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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1966
Page
4
In the July 19 1966 Evening Journal an editorial notes youths complain about lack of recreation in Washington and Des Moines Iowa. It lists local facilities and cites a Des Moines case where driving aimlessly at night disrupts traffic. The piece urges purposeful use of time and civic patience.
A scientist reports a new mumps vaccine appears nearly 100 percent effective though it must pass many tests before general use. If proven, it will ease parental worry over the swollen jaw stage and recalls of childhood illness, ending frequent calls to Grandmother’s house.
A collection of Dear Abby questions and responses. Topics include a reader with a large nose seeking cosmetic guidance, homework around liability for yard playground equipment, matchmaking advice for an office bachelor and a single woman, and a humorous note about self image. The column ends with a contest offer for Abby's booklet.
A long list of visits and calls across Wellston and nearby towns highlights summer social activity. Magnus Ahmling's home hosted relatives from Chicago Washington and local families including McClellands Shermans and Meyers with many drop ins and picnics. Attendees included Joyces, Johns, and others with hospital work and relief groups noted.
Congress member H R Gross known as guardian of thrift lampoons federal excess with sharp lines and goofy club jokes. He derides a Justice Department official’s plane ride as a sadder Budweiser moment while lampooning daylight saving and foreign aid debates. He recalls leading the Independent Party with Rep. Clare Hoffman and keeps press attention with his pointed quips. The Iowa Republican’s remarks spark smiles even among foes as he delays bills and mocks budget items.
California guests led a week of visits and gatherings across Kalona. Ronald and Cathy Schnoebelen of Orange and numerous local families shared meals, Sunday school picnics, and hospitality with the Sattler, Brenneman, Flynn, Miller, and Yoder households, while others hosted relatives and friends from Riverside, Old Greenwich, and Washington.
In a five spades contract from West against a Blackwood sequence North shows two aces missing. West should lead the five of clubs to elicit a safe ruff and use a series of carding signals to infer East holds diamonds or hearts. East signals hearts. West then cashes clubs for the kill while avoiding an overruff.
The Home Book of Quotations notes an 1890 Warner attribution for a weather quote. Memorial books include Billy Graham by Pollock and Old Motorcars by Sumner. New non fiction feature Our Natural World by Hal Borland and Practical Karate for Women. Fiction titles include The Beebe, The Raging Moon, End Nine, The Far Family, and The Come Indians. The Children’s Summer Reading Program ends with 4,510 books checked out, highlighting lasting reading habits.
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