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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1965
Page
3
Dear Abby answers range from returning home after city life to wedding invitation dilemmas and unwed mother help. The reader thanks Abby for guiding them to a supportive Louisville home, while other letters discuss humor in setbacks, knobby knees, parental divorce, and wedding guest etiquette.
U P Home Supt Richard Colby leaves Friday with his family for Lake Waubesa cabin near Madison returning next Wednesday. Various relatives arrive or visit Keota and area. travelers plan trips to England and Monmouth for psychology meeting. New roads and a shuffleboard court are also under development for the coming week.
Matt H. Murphy the Ku Klux Klan's flamboyant attorney was killed in a car-truck collision on U.S. Highway 11 six miles north of Tuscaloosa at about 4 a.m. CST. Murphy gained national attention for defending Collie Wilkins Jr. in the Liuzzo case, delivering a fiery summation before a mistrial and a September retrial date.
Des Moines UPI safety official Ben Ploof urged Iowa drivers to take special precautions as about 725,000 students return to classes during the weeks of August 23 and 30. He warned children will cross unfamiliar streets and playground groups may crowd streets. Parents should scout danger points and teach safe routes, walking kindergarten routes with their children if needed. In New York the Knickerbockers sent Willis Reed Emmette Bryant and Frank Granat on a goodwill tour to 34 summer camps to teach basics of basketball.
The Senate voted 61 to 29 to approve a 1.65 billion dollar authorization for the Office of Economic Opportunity to fund the anti poverty programs for the current fiscal year. House and Senate negotiators will seek a compromise between the 1.65 billion Senate figure and the higher House total, with a White House signature expected.
In Modale Iowa a transient named Kenneth Kelly 54 of Washington Court House Ohio was found dead in a derailed Chicago & North Western freight car The upper body was crushed and the box car buckled Another transient Ruben C Abbott was injured in the same wreck Thirty four freight cars derailed and a fire started
John Humphreys underwent surgery Wednesday at Burlington Hospital for injuries from the August 4 car accident. He is reported improving. Relatives and friends visited and accompanied other local families touring and visiting in Burlington, Cedar Falls, Lake Darling, and Chicago during the period.
Guests Thursday included another daughter and Mr and Mrs Bill Wilson with their Mediapolis family. Richard Hakan from Rock Island Ill visited two days with Ralph and Margaret Rees. Dale Humphreys and family moved to Janesville Minnesota last Friday. Gary Hullinger of Waverly spent the weekend with Bob Williams. Fred Humphreys and family returned from a trip to the Black Hills and Denver. They attended a McCurdy Seed Corn Supper at Dickey's Prairie House in Richland Monday evening.
Jerry W. Linder of New London was fined $10 and Dale Allen Randall $15 for speeding. They were stopped by city police and appeared before Glenn Holden, justice of the peace.
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