Editorials on war taxes and rural planning in 1966
The Evening Journal editorial discusses Viet Nam war policy, poverty program funding, and a proposed rural community development planning concept. It critiques higher fuel taxes for the poor and questions a broad planning approach. The piece also compares telephone rate trends with post office service and questions the aim of a government investigation.
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Viet Nam
America
Post Office Department
Sandwich Sale Sparks New U.S. Mint Coin Venture
The U S Mint began a new coin series on November 1 1965 producing nickel copper sandwich quarters and soon nickel copper dimes and silver copper half dollars. The shift from 90 percent silver stems from a silver shortage. Economists note coins can be made of other materials and still have face value. First year sandwich sales may yield a one billion dollar windfall.
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U.S
Always the Loser Hayward Wife Wins Divorce
Leona Jeske, 60, of Alameda County, alleges mental cruelty after 18 months of marriage to Carl Jeske, 68. She says he did all chores, controlled her routines, and protected her from kitchen duties, leading to grievous mental suffering. Judge Lyle E. Cooke calls it one of the strangest forms of mental cruelty.
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Cal
Leona Jeske
Alameda County Superior Court
Oakland
Carl
Jeskes
Jeske
Lyle E. Cooke
Hudson-Dispatch
Cat ownership and trespass limits in damages case
A woman sues over a neighbor's cat trespassing in her yard arguing ownership and trespass. The court rejects both grounds, saying ownership rarely yields liability and cats roam by consent. Only prior vicious acts by the cat allow damages, unless proven. kittens or market incidents may signal danger. A charitable trust for a cat shelter is upheld.
The Lady Bird bill downs thousands of Iowa billboards
Des Moines reports joint hearings April 12 in Ames to set standards for outdoor ads under the Highway Beautification Act. A 200-foot commercial area rule and 150 square foot limits threaten 250,000 Iowa billboards, with 75 percent federal compensation and 25 percent state cost. Stoner warns of urban focus and impacts on motels and zoning.
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IDPA
Iowa Highway Commission
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Ames
Iowa
Bureau of the Census
Congress
Thomas Stoner
Stone Outdoor Advertising System
Stoner
The
Outdoor Association of America
Outdoor Advertising Association of Iowa
General Assembly
Scott and
Polk
Davenport
Washington Public Library Hours Update
The Washington Public Library announces Monday to Friday hours from 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM and Saturday hours from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM. This schedule reflects current access times for patrons and may be subject to changes.
Plan Ahead in Bridge to Find Winning Lines
South faced a spade lead and chose to draw trumps first, a plan that doomed the contract. Becker notes the key error is failing to plan, and shows how delaying trump extraction allows double diamond leads toward dummy to establish a trick. If South looks ahead, he can win ten tricks by strategic diamond play and preserving dummy’s entry.
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South
King
West
East
Rea Syndicate, Inc
Library gift list adds myth, encyclopedias and fiction
Recent library gifts include LAROUSSE WORLD MYTHOLOGY by Grimal and THE READERS ENCYCLOPEDIA 2nd Edition from Miss Juanita Hering, plus ARTHUR RIMBAUD by Starkie and PEDRO MARTIN EZ by Lewis from Mr. Tom Essex. Memorial books honor Mrs Scheibel and Mrs McCleery. New non fiction covers Kennedy biography, Claude Brown memoir, writing principles, Let’s Get Well, In Cold Blood, A Gift of Prophecy, and The College Student’s Handbook. New fiction features The Crossroads, The Tin Can Tree, The Marriage of Katherine, The Road Grows Strangep, Fri day.
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Readers
Juanita Hering
Tom Essex
Arthur Rimbaud
Starkie
Pedro Martinez
Lewis
Truman Capote
Ruth Montgomery
James Meek dies in auto accident in Brighton
James Roger Meek 17, of Riverside California, died in an auto crash near Brighton while en route to a grocery store. He swerved to avoid a collision, struck a tree, and the car was wrecked. He was the son of James and Eileen Van Zanten Meek and was born in Brighton before his family moved to California.
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James Roger Meek
Riverside
California
Jimmy
James
Eileen van Zanten Meek
Olympic biathlon born in 1960 for skiing shootout
The biathlon blends cross country skiing and rifle shooting and debuted at the Olympics in 1960. Competitors ski 12.5 miles while stopping at four rifle ranges to shoot. This fact from World Book Encyclopedia cited by Evening Journal, Washington Iowa, January 27, 1966.
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Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa
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