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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1962
Page
4
An editorial contemplates a Sunday closing law for Iowa with nuanced lines on what could be sold. It also weighs the cost of a moon mission, joking about a $222 per person bill, and recalls Epictetus as a reminder of excess and need during Christmas shopping season.
Errett O. Sala of Avon Lake Ohio receives U S patent number 3067322 for a tiny flashlight device that attaches to bedroom slippers. The lights turn on when the wearer places a foot in the slipper and off when it is removed.
Comanche Texas reports Wilford Schuster as the world’s leading mistletoe shipper. He handled about 140000 pounds this year and, with 12 Central Texas counties, accounts for roughly 95 percent of the holiday mistletoe supply. The 12 counties together produced about 400000 pounds, though the crop was below average. Harvesters picked mistletoe from mesquite and other trees, paying 7 dollars per hundred pounds. The season runs December 1 to 15, with hundreds of workers staging packing, grading, and bagging before air shipments go out quickly.
In Oberndorf Austria legend says Father Mohr and Franz Xavier Gruber wrote and first performed Silent Night on Christmas Eve amid organ trouble and cold. The carol then spread from Austria to Germany and beyond.
In Oak Park Illinois drunks face light penalties as Municipal Judge Thomas W Barrett notes few cases. Drunks arrested from Chicago are held briefly then released back to Chicago or sent to jail if fines cannot be paid. Oak Park has no liquor bars and seeks tighter controls via ordinances but lacks intercity contracts.
Seismic activity from Johannesburg gold mining could help distinguish natural quakes from underground nuclear blasts. Led by Redleigh Green of the Bernard Price Institute, a $120000 AP funding study analyzes shock waves through the crust to aid a global test ban, noting 200 tremors monthly and 551 rock bursts in six months in a single mine.
Berliners face another muted festival season as the East-West border remains closed. Two thirds have relatives on the opposite side, keeping families apart despite Christmas traditions and gratitude toward American troops hosting celebrations for children and the needy.
New York UPI reports A C Gilbert Jr of the A C Gilbert Co says fathers spoil Christmas by overhelping. He urges letting children discover how toys work to boost curiosity and self expression, noting eager adults can limit learning and enjoyment.
The article discusses declarer play in a complex hand from the Masters' Individual Championship. It explains counting losers versus winners, adjusting plans when clues change, and shows how careful club and diamond ruffing can yield ten tricks despite initial setbacks.
Four quick health myth busts summarizing bowlegs from past rickets notes to zinc defences. It debunks claims that laziness warms the blood or rust causes lockjaw and explains how alcohol makes skin feel warm while the body cools. Copyright 1958 King Features.
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