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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1975
Page
1
Orvill Tuel and Roy Robinson describe daily duties with the sanitation crew. They wear white uniforms, fix breakdowns, and continue until retirement, performing a vital city service often undervalued by society.
Jones county residents and other Iowans will receive unemployment insurance payments a week late due to overloaded computer capacity. Paul Moran, chief of claims for the Iowa Employment Security Commission, noted the surge in claims and reported totals of 4,375,553 dollars paid through Jan. 21, with continued claims rising from 15,500 in January 1974 to 21,028 by Jan. 23 this year, a 34 percent increase.
Officials organize department ambulances and county fire services to replace current radio ops at Monticello Community building and Jones county courthouse. Development hinges on state and federal funds with a target 1976 start but may be delayed. A unified high band frequency would serve all emergency services once implemented.
Delhi area adults will enroll in 18 courses run by Area One Vocational Technical and Maquoketa Valley schools starting Feb 3 at the high school with exceptions for dog obedience upholstery and ballroom dancing held at local elementaries.
The Monticello school board met Jan 22 to approve publication of the proposed 1975-76 budget of 1,925,480 dollars. The budget hearing is set for 8 p.m. Feb 10 during the regular board meeting. Taxation is projected at 967,893 dollars with remaining funds from reserves aids balances and other receipts. The millage rises to 42.756 from 41.532. A legal advertisement on page A-9 provides further budget breakdown.
Nominations for the 1975 Hall of Fame are due Saturday February 1. Send detailed nominations to Hall of Fame care of The Monticello Express, P O Box 191, Monticello. Current inductees listed include Boyd Shannon, John Locher, Stead Carpenter, Mrs. John H. Fraser Sr., Dr E H DeShaw, Mrs Selma DeShaw, Dr T M Redmond, Howard Hicks, Elton Shorty Copley, Arend Balster Jr, Leigh Clark, and Arch M Edwards.
A list of court actions includes numerous fines for traffic offenses across Iowa towns. Notable entries include operating snowmobile on roadways in Monticello, license violations in Manchester Missouri, and false check uttering with two charges dismissed and $10 court costs. Other cases impose small fines for disobeying signals and illegal parking in Monticello and related locales.
The Jones county board of education moves February meeting from the third Wednesday to Tuesday February 11. The session will be in the county superintendent's office in Anamosa starting at 8.
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