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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1967
Page
4
Editorial reflects on Luke 15 10 and the joy of repentance. It contrasts liberty found in Christ with the daring adventures sought for security. A farmer builds a six foot square turkey trap using a tilting side released from cover.
Washington High School football captain Hod Rice, who later coached at his alma mater, visits friends and recounts a century old Iowa game when he kicked off to Red Grange as Illinois upset Iowa 12 to 10. Nearby, two teens mourn Clark Gable’s death and a shopkeeper jokes about being over the hill.
Amid a deep freeze a local farm lost its well, leaving residents without water for days. With temperatures dipping below zero, a family struggled to provide boiled eggs for breakfast as Mother searched for a solution.
A reflective piece contrasts the pursuit of security with risk taking, using a fable of turkeys outside a corn store and the idea that “security” can lure the prudent into inaction. It then moves to legal wit about a hidden ball trick by lawyers, a courtroom mishap, and a self-made millionaire’s speech, ending with a student quip about “how and whom to pluck.”
A west coast classified ad recounts a father offering a 1964 sport coupe for sale after a traffic incident. The vehicle reportedly has been checked at over 100 mph by highway patrol, sheriff, and city police.
Don Ross recounts meeting Art Oates former Washington pastor now interim at Scottsdale United Presbyterian. Oates, 77, vigorous and recalls decades of ministry from Washington to Mesa and Albuquerque, summering near Greer. Ross notes friendships, family links, ghost towns, and local memories across Iowa and Arizona.
Robert Ferrell announces the cast for the high school operetta Red Mill to be staged March 7-8. Various local figures attend events, join clubs, or receive appointments, including bank officers, Eastern Star officers, and community leaders in Washington and nearby towns.
Britain confirmed in principle readiness to back the $39.2 million sale of a British built fertilizer plant to Cuba. The export credits department said it will insure the deal with five years credit, deeming Cuba an acceptable commercial risk. The transaction, still under negotiation, would be the largest Britain Cuba business agreement to date.
In a 1967 contract bridge column, the south hand opens four spades, with declarer facing a strong bidding narrative. The article argues blind leads are risky, voting for a trump lead to curb heart losers, and explains how the defense and bidding reveal key hold details, determining whether ten tricks are reachable.
Daily hospital notes list admissions and discharges by town and patient, with several births recorded. Names include Michael Keith Ainsworth and Jerry Bean Ainsworth, plus Hawkins Crawfordsville and Miller Crawfordsville surgical cases. Birth announcements name Keota, Washington, Kalona, and Hedrick residents, including a son for Momphard Keota and a daughter for Lister Washington.
Obituaries list Ethel Eva Gabriel 77 Morning Sun Manor. Frank T. McKune 1005 E Washington. Ed Wenger 84 Wayland retired farmer. Charles Edward Brinning 83 Wellman nursing home. Anna M Brown 84 Fulton Illinois. William Harvey Goodwin 83 Atkinson Nebraska. Moon Shafer 58 Kalona. John D Woodin Grand Island illness and family travel. Funeral plans noted for multiple communities in Iowa.
Southeast Missouri residents planned to watch hills roads and yards today for a repeat UFO sighting. For a week locals have observed unidentified flying objects including a rectangular greenish craft seen by Cape Girardeau police and newsmen landing in a soybean field.
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