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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - September 2, 1961, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news vol. It no. 2117mt. Pleasant Iowa sat Koay evening sept. 2, 1961 these Days by George e Sokolsky b k a z i l Tho soviet forces Are moving into the americas As rapidly As they can. They have Laid Down a red satellite in Cuba they have built a communist enclave in British Guiana they Are rapidly moving into Venezuela and unless we do something about it they will succeed in the dominican Republic and Haiti but which communists Are these Cuba started with the in fluence of soviet Russia in support of Castro but gradually the chinese communists Are moving into every country of latin America. Not being White As the russians Are the chinese seem to belong in a Brown environment. They do not carry Over any of the antipathies which the mixed Peoples of latin America have against the White Peeples they do not have a history of assumed superiority although throughout chinese history the sons of Man have always looked upon themselves As the Center of the universe chinese have been settling in latin american countries for More than a Century Jamaica Trinidad and other Caribbean countries have Large chinese population -. The older families have become assimilated into the general population by intermarriage both with Whites and negroes there is a considerate East Indian element in sonic latin american countries or Jagan who is now Over British Guiana is an East Indian married to a jewess from Chicago. The brazilian population is very mixed but it has not in the past Jolt had a Large chinese population r1 tin chinese influence is new and. Would rather indicate that the \ communists and left wine liberals in Brazil prefer to avoid a conflict with catholicism and therefore it is necessary to establish a relationship with red China rather than with soviet Russia. Brazil is a roman Catholic country particularly among the remaining portuguese families then1 Are also a number of italian families in Brazil who have established significant economic and so it Ial positions for themselves. The Basic imputation of Brazil Indian with an overlay of school building plan approved ten receive minor injuries in collision on 34 West Tornado hits farms two escape serious injury in car train crash ten persons received minor injuries when a pick up truck and a station Wagon collided on Highway 34 West of it. Pleasant near the Oakland Mills Salem turn Oft Highway 133 at 7 30 . Friday. None of the injuries were Periou. Four Highway patrolmen sheriff Russell Van Tull. Deputy Van Crawford and City police went to the scene to investigate. According to Van Tuyl Here is How the Accident happened Rome and after a sing it turned around As he slowed Down to Check the sign an eastbound 1988 Ford station Wagon driven by Melvin l. Lewis Newton collided with the rear o the pick up causing it to go off the Road and partially Down a Dit h mss Johnston. 30. Suffered Scalp la it rations. Shari and Becky had i several Teeth loosened and suffered abrasions. The other members of John Peck at a forge celebrates hath birthday at work John on k celeb it a his test ii a. About 14 or 15,&Quot and has of birthday Friday by working As a nerved Many changes in Tho Trade . Asho done most of but he still enjoys working with. His life born in Henry county to his hands and the Standard tools j a. Work d at jobs in of the Smithy As he is doing . Vera i local town to pre nth he and mrs. Dock Are the Par it re at the safer Blacksmith shop eats of seven children and have a it Gram children and great grandchild he started As a Smithy a when i Dren. Ronald Johnstone 36. Walcott the family offered Shock they route 2, was driving West in a 1960 Wert a1 treated at memorial hos Ford pick up with an enclosed Box and Trio cd. With him in the cab was his wife. Lewis suffered Shock oui bruise.-. Darlene and two of their children to his Throat 11 was treated at Roxanne i and Gary 2 Riding in memorial Hospital a passer by took the rear of the pick up were the mrs Lewis and daughter Michelle four other Johnstone children 2. To mercy Hospital in Burlington. Shari 8, Larry 3, Becky 5, and Sandy. 6. Johnstone was headed to Rome where he and his family were going to visit or. And mrs. Ira Krieger mrs. Krieger and mrs. Johnstone Are Sisters. Johnstone thought the Salem turn off was the Road to or. Lewis a treated for Shock and bruises and Reb ased. The Little girl Wasny to Hurt. The Lewis were on their Way to Burlington to visit mrs Lewis parent.