Court case on Ames telephone solicitation limits
The Washington Evening Journal reviews a Ames municipal court case challenging a city ordinance that bars telephone solicitation by a photography firm. It notes several women callers made up to 80 calls daily and questions whether such solicitation invades privacy or constitutes a nuisance, predicting courts will demand proof of nuisance rather than a flat ban.
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Washington
Ames
Phil Dusenberry
Dusenberry
Iowa
Cuba Crisis and Russia Troop Withdraw Debate
The piece questions official Cuba policy as Russia says it will withdraw 6000 troops and technicians, while critics peg higher counts. It argues the administration hides facts and never achieved its settlement plan for missile removal, while noting the evolving language around words and neighbor.
A Withholding Way of Life in Focus
A Perry Chief column discusses bills in Congress to cut or end federal income tax withholding. It argues withholding keeps taxes hidden from workers, suggests citizens may demand government restraint, and notes historical low taxes. The piece doubts passage of anti withholding bills but wonders about a year without withholding.
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Congress
United States
George Washington
England
Iowa
Slaughter
Burlington
Washington
The Main Lines by W H Marriott on shortcuts to wealth
There are short cuts to wealth and to losing it. The piece muses that the country's economy lacks substance. It notes that a lame quest for relief needs a job, which is often found, and remarks that shortcuts to prominence exist but none to eminence.
Liquor by the Glass debate stirs Iowa lawmakers
Near 100000 Iowans petitioned for liquor by the glass, while 6031 signatures oppose. Rep. Riley Dietz notes petition momentum from Woodbury Black Hawk Scott Clinton Polk counties and says signatures may act as a referendum. House debate expected in about a month after spring recess with outcome uncertain.
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Des Moines
Woodbury
Black Hawk
Scott
Clinton
Polk
Dietz
Scott County
House
Senate
Harold Mughes
Iowa
Washington’s Birthday Reflections On George Washington
We mark George Washington’s birthday and recall his leadership in independence and shaping the nation. The piece notes his Episcopalian faith, oath prayer So help me God, and the inaugural acknowledgment that Providence guided America’s liberty and government. It cites quotes on religion in public life and Thanksgiving proclamations. Washington’s religious view guided him through Revolution and into a new republic.
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Washington
Christopher News
Christopher
United States
Council of Nations
George Washington
Congress
Bid choices in contract bridge from Becke analysis
Dealer and vulnerability setup prompt a series of hands with bidding recommendations. Among five hands, the article argues notrump over club for balanced 16–18 points, then selective suit opens with diamond, spade, or club based on distribution and trump fit, detailing rationale and exceptions.
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King Featy
Lengsa
Teast of Evils
Tes Syndicate, Inc
Scenes from a Kitchen Window and Lost Dogs
A quirky kitchen window column recalls greetings used on phones, a big hickory tree felled for wood, and large Texas Mahan pecans found in Iowa. A Dalmatian puppy lost after a Sunday, Duke the coach dog returning thin, and family searches raise questions of what happened to the pup.
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Ann
Texas
Iowa
Don
Duke
Marge
Tribute to the Father of His Country in Washington Column
A Washington column ends with a tribute from an encyclopedia describing George Washington as the "father of his country." It notes enormous energy joined with a cool business mind, strict justice, and an indomitable will, with his imposing figure and grave face linked to the nation in public memory.
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Iowa Highway Com
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Harold Hughes
Brooklyn
Paul
Gov. Hughes
Robert Barry
Danbury
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Barry
Howard Helscher
Cedar Rapids
Everett Shockey
Cornell Bluffs
Commission
Jo S.stong
Keosauqua
William H. Nicholas
Clear Lake
Hughes
Washington
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