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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1966
Page
4
Editorial page reviews varied thoughts from religion to technology and society. It covers Dick Bradley’s European basketball career, home court advantage in leagues, job openings for Negroes in Iowa, and space news with a light humorous closing remark.
A worker, Mary, suffers a stroke causing permanent disability in one hand and cannot perform her textile mill duties. Her disability claim under the Social Security Act was denied because she could still do other mill jobs. The article debates when a disability qualifies for benefits and cautions against aiding those who could still earn a living.
A 1966 American Bar Association text explains disability payments rules using cases. It notes that improvement via dieting can change disability status, that one may adapt to a different suitable job, and that extreme pain or lack of education may still qualify a claimant.
Iowa's agriculture and economy are shifting as 1954 to 1974 projections show farm consolidation shrinking the number of farms and farm workers while production grows. Manufacturing and services add jobs, many for women, but farm jobs decline faster, driving out-migration as Iowa becomes a producer of processed goods and services.
The Highland music department presents The Guy From Venus with cast Peggy Murphy Steve Lund Jim Wenger Stuart Kolo sick Steve Sistrunk Mary Lee Walsh Keith Cutkamp Tim Colbert Scott McCracken Mike Miller Steve Stout. Music by Larry Wagner lyrics by Elsie Simmons book Sy Al Simmons. A stage band participates.
The United Presbyterian Men of Marion Avenue Church plan a March 7 dinner and program. Amish farmer and Ka lona resident Lester Miller will discuss Amish beliefs and practices, answering pre submitted questions from Don Stout or Francis McConnell.
In a 1966 club episode Sylvia, a bold player, discards the ace of diamonds while the East hand is drawn. The observer notes West's rainbow reaction as the hand ends with South down one after a missed notrump. The piece blends bridge analysis with a vivid character study from a Washington Evening Journal column.
Former Republican congressman John Kyl, 46, of Bloomfield Iowa, announced plans to regain his old seat. He was first elected in 1959 to fill a vacancy, re-elected in 1960 and 1962, and defeated in 1964 by Bert Bandstra. Kyl pledges to set a personal example, seek good ideas, and cut partisanship. Bandstra criticizes national government as monolithic and urges principled policy.
Larry D. Wikoff of Brighton and Edward J. Simmering of Ainsworth, both Washington High School students, enrolled in an auto mechanics class set to begin June 27 at Universal Trades School in Omaha, Nebraska.
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