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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1968
Page
4
A June 28 1968 Evening Journal column features a Psalm quote about harmony with God and His children, a joke about a coin laundry rinse, a remark on children mimicking parents, a critique that cities lack sufficient police and top professionals, and a note about a council Bluffs editor voting for a candidate who promises to remove his campaign posters from the last election.
Ramsey Clark called the policeman’s job second only to the President in difficulty addressing the United States Mayors. He urged higher pay and standards to attract qualified officers, noting many rookies earn insufficient family support and many have limited education. He linked police-community relations to preserving a free government amid rising crime.
The piece recalls the Order of the Garter’s origin with Edward III and the garter episode. It notes the order’s exclusivity and lists early members, then comments on the young Prince of Wales and the enduring chivalric motto guiding future rulers amid modern royal scrutiny.
Des Moines security senator Gaudineer reported to an interim committee that about one third of Iowa State University students have experimented with marijuana. He noted similar estimates at the University of Iowa and cited a Stanford professor claiming over half the student body there has tried marijuana. He urged stricter enforcement and discussed penalties, law changes, and shifting narcotics control to the State Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
Abigail Van Buren addresses several readers with practical advice. Topics include a young woman offered birth control by her boyfriend’s mother, how to handle a room rental situation, curbing grandmothers’ chatter, and a mother’s humorous method to enforce tidiness using a wheelbarrow and rake. Also notes Pennsylvania leads in pretzel production.
Column by L. M. Boyd discussing flirtation, humor, and social quirks. It debates whether a woman should wink at a passing cyclist, notes how men react, and adds light anecdotes about hairdressers, a monk name riddle, and a Louisville publishing tale. Readers send questions for rapid reply.
Contracts record transfers of several parcels: Raymond Fritz and wife to Roger Leyden and wife lot 5 block 34 Highland Park add Washington. Warren Lins and wife to Walter A. Palmer lot 4 block 48 Highland Park add Washington. Karl M. Jones and wife to William R. Kleese and wife land in section 17 75-7. Callistus J. Kern and wife to Terry Lee Swafford and wife lot 1 block 4 Ashby add Washington. Adelia Lynn and husband to Larry Dean Fedderson and wife lots 3 and 4 block 25 Mealey's second add Brighton.
The Washington Evening Journal of Washington Iowa lists staff roles including editor David Elder and business manager, with William Shannon as vice president and advertising director. It notes publication afternoons except Sundays, Christmas, and July 4th, and that it is entered as second class matter under a 1879 act.
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