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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1962
Page
3
A reader laments a spouse's harassment by another woman and seeks guidance on handling the situation. Abby advises addressing issues with the husband first, then offers counsel on a teenager's behavior, a mother's unsuitable suitor, and a daughter's attempt to advise her mother. The column closes with a statistic noting American electric companies' plant investment per worker.
Directory lists attorneys Louis J. Kehoe Stewart and Shearer Morrison Day Bates Morrison Owen and others with offices on West Main and West Washington streets. Also includes Dale E. Garrell dentist and Dr P L Etter osteopathic physician with contact numbers and office locations.
Mrs Harold Kline and Mrs Cecil Long attended a Luziers Cosmetics meeting at the Hotel Fort Des Moines on Tuesday and Wednesday. Keith Daering of Fairfield now a patient in Veterans Hospital Iowa City east. He formerly ran Town Cab and has many local friends. Jamie Rene Tyler, daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley Tyler of Clinton, is visiting relatives Mr and Mrs Clarence McConkey in Ainsworth.
The YWCA gathering hosted by Josephine Janecek featured record listening and entertainment. Mrs Louise Reaney hosted the U Go I Go Club session with a hospital patient card signed for Mrs George Jarrard. Pinochle at two tables produced high score Mrs Schiebel and low score Mrs Mabel Holman.
Mr and Mrs Vernon Richardson welcomed by official city hostess Mrs Robert Swift upon moving to 112 North Iowa Avenue They are employed at the Iowa area and are parents of four children Jay Brian Douglas Wendy and Beth Ann The family attends church and enjoys boating camping and swimming.
Funeral services for Mrs. Merle Hesseltine were conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Vernon Elgin presiding. Pallbearers included Richard Hotle Lane Morgan Phillip Allen James and Chris Hesseltine. Burial followed in Hillcrest Cemetery at Brighton.
Notices urge early submission by 10 a.m. and list events across Thursday to Monday including Lincoln PTA meeting, Family Living dinner, Moose Women, Fortnightly Club, Baptist Women, Thirty Niners season start, Skirts and Shirts, Golden Age Club, Rainbow Girls, YWCA activities, and Farm Bureau events. An Austin report notes Texas teachers can join Future Teachers Association, Texas State Teachers Association, Texas Classroom Teachers Association, or Retired Teachers Association.
Cape Canaveral reports Walter M. Schirra Jr. near blast off in Sigma-7. The 39 year old Navy commander faces final checks seven miles of wiring and 50 000 moving parts in the Atlas. Weather and capsule issues loom as last six days before launch begin.
Des Moines Rep. William Denman argued the Shaff Plan of reapportionment makes a liquor by the drink bill unpassable in Iowa. He told about 75 Drake University young Democrats that 24 percent controlling a rural-leaning majority in one house blocks such reform even with broad public support. He doubted progressives like city home rule would pass under the plan, which requires identical 1961 legislation, 1963 renewal, and a statewide referendum.
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