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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1965
Page
5
A devotional note urges readers to hold fast their profession of faith without wavering. It emphasizes faith as a source of security anchored in God who remains loyal to His word.
A reader shares Christmas curiosities including an unbranded gaudy apron from Wayne Knapp, a toy tiger with Cyclone pennants, and a Home Gro mushroom garden. Family jests involve a son in law, Missouri Iowa State bets, and a peanut gift to Floyd Woods from students after raising seven dollars and fifty cents.
A local woman offered a large box of cheese to friends who thanked her but declined as everyone had already received cheese. Two grandfathers missed Christmas with their grandchildren due to the mumps, a practiced caution not to risk illness.
Virginia youth discuss Santa Claus while Art Swift, famed local high school halfback, is gifted a sewing machine. He works for the telephone company and later helps a sewing machine dealer understand its gadgets. He also does fine leather work as a hobby.
A New Year’s Eve note ponders how many of the seven post season bowl games shown on television will be approved by the writer’s spouse for viewing on New Year’s Day.
A family plans a quiet New Year’s Eve as they host their first overnight visit with their granddaughter. They hope she stays awake long enough to ring in 1965 with them, but aren’t sure if she will.
Public library adds a varied slate of non fiction works including I am a Chronic Cardiac by Lynn Poole The Book of Festival Holidays by Marguerite Ick is No Cause for Panic by Russell Baker and The Boy s Book of Gun Handling by Richard Alden Knight These titles cover heart disease history US customs and humor safe gun handling techniques and festival traditions for family activities
A concise guide covers firearms basics with clear photos and a final ethics chapter. It includes a hunter safety exam for young readers to test their knowledge and responsible hunting practices.
A grown-up versions of the ten year old author of One Jigs and Juleps offers humorous and candid moral guidance to neighbors and Episcopalians. The collection blends honesty with wit, promising hearty laughter and cheerful instruction.
A portrait of Elizabeth II and the British Royal Family tracing her coronation marriage and the birth of her fourth child. The narrative emphasizes the queen as both monarch and mother, detailing key events from her early reign to her changing public role.
A year by year review of United States stamps and postal cards issued in 1964. The list provides Scott numbers and issuing dates from January through December, noting notable issues such as the Sam Houston five cent and the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge five cent stamp, among others. The piece observes a moderate commemorative release pace and closes with well wishes for the readers.
Iowa reports 6,876 job opportunities created by 278 manufacturing plants in 1964, with industrial output up 17 percent year over year to a record 8.2 billion. Agricultural production rose modestly, while total capital expenditures reached about 268 million. Collins Radio led federal contracts with 40 million.
A seven hour flight from New York brings travelers to Estoril on Portugal's Riviera near Lisbon. The new Estoril Sol hotel with 400 rooms opens early 1965 with two baths per room and a modern casino replacing the old domed building. Tourist rates range from about $13 to $20.50 per day with meals, plus 10 percent service charge and a 3 percent tourist tax.
British star Adam Meredith declarer at four spades in a North South game. After a diamond lead and careful timing he ruffs a diamond to establish ten tricks, using a heart over to set up clubs and discard opponents’ suits, despite early 1960s bidding and play.
Network listings show Johnson's State of the Union at 8 p.m. CST on NBC CBS and ABC. NBC carries Missionary nuns sequence and a soap opera debut at 1 p.m. CST. CBS Reports airs at 9 p.m. CST with Navy Yard closure and unemployment issues. Alfred Hitchcock on NBC at 9 p.m. features Lawford plot. Ben Casey on ABC at 9 p.m. follows a mother of a cerebral palsy patient.
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