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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1955
Page
1
A columnist argues trucks take greater damage and survive collisions better than cars due to heavier construction and higher chassis. He notes head on hits hit cars at bumper height while trucks hit higher, suggesting safer truck occupants. The piece urges bumpers matching passenger cars and safer highway driving.
A veteran observer critiquing federal farm policy argues a wage based on overtime for farmers could replace crop storage programs. He weighs machinery costs and debt, noting government involvement and local merchants, and muses on grocery access during a recession.
State Conservation Commission reminds trappers that most furbearer seasons closed January 10 at midnight with mink and muskrat closing December 4. Weasel fox groundhog and coyote remain open. Permits to hold furs after season end are free and obtainable from officers or the Des Moines offices. Madrid publisher J G Lucas marks 50 years at the Register News after buying the plant in 1904.
Sutton James Moran and his wife visit his brother Joe Moran in Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids after major surgery. Other local families visit relatives in Maquoketa and Emeline, with several Sunday dinners and a birthday celebration for Roger Hanna. County volunteers discuss corn allotments, while Bob Orvan from Dubuque serves as student minister at Emeline.
Eleventh and 12th grade students of Monticello public and parochial schools and nearby areas may enter the national essay contest sponsored by President Eisenhower's committee on the employment of the physically handicapped. H. J. Eberhart from the Cedar Rapids Iowa State Employment Service explains the contest as a way to build public support for employing qualified disabled workers. Schools have received contest information.
The five town contest winners will receive parchment awards signed by the president at Des Moines ceremonies. A $50 government savings bond and two $20 bonds go to first through third place, funded by the Iowa department of Disabled American Veterans. National winners get transportation to Washington, D.C. and $2,000 cash prizes, including $1,000 to the top winner.
Cpl James L. Webber age 18 son of Mr and Mrs John T Webber Monticello serves with the 1st Infantry division in Germany The Big Red I division in Europe since the Allied invasion is now engaged in intensive training including realistic field problems and maneuvers.
Corporal Webber of Company D in the 1st Engineer battalion entered the army in December 1953 and arrived overseas last April.
Richard Thompson returned to Norfolk Virginia after spending five days with his wife and son Craig at the Bert DeShaw home.
Pvt. Adrian Wilken son of Mr and Mrs Lorance Wilken of Monticello and his wife left Friday for Fort Eustis Virginia after holidays at the Wilken home He has since been advanced in training to a clerk typist at Fort Eustis.
Canton Pvt. Junior DeMoss arrived home from Japan after being recalled due to his father's death but missed the funeral. He plans to report back to California for duty on January 30.
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