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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1964
Page
4
Editorial reflects on truth over superstition and the value of sportsmanship at the Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. It praises American athletes while noting past tragedies, and argues for viewing politics as a tool for public good rather than play. It urges honoring honest, effective politicians.
A reflective piece traces beard lore across cultures from Moslem reverence to Christian and Jewish distinctions. It cites religious edicts and historical attitudes toward shaving and blasphemy, noting past penalties. The verse concludes with folklore lines about creatures nesting in a beard and an old man fearing change.
This fourth United Press International dispatch surveys how individuals choose methods to kill themselves. It cites a Shawnee Oklahoma Baptist University incident where Robert Lawson rammed a building in a deliberate act, then analyzes common means from firearms to poisons, hanging, and high places, noting gender differences and social perceptions while detailing studies on automobile deaths and notable locations that tempt self harm.
A partisan steerage of early contenders in the Republican Sweepstakes outlines Rockefeller Nixon and Scranton Romney Lodge Stassen as likely players with Goldwater and others noted for flaws. A looming Senate probe into a former jockey in the champion’s stable looms, threatening the racing year and the November match race outcomes.
A reminiscence from December recounts Dave Warfel's letters about Washington High School years, former teammates Hal Bickford Nate Fields Walter Meek Walter Conner Don McLaughlin and Harold Duke. It recalls a 23 inning scoreless winfield game with Everette Peck pitching, a Burlington to Winfield trip, and early 1900s school sports shifts. Warfel notes postwar baseball absence and interest in reviving the sport. He also mentions Boy Scout trek to Keokuk in 1912, a 90 mile walk, Fort Madison prison visit, and a large 30-boy party with enduring school memory.
A family notes the father’s wedding duty completed amid illness as the ceremony continued. a forgotten bulb sprouts into a fragrant white hyacinth in a can of dirt. A calling card of home life, camping jokes, and reminiscences follow, praising Paul MacEachron and Dave Warfel for their remembered kindness and youth days in Washington.
Congressman Fred Schwengel announces a Corps of Engineers study on Ralston Creek in Iowa City. His findings show 24,493 tons of topsoil wash annually, with fears of a $325,000 flood damage once every 15 years and average yearly damage over $81,000. He aims to complete watershed work nationwide by 1976 with university help.
In a team match both tables reached four hearts. At table one declarer misplayed the queen of diamonds, East held ace, and South later went down. At table two the declarer ducked the queen of diamonds from dummy and succeeded, while West’s diamond continuation would have doomed the contract. East’s later spade return allowed South to force four hearts.
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