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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1970
Page
4
Purely Personal Got His Check Twice
Ted Kruse checked his mail at the post office and found his paycheck. He later told his wife the family was solvent for another week. Later he realized the check was missing and feared tossing it with junk mail. He searched the wastebasket downtown and recovered the paycheck a second time that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Kruse
Sock Stories and Riddles of Everyday Life
A lighthearted sketch follows Johnny Winga who places clean socks for his father but discovers mismatched pairs after a day’s use. The piece then offers ten quirky, humorous paraphrases of everyday scenes involving family, chores, and small misadventures with playful twists.
Passing Years in Washington Local History Mixes Notes
A look back at events from a decade ago in Washington coverage notes travel plans for Mrs Luiza da Silva, local movements of families, school and church news, sports results, and community efforts. Highlights include a bridge tournament winner list, license plate sales, a race horse at winter quarters, a hymn of civic craft, and plans to ship poultry for Chicago hunger relief with a 1000 head target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luiza da Silva
Lowa City
Brazil
S. A
Charlotte Berry
Mar Berry
College of Wooster
Bob Clark
Washington
Mt. Vernon
Clark
Kneen Refrigeration
David Day
Old Greenwich
Clinton Stewart
Monmouth College
First Baptist Church
Alfred Trenerry
Huron
S.D
Roy L. Miller
Mervin
Elenora
Norman
Decatur
Ill
W. H. Spera
South’s Diamond Sneak Leads to a Slam Chance
In a Becker contract bridge analysis, a supposed doomed contract becomes winnable if declarer assumes favorable card division. South overcomes a two-diamond loss by reading East’s singleton heart and spades count, then cashes A K spades, ruffs a spade, and executes endplay to reach slam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Declarer
South
West
East
Nursery Rhyme Gobbledygook
Batesville Daily Guard column lampoons governmentese by rewording familiar nursery rhymes in bureaucratic diction. It invites readers to guess the original rhyme titles, with answers at article end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batesville
Ark
Protecting Its Young A Bluejay’s Bold Nest Defense
A Bluejay fearlessly defended its nest, dive bombing a cat and grabbing a kitten by the tail during a low flight. The impressive display left the feline terrified, illustrating the jay’s determined parental protection and warning effect on nearby pets.
Hospital and long term care admissions and discharges
A County Hospital daily log lists admissions, discharges, and births. Names include Mrs Lena Hank Mrs Dan Johnson Harvey Bower Mr and Mrs Roger Stout and others from Brighton Washington Kalona Columbus Junction Keota and Wayland with medical surgical and birth events detailed alongside long term care entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Hank
Brighton
Dan Johnson
Lloyd Ropp
Kalona
Surgical
Harvey Bower
Washington
Roger Stout
Steve West
West Chester
Robert Nicola
Richard Brinning
Keota
Austin Bebb
James Hotle
Otto Walton
Russell Williams
Eugene Wilson
Frank D. Miller
Roy Raymond
John Widmer
Brent Anderson
Ralph Johnson
Columbus Junction
Joseph Zaugg
Richard Green
Richland
Walter Nicholson
W. F. Edmondson
Elizabeth Simpson
Marilyn Boggess
Thomas Salizar
Columbus City
Lloyd Hopping
Riverside
Howard Lewis
William Hendrickson
Kevin Schrader
Leo Stone
David Clark
Wayland
Robert Muench
Americans Get Death Sentences in Korean Murders
Two U.S. soldiers Sgt. John W. Blount and Spec. 4 James E. Walters were sentenced to death by a Seoul district court for the robbery and murder of Korean couple Kim Hwa nam and his wife. The killings occurred March 4 near Conducthon, 30 miles north of Seoul, and the pair were charged with murder using razor blades and rocks and robbing two watches and a ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
South Korea
UPI
John W. Blount
James E. Walters
Conducthon
Blount
San Francisco
Walters
Detroit
U.S. Army
7Th Infantry Division
Kim Hwa-nam
Kim Sang-suk
Kim
United States
U.S
Oddities and Facts From a 1970 Iowa Paper
A collage of quirks and questions from the 4 Evening Journal of Washington Iowa dated Saturday December 5 1970. Items range from historical oddities to arithmetic brain teasers and social observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Evening Journal
Iowa
Washington Evening Journal rates and staff listed
The Washington Evening Journal published in Washington Iowa lists offices at 111 North Marton Ave. and announces staff including David Elder president editor and business manager and William Shannon vice president and advertising director. Delivery options show carrier in Washington 60 cents weekly and mail rates varying by region up to 15 dollars yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Marton Ave
Washington
Iowa
Elder, Shannon & Co., Inc
Washington, Iowa
United Press International
Inland Daily Press Assn
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Iowa Press Assn
Audit Bureau of Circulations
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Ho. Or
Robert Shaffer
Leonard Llewellyn
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Elizabeth Clark
Stella Palmer
Roger Davey
Crawfordsville
Krabill
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Europe
Washington County
Keith Norton
Court House
Little Jack Horner
Old Mother Hubbard
Simple Simon
Little Miss Muffet
Tom
the Piper’s Son
Hickory
Dickory Dock
Old King Cole
Little Boy Blue
Peter
Pumpkin Eater
Illinois
Nena Wilson Badenoch
Marshall Field and Company
Oak Park
Stan McConnell
Ainsworth
Knox
Monmouth
G. S. Kerr
M. E. Dicken
YWCA
Chicago
St. Paul Evangelical Church
Carl Klein
B. Jay Becker
South Dealer
King of Clubs
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Cloyce Hayes
Dale Smith
Collier Stevens
Winfield
Gregory Tompkins
Conesville
Dennis Steven
Neil Dempsey
Daisy Chambers
Otis Love
L. M. Boyd
Nasir-Ud-Din
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New Hebrides Islands
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