Wisdom and goodwill drive midwestern growth and Arabic language study
The Washington Evening Journal notes how Advance-Ross’s new East 7th Street factory symbolizes a balanced economy of agriculture and industry. It praises American children in oil-rich regions for studying Arabic, arguing that bilingual schooling fosters better understanding of Arab peoples and strengthens U.S. ambassadors.
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Advance-Ross
East 7Th Street
Washington
Middle East
United States
Colored money colors spark debate across the nation
Opinion columns urge color coded currency to reduce counting errors drawing from Kennedy era ideas and comparisons with Britain and Canada. The piece notes Elizabeth Rudel Smith and Kathryn Granahan support, while public reaction ranges from skepticism to curiosity. Wayne Stewart departs St Louis to publish the Osage Iowa weekly, finding small town greetings a novelty.
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Elizabeth Rudel Smith
U.S
Kennedy
Kathryn Granahan
Miss Porter
Treasury
Wayne Stewart
St. Louis
Sioux County
Osage
Iowa
A Gossip Substitute
Gossip substitute encourages readers to follow televised soap operas with interest. It notes soap plots range from unwed motherhood to divorce and jokes about gossip groups while saying networks tolerate the chatter.
Pipeline Express Could Deliver 600 mph Transit Underground
A 1400 mile Texas to New York area pipeline project named Colonial aims to ship 600000 barrels daily, powering a future where long distance transport moves oil, coal, ore, and even beer via underground routes. Pipelines already carry 20 percent of intercity freight and half the nation’s fuel while facing railroad and labor opposition.
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Tulsa
Okla
UPI
New York
Chicago
Hawaii
South Africa
Canada
Dublin
Busi
Oil and Chemical Companies
Texas
Colonial
United States
Petrochemicals
Fifth graders save Timbuctoo relic with community drive
John Mayer and his Lone Tree School pupils at Beale Air Force Base homeschoolers lead a campaign to preserve a Wells Fargo building of Timbuctoo once a mining town in California. They solicit bricks windows and funds by letter bake sales and volunteering but face slow donations and limited help.
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UPI
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Marysville
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Wells Fargo
John Mayer
Lone Tree School
Beale Air Force Base
Mayer
Revival of Buddhism Focuses World Attention in Vietnam
A Buddhist monk self immolates in Vietnam highlighting a resurgent interest in Buddhism across Asia. The piece traces Buddhism’s origins, its spread from India to China and Southeast Asia, and contrasts Theravada and Mahayana practices. It outlines Buddha's Eightfold Path, nirvana concepts, and Zen's koans leading to satori as paths to truth.
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Viet Nam
Asia
Japan
Korea
China
Congolia
Tibet
Ceylon
Burma
Thailand
Laos
Cambodia
Gautama
Heaven
Betancourt and Venezuela’s First Freely Elected President?
Romulo Betancourt, nearing the end of his term, is praised by the United States for stabilizing Venezuela and expanding reforms. The piece notes his survival through crises and questions whether Venezuela will sustain democracy with a freely elected successor this year, marking a historic potential turn in the republic’s political history.
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Caracas
Venezuela
UPI
Romulo Betancourt
Betancourt
U.S. State Department
United States
White House
Kennedy
Washington
Alliance For Progress
Alliance
Cuba
Perez Jimenez
Fidel Castro
Scenes from a Kitchen Window new able 5 Story By MARGE LUCKEY
This piece explores DIY ideas with plastic doilies for decorative uses and a humorous cab fare payback tale. It observes waiting rooms and everyday people, noting quirks, kindness, and the idea that home improvements are never fully finished.
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New Able
Marge Luckey
Lighter Side Explains A Billion Dollars With Humor
Washington humor column recalls earlier effort to picture a million and shifts to a billion. Rep. Thomas M. Pelly offers vivid comparisons such as 500000 cars at $2000 each and a stacked height of five miles, followed by a 51 by 219 foot lot to a depth of 3 feet 7 inches.
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Washington
Hominy Falls
W.va
Grit
Tex
Chili
Wis
Times
Thomas M. Pelly
Pelly
Cleveland
Ohio
Salt Lake City
Utah
Freedom Academy Teaches Civilians About World Communism
Utah's Freedom Academy at Camp Williams is a three year old program run with private funding and Utah National Guard oversight. Maj. Gen. Maxwell E. Rich says the five day August courses educate high school juniors on American ideals and the rise of communism, with little military drill.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Utah National Guard
Maxwell E. Rich
Freedom Academy
Camp Williams
National Guard
Rich
Washington Evening Journal Details and Subscriptions
The Washington Evening Journal based in Washington Iowa lists staff including David Elder editor and business manager William Shannon vice president advertising director Charles Morris news editor Bruce Cowden contributing editor Howard Hazen production superintendent and notes publication as an afternoon paper except Sundays Christmas and July 4th. It entered as second class matter under the 1879 act at the Washington post office and is a member of Inland Daily Press Assn Iowa Daily Press Assn Iowa Press Assn and Audit Bureau of Circulations with rural subscription rates shown for 6 months 1 year and carrier delivery in Washington.
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David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bruce Cowden
Howard Hazen
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press Ass
Iowa Daily Press Ass
Iowa Press Ass’n
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