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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - October 21, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news fair Section one 2 sections vol. 92, no. 248 it. Pleasant Iowa wednesday evening october 21, 1970 Price to cents Mumm your number a 3655 Lucky number specials sayings As great As these can Only be offered thurs. Fri. Sat. Oct. 22 a 23 24 compare your number with the plumbers displayed in the stores see the ads in this Issue and if you find the some number you can buy the item listed for an unheard of Low Price. Compare your number with those posted in stores it. Pleasant merchants Are offering scores of items at Low Low prices to holders of Lucky numbers the next three Days a thursday Friday and saturday of this week. Those who receive or obtain this Issue of the news or the merchants news will find a number printed on the copy. The participating it. Pleasant merchants have Lucky numbers a 1,660 in All a costed in their stores. Compare your number with those in the stores and if you have a match you Are entitled to buy merchandise listed at the ridiculously Low Price. Take your number with you when you go to a participating store and Check it with the listed numbers. You May have a Quot match Quot and be Able to buy at the greatly reduced prices. Claiming fraud in report of heroism seek source of Canadian phone Call Montreal up a police today attempted to Trace a Telephone Call that kidnappers May be willing to negotiate the Freedom of a British Diplomat. At the same time an autopsy report revealed that the second political hostage Cabinet minister Pierre Laporte had been Garrotte with a Chain. The autopsy report by two leading pathologists said Quebec labor minister Laporte was slain saturday sometime Between a noon and la too the report released by Quebec Justice minister Jerome Choquette said Laportes body had three wounds which were a rather one was on the Chest one on the left wrist and one on the right hand near the thumb. A there were no other signs of violence whether internal or external a the report said. The autopsy was performed by two doctors or. Jean Paul Valcour and or. Jean Houle and the statement was signed by Laurin Lapointe Montreal District Coroner. Too the cause of death was a asphyxiation by strangulation which apparently was by Means of a Small Chain around or. Laportes neck which was still in place As the autopsy was performed. The Mark left by the Chain went All around the neck except at the Back where it appeared to have been twisted a the report said. Earlier today the Quebec provincial police received word from an Anonymous caller that the Fly May be willing to accept a government offer for Safe passage to Cuba in Exchange for the release of British Trade commissioner James r. Cross. Old �?o1718�?� As it arrived Here tuesday old trolley car arrives tuesday Washington up a six enlisted men have charged that they were ordered to draft a from thin air imaginary acts of combat hero ism so an army general in Vietnam Israel ready to continue cease fire United nations up a israeli Premier Golda Meir said today Israel is prepared to continue the Middle East ceasefire a without a time but she also said Israel would not resume peace talks until Egypt pulls Back its missiles from the cease fire standstill zone. She said Israel wanted to resume negotiations for peace under the auspices of Gunnar v. Jarring special . Peace mediator but would not do so a until it is demonstrated that agreements that have been concluded Are faithfully mrs. Meir told the Assembly the arabs a violated the armistice agreements of 1949, they nullified the arrangements concluded in 1957, they unilaterally destroyed the cease fire Resolution of 1967 by embarking on a a War of attrition against Israel and now Egypt is undermining the american peace initiative by flagrantly violating the cease fire standstill Wilson farm Sells $64,500 former Kent coed arrested Kent Ohio up a a former coed at Kent state University was arrested today on an indictment handed Down by a special state grand jury that investigated the fatal Campus shooting of four students last Spring. Mary Helen Nicholas 22, Akron Ohio the Lith person arrested was charged with interference with firemen at the scene of the fire. The charge apparently stemmed from the burning of the Roto building at the Kent Campus May 2, two Days before Ohio National guardsmen fired into a group of demonstrating students. Miss Nicholas who surrendered at the Portage county sheriffs office in nearby Ravenna was the first girl arrested of the 25 persons indicted by the panel. Could receive two of the nations highest military honors. In a letter to chairman Mendel Fly is d-s.c., of the House armed services committee and made of a Mac today spec. 4 Roy r. Trent jr., said his unit was ordered to draw up the necessary papers oct. 4 for the Silver Star and distinguished plying Cross for Brig. Gen. E. P. Forrester too Trent a letter was signed by