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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1963
Page
11
A reader collection shows letters about dating uniformed officers off duty, attraction fading in plain clothes, and nurses on duty. Advice covers privacy with a widowed mother, handling visits from a spouse's bosses, and reciprocal entertaining. Abby guides on boundaries and etiquette.
A compilation of upcoming closing out sales and public auctions across Iowa towns including Washington Kalona Keota Brighton Yarmouth Grandview and Wayland. Dates run January 22 to February 14 with start times mostly at 11 a.m. or noon and sellers such as Emory Rhodes A K Stoutner Bernard Sobaski Edward W Thomas Homer Hillyard and Karl Messer and Roy Sowash listed along with locations and road references.
President Kennedy in the Economic Report predicts moderate 1963 growth and urges Congress to cut taxes. He proposes a July 1 individual tax cut and a corporate rate drop from 30 to 22 percent on the first 25 000 of income with a bigger cut to come later. If blocked, a recession and a higher 1964 deficit could follow. Initial reactions split along party lines with calls for spending cuts and praise for stimulus to sustain recovery.
Directory lists attorneys including Louis J. Kehoe and Morrison firms with addresses and phone numbers, plus professionals Dale E. Garrell D S, Dr P L Etter osteopathic physician, John W. Lemmon O D and Dr R Q Eastland. Entries show offices in Journal Building and West Main area with contact details.
In a famed contract bridge hand, Helen Sobel, playing seven spades with West dealer, wins after a precise sequence. She draws trumps, ruffs diamonds, and finesses the heart to succeed without seeing other hands, leveraging perfect arithmetic to reveal West’s distribution.
Twenty four couples attended a community room dance with Larry Gow calling. Guests came from West Liberty, Brighton, and Mr. Pleasant. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Koehler and Mrs. Robert Huber organized coffee. Mrs. Huber and Mrs. Koehler presented a decorated cake to honor the Gerots wedding anniversary.
The United States Army Recruiting Service of Davenport announced that Army counselors will be at the Post Office on Tuesday and Wednesday January 22 and 23. They will answer questions for all interested persons and no obligation will result from meeting them. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.
A UPI report notes better diets incomes and medical care have made Americans taller. A nine year old is about an inch taller than his father at that age and men now reach five feet ten inches on average. Women are taller than in 1909 but weigh six to eight pounds less for their height than grandmothers did, at the same ages.
Funeral services for Augusta M. Lester were held Saturday at 1 50 p.m. in the Jones Funeral Home with the Rev. Vernon Elgin Ph.D. Burial was in the Sixteen Cemetery near What Cheer. Pallbearers were Harry Donaldson Scott Wilcox Richard Stewart Sam Erwin Robert Wiley and Neil Trotman.
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