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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1966
Page
4
A Sacramento Bee editorial lauds Washington Christmas decorations but blasts new Job Corps bounty incentives as duplicative. It argues poverty programs misstate need, presumes poverty, then creates demand, noting incentives reward recruiting rather than placement and cautioning against government mission creep.
Iowa's 1966 economy shows record personal income near 6.4 billion with 9.4 percent rise over 1965. Farm marketings reach about 3.3 billion, up 11 percent. manufacturing output climbs to 10.1 billion and employment to 206,700. Worlan notes social economic revolution and rapid growth ahead.
A printed Dear Abby column fragment discusses family visits turning into free laundry service, a blunt reply suggestion to stop Sunday laundry, reflections on mistress versus wife dynamics, break up guidance for a teen, and social expectations about paying last respects, with a Detroit or Washington Evening Journal masthead and field notes on publication details.
At Ex change National Bank in downtown Chicago a well dressed man passed a note demanding money and a gun. Teller Dimitra Polyzos emptied the drawer and the bandit was wrestled to the floor by waiting customers. Police booked him at the station.
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