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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1964
Page
4
The Washington Evening Journal reflects on how a town’s appearance from the highway shapes impressions, noting cleaner gateways and neater buildings over the past decade. It urges continued upkeep and highlights a striking photograph of the Hindenburg disaster, praising Gus Pasquerella’s image and the era’s radio eyewitness record.
Gordon of the journal notes Evan J. Hultman attorney general and gubernatorial hopeful faced internal GOP divisions over Barry Goldwater’s nomination. Hultman refused to duck, supporting Scranton or vice presidential lines, boosting his image as a capable, calm leader. The piece lauds his steadiness under stress and warns against passive conformity in politics.
Hydrogen fuel shaped space exploration from the Hindenburg disaster lessons to von Braun’s Saturn rocket. Liquid hydrogen ignited in 196? second stage boosted 38,000 pounds into Earth orbit, propelling U.S. leadership in space. Plans call for liquid hydrogen in Saturn V second and third stages toward the moon, with at least three astronauts depending on flawless performance.
An editor praises barbed wire’s rise from Henry Rose’s spike fence to Joseph Glidden’s patent in 1874. The piece narrates how barbed wire transformed the West by enabling homesteaders to fence land, control cattle, and spur agricultural prosperity, shaping world farming patterns. It notes the 90th anniversary of the idea and its global spread, with reflections on ownership and labor.
Peggy Stuart Coolidge, Boston born composer conductor and pioneer, will travel to Hungary, Russia, and Poland this fall to present her works after becoming the first American woman to perform behind the Iron Curtain last year. Her early feats include composing the first ballet for ice skaters and directing the Junior League Orchestra, and she defied polio to walk unaided. During WWII she ran an Army Navy officers billeting bureau in Boston while aiding music groups and serving as assistant conductor for another women’s ensemble.
Mrs. Coolidge travels to New York after wartime service at MIT with savings aims in music and harp performances in Paris. The bridge discussion compares two play lines in six hearts, favoring a 3-3 or 4-2 club split with 84 percent favorable outcomes, advising deliberate club concession as the better method.
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