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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1968
Page
1
A study outlines possible operation of a community center with teens running the teen center under adult oversight. An adult director would supervise both centers, with part-time help. Season tickets and 50 cent day passes would fund access, plus a possible pool fee and a scholarship fund for needy students. Church groups could rent pool time if schedules allow.
An old column notes thinking may shift after professional planning assistance while listing the study group executive committee. The piece then compiles a police court docket with numerous individuals from Iowa and nearby states facing charges such as improper vehicle registration, overweight tonnage, speeding, fishing without a license, possession of beer as a minor, and parking violations with fines and costs.
From Monticello Community High School, valedictorian Greg Jansen leads the class with salutatorians Zana Heeren and Charlotte Tobias on the left. Principal Darold Albright presents the honors on stage as the ceremony highlights this year’s top graduates.
J Kirby of Anamosa and Kenneth Gary Fairley of Onslow are each ordered to pay $1 and court costs as part of a local judgment.
Ronald Hugh, 21, of Monticello, lost control on county road A west of Monticello at 1:30 a.m. resulting in a tree impact. A highway patrolman helped investigate. Hugh was hospitalized with a chin laceration. Eight rear poles shattered windshield. Curley sustained a head blow.
Four break-ins late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning May 21 22 are under investigation in Jones County towns Monticello Scotch Grove and Anamosa. At Dr Otto Senft’s Monticello office $54 cash and a stethoscope were taken after pryed back door entry. Scotch Grove Naylor Seed Co saw $4 stolen with back door pried. Eye Chevrolet Anamosa reported entry by front door but nothing missing. a safe at Senft’s was ransacked. Accidents included damage to cars at Wears Inc and Joslin’s 1967 Volkswagen. officials include Sheriff Ralph Albaugh and deputies Latuska Wright, with joint agency work by Monticello and Anamosa police. Vanourny’s store reported open desk drawers and $15 missing from cash drawer after pry marks on a north door.
Richard Farley, 19, of Monticello faces charges of reckless driving and operating a motor vehicle without a valid license after a Monday afternoon crash on a gravel road near the Maquoketa river dam. Honda rider Donald Kotz, 17, Monticello, was rear-ended by Farley driving a 1956 Ford. passenger Joane Heath, 16, Springville, and Kotz were treated for abrasions at John McDonald hospital and released.
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