton had any influence on his cambodian decision Mitchell levelled a a that a a Bunch of b. asked about Nixon a Kansas state University speech Mitchell flatly declared it a masterpiece. Had he read it a a done to Embarrass its not hard to imagine Martha whispering a time to go John. nevertheless in the Vino there was much More than a squads sweep across Quebec Montreal up a police dragnet squads swept through Quebec today in the Federal governments intensified Effort to crush the terrorist Fly and locate the Schwengel praises guard in talk Here congressman Fred Schwengel praised the Iowa National guard today for a its readiness and its determination to be prepared for the tasks it is asked to perform a in remarks prepared for the principal address at the dedication ceremonies for the new National guard armory Here this afternoon. Congressman Schwengel noted that the role of the National guard has been expanded he said a the National guard remains an important part of our armed forces capability which can be brought to Active duty very a the National guard however also serves in other important ways. Its role in protecting lives and property in riot situations or places where a potential for violence exists is important a Schwengel said. A of critical importance in fulfilling this role is adequate training. The Iowa National guard has a Good record in this area. It has undertaken training programs designed to prepare its men for this responsibility. When called upon the Iowa National guard has done a commendable congressman Schwengel said a the National guard is needed today. It deserves our support. Its role is not easy but its responsibilities can not be borne by anyone a the leadership that governor Robert Ray and general Joseph May have Given makes the Iowa National guard As effective As it is today a Schwengel said. Open House was to continue through the afternoon. The Nev building is 109 by 160 feet. The Drill Hall is 48 by 112. The remaining space is divided As follows two offices two Supply rooms two vaults a Rifle Range two class rooms maintenance room radio room Kitchen boiler room medical room rest rooms and locker rooms. Heavy loll in collision of Seoul trains Seoul South Orea up a an excursion train carrying about 600 High school pupils collided head on with a freight train in a Tunnel 55 Miles South of Seoul today. Casualties were said 14 persons were killed and 59 others injured. The dead included 10 children two teachers and two other passengers aboard the excursion train. Fifty nine boys were Hurt 41 of them seriously. The rail collision took place at about 11 45 am. At the Bong san Dong Tunnel two Miles South of the provincial town of Wonju according to police. Rescue operations were proceeding at a slow Pace because the wreck was inside the 450-foot Tunnel. Police said they could not accurately Tell How Many people were killed. Their announcement listed Only those whose bodies had been identified. Charles City Plant suspends production Charles City up a the Plant which manufactures Oliver tractors Here the City a largest employer has suspended production for an indefinite period. Officials of White farm equipment co. Said the shutdown was to a align its operations for 1971 the factory has recently been operating with a workforce of 300-400 men however a Union spokesman said More than 1,000 workers have been Laid off since last november. Kidnappers holding two High ranking officials. There was no word on the Fate of British Diplomat James r. Cross kidnapped 13 Days ago or Quebec labor minister Pierre Laporte abducted at gunpoint one week ago. The shaken government of Pierre Trudeau Clung to Hopes both still were alive. O o o Trudeau who invoked emergency War Powers Friday and outlawed the separatist Fly placed the responsibility squarely on the terrorists for the safety of Cross and la Porte. A the guns pointed at their Heads a he dramatically told the nation on television Friday night a have Fly fingers on the a Quebec government official said Friday a there is every reason to believe or. Laporte is still no one speculated about Cross. O o o the kidnappings have plunged the government deep into crisis. Trudeau mobilized 4,000 Federal troops to Aid Quebec a 9,000 police officials in the crackdown on Fly leaders and sympathizers. Dragnet Friday netted 270 persons in 158 raids. His suspension of certain civil liberties especially in arrest situations Drew fire from opposition leaders in Ottawa. One likened it to a trying to crush a Peanut with a Grain of Veritas. And he did no to say it in swahili. Distributed by King features Syndicate ten reasons for giving support to area orchestra miss Ruth Keraus conductor of the Southeast Iowa symphony orchestra suggests 10 reasons area residents should support the orchestra currently in the midst of a membership drive. She Points out 1. Because you enjoy symphonic music. 2. Because you want your children to have the Opportunity to develop an appreciation of symphonic music As a part of their education. 3. Because you have an appreciation of the special thrill and value of a a a live performance. 4. Because you want to help provide an impetus to youth to develop a Talent on stringed instruments As Well As other music instruments. 