-. Or and mrs. Joe Dworack. Both machines were badly damaged in the Accident by i i a hedge hopping Tornado skipped across Butler and parts of Bremer county in Northeast Iowa f riday night smashing into at least to farms and injuring five persons. Authorities said the worst damage was in a so mile Long area South and East. Of Greene in North Butler county. Damage to farm. In that area ranged from minor to nearly Complete ruin. One of the hardest hit was the farm of Grin Noel which was considered one of the outstanding farms in the Greene Aren. All out buildings were destroyed and at Leas 17 cows and a number of lives killed. Noel said he and a son were in a he barn milking the Herd when his it. Madison Ltd a Tao persons escaped serious injury Friday night when a train slowed into their car at a Quot Blind Quot intersection Here. Dixie Fowler 17, and her 12-Yrar-old sister. Vickie were in fair condition today at a Hospital. The Burlington freight train dragged the car. Owned by Robert Fowler Rural fort Madison about 125 feet. The 1 crossing which has no automatic signal devices is partially obscured by buildings. One measure carries by 71.2 per cent four iowans escape when train hits car Hilbert wis. Up a four Iowa men cheated death and sell wife spotted the twister and yelled. Ous in Iury Friday when a Mii Wau they dashed for the basement As the twister dropped Down and a lev into their Williams optimistic one of the victims from Ottumwa say captured couple admits four murders 2 Iii Illinois Midland Tex up a i Texas Highway patrolman today then they lived in the same arrested John Edom Meyr 32 apartment building in Chicago i and Donna Marie Stone 13, and when Donna was visiting her it officers said a hey admitted four grandmother in Edwardsville. I Bott Murd s. Including a double slay Noar Belleville she met Meyer Guese As the portuguese have melt a bedevil la wednesday again she said never accepted racial Luscri in i rut a Quot of one of a he victims was from Meyer who served 18 months int tion anywhere on Earth me mar Ottumwa Tow. Jail in Nebraska for Auto theft image has been Cor. Taut Over the patrolman Jack r ves spotted and two years in Minnesota fori whole of brazils known history their car a Tho West Cir Lim child desertion told police he Felt. However. Brazil up to now. Has of to. W to Texas or. Miss Stone Quot miserable about the whole been solidly roman Catholic re and me it or offered no resistance jetting non Catholic ways of life. The girl and the Man wer want d for the kidnapping of mis Margaret Tanii offer. 39, of Belleville who was abducted a Short distance from where the bodies the country is extraordinarily poor although it possesses surprisingly important natural re sources few of which have been of George Aud Carol Ballard were adequately developed its great sex found near a wooded secluded port crop has been Coffee. Brazil Lake in Belleville. Oft Ltd they al thav a r. A quoted them As saying id mis Vav Rar to on the Way to to in taking the place in world markets which had earlier been held by Morea and Java. The United states during lie War years saved the Economy of Brazil by tacitly accepting a brazilian Price control which gave Bra. Advantage. However this advantage was spent in an excellent idea if car on identification and ried out Over a Century. It has were filed against the been attempted in a few years. Tile idea was the building of the City of Brasilia As a new capital thus opening up the vast Amazon they said they also killed a Man identified As Arthur Lee Denar ii. A Hitchhiker who a address was listed an enormous on hts be la i Security card a.-. 801 a St main. Ottumwa. Iowa Federal Kidnap warrants based fingerprints pair Friday m Bela v Illi i Don t know Why i did it. I m glad it. Over i knew i would a t caught sooner or later and it Mig or As Well be Coner Quot i. Wernic Ber s landlord. H. P. Graham and i. Wife were the ii. To hear from miss Wernicke. She called them about an hour after lie abduction. Ballard was slue once in tile Back of the head with a .22 Caliper Bullet and was struck on the head with a Sharp instrument Achord ing to Coroner or. C. C Kane. He said Carol was hot once in the right forehead but had not been molested sexually. Washington up a assist ant Secretary of state g. Mennen Williams has returned from a 30,000-mile tour of Africa to report that Russia and red China have not been very successful in their attempts to win Over the new nations of that continent. Williams said Friday night the United states could keep Africa out of the communist bloc by Quot vigorously pursuing Quot its present policies. The assistant Secretary for african affairs said these policies would assure Quot a posture of non alignment Independence and Williams said he was sure the african nations would be concerned and unfavourably impressed by russians resumption of nuclear testing. The former Michigan governor brushed off the much publicized sock on the jaw he received in Southern Rhodesia. He said the attack was an isolated episode that did not reflect the Welcome he received in eight territories and two Independent nations. Williams declined to give his views on unrest in Portugal a Afri-1 can colonies until he had reported to president Kennedy. Appraising the accomplishments of his trip William said he had made valuable Contact. With Aln a can leaders expressed the Good w ill of the United states