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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - October 29, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news partly Cloudy three sections Section one vol. 92, no. 255 it. Pleasant Iowa thursday Eveni Zilg october 29, 1970 Price to cents Jeffrey Hart Angela a according to Steven v. Roberts the great British literary critic r. P. Leavis once gave a course on the close critical Reading of the popular press. He had his students scrutinize editorials news stories and even advertisements with the same care they would give to a poem by say t. S. Eliot. It paid off. Very often the real meaning or tendency of a piece of journalism emerged As something quite different from the surface impression. Subliminally the Ordinary Reader was being sold a Bill of goods. Leavis thou shouldst be with us at this hour As we read How Steven v. Roberts writing from los Angeles sums up the arrest of Angela Davis for the new York times. Too Roberts opening paragraph though apparently recounting Mere facts actually works hard to establish a justification for angelas revolutionary activity a activity remember that has issued in the murder and kidnapping charges currently lodged against her. As a girl Roberts recalls Angela in 1903, was engaged in various kinds of civil rights agitation. Then comes the operative sentence a she was a Friend of the four Back girls who were killed in 1963 when a bomb exploded in a Birmingham that statement As it were simmers away on the stove while Roberts prepares the rest of the meal. With three paragraphs of filler a bout angelas career the increasing violence of the militants things everyone knows Roberts is getting ready to impose his a interpretation a though without shifting out of a factual Mode. Too he reaches Back to the murder of four girls a the murder of those four girls in 1963 helped Shock the nation into realizing that Blacks historically had been the victims of almost continuous violence. Seven years later the Blacks were fighting Back and Angela Davis was with pause for cheers. Get it even if Angela was in fact guilty of supplying the guns for the san Rafael murders her behaviour was defensive. She was a fighting even presumably As the Black convict who held the sawed off Shotgun to the head of an unarmed judge was a fighting backs defensively. Roberts sentence also assimilates Angela to a a Blacks in general who Are also a fighting Back a thus making her Mode of fighting Back nothing out of the Ordinary. Next after giving a thumbnail sketch of angelas recent Radical activities Roberts weighs in with a real howler. A one colleague explained her increased radicalization this Way a she was just walking a round this country with her eyes a too though Roberts in the next paragraphs goes on to cite vague psychological needs As other explanations for her behaviour he does nothing to disavow the a a colleagues so explanation. It just sits there the definitive comment on the foregoing paragraph. Unnamed observers Are always observing and unnamed commentators or informed sources Are always pointing oui conclusions. In this Case that merely seeing the truth about America is sufficient to produce a militant Radical. The final paragraph labors mightily to evoke unearned sympathy for Angela. Its Worth quoting in full. A at a news conference Here Lew Diskin chairman of the communist party in Southern California was asked if miss Davis would stand trial if she were granted bail. A what is this talk about her leaving this country a he said. A this is her Angela the Patriot. No mention of the rap Browns cleavers and other a a colleagues of angelas who have jumped bail gone into exile or disappeared. Distributed by King features Syndicate Viet Cong claim renewal of support Paris up a the Viet coing that the soviets were backing fully said today it has won a new pledge of All out support from the soviet Union for its struggle against the United states. Thus it said Moscow was not going along with president Nixon a latest new peace package. Viet Cong spokesman Dong Dinh thao said after today a fruitless session of the Vietnam peace talks Schwengel talks at inc on solving Complex problems speaking at Iowa Wesleyan College this morning congressman Fred Schwengel said that a a rediscovery of the deep moral and ethical basis of our civilization is essential to solving the Complex problems facing us in an address As part of the cultural theological encounter at Iowa Wesleyan Schwengel said he believes much of the unrest today is a related to a search for value a a quest for that which is authentic and sustaining in the midst of the difficult problems facing this nation and All of the a today we see perhaps More clearly than Ever before that the Freedom and dignity of personal conscience must be the foundation of every human Community a sch Wengel said a but conscience must be informed and enlightened. It must be More than impulse or