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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1957
Page
5
Editorial noting Job as possibly the oldest Bible book set in the East with Abraham's origins in Sumer and the first prophecy of Christ. It cites the line I know that my redeemer liveth as central.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hayes and their family were Sunday dinner guests at Ed Chalupa's home in Pleasant. It was a Father's Day dinner honoring Evelyn’s mother’s birthday, with a late evening gathering.
A community update lists attorneys and medical professionals with office addresses and phone numbers. It also includes a lengthy personal notes section recounting visitors, family visits, and local happenings around the Pleasant and nearby areas, mentioning patterns of travel and hospital updates.
A reader laments downtown Washington parking hazards and damaged cars while proposing ideas to ease the busi ness district. He defends the town’s beauty spots and recalls a kind neighbor who helps in troubled times. The column blends musings on pet peeves marriage and aging with poems and social observation.
Mrs. Lloyd Enke reports a Cedar Township birthday party for Donnie Radda with grandparents Edgar and Ruth Fish and guests from Washington Iowa and Cincinnati. Other items note health updates, moving plans, and Rev Leland Enke's first sermon in Huntington Maryland with family travel details.
Pro Communist students attempted to block Tachikawa Field runways in heavy rain at dawn. Police drove off the leftist protesters after about 90 minutes of clashes and removed 60-foot bamboo poles from the runways. No serious injuries or arrests reported. The incident followed protests by Gengakuren and the Sokyo Union Federation over runway expansions.
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