5. Because you feel a satisfaction in supporting an organization that provides an Opportunity for local musicians to use and develop their music Talent during and after school years. 6. Because you really know some of the performers. 7. Because you recognize the symphony As a real Community asset. The orchestra has so increased in size and excellence of performance that it has attracted statewide recognition and is worthy of your civic Pride. 8. Because you appreciate the fact that the presence of the symphony in s. E. Iowa increases the areas status in the eyes of those seeking a new Home either for themselves As individuals or for an Industrial location. 9. Because it provides an Opportunity for cooperation with it. Pleasant Ottumwa and Burlington in a project that is unique and beneficial to the whole of Southeast Iowa. 10. Because you realize the potential of the orchestra and the future possibilities which your support can promote a student concerto contest guest artists augmentation for excellence of performance providing further impetus to the development of the proficiency of local performers increase in the number of concerts in the area and even beyond As its reputation grows. The following orchestra memberships Are being sold subscriber a $5 to $10 contributor a $10 to $25 sponsor a $25 to $50 Patron a $50 and up report seeing coyotes on farm coyotes were reported seen by Maurice Hourihan and Jerry Mabeus while farming on the Hourihan farm Southwest of it. Pleasant Friday. While combining Beans the men reported seeing four of the animals and said by evidence they evidently had been nesting at the Edge of the Field. Coach Bob Evans and his wife Winifred show the trophy the it. Pleasant High football Mentor received from supt. Robert Fermane to after the panthers had demolished Keokuk 43-14, at Mcmillan Park Field Here Friday night for Evans 100th Victory. She was presented with a Corsage. Members of the football team Are in the background. Nixon says War drawing to close Burlington it. Up a president Nixon declared today the Vietnam War is drawing to an end in a Way which he hoped would assure a full generation of peace. A was i stand before you today i can say confidently that the War in Vietnam is coming to an end and we Are going to win a just peace in Vietnam a the president told an Airport political rally Over the angry a Stop the War shouts of opponents of the War. It was the presidents first Stop of a 3,000 mile one Day political swing in four Bat or. Brinkmeyer on advisory committee congressman Fred Schwengel announced today that or. Dale l. Brinkmeyer new London Iowa has been selected to serve on the Secretary of agriculture a advisory committee on hog cholera. There were nine new members selected and they begin their duties immediately As the first meeting is monday in Philadelphia. To ground states a Vermont new Jersey Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. O o o Nixon said that if the enemy does not agree to his cease fire proposal the War will be brought to an end by continued withdrawing of . I troops and allowing Vietnam to choose a new government. But however it ends he said a what we want to do is end the War so that the Young people shouting inside a Stop the War will have a generation of a i know there Are people who say Why not end the War now. I could have ended the War the Day i took office a he said. Nixon said he was looking a not just for peace in the next election but peace for the next generation so that the sons and Brothers of the men who Are fighting now wont have to fight in some other Vietnam in the install lights at 218 and 34 installation of flashing red signals at the Stop signs at 218 and 34 in East it. Pleasant was completed Friday and the signs Are now in operation. The installation was made with underground wiring As required by the state Highway commission. Earlier an installation with overhead wiring was removed because it did not meet the state requirement. The installation work this week was done by City workmen with the assistance of the Iowa Telephone company. Special equipment was required to bore through under the pavement. The lights can be seen from a distance and serve As a warning that this is a full Stop intersection. Fra elects w. Humphreys Wayne. L. Humphreys 20, of Crawfordsville was elected a regional vice president of the National future Farmers of America at the Kansas City meeting this week. Humphreys who studied agriculture at the Winfield it. Union school is the son of or. And mrs. Leslie Humphreys who operate a 320 acre farm in Louisa county. Humphreys is now a veterinary Medicine student at Iowa state University Ames. He is Well known in Henry county having made appearances at numerous gatherings. J. Dan Lehmann 20, a University of Illinois student was elected president of the National Fra. Four enlist in army in month army Recruiter Sec Martin j. Hansen reports the following from Henry county enlisted in the army in september. David c. Hollingsworth new London James m. Garmoe William d. Garmore and Andrew Garmoe All of Salem. Parked car damaged it was reported to police at 3 15 . Friday that a 1969 Buick