First Baby Prizes and Parade Debates Spark Washington Musings
The Washington Journal notes longtime first baby prizes for 1964 in Washington County, recalls past winners, and muses on New Year’s Day customs. It weighs blackface debates, minstrel shows, and the value of historical memory in American culture. It also reflects on Christmas decorations, winter appeal, and pride in local street life.
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Merchants of
Washington
Washington County
The
Journal
Philadelphia
New Orleans
William Wulfs to mark 25th wedding anniversary
Bethel news recalls Mr and Mrs William Wulf hosting a Christmas period gathering, noting their 25th wedding anniversary on January 11. The report lists many relatives and friends visiting in late December, along with other community events and a Bethel church dinner and meeting scheduled for January 8 at 6 30 pm.
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Bethel
William Wulf
Elmer Wulf
Gayle Brinning
Gladys Miksch
Janet Wulf
Erwin Wulf
Kenneth
Cedar Falls
Allen
California
Carl Jay
Orville Meeks
Leroy Havel
Mrs
Jr. Knottnerus
Otto Zwicki
Merlin Zwicki
Don Zwicki
Jess Meeks
Maurice Alvine
John ‘Thompson
Mr. Pleasant
Swan Alvine
Olds
Bill Stout
Fred Donaldson
Washington
Dean Sandburg
Charley Horak
Betty Heitzman
Town City
Ernest
Ruth
May Gideon
Walter Longer
Benard Payne
Victor Mueller
Lone Tree
Gideon
Mac Wallace
Grace Hiler
Dean
Fr. Sandburg
Bernard Payne
Willis Longer
Corlyn
Highland
Wis
Corlyn Rosella
Longers
Carlyn
Charley Kolesick
Bob Niffenegger
Council Bluffs
Ray Niffenegger
Geo. Havel
Margarite Havel
Johnson outlines 1964 aims and economy drive
President Johnson, facing unemployment and a rising federal deficit, seeks an $11 billion tax cut, civil rights and Medicare bills, and a robust peace push with the Soviet Union. He wants dynamic young business leaders in government while pressing for new thinking on unemployment and budget reform despite a growing federal burden.
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Johnson City
Tex
UPL
Johnson
Congress
Russia
United States
Nikita S. Khrushchev
White House
Congres
Walter Heller
Council of Economic Advisers
Calin America
Latin America
U. S
Soviet Union
Kermit Gordon
Kitchen Window Scene Sparks Clever Ice Rescue
A woman improvises an ice removal plan using a metal paper clip after a windshield frost leaves her car covered. In a store, the clerk doubts her but she purchases the clip for about 29 cents and clears the ice. The piece moves to a tangential note about homemaking wisdom and a playful riff on following cookbook directions.
Contract Bridge Tip From Becker on Four Spades Lead
A London tested feature from British Bridge World notes B Jay Becker’s top record in masters. The article details a four spades contract reached by many, with a lack of hearts as the opening lead and the strategic implications of West’s lead choice.
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B. Jay Becker
London
British Bridge World Magazine
West
King
East West deal yields high class defense across 6 of 13 tables
The article describes East defending a contract by sacrificing a club queen to prevent declarer from taking ten tricks. West wins the sack and East ruffs hearts to stop the contract. Players at top tables include Heidenfeld, Vale se, Savostin, Reithoffer, Kock, and D Alesio, with multiple teams attempting the same strategy.
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Easte West
East
Dummy
Declarer
West
Heidenfeld
South Africa
Valese
Egypt
Savostin
Belegium
Reithoffer
Austria
Kock
Sweden
D’alesio
Italy
Ares Syndicate, Inc
Grandfather gifts newborn with name tagged coveralls
The six month old boy receives coveralls bearing the baby's name and the father's business on the back. The note hints at easing into life after Christmas and looking forward to spring as Marge writes about taking it easy and new books.
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Dad
Will
Marge
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Evening Journal
Gwendolyn
le Hopeful
America
Babylon
William Wulfs
George Brock
Jr. Knottnerus Home
Tive
Ashington Evening Journal
Washington, Town
Myidder
Sanaa
Willame Shannon
Carles Morris
Bruce ‘Condelitor
Howard Hazen
Say
Post
Fice
Iowa
Chitec Prese
Inland Daily Presa
Nsw
Daily Press
Astin
Roby
Osincup’s
Nickel Family
Wayland School
Finley Methodist Independent Bible
Sugar Creek Mennonite
Wayland Mennonite
Wayland Methodist Free Will Offering
South Dealer
North
Bas Sinorsa A
Nawiches
Don Kiesey
Marshall Furniture
R. L. Lytle -Foods
Amy
Sitler’s Auto Parts
Washington, Iowa
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