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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1968
Page
4
A lighthearted column recalls a telecom mix up with Don Minick and the YMCA, a Hoboken joke exchange, and a pair of passing humor notes. A no parking note in the business district pranks a motorist, followed by a police ticket and a corny biblical twist about temptation.
A reader from Keota Iowa argues humans should counter the computer’s reach in an amusing cryptographic puzzle. He traces a coded name from zip and town data, identifying Edward E Hawthorne via a Granville Illinois information line to illustrate a solved misunderstanding of keyboard letter shifts.
A new centralized accounting system in Iowa automates state agency expense tabulations. The shift, led by Comptroller Marvin Selden Jr., replaces fragmented books with computer driven reports covering 130 agencies through November, enabling clearer budget planning and broader access for administrators and sub divisions.
Pfc Kenneth Pringle of Qui Nhan has been moved to another company in Vietnam. He serves with the 517th Engineer Brigade as an instructor at a Vietnamese army heavy equipment school near the China Sea coast. Adoption news and local visits followed at Brighton and Davenport with multiple relatives listed.
Donald E. Stone 20 son of Eugene V. Stone Route 2 Washington Iowa is promoted to Army specialist four January 18 near Bamberg Germany while serving as a mechanic in Company C 2nd Battalion 4th Armored Division 54th Infantry His mother Mrs Mary L Stone 207 S Harrison St Brighton Iowa and his wife Kristin Route 1 Washington are listed as next of kin or residence
The Washington Evening Journal in Washington Iowa lists editorial and advertising staff including David Elder editor and business manager William Shannon advertising director Charles Morris news editor Bob Shaffer local advertising and Howard Hazen production superintendent. The paper publishes afternoons except Sundays Christmas and July 4th and is filed as second class matter.
In the 1957 Masters Team of Four championship, North South vs West East both reached one diamond doubled at two tables. Both declarers played three-card trumps and suffered 1,100 points penalties after aggressive bids. Both Souths should have passed to avoid disaster.
A column by L M Boyd collates curious notes from science and everyday life. It claims coffee drinkers are more apt to get dandruff due to caffeine affecting glands, warns against a second cup, and pokes fun at laboratory grant hunger. It also includes assorted trivia about Eve Arden, original moose milk, and mischief of early electric vacuum costs.
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