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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1971
Page
5
Abigail Van Buren advises a reader to set clear limits with an intelligent friend who probes personal topics including sex. She suggests stating such topics are private and not up for discussion, warning these questions may lead to unwanted intimacy. If the friendship ends, she says the world has plenty of men like him.
The Army offers a 120 day delayed entry option for young men considering enlistment. Recruits enlist and are reserved up to 120 days before active duty, with guaranteed placement in one of about 300 job training or service schools if qualified. Contact Sergeant Bickford at 221 So Linn St Iowa City for information and testing, or call 337-2715.
On Saturday March 20 three Highland Speech Club members will participate in the Town High School Speech Association State Contest at Highland with over one hundred schools represented. Janice Adams earned a Division I in Interpretive Poetry Ron Skubal a Division I in Newscasting and Cheri Secor a Division II in Dramatic Acting, qualifying at the District Contest held last month in Town City. Wednesday March 24 was an In Service Day for the high school faculty, featuring a film High School and a video Love in the Classroom an Effective Mode of Behavior Modification.
James P. Christensen will become president of General Telephone Company of the Midwest succeeding Charles Farris who will join General Telephone & Electronics Service Corporation in New York. The Midwest unit operates 229 exchanges serving 247,000 telephones in Iowa Missouri and Nebraska with Grinnell as headquarters. Christensen has been operating vice-president of the Indiana company since 1967 and was chief engineer in Kentucky prior to the Indiana post. Farris has led the Midwest since 1966 and will move to the Revenue Requirements area at GTE Service Corporation. John Harman of rural Milton marked his 101st birthday March 2 with family and friends.
A Des Moines Senate subcommittee was directed to draft legislation permitting 65-foot double-bottomed trucks on four-lane Iowa highways, restricting operation to those roads within five miles of the main network. The panel also considered a $130 annual license fee for trucking firms using double-bobs, arguing it could raise about $1.5 million yearly, while Gov. Ray opposes longer trucks pending legislative passage. Senate leaders expect governors to be consulted before full committee action.
The Mid-Prairie High School Fine Arts Department hosts its seventh annual Fine Arts Festival on Monday March 29 at 7:00 p.m. including drama choral music art displays band and shop projects plus a new light show. Details assign staff andfree admission.
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