and created a better understanding of policies. To improve intersection of 133-34 Kee Road train backed car and demolished it. Three of the men were pitched from the ear by the Impact but one three children a Tok in be Harlan 40, Hampton the Driver was pinned in the wreckage and was rescued by a Hilbert tavern keeper who used i. Strength to break he eat mounting in the car releasing Harlan. A Bulldozer a wrecker and an acetylene Torch could not be used in freeing him because of the fire Hazard caused by spilled gasoline. Harlan was pulled through a Side window after Joe braced i shoulder again to the dashboard and his feet against the front sea Poplon and Ilia family huddled of break the mountings of the. Iii the basement of their Home Lo-1 42, or. By and rated Southeast of Greene while the �?T0 a a or to unidentified passenger Tornado destroyed six out buildings i of the Roth few of that drained the Home Torii. I Vries and har an Uff to a cuts a net Elled everything except the farm Home. I noels wife and were treated for Cut and bruises at i doctor s office. I the twister spread Straw that had i g Fri fit i been stacked in the barn knee deep throughout the farms reported damaged included those of Lew is Stelle Fred still. Fred Houser. Emmet Keene Lawrence Dralle de Meyer Jake Mehmen Harley Ascher Raymond j Butz lass Dwayne Smith Henry Prill Leslie Smith and Lamar pop Low. I plans for Channel izing the in iter Section of Highway 34 West and the new Black topped Highway 133 j to Oakland Mills and southward have been disclosed by the Iowa and partially _ Highway commission Poplow had spotted the twister and. Isey the. Will be done under pm erg moved his family into the cellar ency action by next Spring after another person reported min orly the commission had checked the j injured was Herman Heeder who farms about Oliree Miles Southeast of Greene. Ascher said he could i my no Trace of his Bani that had housed la 600-Pound cows. He his wife and their three children huddled in the basement while the twister roared past their Home. About two inches of rain fell in 1 a 45-minute period in the Greene area. Power lines were knocked out throughout the Greene Allison area i and Rea Crews Laboured through the night to restore Power and Telephone service to residents. The other two were unhurt traffic count at the intersection following the improvement of Highway 133 in the new location tile traffic count on the new Blacktop has increased Tremend-1 1 of sly a two and one half times Las much As had been estimated by the commission statistician la f. Mclean noting the traffic problem for westbound traffic on 34 turning South on 133 had written the Highway commission calling attention to the situation these motorists Are stopping on j the Highway 34 westbound traffic Lane if they face eastbound traffic because no provision had Bee made for a slowdown or top Lane on which they can turn out. In reply to the letter he a. Re revived word that the commission is j Holiday toll mounts the proposed i pleasant com a Trinity school District building program both for the class room buildings and the bus maintenance garage was approved by the voters of tile. District Friday i the question of voting Bonds for the proposed Grade school buildings in of. Pleasant and at Salem carried by 71 2 per cent i the question of voting Bonds for the proposed bus maintenance garage earned by 63 4 per cent a majority of 60 per cent or More is required for a Bond Issue to be approved 9 0 0 the vote on tile school building program was yes 1014 no a 409 hic vote on the bus maintenance garage yes a 953 no 439 total number of voters who cast ballots was 1.444 too tile vote in effect Authon Zos the school Board to go ahead with plans for a new Grade school building in it. with administrative Headquarters for the District a new Grade school building at Salem and a new bus maintenance garage. Approximate cosh. Of the buildings have been estimated at $261 -800 for the it. Pleasant school building. $168,000 for the Salem building. $17,000 for the bus a in age plus $78,200 for architects fee equipment and site making the j total $525,000, the amount of the Bond Issue authorized by the vol cts. Davenport woman Dies at Hospital Here mrs. Ella Butterfield 83, Daven by up tile traffic death rate kept Pace i today w Ith the National safety j Council. Estimate of 420 Auto fatalities before the end of the Long labor Day weekend. The United pres., International count since the Start of the holi at 6 pm Friday showed 51 traffic deaths the Holiday death breakdown traffic 51 drownings 7 m so Elleanoir 3 total 61 a safety Council spokesman Aid tithe death Pace was similar to making plans to Correct the situation part died of porn f tiday a. Action. A traffic memorial Hospital where she had a of a amp kit Gay to Litten a patient since july 31 Day when 415 under count emergency disc based a daily count of silent about a explosion police said Dakarri a a hitch j hiker the couple picked lip in the Region