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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1969
Page
4
The Washington Evening Journal celebrates Ridiculous Day with playful banter urging residents to enjoy the holiday. The editorial notes its lack of significance yet its charm, encouraging people to loosen up, skip formalities, and embrace carefree antics as a community tradition. It also offers a diversion on Interstate route numbering from Beacon Beams.
A humorous fragment about Mr. Smith and his smart dog enrolled in school. The dog responds to questions with meow when asked about reading writing or languages, then shifts to a vacationing backdrop as the scene ends with an abrupt trail.
A reader laments unfriendliness toward children walking across lawns during a visit home. The writer notes cats and dogs roam freely yet youths are rejected, urges more welcoming, cites retired couples who once enjoyed children near schools, and asks neighbors to consider their role and pride in the community.
Des Moines reports Governor Robert D. Ray could avoid vetoing any bill as 16 measures await action by June 23 including a tax on agricultural property. He may veto the highway commission section allowing two temporary resident engineers offices, testing the item veto rule. A Minnesota regionalization proposal prompts caution from Iowa officials. Warren and party leaders fret over legislative workload and chairmanship dynamics.
Nickerson, a Perrine Florida police sergeant earning 10800 a year, and his wife Nancy face a dire brain aneurysm. Doctors plan a delicate brain operation while Nick guides the care, shelters his children, and prepares for the uncertain outcome as the tale continues.
A jumble of quips and social commentary on marriage, aging, and idiosyncratic jokes. The piece riffs on pregnancy called the Egyptian Flu, marriage contracts, mirror jokes about men and women, and a college crowd pun about mummy metaphors. It also includes a fireman name gag and a humorous doozie definition with fantasy units.
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