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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1968
Page
4
A 1968 Evening Journal column condemns the proverb Where there is smoke there is fire as a harmful lie and defends gossip as independent of truth. It also reports two unauthorised car thefts in Fairfield Connecticut and Dallas Texas where young children were left alone in running vehicles, stressing the danger and urging guardians to avoid leaving children unattended in cars.
A reflective meditation citing Genesis 6 4 about giants in ancient days. It speaks of memory magnifying the past fear enlarging dangers and faith enabling triumph with God's help to overcome.
The voice mocks how war is decided by older officials while young men shoulder danger. It questions why treaties and ideologies are debated by those detached from battle and imagines a world where teens debate war, asking what if they gave a war and nobody came.
Orville G. Fitzgerald gave an assembly titled Mind in Action. He claimed anyone can remember anything with motivation, demonstrated by naming 40 attendees and recalling serial numbers from dollar bills. He cited memorable examples and urged turning on the brain’s switch to learn.
The Washington Evening Journal in Washington Iowa lists staff roles including editor David Elder and news editor Charles Morris. It notes publication afternoons except Sunday and holidays and contains mail subscription rates for Iowa readers.
Orville Griggs marked his 37th wedding anniversary with a dinner outing hosted by Mr and Mrs Kletas Kafka. The community saw multiple social visits this week including Industrious Club events, Rural Women’s Day, and various family gatherings, with many neighbors and relatives mentioned across the week in Hardscrabble.
James W. Peterson, son of Mace Motor Co. in Washington Iowa, completed a retail selling course at Ford's Chicago Marketing Institute. The program was conducted by the Evening Journal in Washington Iowa, with the completion noted on Friday March 15 1968.
A nationwide survey shows half the country's men don't know their sock size. A Los Angeles canine specialist opens a psychiatric clinic for disturbed dogs. Women outnumber men two to one with contact lenses. Also listed among the 10 most intelligent animals is the elephant. Exact counts of household appliances and motors are noted, with other trivia and Q and A style bits.
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