five other enlisted men from the 1st cavalry divisions awards and decorations office. He was writing Rivers Trent said to report a a grave infraction of military policy and an abominable insult to the integrity and intelligence Cfall lower Grade enlisted according to Trent the awards office was ordered to a create recommendations of the medals for Forrester a for actions in which he never participated during the cambodian operation earlier this year. Too according to the new York times which was Given a copy of the Trent letter Forrester received the Silver Star medal last thursday but that plans for presenting the flying Cross were dropped. The newspaper quoted an army officer in Vietnam As saying the general had not seen the citation and not know the circumstances of its preparation. At the time Forrester was assistant 1st cavalry commander. The times said col. George Newman the units chief of staff said he had ordered the recommendation drafted in a hurry so it could be present j ened to Forrester before he left the a a usvi1 i Clamp a division for a new assignment. Max Wilson route 2, it. Pleasant was High bidder for the 162 acre farm sold today by the heirs of David o. And Ann Wilson in the total amount of $64,500 approximately $400 per acre. The farm located just North and West of Trenton is the former Home of mrs. Harry Wilson and or. And mrs. Clifford Wilson. Other responsive bidders were Dennis Klopfenstein Laverne Graber Richard Scarff Richard and John Woline Allan Rich jr., and Ken Rogers. The highest sealed bid submitted was $48,000 and verbal bidding brought the final offer up to the $64,500 figure. A bid for a second tract consisting of a House in Trenton and several lots was submitted by or. And mrs. Harry Wiggins in the amount of $2,500. There were no other bidders for this tract. The third tract offered consisted of several acres of Timberland which was not connected to the Home farm. The High bid was sub i netted by Laverne Graber in the amount of $950. The other bidders for this piece were Raymond Gates and Richard Scarff. The heirs of David o. And Ann Wilson approved the sales of the 3 tracts after the bidding and court approval is not required. Attorney a. K. Elgar was in charge of the proceedings As counsel for the estates. At almost precisely 5 30 tuesday evening the Vintage �?o1718�?� trolley car arrived at its new Home in it. Pleasant after a 1,000 mile journey from Bloomsburg pa., which covered a period of eight Days. Driver Fay Peters of Watseka 111., who drove most of the trip to Iowa after a break Down of the first tractor in Western Pennsylvania encountered a few delays along the route As he waited for special transportation permits. Midwest Central Railroad officials expressed appreciation to Virgil Coonrod of Cedar rapids who arrived later in the evening with two portable cranes and unloaded the trolley onto the South track Extension without charge to the Midwest Central. Too the unique trolley was purchased by the Midwest Central Railroad in april 1969, from the Magee transportation museum in blooms Burg and will now become a part of the growing transportation museum of the local Railroad group. It joins the no. 9 Streetcar in the car barn on the South Side of the reunion grounds As Well As the interurban car which is the property of the Iowa Railroad museum. No. 9 is the Only Streetcar Ever built in Iowa and was purchased from the Southern Industrial Railroad at Centerville. The interurban is stored Here and will be operated under an agreement with the museum. Too after extensive restoration �?o1718�?� will be used on the trolley line which is to be a part of the Long Range expansion on the South Side of the reunion grounds. Already the seats have been refinished and other minor parts restored. Two other cars of the same Vintage have been beautifully restored and Are now a part of the Bloomsburg museum and with knowledgeable trolley car restorers �?o1718�?� is expected to become a classic attraction at the old threshers reunion. The car was built in the shop of the Rio de Janeiro Brazil Tramway. Light and Power company and the design was based on the Brill patented a a Narragansett style of car construction developed by the j. G. Brill company of Philadelphia a bout 1903. Too the Brill company was the worlds Foremost manufacturer of trolley cars having started in the Field during the horse car Era of the 1860s and continuing in business until 1941. The system at Rio de Janeiro was opened in 1911 by Canadian electric Power interests and developed into an exceptionally motions heard Mezvinsky Here on thursday Iowa City a the office of Edward Mezvinsky democratic candidate for Congress announced that Mezvinsky will Campaign in it. Pleasant on thursday oct. 22. He will address students at Iowa Wesleyan at 9 30 . At Chapel auditorium. The program is in the cultural theological encounter series at Iowa Wesleyan. After the meeting Mezvinsky will meet with local townspeople and students at a Coffee Given by Hollie