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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1963

Page

5

Study Center Need Not Be Relaxing

Educators urge that study spaces be comfortable yet firm with straight backed chairs and minimal clutter. They advise desks sized for focus, back to back layouts when space allows, two desks for two children, growing book shelves, and early homework to avoid last minute rushing.

Margery McElheny Chicago UPI

Deep Freeze In Medicine Advances Seek Virus Fight

The article outlines cryogenics and its medical uses from tissue preservation and safer heart surgery to brain operations and ulcer control. It describes interferon as a new antiviral approach and notes Merck’s research efforts. It ends with John F Kennedy Jr riding with his father to a conference in Washington.

Dr. Coleman Alick Isaacs Jean Lindenmann England Merck Institute For Therapeutic Research Coleman John Washington UPI John F. Kennedy Jr Sheraton Park

West Chester horse races recall historic Iowa farming culture

The article recounts early amateur horse racing on Franklin Street in West Chester with mayoral fines for gambling. It notes racing as a community event tied to Independence Day celebrations, crop improvement through horse sport, and a stretch of road used as a track near churches. Generations and families such as Varneys, Stewarts, and Wagners are named with racing reputations and local landmarks cited.

West Chester Sport Skinner Dave Fisher Franklin Street Bud Hough Iowa Varneys Howard McCall Stanley Mouser Pilotburg Alex Sewell Lord Timmins Timmons Mouser Milt Stewarts Dusenbergs Haynes Morrisons Illinois Missouri Rock Island Harding Anson Leet Uncle Sam Mr. Oliver West Chester Race Track Crayne Farm Federated Church John Gresh Jeff Dayton Boyer Fair Grounds Cliff Snider Highway 1 Kelley Kentucky Ike Wagner Pat W Wagners Richard Wagner Bill Norton Dan Patch

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