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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - September 25, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news Mem do ire inspection one 2 sections vol 92, be. 226 it. Pleasant Iowa Friday eve no september 25, 1970 Price to cents Cloudy 8.shower these Days by John Chamberlain a White Housea news ombudsman for students do we need a multiplication of jobs in tha White House devoted to getting news of the administration oust to the Public Herbert Klein Nixon a director of communications is supposed to Clear the channels and he has always been cooperative with the press. However a Young graduate student at the University of Southern California Lowell Ponte thinks Klein is too Busy dealing with the Quot Large establishment Media to take care of the Quot Small press a part Ticu Early that part of the Small press represented by College newspapers. As a Quot summer internet in Washington or Ponte has been pressing a demand for a White House news ombudsman or ombudsmen an a office of Access that would take All sorts of questions from interested parties and insist that the White House staff yield honest answers. The risk in this sort of proposal is that an ombudsman would Lack the muscle to get at information that might prove damaging to the Republican administration. And any ombudsman would fave to be something of a Genius to keep Clear of the crossfire that would predictably result if the Quot lefts and the Quot rights on the White House staff began to compete for his ear. Too even so there is a germ of co Mem sense in or. Pontes proposal. The a big press does no to need an Quot office of Access to obtain White House news it has experienced reporters and columnists who know How to cultivate sources without hurting informants by disclosing identity. However or. Ponte is thinking in terms of his own collegiate background. What he really wants is someone in the White House who would be available to dig things out for Campus news editors or to refer an inquiring undergraduate or a Small press reporter to the party in Possession of the required information. Or. Pontes idea takes cogency from his own critique of College journalism. The Campus journalist he says begins by assuming that government is it is the Quot establishment a and As such is not going to Tell anything that might reflect on its own capacity to govern. Defeated at the Start by ibis assumptions the College journalist does not attempt any fresh reporting of Distant matters. He takes his a a news from the a big Media the journals the magazines and the to radio networks that Are always getting it in the neck from vice president agn Wand proceeds to Quot Analyse a the reporting done by others. Too analysis is of course an important function of the press. Every columnist knows however that if he fails to make the indicated Telephone Call he May miss something that puts a different Light on even the most accurate spot news. The Quot interpreter who is Only an analyst not a reporter is not Likely to come up with anything that the skilled newspaper Reader or to watcher cannot figure out for himself. Says or. Ponte of the average College journalist a being an interpreter rather than a reporter a the result of being too Distant from the news itself a makes it easy to think in easy stereotypes. If the government wants to change this situation it must try talking directly with a not at a the Small press representing the american taxpayer and the Campus press representing millions of students a majority of whom feel in doubt about american values goals and society in too thinking Back to last Spring it is obvious that or. Ponte has a Point. How Many College editors tried to discover the reasons for the cambodian operation there was much in the College press about Campus Quot activism in opposing what was glibly called an Quot Extension of the vietnamese War. A White House Quot office of Access might have referred an inquiring undergraduate editor to someone who could have told about the internal administration debates leading to the cambodian decision which was undertaken not with a View to a sex tending the War but to narrowing it by the destruction of enemy material that could have kept the con filet going on and on in time. Hussein and Arafat enter agreement to end civil War by up King Hussein and guerrilla Leader Yasser Arafat today issued cease fire orders to All their troops and announced they had reached an agreement to end the nine Day old jordanian civil War Amman radio said. The agreement was reached in a meeting Between Arafat and sudanese Premier maj. Gen. Jaafar Al Numeir who was sent to Amman by a 10-nation Arab Summit conference in Cairo to mediate the conflict. The formal agreement came shortly after Field marshal Habes Almajali commander in chief of the jordanian armed forces had 13 american owned cars Are burned Rome up