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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1965
Page
4
In the Alley they Grow and Other Notes
An Elm Street inspection shows about a quarter of East Second trees infected with Dutch Elm disease, while some alleys boast thriving elms near a brick wall. Gary Murphy describes New Zealand as a welfare state and notes Swedish moves to fund parties. Sweden’s leading papers reject state subsidies. A light quip compares women’s seated width to men, and Elliot Roosevelt’s Miami Beach bid is lampooned. Pentagon inter-office notices joke about AUTHAR becoming the authorized abbreviation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Second Street
Gary Murphy
Washington County
New Zealand
Deathbed Statements in Court Reach a Verdict
A 1965 American Bar Association note discusses whether a dying declaration like Ed’s accusation against Harry can be used as evidence in murder cases. It weighs hearsay concerns against practical justice, noting safeguards require near certainty of the victim’s awareness and inevitability of truth when no hope of survival remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
American Bar Association
Cheerful Hitch-hiker by Tom Ball
Tom Ball, a 20 year old college student on a 15000 mile hitch-hiking journey, describes contrasts between modern industrial Ontario and historic Quebec. Starting at Niagara Falls and the QEW through Oakville Hamilton and Toronto, he notes US companies, booming industry, and the rural pass through Hungerford and Tweed before Ottawa and La Belle Province offer a Franco heritage with vivid colors and older streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Ontario
Montreal
Quebec
Canada
Toronto
Queen Elizabeth Way
Lake Ontario
Lake Erie
QEW
Hamilton
Shell Oil Company
United States
Oakville
Ford Motor Company
Hungerford County
Tweed
Perth
Madoc
Ottawa
London
England
Thames
France
Lachute
St. Philippe
Pointeau Chene
St. Eustache
Tom Ball
Hilton retires as Iowa State president after 12 years
James H Hilton of North Carolina retires as president of Iowa State University Ames after a 12 year term marked by growth in enrollment from 7780 to 12451, a rise in faculty from 900 to 1500, and expanded facilities and programs including a new cultural center. W Robert Parks succeeds him as 11th president, while Hilton becomes Director of Development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State University Alumni Association
James H. Hilton
Iowa State University At
Ames
Hilton
W. Robert Parks
1Lth
Iowa State
Dr. Hilton
North Carolina
Richardson family travels west from Keota in June
Mr and Mrs A G Richardson depart Keota on June 28 for a western trip visiting relatives in Long Beach Los Angeles Reno and Eureka California They will pass through San Francisco Chico and Reading Their son George stationed with the Navy in Guam will join the Reno visit before transferring to a destroyer in Long Beach expected to report by August 1 Also mentioned are visits by local residents to Des Moines Eureka and Osceola areas and social engagements including Chirpings with Dill families and a Ferrell reunion at Elma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Sanders Keota
A. G. Richardson
Navy
Guam
Reno
Long Beach
Doug
Sigourney
Cloyce Dill
Rick
Doug Dill
William Carroll
Desert Hot Springs
California
Des Moines
Dick Strickler
Walter Fishers
Norma Martin
Clara Fladung
Bob Gretter
Harper
Keota
Richard Durian
Oskaloosa
Eureka
Flading
Omar Flanders
Ivan Alt
H. A. Hofer
Nancy
Kalona
Earl Baker
Marie Greiner
Leo Keifer
Trump promotion and sly returns in a Becker contract
In a contract bridge column by B. Jay Becker South declares with a five card heart fit? West defends with precise timing. The text explores trump promotion, signaling, and endplay ideas as West turns two trump tricks and sets the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
West
East
Trotter Named Amway Distributor in Ainsworth
George B. Trotter of Ainsworth has been appointed as a distributor of Amway products in the area. Eight guests from Washington joined 22 Columbus Junction Jaycees at a steak fry Tuesday evening. The Jaycees are planning two new shelters in the town park and will install horseshoe pitching courts soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trotter
George B. Trotter
Ainsworth
Amway
Jaycees
Washington
Columbus Junction
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IS HE
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Montgomery Advertiser
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Navalog
Newport
R. I
Washington, Iowa
Joe Palooka
Jerry Leemy
New York
Simoleon
James Hilton
Iowa State University
Iowa Daily Press
Iowa
America
Richardsons of
Bob Dill
B. Jay Becker
Declarer
Res Syndicate, Inc
Dixie Tugan
By McEvoy
Striebel
Blondie
Chic Young
Chee-E
By Ernie Bushmiller
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