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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1968
Page
4
A lighthearted Christmas tale recounts Dorothy planning a family dinner while a parakeet chaos ensues. The bird darts through the kitchen as a dog chases, gravy spills, and laughter follows. The narrator wraps up with a blessing for a peaceful season and hopeful spirits.
Deseret News argues a $90,000 study by the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare highlights income and education gaps in medical and dental care for pregnant women. The piece questions the value of costly research versus common sense in answering public policy questions.
Iowa manufacturing output rises for the ninth consecutive year with 1968 manufactured product value estimated at 10.5 billion dollars. Agricultural marketing value is 3.3 billion, down slightly from 1967, while total combined output reaches 13.8 billion. Manufacturing employment averages 223,400, up 4,900.
A collage of advice columns from Dear Abby answering relationship questions about gifts this Christmas and social expectations. The page also reports Iowa industrial relocations and expansions creating thousands of jobs and capital investment, followed by a New York fitness seminar noting exercise can aid teenage acne and recommending cleansing with hexachlorophene.
The Washington Evening Journal based in Washington Iowa lists staff including David Elder editor and business manager William Shannon vice president advertising director Charles Morris news editor Bob Shaffer local advertising and production details. It notes publication afternoons except Sundays Christmas and July 4th and entry as second class matter under the 1879 act.
In a 1965 Britain United States bridge match the biggest swing occurred on a deal where Levenritt and Schenken reached five diamonds doubled, the spade bid misled, and the responder backfired. Britain lost 1,250 points after Konstam and Schapiro failed to reach a safe contract.
Columns of social quips and questions from a 1950s era gossip page recount marital musings on wives choosing second partners for money, a Baudelaire quote on love and wine, farm life nostalgia, and a nurse recalls a vaccine-obsessed child.
The 21st annual Fertilizer and Ag Chemical Dealers Conference will take place January 14 and 15 at Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines with 140 exhibitors. Four half day sessions cover Pest Control Distributing Fertilizer and Services Production of Feed and Forage and Fertilizer Needs and Practices. Pre-registration is $2 from county extension offices or Regis Voxx ISU.
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