Editorials and opinions on duty luck and censorship
The column opens with a Bible verse and a gag about a birthday cigar, then railings against early morning lawnmowers and betting scandals in pro football and basketball. It warns that betting by players invites organized crime and blackmail, praises stern discipline, laments lawn noise, and ends with National Library Week defender of readers freedoms against censorship urging vigorous enforcement of obscenity laws and resisting moral labeling by arbiters.
The Main Lines by W H Marriott on taxes and fame
A brief humorous musing on fear of making money raising tax fears and social status. Marriott contrasts folk who fear brackets with Henry Clay who preferred being right over becoming president, noting many are ambivalent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Clay
FDA seeks 315 new jobs to study ad labels meanings
Washington UPI report notes FDA chief George Larrick asked Congress for 315 positions including a surveyor to gauge consumer interpretation of terms like king size economy size and appetite con sumed fat. The author, Dick West, recounts his own informal sampling and humorous misreads while offering to apply for the job.
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Washington
UPI
The
Food and Drug Administration
Congress
FDA
George P. Larrick
House
Appropriations
Larrick
Polly
Jehovah's Witnesses Reply to Letter to the Editor
Mrs Merwin Kelley writes from Washington Iowa defending Jehovah's Witnesses stance. She notes Bible study daily and willingness to prove beliefs from Scriptures. She cites 2 Peter 2 1 2 1st Corinthians 5 9 10 and Matthew 20 19 20 to defend their preaching in 189 countries and territories.
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Jehovah's Witnesses
Kingdom Hall of
Washington
Iowa
Ava Maria
William J. Whalan
Paul
Easter visitors and gatherings across local families
Easter week in the community included Mrs. O. B. Godber Wellman hosting guests for Easter dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Jussell Winegarden and others from Mount Vernon. Shirley Bush, a student at SUL, visited with her parents, and M. Y. F. girls from Hesston College spent overnight with L. J. Powell. Several families hosted dinners, picnics, and visits as residents traveled to Keota, Washington, and Cedar Rapids area for celebrations and care.
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Wellman
Jussell Winegarden
Jack and
Joe Miller
Mount Vernon
Josie Yoder
Shirley Bush
Charles Bush
L. J. Powell
Hesston College
Bernard Redlinger
Bernard Redlinger Jr
Ival Redlinger
Lindie Redlinger
Willard Patterson
Louis Powell
Keota
Edna Blumenstein
Lizetta Walton
Tresa Yoder
Alma Huber
Lorimae Finley
Washington
Eva McDowell
Kinross
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Wayne McDowell
Nellie Groff
Will Eittermiller
Mrs. Eittermiller
Mrs. Groff
Youth Temperance Education Week Proclaimed in Iowa City
Governor Harold Hughes and Mayor L C Willits signed a proclamation designating April 21 to 27 as Youth Temperance Education Week in Iowa and in Washington. The declaration emphasizes abstinence from alcohol and narcotics, promotion of Christian ideals, respect for law, and safeguarding youth. It calls on citizens to support the program and educate youths about the dangers of substances.
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Harold Hughes
L.C. Willits
Iowa
Washington
Harold E. Hughes
State of
Washington Evening Journal masthead and circulation note
The Washington Evening Journal of Washington Iowa lists staff including David Elder editor and business manager William Shannon vice president advertising director Charles Morris news editor Bruce Cowden contributing editor and Howard Hazen production superintendent. The paper is published afternoons except Sunday Christmas and July 4 with post office second class matter under March 3 1879. Advertising rates show Inland Daily Press Association and Iowa Press Association affiliations with circulation terms and carrier pricing in Washington and surrounding areas.
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David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bruce Cowden
Howard Hazen
Post
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press
Ly Press
Iowa Press Audit Bureau of Circulations
Four Aces On Opening Trick In West Dealer Hand
A chesslike bridge curiosity from Syndicate Inc cites a hypothetical auction where four aces are played on the first trick. West leads hearts, South aims to win by ruffing with spade, East discards clubs, North covers with ace spade, and the declarer then cashes diamonds to complete the contract. The piece notes it is purely imaginary and offers the playful scenario for readers.
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Robert Darvas
West
South
East
Declarer
North
Es Syndwate, Inc
Lawn Care Tools for Garden Time
Washington (UPI) describes evolving garden tools from primitive rock tied to a club to steel tipped implements. It advises for small plots to buy durable high quality basics including spade spading fork bow rake a seven inch hoe with socket handle and a long hose. It notes wheel hoes for larger plots and caution about hose care and tool sanitation to prevent disease.
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Washington
UPI
Robert Capps Moves to Farm Home in Richland
Family moves from Milwaukee depot living quarters where he is agent to Kenneth Morrow farm north of Richland. Daryl Jones and Robert Pfeifer families plus others visited Epworth Iowa and Lancaster Wisconsin, touring Glen Hinde and Darrell Mitchell homes.
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Richland
Robert Capps
Milwaukee Depot
Kenneth Morrow
Daryl Jones
Robert Pfeifer
Epworth
Iowa
Lancaster
Wisc
Glen Hinde
Darrell Mitchell
Pekin
Ollie
Packwood
Farson
Glen Wonderlich
Ollie Farmer
Fairfield Hospital
Charles Schreiner
Fairfield
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Detroit Lions
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National Library Week
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Sully
Ne-Wah-Snah
Des Moines
Yaro Chmelar
YWCA
Gov
By Dick West
West Chester, Iowa
SUI
Mrs. 0. B. Godber
Marie van Dorn
Sam Rodgers
Esther
Washington, Iowa
West Dealer
East-West Vulnerable
King Feats
By Patrick Sloyan
United Press International
Department of Agriculture
Mrs
Otto Pfeifer
Frank Andrews
H.C. Fritchen
Memphis
Charles Pamper
Robert Holmes
Savvana
Ill
G.R. Holmes
Ottumwa
Friends Academy
Haviland
Kansas
Richland Friends Church
West Kansas
Wayne Davis
Burton Kent
Jones Funeral Home Ambulance Service
Olympia
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