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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1968
Page
4
A Washington LA newspaper column discusses Parkway Police tactics and strict enforcement, noting rising ticket counts and public discontent. It also lampoons high end ads in New Yorker and ends with a tale of a sober coffee house named The Out House on a college campus.
The Washington Evening Journal of Washington Iowa lists staff including David Elder as Editor and Business Manager William Shannon as Vice President Advertising Director Charles Morris as News Editor Bob Shaffer as Local Advertising and Howard Hazen as Production Superintendent The paper is published afternoons except Sundays Christmas and July 4th and is entered as second class matter under Act of March 3 1879 at the Washington IA post office It is associated with United Press Leased Wire and member organizations Inland Daily Press Assn Iowa Daily Press Assn Iowa Press Assn and Audit Bureau of Circulations.
The Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 funds a rural homeownership program. It targets about 33,000 poor families with 2 million earmarked for interest subsidies to finance 3,000 open country housing units in towns of 5,500 or less. Loans cover building, buying, or rehabilitating homes with rates as low as 1 percent for qualified large families, up to 5 percent for others.
In Des Moines State Revenue Director William Forst and Mitchell County Attorney Keith McKinley clash over how agricultural land should be valued. Forst defends a 60 40 mix of sales data and income capitalization while McKinley pushes to base value mainly on farm income. Mitchell County saw a 35 percent rise in agricultural assessments after Forst ordered increases.
In the 1964 World Bridge Olympiad match between United Arab Republic and the United States, Bob Hamman and Don Krauss reached a vulnerable slam on a favorable lead, scoring 1,370 points after a six diamond contract. The Egyptian pair at another table failed, going down two after a spade lead.
A dated advice feature mixes flirtation tips with humor. It quotes Miss Katy Jurado, Henry T. Finck, and a Love and War angle, then shifts to light Q&A on eyesight and nicknames. It closes inviting reader questions to L. M. Boyd.
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