Editorial: Diet, tires, steel prices and a playful note
In the January 4 1966 Evening Journal editorial page the writer muses on the so called Stinking Man's Diet using garlic sausages. It argues Iowa should likely ban steel studded tires despite their traction benefits elsewhere. The piece contrasts steel price hikes by Bethlehem Steel and a New York subway strike amid Viet Nam concerns, defends new lighter steel as cost effective long term, and quips about Lovell in long underwear as a sports and culture aside while noting postal quirks in Wayne County Mississippi.
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Iowa
Population moves reshape Iowa cities toward countryside
Iowa State University sociologist Jon Doerflinger reports a new population pattern in Iowa where rural areas shrink while metropolitan complexes grow. Communities near central cities like Des Moines Fort Dodge and Dubuque gain, altering county borders and prompting calls for new local government patterns and urban influence extending into rural trade networks.
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IDPA
Iowa
Jon A. Doerflinger
Iowa State University
Doerflinger
Plex
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Dubuque
Clinton
Keokuk
Des Moines
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Iowa State
Teachers Learn They Are People Too In Stroudsburg
In Stroudsburg Pa Principal Alfred Munson and Earl Groner recall early 1930s pay and postwar raises, noting teachers now earn about 4700 with 12 month living costs. They discuss large classes 42 students, frustrations with slow learners, and the push for higher salaries.
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Groner
Munson
Endplay saves doubtful contracts in contract bridge
South dealer the bidding notes how bad luck can be overcome by calm play. With West lead clubs the hand can be made even if East holds the ace of hearts. After ruffing diamonds and discarding hearts, the endgame yields the contract, illustrating why endplays are a key expert weapon.
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West
East
King
Res Syndicate, Inc
Price Sings Two Strauss Arias With Leinsdorf In Boston
UPI reports Leinsdorf secured Leontyne Price to sing Strauss arias from The Egyptian Helen and Salome with the Boston Symphony, a coup praised for artist and program. Milstein performs Mozart concertos, while Prokofiev cycle adds a final symphony. Bernstein’s choral Psalm settings premiere with NY Philharmonic and Camerata Singers. Evening Journal.
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New York
UPI
Erich Leinsdorf
Boston Symphony
Richard Strauss
Helen
Salome
Leontyne Price
Strauss
RCA _ Victor
Miss Price
Leinsdorf
Nathan Milstein
Mozart
Milstein
Washington Evening Journal personnel and affiliations
The Washington Evening Journal of Washington Iowa lists staff including David Elder editor and business manager William Shannon vice president advertising director Charles Morris news editor Bob Shaffer local advertising Bruce Cowden contributing editor Howard Hazen production superintendent and notes publication details. It is an afternoon paper except Sundays Christmas and July 4th and is entered as second class matter under the 1879 act and uses United Press Leased Wire services with Inland Daily Press Assn Iowa Daily Press Assn Iowa Press Assn and Audit Bureau of Circulations memberships.
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David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Loca
Bruce Cowden
Howard Hazen
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press Ass
Iowa Daily Press Ass
Iowa Press Ass'n
Audit Bureau of Circulations
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Blondie
Chic Young
Nancy
ANL
Darure Syndicate
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Delos Smith
Mhapter
Nazi Grmany
Leonard Bernstein
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New York Philharmonic
Camerata Singers
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