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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1965
Page
3
A montage of Dear Abby reader questions on romance and family life. A widow facing a marriage decision, a man with an alcoholic houseguest grandfather, a teen seeking parental harmony, and a woman recounting a failed engagement reveal social norms and the columnist guidance.
Mrs. Orva Scott hosted a noon luncheon for nine Merry Makers Club members with Mrs. Stanley Mouser and Linda Scott among guests. Mrs. Richard Young led the meeting and dues were paid as officers were re elected for another year.
Karen Lee Seaton of 615 East Main Washington was charged by city police with failure to yield the right of way and fined $5 by Justice of the Peace Glenn Holden.
Sydney inventors Bert Cohen and Owen Evans unveiled an electronic slot machine priced at 1000 dollars claiming it is foolproof against system players. Cohen said two and a half years of work focused on electric action and no wheels to thwart syndicate strategies demonstrated in Las Vegas. A separate Udine gambler won a four month old lion in a card game thinking it was a truck, after a rival played a Lion brand pickup.
Mrs Janet Warrens 163 pound English mastiff Hector Warren is selected for a part in a new television series Sherlock Holmes in Newbury England. The dog is believed to be the countryside largest dog.
Dale Loeffler and Doyle Paul hosted gatherings in Brighton starting New Year’s Day. Attendees included numerous Brigh ton residents, relatives from Iowa and California, and visitors from Pomona. The record notes birthday celebrations, travel friends, and family reunions across several households.
Robert Glenn Thompson a 29 year old Bay Shore New York fuel oil distributor was arrested by the FBI on espionage conspiracy charges for allegedly supplying U S military secrets to a Russian national Fedor Kudashkin and others Thompson allegedly provided details on military installations missile sites code books and intelligence activities to the Russians Thompson was to be arraigned in federal court in Brooklyn later in the day
The Washington area Journal of Washington Iowa lists staff including David Elder as Editor and Business Manager William Shannon as Vice President Advertising Director Charles Morris News Editor Bob Shaffer Local Advertising Bruce Cowden and Production Superintendent Howard Hazen. It notes publication afternoons except Sunday Christmas and July 4th and entry as second class matter under Act of March 8 1879.
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