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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1972

Page

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Reichart announces Democratic bid for Iowa House district 22

Monticello native Helen Reichart announces candidacy for the Iowa House of Representatives from the 22nd District. She lists a career in health care, physical therapy, and public service, pledging tax reform, farmer support, consumer rights, and health care improvements.

Helen Reichart Monticello Iowa Dubuque Dyersville Miss Reichart Iowa Physical Therapy Assn United Cerebral Palsy of Lilian Smith

Luett seeks Democratic nomination for 23rd district

Ed Luett aged 67 of Delmar announces candidacy on the Democratic ticket for state representative from the 23rd District in the August 1 primary. The district covers nine townships in Jones county five in Cedar five in Clinton two in Jackson and all of Maquoketa. Luett a lifelong farmer and Clinton county Farm Bureau president has served on multiple local boards and is married to Gladys with six children.

Ed Luett Delmar Jones County Cedar Clinton Jackson Maquoketa Luett Jackson County Monmouth High School Iowa State Univeristy Ames Clinton County Farm Bureau Lost Nation Farmers Elevator Board Buckhorn Creamery Co Baldwin Savings Bank Lost Nation-Elwood Telephone Co First Lutheran Church of ISU Charlie Luett Monticello State Bank

Gubernatorial Campaign Forum Draws Hundreds

James Lynch John Tapscott and Roger Jepsen spoke at a governor race event emceed by Walter Gavin ISEA president. Several hundred attendees heard the remarks as coverage noted on the editorial page.

James Lynch John Tapscott Roger Jepsen Walter Gavin ISEA

Scout-O-Rama exhibit opens Saturday in Monticello

Scout-O-Rama opens at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Youth Center in Monticello with a cannon firing. Glen Gabriel leads the show as 250 to 300 Scouts from Wapsiketa district display 26 indoor and 20 outdoor booths, plus a Pinewood Derby. About 2,100 tickets sold. seven-county Hawkeye Area Council sponsors two other Scout-O-Ramas in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids.

Monticello Dick Newton Glen Gabriel Wapsiketa Boy Scouts Hawkeye Iowa City Cedar Rapids

Record three l car mishaps

A car driven by Alan Vincent Merrill seventeen of Wyoming left highway one thirty six early Sunday morning six miles south of Cascade. Merrill was traveling north and apparently fell asleep. The 1969 Chrysler sustained six hundred dollars damage to the front end. The Iowa Highway Patrol investigated at about five a.m. noting Merrill had been up all night for the junior senior prom.

Alan Vincent Merrill Wyoming Highway 136 Cascade Merrill Chrysler Iowa Highway Patrol Anamosa Highway 64

Bloodmobile Donors Set New Record at Monticello Stop

The Monticello bloodmobile event on May 2 collected 141 pints, surpassing the 125 pint quota and beating the previous all time high. Deputy sheriff John Miller investigated a separate traffic crash near Hopkinton involving Mary Ellen Sickles. A tractor accident near Mt. Vernon injured Glen Strother. Total donors were 152 with 30 new donors and 44 pints replaced for patients.

Monticello Paul Lumpa North Jones Red Cross John McDonald John Wild Carl Wolken Don Bergman Jack Knopp Robert Thoeni John Hornstein Loras Kremer Merle Dirks James Townsend Louis Freese Sam Reyner R.N Harry Pruit Wayne Wolf Walter Zubler Robert Roussell Robert Devaney Dennis Yeager John McDonald Hospital

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University of Iowa State Health Department Women’s Army Corps U. S. Air Force New Guinea Philippines Orthopedic and Reichart Nancy Snitker Midwest Textile Outlets, Inc Midwest Textile Weather Report Paul Franzenburg Mike Senate U. S Jack Miller Richard Clark John Culver District of Iowa Education Assn Allen E. Husmann Olin John Miller Mary Ellen Sickles Hopkinton Highway 38 Maquoketa River Bridge Highway Patrol Glen G. Strother St. Luke’s Hospital Strother Mt. Vernon Randolph, McDermott DeShaw Senft Gerald Schubick Garry Cooper James Robinson Yeager
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