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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1975
Page
3
A Monticello Express editorial urges farm and town residents to lock doors and windows, light exterior entries, mark valuables with serial numbers, and keep records. It recommends using the Monticello police metal engraver, notifying police and neighbors during trips, using timers, and holding mail to deter burglars.
The Beloit College president Miller Upton urges support for individual excellence over sympathy for misfits in a Beloit magazine excerpt. He argues society improves by focusing on high achievers who act, solve problems, and model decency rather than chasing a so called great society.
In a column readers urge Monticello to start a bicentennial art and paint project, noting many towns run contests with business support and sponsor money. The writer laments talk over action and complains about tax loopholes highlighted by a recent report on American millionaires.
A letter questions modern youths demand for constant entertainment while recalling a pre-television era with no youth centers. It argues for family contact, hobbies, and community responsibility, noting past youth dances were halted due to disturbances. It ends with local weather and flood news from Monticello area.
Official Monticello Iowa weekly newspaper announces its Thursday publication schedule and association memberships. Subscriptions cost 8.00 in local counties and 10.50 elsewhere in the United States with servicemen rates at 8.00 worldwide. Advertising services are provided by national and regional representatives.
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