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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1968
Page
4
A reflective piece counsels faith that all things work for good and notes life’s burdens. It uses a humor filled hat anecdote about lost identity to urge empathy and perspective as readers imagine returning a stranger’s hat marked with a name.
Crowds line up at 7:30 a.m. for reserved seats to the home talent production Show Boat. An estimated 3,000 townsfolk and visitors will attend over six days, with many locals in the audience and some from nearby areas. The writer recalls past show support and notes a renewed interest in cinema as a new double theatre rises in Iowa City, seeking lighter studio fare from Hollywood.
In a contract bridge description by B Jay Becker the famed L Spier's six heart contract is hailed as imaginative yet tragically poor in outcome. Across six tables different lines yielded higher scores with Spier's hand highlighted by a dramatic squeeze and clever ruffing. The piece ends with sympathy for Spier as others posted better results.
Readers share views on whether four year olds should witness a cat birthing. Some urge privacy for the mother cat while others advocate education through observing farm animals. Several letter writers warn against forcing an audience and suggest age appropriate contexts.
A license to wed was issued Friday to Dean Edward Long of Route 1 Salem Iowa and Carla Frances Kephart of Crawfordsville by Washington Clerk of Court Robert Porter. Washington Community School board members will meet Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the administration building on East Jefferson Street.
A collage of quirky stats and quips: older women top hat spending, average sellers on slopes stay brief, forecasts of ultrasonic laundry, shoehorned social habits, coyotes’ stomachs reveal jackrabbit as a staple, businessmen lunching in cafeterias, teens and petting, early recording trivia, actor pay per commercial, fox terriers fading, chrysanthemum petals in salads, and a German scientist naming 15 words cats say.
George Horn and spouse top the field in the Y's Men pinochle marathon with 12 200 points after ten rounds, holding a sizable edge over Floyd Blankenhorn and partner at 10 190. The top ten also includes Verle Gallagher Ed Blattner Harold Klopfenstein Robert Wiley Paul Beard Gerald Edwards Hugo Lensch and William Jones with scores from 8 940 down to 6 290.
Phillip De Wayne Brunk, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Brunk of 710 South 9th, has enlisted in the U S Navy. A 1967 graduate of Washington High School, he will begin basic training at the U S Navy Training Center in San Diego California learning military customs and courtesies seamanship and personal hygiene. After nine weeks he will receive 14 days leave to visit family before his first ship or station assignment.
Iowa Republican Chairman Jack Warren said more than 4,000 tickets would be sold for a $25 dinner on April 16 honoring U.S. Senator Rourke Hickenooper R Iowa. Featured speaker will be Senate Majority Leader Everett Dirksen Illinois. Hickenooper is stepping down and not seeking re-election.
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