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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1963
Page
3
A reader discusses dating police officers off duty and the illusion of uniforms, another notes fake nurse glamour, and a third seeks privacy from a widowed mother. Abby advises handling family visits by coordinating with siblings and suggests reciprocal hosting for boss socializing worries.
A historical listing of farm sales and public auctions across Iowa with dates from January to February. Entries specify locations such as Washington Kalona Keota Brighton Fairfield Yarmouth Grandview and Wayland, listing starts times and organizers including Emory Rhodes A K Stoutner Bernard Sobaski Edward Hahn Ruth Owen Karl Messer Roy Sowash Lester Merz and Son and others. Livestock sales appear weekly at Kalona and multiple markets with specified farm, acreage, and route details.
President Kennedy in the Economic Report calls for a July 1 tax cut for individuals and a phased corporate rate drop from 30 to 22 percent on the first 325,000 of income with more reductions to come. He warns that without relief a recession and higher 1964 deficits may follow while projecting a 578 billion dollar GNP for 1963.
A local professional directory lists attorneys Day Bates Morrison Morrison Lloyd Owen Stewart Shearer and Garrell D D S Dr P L Etter Optometrists John W Lemmon O D Dr R Q Eastland with addresses and phone numbers. The entries include practice areas such as abstract departments dentistry osteopathy and eye care with office locations on West Main Street South Marion Avenue and Washington Street.
In a famous hand from contract bridge, Mrs. Helen Sobel, playing seven spades, overcomes a club lead and uses precise finesses to deduce opponents’ cards and secure a grand slam. The maneuver rests on counting West’s distribution and trust in a favorable 6 finesse.
Twenty four couples danced in the community room with Larry Gow calling. Guests arrived from West Liberty Brighton and Mr. Pleasant. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Koehler and Mrs. Robert Huber helped on the coffee committee. Mrs. Huber and Mrs. Koehler surprised Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gerot with a decorated cake for their 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, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. They will answer questions for interested persons and emphasize that meeting will not obligate anyone.
A UPI report from Washington notes improved diets incomes and medical care have yielded sturdier, taller Americans. Nine year old boys are about an inch taller than their fathers at the same age and men reach about five feet 16 inches. Women average roughly two inches taller than in 1909 but weigh less for their height than grandmothers by six to eight pounds.
Funeral services for Augusta M. Lester were conducted Saturday at 1 30 p m in Jones Funeral Home with Rev Vernon Elgin Ph D officiating. Burial followed in Sixteen Cemetery near What Cheer with pallbearers Harry Donaldson Scott Wilcox Richard Stewart Sam Erwin Robert Wiley and Neil Trotman in attendance.
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