owned by or. George Sutton was struck by another vehicle while parked behind his office on East Washington Street. The left front door and fender were damaged. The Driver did no to report the Accident. At 6 38 pm. Police were notified that a car struck a Post on the front porch of a House at 803 Lucas Street and went on South. Investigation is continuing. Restore Calm in italian City Reggio Calabria Italy it up a rain and a massive deployment of army troops restored partial Calm to this rebellious Southern italian City today. The Central government moved 3000 army soldiers into the Reggio area Friday to take up guard duty at ports and Railroad lines closed nine Days ago at the Peak of disorders Over the City a claim to the rank of regional capital. The governments drastic posture appeared to have succeeded in breaking the Back of the revolt. There was comparative Calm in Reggio Friday and police using bulldozers to smash barricades fired Only a few volleys of tear Gas at jeering demonstrators. Two Days of heavy rainfall also helped to Dampen spirits after 96 Days of riots bombings and shooting incidents in which three persons died and More than 500 were injured. Expect steady improvement in Economy hot Springs a. Up a the u. S. Economy has a passed its Low Point and should show steady improvement next year but unemployment will continue relatively High a report to the business Council said today. The report by the councils economic consultants predicted unemployment would average about 5 per cent next year Down Only a Little from the current level of 5.5 per cent the highest Mark in almost seven years. The two Page summary of the report handed to newsmen is about As close to an official Council position As the organization of highly Independent corporate executives Ever gets. The Nixon administration has been working hard during the councils weekend meetings to head off a gloomy report that might have heightened fears about the state of the Economy. One administration official conceded the businessmen were less optimistic than were government officials. President Nixon invited leaders of the Council to the White House for a sunday Chat about the Economy following conclusion of the organizations semiannual meeting. A the Economy has passed its Low Point and the Outlook is for continued improvement through 1971 despite the Impact of the current strike against general motors a the report said. The consultants predicted a Gross National product a the total value of the nations output of goods and services a would exceed $1 trillion next year. Huge aircraft explodes on flight line Marietta a. Up a the a rapid fire series of explosions original c5a Galaxy worlds larg rocked this Atlanta suburb about est aircraft exploded on the 1 20 am split the fuselage on the flight line at the Lockheed Georg giant plane and left Quot Lockheed no. A co. Plant Early today killing one 1�?� crumpled to the Concrete run worker and injuring another. Phase 5 troop withdrawal plans told Saigon up a president Nixon a phase five troop withdrawal program will begin with the inactivation of nearly 3,000 men in two battalions of the 4th infantry division the . Military command announced today. Informed u. S. Military sources said All of the divisions 10,000 remaining men would be pulled out of the War zone in the phase five re auction of 40,000 More american troops in South Vietnam by Christmas. O o a the sources said at least 35,000 of the troops involved in the latest redeployment would come from the army and would include about 12.000 men of the 25th infantry division still in Vietnam. The 25th is headquartered at cd Chi about 20 Miles Northwest of Saigon. The latest weekly troop strength report showed the army had 292,300 men in Vietnam including about 50.000 in the americal division largest in the service. O o o u. S. Military spokesmen reported Only one major ground engagement involving american troops in Vietnam in the 24-hour period ending at noon today. They said two men of the 3rd brigade 1st air cavalry division were killed and four wounded Friday in a 90-minute clash in Jungles 65 Miles East Northeast of Saigon. Three communist soldiers were known killed in the fighting 29 Miles North Northwest of Ham tank capital of Binh Tuy province. Reports theft Wally Wallingford. It. Pleasant reported to police at 9 45 . Friday that a stereo Case with 15 tapes a stolen out of his car while it was parked at Mcmillan Park during the High school football game Friday night. Educational workshop monday at old threshers arrangements were completed Here this week for the old threshers educational workshop planned for monday october 19th. Activities Are under the general direction of Donald Young. Teachers kindergarten through sixth Grade and their administrators have been invited to attend the workshop scheduled to Start at 5 p. M. Registration will be at the National guard armory from 5 p. M. To 5 15 p. M. Guided Tours of the old threshers grounds will include the Village Church school Long Branch antique car building and farm machinery building. A supper will be served at approximately 6 15 p. M. At the armory followed by an introduction of the unit showing of the old