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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1962
Page
4
A column urges wakefulness to curb vice and crime and highlights a reader’s note about anonymous Christmas greeting. It previews Good Outdoor Manners awards for outdoor enthusiasts and lampoons reckless driving with a sobering obituary-style scare story about life after a crash.
The Midland Booksellers' Association selects twelve fiction and non fiction titles as 1962's outstanding works. Notables include A Shade of Difference by Allen Drury and The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman, with several on order for local shelves. A follow-up list lists additional strong reads across fiction and non fiction from Baldwin to Wilson.
The Washington Public Library adds twenty two new nonfiction titles spanning foreign affairs child care and travel. Notable works include The Way We Were by Mary Polk Silent Spring by Rachel Carson and Will Rogers by Donald Day among others.
Henry Sommers will sell his personal property household goods and assorted machinery and the 47 acre farm at public auction at his Richland farm on Monday December 17 starting at 1 PM. Mr and Mrs Roy Goettsche have bought the Jerry Bruce Robinson house and will move soon while the Robinsons reside in Colorado.
The Iowa Legislative Research Bureau, led by A. E. Gene Reyhons, is drafting about half of the roughly 1,300 bills expected this session. Proposals include an item veto on appropriations, four year governor terms, a two term limit, longer term for representatives, annual sessions, and school bond changes. Other ideas seek to abolish most of the moneys and credits tax, unclaimed property rules, a state tort claims act, and government consolidation plans with a 30 day veto window.
In a Sweden versus United States match from 1953 the North South pair reached five spades but failed to bid six, while the Swedish North South held the bid to four. West led king of hearts and the Americans still took all twelve tricks, showing distribution and high cards together determine slam success.
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