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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - October 22, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news these Days by George e. Sokolsky inflation t. Coleman Andrews used to collect the income tax and got Dis gusted doing it he thereupon resigned and has devoted himself i to proving that it is a bad tax that he is Correct in his premise is of ious from the harm that the tax j has done to the country Partick lady in wiping out the economic i Independence of the White Collar elements in reducing the Middle class to a proletariat and in opening the doors to a Money racketeering which is infinitely worse than bootlegging although it is hard to make a distinction in degree Between one crime and another. The tax evader is a thief even if he salves his conscience by calling himself a tax avoider. Money racketeering is net done by gangster or Little people. It is strictly a preoccupation of tiros who have Money in Large amounts and who get it out of this country to another where it can he converted into property other than currency without paying taxes. The demoralization of a people starts with uniform lying. There is a constant Contes Between the government and its citizens As to How to handle this particular tax the people using the word avoidance the government referring to it As evasion and trying to put unpalatable offenders such As governor on a1 Faubus in jail for alleged infractions. Vol. 80, no. 219 it. Pleasant Iowa wednesday evening oct. 22, 1958 by Carrier 30 per week by mall $7.50 per year Community fund first groups to meet for kick off disagreements in talks the kick Oft breakfast for the j first groups in the greater it. Pleasant Community fund Cam j pain will be held next tuesday oct. 23, Howard Hills and Darrell Goddard co chairmen announced at the luncheon meeting of a Small j group of leaders wednesday noon j those who will meet at that tune to receive their materials and launch the Campaign will be the employers group the Public employees professional salesmen and schools. Chairmen of the Pace setters i j vision were announced As Lyman j sheets and Leo Brau. The chair men of the three sections Are a i Dick Walgren de King by Dwight Mehaffy Floyd Miller c a Bill Kyle. H. Eugene Smith. Allen Shook is chairman of tie employees division. Chairmen of Sec tons a. B. And c under him Are Jim Green. Dick Vavroch and Gerald beavers. Chairman Hills again Emp a t Hicken on the Fiket this general View shows the activity at the Chicken Barbecue held in it ii trial Park As a county wide event to help promote the local application for the agricultural Hall of Fame. The wire net trays of Chicken were Over the charcoal pits. Serving is from the tent and picnic tables were to the right outside the picture. Sized that the Campaign is being what t Coleman Andrews is conducted by volunteers and that trying to Tell americans is that the i virtually too cents of every Dollar it Dei a1 government since 1939 has contributed goes for the Benefit of taken the american people for the participating organization. Healy 28 times More income tax omitted inadvertently from the and for to times More social Secu i lists of participating groups As pretty tax and piously published was the humane the Cost of living has been More society. Than doubled and is still going j up. And tile value of the Dollar 1 has been reduced to Well below 50 cents and is still going Down i Quot resigns As county polio chairman tribute paid to 0. T. Wilson at annual meeting of county chapter farm Bureau s <8tand on issues i explained to group a foundation and will move into a. I aim bin eau leaders from South tribute was paid to a faithful Arfa a logical one that 0feast Iowa invited newspaper Edi j much in the manner crippling diseases. I tors and radio men to a dinner j Campaign statements polio will still be the first and i monday evening at the Iris to Dis a president Richard m. Nixon. Now ibis is not just hearsay. This is a statement by a trained accountant who had actually been the Quot collector of internal Revenue and who knows what it is about. He has issued a circular to say that inflation is he e now and that the peril is upon us. Coleman gives several examples i shall quote two from Hun to appear on bbl to program Iowa City. Iowa professor James a. Van Allen head of the state University of Iowa physics department noted for his work in the u. S. Satellite program appealed before a movie camera monday and described the a Van Allen space radiation Belt Quot around meeting of the Henry county chapter of National foundation for infantile paralysis tuesday evening. Tile group meeting at the Brazel ton hotel for dinner honoured o. T. Wilson who had announced that president pictures Prosperity Chicago up president Eisenhower today presented to a Quot Coffee hours of Republican women a sparkling picture of a prosperous and progressive future a America provided the government Dot s not come under the domination of the Quot radicals of the democratic party. The president said the nation could have annual Gross National production of 500 billion dollars and even human flight into space. Eisenhower a remarks to the women of