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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1963
Page
4
In an Iowa City tone the Washington Evening Journal reflects on policing as public service and urges trust in law enforcement. It compares U S and English attitudes, calls for citizens to assist police, and notes efforts to collect back taxes using data processing to ease future tax burdens. It also questions rugged individualism and suggests a shift toward cooperation with authorities.
The piece argues that public opinion splits over the nuclear test ban pact as Americans weigh Khrushchev’s stance against Chinese Red opposition. It notes that opposing either side risks aligning with the other and suggests Chinese fury may push the pact toward broader acceptance.
Iowa congressman H R Gross is famed for blunt critiques of wasteful spending. He cites an Interior Department appropriation bill that would push outlays to 958 million, including 10 million for an Air Museum and 10 million for a Washington aquarium, calling it a worthless expense. He sums the mood with it’s only money. The piece reflects his outspoken Capitol Hill persona and populist critique of government budgets.
Washington reports on Amidon Elementary, opened near the Capitol in 1960 with 25 rooms for 148 pupils. Under principal Dorothy Johnson and Superintendent Carl Hansen, the school uses a track system focusing on reading arithmetic and phonetics, with disciplined, separate classrooms for different pace learners. By 1962, 96 percent scored above the national average and 87 percent exceeded expectations, while parents praise the challenge and contented children say they enjoy learning.
Scene notes gratitude for remembered friends and a family camping outing delayed by rain. Tales of trading stamps for sleeping bags for three children, a backyard sleepover, and a vet visit for two Siamese cats amid home life and humor. Marge closes with thanks to all.
United Press International reports on the debated test ban, noting doubts about whether the Soviet Union could be bound to a ban that protects U.S. interests. Key figures include Rep. Craig Hosmer and President Kennedy, with reference to Russia’s secret preps and the pace of U.S. testing. Also mentions U.S. food donations by the Agriculture Department reaching nearly 3.4 billion pounds in the first nine months of the fiscal year.
Reader recalls the Motts family once prominent in Washington with lighter complexions, barbers Fred Motts Mose Hall and Jim Redd, and two daughters Nora and Helen, plus sons Tom Ralph Robert and Leon who may have fared well in Chicago. Also mentions death of Mrs Grace Stephen and kind librarians Ruth Lytle and Grace Stephen, inviting local knowledge about the Motts lineage.
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