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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1963
Page
4
The Washington Evening Journal shares observations on free blessings, editor’s red ink, and society notes. It highlights Rep. Fred Schwengel's item veto proposal, arguing for selective presidential power to strike individual provisions in appropriations without blocking entire bills.
A male marketing executive laments spilling coffee when opening brim full cans and transferring grounds to narrow pots. He argues men would devise better home solutions if tasked with full housework, suggesting women want men to experience chores firsthand.
A playful New Year note extends greetings to major firms Iowa Public Service Co. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. International Paper Co. and unnamed manufacturers of long-play records, praising their products and utility while thanking their services and calendars for gifts.
A reader praises high school amateur wrestling in Washington Iowa as superior to professional wrassling seen at the Legion Hall. The letter argues amateur wrestling emphasizes skill, discipline, and lifelong fitness, urges public support and attendance at the February 7 home meet, and notes wrestling is a new sport in the community.
A discussion of high school dropouts links unemployment and delinquency to lack of education. Reasons vary from work to health or unsuitable school programs. Solutions emphasize individualized planning, parental support, guidance counselors, and community agency involvement to keep students in school.
In rural Yucatan the 40th generation Maya prince Gerardo Xiu lives as a corn farmer in a thatched home. Harvard's Peabody Museum holds his lineage tracing back 40 generations, while his only remaining noble status is a tribe’s name tied to a vanished empire.
West leads king of spades as Sylvia, South, finesses and squeezes through a transfer play. She decides on a five diamond contract, then cashed trumps and executed a rare transfer squeeze to win five diamonds despite misgivings.
UPI reports Representative Clarence Cannon, Democrat of Missouri, criticizes President Kennedy's budget for inflation risk and potential loss of confidence in the U.S. dollar abroad. He cites dwindling gold reserves and rising non defense spending, warning of new deficits in 1964 65 and 66.
NBC offers The World of Benny Goodman a one hour tour of Russia with his band plus a portrait of his career and private life. CBS presents Twilight Zone He’s Alive about a fascist leader getting wisdom from an astonishing source.
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