his party constituted a warm up for his nationwide radio and television political address from Here at 7 30 . . Too the speech tonight will give the chief executive his first Opportunity of the current Campaign to display nationally his new technique of blasting the democrats of recent by vice goal line members j j the Hope hear coaches and 0 a a tor solution sop Virid r urns of proc tame thirty four goal line members yet a i. Al i of listened to football talk and saw films of the it. Pleasant Keokuk. Iowa Wes Ley an Buena Vista games Iai Pei Formosa up a major tuesday night. H Fri cements have developed Dur coach Bob Evans said that the i e the talks Between Secretary of panthers play in the 34-6 win Over state j a Foster Dulles and presi Keokuk was the Best so far and Chian Kai Shek american that he was Well satisfied with the he a chinese source outcome having expected a much sad today tougher game. The result they added leaves Little Hope for any new approach concerning Fairfield the Home to a solution of the problems pre Cooling opponent for mph this sorted by the latest chinese com Friday night Evans said that the Monist military and diplomatic As trojans use a lot of different for saults matrons have six fast backs and a Good line Quot their advantage lies in Dule probably will return to their Speed while ours lies in the Washington with few if any con mobility of our line Quot Evans said. Crete results from his Taipei mis a there Are a lot of things Riding Sion Soun a said on the game and we re not taking that nationalist government con anything for coach Edd Bowers thought the tigers looked Good in the second Hall in the 17-0 conch Ank a tw0 Kykta session and two formal dinner gatherings. Foreign ministry officials Here Side red but dropped plans to said he-l5sue a communique tonight after tour meetings Between Dillies and Foremost interest but conquering of polio the demand is diminishing in that Field. Newfields include arthritis patient care of affected youths birth defects. With the j Cus a issues of the Day and clarify the farm Bureau s stand on some of the More important issues. He would be resigning from the of county chairman at the particularly those of the brain and meeting a position he has held the last 12 years. Disorders of the Central nervous system. All funds gathered for polio c. A. Cottrell treasurer of the purposes will be used for that Pur chapter for that time paid tribute i it Ose and not for the new pm amp ram to or. Wilson and presented a gift j us emphasized to him from the group. Later the attending from Over the county group made or. Wilson a lifetime were mrs. Edith Oberman or. President of the chapter Quot with All and mrs. Paul Anderson. Or. And the rights and privileges and none mrs. Harold Tolander and mrs. Of the i Beulah Neil. Headache. A for example it took $4,806 to it the Earth and How u. S. Earth provide the same amount of buying satellites discovered it. Powei after taxes provided in 1939 the income tax on the Nereas $2,806 was $755 and $2,051 required to make up for the to Ken by inflation of was toll Quot thus if in 1957. You received $4,000 salary from a Job that paid $2,000 in 1939, your 1957 salary was $306 Short of what you needed in order to have As much buying Power As the 1939 Holder had. Quot or. To take a Case where the salary paid in 1939 for the Job you held in 1957. Or one similar to it. Let suppose that the 1939 salary was $2,500 that Halfway Between $2,000 and $3,000. A con Ergative approximation of Tho 1957 equivalent of a 1939 income of $2,500 can be obtained by adding the 1957 equivalent of a 1939 salary of $2,000 to tin 1957 equivalent of a 1939 salary of $3,000 and dividing the total by two that would be $4,806 plus $7,370, making a total of $12,176, which divided by two would give $6,088. Quot now if your salary from this Job in 1957 was $5,000. It was $1,088 Short of what it needed to be in order to have the same buying Power that $2,500 had in 1939.&Quot so what the government Dot s is to Issue More Bonds which is Money and thus the currency is inflated a surely As when the old Kings clipped Silver off the Edge of coins. Inflation is a deadly disease v is one of the principal causes of the present Stock Market Rise the speculators hedging against inflation which cannot be done except by purchasing productive land Art objects and diamonds. If it is True that the russians have found a Diamond Field of Merit then this Gem is not a hedge against inflation because its great value is due to its comparative Scarcity Winch i the result of monopolistic practices by an International Cartel that controls i i is should and country find a top notch Diamond Field and decide to dump t h e commodity on the open Market or ice. Would go tumbling. The peril of inflation is so great that a government would take Steps against it. But they Are always unpopular Steps because they interfere with spending. And what politician wants to be unpopular copyright. 