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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1968
Page
4
A compilation of lighthearted reflections on common plights and quirks. The column cites a door-swap anecdote, lampoons an overconfident scientist, questions electoral fairness, and notes the massive Christmas mail load, framing it as a seasonal burden for postal workers.
Des Moines proposal to decentralize civil defense through six district offices. State Civil Defense Director George Orr cites closer service to the public and a $6 federal match for every $1 spent. Orr discusses a dialed back idea of a governor’s emergency data system via closed circuit TV due to cost.
Abigail Van Buren's Dear Abby responds to reader questions about hosting guests in a living room versus a damp basement, the perception of a mother-in-law, and a 15 year-old contemplating a suitable relationship after a late night in a car. Abby advises not pressuring the husband, preserving personal boundaries, and slow, thoughtful decisions.
The Peppy Pals 4-H Club met at the Hodges home to sack candy for the Rotary YWCA Christmas party for underprivileged children. Plans included a gift exchange and caroling on December 31.
In a famed 1968 contract bridge hand Helen Sobel declarer in seven spades after West led clubs. She drew trumps, ruffed diamonds, and banked the six of hearts fin essing through, asserting perfect counting showed all thirteen West cards were known. Her line, requiring no opponent card reading, yielded a grand slam.
A quirky digest of anecdotes. a soldier in Alaska asks for ear muffs, a night school stat cites 67 percent single or widowed students, and jokes about Tom Marcia Ralph names. It notes Shirley MacLaine’s travel spend, a Tarzan/Jane naming quirk, and a Detroit judge’s quirky traffic remedy. References to Zion and House of David, but mostly light humor and trivia.
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