a thirteen american owned cars went up in flames in various Rome suburbs today the opening Day of a communist ordered protest Campaign against the impending visit of president Nixon. Police said the parked cars owned by american residents of Rome were set on fire before Dawn by persons unknown. They were severely damaged before the fire brigade arrived. The incidents came two Days before the Start of Nixon strip which has stirred loud communist protest and dissections inside the government coalition of this North Atlantic pact nation. Christian democrats unitarian socialists and republicans expressed pleasure at Nixon a visit which starts sunday night but socialist vice Premier Francesco de Martino joined the largest communist party in the West in calling for nationwide anti Nixon protests. De Martino did not have Complete party support. Former foreign minister Pietro Nenni grand old Man of the socialist party said the government should find it useful to Exchange opinions and information with Nixon. The communists scheduled an anti Nixon demonstration in Rome saturday. If further demonstrations occur Here during Nixon a visit the president is unlikely to see them As he will travel by helicopter. Terse verse Jug. By a. C. Gordon if �?�5 person should betray you once its his fault and in Case he should betray you twice its your fault. Announced a 24-hour cease fire in response to an Appeal by the International red Cross. Too details of the Hussein guerrilla agreement were not spelled out but Hussein had asked earlier that the palestinian guerrillas quit Jordan a cities for frontline positions on the 1967 cease fire lines. The guerrillas rejected this when the proposal was first made. King Hussein read a statement Over Amman radio ordering an immediate cease fire by All his troops and Numeir read a statement which he said was signed by Arafat calling on the guerrillas to Stop firing immediately. Despite the declarations the Baghdad based guerrilla radio continued to broadcast reports on fighting in the country and the Middle East news Agency in Cairo said the fighting continued and had spread to South Jordan. Too the situation in Amman was j quieter however and Beirut dispatches indicated another lebanese Middle East airlines plane would Fly to Amman today to bring out More americans. The jordanian army announced meanwhile it had freed 15 of the 54 airline Hijack hostages held by palestinian guerrillas from three hijacked airlines but no americans were in the group. An Amman radio broadcast said eight British two West germans and five Swiss hostages were freed leaving 39 persons in guerrilla hands 38 of them americans. Too in Geneva the red Cross said reports of the cease fire were a Quot Good sign towards the Start of a major Relief operation in Jordan where casualties were estimated in the thousands and were still More thousands were suffering from starvation and thirst. Red Cross operators in Amman had worked under constant threat of death from guerrilla sniping and army tank and artillery fire and could not reach the thousands reported trapped in their rubbed Homes. A spokesman in Geneva said Only thursday that a Convoy of seven ambulances attempting to reach one Hospital in Amman was the target of mortar and automatic weapons fire Only 500 Yards from the building. Amman radio said the ceasefire announced by maj Ali went into effect at 7 . I . Edt. Russians building sub base in Cuba Washington up a the Pentagon said today it had Evi know there is activity we Don t know yet whether its a to Dence that the russians Are build said. Ing what it suspects is a Summa asked if the base might be Turing base in Cuba. Tended to support missile carrying a defense spokesman said Active soviet nuclear submarines station Ity at Cienfuegos on the Southern cd in the Western hemisphere a coast of Fidel Castro a Island a spokesman said Quot we cant Rule tion indicated a base for nuclear out that no More Lawn mowing is the object of this project at Rutgers University in new Brunswick nj., As research prof. Reed Funk takes a cutting. Thousands of test growing Are in the ground to find grass that will Only grow to cutting length. Submarines was being built. A we Man holding two hostages surrenders soap Industry told it s time to study enzymes Washington up a an angry Virginia Knauer told the soap Industry today it was time for immediate action on a study of whether detergent enzymes cause allergies skin irritations and lung ailments. Record year for building under Farmers Home . Henry Des Moines and Louisa goal for the 1970�?Ts counties have just enjoyed a record year of Home building and Home improvement through credit services of the Farmers Home administration the Agency a supervisor Jack h. Cowen said today. Or. Cowen reported that $745,170 was channelled into his three county District through 71 Loans for better town and country housing during the fiscal year ended june 30. Loans the previous year totalled $550,200.00. Too Farmers Home a department of agriculture Agency supplements All other housing credit available in towns of up to 5,500 population and the Rural Countryside. Its services in the three counties the past year included 70 Loans totalling $690,170.