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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1969
Page
4
An editorial blends humor on stump removal methods with a serious traffic case. It contrasts old fake fixes with modern tradeoffs and argues for policy changes to handle high speed chases. It weighs the Burlington motorcycle crash and endorses clearer penalties and officer discretion to reduce deadly outcomes.
Abigail Van Buren outlines a reader's experience of a former wife who ran around, caused divorce, and left four children with custody and support issues. The letter alleges misused child support, repeated child transfers, and ongoing financial strain after remarriage. The writer argues for responsible child support and questions the system's fairness.
A reader cites 1965 statistics on crash rates by driver age. Fatalities per 100000 rise for younger drivers while older drivers show fewer total accidents but higher risk per incident. Advice touches on parental driving fears and a reprinted letter about license re-testing and safety concerns.
The Washington Evening Journal page shows the newspaper's masthead with location Washington Iowa contact numbers staff titles and various associations and memberships listed including United Press Leased Wire Inland Daily Press Association Iowa Daily Press Association Iowa Press Association Audit Bureau of Circulations and mail subscription rates in Iowa
A Des Moines briefing outlines questions over longevity and overtime pay for Highway Commission workers under the merit system. It also covers how the tax reform bill may affect Iowa tax laws, including the standard deduction and the shift in federal to state liability, with remarks from state revenue director William Forst. The piece closes by noting Keep America Beautiful findings on littering by gender and age.
A San Antonio letter laments absence during a husband’s draft testing love’s endurance with a Roger de Bussy-Rabutin quote. A reader asks about cremation weight, estimating 8 or 9 pounds. Q and open questions mix humor on twins, naps, milk in dishes, morning births, car mechanics, Lucrezia Borgia, and a milk times reminiscence.
A bridge hand from a 1969 column analyzes why declarer failed against three no trump after West led a spade. The writer argues the better play was to duck the jack when East holds two spades, outlining how inference about East's two or three spades changes the result and emphasizes judgment over luck.
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