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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1971
Page
5
In Ainsworth and Highland areas, Mrs. Dean Sandburg chairs the Cancer Crusade for the South Highland district with helpers and reports raising 81 dollars. The Highland Social Club met with Mrs. Roy Steele in Washington, sharing Mother's Day donations, poems, and memories. Upcoming events include WSCS meetings, Heritage Sunday, and a farewell for Rev. Pennington.
Mrs A M Kuhl state president of Women in Community Service appeals for volunteers to mentor low income teenage girls in Iowa. WICS aims to recruit and train home visitors to provide one to one guidance, help with education and career options, and offer unbiased advice beyond the family. Local units exist in Des Moines Dubuque and central Iowa with plans for Sioux City Davenport Burlington and Council Bluffs. Interested volunteers should contact Mrs Kuhl at 408 Fifth and Queen Street Fonda Iowa.
Kate Webb UPI Phnom Penh bureau manager captured by Communists on Highway 4 last month describes her two week confinement in a thatched camp called Phum Kasat. She details daily life, guards, interrogation, and conversations with officers as Hanoi’s war narrative and public opinion themes emerge amid a shifting Indochina conflict.
Suzuki kept notes in Japanese while a survey asked for more detail and a journal. Participants received two sheets of paper for their personal use, and no effort was made to collect or read the notes.
Riverside announces Vacation Church School dates June 7 through 11 from 9 to 11 30 a m The entry fee is one dollar and a Kool Aid package Children from Nursery through sixth grade are welcome to attend Tim Mathes of Nichols was arrested on Highway 22 west of Riverside for OMVI He was jailed in Washington County.
A brief look at local reporting emphasizes the role of the weekly and daily papers in delivering complete city news from council and school board actions to bond issues and community sports. The piece notes high readership and daily habit of newspaper use as trusted locals.
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