Iowa Taxation Study Committee Seeks Public Input
The Iowa Taxation Study Committee after four public meetings and input from over 40 groups and about 1,000 people is evaluating recommendations to ease the tax load. Key questions include reducing local property tax, boosting state aid to schools without raising overall costs, and replacing the sales tax hike. The panel aims for public acceptance before the 56th General Assembly reconvenes in late 1956.
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Iowa
56Th General Assembly
Hoegh
House Chamber
State House
Des Moines
Monticello Express Official Newspaper Details
The Monticello Express is the official Monticello Iowa newspaper established July 10 1865. It is published weekly on Monday and Thursday and circulated in Jones Clinton Cedar Delaware Dubuque Jackson and Linn counties with annual subscriptions 4 50 in counties named and 5 50 elsewhere in the United States.
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Monticello
Jones County
Iowa
Monticello Express
Iowa Press Association
National Editorial Association
Newspaper Advertising Service, Inc
Chicago
Iowa Press Advertising Service
Des Moines
Jones
Clinton
Cedar
Delaware
Dubuque
Jackson and
Linn Counties
The
United States
Muzumdar Defends Candidacy as Act of Faith in 12 Iowa Counties
Muzumdar frames his congressional bid as an act of faith hoping to gain support across Iowa's 12 counties. He seeks help from fellow citizens to form local campaign committees and share ideas on foreign policy and relations with Asia and Africa. He emphasizes a constructive foreign policy and welcomes inquiries.
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Towa
Asia
Africa
Drive-In Education Era Sparks Curiosity and Change
The Gilmer Mirror notes the rise of drive-in convenience shaping daily life from restaurants and theaters to banks and churches. It envisions a future where schooling and shopping require minimal walking, with students someday driving to campuses to obtain an education.
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Gilmer
Tex
Castle Grove Honor Marked by Two Birthday Parties
Castle Grove's F H Kromminga was honored Thursday with two gatherings at his home to celebrate his birthday. Relatives and neighbors joined in pinochle games with prizes awarded to Clarence Stadtmueller and Richard Kromminga, while Mrs. George Seehusen and Mrs. Fritz Kromminga hosted related festivities. Also noted were attendance at the Lux wake for Walter Lux and his son Larry, and a funeral in Ryan for Walter Lux.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
F. H. Kromminga
Ed Siebels
Clarence Stadtmueller
George Seehusen
Henry Stadtmueller
Louie Alferts
Fred Kromminga
Grace
Richard Kromming
Mr. Kromminga
Ben Keith
Gordon Keith
Richard Kromminga
Roger
Ed Kromminga
Anamosa
Lux
Art Weber
Delbert Weber
Junior DeShaw
Walter Lux
Larry
Ryan
Worthwhile club plans Blind School tour
The Worthwhile club and families will tour the School for the Blind in Vinton on Tuesday March 6. They will meet at the Richard Shelley home at 9 a.m. Attendees should bring a sack lunch or plan to eat at a cafe.
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Vinton
School For the Blind
Richard Shelley
Burlington Guests Dine With Rogers Before Army Call
Mr. and Mrs. Delmar King Keith and Karen and Pvt. Glen King were dinner guests Wednesday in Burlington at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Rogers and Mrs. Barbara Rogers. In the afternoon they drove to Fort Madison with the Rogers women where Pvt. Glen King left by train for Amarillo Texas to visit his brother Wayne. From Amarillo he would report to Fort Sill Oklahoma for the second eight weeks of army training. The Luther league met at the church Sunday evening Naomi Stadtmueller gave the program and refreshments were served by Ruth Eiben.
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Burlington
Delmar King
Keith
Karen
Glen King
R. G. Rogers
Barbara Rogers
Fort Madison
Amarillo
Tex
Wayne
Fort Sill
Okla
Luther League of the SS. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church
Naomi Stadtmueller
Ruth Eiben
Peniel Church Women Plan Thursday Cleaning
The Women’s fellowship of Peniel Presbyterian church will meet at the church Thursday March 1 for a general cleaning. The regular meeting will be held in the afternoon. Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr and Mrs George Seehusen included Will Seehusen Pomeroy Iowa Otto Danneman Amber and Marvin Seehusen and families of Hampton. Overnight guests were Will Seehusen and Marvin Seehusen families. Rev George Tjaden and family of Wyoming visited Friday evening with James McLaughlin’s family.
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Women’s Fellowship of
Peniel Presbyterian Church
George Seehusen
Will Seehusen
Pomeroy
Iowa
Otto Danneman
Amber
Marvin Seehusen
Hampton
George Tjaden
Wyoming
James McLaughlin
Carol Bader
Monticello
Lutheran Ladies Aid
Anna Gerdes
Henry Husman
Scotch Grove
Henry Stadtmueller
Max Specht
Albert Johnson
Anna Heiken
Herman Reth
Velma Reth
Raymond Kromminga
George Sechusen
Monticello and Anamosa Local News Summary
Community notices report hospital patients and visitors in Monticello and Anamosa. Families move homes, hosted dinners, and attend local church events while a Farm Bureau institute and a harp concert are noted. A citizenship registration Q&A outlines 18 year olds must register and penalties for noncompliance.
Selective Service Chairman Answers Questions on Registration
John W. O. Kinley chairman of the Jones county local board explains Universal Military Training and Service act requirements. Every male citizen and other males in the United States aged 18 to 26 must register, with certain exceptions for armed forces members and some aliens. Registration is a continuing obligation and must be fulfilled. 18 year olds register at a local board office.
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United States
John W. O. Kinley
Jones County
Kinler
Monticello Neighbor Visits Maquoketa Parents Weekend
Miss Nan Barron a Maquoketa teacher weekend visitor in the home of her parents Mr and Mrs J R Barron of Monticello.
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Nan Barron
Maquoketa
J. R. Barron
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W. Earl Hall
Mason City Globe Gazette
Bob Schwartz
Swea City Herald
Haridas T. Muzumdar
Muzumdar
Joe Smith
Express
Ness
Mrs. Delmar King
Luther League
Marvin Stahlberg
Monticello Hospital
Mary Ganfield
Cascade
Judith Black
Russell
Shirley
Susan
Henry Rickels
Donald Weber
Gertrude DeShaw
Hopkinton
Henry Seehusen, Jr
Clifford Herr
Cathie
Bert King
William Marsh
Raymond E. Adams
Jack Fraser
Max Speeht
Marvin Thomsen
Second Farm Bureau Institute
Elizabeth
Kenneth
Robert Rickels
Norma
Peggy
Marvin
Mark
Selective Service Board
Selective Service
Seven-Up Bottling CO
Union Lenten
John F. Bauman
W. Russell Hunter
Shade
Homeguard
Panner
Casey
G. M
Casey” Jones
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