congressman Schwengel said a the Power of conscience is under god the greatest Power on Earth More powerful than any Law or institution of government. The formation of conscience in this sense is a fundamental responsibility of our churches. It highlights the vital importance of a the acquiring of Wisdom in the search for truth brings the gift of understanding. This is what education is All about. On the College the Viet Cong peace plan and condemning Nixon a proposals unveiled oct. 7. Too the spokesman said that at a London meeting wednesday night Viet Long foreign minister Madame Nguyen Thi Binh received from soviet foreign minister Andrei a. Gromyko a an energetic reaffirmation of the soviet unions support for our struggle against the United states and for our peace plan of sept. 17.�?� on sept. 17, the Viet Cong in Paris called on the United states to agree to withdraw its troops by june 30, 1971, in Exchange for cease fire and for the Constitution of a new provisional Cabinet in Saigon. Too the Viet Cong spokesman said that at the London meeting Gromyko condemned Nixon a oct. 7 speech As a a recognition of the known positions of the american aggression1 in the Viet Cong spokesman said Gromyko a Assurance to Madame Binh indicated there was a no change in Moscow a foreign policy line on Indochina. Thao said Madame Binh a thanked the soviet minister on behalf of her provisional revolutionary government and expressed her satisfaction for the a fulsome Aid received from the soviet Maxi Mize safety at halloween Ames a when your mini ghost or Goblin sets out on his trick or treat rounds will he have Maxi Protection from accidents there is no Midi a no Halfway Point when it comes to safety advises Carol Anderson Extension human development specialist at Towa state University. She says the National fire pro these Are Unicof smiles for they were the winners in the poster and essay contest a Sun ice versus trick or treat. Prize Money was awarded by the it. Pleasant woman a club. Winners in essay contest were Back Row i. To a William Jon Metcalf 3rdjocelyn Graber 2nd and Joan Thompson 1st. Poster contest front Row Brent Waters 1st and Kelly Ann Wittich 2nd. Brenda Shull 3rd we As not present for the picture. Winners in Unicof contests winners in the two Unicof con Adams place4th Grade at Lincoln tests have recently been announced in third place was Brenda Shull and prizes awarded by the woman a or. And mrs. Jim Shull club of it. Pleasant. Posters on Strong circle3rd Grade at Harlan. Two up staff members Are killed Campus especially that of a Church association has offered several important tips for parents to keep in mind when planning for related school a cultural theological encounter does Lead to the development of a conscience that is a tremendous Power for Good a a Schwengel said. Leary flies to Algeria halloween festivities. Cairo up Leary 50, and three american companions today flew to Algeria where the former Harvard lecturer said he had been granted political Asylum and would like to Settle after embracing islam. Leary said in Cairo he would not go Back to the United states where he estimated he might face 38 years in prison. The 50-year-old advocate of hallucinatory drugs left with Donald Cox who said he was Black Panther Field marshal Martin Kenner chairman of the . Panther defense committee and youth International party Yippie Leader Jennifer Dohrn. They left aboard the algerian airline fight. When purchasing ready made costumes masks wigs and beards parents should make sure the items carry a a a Flameproof Label. If the costume is homemade avoid Flimsy materials and outfit with billowing sleeves and flowing skirts. A touch a of flame is All it takes to Start Many or. Timothy juries burning says miss Anderson. Soto wins fourth term easily Tokyo up a conservative prime minister Eisaku Sato won an unprecedented fourth term today to continue his policies of Friendship with the West and opposition to communist chinese membership in the United nations. Sato 69, won another two year term As president of the Liberal democratic party Lipa grouping of 14 conservative factions which have ruled Japan continuously since world War ii except for one Brief socialist government. Sato won an easy Victory As expected Over his Only opponent take Miki 63, who was foreign minister in an earlier Sato Cabinet. The vote in the party election was Sato 353, Wiiki 111. Seek court ruling in Long hair cases Cedar rapids up a the Northeast Iowa chapter of the Iowa civil liberties Union have filed suit in Federal court Here because three High school students were suspended from classes because of the length of their hair., the three students Are Peter Torvik 16, and Rad Rassa 16, both of Decorah High school and red the Uhlenhop 18, of Aplington High school. The two Decorah students were suspended from classes oct. 5 and Uhlenhopp was suspended oct. 12. The suit asked the court to order the school districts to reinstate the students