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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1969
Page
4
Editorials discuss faith and deeds, a hotel clock motto about happy hours, and a traffic safety column noting seven in ten injuries occur in autos. A safety chief urges belt use, especially for children, as communities promote child pedestrian protection and driver caution.
Howard Yohe of Charleston writes a song about an Interstate in an outhouse and jokes about West Virginia readers not knowing the terms. The elm tree on the post office lawn is dying, while Gene Turner’s roses flourish, and a volunteer rose bush blooms between Watson's Cleaners driveway and the adjacent produce wall.
Keokuk Daily Gate City notes the Automobile Club of Michigan slogan urging belt children as well as parents. After a 58 percent rise in injuries to child passengers the club warns belt use saves lives and urges safer habits nationwide.
A Richland, Iowa reader challenges coverage of the Miss Iowa Pageant held in Davenport. The writer notes no listing of winners in local papers and confirms Miss Washington County winners by first name initial P, listing past titleholders from 1961 to 1969.
L. M. Boyd notes Hawaii letter writers use fancier stationery and jokes about long quotes and social quirks. He jests on topics from bartenders in Alaska to a child’s pacifier as a cigar substitute, plus trivia and light snark about manners and money. He invites reader questions for his column.
The 1954 Supreme Court ruling against school segregation spurred progress toward integration in the South, though fifteen years on full integration remains incomplete. Mergers of statewide Negro and white teacher groups in several states aim to reinforce a stronger unified voice for better funding, salaries, and kindergartens. James Williams notes white and Negro teachers meeting as a first step toward broader cooperation.
Former Rubio residents Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jennings of Pomona California and Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Hixson of Milan Illinois visited in the home of Mrs. Amy Schmitter Saturday afternoon. The gathering included other local families and relatives from Agency Wayland Washington Richland and Brighton.
In the Lenz Culbertson contract bridge match 1931 East South West North Pass 1Spade Pass 3NT 4S Pass 6NT. Culbertson’s partner West led hearts out of turn, giving declarer Jacoby the right to choose a lead. The miscue enabled Jacoby to force the slam by drawing trumps, finessing, and discarding, avoiding a diamond loser and sealing the six clubs contract.
The 517 foot Soviet ship Orsha delivered 900 tons of titanium sponge to Seattle, the first such commercial Soviet visit since 1950. Russians and Americans toasted friendship aboard, with Capt Arkady Tabakar noting crew string to see America. The vessel then moved on to Vancouver after the stop.
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