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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1968
Page
4
The editorial highlights hopeful Watts developments including a Black community bus line and a baseball bat factory backed by stars, showing self-help amid urban strife. It contrasts lenient sentencing for a shooter of a policeman with harsher penalties for a bad check, urging legal reform.
The Sheldon Mail column lampoons dictionary delays as the author traces how Bobbin and Joan, labeled cuckoopint, lead to arum definitions. The piece plays on delays in tracing word origins from A through C and ribbing the dictionary’s overhead.
A column notes historic practice of labeling tables with the server’s name, suggests printed name cards for waitresses, and discusses whether including phone numbers is appropriate. The piece surveys etiquette, dating tips, and odd facts on manners, appearance, and longevity, ending with an invitation for reader correspondence to L. M. Boyd.
Iowa Southern Utilities Company projects a 1968 construction budget of 742200 for Washington area electric and gas distribution upgrades. Ted Johnson noted planned investments include substation and transmission line expansions, new tap and distribution lines for Crane Company, a 69 KV line from Columbus Junction to Wapello, a mercury vapor street light system for Richland, and 9600 feet of gas mains in Washington.
Lawton Iowa born Colonel Henry age 52 says he will seek the Republican nomination for governor, citing a belief that there is more room at the top and that not being a career politician is an asset. He has faced campaign-organizing hurdles and notes Bob Ray urged him to start with a lesser office.
A collection of reader letters prompts Abby to address topics from explaining homosexuality and venereal disease to a child, to awkward wedding congratulations, to handling family heirlooms. Readers seek guidance on honesty and tact in modern life.
President Johnson reportedly mailed his 23 Congress messages in a 1967 book to 25,000 friends with a personal note from Marvin Watson. The writer imagines Watson signing each note for 207 days, then muses on future Easter eggs and Johnson's Christmas warmth.
The Washington Evening Journal in Washington Iowa lists editors and managers including David Elder as Editor and Business Manager William Shannon as Vice President Advertising Director Charles Morris News Editor Bob Shaffer Local Advertising Howard Hazen Production Superintendent. It notes publication afternoons except Sunday Christmas and July 4th and that it is entered as second class matter under Act of March 3 1879.
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