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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1967
Page
4
Editorial argues the press has no special legal right to attend public meetings. Open meetings laws state the public may observe, not journalists specifically. The author recalls the founding faith in a free press to inform citizens and defend the right to know as a civic duty.
A narrator describes owning two 1846 copies of the Ausbund hymnbook linked to Passau dungeons where Anabaptists were imprisoned 1535 to 1540, noting their heirs and connection to Mennonite archives. The excursion then traces a southern German journey from Berlin through East Germany to Bayreuth, Nurnburg, and Regensburg.
A collage of Dear Abby questions on name confusion blackmail and commenting on children followed by a travelogue from Passau and Austrian towns. The writer describes historic sites, the Anabaptists prison memories, and a journey through Tittmoning Salzburg Innsbruck and Geneva with reflections on faith and scenery.
John Rhey, 15, of rural Waterloo died Monday night from a neck gunshot wound suffered in his home on October 11. He had been in critical condition since the accident, after a companion fired a .22 caliber rifle that caused the injury.
The Washington Evening Journal of Washington Iowa lists staff including David Elder editor and business manager William Shannon vice president advertising director Charles Morris news editor Bob Shaffer local advertising Howard Hazen production superintendent. The paper is published afternoons except Sunday Christmas and July 4th and is entered as second class matter under the 1879 act. It is associated with United Press leased wire and member of Inland Daily Press Association Iowa Daily Press Association Iowa Press Association and Audit Bureau of Circulations.
A long survey finds only one executive in ten drinks at lunch. Other items joke about masculinity, marriage, and odd trivia. The column blends light anecdotes, word trivia, and quirky quotes from readers.
In a Becker column from the 1967 Evening Journal, a North South case study shows defense shifting midstream after a heart lead in three no trump. By reading bidding and card positions, the defense discards a heart return and gains a down one by forcing South to lose a spade, two diamonds, and two clubs, illustrating Bridge logic.
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