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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1966
Page
5
Dear Abby answers three reader worries. A widow questions her husband visiting his elderly father and fears family strain while Abby criticizes the husband as greedy and urges him to stay with his father. A teen complains about pants fit and leg length, prompting fashion and parenting observations.
Distressed reader asks Abby about a husband who salts every dish without tasting first. Abby suggests he tastes first, considers medical advice, and urges gentle communication. Readers can write for a personal reply or Abby's booklet.
The piece offers simple bake at home recipes including Sunday Morning Coffee Cake with cup shortening sugar eggs flour baking powder salt milk and a cinnamon sugar topping. Also notes tuna casserole and coconut oatmeal cookies with straightforward steps and measurements. It briefly mentions Florida's Everglades National Park as a geographic aside.
Southeastern Iowa hosts a major auction drawing buyers and sellers across fat cattle feeder cattle hogs and sheep under the Packers and Stockyards Act. The event showcases wide market engagement with all livestock classes represented reflecting strong demand and compliance with federal rules.
A mosaic of program guides lists daily airings from morning to late night across multiple stations. It catalogs news, comedy, westerns, dramas, cartoons, game shows, sports, movies, religious programs, and public affairs, with channel names and time slots.
Riverside area updates report Wilbur Rath improving after major surgery at Mercy Hospital. Several relatives are recovering from injuries in a two car accident near Riv erside. A birth at Mercy Hospital greets Jeffrey Allen Wieland with siblings and grandparents listed. Local social events include S and C Club and American Legion Auxiliary activities at the B and W Cafe.
Dr. Fred Blick spoke at the Tuesday Variety Night recalling experiences from his pastorates. Miss Lora Darbyshire shared January birth day anecdotes about notable men. The Home Board met in January. Mrs. Myrla Henderson’s sister Maude White of Crawfordsville and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Nau of Mt. Pleasant visited Monday. Nayna Neiswander, Schoenberger’s niece, left after Christmas. Mrs. Charles Willming went to Mercy Hospital Iowa City for tests, room 423, while Mr. Willming stayed with relatives there. Dorothy Currie had eye surgery at University Hospitals Iowa City. Dudley Allen remains hospitalized in Washington County. Visitors included Wayne Mangold and Mabel Morris. The Thirty-Niners met for dessert and slides of Mexican scenes by Helen Lackey. Hostesses Edna Sherriff, Mattie Black, Ethel Weed, Altha White, and Mrs. George Schoenberger. Dr. W. J. Stewart enjoyed a visit from Tom Williams and wife of Oskaloosa and great grandson Eugene.
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