to economic development. I Dallas fort Worth area Friday the Cost was enormous altogether j miss s be and Meyer were Tak a Vond Brazil. Capacity. The re 1 in t0 4 Springs Lex to be will observe labor Day i Day when 415 died in i some 900 vehicles on the Road this Tim body is at the r k Crane j traffic and also matched the Pat a american pome 900 Venice on me Roan in. Tern which Ulo councils safety sex amazing number was in comparison Mardi nome.a1 the Rian Crater of to end and perts feared would be followed with an estimated 350 after an Earl 1 of Auger or to pen Ana j Ier count. A Check before the Black Mary Townsend i a she a Bomi Topping was done showed a traffic october 21, 1872 at. Washingtone won r in a Vars rut t of Elri had bedded in in terms of automotive count of 400 and in 1959, the turn irs butter i a Naa re Iaea in Davenport for the past 45 years., but was brought to it pleasant pm the a. T week to be with or daughter. Mrs Ralph Sheila Barger sending four Jet Ber was Only 66 a Day. Channel izing Means that a turnout Lane will be provided for slow was 1951�?Ts, traffic. Holiday deaths when 453 persons died by up the Kremlin was silent to. A it or stopping train. About the soviet atomic explosion j Quot but elsewhere across the world j a Jock Cipfl Tirril s suits could not be immediately satisfactory. The concept soil and in the sense that whereas Brazil is an enormous country with great resources it is developed in a narrow area of limited productivity. Tin opening up of the with the murder of de charged Karri. Thev Aid they shot Dakarri four times with a 22-caliber revolver and that robbery was the motive in All four slaying although they got a total of Only amazon16 from a 1 f or Vic inns hinterland would be advantageous j not Only to Brazil but to the world. But it is such a task As could not be done overnight. Brazils politicians had no time and the Enterprise resulted in the crippling of brazils Economy in bringing re the blast resounded in anger sentiment and alarm. The courthouse Post office and morning there had Banks will be closed monday. Labor been no soviet announcement that Day most of the local business Russia had resumed the testing firms will be closed for the Holiday nuclear weapons in Centra some of the markets and a few As a As reported by Hie United protest ignored other places will be open. There will be no school. States Friday. But observers in Moscow i. Stone led Reeves and Capri wanted a piano for old threshers the value Down to figure. Of brazilian a ridiculously currency inflated the result has been general dissatisfaction. Poverty became More drastic. In every situation such As this. A combination of revolutionary groups and the soldiers produces a Basic revolution which can not be readily passed Over. This is what Brazil i going through now. A combination of Roy Merket of the Midland police department to the body of de Karri Between Midland and big _ Spring. Mis Stone who i of. Much old wanted a piano for the old or than j 13 a ars told polio thither reunion before wednes she would be in tile eighth Grade i a when school starts i i accept a loan of one. Or will Ivy have one bad habit Toni or buy. The main thing to that she said. I smoke now and a necessary to have a piano expected a Kremlin confirmation a any time. The state cont rolled soviet pres built up a tremendous Berlin up communist East Germany announced today it had protested the reinforcement of the u. S. Army Garrison in Berlin by 1.500 combat ready troops. American officials ignored the protest. U. S. Official. a hey would propaganda Campaign in an a pay no attention to the protest Parent Effort to prepare the rib note and would not answer it be Sian people for an official an cause the United state Doe. Not nou Cement. Recognize the East German regime on october 4. 1802. She was mar a q lied to e e Butterfield who pre-1 squadrons to Europe deceased her february 4. 1945. Surviving Are one son. Homer Butterfield Tampa. Fri. Two daughter. Mrs a a Ruth hummed., Davenport and or Talph Margaret Shellabarger of it pleasant one grandson and three memorial services will be held at memorial Park cemetery i in Davenport tuesday september ready there a at 3 . Cost. Rev. Alvin Maberry pastor of methodist Church it. Plea. A ant will officiate. Friends May Call at the r. K Crane funeral Home As they wish Washington up a tile Force announced today that four squadrons of Jet fighters Are being sent to Europe to take part in nato Man Euver. There was speculation tha the planes a 72 in All might be kept in the european theater after j wards to reinforce u s units al but a de j pertinent spokesman would not comment on this. The defense department announced that the jets will take part in Quot exercise. Checkmate a sept. 12-14 downpour brings Over Inch to area August rainfall amounted to Only 141 inches and the month concluded with moisture needed for crops and pastures. Then in about 90 minutes Friday evening came a downpour that nearly equalled that