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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1961
Page
5
A public survey invites Monticello Express readers to circle choices on national and international issues. Readers are asked to mail their opinions to Editor Monticello Express Monticello Iowa with optional name, promising tabulated results in the July 27 issue and possible sharing with Congress and Senate.
A reader poll presents choices on Cuba invasion or support for Cubans, Berlin airlift or blockade, nuclear test ban, Laos and Vietnam policy, red-line location, farm subsidies, and state department stance. Respondents pick one option per question.
By five years ago Howard Cruise, acting postmaster of Olin, was recommended for full postmastership by the Jones county Republican central committee after serving months since Mrs. Reva White retired. DeMolay officers were elected in George Washington Chapter with Tom Rathigan as Master Counselor and Jim Hargave as Senior Counselor.
Local names attend Fourth of July dinners and picnics across Monticello Anamosa Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns. Readers host gatherings at homes in Ryan Backus Springville Wacker Cedar Rapids and Weldon while Scout camps and family nights are noted for Chuck Hubbard and others.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ahlrichs celebrated 40 years of marriage with a Sunday dinner at their daughter’s home in Central City. Numerous relatives from Central City Monticello Lone Tree and surrounding towns attended and shared in the festivities.
The Monticello Express serves Monticello and Jones county as the weekly official paper. Established July 10, 1865, it is a member of the Iowa Press Association and National Editorial Association with advertising representatives in Chicago and Des Moines. Subscription rates are 4.00 in local counties, 5.00 elsewhere, and 4.00 for servicemen worldwide.
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