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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - September 26, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news fair vol. 92, no. 227mt. Pleasant Iowa saturday evening september 26, 1970 Price to cents Hussein forms new civilian government up King Hussein today formed a new civilian government for his War Tom nation in a move to ease the crisis Between the jordanian army and palestinian guerrillas. An announcement by radio Amman said the civilian Cabinet replaced the military administration Hussein installed sept. 15. The Day before the War began. That government headed by Brig. Mohamed Dawoud resigned Friday. The installation of the military government was regarded As one of the main triggers of the War. The guerrillas strongly opposed Dawoud. Rampaging Brush fires Burn Homes los Angeles up a rampaging Brush fires whipped by Gale Force winds shot across thousands of acres of parched Southern California today turning scores of expensive Homes into piles of soldering rubble. Thousands were evacuated from their Homes. Although fighting was reported subsiding today in Jordan the War deeply split both Hussein a kingdom and the Arab world. As Many As 20,000 persons were reported killed or wounded and thousands were said to be dying of hunger thirst and unattended wounds. The United states was in the forefront of Relief efforts. Fears mounted for the safety of 38 american Hijack hostages still in guerrilla hands. President Gamal Abdel Nasser accused Hussein a army of massacring palestinian guerrillas and breaking the cease fire which began Friday. Hussein denied this and said his nation is pledged to peace despite a continued maj. Gen. Jaafar Al Numeir the Premier of Sunda who negotiated the cease fire Between Hussein and Al Fatah chief Yasser Arafat charged today Hussein had been involved in a War of genocide against palestinians. At least too Homes in the $60,000 to $100,000 class were destroyed when giant flames from a 35,000-acre fire that started Friday afternoon ate their Way into the Porter ranch development in Chatsworth and spread in All directions. In the coastal City of Malibu at least 45 Homes some in the $125,000 Range were burned to the ground when a ring of fire shot Down two canyons and surrounding Hills. Officials estimated that it covered 25,-000 acres. The two blazes spread into each other separated Only by the Ven Ura freeway which was closed to traffic. Containment of the fires Vas not in sight fire officials said arly today. At least 20 fire fighters were injured battling the Blaze. Hundreds f others suffered smoke inhalation my Eye irritations. A third fire in mint Canyon near Lancaster 35 Miles North of Dow own los Angeles charred More Han 12,000 acres but there were no reports of structural damage. Another fire in Lopez Canyon in he Foothills arca around metropol Tan los Angeles destroyed two Lomes and severely damaged 12 Nobile Homes while charring 600 Tores. Jennings joins Beatty firm terse verse by a. C. Gordon Lur College educations often show of Little other people really know. Robert Beatty of the Beatty funeral chapels of it. Pleasant Salem and Wayland announces that Leroy Jennings has joined him in the funeral and ambulance service. Or. Jennings is the son of or. And mrs. Charles Jennings of it. Pleasant. His wife Beverly is the daughter of or. And mrs. A. F. Timmerman also of it. Pleasant. The Jennings have a son Tim freshman in it. Pleasant High school. Jennings an experienced mortician is graduated from the Wisconsin Institute of mortuary science in 1959. After graduating his first position was a mortician at University hospitals Inq City Iowa. Beatty Jennings funeral Quot h Pels also offers ambulance re1 tile name now will be Beatty Jennings funeral chapels of it. Pleasant Salem and Wayland. Earthquake jolts Central Colombia Bogota Colombia up a a Strong earthquake jolted West Central Colombia today. First reports made no mention of damage or injuries but the area is primitive and communications Are spotty. Shining Trail girl scout program strongest in history it was announced this week by is. James Adams president of binding Trail Council of girl siuts that the Council has now ached a Peak of girl membership baling 3,453 members in the 7 urn 17 age Range. The number presents the greatest Ever reach a in shining Trail Council which a Prises Des Moines Henry Lee Juisa and part of Jefferson counts in Iowa and Henderson coun a in Illinois. The highest previous record was 217, reached in september of >69. The increase of members can a attributed to the fact that a Splete professional staff has in functioning in the Council Nee March of 1969. The Council in has an executive director two District advisors a camping co dilator and two office staff embers. The adult Volunteer membership the you Hail now totals 680 men id women. The increase in re glazed adult scouts Over the 1969 Gure includes parents a Well As her adults interested in working i the and helping girls to become Appy and resourceful citizens and spire them with the highest eals of character conduct pay Iotis and service. In june and july a total of 2,190 Ria and adults participated in the a camping program carried out t the to Volunteer staffed Day amps held in the Council area. 281 Iris participated in the 1970 limping program at Camp a Keo a. Six one week one two week a Iro week primitive camping Besan and a four week