total. The amount in the Friday evening thunderstorm totalled 119 on the Oedert weather Bureau gauge in South it. Pleasant. In East it pleasant Fred Ekstrand reported nearly 1.5 Chc fell. Some wind accompanied the downpour. The wind was stronger in North it. Pleasant where smaller branches were broken from Ireland a rather Large portion of a chinese Elm was broken Down at 700 Broadway just in rth of the Iowa Wesleyan Campus. Tile storm Wras local evidently a Burlington received no ram. J the August rainfall was record-1 cd on five dates during the month. Temperatures in August ranged from a High of 95 Oil the 29th, High est of the Slimmer to a Low of 51 on the 21st. The temperature was i 90 or above on eight Days of the a month. Included was 94 on the 30th and 93 on the 27th. Quot explosion Quot jars area Friday if you can be of assistance by offering a piano or giving a Lead she said she met Meyer who lint will make it has five children and is divorced one it Contact mrs. William a a i. Immediately 659 Blue. Mrs. Roger Galer escapes As station Wagon sinks in River lotions arc very Swift in their seizure of control unless resisted by Tho military or by external forces. They import the physical Means for dominating a people Check cars on local highways labor and peasant leaders with from Czechoslovakia and Poland military men having taken control Ana soon in a position to hold of the government. It so happens j their territory against their own that the brazilian left Wing group people. Tills could happen in has Allied itself to red China and j Brazil during the next three should they gain control it would months if the United states not be Long before the country i does nothing about it. Would be full of red chinese advisers and experts. The new Revo copyright 1961, Syndicate. Inc King features county authorities City police and the Highway patrol conducted Road checks at the four Highway entrances to it. Pleasant Between 5 and 6 45 . Friday. Ten summons on various Driver violations and 112 memorandums for fault v equipment were issued. Mrs. Roger Galer had a narrow a a a a a a a a possible to get escape in the Skunk River when the s01t time. Mrs Oater climbed onto Sater 1959 Mercury station Wagon she was be Hood and then on top of the driving rolled into the River at 4 45 ctr a Galer got in the boat and . Friday As she was backing to to it sued his wife front Oft a he feta Galer boat tied to a ton wa8�n which later Sank a local wrecker was called and it took two hours to retrieve the station Wagon from the River. Dick preparing to take their boat out of Roach died Down several time to fasten a Chain to the station a i pick up the Landing. Mrs. Galer and her husband were invite Goulart to be symbolic president Rio de Janeiro up a Congress today invited vice president. Joao Goulart to be sworn in monday at the capital in Brasilia As a purely symbolic president of Brazil if Goulart accepts the presidency under those condition the political crisis touched off eight Days ago by will ask for opinion on interim group s Power an a explosion a that jarred the Henry county area Friday afternoon caused Many person to Rush outside and look for something i they weren t sure what. A Jet was flying in the area atthe time and presumably it a crack d the sound barriers with the rocking vibration following. Des Moines up the Iowa Board of control decided Friday to ask for an attorney general a opinion on whether the legislative interim committee has the Power to Rule on the hiring of individual j state mental health experts Board member Jim o Henry Carson Aid Atte Gen. Evan Hult extra guards in area near president after threat Hyannis port mass up a extra Security precautions wer taken today to guard president the resignation off Resi Man would be asked just what the Kennedy from a dangerous hear the River at the Landing near the Oakland Mills pumping station when the Accident happened. Or. Galer was on the Bank and mrs Galer was backing the machine gon. He stood on top of the maj word from Goulart Wentner he Chine once and the water was up to would agree to the Compromise his neck. Plan. To arrived Friday night in Hie station Wagon which was Porto Alegre capital of his Home Dent Jamo Quadros May be interim committee authority is solved. There was no immediate Over Board of control employees. Word from Goulart whether when she lost control and it it to damaged in a garage fire about a stat of Rio Grande do Sui Atter in the River. Tile station Wagon floated for a water damage month ago received considerable returning in stages from his visit to communist China. News not to be published monday the news will not be on monday. Labor Dav ily armed mental patient who has threatened to kill Ute chief executive. State police doubled patrols on roads leading to the so called Kennedy compound Here Ai i troopers were stationed at the published Bourne and Sag Amory Bridge the Ion two land routes onto the Cape

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