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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1967
Page
4
The Washington Journal notes City Council minutes from October 2 show bills paid and actions taken, including fire truck servicing, subdivision approval, and a $118 fire calls bill. It stresses minutes are public, essential for accountability and eligible for reader access and review.
Sally Pangborn urges Ottumwa audiences to measure religious strength by generosity. She compares fundraising to selling high-ticket goods, saying speeches and materials help but the sale occurs face to face, and every dime is needed for the Community Chest goal.
Dr. Gingerich of the Mennonite General Conference Historial and Research Committee, formerly of Washington where he taught at the high school and junior college, now resides in Goshen Indiana and is shown in Berlin with Rembrandt’s picture of a Mennonite preacher.
The writer recounts a European trip from Amsterdam to Munster and Berlin, detailing encounters with East German travelers, tours of Dahlem State Museum and Rembrandt's Mennonite Preacher, and reflections on life in East and West Berlin, including the Berlin Wall, visa controls, and the contrast between prospering West Berlin and occupied East Berlin.
A collage of light anecdotes and reader queries covers topics from memory of first kisses to attitudes of gamblers in the Old West, diet room colors and appetite, and divorce trends. It includes playful replies from Our Foibles Man and Our Household Hints, plus a Fresno Grandmothers Bowling League idea and quick rapid replies.
In the 1965 European Championship Great Britain vs Germany, Collings sacrifices to seven spades after a fake two clubs bid. Cansino doubles seven clubs, some missteps follow, Britain loses 14 imps but wins the match by 59 imps.
A compact reflection on charisma as a defining force in leadership. The piece cites JFK and Billy Graham as examples, notes Hitler and Rasputin sharing its aura, and lampoons claims about President Johnson lacking it while poking fun at rival figures Romney and Reagan.
Washington Evening Journal lists editors and managers including David Elder editor and business manager William Shannon advertising director Charles Morris news editor Bob Shaffer local advertising Howard Hazen production superintendent. It notes publication afternoons except Sunday Christmas and July 4 and that the paper is entered as second class matter under the 1879 act. United Press Leased Wire affiliations and Iowa press associations are listed. Mail subscription rates in Iowa.
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