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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1967
Page
4
An October 14 1967 Evening Journal item presents Proverbs wisdom about riches from wickedness. A brief anecdote follows noting a robbery reference and a restaurant scene where Verle checks a corn supply and finds six cars instead of eight.
A local man, traveling to a Pekin Illinois meeting, loses his way on Illinois Highway 9 in heavy rain and darkness and ends up in Indiana before realizing his error. After six hours and about 300 miles he returns to Washington. Also humorous vignettes include Verle Gallagher’s corn theft misunderstanding and Mrs. Helen Watkins confusing glasses with her mother’s.
Ancient Kiev charms visitors. a Mennonite observer recounts guides, monuments, and a river view. He notes Kiev’s history, wartime destruction, postwar recovery, and the 60-foot Vladimir statue facing the Dnieper. Russia urges car travel with Intourist books and routes from Leningrad to Odessa through Kiev.
A meeting of persons opposed to county zoning is set for Monday at 8 p.m. in the lodge hall at West Chester.
A 1967 bridge article analyzes defense and bidding. It contrasts a poor late bid by South with a better defense at a second table. The piece notes king of diamonds leads, a spade shift, and how East and West decisions changed the contract outcome.
A chronicle of Washington events from a decade ago. Sailors Capt Shamdin and family depart from San Francisco aboard General Mann for Yokohama to conduct medical research, with a three year absence. Local travels, church delegates, farming policy changes, and community milestones populate the page.
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