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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1966
Page
4
The Washington Sepurcue Evening Journal reviews a televised Duke Ellington sacred music concert at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York. The piece praises jazz in worship as sincere, moving, and contemporaneous, equating Ellington’s modern idiom with Handel in its era.
A columnist reflects on a paradoxical image as a young long haired person burns a draft card only when it is a 4-F card. The remark highlights era attitudes toward draft status and appearance.
Martin Loeb of the University of Wisconsin urges brighter dining rooms, noting dim lighting harms all patrons not just the elderly. He suggests practical fixes from headlamps to miniature flashlights at each table, or simply increasing lighting. The piece humorously critiques candlelit eateries and high prices.
Washington report notes 1966 models include seat belts crash padding and recessed hubs but stresses crash proofing remains beyond current design. Cornell Laboratory data show ejection drives serious injuries and deaths. keeping occupants inside the car is crucial to reduce fatalities by about two to threefold.
In a Becker column the South hand of a bridge problem shows how overtaking the queen of clubs can beat South’s nine trick contract. The piece then shifts to car safety, noting Cornell findings on vehicle hazards and the limited effectiveness of seat belts, urging design changes like shoulder harnesses and stronger door latches.
Keota Hi Lo Pinochle club members gather at Mrs Agnes Sigler s home for a Thursday evening session with three card tables and prizes awarded to Mrs Audrey Smith Mrs Frances Baker and Evelyne Wade. Birthday gift goes to Mrs Lillian Coffman. Past Noble Grand Circle hosted by Mrs Dorothy Chambers and Mrs Daisy Chambers. Sixteen attendees including one guest Mrs Pat Mound. Florence Crawford presided at a brief business meeting and members were urged to bring colored buttons for Retarded school children. Births include Patrick Edward McCrabb born January 12 at Washington hospital weighing seven pounds four and a half ounces to Mr and Mrs William McCrabb. Grand parents listed. Another birth: Roger Wright s son born at Keokuk County Memorial Hospital. eight pounds thirteen and a half ounces. Mrs Flossie Shebeck named great grandmother. St Marys Reading Circle met with two members. readings by Rita Miller Irene Grisham and Mary June Adam. Christian church group met at Mildred Palmer s home with Devotions by Stella Hagist. Earl Parke visiting from St. Louis. Family visits with Clyde Junior Stoutner s family.
The State Traveling Library reports Inter library loan activity including a book sent to Topeka Public Library and portraits sent to Waterloo. New books include The Slender Reed Take Now Thy Son Yes I Can The $100000 Quarter Back The Sun in Scorpio and The Century of the Detective. 1965 totals show 42141 circulations and 694 new books added to reach 19000. Memorial book purchases cost 168.49 with 612.82 in fines collected. World Book Lore notes Penn received Pennsylvania land from Charles II to settle a debt of about 16000 pounds plus interest.
Comic epigrams on college life. Chapters lampoon curriculum expenses grading faculty and attendance. Light, easy reading likely to amuse students and professors.
The Washington Evening Journal of Washington Iowa lists staff including editor David Kilder and news editor Charles Morris along with advertising leadership and production staff. It notes publication afternoons except Sundays and holidays with second class matter status and memberships in press and auditing associations. Weekly carrier rate in Washington at 40 dollars per year.
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