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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1967
Page
5
A collage of Dear Abby letters addresses marital strain pigeon obsession and a forged signature followed by a legal aid note. A UPI Texas brief reports boats outnumber horses in Texas with 207000 pleasure craft vs 197000 horses.
Frank comments on a busy farming season with good seed oats harvests including the New Jaycee variety and the Hark variety in a 64 acre Registerer seed plot. John Peiffer leaves for an Army physical, while the operation expands to meet supplier demands and roadside seed projects. Recommendations come from Iowa State University and South Central Soil Conservation District.
Visitors drop in for a week of fellowship at the United Presbyterian Home including Mrs Kenneth Tate of Antioch Ill and Mrs James McDowell with son Don visiting Rev Guy Hamilton. Others include Dr and Mrs Chris Lunan of Palm Springs and Dr and Mrs Ewing Bailey of Waverly. Local guests share meals and attend services as part of a busy week.
Julie Laura and Robin Hessel are visiting their grandmother Mrs Adeline Tschantz in Wayland Iowa this week Attendees include Mrs Amelia Blattspeiler of Manly and Mr Mrs W J Graber Also Mrs C M Schantz of Parkview Home visits Iowa City with Gilbert Schantz and Chris of Los Alamos New Mexico and Mrs Harold Peterson of Gary Indiana A Worthwhile family gathering unfolds across several households with visits and hospital news including Ben H Neff admitted to Mercy Hospital for surgery and Mrs Rosa Hapes visiting from Kansas City Observers travel between Wayland and nearby towns with multiple relatives listed and social visits noted
New York dispatch notes a consumer request list from housewives and market researchers asking manufacturers to improve products. Suggestions include durable rug padding, heat resistant garment zippers, spill resistant flour packaging, longer lasting garment linings, fixed tape measures on sewing machines, interchangeable collars and cuffs, snap-on cuffs, and color matched iron-on patches for faded jeans.
Harmony Club met at the home of Mrs. Tony Meuth with nine members answering roll call on cooling methods. Mrs. Laton Schooley led business. Bingo was the entertainment by Mrs. Hattie Jones. One member celebrated a birthday, Mrs. Rex Widmer, who received a secret sister gift. Mrs. Mabel Dunbar won the door prize.
A Medical College of Georgia physician reports birth control pills relieve acne in six adults and 55 of 57 adolescents. A U S Public Health Service advisory warns of a possible 1967 68 influenza outbreak, urging immunization for high risk groups. nitrous oxide can rarely cause temporary deafness after anesthesia. FTC seeks health warnings in cigarette ads citing youth targets. Planned Parenthood predicts nearly a million illegal abortions in 1967 and concerns about oral contraceptives linked to cancer. Spearing in football cited as a common cause of head and neck injuries and fatalities in rare cases.
The article advises using a calcimine brush with long elastic hog bristles for water based areas and flat or chisel bristle enamel brushes for oil based paints. It stresses high quality brushes, matching back surfaces to sides for furniture, well fitting doors and hinges, and notes an estimated fabric stretch in apparel by 1970.
Des Moines reports two teenagers Brent Petersen 15 and Clinton Petersen 14 of Harlan will receive the State Certificate of Valor for rescuing two small children from a burning home on April 10. Ten others, including Yvonne Dennis 31 Council Bluffs and Raymond Akkerman 37 Harris, will receive State Life Saving Awards for various rescues and lifesaving actions across Iowa from 1966 to 1967. Governor Harold E. Hughes will present the honors at the Iowa State Fair Tuesday.
A compact five by four by two inch hair dryer weighs 11 ounces and fits in an overnight case. It doubles as a quick clothes dryer for hand washables. From Braun Electric America Inc Toledo Ohio. Also notes velour towel trims and new kitchen textiles from Cannon Mills Inc New York NY with matching dishcloths and potholders.
DIYers can transform wood linoleum or concrete floors into a colorful resilient glossy surface in under a day with a new kit that covers 35 square feet. The system uses a clear urethane glaze binder rolled on, followed by vinyl chip blends and a second binder coat from Dur A Flex Inc Hartford Connecticut.
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