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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1965
Page
3
Dear Abby answers reader questions on teen crushes and dating ethics, advising against physical competition and humiliation. She cautions a young girl about gossip and urges resolving family pressure quietly, emphasizing personal choice and mature communication.
A humor column explains why discussing others is harmful, comparing gossip to the Telephone parlor game where messages distort and cause trouble. It urges intelligent talk about ideas and provides a humorous aside about Abby’s letters booklet and personal reply offer.
Washington UPI report on three days of House Un American Activities Committee hearings into the Ku Klux Klan. Witnesses have invoked the Fifth Amendment. leaders Shelton Jones and Kornegay faced questions on bombings cross burnings and intimidation methods.
The report of condition shows total assets of 8 110 402 39 and total liabilities and capital of 7 534 074 18. Deposits include 5 186 846 89 in demand accounts and 2 347 227 29 in time deposits. Directors Frank L. Koss Merritt E McDaniel A Holland Merritt and John Winga attest to its correctness with L T Heilman signing as cashier.
Iowa State Education Association leaders opened the annual meeting urging higher teacher salaries to end the need for moonlighting. President Roger O. Blake warned that underfunded pay and unfair tax structures threaten Iowa’s future teaching corps and education quality. Retired teachers were also called to receive proper support as education remains key to lifting communities from poverty and ignorance.
UPI reports grain quotes across wheat corn and soybeans with varying highs lows and closes. Old and new crop wheat show mixed gains while corn and soybeans edge higher on front contracts. Stronger soybean values appear in November and January futures with modest gains across spring and summer positions.
Riverside native Fred Lear 58 died in Jacksonville Illinois of a heart attack. Funeral services set for Monday at Holy Cross Church in Jacksonville. Born December 11 1906 he was the son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Lear and married to Francis Cole who survives. Also surviving are a son two daughters two brothers Will and Joe of Riverside and three sisters Mrs Albert Kron Mrs Teresa Lear Riverside and Mrs Rose Quinlan Cosgrove.
Mr and Mrs Harold Hayes left for Evanston after a two week visit with Mrs Emma Shaw. Mr and Mrs Robert Roberts returned from a west tour visiting Portland Los Angeles San Francisco Hollywood Knott's Berry Farm and a Lawrence Welk Show. The group was almost 100 people and traveled by train with perfect weather reported.
Premier Fidel Castro told a Pedro Marrero Stadium crowd that men aged 17 to 26 will not be allowed to leave Cuba, to avoid potential drafting abroad. He defended an open door policy for those who wish to depart, while urging loyalty and noting youth must fulfill military duties at home. The speech accompanied Cuba’s first national track and field games amid rain.
A 21 year old coed from Hawaii was named homecoming queen at the State College of Iowa Cedar Falls. Miss Barbara Ann Miyasaki of Hilo, a senior education major, will reign over homecoming festivities this weekend and be crowned at halftime of the game with Augustana. Attendants to the queen were Jeanne Allbee and Trudy Lantau.
The snippet names Susan Kay Hu bacek of Davenport, age 20, Cedar Rapids, and Pamela Ann Whalen, age 19, Clinton, as readable items in the record.
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