1958. King features Syndicate inc i remember to vote. Speak tip for Good government on election Daw now i. $1,975 As $2,000 or. Van Allen discussed space Why because radiation for live minutes for the filmed hour Long television Quot breakthrough Quot which is being produced by the British broadcasting company. Tile film will feature the world s top scientists working on the International geophysical year rocket missile and satellite program. Quot Beale through will appear on big television on nov. 12 and will j probably be shown in the United states later according to Hugh i Foster of the u. S. Information Agency who is directing the Van Allen filming at Sui. Foster and hts six Man camera Crew arrived at the s. U. I. Physics building monday and began preparations for shooting appearing with or. Van Allen in the film will be a Quot spare Quot of the j explorer in satellite which was built in the s u. I. Physics lab j oratories by research assistants Carl e Mcllwain and George Ludwig. Tire Quot breakthrough Quot film will be shown in England in connection with the Royal Academy of sciences meeting in London. Foster said. The film will show the launching of the Jupiter a rocket with the explorer in satellite from Cape canaveral. Fla., and then will show or. Van Allen standing Lefoi Quot s u. I. Instruments where All the magnetic tapes of the explorer s recorded voice were decoded and Analysed. In the years that the local chapter has been organized a or. Wilson has served As chairman 12 of the 17 years a a total of $34,505.83 was collected. The chapter has Given much local assistance in those years never has had to borrow from the foundation and has helped other chapters. Three of the present officers Are charter officers mrs. Mary Jane Hamilton As vice chairman c. A Cottrell As treasurer and mrs. Purchases local store announcement is made of the Purchase of Murphy a Auto and Home store by Dewey d. Sissel of Muscatine. The president s wife who joined him Here today from Denver was unable to accompany the presi a better understanding of the Dent to the Republican women a farm bureaus position relative to Coffee hour Only a few floors defile Corn referendum was sought j Neath the presidential suite in the tin farm Bureau favors removing Sheraton Blackstone hotel. The of Corn allotments it was pointed j assembled Republican ladies were out. And working Back to the Supply j told that mrs. Eisenhower after and demand Market relative to Jan overnight train ride from rentals. The f b. Favors property tax. Ver was suffering from Quot migraine Relief and believes the three per cent sales tax is a More equitable method. If reapportionment is to take place the f. B in the past has Taj voted one House based on Popula-1 Tion and the other House based on1 area. It appears Likely that this i plan will continue to receive the organization support. Informal discussions of various farm problems and issues took place. James Helmick and Harry Storey representatives of the Iowa farm Bureau were in charge. Or. Helmick is on the state Board and or. Storey is from the legislative department of the farm Bureau. Representatives from Henry coun quest of Buena Vista. I said that the beavers had a Strong line but did t show too much in the Back Wol cd sat Only that he tw0 not Quot had an Exchange of views on problems of Mutual concerns expect gains by democrats Field. Commenting on this saturdays crucial tilt with Wartburg at wave the Amerjit ans called two news it Erly Bowers stated this game will conferences in an attempt to pm Tell the Story. The tilt is rated As a i a size the smooth Progress of the i toss up Wesleyan has shown a lot to rfcs but discios6d Only one a of Hustle and desire this week and i comply Ishma it a restatement of the Gidders realize How import the established v g Poncy to pm ant the game is to our title vide naval escort5 for nationalist chances. J Supply ships to Quemoy if re coach Gay Dahn said he thought1 que red his mph freshman Sophomore j the nationalists held no news Crew played its Best Bali to Date i conferences. In the second half of the 15-12 w in a j Over Muscatine. J coach Don Taft commented i i to do i Vii or briefly on his undefeated Junior i/0ugi16lty High club. 1 teenage Driver or. Sissel who operates the fish Gertrude Flickinger As Secretary. And chips eating establishment at to included Dean Meyer president mrs. Hamilton also is retiring and Muscatine will operate the store of the county farm Bureau v. D. She was named honorary vice in it. Pleasant under the name j Eckles vice president Wayne chairman. J of Dewey a Auto and Home store Moore new London de Wessel he expects to conduct a business j editor of the new London journal j it rats and 40 republicans. The similar to that which has been Herman Wolf Winfield Dale Cam democrats controlled the Senate Washington up a a poll of w a s h i n g to n correspondents shows they believe the democrats will substantially increase their control of the House and Senate in the nov. 4 elections. The Survey conducted by Newsweek Magazine disclosed that not. One of the 50 newsmen polled thought t h e republicans would gain any seats in Congress. Averaging out their predictions they forecast a Senate line up in the next session of 68 demo or. Wilson responded to the1 Tabute Felling of his difficulty in reaching the decision to resign of the Fine assistance he had had through the years from organizations and individuals. He mentioned the cooperation