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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1962
Page
4
A group of twelve Iowa schools opposes consolidation and threatens state aid cuts. The editorial calls such anti consolidation labels communist scare tactics and defends public schooling as essential to national defense. It argues local districts deserve state support and criticizes fear driven rhetoric and junk mail analogies.
A national poll of 40,000 school boards shows 55.2 percent oppose increased federal aid to education while 30.6 percent favor it. The association says boards want current federal programs continued and 63 percent expect adequate funds for five years.
A proposed bill by Reps. Cunningham and Udall would empower individuals to block junk mail by requesting removal from lists or requiring a sworn statement to revoke a sender's permit. Law already tackles fraud, but junk mail poses tricky issues due to sale of mailing lists and repeat sends across multiple lists.
The piece critiques Western complacency as Russia conducts large scale nuclear tests while the United States and allies lag in underground testing. It argues for clear explanation to the world of Russia's pace and scale, urges stronger advocacy at the United Nations, and calls for more robust information sharing to defend free nations. The writer warns of a propaganda gap and urges decisive messaging.
Readers ask about repairing a tied fallopian tube and treating a narrowed mitral valve. Solutions include consulting the original surgeon, seeking university hospital care at no charge, and considering a heart valve operation. Dr Fern notes his column uses questions of general interest.
In Turin 1960, Morton Rubinow and Oswald Jacoby faced Norman Kay and B. Jay Becker. Jacoby, while West, led a diamond line and then a heart finesse to force a grand slam. Kay feigned singletons to signal length in hearts, but Jacoby instead finessed the nine and reached a slam, leaving Becker and Kay with a grin.
United Press International lists tonight’s NBC drama Sew age Sunday with Nick Adams and Ann Blyth as reporters detailing a country girl’s ill fortune in New York. NBC Hitchcock Presents features What Frightened You Fred as a plot to stop a governor candidate from becoming chief executive.
Acklands visit White Oak area over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Richard Ackland of Albert Lea Minnesota saw friends in Washington and Iowa City. Harry Hamilton remains at Veterans Hospital with a hoped for early return home. The Luers family reports the first garden of the season.
Rochester music professor Dr. Frederick Fennell led a four and a half year effort to recreate Civil War battle sounds. The project used Civil War instruments, Union and Confederate music, and a reactivated Battery B unit to record marches, bugle calls, and battle effects for Mercury Records. Volume I released with plans for Volume II and involved the Eastman Wind Ensemble and Studio narration by Martin Gabel.
Mrs. Maude White arrives from Oakland California after four months visiting her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Gilbert Boucha. Easter Sunrise Service held at United Presbyterian Church with about 50 attendees. House warming hosted by Dennis Graber family with local relatives attending. Florence Henss returns from Coralville after hospitalization in Iowa City.
Shirley Applegate of Washington purchased a registered Ayrshire cow from K. K. and Charles H. Evers of North English. The sale was confirmed by Ayrshire Breeders' Association Secretary David Gibson Jr. of Brandon, Vermont.
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