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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1976
Page
2
A packed community update from Brighton lists moving day help for the Stacys in Columbus Junction and family visits across Richland Washington and Keota. It notes anniversaries birthdays and a funeral for Oscar Mourer near Waterloo, plus a birthday dinner at Davenport and a care center birthday celebration for Emma Phillips.
A federal judge found Cleveland’s school system deliberately segregated and gave the board 90 days to present a desegregation plan. Milwaukee marked a first voluntary integration day as Dayton and Louisville eyed peace in court ordered busing.
Evangelist Jim Anderson known as a ventriloquist and musician will headline a three day crusade at Independent Bible Church Wayland from September 2 to 5. He has pastored evangelized and taught at Calvary Bible College and will speak Friday and Saturday at 7 30 p m and Sunday at 9 30 a m and 10 30 a m with the public invited to attend.
A cooperative family dinner Saturday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Stanley Zehr West Chester honored Mrs Marvin Sprague Tamara Elizabeth Ann and Kathryn of Rockaway New Jersey Also present were Mr and Mrs Leslie Bell Wellman Mrs Eunice Peabody Keota Tuesday evening the same group met Mrs Theodore Ressler at Amana for dinner at the Colony Inn Thursday morning the Spragues and their daughters left for Rockaway New Jersey while Tamara remained in Iowa City to attend the University of Iowa A separate Sunday get together in the Kenneth Jaeger home honored Mr and Mrs George Coffman and Steve Riverside California Attending were relatives from Sigourney Joliet Cedar Rapids Marion Coralville Keota West Branch Littleton Colorado and other nearby towns.
Report outlines crop growth stages for corn and soybeans with no rain. Corn reaching 4th denting, some stages showing silk formation, while soybeans progress from pods forming to shedding leaves. Describes extreme dryness causing corn to fire from the bottom and pods starting to shed on beans.
Tonometry measures eye pressure to detect glaucoma. Mrs. G W Hilton says screening is vital as about 24 900 Iowans have glaucoma, often without symptoms. Glaucoma can be treated and arrested, but may cause blindness if untreated. Adults 35 and over should have eye exams every two years. Free information via Iowa Society for the Prevention of Blindness, Box 434, Des Moines.
Baskin-Robbins in Washington joins eastern Iowa stores in the Jerry Lewis Telethon drive. Don Wells says noon to 3 p.m. on September 6 proceeds will go to Muscular Dystrophy funds via the Burt Jaycees at Burt's Appliance Store. Customers may donate while buying ice cream, with funds and purchase prices forwarded to the telethon.
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