-00 for Purchase or improvement of individual family Homes and $55,-000.00 in Loans for 5 rental housing units. The Loans provided better housing for an estimated 325 people in the area. A the record for fiscal 1970 Means that our housing service was 37% greater the past year a or. Cowen said. A this uptrend was directly opposite to the general National downtrend in housing too he added that the year begun july i appears certain to topple the record set in fiscal 1970. The Agency is geared to virtually double its housing services again this year with $1.4 billion in authority nationally to insure Home Loans for families of Low and moderate income. A key to the programs rapid growth is a new position of Equality for Rural America in the nations bad housing and they now seven copters shot Down by communists Saigon up a at least seven . And South vietnamese helicopters were shot Down today in an inferno of communist ground fire near the Rock pile a Strong Point six Miles South of the demilitarized zone do military sources although Public announcements did not say so Nixon administration reported. Knauert the they said unconfirmed reports indicated As Many As la Allied testify against discontinuing two passenger trains the Armoun cent was made by Jerry w. Friedheim Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for Public affairs. A we know that the activity is in Progress a he said. A we cannot assess the soviet too the a a activity cited has included towing of three heavy barges into the Harbor at Cien Fuegos. That is where the suspected base is being built. Asked if the barges could be As Victoria . Up a a Man who shot two Canadian policemen and then held three hostages sem bled into a floating dry Dock aboard a Sailboat in american a Friedheim said a we know what Terr off Stuart Island surrendered the barges Are but i am not at Early today to the . Coast guard Liberty to Tell there was confusion As to the name of the suspect. He first was identified As William l. Olenik 26, he said there Are now four soviet ships a including a submarine tender a in the Harbor at Cien Burlington up a thirteen an att met to convince tit inter who escaped from jail Here sept. 7. J Fuegos. Severe other soviet ships state Commerce commission of the but he gave authorities another were reported in the general area. Today. Final identification need for the East West Burlington Northern passenger trains. The inc which gave the Railroad temporary permission aug. 9 to discontinue the passenger trains name will await a fingerprint Check the Royal Canadian mounted police said. The gunman and his three tired but unharmed hostages arrived be sources said mrs. Presidents consumer adviser and other officials believe the de choppers May have been knocked Ter gent Industry was trying to stall Down the study and get out of an earlier offer to support it financially. E. Scott Pattison president of the soap and detergent association denied it but acknowledged the Industry was trying to switch the study from the american Academy of allergy to the National Academy of sciences a National research Council Nas arc. Six of the confirmed losses belonged to the . 101st airborne division and the seventh was a uh1 Huey belonging to the vietnamese air Force the sources said. One South vietnamese Soldier was reported killed and three wounded aboard the vietnamese chopper while flt to Quot we Rifi or reports said at least three americans were wounded. According to incomplete Battle Quot Well pay for the work but we reports the series of downings want to make sure it has the bless started when a uh1 Huey Helicon we expect the Sharp uptrend in Rural housing to continue. In the Farmers Home administration we fully expect to do our part in bringing Rural housing up to modern standards for every too Progress in Rural housing has been seeded up through new authorizations put into effect by Farmers Home earlier this year. Loans Are made to Rural Home site development organizations and work is done with Rural builders to assure that Homes they build on a multiple basis will meet Quality standards for Farmers Home loan insurance. The supervisor asserted that the Rural housing program is a one of the main channels pouring private capital into Rural Community Farmers Home administration insured Loans serve families or organizations unable to secure Home financing through other sources. Too eligibility covers people of Low and moderate income including senior citizens in Rural towns of not More than 5,500 people plus farm and nonfarm residents of the Countryside. If a loan cannot be covered by a