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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1962
Page
4
The piece laments hollow worship, urging wholehearted devotion, and critiques Halloween pranks and soapings as dull, noting the erosion of old customs. It reflects on editorial competition with big city papers and the frustration of repetitive subjects.
The London clergyman Dr. Leslie Weatherhead urged broad censorship and would excise bloody massacres and smut from the Bible. The speaker warned that censorship targets extend to Shakespeare Grimm’s Fairy Tales and even Chaucer and a Rotary Club song about a farm woman.
The verse muses on unfair labor practices laziness and missteps in work and education. It jokes that some sink as others drown in metaphor and ponders debt downsized as a payment. A playful line about a crosswalk hints at misread social signals.
The article states that more than four billion dollars will be spent on newspaper advertising in 1962. It notes newspapers remain the dominant local medium despite new advertising platforms and cites nine reasons, from reach and shopper appeal to classified ads and cost efficiency, backing the claim with a 1958 Bureau of Advertising list.
Des Moines IDPA reports Elbert B. Smith the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Iowa. The Ames based historian and former Story County Democratic leader highlights Kennedy era social programs and farm reform while campaigning with Kefauver praise. Smith defends Cuba Berlin and India policy and proposes a revised farm price support plan centering on a $1.20 per bushel target for corn and a three year extension of voluntary feed grain programs.
The column recalls Washington County figures who shaped the community through philanthropy, leadership, and public service. It includes James H. Young’s $85,000 YMCA gift, Abijah Savage’s Sunset Park funding, Ralph M. Smith and Marsh W. Bailey’s civic work, A. N. Alberson and J. A. Conger’s business and public roles, Prof. H. E. Case’s legacy, and mentions of Barbara Cox, Henderson Wallace, and Gertrude Kendall. It also salutes women leaders Mrs. Milo Sorden and Mrs. Rose Reid, and reflects on broader lists of Washington’s famous residents.
The UNICEF program began as a small Philadelphia project in 1950 and now raises over 2 million dollars yearly. US Committee for UNICEF expects another record year with millions benefiting in 107 countries and territories through nutrition and health aid.
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