and to declare the action by the schools unconstitutional. Children should never carry pumpkins lighted by Wax candles and homeowners should not put Candle lighted pumpkins on doorsteps where they could be brushed by children a costumes warns miss Anderson. If you re planning party decorations avoid pumpkins with candles As they can easily set fire to curtains or costumes. For traffic safety and general Accident prevention costumes should be Short enough so children wont trip and Light enough in color to make them clearly visible to motorists. If masks Are used they should not interfere with vision. The safest mask is the a a natural one. Of make up or charcoal applied directly to the skin. Finally and most important says miss Anderson Small children should be accompanied by a responsible older person at All times during their trick or treat rounds. A tunic eff designed by children in kindergarten through the fourth Grade Are on display in the it. Pleasant merchants store windows with the three winning entries found at Nesbitt a. Zeta Tau Alpha sorority at Iowa Wesleyan College distributed the posters in town. The news soon will be publishing the winning essays written on the theme of a Sun ice versus trick or treat by students in the fifth through eighth grades. Too the posters were judged by the Art majors at inc with Linda Chase heading the group of judges. They announced the following winners the first place award went to Brent Waters or. And mrs. Alfred Waters Vine street4th Grade at Harlan the second prize was a warded to Kelly Ann Wittich or. And mrs. Richard Wittich 607 43 americans killed in week Saigon up a the u. S. Command said today 43 american gis were killed in the Vietnam War last week and 279 were wounded. It was the third lowest weekly toll of the year and u. S. Military sources said the last four weeks have brought the lowest combat death toll for a 28-Day period since sept. 5 a oct. 2, 1965, when 91 americans died. The toll raised to 43.904 the number of americans killed in the War since Jan. I 1961. U. S. Military sources said 38 gis died from noncombat causes last week to bring the total of such fatalities to 8,730. Honorable mention in the poster contest went to Becky Coons Rhonda Brandenburg Tommy Thompson Amber Adams Nancy Kendall Denice Upton Chris Young Curt Sammons Tona Welcher Tim Heusel too judging the essay contest were three members of the woman a club mrs. Edna Crouse mrs. Betty Burrow and mrs. Ray Rogers. They announced the following winners first prize awarded to Joan Thompson or. And mrs. Donald l. Thompson 209 w. Saunders Grade 6 at Saunders the second place a Ward went to Jocelyn Graber or. And mrs. Laverne Graber . I Wayland Grade 7, division 5, Junior High school. In third place is William Jon Metcalf or. And mrs. William Metcalf 307 n. Jefferson Grade 7, division 6, Junior High school. Honorable mention was Given to the essays of Deanna Swan Beverly Brau Gloria Martin Chris Lamore Lori Walgren. Everyone is reminded that saturday oct. 31, is halloween and a trick or treat for uni Cefi and is urged to Purchase Rolls of pennies and Nickels at their Bank on Friday. Phenom Penk up a two United press International staff members pulitzer prize winning photographer Kyoichi Sawada and correspondent Frank Frosch were killed in a communist ambush wednesday. They apparently were executed by the Side of the Road. Frosch 27, of Atlanta ga., was up phenom penh Bureau manager. Sawada 34, was japanese and had won Many photography prizes including the 1966 pulitzer prize for his dramatic picture of a vietnamese Mother and her children desperately fleeing across a River in search of safety. The two men left phenom penh alone in an automobile wednesday afternoon to drive to Chabak 24 Miles to the South along Highway 2, to see whether any fighting was going on in the area. Evidence at the scene indicated they were ambushed while returning. There was some blood in the car and indications they escaped alive since the bodies were found 30 feet from the car six feet off the Road. The nature of their multiple Chest wounds indicated they were executed by bursts of a chinese made a 47 automatic Rifle. Security tightened As Nixon continues schedule Campaign Chicago up a president at a High school auditorium in it. Nixon launching a vigorous Day of Prospect a suburb Northwest of campaigning for a Republican con Chicago. A people want action a he Gress pleaded today to the voters i told the audience in asking for relive me some help his schedule 1 publican votes in next tuesdays apparently was not altered by a elections. A a that a Why i won the Hunt for two men reported seen election in 1968.�?