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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1965
Page
4
A devotional meditation notes Psalm 41 1 blessing those who consider the poor and God extends mercy to both the needy and their helpers. It reflects on divine awareness of all troubles and the care given in time of trouble.
In hot Washington Iowa, a local observer praises the public library as a cool, comfortable retreat with ample reading, magazines, and newspapers. The piece applauds the State Highway Department for plans to build restrooms, telephones, and dispensers on Interstate 80, aiming to improve rest areas and traveler convenience along the route.
Dr Benjamin Spock the famed baby doctor backs natural instinct over book learned methods at the White House Conference on Education. He says educated mothers may hinder rather than help child rearing, noting instinct remains powerful beyond lectures and courses. The Boston Globe reports.
Iowa Highway Commission to install ten rest areas along I 35 and I 80 with brick stone and wood structures. Each unit will have running water vending machines pay phones and steel picnic tables. One employee will staff paired sites daily. Completion aimed for spring with potential expansion if successful.
The Washington Public Library displays a broad youth oriented selection from the American Library Association. New titles include The Incongruous Spy and The Looking Glass War by John LeCarre, Life Begins at Fifty by Walter Pitkin, and several biographies and novels featuring war, mystery, and travel.
Washington Evening Journal publishing staff and office details with masthead notes, editor, business manager, and affiliations. Includes publication schedule, postal info, and 1965 subscription rates for Iowa and outside Iowa with per week carrier rates.
Tom Ball recounts a breezy misadventure hitch-hiking through New York City while seeking to join John Lindsay's campaign. He theatrically feigns staff ambitions, phones campaign offices, and impresses an advance director who invites him into a back room, then into a broader conversation about politics and service.
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