of the Salem fire department of Clarence Rhum Harold Tolander. Mary Jane Hamilton. Or. W. A Sternberg of those who assisted with the publicity and others o o o John Dolan of the state chapter of the foundation presided at the i conducted by the Murphy firm. J Mack Salem and Marshall Bailey. He will come Here at a later Date j Fieldman to take Over Active management j. Of the business. George Stanley High school principal. Talked to the club about the i Quot ii hip 7mt Al coming basketball season. He said i a ii Iylo Hiil that it appeared As if the floor in the new gym would be ready for the first game with Dubuque nov. 21. He said All the Balcony seats j Are in and that the downstairs bleachers Are Here and can be installed in a Short time. Stanley gave some information on season tickets which will be sold but said that plans Are still j in the preliminary stage. He said that the High school is thinking of Selling single season tickets couples and family season tickets. Hear plaintiffs Vav witnesses in damage trial Nellie boder taken by death the damage suit Nellie m. Loder died tuesday around noon in the Wallington county Hospital where she Bac been a patient for tilt past four months. She was the daughter of w. T. And Catherine Murphy loner and was born in Whiteside county. Iii. Sept., to. 1865. Bile came to this part of Iowa As a voting child and woman slightly injured by car mrs. Vera m. Williams. Of. Pleasant route two suffered bruises when she was struck and knocked to the pavement by a car at the intersection of main and Madison streets at 4 15 . Tuesday. Mrs. Williams was taken to memorial Hospital where a rays disclosed that no Bones were broken. She is still a patient at the hos a Pital. I Leonard a. White it. Pleasant a was the Driver of the car. According to City police. White was headed West on Madison and turning South on main when mrs. Williams stepped in front of his car. She was attempting to crass main Street from West to East when the Accident happened. Mrs. Williams waited for one car to turn South from Madison when j she walked in the path of the j White car. White told police he did no to see the woman until the car struck her. The jury in meeting after or. Wilson a resigns of curdle l. Be Huchlett. Olds Tion and made a presentation to against or. Glen Widmer Wayland him from the National foundation heard testimony from plaintiffs the certificate read As follows witnesses late tuesday afternoon Quot the March of dunes 20th Anni and wednesday. The plaintiff is v ived he Eyer g a a a verdant certificate of appreciation asking for $54,000 in damages no a dressmaker b Tad several a is awarded to o. T. Wilson whose suiting from an Accident two Mil dedicated leadership and Devotion North of Olds oct. 15. 195 to humanitarian service have plaintiff witnesses heard up to Given inspiration and substance to a noon wednesday Are Donald Vass tin task of human rehabilitation. I Danville mrs. Shacklett and do opening the doors of accomplish Uty Robert Nicholson mein to thousands still crippled by i attorney for the Plain ill polio and heralding a magnificent James g. Mcdowell i. Des new Era Iii the Advance of science Moines. Attorneys for the Dele Are Eugene Mccoid it. Pleasant and Clyde Putnam jr., Des Moines in the 85th Congress by a margin of 49 to 47. In the House the newsmen foresaw a new line up of 266 democrats and 170 republicans. The old line up was 235 democrats to 200 republicans. The correspondents listed four factors for the expected democratic sweep. They were a the recession and related Quot pocketbook a issues. Dissatisfaction with White House leadership. A uneasiness Over International developments. A Yaniz Ationo w within the Republican party. Will present Bach oratorio Richard Dougherty sixteen year old son of mrs. Dorothea Conn of Palm Avenue we As the recipient of it. Pleasant a first teenage Safe and courteous Driver of the month award Given by the local veterans of foreign wars auxiliary no. 2561 tuesday evening. Richard is a Junior at the it. Pleasant High school and us enrolled in Driver training instruction. Mrs. Ruby White safety committee chairman presented the award of a Silver Dollar and a citation of Billfold size at the City Hall. The recommendation for the award was made to the auxiliary by the Jet. Pleasant police department and chief of police Don Thomes was on hand for the presentation. Richards Mother mrs. Conn a member of the auxiliary was also present As w Ere other representatives of the auxiliary. The news will publish a picture within a few Days taken tuesday evening and Don Campbell of Kugi made a tape recording of the presentation to be heard thursday at 805. Toward the Conquest of disease and disability. The National foundation for infantile paralysis Basil o Connor. or. Dolan commented on the Fine tribute paid or. Wilson in the by i years ago she was tile alteration lady in the late h i Ward store n Washington and mown to Wayland. Miss Loder is survived by on Quot brother. Clark Loder of Wayland and several nieces and nephews services will be held thu oct. 23 at 2 p in. In the Wayland methodist Church of which mrs beat Fairfield is h. A chant naming of Hun As honorary presi for loss of time