The Weastingtons and an Endless Mailings List
An editorial recounts how Mr. Takahashi of Washington Iowa keeps appearing on junk mail lists sent to the Journal office. Despite returning and correcting the address for eight years the publisher list remains unchanged. Journal staff mark some ads deceased in red ink but the name persists on the mailing lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Takahashi
Journal
Washington, Iowa
United States
Washington
Y’s Men’s Club
Time-Life Publishing Company
Japan
Mr. Takahashi
Longer Tongues for Bees in Denmark Breeding Program
Danish agriculture experts pursue a 20-year program to extend bee tongues so bees reach deeper into nectar rich blooms like clover. The effort aims to boost honey production and pollination while reducing temperamental behavior, though stings remain a concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
Dead letter laws linger in American statutes
A 1966 American Bar Association piece notes how obsolete laws persist in many jurisdictions from Washington DC ice cream cone bans to Elko Nevada flu mask rules. It argues such laws erode respect for law, may prompt arbitrary enforcement, and should be cleaned from the books as part of modernizing criminal statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Supreme Court
Congress
Elko
Nevada
American Bar Association
Hesseltine Hospitalization Featured in Local Notes
Harrison Hesseltine underwent surgery at Methodist Hospital in Des Moines after Sunday admission and faces a two to three day remainder of hospitalization. The piece also lists various local visits and family updates from Brighton and surrounding areas including guests in Washington and Richland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Paul Snyder
Doug
Mary
West of Brighton
Ed Letts
Carrie Zager
Washington
Fred Burgeois
Harrison Hesseltine
Methodist
Des Moines
Wilma McAfee
Hampton
David Hamiltons
Cindy
Carol Fleig
Richland
Luanne Elmore
Clifford Elmore
Danny Elmore
Curtis Fleig
Delbert Fleig
Joyce Elmore
Jimmy
University Park
Dessie Elmore
Alanna Elmore
Marlene Bond
Glenda Spry
Leila Kay Lock
Pleasant Plain Quarterly Meeting of Friends Church
Twin Lakes
Rockwell City
Rex Widmer
Larry
New Years
Earnest Lunow
Visit Mrs. Romine at the hospital
Keota Iowa news item reports Mrs. Joe Romine hospitalized at Mercy hospital in Iowa City with visitors including Mr. and Mrs. James Coffman and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bermel. The piece notes New Year visits and a St Marys school Christmas program with families, plus a Santa Claus stop for youngsters. Loren Gullette family from Indianapolis returned home in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
James Coffman
Lawrence Bermel
Joe Romine
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
St. Marys School
Santa Claus
Loren Gullette
Indianapolis
Indiana
Ber
Guy Lyle
Lyle
Jim Lyle
Tipton
Richard Lyle
Charles Lyle
Francis Lyle
Howard Bohr
Joe Myers
Richard Scheibel
Janet
Charlie Scheibel
Joe Scheibel
Tommy
Jerry Scheibel
Washington
Jim Scheibel
Lynn Millard
Newton
Janet Scheibel
Allan Reighard
Donna
Ardell
Sun
Extraordinary Three Notrump Defense Leads to Nine Trick Holdup
In a rubber bridge match Alvin Roth of New York sat West and backed a bold double over three notrump. Opening lead of spades proved decisive. queen of diamonds or other leads would have given South nine quick tricks. Roth's jack of spades followed by a low spade forced East into a diamond defense that yielded four spades and five diamonds for a five trick defeat of 900 points. The piece underscores the impact of opening lead choice and double, with Roth's play hailed as well judged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Roth
New York
South
Roth
East
Busy Bees 4-H Club Meets With All Members Present
Edwin Wittetoe hosted the Busy Bees 4-H Club meeting on Monday evening with full attendance. New members are welcome, and the next gathering is scheduled for February 7 with Wayne Wagner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Wittetoe
Busy Bees
Wayne Wagner
Beards and Beats in American Nonconformity
An editor surveys historic beard culture from Joseph Palmer in Fitchburg to modern Beatle cuts. He argues beard restraint sparked jail yet later became accepted, while Beatle style prompts school crackdowns and questions about individuality versus conformity in Anglo-Saxon society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Palmer
Fitchburg
Mass
Palmer
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Evening Journal
Dr. Strabismus
North
Marion Ave
Windsor, Ontario
Star
Pioneer-Republican
The
Hudson Herald
Neola
West Des Moines Express
Asld Family
Exaibi
Mr. Hesseltine
Mrs
Tony Meuth
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
B. Jay Becker
South West North East
King
Ires Syndicate, Inc
Harold Reighard
Mary Lou
Ottumwa
Washim Evening Journal
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Bruce Cowden
Howard Hazen
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press Ass'n
Iowa Daily Press
Iowa Press Ass’n
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Renee
Dee
Joe Palooka
Ham Fisher
Tandy
Prince Speed
Darling
Dixie Dugan
BY Mevoy and
Striebel
You Two
Massachusetts
All America
King C. Gillette
Dante
Henry V
Blondie
Chic Young
Nancy
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