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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1969
Page
4
A Washington Iowa Evening Journal column includes thoughts on church, happiness, and language origins. It moves through snippets about vacation dining at Ye Olde Chuckwagon Smorgasbord, word histories, road maps, and maps’ role in revealing the nation’s changing landscape, referencing the Iowa Highway Commission and a brief joke about real estate and mortgages.
In Munich and across Germany prosperity reshapes daily life from cuisine to housing costs while social tensions rise. Germans chase American culture amid fewer students, rising crime concerns, and debates on Berlin’s status as the city eyes autonomy or reduced ties.
A collage of quips and questions on clock habits, legalities of time settings, fragile packages mishandling, a redhead confession, gas and rail shipping, military marching history, Sam Clemens quip, drummer wages in Vancouver, and a playful rapid reply about reaching Oahu.
South and North battled in a hand where East overturned West on the opening king of diamonds. East aimed to force a heart ruff after taking the ace of spades, but South's countermove led to a diamond instead of a heart. South then ruffed diamonds and set up spades, resulting in four spades for declarer.
Five local children enroll in FAITH school in Kalona to receive early intervention for hearing loss. The two daily sessions at Sixth Street facility aim to teach lipreading and speech, enabling a normal education with qualified teachers and auditory equipment. Isaac Yoder, three and a half, is the youngest.
The Washington Evening Journal based in Washington Iowa lists editors and staff roles including David Elder editor and business manager William Shannon 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 act of March 3 1879.
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