Dress Code at City Schools Stresses Unity and Focus
The One Evening Journal editorial praises Dubuque’s school dress rules prepared by high school and junior high deans and approved by the board. It argues attire affects all students, supports reasonable grooming limits, and notes uniforms abroad as a comparison while rejecting blanket infringements on personal liberty.
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The
Community School System of
Dubuque
Board of Education
United States
The Black Death Reappears and Global Plague Fears
The piece recalls historic fears of cholera and plague, noting past Iowa outbreaks and medieval statistics. It warns that cholera and plague have reemerged globally, with rising deaths in 1964 in Viet Nam, India, East Africa, and South America, while humans eye space frontier.
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Constantinople
Europe
London
Viet Nam
India
East Africa
South America
Handicapped Education Demands Central Iowa Study
In a guest editorial from the Evening Journal of Washington Iowa on July 14 1965 the writer urges a study of consolidating and expanding Iowa schools for the deaf and blind. The piece calls for a central complex in Iowa to serve handicapped students and provide teacher training transport and parental support while noting rural access gaps and political decisions needed.
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Iowa
Evening Journal
Washington
Cheerful Hitch-hiker by Tom Ball
Tom Ball describes the Adirondack region from the Canadian border southward noting steep mountains, virgin forests, and small villages like Elizabethtown. He warns that tourism and development threaten the simple outdoor lifestyle and urges preservation for future generations.
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Tom Ball
United States
New York
Adirondack
Ethan Allen
Green Mountain Boys
Big City
Contract Bridge Lessons From a High Stakes England Trial
In a 1965 England trials band, West opened 1NT with 12 to 14 points. South misread distribution and went to hearts, East doubled, leading to a down four for South and minus 1,100. The other table produced 750 for declarer, totaling 1,850 points for the deal and showing risky bidding in high class competition.
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England
West
North
East
South
King
West North East South
Declarer
Keokuk Hit by Heavy Rain Storm
Keokuk Iowa was drenched by a rain and wind storm that swept central Illinois. The weather bureau recorded 1.27 inches of rain in two hours and hail for 10 to 15 minutes. The Keokuk Street Fair flood forced the postponement of the Little Jimmy Dickens Show as thousands jammed the eight blocks for shelter.
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Keokuk
Iowa
UPI
Illinois
Weather Bureau
Keokuk Street Fair
Costs Rise As Nursing Home Rates Climb In Iowa
A Des Moines report from the Iowa Department of Social Welfare shows nursing home care costs for old age recipients rising six percent in three years, up $9.07 per month. In April, 5,167 residents used care. 2,593 had some income. Average per diem costs ranged from $4.50 to $5.50 in most facilities, with nine homes averaging over $6 per day. Public assistance funds grew three percent while recipient income rose twenty six percent.
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Des Moines
IDPA
State Department of Social Welfare
Social Welfare Department
Floyd
Marion
Muscatine
Pottawattamie
Ringgold
Woodbury
Washington Evening Journal personnel and postal details
Washington Evening Journal editor and staff listed including David Elder as Editor and Business Manager William Shannon as Vice President Advertising Director Charles Morris News Editor Bob Shaffer Local Advertising Bruce Cowden Contributing Editor Howard Hazen Production Superintendent Published afternoons except Sunday Christmas and July 4th Entered as second class matter under Act of March 3 1879 at post office Washington Iowa United Press Leased Wire Members Inland Daily Press Assn Iowa Daily Press Assn Iowa Press Assn Audit Bureau of Circulations MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES months year Per week by carrier in Washington 40 cent
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David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Bruce Cowden
Howard Hazen
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press
Ass'n
Iowa Daily Press Ass'n
Iowa Press Ass'n
Audit Bureau of Circulations
National Bank of Washington Iowa Report of Condition 1965
Report of condition for The National Bank of Washington, Washington Iowa, as of June 30 1965 filed with the comptroller of the currency. It lists assets including cash government obligations and loans, liabilities deposits and capital accounts with formal attestations by cashier Richard L Weeks and directors Robert Wiley C P Weldin Gee J Breitenbach.
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United States
Richard L. Weeks
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