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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1967
Page
4
This column critiques a proposed 10 percent income tax hike tied to wartime needs, arguing no tax is truly temporary. It cites distrust of government promises, recalls WWI taxes, and urges clear language from the President rather than vague assurances. The piece also reflects on medicine faith and a light anecdote about a dented car.
US News & World Report argues the Supreme Court is highly political with a Catholic a Jew and a Negro member while women unions and business lack representation. It notes nine seats leave farmers youth and other groups unrepresented and suggests expanding to mirror House size for broader inclusion and closer votes.
A bridge observer visits a national championship and watches Ches ter Sludgebucket play three notrump. Sludgebucket ducks hearts, then leads a diamond from dummy, letting East win with the jack and later makes three notrump. The hand underscores expert judgment beyond luck.
Washington Iowa edition notes events and notices for Thursday August 17 1967. Local items may include community notices, social pages, classifieds and brief updates from area organizations.
CHICAGO UPI A Chicago management firm Humber Mundie and McClary reports that company loyalty, long a firmhold of industry, has not vanished but transformed. Once firms were family owned with little mobility and limited education. postwar era brought public ownership GI bill higher education and widespread travel. Today loyalty centers on self fulfillment and new forms of allegiance across distant communities.
United Press International reports on schooltime apparel for girls stressing unfussy, frill-free styles. Sweater dresses, shirt dresses, jumpers, blazers and kilts lead, with knits, corduroys and tweeds in fabrics like dura-press. Plaids and stripes dominate for girls, while coats include ski jackets and hooded corduroys. Boys wear shirts and slacks with jackets or sweaters in wool, corduroy and twill fabrics.
The piece explores victim compensation ideas gaining traction in the United States inspired by New Zealand and England. It notes victims often lack insurance and suing criminals is unreliable, while weighing objections about fair eligibility and fairness across different injury cases.
The 1967 ABA report references a poll showing support for compensation to families of murder victims. Plans advance as optimism and skepticism mix. President James Monroe’s policy statement from 1823 is invoked as a guiding voice of experience.
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