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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1963
Page
12
The Washington Evening Journal presents a fragment of an editorial voice venting about social snobbery. A speaker mocks a rival girl and jokes about petty retaliation, ending with a line about filling an overshoe with snow during a chilly night.
The piece notes bitter temperatures and heavy snow yet observes that severe weather brings neighborliness and resilience. It contrasts past winters with recent events, reflecting on leadership changes and Governor Erbe’s calm, tempered defeat and the incoming administration.
Postwar British voters rejected Sir Winston Churchill in 1945, ousting the Conservative government for Clement Attlee's Labour. W. H. Marriott notes Churchill's grace in defeat amid gratitude felt worldwide, despite his pivotal leadership through Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, and submarine warfare.
Governor Nor man Erbe leaves office after a close election as Oklahoma shifts from Democratic to Republican control. He is praised for gracious defeat and his final act includes appointing a successor via lieutenant governor. The new government faces immense domestic and international responsibilities as Britain’s vote is noted and wartime hopes are expressed.
Mrs. Elizabeth Morris, a 40 year veteran teacher from Cahokia Illinois, endows a 5000 dollar fund to aid average C students. The program, run by a committee of teachers and administrators, offers half loan half grant with 50 percent repayment after education. She plans to add to the fund in her will.
United Press International lists a one hour NBC program with Patti Page Fred Waring Jean Casadesus and NYC ballet dancers plus a preemption of Jack Paar. Discovery 63 ABC children's show at 3 40 p m CST GAL Heo birthplace visit. NBC International Showtime circus Schumann Copenhagen 6 3 p m ST Don Ameche hosts. Rawhide 6 30 p m CST Route 66 7 30 p m CST I’m Dickens He’s Fenster carpenters welfare show 8 p m CST Alfred Hitchcock 8 30 p m CST Forecast Low Clouds and Coastal Fog tale with Dan O Herlihy Inge Stevens.
Illinois residents near the Marion federal maximum security prison want a concrete wall around the 40 acre compound. officials estimate walling and lighting at 1 million dollars but only 400 thousand is funded. locals fear escapes and favor stronger containment while noting economic benefits from the facility.
Khrushchev’s praise of Walter Ulbricht during East Germany’s sixth party congress signals Kremlin support as Ulbricht faces a fragile economy and the Berlin Wall’s troubled record. With Adenauer nearing retirement, Khrushchev weighs options from Cuba to a potential direct U.S. settlement.
Two U S Navy chaplains at McMurdo Station conduct Protestant and Catholic services on Sunday then fly to Byrd Station in Marie Byrd Land to celebrate another Sunday. The time zone difference lets them worship twice and prep for Byrd rites on what they call tomorrow Sunday.
A Bell Telephone System card dialer lets blind users dial by pre punched braille cards and embossed names. A portable dog brush retracts bristles for easy cleaning and carries hair on the case. New neoprene work gloves resist wear and can be machine washed. A sewing machine features a fine tuning dial for delicate and rugged fabrics. In tennis, Ward Parker and Merceina Parker win men's and women's doubles, then pair together to take mixed doubles.
A column reflects on avoiding skiing for the coming winter, preferring television and other sports instead. It lists items from a Colorado Ski Information Center bulletin, a 1962 Iowa City Veterans Administration Hospital annual report, and a Southeast Iowa Antique Car Club yearbook. It also reviews Presidio magazine from the Iowa state penitentiary, noting its Christmas and January issues, reader letters, and prison population statistics.
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