Boucek. The Coffee will be Given at 804 North Lincoln. Anyone interested in meeting with de Mezvinsky or helping with his Campaign is invited to attend. A hearing was held in District court tuesday afternoon on a motion to suppress evidence and statements in the Case of Frank Edward Wilson 24, it. Pleasant charged with second degree murder. Ruling was reserved. Wilson a attorneys also filed a motion for the continuance of his trial which is set to Start oct. 26. Ruling was also reserved on that motion. Wilson is in the county jail in lieu of Bond. He is accused of the strangulation slaying of his wife Sharrine Wilson last july. Reports theft Randy Ingwersen reported to police at 3 10 . Tuesday that a four Speed transmission valued at $150 had been stolen from a garage at 1104 e. Henry Street. In Iowa at Many different locations in years past. Dubuque employed a number of them sometimes operating three together As a train for excursions to Union Park and other pleasure Points. Cedar rapids Cedar Falls Mason City Oskaloosa Centerville Tama Boone Sioux City Council Bluffs and other Iowa communities also were served by open Bench summer cars. Teh last open cars to operate in regular service in the u. S. Were discontinued in 1946 at Wildwood n. J. The Only City in the u. S. In which old style closed streetcars Are still operated is new Orleans Louisiana served by 35 cars of 1922 Vintage on the beautifully landscaped St. Charles route. W. B. Hoaglin Dies after Long illness Wilfred b. Hoaglin 62, of 400 West Washington Street died at Bradenton Fla., on tuesday evening after an illness of several months. The son of William and Winifred Brooks Hoaglin he was born at it. Pleasant on june 9, 1908. Or. Hoaglin had been a prominent business Man and civic Leader in it. Pleasant. He served As an officer of the it. Pleasant Bank and Trust company owned and operated Hoaglind a variety store for Many years and managed several pieces of real estate. He served on the chamber of Commerce Board and was Active in the Industrial development program. He is survived by his wife Mary Shumaker Hoaglin and two children a son Philip of it. Pleasant and a daughter mrs. John Lehman of Bradenton Fla. Other survivors include eight grandchildren one brother Karl and a sister. Mrs. Sumner b. Chase it. Pleasant. The body will arrive at Cedar rapids on thursday night. Funeral arrangements Are pending at Crane Ewart Young funeral Home in it. Pleasant. Area participants in ceremony sunday a making off with uncles Watermelon Baltimore up a warmed to the attack on a Radical liberals by an enthusiastic Hometown Republican audience vice president Spiro t. Agnew tuesday declared a for the Sake of America they will be moved out of the in a speech supporting Republican candidates Agnew frequently departed from hts text to assail recent critics of his rhetoric and 50 Youthful demonstrators who carried american and Viet Cong flags outside the hotel where he spoke. Those attacking him he said have been caught red handed in an open Field making off with Uncle same a Watermelon. All in be done is administer the Buckshot you know i 1 a a i intend to take on those who rites Friday for victim of Accident funeral services for Daniel r. Wenzel 20, who lived in it. Pleasant at the time of his death died in a one car Accident near Washington monday night will be held Friday at la . At All saints Church at new Richland minn., where he was born. His body was taken from the Jones funeral Home in Washington to the Frederichs funeral Home in new Richland tuesday. Wenzel resided with the Joe Ruby family Here since last summer and Wras working with the Ohio pipe line co., at the time of his death. He was Riding in the backseat of a 1969 Volkswagen driven by Tim Griffin 22, Ypsilanti mich., when it went off old Highway 92 at the we est City limits of Washington and a special feature of the inauguration of or. Louis a. Haselmayer As president of Iowa Wesleyan College sunday october 25, at 3 . In the Chapel auditorium will be official representatives of City and county organizations and members of the area clergy. They will March in the procession together with the faculty trustees and academic delegates. Those accepting invitations to be represented Are it. Pleasant City councilmen l. W. Van Winkle Edward a King. Raymond Gasser Henry m. Biggs and Max d. Beavers. James Ritter it. Pleasant utilities manager. Werner Smith chief of it. Pleasant police department. Wilbur w. Sater chairman Board of Henry county supervisors. Van s. Crawford Henry county sheriff. Donald Weir president of Henry county Rescue squad Hon. Harlan w. Bainter District court judge. Orlendes Ross president of it. Pleasant Library Board. Louis Miles Nesbitt president of it. Pleasant school Board. Richard h. Van Tuyl principal of it. Pleasant Community High school. Maynard Bittie science department of it. Pleasant Junior High school. Lagging state payments hit Many schools i own in us Lei u1wc wi1vj ,. ,. ,. I rolled Over. Wenzel was thrown out