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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1969
Page
5
A collection of Dear Abby letters covers pressures to marry versus living together, teaching a 12 year old about life, a 27 year marriage with a dog allergy dispute, and admiration for a delivery room hero. Readers are urged to seek compatibility and honest communication, with Abby offering blunt, humorous guidance.
Practical hints from the era cover storing apples with potatoes to prevent sprouting, dusting lampshades with a cloth, cleaning shades with a damp cloth, stepwise stairway pictures to glamorize hallways, deodorizing refrigerators with vanilla extract, and removing perspiration stains with a baking soda paste for washable clothing.
Edith Roberts founder of Smoke Stoppers, Inc., reports that stopping is immediate not gradual. Trained instructors, ex-smokers, lead weekly 90 minute sessions aimed at creating a sincere resolve to quit. Participants discard cigarettes at first lesson and remove home supply to avoid triggers.
Public fury over the Urbandale Christmas Eve abduction and slaying of Pamela Powers spurs Iowa lawmakers to consider tougher child molestation statutes during the current session. ACT organizers push petitions, protests, and possible demonstrations while legislators plan reviews and possible drafts with support from Rep. Vernon Bennett and Sen. Lee Gaudineer.
A Richland Friends Church shower honored Alanna Elmore of Brighton on Friday January 24. She is to marry S Tom Harrison in Richland on February 2 at 7 30 pm with Rev L Merle Green officiating. Harrison serves in San Diego and will join her after a later leave in Spain.
Rev and Mrs Carrol Newquist of Brattleboro Vermont announce the birth of daughter Deborah Ann on January 12. The couple also has a three year old daughter Elizabeth. Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs John McNeill. Also noted are visits and gatherings in Crawfordsville including relatives from Nebraska Iowa and Minnesota as well as a Hawaii trip prize winners the Trojan Seed Corn Co. and several January birthday celebrations among local families.
Miami authorities report two airliners diverted to Cuba in the ninth and tenth hijackings of the year. A National jet from Los Angeles to Miami with 25 passengers and seven crew members was seized, then an Eastern Airlines flight from Philadelphia to Miami with 113 aboard was commandeered at 10 17 p.m. The incidents mark the third day of doubleheader hijackings this month.
The U S Army Weapons Command will build the Court of Patriots at Rock Island Arsenal to honor local heroes from 26 Illinois counties including Washington. The display features a Book of Honor and decorative columns in a 30 by 20 foot space, with medals as centerpieces. Eligible veterans must be from the area or reside there and have earned a valor medal such as the Medal of Honor or Silver Star. Contact the Weapons Command Office for details or nomination forms. opening is planned for Army birthday and Flag Day June 14, 1969.
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