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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1966
Page
4
The Washington Evening Journal comments on a 1966 Iowa senate merger bill, urging permissive county consolidation by voter choice and noting GOP platform support. It cautions about future leisure abundance and asks how society will use growing leisure time, suggesting current signs show limited free time despite rising affluence.
A Washington Evening Journal editor urges voters to act now by gathering information and discussing issues before November elections. He emphasizes the stakes in war or peace, authority or freedom, and national solvency, noting the critical role of an informed electorate in a free representative system.
Writer recalls travel from Washington Iowa to Summerside Prince Edward Island in 1966, describing the island’s geography, climate, and history from Summerside’s Summer Side House to modern motel grounds. Plans include seafood tastings and a harness racing evening with potential follow up.
Readers discuss evolving gender roles in dating finances and hosting relatives while sharing personal family stories. A letter-writer argues working women should not always pay, Abby suggests women can treat men, and a Long Beach couple describes hosting a father and stepmother with limited space. A wedding invitation concern and general advice follow.
A legal expert explains that all risks coverage does not mean absolute protection. Policies may list exceptions and the law can infer others, such as losses caused by the insured. The piece cites cases of a farmer flogging a horse to death and a homeowner neglecting a dog’s mess as examples of excluded or contested losses.
Courts say all risks policies cover outcomes not caused by own flagrant misconduct or inherent vice. Exceptions exist, but absence of such factors allows claims for losses like carpet damage from overzealous cleaning. Case referenced, 1966 American Bar Association.
In a series of contract bridge hands West is vulnerable with North holding four spades and South three. South errs by bidding three notrump over three clubs, missing a better route via three spades. A redoubled five clubs by South yields 950 points after a misled diamond dummy ruff. Six clubs would have yielded 920 points.
POTATO KEEPING UNIVERSITY PARK Pa UPL If you're discarding sprouted or shriveled potatoes seek cooler storage Harold Neich Penn State University expert says best keeping and cooking quality achieved at 45 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit Higher temperatures cause shrinkage and sprouting.
Washington reports a Department of Agriculture reversal allowing a herd of African exotic animals to land in the United States after a 60 day quarantine at Clifton New Jersey. The animals including giraffes gazelles and antelopes were at risk of being dumped overboard due to quarantine violations at ports. Cities from Omaha to Chicago awaited the arrivals and zoo officials cheered the policy shift.
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