Bid Open for New Police Car Picks Stephen Buick-Pontiac
A special city council meeting awarded the bid for a 1976 Pontiac Ventura to Stephen Buick-Pontiac at 3934.69 dollars if all specifications are met. If items are missing the contract goes to K and P Chevrolet Olds at 3994 dollars, with other bids from Schoon Ltd Dodge Dart 4210 Freese Motors 4286 and Ford Granada.
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Stephen Buick-Pontiac
K & P Chevrolet
Schoon, Ltd
Freese Motors
George Eastburn
Monticello 1974 street program bonds approved
A resolution was passed providing for issuance of 32000 dollars in bonds for the 1974 street program. Discussion touched on parking meters, revenue loss, repairs, and vandalism but no conclusions reached. Mayor James Townsend presided with councilors Janet Fraser Ray Kleinow Glenn Hargrave Jack Schmidt Al Westhoff Eastburn city attorney A N Strittmatter and assistant city clerk Sue Burrichter present.
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James Townsend
Janet Fraser
Ray Kleinow
Glenn Hargrave
Jack Schmidt
al Westhoff
Eastburn
A. N. Strittmatter
Sue Burrichter
Thieves hit Apco take guns ammo in Monticello theft
Police report a Sunday morning break in at the Apco service station in Monticello. 19 Savage shotguns and rifles and 161 boxes of shells were stolen along with a tape player gloves cigarettes and two fish finder gauges. A separate theft stole a Johnson CB radio from Ken Sedlacek’s car in the 600 block of S Walnut. vandals damaged Pine street windows and a Coast to Coast window, Edwards store, and a residence on W 6th Street.
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Monticello
Apco
Paul Ponder
Ponder
Ken Sedlacek
Sediacek
S. Walnut
Johnson CB Messenger
South Pine Street
Edwards Department
Henry Ehlts
W. 6Th St
Monticello Native Named Cedar Rapids School Superintendent
Dr. Marvin Maire of St. Louis Park Minnesota, with Monticello roots and a career in Lost Nation Oskaloosa Maquoketa and South Euclid Lyndhurst Ohio, is named superintendent of Cedar Rapids Community Schools and will start January 1. The 1945 Lost Nation graduate holds degrees from Coe College University of Iowa and University of Wisconsin and has a wife and three children.
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Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Marvin Maire
St. Louis Park
Minn
Dr. Maire
Coe College
University of Iowa
University of Wisconsin
Lost Nation
Oskaloosa
Maquoketa
South Euclid- Lyndhurst
Cleveland
Ohio
MVMPA Starts Building New Monticello Office and Warehouse
MVMPA begins construction of a new 80 by 162 foot Cuckler building for its Mississippi Valley Ag-Services division at the U S 151 Amber road junction south of Monticello. Maryville Construction Co of East Dubuque handles the contract. The facility will have about 3 000 sq ft office and 10 000 sq ft warehouse space plus a 11 by 60 ft 50 ton scale. Total project cost is around 250 000 dollars with completion targeted for January 20 1976. Mississippi Valley Ag-Services serves Iowa Illinois and Wisconsin farmer members providing feed fertilizer and other production inputs with sales sites in Monticello Hopkinton and Farley.
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Mississippi Valley
Ag-Services Division
U. S. 151
Amber Road
Monticello
Maryville Construction Co
East Dubuque
Cuckler
Mississippi Valley Ag-Services
Mississippi Valley Milk Producers Association
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Ag-Services
Hopkinton
Farley
South Main St
Highway 151
Four New Criminal Charges Filed in Jones County Court
Friday filings in Jones county district court include four new charges. Steven Jeffrey Dorothy faces driving with license suspended, Howard George Herbeck charged with OMVUS. Two marijuana possession charges against Randall Ray DeKlotz and Charles Steward Cerny were dismissed with other dismissal requests. A habeas corpus writ granted custody to defendant Sherry Jo Penhollow. Ronald Wayne Yardem pleads not guilty to carrying a concealed weapon with trial set for November 10. An escape trial for Edward H. McClusky is scheduled for October 20.
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Jones County District Court
Steven Jeffrey Dorothy
Howard George Herbeck
OMVUS
Randall Ray DeKlotz
Charles Steward Cerny
Sherry Jo Penhollow
Arthur Godfrey Penhollow
Ronald Wayne Yardem
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Pine St
Weather Report
C. R
Edwards
MVMPA
Mvmpa Ag-Service Division
Creamery
Jones District
Reformatory
Edward H. McClusky
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