Editorials on taxes farming prices and credibility checks
A Washington Iowa editorial corrects a tax figure using a credibility check by division. It argues state income taxes in Washington County far exceed nearby counties except Johnson, and warns about exporting agricultural products at cost. It urges farmers to get a fair price enabling production costs plus profit and warns of rural decline if prices stay low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Lloyd Walker
Johnson
Iowa City
The
University
Praise for Head Start in Our Community
A community article praises Head Start as a government supported program preparing preschool children for school. It highlights half day activities, meals, transportation, and parent involvement through a Mothers Club led by Sara Lu Morrison. The writer, with two children in the program, notes the teachers care deeply, including for a mentally retarded child, and urges tax dollars support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Lu Morrison
Letters to the Journal Warn Low Prices Export Idea
A reader from Lone Tree criticizes an editorial on export driven farm price declines. The letter questions Des Moines meeting information and cautions against dismissing unfamiliar opinions. The writer praises Head Start volunteers and urges CAP Center call to offer help, framing service as a community responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CAP Center
Brighton servicemen listed in county update and Hollywood note
Stationed at Ft Leonard Wood Pvt Pacha completes basic training and will attend AIT. Bruce Gingerich among 17 Iowa Wesleyan College graduates. many local family visits and moves noted. Airman Hesseltine attends life support equipment course at Lakehurst. Agnes Moorhead to guest star as an Indian squaw in a Custer TV segment.
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Brighton
Thomas J. Pacha
R. R
Ft. Leonard Wood
A. I. T. School
Pvt. Pacha
Walter Pacha
Bruce Gingerich
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Gingerich
Linda Starr
Shelly
Gerald Donaldson
Cheryl
Cedar Rapids
Lloyd Beighard
Karen
Rex Widmer
Iowa Falls
Ralston Purina Co
Eloise Sorden
Washington
Nelle Long
Tony Meath
Larry Widmer
Larry
Fairfield
Jack Emry
Deidre
Davenport
Howard Emry
Lee Emry
Barbara Brunbaumer
Burlington
Don Statler
Jack
George Statler
James F. Hesseltine
Alvin L. Hesseltine
West Madison Street
Naval Air Technical Training Unit
Lakehurst
New Jersey
Hollywood
UPI
Agnes Moorhead
Bewitched
Squaw
Custer
Mail by air to supplant dwindling passenger trains
The piece notes a sharp fall in passenger train service since World War II, with only 741 trains today from 10,000 in 1930, and explains how the Post Office is increasingly using air transport for first class mail. An airlift network covers 500 cities, guided by a space available policy, while Congress contemplates abolishing airmail as a separate service and pursuing a priority mail plan.
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Washington
D. C
America
Post Office Department
Lawrence F. O’brien
P. O
Congress
P.O
O’brien
Baltimore
New York
Boston
Washington Evening Journal masthead and contact details
The Washington Evening Journal of Washington Iowa lists editors and staff including David Elder as Editor and Business Manager and Charles Morris as News Editor. It notes publication afternoons except Sundays and holidays and that it is entered as second class matter. The notice includes wire service affiliations and press association memberships. Mail subscription rates are listed for periods in Iowa.
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Washington Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Howard Hazen
Lawa
United Press
Inland Daily Press Ass'n
Iowa Daily Press Ass'n
Iowa Press Ass'n
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Lead choices split world championship bridge match outcome
In a 1961 Buenos Aires Italy France match, Chiaradia West led the nine of diamonds to risk a disaster, allowing six diamonds to be made. At the other table, Ghestem’s West led ten of hearts and a different diamond line produced three notrump down. Bridge is a strange game with divergent results.
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Italy
France
Buenos Aires
Chiaradia
Ghestem
West
Declarer
East
South
Res Syndicate, Inc
Novelists Do Best Work at Age of 45
Column compendium notes various trivia from gender roles to career ages and social quirks. It cites a study locating novelists at 45 and historians at 57, plus side items on sleeping positions, dress effects on divorce, births to incarcerated teens, and a legal milestone for Iowa’s first female lawyer.
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Roney
Evening Journal
Elbert Hubbard
Mariel Oftelie
Sue Getz
Helen Gedrel
Janet Godwin
Lone Tree, Iowa
Des Moines
Mrs
Tony Meuth
Jeanette Edwards
Glenn Mullikin Sr
Glenn Mullikin Jr
East Main Street
Seaboard
B. Jay Becker
North
King
Headley
I.C
COPED
Miss Deere
Ted
Debbie Deere
L. M. Boyd
Roe
David Canary
Elwood
Ind
Mr. Canary
Denver Broncos
Oregon
State of
Belle A. Mansfield
Jones Funeral Home Ambulance Service
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