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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1966
Page
4
The Washington Evening Journal recalls no polio cases in Iowa in 1966, honors polio vaccine progress since the 1950s, and reflects on wartime charity campaigns. It also comments on the Random House unabridged dictionary and the era’s evolving language with terms like go go and zip code.
Keota December 23 76 Progressive boys 4-H club met at Daniel and William Huber home. Leader explained next year record book inserts and discussed a Family Night potluck at the Seventy Six Center January 9. Christmas exchange followed with Mrs Huber serving cookies candy ice cream and punch. Recreation in the Huber room. Joe Louis was knocked only 16 times during his boxing career.
The League of Iowa Municipalities outlines plans for the 62nd General Assembly including a second push for a constitutional home rule amendment, higher share of the land use tax, and numerous local governance measures. Proposals cover audits, bonds for Dutch Elm Disease, public funds rates, banking, gross receipts taxes, updated penalties, runoff elections, council-manager reforms, licensing for heating, tree trimmers, and expanded subdivision controls.
Five card hands face opening notrump by opponents. choose initial lead. Spades for #1, Jack of hearts for #2, Queen of clubs for #3, Queen of hearts for #4, Five of clubs for #5. Each rationale notes partner’s likely holdings and defensive aims, balancing safety and attack.
Dear Abby replies on a signed prenuptial issue, a wife's rights after marriage, a husband abandoning cleanliness with garbage, an elderly driver’s eyesight and license renewal, and manners as sensitivity. The column invites readers to mail questions to Box 69700 Los Angeles for personalized replies.
The Republican comeback in the November 8 elections was named Iowa’s top news event of 1966 by United Press International readers with 290 points, narrowly ahead of the Belmond tornado which killed six and devastated Wright County. Other top stories included the Painter custody case, Western Iowa Park strike, Amish school dispute, Interstate 35 issues, and LBJ's Iowa visit.
UPI reports Dr. C. Stark Draper of MIT warns planets life depends on continued tech advances. He warns against overpopulation and pollution as Earth resembles a large ship needing waste cycles turned into food, urging balanced tech, economy, and military strength for peaceful rivalry with the USSR.
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