What's become of the soft sell and a humane state
An editorial note on Washington Iowa's high pressure sales absent in small towns and the value of soft selling. It contrasts Cuban refugee hospitality in Pella with Amish emigration to Canada, hopes for Cuban adaptation, and notes the US satellite Transit 5 plus prior Relstar issues. It ends with an anonymous piece on what defines an American amid budget fights and consumer habits.
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Washington
Iowa
Davenport
Look Magazine
England's EU Entry in Doubt Amid Market Tensions
In Brussels six nations push toward unity while distrust grows. Britain stalls as De Gaulle blocks French leadership and small states fear a Paris Bonn axis. Negotiations drag on with no clear timeline, and a five year delay seems possible.
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Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
West Germany
Britain
Belgium
Netherlands
Paris
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Commonwealth
Labor Party
House of Commons
Harold Wilson
Edward Heath
Heath
Scenes from a Kitchen Window
A narrator sketches the traits of an American with humor and contrasts. He searches for vitamins then speeds on slick roads to recover time. He quarrels over cooking, treks fishing, and endures gritty foods while chasing money and life on the farm and in town.
Gift subscriptions and Britain’s Common Market talks
A reader letters column weighs gift offers and the cost of Look Magazine promotions. The piece shifts to international politics, detailing Britain’s debate over entry into the European Common Market, wheat price disputes, and U S concerns about market access and grain trade with the six-nation bloc.
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Brussels
Yvette Vandenborre
Karin
Italy
Belgium
France
West Germany
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Europe
Harold Macmillan
Imaginative Play Seals Three Notrump in Contract Bridge
In a three notrump contract South faces limited communication between hand and dummy. After West leads clubs, South allows East to win the opening queen to break the communication bottleneck. South then ruffs diamonds, discards, and cashes six diamonds plus heart ace for nine tricks, a creative escape to victory.
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South
West
East
Fast
Declarer
Rea Syndicate, Inc
4-H Washington Hustlers Discuss Weigh-In and Talk
The Washington Hustlers 4-H Club met at the Fairgrounds on Tuesday evening. Leader Raymond Bonar outlined weighing time and place for baby beeves. Juanita Koch spoke on appearances. Gifts were given to Bonar and Francis Mac Connell. A Christmas exchange was held and refreshments were served by Harold Ossman and LeRoy McGraw couples.
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Washington
Harold Ossman
LeRoy McGraw
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