local lending institution Farmers Home advances the loan from a revolving fund then finds an investor elsewhere to take Over the government insured loan note. Loans Are made in Henry county through the Farmers Home administration office at 808 East Monroe it. Pleasant Iowa. A committee of three determines the eligibility of these loan applicants. The committeemen serving in Henry county Are Harold l. King William g. Ings of the Nas before we do a Pattison told up. He said the Nas was More prestigious and a favourable study by the lesser known group would prompt charges that detergent makers Quot bought up five or six Quot our members have full Confidence in the safety to Consumers of enzyme a containing detergents a Pattison said. He said he and other Industry leaders would accept an invitation to discuss the proposed study with government representatives oct. 8. Too mrs. Knauer acknowledged through an aide she was Quot dismayed by Industry moves. Another official Active in the controversy said she was angry. An aide said mrs. Knauer had received about too letters from housewives complaining about skin irritations allegedly caused by detergent enzymes. Detergent makers have said enzymes Are harmless. They Are used in detergents As catalysts to help break Down some types of stains including blood. Today a controversy marked the second Federal action in three Days regarding enzymes. In an unrelated move wednesday the Federal Trade commission Etc accused Procter amp Gamble Colgate palmolive and lever Bros of falsely advertising their enzyme detergents removed All stains from clothing. Ter supporting a South vietnamese infantry unit in Contact with the communists was knocked Down. Too other helicopters which came into the area also fell to the communist gunners until confirmed reports said a total of four Huey and two Ahi cobra gunships had been knocked Down the sources said. They said there were unconfirmed reports of still other helicopters going Down in the area during the Day. First reports indicated at least three . Soldiers were a wounded. Military sources said the two cobra gunships were lifted out of the area by other choppers and a ground Force had set up defense perimeters around the other Down aircraft. Which ran daily from Chicago to fore Dawn at Anacortes wash., a Omaha neb., is conducting the 0ard a coast guard Cutter. The after the United states stationed missile carrying submarines in european Waters bases to support the subs were established at holy Loch Scotland and later at Rota spam. There was speculation that the soviets might be doing the same hearings to determine whether the hostages were identified As Pete and thing in this hemisphere discontinuance should become Elrae Wells of Portland ore., and permanent. One of those who testified against the discontinuance of the Gocr Smith of Vancouver . The heavily armed Bandit had last two East West passenger trains wounded two Victoria officers Dur through Iowa was Carol Nemitz my a robbery Here thursday auth Dean of students at Iowa Wesleyan crities said and then led police on College in it. Pleasant. J a wild Chase to the sea. He crashed miss Nemitz. Tote the it Torii us ing Taroiu a two. Pochee roadblocks and Board that about one third of the Laid Down a curtain of fire at his schools 750 students Are from Chi pursuers Cago and use the train a great Deal he then commandeered the Wells 22-foot Sailboat and also grabbed Smith who was fishing nearby to during vacation times. The hearings will conclude with a session in Chicago today and a j Nee said. Final ruling is expected to come in As coast guard vessels and re december i my boats surrounded the Little sail _ Shoat he released one hostage who boarded the Cutter Point Richmond i to relay conditions for his sur rend have half of the nations housing Scott and Leonard o. Schweitzer. 103-year old lobster saved from boiling pot san Francisco up a a 103-year-old lobster has been saved from tile boiling pot. Officials of the St. Francis hotel said thursday they bad Pur chaired the 25 Pound crustacean from Tine great Atlantic lobster co. Of Oakland which had imported it from new Bedford mass. Planes were to make a mess of Newburg and stews then have a taxidermist mount the massive lobster Shell for use As a Centrepiece at banquets. When word got out persons of All Ages called the hotel and pleaded with management to save the crusty crustacean. Hotel officials then1 announced the lobster would be retired at Sternhart aquarium. Its age was figured on the basis that a lobster weighs one Pound at the age of seven and then gains a Quarter of a Pound each year. 15 hostages Are released Beirut up a the jordanian army announced today it had freed 15 of the 54 hostages held by palestinian guerrillas who hijacked and blew up three airliners. But All of the american hostages were still missing. There were 38 americans among the 39 hostages still