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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1963
Page
4
In Washington's spirit of service the annual beauty day by local operators donates time and skill to rest home residents. The gesture boosts morale, costs nothing to recipients, and offers a rare unselfish act that benefits older residents unable to visit shops regularly.
The Post presents Sid Caesar as a funny yet dated figure at home, where his old fashioned rule of the household clashes with teen values. Also notes Iowa House boosting truck speed to 60 mph and critiques the practical limits of passing on hills and grades.
The South Dakota legislature asked the Internal Revenue Service to reconsider cabaret entertainment tax on college students who sang for customers at the Mt Rushmore restaurant. Last year the IRS ruled that even free singing by the workers could trigger a tax if sung where diners could hear.
A humorous glossary explaining football terms for wives and other TV viewers. It lampoons common phrases like down punt end zone and quarterback with playful, satirical definitions and asides about halftime shows and referees.
Des Moines report outlines Gov Hughes and the revenue committee diverging on a withholding tax and liquor sales tax. The governor seeks a $26 million spending rise and broadening the sales tax to hotels, plus raising corporate and individual taxes. The committee doubts withholding revenue and favors broader service taxation while cautioning on corporate hikes and liquor-book reforms.
A travel diary from a journey through Texas to Mexico describes cool mornings, arid stretches, and bare huts with children in thin clothes. At Tripoli the motel lacks heat, then Reinosa near Laredo features customs lines, palmful detours, and a thermos of hot coffee left on a door knob. The narrative notes road quality, bus traffic, and modest hospitality before continuing toward the Rio Grande Valley.
In a high stakes duel, B Jay Becker faces top Masters record holder. West led spades and a misdefense allowed declarer to secure five diamonds doubled. The hand featured tense misdirection and sharp play from East and West, with the dummy’s ruffs shaping the final outcome.
Scenes from a kitchen window recall a curling iron accident in a school morning tragedy as a mother’s attention slips and a curling mishap is fixed by the papa. The piece muses on Lincoln’s era, capital punishment, money in crime, and lessons from home hair care and sage tea rinses. It mentions a local driver’s license, a rock jewelry maker, and a Vermont Yankee joke, noting winter birds like tufted titmice observed at feeders.
4 H Busy Bees met in Mt Pleasant with Joanna Dunbar leading roll call. Carol Wilson spoke on daisies, and teams demonstrated Quick Coffee Cake and Bacon and Pastries. Jeanna Dunbar and mother arranged a breakfast table.
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