� with a Rifle near the presidents hotel. Nixon began the Days politicking . Demands release of 4 Moscow up a the United states today demanded a immediate Quot release of four officers including two american generals whose Small plane landed accidentally on soviet soil last week. Boris h. Klosson . Embassy official called on the soviet foreign ministry and relayed the . Governments request that the flour men be released immediately a an embassy spokesman said. A the also asked for a consular visit on nov. 2 to the four men held in Leni Nakan if the four officers and their plane have not been released by the spokesman said. Three Are american the fourth is a turkish colonel. Klosson met with George m. Kornienko head of the ministry american desk. Kornienko promised Cement mixer overturns a loaded Cement mixer went off a county Road about a mile West of the Skunk River Bridge at Lowell wednesday at 3 30 . And upset. The Driver Clifton l. Chapman West Point route 2, was not injured. The right Side of the Cement mixer owned by Ideal Concrete co. Of West Burlington was damaged an1 estimated $1,000. Chapman was going West and pulled Over far an oncoming oar and onto the soft shoulder which gave Way causing the truck to turn Over in the ditch. Two workers and a big Crane from it. Madison were used to right the truck and remove it from the ditch. The Job took until 9 . Deputy sheriff Charles Droz was called to investigate the Accident. Those constitutional amendments voters going to the polls tuesday will be handed a ballot carrying four proposals relative to the state institution information about the proposals is Given editorially in paths bystander notes on Page 2 of this Issue of the news. If a majority in the state favor pal image of any or All they the first three will have completed the Legal Steps required and will become part of the Iowa Constitution As amended. The fourth is a four new 6-cent Stamps dedicated san Clemente Calif. Up a four new sax cent Stamps which officials say represent the Nixon administrations commitment to save the nations soil water air and cities were dedicated wednes Day at the Western White House. Moire than 2 million of the anti pollution Stamps were printed for first Day. Use with 200 million sex petted eventually. Abandoned Well under Greenwood building workmen renovating the floor of the Greenwood Community Center to Miles Southeast of it. Pleasant discovered an abandoned Well under the building this week. The Rock walled Well had not been used for Many years. Another Well near the building was in use before the Greenwood school was closed and was still available for use when the building was converted to a Community Center. No information was immediately available on the history of the old Well. Escapee captured near Muscatine Muscatine up a an Escapee from the Iowa state Penitentiary at it. Madison was captured about to Miles South of Here today after Only four hours of Freedom. Authorities said Fred Dahl of Muscatine walked away from the prison Power House about 9 . Wednesday. Dahl was spotted by the Louisa county a sheriff As he based through Wapello in a car reported stolen. Highway patrol officers and at Hort ties from Louisa and Muscatine counties captured Dahl on . 61 about i . Today. Dahl was serving a 12-year sentence for Check forgery and escape. To be a in touch with appropriate j proposition in itself and is not an people a the spokesman said. Amendment. Security measures at the High school already tight were stiffened after Village police and Federal a gents issued a report that two men had been seen carrying a High powered Rifle about a mile from the Marriot motor hotel where Nixon spent the night. The report Arlington Heights police said had come from a a a a bulletin was issued for police throughout the area to pick up the two men each of whom was described As White and six feet tall with athletic builds. The men were reported seen in a Blok or Blue 1966 or 1967 Oldsmobile Hardtop. Too presidential aides said they had been informed of the report. They said the Nixon schedule calling for a Cross country foray to change the political complexion of the Senate not be changed. The Days political chores required Nixon to try to turn the voters away from two of the most prestigious names in the democratic party Adlai e. Stevenson and Hubert h. Humphrey. He set a firm tone of political combat in his first speech. He told the Arlington Heights audiences to defeat Stevenson who is running against sen. Ralph t. Smith the Republican appointed to fill the unexpired term of the late Everett m. Dirksen. A i need Ralph Smith in the Senate to help me keep my promises a Nixon said. The president then repeated his pledge to end the War in Vietnam so that anyone would be discouraged from starting other similar wars. But he said there is More to the problem than ending the War. A the question is not ending the War a he said Quot the question is How we will bring it to an end. That is the difference a that is the difference Between the two tricks or treats saturday evening tricks or treats for Unicof will take place saturday evening oct. 31. This statement is made to answer questions Winch have been received. Iowa s unemployment rate drops to 3.1% Des Moines up a