unaccounted i or. My for but the state department said thursday it had unconfirmed re Yien u ocl a blow Torch and crowbar ports that one american Twa peer the Safe. Capt. Carrolla Woods of harrods Federal Portal inspectors Are in the incident was the worst loss Burg Kyd a had escaped and hoped be to it it invt the breaking in Story of choppers in a single action since to Fly out of Amman aboard a . Comity the third in one week. To . Helicopters were knocked evacuation plane. Down by communist ground fire in King Hussein said his army had of by in out to Start an operation South of Ca Mau deep carried out House to House searches in the Mekong Delta South of Sai in Amman and in the nearby Refu it us. In Horary gee Camps for the hostages being held As Ransom for seven Arab Public Library announces commandos held in West Europe that Tho a Ory hour will Start oct. And la other persons held in Israel. 3 and continue on saturday thieves take $3,000 from . Huxley up a authorities estimate thieves took $3,000 in Cash Money orders and Stamps from a Safe at the Post office Here thursday. Authorities said thieves apparent in broke a lock on the Back door Viet Premier Nikita a. Khrushchev to gain Entrance to the building and agreed to withdrew the missiles. The defense department announced thursday that the soviets now have 13 nuclear powered submarines carrying 16 missiles each and that 15 More subs of the same class Are under construction. Distant bases Are needed to service atomic subs so that they Are not forced to Cross the Ocean for each repair. Friedheim said the three barges were brought across the Atlantic on the deck of a soviet Ltd Landing ship Dock Type of vessel and were probably off loaded at Havana. He said they were spotted and identified while being towed a round the West end of Cuba. Too there was speculation that Cien Fuegos possibly did not have the cranes or other machinery or facilities needed for the unloading. High flying u2 planes were used to obtain photographs almost eight years ago of construction by the russians of missile bases in Cuba. During a tense week of late october 1962, the United states and Russia were on the verge of a military confrontation before then so gon sept. 15. In Cambodia government troops were mane vering to Cut off the last escape route of an estimated 2,000 Viet Cong and North Viet the guerrillas also demanded to mornings from to toll. Namese defenders of Tang Kauk on Rael release an unspecified number any child interested is Welcome to the Highway linking phenom penh 0f Arab captives. Attend and communist held kampong1 Thorn. Two killed near Ains Worth Ainsworth up a St. Louis mo., Man and a girl from Clarence were killed thursday evening when their cars collided Headon on . 218 near this Southeast Iowa Community. Killed were Jacqueline Lee Frahm 18, and Ralph a. Kuelker 49. The Iowa Highway patrol said tile Accident occurred about three Miles North of the Junction of Iowa 92 and . 218. The patrol said one of the cars drifted across the Enterline of . 216. A Ai n offer milk in school the recent appropriation of Federal funds has made it possible to again offer milk v6 pints once or twice daily to school children. Starting october i students May Purchase milk at the following rates october i to end of first semester 1 serving per Day $2.10 2 Servings per Day $4.20 second semester 1 serving per Day $2.70 2 Servings per Day $5.40 full year 1 serving per Day $4.80 2 Servings per Day $9.60 get materials for fund drive patient missing Waldo Brede 46, a patient at the mental health Institute was in Iowa Wesleyan Henry part of the 130 Volunteer workers county fund raising Campaign pick up solicitation materials following an organizational meeting and Kickoff dinner at the College wednesday night. With education costs spiralling and program needs at the College expanding the 1970-71 Campaign goal is $60,000. Reported As missing since 8.45 Quot though the three week drive is just underway county residents Friday. He is 6\ 160. With Grey hair even thou a the j s31, pm. Had been col and Brown eyes. He was wearing a and businesses have respond leu White shirt and Light trousers. I letter or pledged on the opening Day. Big drug raid in two cities Waterloo up a Waterloo and Cedar Falls authorities who coordinated a massive drug raid in the two adjacent cities thursday night have arrested a total of 53 persons on drug charges. The persons arrested who rang a in age from 14 to 31, were charged with Possession or Sale of Sarcomo drugs or Sale of marijuana. Besides the drug charges one person was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and two others were charged with interfering with a police officer. Many of the arrests were at a farm House Southeast Between Washburn and Ville the a psychedelic Pitit a known handout of drug pushers and users authorities said

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