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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1961
Page
7
Monticello begins civil defense organization with an initial meeting at the Community building last Thursday. Civil Defense mobilizer Don Schoon says another gathering is planned for later this week as plans from Washington are awaited.
Monticello civil defense organizers plan drills after learning the federal government will fund half the cost of warning systems and staff. The group notes Dubuque as a primary nuclear target and prepares shelters, headquarters sites, and coordination with Red Cross and state officials.
Mrs. John Moehl of Center Junction won the Express Reader contest for a letter proposing improvements. She earns a $25 savings bond from nearly 30 entries. The survey of 3,781 reader families shows 70-plus percent response and details on reading habits and praised features.
In Monticello Community school district and county races, turnout was light with 156 ballots in the district election. Incumbents Dick Long and Louis Morf led in most precincts, while Dean Newman defeated Harold Larson in the county contest.
The 1962 county budget in Jones County totals 2 917 125 dollars based on 1961 levies. The board of supervisors approved allocations across general, court, poor, state institutions, mental health, relief, fair, OASI, IPERS, weed eradication, memorial, conservation, roads, education, extension, and various towns and school districts with ten funds up, five down, one unchanged. A county memorial fund was added and an eradication fund not set. cemetery funds added for several townships.
Two drivers faced OMVI charges in Jones County district court this week. O. J. Meade received a suspended sentence to a Fort Madison penitentiary for up to one year with parole for two years and a 90 day license restriction. Carl Lee Newhard was fined 300 dollars plus costs for CMVL and must begin monthly payments, with eligibility for a license after 90 days.
The Monticello Express begins its 12th annual football contest. entries appear each Thursday before a Panther game, with a $10 prize for the top predictor. Open to all except Express employees and families. one entry per person. blanks must be postmarked.
County crews work on county road A from Monticello to the Linn county line in a four step program begun June 3 with a projected finish of September 22. The $228000 project uses new methods under State Highway Commission and Bureau of Public Roads oversight with laboratory controlled testing.
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