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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1966
Page
3
Dear Abby columns discuss gift expectations at weddings and gatherings. A reader notes relatives attend without gifts while others give lavish presents, prompting Abby to remind that gifts are not admission, and suggest frankness or bill if needed. The column also addresses age gaps in marriage, hosting manners at dinners, and funeral guest privacy.
Mrs. Delbert Soper hosted 18 Bible II members Monday night with Mrs. Walter Jungbluth leading the John fifth lesson. Leader Mrs. Louis Larsen presided as the program committee, including Mrs. Richard Bordwell and Mrs. Ira Morrison, asked members their intentions to remain on the club roll to aid planning. Tickets were sold for the March 23 county convention. Mrs. John Sproule, cohostess, helped with refreshments. Mrs. Ralph Bauer hosted the Nineteenth Century Club at a one o'clock luncheon Tuesday where Mrs. Frank Miller reviewed An Anthology edited by FitzGibbon and Heyn.
John C Owen, attorney based at 119 percent West Washington on South Side Square, offers legal services. Contact via phone at 653-2874 for consultations and representation.
West Chester residents plan a March 1 coffee from 9 to 11 hosted by the Friendship Class. Free will offering will be taken for homemade rolls coffee cake doughnuts and fruit juices. A group from Iowa Wesleyan College will lead worship at the Methodist Church on February 27.
Chairman Harold D. Cooley told the House Agriculture Committee that the United States can produce enough food to end hunger globally at a net cost under $1 billion annually. He urged large scale delivery to reach those in need, matching Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman’s push for a full effort in Johnson’s $3.3 billion world hunger plan. Cooley proposed using 60 million acres retired for government payments to regrow wheat, soybeans and feed grains.
President Johnson’s $6 billion tax plan to fund Viet Nam costs advances to the Senate after the House approved it 246 to 146. Senate hearings begin Friday as lawmakers voice mixed support for excise tax hikes amid concerns over Great Society cuts and war costs. The measure would raise $1.2 billion by July 1 and $4.8 billion in the next 12 months.
United Press International reports Mary Ann Mobley Miss America 1959 has secured a role in Jerry Lewis new movie Three On a Couch. Mobley joins a cast led by Lewis with production underway in Hollywood.
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