Counselor in training session were held. On october 10th, the Junior Jamboree will be held for All Junior scouts in the Council. It will be an outdoor Day with an International theme. A Jamboree will be held in each of the five Council districts. The Cadette fest a Amana adventure will be held october 24th for All Cadette scouts. The Cadette fest wild be a chartered bus trip to the Amana colonies for a visit to Points of interest in this unique Community and a Stop at Iowa City at other interesting locations. Cadette also participated in the a pour Vous Cadette Quot a special camping event held at Camp a Keeta in june. In april 25 senior girl scouts attended the Moia conference held in Ottumwa for caravan trails and1 shining Trail councils of Iowa and Midland Empire Council from Missouri. Laura Phillips senior scout from Burlington attended the regional conference a Tell it like it is held in Kansas City in August. On october 31 november i senior scouts from shining Trail Council and Becky Thatcher Council in Missouri will celebrate Juliette lows the founder of girl scouts birthday with a weekend Camp out at Camp a Keeta. The girl scout cookie Sale reached a new Peak in March 1970, when 95,062 boxes of cookies were sold. Council profit from the Sale is used for the maintenance of Camp a Keeta and further development of the campsite. These Arab leaders look in Good spirits at the Summit talk in Cairo to decide what to do about Jordan a civil War situation among other things. From left col. In Hammer Al khad Afy libyans chief of state Nour Eddin Al Tassi president of. \ Syria Anwar Sadat vice president of the United Arab Republic. Liquor store sales increase Des Moines a idea a the chairman of the state liquor commission Homer r. Adcock reports liquor sales at the 199 state stores were up $5 million in fiscal 1970 Over the previous year. Gross sales for the 12 months ending june 30, 1970 totalled $71,-180,886, compared with $68,164,154 in fiscal 1989. The Iowa City store was the Only one to top the $2 million Mark in sales. Biggest Dollar gain in sales was registered by the Urbandale store Northwest of Des Moines which did $264,480 More Worth of business. Two stores one at Marion the other at Cedar rapids each reported a drop in sales of $300,000. This was off set however by the opening of a new store at Cedar Quot rapids which recorded sales of $959,866 in its first year of operation. The commission now has to a self server stores in operation. They Are located in Des Moines Cedar rapids Davenport fort Dodge Clinton Waterloo and Sioux City. Sales at the it. Pleasant store increased in 1970 to $275,118, which was $7,168 More than in 1969. Sales at the Fairfield store increased $4,946 to $380,402 and at Washington increased $25,480 to $415,666. Re organizational changes in a caught in draft a sgt. Charles Hopkins 15 year career Soldier holds up the notice he received in Houston tex., from his Hometown draft Board in fort Wayne ind. The Board wants to know where he is and if he is eligible for the draft. A i joined the army before i was old enough to Register a said Hopkins now 33 year old. Single administration. Des Moines up a Donald Johnson head of the veterans administration in Washington announced Here Friday a major re organizational change in the a administrative Structure in Iowa. Johnson a native of West Branch Iowa said the Des Moines a Center is being dissolved from an administrative standpoint and will be replaced by separate facilities a a regional office and a a Hospital. A each will operate independently under its own director a effective immediately Johnson said. At present a affairs in Iowa including the Hospital and the regional Center Are handled by a under the new system Donald c. Munson Deputy executive director for administration for vans department of Medicine and surgery will become the director of veterans Hospital in Des Moines. Claude Gillam assistant to the director of the los Angeles regional office will be the director of the regional office in Des Moines. Grant to Grinnell Grinnell up a a 200,030 Grant has been Given to Grinnell College Here by the Andrew Mellon foundation n. Y. College president Glen Leggett said the funds will be used in the colleges humanities department. A family gesture Susan Atkins mimics a television camera As she and Patricia Krenwinkel head for court in los Angeles for another session of the a Manson family members trial in the Tate Labianca murder Case. Consolidate positions irregularities reported in audit of state office phenom Penk up a cambodian troops today consolidated positions in the recaptured City of Tang Kauk and cleared remaining pockets of communist resistance in the area cambodian military officers said. Cambodian forces conducting their biggest offensive of the six month War moved into the City 52 Miles North of phenom penh Friday. North vietnamese and Viet Cong units had held it and blocked the Advance of the cambodian task Force North of Highway 6. Too take part in Monkey Hunt Fairfield a what was probably the first organized Monkey Hunt in Fairfield failed thursday evening and As a result a 10-year-old boy was scheduled to Start rabies treatment. He is Greg Allen Showalter son of or. And mrs. Gerald Showalter 508 e. Kirkwood who was bitten by the animal saturday sept. 19. While no Trace of the fugitive Monkey was found thursday night the Hunt proved one thing. It proved local organizations and residents