Computer jobs pay off for women in tech era shift
A growing group of working girls swap glamorous roles for computers. Women rise from 2 percent to 25 percent in programming as pay and opportunities improve. Edie Levine exemplifies the chic, capable coder. This piece contrasts glamour fantasies with real career center and female acceptance in a male dominated field.
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New York
UPI
Edie Levine
Manhattan
Miss Levine
Fire Island
West Side
John V. Lindsay
Opengart
Dear Abby letters and a rising career in computing
Open letters from readers urge insight from heartbreak and wedding costs. The piece then profiles a 26 year old Manhattan computer professional, a five figure earner in a male dominated field, describing high salaries, travel, lifestyle, and the growing demand for women in computer programming, plus remarks from Edward Opengart on opportunities and non discrimination. Eisenhower memorials in New York include Eisenhower College near Seneca Falls and Eisenhower Lock in Massena.
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Abby
Miss Levine
Manhattan
East Side
Mars
Venus
Albany, N.Y
Honor Ron Romine at Keota dinner
Keota hosts Mr and Mrs Frank Dasher held a turkey dinner to honor Ron Romine who will enter Cornell College at Mt. Vernon. Attending were Ron’s parents Oren and Mrs. Romine and brother Randy along with Mrs Flave Hagist and others. Todd Darrell Bostow and Diane Bostow visited, George Leedom from Iowa City injured in a gas explosion while repairing a line at a neighbor’s home.
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Mabel Dickenson
Rest Haven
Mt. Pleasant
John Liebrand
Enid
Oklahoma
Rosemond Redlinger
Darrell Bostow
Diane Bostow
Leroy Lyle
Forrest Tucker
Mabel Morris
Golden Buckle
Darrell
Diane
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Colorado
George Leedom
Iowa City
Lara Leedom
Keota
Jack Leedom
University Hospital
Leedom
Frank Kline
Baughmans and kin visit Chariton on Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Daryl Baughman spend Sunday in Chariton visiting Edith Gilliland, attending a family gathering at Ed Hafferty’s home. Matt Becker from Sigourney visits Pete Becker’s family. Lizzie Wehr and Walley Gilliand of Sigourney are guests Thursday.Jim Bell heads to Ames with Pat Bell for Cattle Feeders Day. Doyle Abrahamson of Boone visits Ray Eakins family and Elmer Peiffer household. Russell Bell family receives calls from son Kermit Jones and Beverley McClanahan for Mrs. Bell’s 49th birthday. Jim and Pat Bell visit Tuesday to wish birthday.
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Keota
Daryl Baughman
Chariton
Matts Becker
Sigourney
Pete Becker
Lizzie Wehr
Walley Gilliand
Jim Bell
Ames
Pat Bell
Jim
Pat
Doyle Abrahamson
Boone
Ray Eakins
Elmer Peiffer
Darlene
Russell Bell
Kermit Jones
Canada
Beverley McClanahan
Washington Evening Journal Staff and affiliations
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 and Howard Hazen production superintendent. The paper is published afternoons except Sunday Christmas and July 4th and is entered as second class matter under an 1879 act.
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David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Howard Hazen
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press Ass'n
Iowa Daily Press Ass’n
Iowa Press Ass'n
Audit Bureau of Circulations
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Dad
Mother
Abigail van Buren
Los Angeles
Cal
Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Southern Utilities Company
Alf
Brinkman
Selectes Mortic
Ron Romine
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Baughmans
Louisiana
Mrs. Bell
Jim Bells
Bell
The
Washington Evening Journal
Osincup’s
Prescription Service Center
America
Ernie Rushmill
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