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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1950
Page
5
Friday’s page reflects on lightening burdens and home life. It critiques excessive carnival culture and urges family centered vacations, public safety through common sense, and cautious views on communism, highlighting local editorials and a satirical note on modern conveniences.
Hollywood turns its gaze to Pasadena's Tournament of Roses after Universal-International picks up Pee gy. The Technicolor tale of a Rose Queen brings the famed New Year spectacle to the screen, capturing its splendor for audiences elsewhere.
Diana Lynn stars in Peggy with Coburn Greenwood and Lawrence at the State Theatre. The Rose Parade reels accompany the film, featuring sixty floats twenty bands 1500 paraders and 1.5 million spectators. The climax shows Ohio State vs California with Ohio winning the Rose Bowl.
Clarence Fulton reports on county road improvements through cooperative roadside spraying. A three-way funding plan covers the farmer, county, and a utility line owner, with Dave Livingston Jr supervising three spraying rigs. The program aims to kill plants at the roots and replace them with grass, reducing mowing in favor of a lasting effect.
Officials stress weed control as a state concern with a board of supervisors directing removal on highways. If adjoining landowners refuse, the county may clear sites and assess the cost plus 25 percent. Critics say spraying harms beneficial wildlife, though Dave Livingston notes little evidence of harm in their work.
Mr. Fulton a leading Izaak Walton league member says effects in the county have not been harmful to a great extent and that cover for birds and beasts will remain plentiful though some haunts may be destroyed.
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