will respond to a Call for help to Aid a fellow citizen. An estimated too persons gathered in Central Park at 5 30 . And were dispatched to certain areas where they were to conduct a search for the Monkey. Police said two searchers said they saw what they thought was the Monkey scamper across Crow Creek on a log otherwise there were no other results. The object of the search is a Monkey which escaped from a pet shop almost two weeks ago and has been on the Loose since. It bit the Showalter lad when the boy tried to capture him. Pope Paul s 73rd birthday Vatican City up a Pope Paul i turned 73 today in the midst of preparations for the longest journey in papal history a his visit to the Philippines and Australia in november. Vatican sources said the Popes birthday would be work As usual. Italians generally celebrate the feast Day of the Saint they Are named after rather than their birthdays. To decide on further search for balloonist new York up a the coast guard today was considering whether to continue the search for the missing balloon a free life and its three passengers after a search vessel ruled out any connection Between the missing balloon and debris floating in the area where the balloon was believed downed. Purchase Home in Linden Heights or. And mrs. Rex Mccreight and daughters have purchased the Cloyce Seager Home at 1123 Linden Lane in Linden Heights. The my freights Aire the new owners and operators of the Princess cafe. Or. And mrs. Sealer have moved to 1134 Linden Lane. Des Moines up a state auditor Lloyd Smith released an audit report Friday night that shows what he said were a a number of irregularities in the state oar dispatchers office from january 1969, to August 1970. The audit report cites As irregular business practices personal use of the state Telephone unaccounted for mileage on state Pool cars and the charging of personal expenses to the state car dispatchers office. During the period of the audit report Frank Johnson of Glenwood an appointee of Republican gov. Robert d. Ray held the dispatchers Job which handles the states 1,400-car Fleet. Johnson resigned from the $10,-000-a-year Post Early in August and Ray appointed Frank Crabb of Denison to the Post. Smith said that during the 18 months ending july 31, a there was a substantial increase in the Telephone expense for a the dispatchers a an analysis of the Bills indicated that Many of the Calls could not be identified As relating to state business a Smith said. Of the toll charges examined by state auditors Smith said a we believe that $422.33 was for non state the state was reimbursed for a few of the Calls including a $41195 Check which Smith said a has been returned by the Bank marked a account 38 americans still in guerrilla hands car hits Cycle on Broadway Charles Rila it. Pleasant suffered knee cuts when the motorcycle he was Riding was struck by a 1965 Ford driven by Mary b. Young it. Pleasant on North Broadway at 7 . Friday. Mrs. Young was going North and was attempting to turn onto West Henry when her car collided with the northbound Cycle which was passing another car that had stopped for a left turn. Mrs. Young was charged by police with failure to yield the right of Way. At 8 33 Arn. Saturday Ike Martens reported that his car was struck and damaged by another vehicle while parked at 603 North Cherry at to . Friday. The Driver did no to report the Accident. London up a sixteen Hijack hostages liberated from Palestine guerrillas in Jordan headed Home via London today British diplomatic sources said. But 38 others All americans remained in guerrilla hands. The British sources said the group included eight britons six . Would act relative to sub base advice on harvesting blight damaged Corn Corn producers whose crop has been damaged by Southern Leaf blight can get advice on How to set their harvesting machines to save the most Grain by placing a toll free Telephone Call to Massey Fer Guson inc., in Des Moines reports Richard l. Thuma Henry county Extension director. Dale Hull Extension agricultural Engineer at Iowa state University states that the Massey Ferguson message agrees with Iowa state University harvesting recommendations and that the message is not an advertisement nor a sales gimmick. According to a Massey Ferguson announcement Jack Winslow of product planning manager for Grain harvesting will be available throughout the Corn Harvest to answer producers questions and to offer advice on combining blight damaged Corn. All producers Ere Welcome to Call whether or not they own a Massey Ferguson Combine. A special Telephone line has been installed in the company a Des Moines office so producers can Call toll free at any time a Day or night. Iowa producers May Call 800 362-1682 producers living outside Iowa should Call 800/247-4940. From 8 30 a in to 5 ., Central time monday through Friday or. Winslow will personally take All Calls and answer producers questions. Calls after 5 . Weekdays and on weekends will be answered with a taped message giving producers specific in formation about How their Combine should be set for Best results in harvesting blight damaged com. Tickets at door for Sweet Adeline show a limited number of tickets remaining for Sweet and Elines a decade of Harmony will be sold at the door tonight saturday sept. 26 at the mental health Institute auditorium. Curtain time is at 8 of clock. J no reserved seats. First come first up a the White House has publicly told the soviet Union the United states will take a appropriate action if the russians construct a nuclear submarine base on the Southern coast of Cuba. Eight years after president John f. Kennedy forced the soviet Union to remove offensive land based missiles from Cuba the Pentagon announced Friday Russia May be building a base to support missile firing nuclear submarine operations in the Western hemisphere. Swiss and two West germans. They said the group would arrive at done a Heathrow Airport about a . 