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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1967
Page
4
The paper prints brief devotional lines and quotes including Job 22 21 about acquainting oneself with God. It notes friendship with God as a balm for bruised spirits and mentions a humorous quip about government payroll. The column ends with brief editorial quotes from various city papers.
A nationwide AAA survey shows members shifting vacations from summer to spring and winter. Summer travel dropped from 57 percent to 51 percent in 1966 while spring rose from 12 to 14 percent and winter from 8 to 12 percent, leaving 23 percent not traveling at all.
A survey of 1960s presidential pathways shows Nixon pursuing a conventional route, Romney selling clean living, Rockefeller hedging, Reagan playing humble, Percy aiding yet cautious, Johnson weighing moves, Humphrey backing the understudy role, Kennedy keeping strength, and Stassen likely to enter later, with Shirley Temple teased as a surprise winner.
A South African woman seeks a mate relying on a dating computer in Johannesburg. The machine churns out a surprising result and prints the name of her ex husband, revealing a quirky twist in her search for a partner.
Thousands of fish from Lake Michigan washed up on a Chicago beach in an odorous mess. The brief note warns that cities are polluting lakes and now lakes are polluting cities, highlighting growing water pollution concerns reported in the Evening Journal on Oct 2, 1967.
The Mid-Prairie Board of Education outlines plans for two additions to Kalona Elementary and four new classrooms at the high school, plus a complete junior high building for 450 students. The project includes a science room, business education expansion, multi purpose space, and a central library, all designed for flexibility and low maintenance.
An Ohio bank employee described as quiet and deeply religious was charged by the FBI last week with siphoning 427000 from the till. The story traces Ozzie from grade school through college, noting a pattern of quiet brilliance and hidden misdeeds before the arrest.
A miscellany of humorous quips and light notes by L. M. Boyd. The column covers snoring versus non snoring, fashion bets, public trial marriages in New Guinea, noise in the home, hearing patterns by gender, Eskimo kissing, Van Gogh sales, seating in classrooms, name usage for wives, cheese testing by pros, cufflinks at weddings, and public weighings. Readers are invited to send questions and comments.
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