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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1964
Page
4
An editorial cartoonish note ponders whether a Cedar Rapids starch smell signals the Messiah in a playful column. Citizens Lou Kehoe Olive Watson Marion Snodgrass sniff the odor and joke about weather and legislative reapportionment.
Congressman Fred Schwengel of Iowa protests NASA's plan to place a new electronics research center near Boston. He argues the nine-state Midwest, with 16 million people and strong scholastic resources, deserves a center closer to home and criticizes current coastal bias. He cites regional needs and cites past Boston project flaws while urging thorough review before reporting to Congress.
President Johnson keeps Kennedy era effort alive to secure Black voters with cabinet seating gestures and USIA head nomination for Carl Rowan. The piece contrasts Kennedy’s refined outreach tactics with later scrutiny of Dawson and broader Civil Rights politics in 1964.
Editor notes this is the last UPI report on suicide prevention. Harry M. Warren Jr and Hans Gross discuss a deadly game of persuasion to avert self harm, illustrating how crisis reports are prevented and why many suicides go unaddressed.
Ex Washingtonian paints Puerto Rico as a vibrant blend of Latin pride American citizenship and Spanish heritage. Old San Juan features blue brick streets El Morro fortress and markets while inland mountains rain forest and farms showcase tobacco sugar cane and rural life. The author notes language exchanges sun 85 90 degrees and plans to visit the Virgin Islands next.
Iowa lawmakers may pursue a temporary reapportionment at the February special session, with a constitutional overhaul to follow after Supreme Court guidance. Federal judges urge an interim plan now, while two large committees in Des Moines would draft both temporary and constitutional reform, as pay practices shift for state employees.
On the record Deeds transfer Paul R Mast to Staney D Gardner and wife north half lots 3 and 41 bik 1 OP Washington. William H Perdock and wife to Marlane W Miller and wife lots 2 and 3 bik 8 Columbian and Washington.
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