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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1969
Page
4
The June 14 1969 Washington LA Evening Journal prints an editorial reflecting on Micah 6 8 urging impartial self judgment and condemning sins in others. The piece uses a local gardening aside noting tomatoes needing watering due to rain, mentioning Rutger tomato plants grown for size color and firmness with growth ahead.
A group of Washington businessmen trip to Canada for a fishing contest. Tales swirl after daily fund prizes, keen competition, and tiny catches. Phil Kneen boasts a near equal northern to Norm Schoonover, but adds a half pound lead sinker in his catch causing the fish to swallow it and end with a fat tummy while he hides the missing sinker.
A group of local women drove to Chicago to view the Western Open golf tournament. Mrs. Curt Wells woke at 3:30 am to rouse her husband who had planned to sleep late. Curt then rose two hours earlier than intended and feared oversleeping, noting feed dealers open early but not that early. It became one of the longest days he remembered.
The author notes a tiny garden seven feet by one foot along a garage, six tomato plants, and a runt named Spindly that grew from an inch and a half to a larger size with care. They hope to trade tomatoes with neighbors in harvest. The piece also touches on juvenile delinquency myths and a humorous Clara Bow anecdote about a Washington grandfather and a costly telephone bill.
A Reader's Digest joke recalls a woman anxious over a loose white mouse in the kitchen as the telephone rings. She rushes to answer with a humorous excuse and leaves the line. A moment later an unknown caller apologizes for the wrong number and asks who got the mouse.
A witty flock tale notes one bird laments following the same leader who holds the map. The others defend the grouping, implying leadership guides the southward journey. From the Evening Journal in Washington Iowa, by W. J. S. 4.
A review of events from a decade ago in Washington recounts local moves and milestones. Edwin Bailey sails from Annapolis to Norfolk then the Mediterranean aboard Canberra for summer maneuvers. graduates Joy Heck and Barbara Etter are noted among others. Portraits of families, relocations, campus news, and community happenings capture a small town in memory.
In a bid to speed up congressional inquiry, House clerk W Pat Jennings installed a central computer retrieval system in the Rayburn Building. The device, resembling a TV, lets lawmakers pinpoint information on bills like HR1054 instantly with on screen results and a capsule analysis of potential effects.
Iowa seeks a Polk County injunction against Wilbur Wallace Wilson of W.W. Associates over 25 brochure claims about Universe City. The developer asserts 26,000 homes and 200,000 jobs, with $32,000 homes on 13 year mortgages and $230 monthly payments alleged, contrasted with higher costs elsewhere.
Alfred Solbrig of Quincy and his sisters donated the Benoist biplane built by Oscar Solbrig, Davenport’s early barnstormer, to the Iowa Aeronautics Commission. The artifact, dating from 1915 to 1917, will be displayed at the State Historical Building while the Washington area’s revived airship heritage also lingers at the municipal airport.
Washington Evening Journal details the staff roles with names for editor business manager advertising director news editor local advertising and production superintendent. It notes publication schedule afternoons except Sunday Christmas and July 4th and lists press associations and affiliations.
In a rubber bridge hand North-South vulnerable, East doubles to punish. West leads clubs, East cashes clubs then diamonds, South defends by a cross-ruffing sequence. South, despite the double, secures four hearts and 990 points, while a non doubled line would have cost only 100 points.
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