Editorials and Notes From The Washington Evening Journal
The page blends reflections and local color with clips on a high school musical, a 1962 Southeast Iowa Antique Car Club roster, Congo peace talks with Moise Tshombe, and a weather debate between official forecasters and private analyst Mr. Krick. The tone is opinionated, lightly humorous, and era-appropriate.
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Southeast
Iowa
Antique Car Club
Dick Higgins
Mervin Miller
Washington
Joseph Hook
Brighton
Owen White
Ainsworth
O. J. Rhodes
Terry Spitzer
Kalona
Pardon What Week Is This January Observances
The notice lists January as multiple themed months such as March of Dimes Month and National Colorado Beef Month. It notes last week was University of Detroit Silent Record Week with stereophonic silence and blank slides and home movies. Next Sunday begins National Save the Pun Week Stephen Foster Week and National Big Brother Week.
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University of Detroit
Stephen Foster
New Year Reflections and Tampa Winter News
Brandon readers mingle resolutions with weather notes and local stories. The piece recalls the big freeze impact on Tampa Bay area trees and citrus, dock worker strikes delaying bananas, a 82 foot python on a milk truck engine, and a lively Nativity scene with tame animals. It ends with post holiday shopping and fabric markets inviting tourists to explore Tampa and nearby communities.
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Tampa
Northbern
United States
Miami
al Harris
Smoky
Hultman on liquor law enforcement and mores
Iowa Attorney General Evan Hultman argues liquor enforcement hinges on mores and law. He describes two facets of liquor issues, illegal sales and legitimate key clubs, and stresses citizen cooperation, jury responsibility, and county attorney roles in enforcement. He notes gaps between state and local powers and calls for clear hours for key clubs and possible liquor-by-the-glass reforms.
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DES Moines
IDPA
Evan Hultman
Iowa
Hultman
Erncr
Harold Hughes
State Safety Department
Countryman
57Th General Assembly
Attorney General
Scene From a Kitchen Window Memoir Journal Entry
A first person reminiscence recalls holiday gifts and daily life in a rural setting. The author notes starlings feasting on decayed scraps after a Christmas garbage disposal gift, mentions electric blankets, and shares childhood recollections of foot peddlers and gum handouts.
Mrs Dusenbery Hosts Coffee Club in West Chester
Nine members met with Mrs. Kenneth Dusenbery for The Time for Coffee Club in West Chester. One guest, Mrs. Larry Thrapp, joined as a new member. A gift was given to Mrs. Gerald DeLong who moved to Keota. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Jack Mueller. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Duvall hosted an oyster and chili supper with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Harold Nicola and others, with a decorated birthday cake for the guest of honor, Mrs. John Duvall.
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Nelson Woodford
West Chester
Kenneth Dusenbery
Larry Thrapp
Gerald DeLong
Keota
Jack Mueller
Walter Duvall
Harold Nicola
John Duvall
Christine
Bob
Nancy
Endplay and trumping partner's trick in bridge lesson
A bridge example shows elimination play in a four spades contract. South ruffs a heart, then uses a spade and diamond sequence to force an endplay. East must avoid leading diamonds or clubs, or South ruffs and wins clubs. The defense can foil declarer by trumping a heart with the king of spades.
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South
West
East
Declarer
Hast
Hast- West
Res Syndicate, Inc
Eleven Lost Licenses in Washington County in '62
Washington County records show eleven licenses revoked in 1962 for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. The figures detail age distribution of offenders and note that Iowa revoked 2,162 licenses in 1962, down from 2,310 in 1961, with penalties including 60 days to one year revocation and fines up to 1,000 dollars.
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DES Moines
IDPA
Iowa
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
Omvs
Washington County
Officers Installed at Crawfordsville Masonic Lodge
Crawfordsville news notes the installation of officers for the Masonic Lodge led by retiring worshipful master Vernon Fletcher. New officers include Don Kracaw as Worshipful Master and Russ Monson as Senior Warden, with others named as treasurer deputy and chaplain amid community family updates and local happenings.
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Masonic Lodge
Crawfordsville
Vernon Fletcher
The
Don Kracaw
Russ Monson
Myral Smith
Blake Spencer
C. C. Moorhead
Dick Holmes
Dale Engle
Arthur Whiting
Silas Finke, Jr
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Washington Evening Journal
God
Gwendolyn
Ft. Madison
Congo
Tshombe
United Nations
U.N
Moise Tshombe
U.S. Weather Bureau
Mr. Krick
Denver
Colorado
Krick
USA
Russia
U. S. Weather Bureau
Pardon
Louisiana
By the
Way
Brandon
Florida
Brandon Park
Harrison Weber
Iowa Daily Press
BY Marge Luckey
T.V
Alka Seltzer
Raleigh
Watkins Products
Dixie Dugan
By Mevoy and
Striebel
Rockabye Johnson
Joe Palooka
B. Jay Becker
Norte
Aks
Henry
Jefferson
Johnson
Keokuk
Louisa
Muscatine
Mrs
Marian Waters
Laura Herrman
Cherokee
E.P. Hermann
W. A. Orris
Bill Orris
Independence
Sonny Marlatt
Rodney
Iowa City
Ora Marlatt
Rita
Mrs. Orris
Amansa
Orris
Bill Conrad
Laura Davis
Olds
Gail
Mr. Conrad
Bill
Robert Wilson
Cheryl
Debbie
Ward
Bunker Hill
Ill
J. S. Jewell
Wilson
Holly Johnston
Joe Douglas Eichelberger
Memorial Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Cal Eichelberger
Wayland
David
Donnie
Bruce
Eichelberger
Betty Johnston
Crawfordsville High School
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