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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1967
Page
4
Washington Evening Journal critiques reliance on famous speakers for conventions and television advertising. It argues genuine, informed voices trump prestige, noting the hollow valorization of big names and lamenting shallow educational value in media.
An August heat and open windows turn barking into a neighborhood nuisance as owners mishear complaints. The piece argues dogs howl through day and night while owners miss the din, with polite owners offering lectures that silence Rover only briefly before the racket returns.
Washington report weighs Lyndon Johnson's four years in the White House and the Great Society, assessing his gains like Medicare and civil rights against costs of Vietnam and rising welfare spending. The piece notes a shifting political climate as 1968 nears and GOP prospects rise on war and domestic unrest.
Abigail Van Buren presents readers with a mix of domestic quirks and teen concerns. A wife laments her husband’s hobo persona masking wealth, another wonders how to handle a navy-pressured son, and a secretary questions accepting gifts from a wealthy, older suitor during lunching sessions. The column ends noting the cost to launch a B 47 bomber.
The Crawfordsville Cloverettes met at the Legion Hall with seventeen members two visitors and two leaders. They discussed fair results and bought garment topics led by Rosemary Curtis Brenda Swift and Janet Dare. A health habits panel with Rosemary Brenda Janet followed.
Miss Mary Byrne of Coralville was honored Tuesday at a miscellaneous bridal shower in the North Liberty home of Mrs. Ronald Vinnes. Co hosts were Mrs. Larry Palmer Cedar Rapids Miss Mary Ellen Robert and Sylvia Williams. Miss Byrne will wed Charles Wolfe of Iowa City on September 9 in Iowa City. Special guests were the mothers of the couple Mrs. B J Byrne and Mrs. Ralph Wolfe.
The Cedar Clippers 4-H Club met at Anita and Danise Hammen’s home with eight members present plus two leaders and a junior leader. They planned a September cook-out with a committee of Julie and Maria Johnson and Anita and Denise Hammen and discussed a record book workshop.
The notice lists the Washington Evening Journal staff including David Elder as Editor and Business Manager, William Shannon as Vice President Advertising Director, Charles Morris as News Editor, Bob Shaffer in Local Advertising, and Howard Hazen as Production Superintendent. It notes publication afternoons except Sunday, Christmas and July 4th and confirms postal classification and press affiliations with United Press Leased Wire and press associations.
South wins eleven tricks after a lucky jack finesse in spades and careful discard on dummy's fourth diamond. The article notes the choice between finesse and drop play, explaining the finesse guarantees the contract while drop play risks defeat even if the finesse succeeds.
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