As a result of indent and was greatly interested in injury other phases of the chapter s activity. He was interested also in the fact that the chapter has its original charter dated nov. To 1941, the first original charter he had seen. The charter bears the name of mrs. Nellie Miller As the first chairman. I Loder was a member and Rev the Accident involved cars Ai in n Marlin 0repr my up j j Pritchard will officiate. The casket will be taken to Tim Church from the Zehr funeral Home p. M. Thursday and will not opened alter the service interment will be m to w. Cemetery. By mrs. Shacklett s husband. Or Widmer and Jonas g. Gingot i Kalona. The plaintiff is asking dams for injuries sustained by he it i be a beat Fairfield Quot is the chant in tile mind and on the tongues of every student at m p. H. S. Lead my Ria cheers for Homecoming Boom night Quot this thursday Are la it a varsity cheerleaders Sandi sin i n to a Keller Pat Bryant Karen . And Jackie Mason. The Pep rally and Bonfire will be on the Iowa Wesleyan Campus just mirth of the practice Field at 7 00 p in Marvin Peterson will be master of j or. Richard c. Parker head of i the Iowa Wesleyan College music i department Ammu vies that the Johann Sebastian Bach Christmas Oraton will be presented december 14 townspeople Are invited to participate with the College Stu a dents in the singing of the oratorio which will be Given the second sunday afternoon of december. To make this truly a College Community chorus the directorial invites the participation of All \jp0il the Church choir members in the Vicinity As Well As other interested music lovers who like to sing. Tire first rehearsal will be tuesday october 28 in the physics a music building on the i it a i Wos Leyan Campus. Rehearsals will c on All tuesday evenings at 7 30. In private school ceremonies. The band will there at 6 45 to begin the fined $350 on Omvik charge t Murray telecast schedule Given the Murray Victory caravan half hour telecast will but scheduled Lawrence j. Hanuman. It pleasant was sentenced in elected As chairman to succeed court tuesday to pay a Fine of $31&Quot on the following stations in this or. Wilson was James of Connor and costs on a charge of operating Aiea. Thursday night october 23 at tri captains of the team Gary Quot Pete Quot Molander. Charles m Williams and Larry Jacobs a. Asst coach Dick Wuest will Peak to the students. Coach Bobe ans announce the Queen and her attendants. Finally with More cheers chants a ii songs the band giving the Little Rock. Ark. Up a i segregated classes opened in private school today for Little Rock j High school seniors who have been i scholastically Idle for eight weeks. 1 those w Ishing to Carr a half j More than 230 students from the credit for participation May Reg i City a three White High schools is ter Lur College j went to their classrooms in an chorus and pay the tuition fee of old University of Arkansas build-$13 of tog Boight by an Arkansas Busi i Tho Quot desiring fur tiler info Mia n Assman and leased to the Little Tion should Telephone the music Rock private school corp. Department phone 703. The school is supported by pub a lie contributions. Private school officials said 231 student had registered through monday and to or 15 More tuesday. They did not have the exact i figure Early today. Former local resident Dies 6 30 Pun and As vice chairman to succeed a motor vehicle while he was in mrs Hamilton was Mary Fryer toxic ted. He had pleaded guilty rapids. Saturday evening october or. Cottrell and mrs. Flickinger when arraigned on an indie Mien 25th at 6.00 pm Over Woc to were reelected As treasurer and Quot Eek. Secretary a 30-Day jail sentence was suspended during Good behaviour they will head the county or and he was paroled to sheriff a animation under a new name and Russell Van Tuyl. Half Amar with new goals. The organization Driver s License was revoked for will be known As the National i four months Over wet to Cedar d Van beat will Lead the panthers in a Parade around the Square. Selective service Davenport. Many people report seeing this program which was televised Sun office to close few Days Day Over tvo Ottumwa at 8 of . Last sunday evening As Well the local selective service alas the one Over Kurg to Cedar fire will to closed thursday oct. Re mph on tuesday mom intr "3rd through monday october 27th. I Archie Warren Ledbetter age 82. I a resident of Henry county for Many years but who has made Hij Home in Colorado the past 15 years died october 16. At 5 30 a. In. At Loveland Colo. Funeral services were held at the Hunter drawing room at 10 00 a. In on saturday october 18. He leaves two sons Archie of it. Pleasant and Henry , Colo. Ten grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren. His wife Anna hummed Ledbetter. Predeceased him in 1941, change one Date for Quot the Charm shop Quot the play Quot the Charm shop Quot j which is to be presented As a St. I Michael s episcopal Guild project under the direction of mrs. E. A. Hayes will be Given on nov. 20 and nov. 22. The change from j nov. 21 w As made because of a conflict with a basketball game on that Date. Tickets can be reserved at panthers Rexall

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