Washington grows in all directions with new housing
In the June 1, 1964 Washington Evening Journal editorial the town’s spread is examined as new houses rise around Washington from the McCleery-Cumming plant to Advance Ross and the St James area. The piece notes no single fashionable district, new schools and churches fueling growth, and reflects on Commencement speakers and a light controversy about beagle ears linked to a Johnson episode.
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Washington
McCleery-Cumming
Advance Ross
St. James Church
Johnson
Washington Evening Star
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Sen. Goldwater
Australian pupils in New Guinea learn politics for self rule
The New York Herald Tribune reports promising New Guinea candidates train locals in political skills ahead of independence. One candidate pledges to turn black skins white, another claims a secret coin-planting method to raise money. The Milwaukee Journal notes voters would demand delivery.
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New Guinea
The
New York Herald Tribune
Milwaukee Journal
The Main Lines by W H Marriott Wit on Weddings and Politics
The column lampoons social pretenses with a playful voice on weddings success hints and political ironies. It notes happiness as self made not found and observes lines about pillbox hats loopholes and a brisk wind of change in public discourse.
Financing Is Stumbling Block For Medicare Debate
Washington report details six years of efforts to fund universal Medicare for Americans over 65. It outlines proposed Social Security taxes, employer matching, and fears the plan would cover only a fraction of medical costs while drugs remain excluded. Alternatives include Kerr-Mills expansion and private plans, with opposition from liberal and medical groups. The piece notes Mills's strong influence, tax implications approaching 10 percent, and political pressure in an election year.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
American Medical Association
Lyndon B. Johnson
House
Ways and Means
Wilbur D. Mills
D. Ark
Tee
Blue Cross Hospital Insurance System
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Medicare
Kerr-Mills
Johnson
HEW
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Bridge legends and a 1935 Culbertson Sims clash recounted
In a 1935 bridge contest Ely and Jo Culbertson faced Hal and Dorothy Sims. The era’s two top players, Sims and Culbertson, were described as giants of the game. A pivotal four spades opening by Mrs Culbertson led to a complex sequence ending with Sims down one.
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Ely
Jo Culbertson
Hal
Dorothy Sims
Sims
Culbertson
Shepard Barclay
Brill
Mrs. Culbertson
Ted
Bly
Two teachers sign Highland contracts
Riverside reports two more Highland school hires Linda Krane to teach girls physical education in the first semester of 64 65, Joyce Jaacks returns for the second semester, and James Moore of Cedar Rapids to teach social studies and English, while Dean Culberson resigns as coach and teacher to become guidance counselor in Solon next year.
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Riverside
Linda Krane
Joyce Jaacks
James Moore
Cedar Rapids
Loras College
Dean Culberson
Solon
Researchers develop TED test to gauge child emotional development
Boston researchers Drs. Geraldine Rickard and Haskel Cohen report a long term study on normal emotional development in children using the TED test. The individually administered photos story task measures how a child interprets scenes to reveal internal feelings and potential emotional difficulties.
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New York
UPI
Children's Hospital Medical Center
Boston
Studi
NAMM
Geraldine Rickard
Haskel Cohen
National Association For Menal Health
NAMH
William Malamud
Dr. Malamud
Malamud
Rickard
Cohen
Local News Staff and Rates Notice from Inland Daily Press
Staffing credits list David Rider and Charles Morris among local editors and advertisers with production supervision by Howard Hazen. Published afternoons with days off, and a notice of second class matter under the 1878 act. Rates shown for subscriptions include months and year pricing.
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David Rider
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