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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1961
Page
5
The United States Information Agency administers a $2,270,000 annual RIAS budget. A threat to Communist control of East Germany looms as Washington weighs a swap offering guaranteed western access to Berlin in exchange for eliminating the RIAS voice.
The piece argues that high U S steel prices and a shrinking position in the world market are driven by wages around $3 per hour. It contends political debate ignores basic economics, noting labor costs as the dominant factor in pricing processed products and payroll pressures.
The piece recalls Kefauver’s 1950s hearings exposing gambling and tax evasion. Mortimer M Caplin estimates annual federal losses of about 4 billion dollars from income tax evasion on gambling. It urges Senator Kefauver to renew investigations, even at cost of publicity.
A magazine in New York argues that a single car strengthens family ties, contrasting with the idea of multiple vehicles. It emphasizes shared mobility as a core element of togetherness.
Readable items from Monticello history note engagements marriages and moves including Anna Mae Schmidt wedding to Marvin Schneider and Janet Arlene Steuri engagement to Galen Engelbart. Also reports of arrivals from Yokohama a faculty club election and local business ties along with a long retrospective of past decades and community events.
The Monticello Express is the official Monticello and Jones County newspaper established July 10, 1865. It is a member of the Iowa Press Association and National Editorial Association with ads via Newspaper Advertising Service and Iowa Press Advertising Service. One year subscriptions are $4 in specific Iowa counties and $5 elsewhere in the United States. servicemen pay $4 worldwide.
The Center Junction Woman's Club held its opening meeting at Chester Sheets home in Maquoketa last Thursday with a 6 30 dinner, a brief business session, and a round table discussion where Mr Sheets answered questions about displayed antiques. New members Ray McDonald and Robert Krutzfield joined. An executive meeting is set for 8 p m tonight at Don Ketelsen’s home.
Mrs. Clarence Huston hosted a 1:30 dessert luncheon and pinochle on Monday. Mrs. Mabel Fearhart is absent from teaching duties due to a broken ankle. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wilcox returned to San Francisco after visiting local relatives and a Monticello picnic was held in their honor. Mrs. Herman Gutzeit hosted a luncheon for Mrs. Anna Petersen and her daughter Lt Wanda Petersen who will transfer from Annapolis to Memphis. Mrs. Jesse Allen joined a Sunday picnic at Ed Tomlinson cabin near Mt. Vernon. The Onslow Bridge Club met for a 1:30 luncheon and card games Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Al Fuchs are away.
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