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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1967
Page
4
Editorial voices urge soul focus over material gain and note the poor sales of Svetlana Alliluyeva’s Stalin biography. The piece mocks readers’ reluctance to pronounce her name, urging support for reading over library loans.
A reader recalled a quirky tale from decades past where a young man grew his toenails to unusual length, clipped and polished them, and had ten crescent shaped pieces made into earrings for a young woman. The recipient, now a married matron, keeps the earrings in a bureau drawer.
Congress moves toward a National Visitor Center in Washington with a House approval of 1967 legislation. The plan centers on Union Station as a renovated visitor hub with a 4000 car garage, shuttle buses, theaters, dining, and services to handle up to 6000 visitors per hour, funded without taxpayer money but subject to Senate approval next year.
President Johnson named Lt Gen Leonard F. Chapman as new Marine Corps commandant to replace retiring Gen Wallace Greene. Chapman, 54, is known for intelligence over swagger and has two Marine sons in Vietnam. He vows to serve country and Corps.
Abby counsels parents to talk with their son about a 27-year-old married woman, suggests involving a chaplain, and warns against banning visits. A letter-writer asks about hay fever and farm life marriage prospects, with a cheeky nod to staying away from hay fever season in Duluth.
In Auction Bridge lore Sidney Lenz recalls a masterful hand where a queen of hearts lead and a misread signal by East cost defenders 26 tricks. The declarer struck a grand slam after a relieved king of hearts capture, while East misplayed a key heart and spade sequence.
A column mixes jest and trivia on manners, science quips, and curiosities. It notes a marriage clash over money as the gravest domestic risk, jokes about a six foot man with a 40 inch waist, pigeons at 40 mph, and a nod to Daniel Boone’s TV portrayal. It references Patricia Blair and Harry Conover as beauty arbiters in pop culture.
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