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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1969
Page
4
Portnoy Obscenity Sparks Bestseller Trend And A Welfare Challenge
A columnist notes Portnoy s Complaint stays on Time s Bestseller list while praising its provocative use of obscenity. The piece then critiques Mothers for Dignity and Justice proposal urging Gov Ray to live on welfare for a week, arguing ceteris paribus complicates such a test and calling for controlled research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Roth
Portnoy
Time
Gov. Ray
Mrs Spicher back from German trip and Kalona gatherings
Mrs. W Dean Spicher returned from Germany to Chicago and Kalona for a family week. The article notes multiple visits, a three year Hawaii assignment for the Spichers, and a July 11 birth of Laura Lizabeth Baldwin in San Pablo California. It also mentions Gary Baldwin and healthily lists several local families and trips to Washington DC and memorials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Way Kalona
Ivan Barkley
James Gillespie
Los Angeles
California
Roy Pewitt
Riverside
Wayne Gardner
Darrel Studer
Cheryl
Iowa City
Penny Gingerich
Gillespies
Clair Bailey
Fred Miller
Colony Inn
Amana
W. Dean Spicher
Germany
Chicago
Sgt. Spicher
Kalona
Velma Spicher
Irma Gingerich
Sgt
Bruce
Raymond Spicher
Leo Spicher
Ron Spicher
Willard Gingerich
Katie Kinsinger
Spichers
Hawaii
Gary Baldwin
San Pabelo
Laura Lizabeth
Floyd Walker
Katona
Ford Skola
Sue
Washington D. C
Treasury Building
Mt. Vernon
Arlington Cemetery
Memorials
Marriages and births in Washington area events
Names and places of weddings and births are listed with dates and churches. Bonnie Campbell and Henry Bradbury wed at Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church with a double ring ceremony. Mary Swartzendruber and David Althaus exchanged vows in Kalona. John Doyle Anderson married in Dallas at St Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church. Marjorie Radcliff and Gordon Morris tied the knot in Mulberry Indiana United Methodist Church. Mary Evans and James Coon married at United Methodist Church in Washington Iowa with a pastel daisies setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Bonnie Jean Campbell
Mark G. Campbell Jr
Henry R. Bradbury
J. R. Bradbury
Marshalltown
Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
Milan K. Thompson
Bethel United Presbyterian Church
Kalona
Mary Swartzendruber
Roy Swartzendrubers
David Althaus
George Althaus
LaRose
Ill
Kalona Mennonite Church
Wilbur Nachtigal
Patricia Eileen Sorrell
John Doyle Anderson
St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church
Dallas
Texas
Virgil Adams
Kansas City
Edward Sorrell
Washington
Jonnie Anderson
Curtis Anderson
Artesia
N. M
Marjorie Ruth Radcliff
Gordon Dean Morris
Studio City
Calif
United Methodist Church
Mulberry
Ind
Miss Radcliff
Hazel Radcliff
Frankfort
Lon Radcliff
Mr. Morris
Charles Morris
Washington, Iowa
Mary G. Evans
Paul F. Evans Sr
Evans
James H. Coon
Hilton Coon
M. O. Smith
Passing Years in Washington Local History Notes
A digest of local figures visiting relatives, moving plans, and civic events in Washington and nearby areas. Mentions Miss Ruth Shaffer in Seattle, Miss Joyce Brewer’s hospital return from Elgin, Craig Bruswitz moving to Denver, and other residents’ travel, work shifts, and community happenings. Includes airport excitement, Slab Row Inc. formation, Rotary talk on prohibition, and Camp Wapsie departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Shaffer
Seattle
Wash
C. W. Shaffer
Joyce Brewer
Elgin
Ill
Jay Brewer
Robert Brewers
Frank Longwell
Craig Bruswitz
Des Moines
Craig
James Bruswitz
Denver
The
Security Life and Accident Company
M. E. DeLashmutt
Philadelphia
Jack Pauls
Ben Briley
John Weed
Miranda
Mary
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Mary Juliet Lemmon
J. E. Lemmon
Nassau
Bahamas
Congressional Library
Washington, D. C
Slab Row Inc
South Marion
Helen Wilson
Los Angeles
Sam White
Kathryn
Harriet
Sioux Falls
S. D
Hospital Saturday Roster Details Transfers and Admissions
Yesterday and today listings show patients including Mrs. Joseph Miller of Wayland and James Ribling of Mr. Pleasant in surgical or medical wards. Washington entries include Mela Janecek and Mrs. Lottie Blank with surgical status, plus Max Henness and Mrs. Paul Smith in medical care. Other names mention Mrs. Earl Wood Ainsworth and Roy Hastings of Brighton with medical status as well as families associated with Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Schultz
Ainsworth
Donald Williams
Crawfordsville
Matilda Wasson
Washington
Surgical
Jim Davison
Mela Janecek
James Rebling
Pleasant
William Hemmings
Joseph Miller
Wayland
James Ribling
Lottie Blank
Max Henness
Paul Smith
Earl Wood
Medical
Taylor Stout
Leroy Kraft
Brighton
Nolan Stodgill
Roy Hastings
