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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1969
Page
4
A Washington Evening Journal devotional note urges gratitude citing Psalm 107 1. The piece asks readers if they have found the leaf rake hidden in the garage from last winter as a light aside. A brief quip about teachers facing beginnings of the school year is attributed to Venture Fly-Leaf in Oklahoma.
In August the Washington Public Library lent 4127 items, a record for the town of under 7000. Breakout shows 655 adult non fiction books, 1452 adult fiction, 1865 juvenile books, 56 magazines, and 99 phonograph records. The library also offers 5000 additional records via the State Traveling Library on request.
The Journal notes Cloid Willits will not seek reelection as Washington mayor after eight years. The editor praises his busy, progressive tenure, calls the job hard and thankless, and thanks him for long service. A Kansas paper is cited with Apollo 11 astronauts' return headline as context.
A young South Korean sailor fell overboard from a Lib erian freighter off Nicaragua and clung to a giant sea turtle for 15 hours until rescued by a Swedish freighter. The captain of the Swedish vessel corroborates the tale as a remarkable example of maritime myth meeting fact.
North dealer with West on spades leads the deuce. Gunther Polak of Chicago declares four hearts. The play shows ducking the king of spades to cut East West communication and keep West from leading clubs, illustrating preplanning the entire hand.
The Washington Evening Journal of Washington Iowa provides standard newspaper masthead details including editor and business manager David Elder and William Shannon, with others listed for departments. It notes publication afternoons except Sundays and holidays, and clarifies affiliation with press associations and the Inland Daily Press association.
A discussion explains the Fifth Amendment protection, its personal scope, and limits on prosecutors. It notes that silence may be compelled in specific cases, such as when immunity is granted or when not speaking would hinder justice. The piece emphasizes the privilege's purpose to shield the innocent from self incrimination.
Faylon Edward Palmer of Olds was fined $15 for speeding and Thomas A. Horak of Washington paid $10 for a stop sign violation in the justice of the peace court. Robert Dillard of Tupelo Mississippi, driving a Sheller Globe truck bound for Iowa City, was hospitalized after a 3 a.m. crash on highway 218 near the English River bridge. The truck left the road, struck a culvert, and suffered major damage. Dillard sustained a broken arm facial cuts and chest injuries.
The Washington YMCA starts a .22 Rifle Club led by John Walker with Ed Brown Roy Fields and Jack Mings assisting. Meetings are Thursday evenings for Junior and Senior Highboys focusing on range safety hunter safety marksmanship and fun. First meeting is September 18 at 7 00 at the Y. Boys may bring their fathers.
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