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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1968
Page
4
Editorial note reflects on Psalm 91 1 and the idea of the kingdom of God within. It then shifts to a light quip about sharing hamburgers and french fries and the burden of paying for ten meals. A short verse and a social aside close the excerpt with a casual remark about tipping.
A local column blends wartime memory with daily life as resident Dean Cox recalls parachuting into a German camp after a B-17 mission over Berlin in 1944. The piece shifts to neighborly stories about war buddies, a family dinner with Jim Redlinger and eight children, moving to a new north town home, and reflections on evolving home comforts from coal to gas heating.
In December 1951 farmer Lyle Veder found a deflated weather balloon with a small gondola from the University of Iowa physics department. The story traces James Van Allen’s rise at Iowa, the IGY preparations, rockoon methods, and the 1957 Vanguard payloads that led to a landmark belt discovery.
A 1861 Union Army corporal drew 14 dollars a month and 12 pounds of straw for bedding with a horse receiving 100 pounds. Modern pay ranges 117 to 223 dollars monthly with no straw. The book notes strict regulations on bread, soup, profanity fines, and desertion lashings, plus wartime horses limits for generals.
Keota January 29 Mr and Mrs Jerry Manthei and family of Cedar Rapids and Cleo Baughman of Moline Illinois were dinner guests last Sunday of Mr and Mrs Daryl Baughman They also visited in the home of Mr and Mrs C O Baughman Mr Baughman was at home over Sunday Others included Mr and Mrs Donald Conrad of Des Moines Mr and Mrs Bernard Conrad of West Point and Mr and Mrs Henry Conrad of Houghton as Sunday dinner guests at Mr and Mrs Ed Conrad Mr and Mrs Bernard Becker and family of West Point visited the Becker home Jimmie Bell and family planned a Hawaii vacation via Chicago They were to visit grandchildren at the Bell home Diana Fagen celebrated her 18th birthday with a belated party last Friday inviting twelve friends and classmates to her home for supper They attended a basketball game and returned for a slumber party Denny Bohrofen Monte and Tracy visited with Mr and Mrs Charles Kilpatrick at Mediapolis on Sunday
The Washington Evening Journal in Washington Iowa provides staff roles including editor David Elder business manager William Shannon and news editor Charles Morris. It notes publication afternoons except Sunday Christmas and July 4th and lists press associations and circulation affiliations.
Local events include Jim Cook acting mayor for Scout Citizenship Day February 12, open house at Pleasant View Home in Katona, and many civic activities. Readers note Carlson, Arthur, Day, and other residents attending events, plus school and YMCA happenings across Washington.
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