Thresher film slides it Cetra. The project is under the direction of the old threshers educational committee. The members have written a teaching unit for old threshers which they feel will be a Welcome adjunct in teaching social studies science units or Iowa history. Teachers and others from the following schools have been extended invitations to the workshop Van Buren Community Fairfield Mediapolis Winfield it. Union Waco new London morning Sun West Burlington fort Madison Central of Argyle Harmony Washington and it. Pleasant. Way apron. A a great Ball of fire mushroomed up from the wreckage according to Security officer b. D. Smart who said the flames raged out of control for about an hour. More than a dozen fire trucks pumped every drop of White foam at the base onto the burning cargo plane. Air Force col. S. W. Brewer attached to Lockheed to oversee the c5 program said the cause of the explosion was a obviously some sort of fuel o o o the plane nearly the length of a football Field and six stories High had been undergoing a touch and go tests Friday. Workmen were de fueling approximately 100,000 pounds of fuel similar to a a Good Grade of kerosene when the first explosion ripped into the right Wing Brewer said. The nearby fuel truck escaped damage. Asked if sabotage had been ruled out Brewer replied a Well we Haven to ruled it in. But 1 think its very the Fri was summoned and an investigation of the explosion ordered. O o a the dead Man was identified As Phillip Smith 31, a flight Hite Mechanic who has been with the firm since 1962. The other Man apparently suffered Only Shock. Only the Needle nosed portion of the aircraft Forward of the cockpit was not badly damaged. Both wings and the Tail Section were snapped off. The fuselage was split just to the rear of the midsection. The entire plane was blackened and portions of the skeletal superstructure showed through in the Glare of huge spotlights mounted on trucks. Coed killed near Iowa City Coralville up a a University of Iowa coed was killed and three others were injured in a two car Headon collision on . 6 Here Early this morning. Authorities identified the victim As Carolyn Curran 20, of Russell fhe Driver of the car in which she was Riding James Phelan 20, of Owa City was hospitalized As Well is two other passengers in the car Patrick Long and Patricia Wise both 18 and of Iowa City. Authorities said charges Are ending against the Driver of the ther car Donald Dale Smith 22, if new London who allegedly crossed the Center line. Cock rapids up a Rule Louise Nelson 48, of Coon rapids was killed Early this morning when the car she was driving collided Headon with one driven by a Rural Glidden youth. The youth. David Lewis Rich 18, was hospitalized in serious condition in a Carroll Hospital. Authorities said the Accident occurred about one mile North of Coon rapids on a county Blacktop Road. O o o Camanche up a two persons were killed and three others injured in a two car crash about three Miles South of Here on u. S. 67 Early today. Killed were Kathy Cronk 16, of Camanche and Steven j. Libberton 22, of Clinton the Driver of one of the cars. Another passenger in the car Linda Glaspie 16, of Follette was in serious condition at a Clinton Hospital. The Driver of the other car Gary Chelar 22, of Camanche was hospitalized and a passenger Terry Kinkaid 20, of Camanche was treated and released from a local Hospital. Authorities said the two cars one southbound and the other northbound were rounding a curve when one of the vehicles apparently crossed the Center line. Fire damages building at f Armington Farmington a fire last night damaged the historic old Fichten Mueller building on state St., owned by Madelin Benedict. Farmington Bonaparte and Donnellson fire departments battled the Blaze. The owner a widow lived alone in an apartment on the second floor. She was not Home when the alarm was turned in at 11 55 pm. By James Bell night marshal who smelled smoke. Mrs. Benedict used the lower floor of the 40x80�?T Brick and tin Structure for storage. It was formerly a feed store operated by her late husband Bruce Benedict. Farmington firemen were on the scene from Midnight until 7 30 . Today. They were hampered in getting to the Blaze by the double tin roof. The rear 60�?T of the building is Brick. Cause of the Blaze is not known. It was believed to have started in the pantry off the Kitchen in the second floor living quarters. Antiques owned by mrs. Benedict and stored on the first floor and her personal possessions on the second floor were damaged by smoke and water. Mrs. Benedict became ill when she arrived on the scene last night and was taken by ambulance to Graham Hospital in Keokuk. There was no immediate estimate of the damage. Firemen considered the building to be a total loss. Trophy lost the punt pass and kick con lest winners were presented their trophies by the Jaycees at the halftime of the mph Keokuk tilt Here Friday night but Scott Swartzendruber 9, does no to have his today. It was lost in or under the stands and Wasny to found in the search after the game. If the trophy la found the finder should Contact mrs. Max Swartzendruber

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