Are dead set against peace at Home. A a and peace abroad and let them know. They Are a Barrier to Progress and for the Sake of America they will be moved out of the Way a Agnew said. Inc fund Over $40,000 gifts totalling $40,173 have been received so far by Iowa Wesleyan College in its 1970 Henry county fund Campaign according to Lynn Byrne drive chairman. According to Byrne about 180 Calls on prospects Are yet to be made by the 150 Volunteer workers in the Campaign. Thirteen special and the car rolled Over on him. He died of the injuries a Short time later at Washington Hospital. Glen Griffin 18, also a passenger in the car is in satisfactory condition at the Washington Hospital. Tim has been released. They also worked on the anhydrous ammonia pipeline. All three were returning from work on constructing the pipeline near Kinross. The Griffins have been living at Donnellson. Wenzel a former Iowa Wesleyan student is survived by his father Francis and six Brothers and Sisters who live in Marshalltown and by his Mother Lois Elam of Wapello. Says plane 800 trolley cars to serve the dozens of routes. All cars in Rio were open Bench cars of �?o1718s�?� style. Wichita ran. Up a Federal hearings into the crash of a Wichita prospects individuals and business i i j i i no Avci Upu Lulu an who Haye yen major support him voc Flocie Large scale operation requiring Over. _ a a. 6 to the College in the past Are expected to make donations soon. Of the $10,000 in Challenge Mon it was known As a car a a pm a a a a 10 a a a a business i stale University chartered plane j because of her assignment to that Nelv duals a it add that killed 30 persons including 13 particular car barn in the District of acre a of a of has been football players opened today with Tho City bearing that designation a rued thus far in a he Campaign. The chief investigator testifying the Tho of Inonu 20-year-old aircraft was a ton and a half overweight. Russell j. Abbott of the National transportation safety Board told the Federal panel the Martin 404 could safely carry 44.900 pounds including passengers baggage and the court approved the Sale of Fuei the Carl Roberts farm to Dan but he the plane carried 48,-Mertens and others at the estate egg pounds when it crashed oct. 2 hearing tuesday. In the Colorado Rockies while car Mertens and his group submitted Ryung Wichita state players coach the High bid of $51,500 for the 200 up an j fans to a game with Utah acre Roberts farm 3 Miles South of state in Logan Utah. He said it was 3,265 pounds overweight. Abbott said 24 Gallons of Oil were Des Moines up a the executive Secretary of the Iowa association of school boards today predicted As Many As half of Iowa a 453 Public school districts May be in a financial bind because of lagging state payments for school Aid. Blythe c. Conn of Des Moines said he knows of Many districts that have been forced to Issue warrants similar to Short term Loans to meet operating expenses. On tuesday the association went on record urging the state to make its school Aid payments on time. Officials in the state comptrollers of lice disclosed that Only $15 million in state Aid has been distributed to the local school districts some $41 million less than they were expecting. The depleted status of Iowa a general fund allowed Only $15 million in equalization Aid to be distributed in september although school districts were expecting about $36 million. On oct. I the districts were scheduled to receive $20 million from the state or about half their share of a Quot a income tax collections inv Rev a officials said no income tax payment has been distributed and the Money is not expected to be viable until sometime in no Yff her. The association also condemned la a a a or Uita Bip results questioner de avs and disgruntled Mentse a of int in the present school Aid formula. Waldo e. Sutton principal of Van Allen and Manning schools. Charlotte l. Davis principal of Lincoln school. John l. Becker principal of Saunders and pleasant Lawn schools Donald e. Young curriculum director of it. Pleasant Community schools. G. A. Elliott Henry county Board of education. Charles Richard Drake superintendent of Winfield it. Union schools. George k. Cornish principal of Winfield it. Union schools f. M. Hartung superintendent of new London Community schools. James a. Chubb Counselor of new London Community schools. John f. Elgar president of Henry county bar association. Or. Robert s. Wettach president of Henry county medical society. Or. Robert w. Lofgren president of Quad county dental association mrs. Terry Wilson president of Henry county nurses association. Orville w. Aligner chairman Board of trustees of Henry county soldiers and sailors memorial Hospital. Lynn Byrne administrator of Henry county memorial Hospital. Or. Walter Fox superintendent and area director of mental health. Gary l. Wiegel president of it. Pleasant chamber of Commerce. Virgil w. Hileman president of rotary club of it. Pleasant. James l. Morrison president of it. Pleasant