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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1963
Page
17
The piece argues for a four year governor term and the power to appoint cabinet officers, comparing Iowa to the federal model where the president hires and can remove appointees. It notes current elected officials limit the governor’s control, hindering policy, accountability, and effective administration. The author contends editors may disagree, but supports stronger executive authority.
At the National Council on the Aging Institute in New York City November 14 to 16, anthropologist Ashley Montagu warned that much furniture speeds aging by stressing the body. He criticized typical chairs as an atrocity and urged redesigns with a shorter tilted seat and curved back to fit the spine. The rocking chair, he said, is closer to a morphologically satisfactory design.
Premier Amintore Fanfani confronts a Communist no confidence motion as Italy's 1950s party fragmentation tests endure. The government seeks stability ahead of general elections while regional government reform, social programs, and nationalization debates hinge on party splits and Neru socialists.
Washington Iowa details list office staff including editor and advertising chief. The notice states publication afternoons except Sundays and holidays and that the paper is a second class matter under act of 1879. Rates shown: months 2.50, months 4.75, year 3.00.
Harry R. Spohn and Craig W. Brown pose at the Geographic South Pole with the Washington Evening Journal in December 1962. Spohn, a Des Moines Weather Bureau supervisor, notes 85 men at station and that CBs will depart in February leaving 20 Navy personnel and scientists for the Antarctic night. Brown hails from Salix, Iowa.
In Mexico City hi fi shops push new sound records that mock everyday life with sounds like Chinese New Year Screaming Tires and Shoveling Snow. Authors joke about Listener reactions and imagine future radio programs featuring sounds of a tight rope walker and bread rising in the oven.
A 1958 King Features health column explains diverticulosis from aging intestines and how diverticula bulge and may explode into diverticulitis. It covers symptoms such as left sided pain cramps and bloating, and treatments including antibiotics heat, fluids, softening diets, and possible surgical removal of diseased sections.
In Becker's column a South player misplayed a bridge hand after two rounds of trumps and a spade trick. The article shows how leading diamonds at trick four would guarantee the contract, forcing out the ace and queen of diamonds and allowing safe discards, even if West held certain middle cards.
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