Berlin Blockade Threat Looms as Cold War Debate Rages
The Monticello Express contends the U S must consider bold steps amid Khrushchev threats of a separate peace with East Germany. It proposes a NATO embargo if Berlin is blockaded and weighs the risks of signaling Kremlin weakness, urging decisive action rather than prolonged speculation.
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Paris
Jones County Fair Grounds
F.D.R
H. Truman
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
East Germany
Berlin
Damocles
Nikita
NATO
Kremlin
The Groom Is a Good Advertiser in Town
A cheeky tale from Chewelah shows Miss Jennie Jones and Bob Henry marrying at the Jones mansion with Constable Jones praised as a strong officer. The groom runs a Main Street grocery and sponsors ads, while Rev Josiah Butterworth officiates and also handles handbills and real estate work. The couple departs by 10 o’clock train for Milwaukee to visit the bride’s uncle, who has money and a cancer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chewelah
Wash
Jennie Jones
Bob Henry
Jones Mansion
Constable Jones
Main Street
Josiah Butterworth
Jennie
Bob
Milwaukee
Letter to editor questions county commission funding fairness
A reader argues the proposed county conservation commission burden is misrepresented, detailing rural and urban tax shares and population figures to show who pays more. The letter supports recreational facilities but demands transparent financing disclosure.
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County Conservation Commission
Jones County
Visitations and dinner guests across Glen Ellyn area May 22
The record lists multiple May 22 social calls at homes in Glen Ellyn and nearby towns, including Wilfred Ament at Maryknoll Seminary, and gatherings hosted by the Turnis, Guthrie, Digmann, and other families. A political appeal follows urging support for Democratic candidates in June and November.
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South Fork
Mark Turnis
Charles Murray
Glen Ellyn NL
Wilfred Ament
Maryknoll Seminary
Mabel Guthrie
Tom Wilgenbusch
Joyce
Art Trumm
Ryan
Wilgenbusch
Art Feldman
Robert Burke
Dubuque
Dick Turnis
Gilbert Bahl
Vernon Krogmann
Dyersville
Luvern Digmann
Frank Wieferich
Kalispell
Mont
Frank Digmann
Subscription Rates and Staff Listing for Monticello Publishing Co
One year subscription rates set at 4 00 in Jones Clinton Cedar Delaware Dubuque Jackson and Linn counties and 5 00 elsewhere in the United States Servicemen 4 00 anywhere in the world Published by Monticello Publishing Co Inc H M Jones president News Editor Gene Chamberlin Advertising Manager Ron Lauen Bookkeeper Jane Scott Society Editor Mollee Williams Shop Superintendent Bob Harlan Production Ray Luckstedt Pressman Bob Goodyear Justowriter Operator Betty Thomas Technician Joan Steger Application for re entry pending
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Jones
Clinton
Cedar
Delaware
Dubuque
Jackson
Linn
United States
Monticello Publishing Co., Inc
H. M. Jones
Gene Chamberlin
Ron Lauen
Jane Scott
Mollee Williams
Bob Har~lan
Ray Luckstedt
Bob Goodyear
Justowriter
Betty Thomas
Joan Steger
Castle Grove Community Activities and Yearly Milestones
Local notes recount social visits at the Stadtmueller, Spahr, and King households in Castle Grove, church meetings, a 84th birthday, Hawaii trip reunion at the Roosevelt Hotel, a Monticello graduation event, National Guard drill at Camp Dodge, and closing of Castle Grove School No. 8 with a May 25 picnic. Also mentions decade-labeled retrospectives and multiple regional community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Alva Stadtmueller
Lester Cook
Mt. Vernon
Clarence Eberhart
Ames
Barbara Eberhart
Iowa State University
George van Buren
Central City
Austin Spahr
Peniel Presbyterian Church
Revel McColm
Wayne King
Debbie
Glen King
Rogers
Judith Black
Iowa State Teacher's College
Paul Black
Iowa Luau
Hawaii
Harold Schlimmer
Olena Steiner
Bob Mathiessen
Duane Caspers
Boyd King
National Guard
Cedar Rapids
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Robert Halub
Mike
Mark
Scott
Art Halub
Orlyn Peck
David
James Hogan
Paul Hugh
Max Specht
Philip and
Daniel
Donald Steger
Cleo Lasche
Post Card Ad Sparks Banter on Nixon Odds
The item mentions Nixon's presidential chances in a light tone. Census notices record the May 25 marriages of Oren B. Crane to Susan Allen of Richland Township and Johanna Leesekamp to John Helmrichs near Manchester. It also notes Gottlieb Bader’s return from the Hall Manufacturing road trips and warns youths about laws against killing song birds and nest robbing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oren B. Crane
Susan Allen
Richland Township
Gottlieb Bader
Hall Manufacturing Company
Johanna Leesekamp
John Helmrichs
Manchester
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Monticello
Khrushchev
Paul Schultz
America
ON A Press, Association
National Editorial Association
Iowa
Monticello Express
Iowa Press Association
Newspaper Advertising Service, Inc
Chicago
Iowa Press Advertising Service
J. E. Heiserman
18Th Judicial District
Supreme Court
Lewis M. Dreibelbis
Morris R. Jones
Kenneth K. Rands
Henry Eichhorn
American Legion
VFW
Gilbert Becker
Hopkinton
Daniel Flannagan
Gerald Dirks
Langworthy
W. K. Coxsee
Monticello Realty
R. J. Bone
F. D. McLaughlin
William H. Null
W. E. Tuetken
William J. Grossheim
First Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Cincinnati
Ohio
A. M. Maurice
James
Louise Field
Greenville
Dewy Rhatigan
Jack K
Clarence
Montcello
Winifred Rohr
Marshalltown
C. N. Patrick
John Darrow
Darrow
Helen Rolls
Henry Husman
Swirler Clothing
Minneapolis
Henry Eden
Tom
Dorothy
Memorial Hospital
Roy Sackett
Maquoketa
Irma Rohr
Newton
George Sutherland
Raefella Whitehead
Irene Burrichter
Clara Egger
Marengo
Evangelical and Reformed Church Convention
Louie Helgens
Loran
Alva Gerdes
Dwight
Rex Reuter
Ben Engelbart
Henry A. Harms
Vernon Weber
Lloyd Hoffman
Hoffman
Center Junction Giants
Wyoming
Herman Caspers
Garden City
Kan
Harriet Lubben
Mercy Hospital
Halley
Hanna
Anna Gerdes
Pomeroy
Ben Behrends
Snoopin
Clem
Dere
Harold
Nixon
Harold Stassen
Philadelphia
Cent Oy
Central Iowa
Adequate Wiring Bureau
Gwa Blectric Light & Power Ca
Monticello State Bank
F.d.1.c
Federal Reserve System
Iowa Electric
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