4 . Edt aboard an Craft whose identity was not disclosed. The plane was reported flying from Amman the jordanian capital via Cyprus in the Mediterranean sea. Airline sources said earlier a plane carrying liberated hostages landed on Cyprus at a Remote British Royal air Force Field where newsmen were not permitted to approach it. Record deeds for properties a defense department spokesman said however it was too Early to say if construction activity in Cien Fuegos Bay less than 200 Miles from key West fla., was definitely intended to be a submarine base. The official said in response to a question that Kennedy a warning to the soviets on nov. 20, 1962, not to introduce offensive weapons into Cuba is still american policy. Two killed in Iowa Highway accidents Greenfield up a a Nebraska Man was killed Friday night in a one car Accident on interstate 80 about 13 Miles North of this Adair county town. Highway patrolmen said George Delane Spence 27, of Elkhorn neb., apparently fell asleep at the wheel and his car ran off the North shoulder of the Road and overturned. Spence was the Only occupant of the car when the Accident occurred about one half mile East of the Junction of 1-80 and Iowa 25. Vinton up a Donald w. Bervid 19, Rural Center Point was killed Friday when he lost control of the car he was driving on rain soaked Iowa 101 North of Here and it struck a Bridge abutment. The Iowa Highway patrol said Bervid was alone and travelling South during the heavy rain when the Accident occurred. The following deeds have been recorded at the courthouse. Harlan Erickson and wife to Allen c. Luett and wife property in Section 22 of Center township. Harlan Erickson and wife to a mils j. Benda and wife property in Section 27 of Center township. Clifford w. Barr to Glen r. Ridinger and wife property in Section i of Marion township. Hermine m. As Pengren to Wallace Russell a he wife property on South who Fig. Miriam c. Pobanz and James Banz by executor to Marshall headly property in Section four Center township. Cora m. Rainey by a. M. Patterson conservator to Max e. Long and wife property on East Warren Street. Bessie a. Hannah to Leo. To. Hunting and wife property jul Section eight of Jackson township. Albert h. Morse and wife to Charles h. Crockett or. And off property in Lowell. Merle if. Linder and wife to Richard amp Landes and wife property in Winfield. Harold bondage and wife to Robert a. Kellner it a1, property West of Mcmillan Park. Joy Celyn f. Maimer to Gerry Klopfenstein and wife property in Wayland. James l. Puller and wife to Marvin l. Wanders and wife property in Winfield. William e. Rich it a1, to Floyd Norton property on South Van Buren. Ellen i. Moxley Holley to Kenneth Carver Etal property in salad. D. H. Alliman and wife to Shannon Lantz and wife property in Winfield. Edwin Leichty and wife to Kenneth d. Miller and wife property in Wayland. Maud Collatt to John p. Kramer it a1, property in Salem John p. Kramer it a1, to Thomas h. Kramer and wife property in Salem Maurice e. Wesch Ler to Lloyd c. Corey it a1, property in North Awn. Harold of. Rankin to Fred b. Linn property in Brentwood Heights. Leona e. Miller to Avon d. Coberly it Al property in new London. Bessie a. Davidson it a1, to Cassie Stonehouse property in Hillsboro. John b. Harris and wife to Paul l. Dennison and wife property in Sheaffer addition. Thelma w. Scott to John w. Mears and wife property in new London. Anna Niece it a1, to Clarence Meyers and wife property in Hillsboro. Robert d. Grismore and wife to Kessler r. Olson and wife property on North White Virgil i. Hoit and wife to pleasant broadcasting co., property in Section 17 of Center township. Workshop for new school Board members sky Jack Job a Benjamin o. Davis retired sat lieutenant general and former safety director of Cleveland is shown in Washington after president Nixon named him chief of a program to deter hijacking of airliners. An orientation program for newly elected school Board members will be held in Ottumwa on thursday october 8, according to Richard l. Thuma county Extension director. Sponsored by the Iowa state University Extension service the Ottumwa meeting is one of 12 planned throughout the state. Purpose of the orientation programs is to acquaint new Board members with goals of education state Laws affecting education sources of Revenue for educational support and the role of Board members. Conducting the orientation will be j. M. Whitmer jr., of the local government programs department at Iowa state University Ames and a regional representative of the Iowa school Board association the state Board of Public instruction is also cooperating in the program by providing materials. Newly elected school Board Napa Bers throughout the state Hare been invited to attend. Other school Board members Are also invited to attend to share their experience with new members i a added. I

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