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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1968
Page
4
Editorials reflect on mercy and progress. Iowa State’s playful problem solver, local violin program hopes, college students’ stance on handling violent crowds, and a sermon urging interdependence. humanity’s fate linked, change requires persistent work and shared effort.
A reader recounts lingering advances from a married man during a sorority house visit and asks how to respond. Abby advises firm boundaries and warning the man off. A second reader confesses romantic conflict between an engaged fiancé John and best man Roy, seeking guidance on whether to marry or end the engagement.
Abby Van Buren advises delaying marriage until fully attracted to the future spouse. She tells Charles the Charmer at the St Regis to think about marriage longer and to write for a personal reply. Readers are invited to send letters or $1 for a booklet on letter writing to Los Angeles.
U S retail sales rise about ten percent this fall over 1967 with auto sales up over twenty percent despite government efforts to slow the economy and Vietnam War concerns. Economists note continued prosperity and expanding consumer demand, predicting further home building and appliance growth into the mid 1970s.
The Louisa County Historical Society received a 98 year old church Bible from Fredonia Methodist Church, which closed as members joined other Methodist congregations. Gifted by Wesley W. Garner of Columbus City in 1845, the Bible bears his inscription from 1870. Society records are kept at the Wapello Public Library. president is Mrs. Twyla Gilkey.
Eleven members of the Harmony Club met at Dicky's Prairie Home for a one o clock dinner followed by a brief business session led by president Mrs Laton Schooley. Birthday celebrant Mrs Tony Meuth received a gift from her secret sister and a birthday cake was shared as ice cream was served. The next gathering will be hosted by Mrs Laton Schooley.
Paul Franzenburg said cities and towns should get 15 percent of the road use tax fund, up from 13, contingent on not reducing secondary and farm to market road funding. He would divert 10 percent of the third penny of the 3 percent sales tax to the fund, adding about 5 to 6 million dollars, to boost urban road improvements.
A collection of social quips and questions about time rituals and language, noting midnight as a contested concept. It includes a Casanova style anecdote about a husband handing control of an electric blanket, plus brief celebrity updates and a curious rapid reply about Alaska’s big game.
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