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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1965
Page
4
A 1965 Des Moines Evening Journal page features a rest editorials column urging focus on school decorum over protests, commentary on Viet Nam arm bands, and reflections on New Year’s resolutions. It includes a note on students’ dress during school and a Saigon hamburger trend observation.
A satire on excessive press releases sent to editors and staff across newspapers. The piece notes wasted copies and bloated mail while illustrating a gas bill mix up where a clerk suggests paying the date. The Catholic Digest quote frames the humor.
Iowa State Comptroller Marvin Selden Jr reports unencumbered funds may reach 30.2 million by June 30 1967 up from about 12 million in 1965 with a 10 to 15 million operating balance viewed as safe He cites a shift to a six percent growth factor for tax revenue and predicts continued increases aided by 1965 and 1956 federal tax cuts. Receipts expected average 264.3 million for the current biennium due to economic growth tax changes wage withholding and faster sales tax reporting. Leaders discuss state house offices for party leaders and aides while coding Iowa statutes on magnetic tape to ease major law changes. A legislative committee budgets up to 150 000 for the effort.
An editorial satirizes how suburban Pittsburgh Gateway-Union districts respond to Supreme Court rulings on prayer and Christmas. It mocks renaming holidays, secular flags, and adjusting carols to praise government, with proposals like Getting Day, Grandfather Frost, and reworded songs to avoid religious references while celebrating federal aid and a four hour workday. The piece argues the legal and cultural tension in classrooms and public observances.
The Washington Evening Journal lists David Elder as Editor and Business Manager with William Shannon as Vice President Advertising Director and Charles Morris as News Editor. Bob Shaffer handles Local Advertising and Bruce Cowden contributes as editor, with Howard Hazen as Production Superintendent. Published daily except Sundays, Christmas, and Ty 4th, entered as second class matter under March 3, 1879. United Press Leased Wire, affiliations with Inland Daily Press Assn, Iowa Daily Press Assn, Iowa Press Assn, Audit Bureau of Circulations per week by carrier in Washington.
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In a 4NT to 5 contract play, a double by the nonleader signals an unusual lead to defeat a slam. East-West gain 350 if the spade lead and diamond return occur, vs minus 1780 otherwise. West’s suboptimal defense and East’s misreading are examined with suit-direction cues.
Several memorial books in the library include Prescription for Anxiety by Leslie Weatherhead Cortes and the Aztec Conquest by Irwin Blacker The Future of Man by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Poems That Live for Ever by Hazel Follemman In memory of Elizabeth Lathrop Powers from Mrs Wylie Anderson Gifford Pinchot The Man Who Saved the Forests by Dale White From the William Reif family and others
A brief memorial note lists Keith Bauer honored as a man of peace and Anna Dawson remembered by Mrs. Willa Weldin, reflecting family tributes in a local remembrance.
Memorial note honors Wilbur Day and David McCreedy from friends and family. References Desroche work Life and Death of a Pharaoh Tutankhamen and Churchill’s History of the English Speaking People by Henry Commanger. Commemorative items accompany the memorial.
The Washington Iowa Evening Journal for December 29, 1965 lists memorials and poems including Grace Nell Cowell’s Poems of Inspiration and Courage for Mrs Maude Roberts, Rachael Carson’s The Sense of Wonder for Leslie Eicher, Dorthea S Kopplin’s Something to Live By, Wilford A Peterson’s This Is the Place Iowa, and memorial books for Mrs A Hinderman from the Joe Jones, David Jones, and Walden Smith families.
In memory of Mrs Jesse Moore Mrs A W Hinderman and Mrs Jesse Moore are honored by the Eugene McCords A River Never Sleeps by R L Haig Brown and a Gift of Joy by Helen Hayes. dedications come from Dr and Mrs G E Montgomery and the American Legion Auxiliary respectively.
Memorial page from the American Heritage pictorial encyclopedic guide notes Edith Shields of Washington High School class of 1945 honored by friends and classmates.
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