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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1963
Page
11
An editorial reflection quoting I Samuel 16 13 on the moment David is anointed and the call to commit to God's will as a turning point toward blessing and happiness for the reader.
John Hedberg captures Purely Personal reminiscences of Washington Iowa focusing on Bill Shannon the milk route, town characters, parade memories and side stories. He recalls Frank Kos Y’s club ties, clock tower adventures, the Dempsey sisters, the Skinny Bones statue and dog Woo Woo, ending with gratitude for years in a small town community.
Letter 4 describes Hotel Del Rey with a 1687 wine press and Gothic armour. It notes Zimapan as an old Indian village dating to 1550, a crooked windowed church, a giant 42 foot circumference tree, a 300 year old silver mine with a 4900 foot entrance, and nearby Village in the Clouds atop Sierra Madre with a magnet rock and Lindbergh legend.
The WACO High School elimination round for individual speech events will be held January 28 in the old high school building study hall. At 4 15 p m original oratory will be followed by prose interpretation and at 7 p m humorous declamation. Contestants include Jeanne Abrahamson, Vicki Bergstrom, Sue Burgraf, Suzanne Hult, Donna Stout in original oratory, and Donna Bergstrom, Vicki Bergstrom, Carmen Crawford, Suzanne Hult, Melba Widmer in interpretation. Judge is Mrs Alberta Rhea of Washington High School. Mrs Evelyn Traut of Mt Pleasant High School will judge declamation. Participants listed include Donna Bergstrom, Cheryl Davison, Jean Gerig, Rita Graber, Cindy Jones, Ann Lauer, Connie Lewis, Joyce Hauenstein, Dan Pfeifer, Nancy Rhea, Jolene Rinner, Margee Wintermeyer, Amy Wyse, Greg Zihlman.
A 1958 King Features health column warns teens about venereal disease, describes two main types, signs, and long-term risks, and urges parental guidance and medical testing before marriage and for newborns. It emphasizes direct contact transmission and penicillin treatments as modern options.
NBC presents Our Man in Andorra and five microstates with Brinkley guiding a one hour world tour. A two hour Jerome Kern tribute follows, then It's a Man's World and Winter Story conclude with a teen romance arc. CBS Lucy Show airs plus NBC Saints and Sinners New Lead Berlin, Ben Casey uses Neon for my Epitaph on ABC.
Amid Venezuela's fiftieth anniversary of the Perez Jimenez fall, President Betancourt battles uprisings and riots as 35,002 communists aim for anarchy and a military dictatorship. Yet the country reports a slow recovery with a balanced budget rising private investment a steel mill back in operation and land reform advancing. Betancourt could become the first leader in 150 years of independence to leave office peacefully after a full term.
In a Becker bridge column East uses a trump of partner's ace to defeat Four Spades after West overcalls Four Hearts. East's risky ruff and club return aim to force a setting trick while accounting for dummy and West's suits. The discussion notes that rigid rules do not fit every case and players may adapt.
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