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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1968

Page

5

Wrong Number Dialogue Delights and Frustrations

A Washington caller recounts daily wrong number rings from The Princess seeking Sharon. The piece humorously contrasts irritation with empathy while detailing playful anecdotes about their conversations and the caller's imagined meeting.

Washington UPI Sharon

Dear Abby Voices On Adoption And Dating Dilemmas

Abigail Van Buren gathers reader questions on child adoption discipline parenting and a romance where a daughter awaits engagement. Advice urges secure reassurance for a adopted child and notes possible parental resistance from the suitor’s family as a factor in relationship outcomes.

Abby Pamela

Agreement to hold line on steel contract

Johnson administration presses economic pressure on steel firms to calm prices. Republic Steel and Armco rolled back some price boosts for military steel, while Bethlehem kept its 5 percent rise but pledged competitive pricing. A lunar eclipse follows the moon entering Earth's 900000 mile shadow.

Washington UPI Johnson Defense Department Republic Steel Corp Armco Steel Shell Steel Bethlehem Steel

Waco votes set for September district election

Waco district residents will vote September 9 to elect two board members and a district treasurer. Nomination papers are due August 10–30. Expiring posts are Director District 4 held by Eugene Baker and At Large by Herbert Hult. Melvin Clark of Wayland named district treasurer, starting July 1, 1969. Regular August board session August 10 at 8 p.m.

Waco Eugene Baker Herbert Hult Board of Education Melvin Clark Wayland Clark Yoder Feeds Waco Board

Dale Dunbar Fined for Disorderly Peace Charge

Dale Dunbar paid a 25 dollar fine after being charged with disturbing the peace. He was apprehended by city police and appeared in the justice of the peace court.

Dale Dunbar Justice of the Peace Court

Reservation boom threatens public parks and beaches

National parks face crowding as private ownership rises, with experts predicting three year advance bookings by 1974 and widespread rationing of public recreation into the late 1970s. California data show Labor Day turnaways, while second homes surge toward one seventh of housing by 1970.

California Terence Ragan Recreation Land Investments Beverly Hills Calif GWR Land Co Ragan U.S

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