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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1974
Page
5
Classified ads list pricing by word and day count with multi day discounts and surcharges. Rates include 9c per word for one day rising to 17c later and 13 day to 26 day discounts, plus skipday and blind ad charges, a 2 percent credit fee if not prepaid, and a 5c service charge for blind ads. Deadline is 9:00 a.m. for same day publication. copy received before 9:00 a.m. will publish.
A series of public auctions and farm sales are scheduled in Iowa counties including Washington, Brighton, Wayland, Sigourney, and Morning Sun. Items cover household goods, automobiles, machinery, hay, cattle, farm equipment, and livestock with sale times from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on dates from December 28 to January 17, led by owners DeLane and DeLores Craig, Herb and Mrs. Simmons, and others. legal notices list attorneys and abstracts.
Television listings show multiple channels with Saturday and Sunday time slots including News Movies Gunsmoke and The Price Is Right. Notable items include ABC and NBC programs, and entries for Lassie Eye on Town Make a Deal and Mr. Rogers among others.
A Washington column argues the nation needs a new national blame receiver after Vietnam and Watergate. It suggests Vice President Nelson Rockefeller as a potential scapegoat to channel public blame for economic woes and other national ills.
State Safety Commissioner Charles Larson outlined an aggressive plan to cut traffic fatalities in 1975 focusing on drinking drivers. He cited a drop to 657 deaths by Dec 26, with hopes of under 600 for the year, aided by slower driving and a strong highway patrol push.
Leo Heller of Dunlap harvested a 2% pound winter radish that measured inches in length and over 12 inches in circumference. He planted the radish seed in August.
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