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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1968
Page
4
In the January 15 1968 Washington LA Evening Journal an editorial reflects on lost and found notices in the paper and recounts a personal tale of a dog finding its owner. It then recalls roadside motels evolving into modern Holiday Inn style complexes and contrasts motels with hotels including parking and bellboy tips.
Public Safety Commissioner Jack M. Fulton reports 1967 Iowa motor vehicle deaths at 814, down from 904 in 1966, with 240 lives saved by seat belts. He notes reduced fatal crashes on secondary highways and credits Interstate usage, while urging broader seat belt adoption amid new federal standards and shoulder belts for front passengers.
The Washington Evening Journal of Washington Iowa lists staff roles including Editor and Business Manager David Elder and News Editor Charles Morris. It notes publication afternoons except Sunday, with postal and association memberships and a brief mail subscription rate listing.
In the 1963 Par Point Championship East leads a diamond to four spades. Becker explains why West ruff with the deuce is a high level play to set up East's trump access, while South’s overruff choice avoids loss. The article analyzes optimal lines and player reasoning in a top masters event.
The Iowa Farm Bureau opposes a proposed convenience and necessity law for truck operators livestock carriers and grain haulers arguing it would block new entrants require hearings and create a closed shop while the Motor Truck Association cites other states where such laws exist and says they foster orderly entry and fair tariffs through the Commerce Commission and registration fees.
A veteran Arizona veterinarian walks a county dog pound audience away from politics to gentle canine companionship. He blesses seven greyhounds and a mix of hounds, recalling races, losses, and the moral weight of keeping dogs safe. The doc savors simple bonds over the town’s frictions.
Six dollars and a sandwich bought a murder on the south side. A 13 year old "hit man" in the Negro ghetto is cited, with payments sometimes reaching 61 dollars for other juveniles aged 13 to 16 recruited by youth gangs to kill rivals over dope dealing. The investigation, led by Asst. State's Atty. John Stamos, probes alleged infiltration by black power elements into the gangs.
A miscellany of trivia and q&a touches on measurements claimed by standards, sleep research on smokers snoring, bride color preferences, historic juries for English butchers, a sniper at a stadium, song popularity, and oddities in gynephobia and clock naming. Includes jokes about quarrels and a note on birth ratios by family size.
Stamos declined to confirm black power reports, but an assistant said RAM evidence shows elements tried to infiltrate gangs like the Blackstone Rangers, who have clashed with police. He cited lenient treatment of felony defendants under 17 and proposed law changes to transfer juveniles to the Youth Commission, noting 13 to 15 year olds are involved and paid to commit serious offenses.
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