Walter Starr
Gerald Hagie
Library Receives RCA Gift Of 70 Records From RCA
The Library has received 70 new records including Living Guitars Leo Addeo Orchestra Jno Gary Don Gibson Mancini and others. Check out is one week like books. A 1922 Montgomery Ward Catalog in Brown memorial is on display in reading room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RCA
Living Guitars
Leo Addeo
Montgomery Ward
Memorials Placed for Folk Art Figure Mrs Cleo Shockey
A tribute titled In memory of Mrs Cleo Shockey Americas Folk Art by James A H Conrad has been placed in the Library by Mr and Mrs William L Matthews and Mr and Mrs E A Hicklin of Wapello Biographies and autobiographies are recommended reading with titles Pearl S Buck a Biography by T F Harris Its a Long Way From Chester County by Eddy Arnold and An Unfinished Woman by Lillian Hellman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleo Shockey
James A. H. Conrad
William L. Matthews
E. A. Hicklin
Wapello
Pearl S. Buck
T. F. Harris
Chester County
Eddy Arnold
Lillian Hellman
New Nonfiction and Fiction Titles Highlight Shelf
A roundup of new releases includes Audel's Practical Chemistry for Everyone by Perry O Black and Wm Burke Mystery Places by Daniel Cohen An Ethic for Survival by Adlai Ewing Stevenson 1001 Questions Answered About Aviation History by Charles H Hildreth and Bernard Nalty Away From It All by Sloan Wilson The Voices by Wechsberg Thurs days Child Has Far To Go by Kathleen Lukens and Carol Porter Ever After by Phyllis Whit ney The Real Dream by Molly Cone and other new fiction titles on the shelf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audel
Perry O. Black
Wm. Burke
Daniel Cohen
Adlai Ewing Stevenson
Charles H. Hildreth
Bernard Nalty
Sloan Wilson
Wechsberg
Prague
Notable postwar novels and medical life stories highlight authors
Roseheath by Katherine Troy and The Long Short Cut by Garve appear among mysteries and gifts from friends Dave and Mabel. Ross McDonald’s The Instant Enemy joins The Olympian by Brian Glanville, tracing sports life. gainham’s A Place in the Country evokes postwar Austria and Noah Gordon’s The Death Committee follows four physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roseheath
Katherine Troy
Garve
Ross McDonald
Dave
Mabel
Brian Glanville
Sarah Gainham
Austria
Noah Gordon
Book notices on new novels and reissues listed
A list of titles including The Coffer Dams by Kamala Markandaya a novel of India with an English Indian theme. The Cotton Pickers by B Traven about Mexico in the modern world through unfair social and financial conditions. The Three Daughters of Madame Liang by Pearl Buck. Reissue of None But the Lonely Heart by Richard Llewellyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Kamala Markandaya
B. Traven
Mexico
Madame Liang
Pearl Buck
Richard Llewellyn
Reading room displays draw curious patrons at library
Mrs. Neal Lampkin shows a candle collection while Mr. Don Proudfit presents W. W. I sharp weapons like knives and bayonets. The Library appreciates the loan of these articles by two patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal Lampkin
Don Proudfit
Former members note Janet Ray at Antioch College
A brief notice says Janet Ray is busy and happy with college work at Antioch College in Yellow Springs Ohio. Nancy Bakehouse is enjoying Hawaii while attending a church camp. The Library Staff invites former members to write. Happy on days to both girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Ray
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Nancy Bakehouse
Hawaii
Playing techniques for contract bridge problems
Four Hearts play: deal with overcall and diamond layouts to optimize defense. Notrump problem: duck the jack of diamonds to force 3-3 split, then trump control and discard spade losers. evaluate South’s likely clubs and the singleton queen versus doubleton Q-1 to decide whether to overtake or duck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
South
King
Ies Syndicate, Inc
Also Mentioned on This Page
Evening Journal
Peggy M’gaffey
Bill Shannon
Roth
Black Panther Organization
Ceteris Parabis
Mothers For Dignity and Justice
ADC
Mrs. Spicher
Nancy
Daryl] Chalupa
Robert Baker
Gale Hunt
Lloyd Beenblossom
George Morrison
Sam Simmering
Sam Messer
Robert Miksch
Bessie Tucker
Lic
Ing
Mary Briley
Roger F. Bain
Elmer C. Bain
University of Denver
Air Force
Brooks Air Force Texas
Galesburg
Antone Hotle
Elmhurst
Better Washington Club
YMCA
F. W. Eastwood
Rotary Club
Russell Bell
Butterfield
J.F. MacJunkin
L. A. Jones
Betty Redlinger
Ralph Martin
Phillip Weldin
Hedrick
Philathea
Methodist Sunday School
Crooked Creek
James Schultz
Washington High School
Camp Wapsie
Central City
Slibus Ry
Washington Public Library
Kathleen Lukens
Carol Porter
Phyllis Whitney
Molly Cone
By B. Jay Becker
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