Iowa a unemployment rate dropped to 3.1 per cent of the workforce in september the Iowa employment Security commission said today. The commission said the drop in unemployment was due to the Large number of students who dropped out of the workforce to return to school. The unemployment rate increased to 4.7 per cent in june because of students entering the summer workforce the commission said. The number of jobless iowans was pegged at 37,600 in mid september a decline of 9,700 since August when the unemployment rate was 3.7 per cent. Iowa a civilian workforce numbered 1,226,800 in mid september with 1,189,800 persons in the workforce employed. Swimming in october a of course not the swimming season has ended no doubt about it but october is Community Chest month and your contribution to the it. Pleasant United Community fund win assure that hundreds of Hudren will have the advantage of free swimming lessons through the american red Cross training program nest summer. Approximately 1200 children received this instruction at the it. Pleasant and Winfield pools this past summer and 15.7% of the li.70-71 United Community Chest fund has been allotted to nest summer s program. The. Local red Cross program also includes first Aid courses assistance to servicemen and their families and help in time of natural disaster. Help the red Cross by helping your United Community Chest with a generous contribution. # it is the duty of the red Cross red Cross swimming program Lasansky works works by Mauricio Lasansky. Internationally known printmaker and head of the graphics department at the u. Of Iowa Are being featured during Iowa Wesleyan first Art show of the season. Seven prints in the show which runs through nov. 9 in incs it gallery Are owned by the College and to others Are from the collection of or. And mrs. Milton san Dell of Burlington. Focal Point of the show is a series of four Lasansky prints entitled a for an Eye an Lasansky a latest work a bleeding heart also is on exhibition. Or. Lasansky a 56-year-old argentinian came to the u. Of Iowa in 1945. Since then he has won countless awards and honors around the world for his works and his prints Are included in priceless collections in the ., Argentina Spain and Australia. Iowa Wesley an awarded him an honorary doctor of arts degree in 1959. The inc gallery located on the first floor of the . Building is open to the Public daily from 9 to 5. Special hours Are available by appointment through prof. Stan Wiederspan at inc. Supported by Community Chest county either through the red Cross swimming program for children first Aid courses service to military families fires flood or other disaster. For the past several years the Henry county chapter of the american red Cross has sponsored a a learn to swim program for the children of Henry county. The local chapter pays the entire Cost of instruction for the children a Cost which is under written by contributions to the it. Pleasant Community Chest. The 1971 budget has $4,500 to the red Cross swimming Hies in times of natural disasters. The american red Cross one of allotted 15.7% of their budget or twelve participating agencies in the it. Pleasant Community Chest has touched countless Homes in Henry to act As a medium of voluntary Relief and communication Between families and sons fathers husbands or brother serving in the armed forces As Well As being a communication link Between fam program. This past year 850 children were enrolled in the program As offered at both Winfield and it. Pleasant. In addition 382 other children received certificates for achieving various Levels of swimming proficiency. The red Cross also has a growing program of first Aid. Courses in this area Are offered at the College John Becker chairman of the water safety and first Aid program has urged All area residents to continue Strong support of the United Community fund in order that Henry county can continue to offer these programs so vitally important to the safety of our children. Almost every family in this area and Are being developed in some of i either has at sometime or will be the county schools. These programs j touched in some Way by the serv consume about 80% of the local red ices of the american red Cross. Cross budget which budget is primarily composed of funds received from the United Community fund. Make your contribution to the United Community fund today and make it a generous one i Nixon supports Davenport a congressman Fred Schwengel received a Telegram wednesday night from president Richard Nixon strongly supporting Schwengels bid for re election Nixon said in his Telegram to Schwengel Quot i want you to knot How much i have appreciated your Strong support of the Nixon administration policies in your service in the House and in your a your reelection to the House would enormously contribute to Tho achievement of those goals which Are in the Best interests of All

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