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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1965
Page
4
Framed as a holiday issue dated Friday December 31 1965 the page offers a Thought for the Day an item on winter horn quirks and New Year wishes a critique of civilian employee job guarantees amid defense cutbacks and a pun filled column on American English versus British English with vivid examples like barking up the wrong tree and like a bat out of hell.
A lavish full color tribute to the Great Society backs Johnson programs. Corporations paid for ads in the $15,000 per page tome with defense contractor ties and a $1 million impact on the Democratic war chest. Proceeds fund voter education and film premieres.
Keota residents share holiday meals and visits during Christmas week. Mr. and Mrs. V L Miller hosted a family dinner with a gift exchange and attendees including the Statler Lyle and Turnipseed families from Tipton and Des Moines. Several Washington and Keota families joined for meals and celebrations. News notes list local births and visits, with staff credits and notices from the Washington newspaper.
Gene Troyer son of Mr and Mrs Raymon Troyer of Kalona has won a Louis Rich Foods Inc scholarship worth 300 at Iowa State University where he is a junior in poultry science. The award supports undergraduates with an interest in the turkey industry. He works five hours weekly at the poultry science farm and has held leadership roles in the Poultry Science Club and other student groups.
Eldora superintendent Anthony Travisono says 25 percent of boys at the Eldora training school do not need to be there. The facility houses over 300 youths and staff trial a family centered rehabilitation plan. He requests more probation officers and a $79,000 National Institute of Mental Health grant to prove the approach.
North South vulnerable. Becker discusses a rubber bridge hand where South, warned by a double, makes an overtrick after a clever ruffing sequence. The double signals a bad trump split, guiding declarer to a successful line and eleven tricks. East's double provokes decisive play. the key word remains Pass.
Keota and Ottumwa residents journeyed to Bay City Texas to visit Paul Nelsons son Robert and his wife then traveled to Slydale Louisiana for Christmas with The Lee Nelsons. Jim Mattison hosted a Christmas dinner with Barney Mattison Vina Mattison as guests. Dinner guests included Don Moothart and Gary Moot hart families from Pella and Fairfield, the McNurlens and LeRoy Lillig family with Mike home from Des Moines.
Crawfordsville reports holiday travel and family visits as locals head to Florida and Texas for Christmas. The piece notes several trips, hospital updates, birthday celebrations, a gift exchange, and a National Guard return. An aside mentions a frog fish swallowing prey due to an elastic stomach.
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