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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1962
Page
4
The Elm Grove cemetery passes from private to city control as Washington establishes a cemetery board and policy direction. Public sentiment evolves from family plots to municipal stewardship, with perpetual care funds redirected to operations and inflation pressures shaping the new era.
A letter from the Iowa Development Commission urges the week of January 7 to 13 for the All Eyes On Iowa initiative. Local leaders defend community strengths, lament old outreach, and call for better lighting and highway foresight to attract industry.
The essay recalls a pioneer who defied forestry to protect crop land and warns despotism begins with seeking control of an organization. It notes the White House receives many autograph requests for President Kennedy with notes from admirers.
A survey by the Armour Research Foundation at Illinois Institute of Technology reports that about 25 percent of annual industrial spending on research and development goes to the Midwest region, highlighting regional innovation.
A collage of reader questions on herbs asthma height hair loss and medical tips. Advice touches on enemas digestion spinal height exercises and mild remedies with a light tone and dated references. Copyright 1958 King Features.
Iowa spends 405 per pupil this year, up 4.9 percent from 386 last year, versus a national 414 per pupil. Total Iowa school costs rise to 270.8 million dollars as enrollment grows about 1 percent to 611,000 students, below national spending growth.
A Tampa Park gathering of interstate friends on Christmas Day featured a cooperative meal with Michigan Illinois New York and Iowa represented. After, card games and outdoor shuffleboard followed as locals enjoyed a mild holiday with frost on roofs and a 40 degree morning. The scene highlighted Christmas music flowers poinsettias and festive decor with stories of a 25 pound turkey and a Santa Casa bank window.
A reflective piece blends a snake encounter and post Christmas consumer gripes with return requests to a festive mood. It notes shoppers still seek exchanges, family humor in clothing gifts, and a pivot to 1962 with hopeful Biblical cheer.
In a North dealer no quarantine, the bidding reaches six hearts after a dramatic sequence with South using cuebids and Blackwood. North becomes declarer and makes the six heart contract with minimal trumps, despite only one ace and two kings disclosed.
The Washington Iowa daily paper lists staff including Shannon Elder as publisher and Dave It Elder as managing editor with Charles Morris news editor and Howard Hazen advertising manager. It notes publication afternoons except Sunday and holidays and that it is a second class matter under the 1879 act with various press associations and subscription rates.
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