kiwanis club. Terry d. Ross president of it. Pleasant Jaycees. Ralph e. Stoops president of Southeast Board of realtors. Harold Larson president of Henry county Independent insurance agents mrs. Irma a Graf president of it. Pleasant business and professional women a club. Mrs. Baron d. Crane president of it. Pleasant woman a club. Mrs. Robert Beatty president of it. Pleasant Branch of the american association of University women. Elsie s. Kinney president of Delta Kappa Gamma. Mrs. M. Hall Weir president of chapter original a . Sisterhood. Mrs. Lynn Byrne president of founders chapter of . Mrs. Louis Miles Nesbitt president of Iowa . Of . Mrs. Charles p. Cushman president of the league of woman voters. Mrs. J. M. Harper chairman of division of Public education of the Iowa federation of women a clubs. It is designed with an Arch style roof and the Wood used in the construction was Pheroba de Campo an exceptionally hard and quite Beautiful product of the North brazilian forests. The steel components and electrical mechanical apparatus came from the u. S. The municipal government took Over full control of the trolley system in the Early 1969s, and one of the first Steps undertaken was a Complete replacement of the a ebon desk with a Fleet of buses. Too in 1965, a group of u. S. Museums joined hands in importing 12 of the cars to North America and in september 1965, two Coffee ships bore the dozen open Bench cars on their four week Ocean voyage to the port of new York. Today the eleven Sisters of �?o1718�?� Are operating at museums in Pennsylvania Northern Illinois and Connecticut. �?o1718�?� has been stored at the Bloomsburg museum since 1965, in the company of three of her Sisters two of which have been beautifully restored. Open Bench trolley cars were used the drive goal is $60,000. Court approves Sale of farm it. Pleasant on old Highway 218. Tools taken at Van Buren work site added to aircraft a two engines at Denver its refuelling Stop before the flight across the mountains. He the Van Buren county sheriffs no Sav of Uhls was excessive. Office is investigating the theft of. He said however Quot no evidence of several Hundred dollars Worth of malfunction or internal failure of tools taken from the Van Buren either engine was noted by his in county Bridge Crew at the work Vest gating team site five Miles Southeast of Keosauqua on the Center Chapel Road. Terse verse the county Bridge Crew was re by a. C. Gordon building a Small Bridge there. The there Are Many people in the world loss of tools was discovered tues who hesitate Day and included a Chain saw axes to drive up to heavens Gates mauls Etc. 1 and honk their horns and wait. New egyptian government takes office by up egyptian president Anwar Sadat today swore in a new government that included or. Mahmoud Fawzi a 70-year-old Diplomat As Premier. Fighting Between palestinian guerrillas and government troops was reported continuing in Northern Jordan. Diplomatic activity was entered in new York where top officials from around the world were fathered for the 25th anniversary celebrations of the United nations. Israeli prime minister Golda Meir Speaks before the body today in reply to egyptian charges the United states and Israel wrecked Middle East peace talks. According to . Diplomatic sources mrs. Meir planned to restate israeli policy it would not resume the indirect talks with Egypt and Jordan unless Egypt withdrew soviet made sam2 and sam3 missiles put in the Suez canal standstill zone after the aug. 7 ceasefire went into effect. The following ministers Carl e. Wilson pastor of the first United methodist Church it. Pleasant. Dennis d. Nicholson. Associate pastor of the first United methodist Church it. Pleasant. Q. Gerald Roseberry pastor of the first presbyterian Church it. Pleasant. Peter Siemens pastor of the first Baptist Church it. Pleasant. Charles u. Tweed pastor of the first congregational universalist Church it. Pleasant. Harmon Webb pastor of the 2nd Baptist Church it. Pleasant. Paul c. Albers pastor of St. Al Phonsus Church it. Pleasant. Robert l. Matheus Rector of the St. Michael a episcopal Church it. Pleasant. E. We. Strauser Rector of Christ episcopal Church Burlington. Michael r. Link. Rector of St. Luke a episcopal Church it. Madison. Donald e. Baustian. Rector of St. John s episcopal Church Keokuk. James l. Pastel Rector of the Trinity episcopal Church Ottumwa. Max f. B. Vol Kinann pastor of the Olds United Church of Christ. K. Waylen Brown pastor of the Salem friends Church. G. Dempster Yinger pastor of the first United methodist Church. Burlington. Harold n. Olson pastor of the Columbus Junction and Columbus City United methodist churches. John Arthur Nye pastor of the Batavia Eldon United methodist churches. Raymond d. Moore pastor of the United methodist Church Mediapolis. Max Eugene Goldman pastor of the Trinity United methodist Church Keokuk. Dwight c Bonham pastor of the United methodist Church Birmingham

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