Type A Personality Linked to Heart Attacks, Doctor Warns
In a health feature, Dr. Meyer Friedman ties ventricular fibrillation deaths to Type A traits such as excessive ambition and clock obsession. The piece cites George Stilwer and notes higher risk for Type A individuals, especially under 50, while offering lifestyle changes to reduce danger.
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American Medical Association
George Stilwer
George
San Francisco
Meyer Friedman
Mount Zion Hospital
California
Friedman
America
Dr. Friedman
Jolliet spelling debate and local reflections
Washington Iowa April 2 1973 editorial notes include a Thought For Today on faith and healing from Matthew 8 and a humorous discussion of the Joliet Joliet spelling controversy. It criticizes inflation and reflects on the Highway Commission and Tricentennial committee while mentioning Juliet and Romeo Illinois.
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Highway Commission
Tricentennial Committee
Jolliet
Jolliet or Joliet in Iowa Map Controversy
A Sunday note on paper delivery ends with the discovery of the morning paper on the front door, then a discussion of a map cover titled Joliet and Marquette Explorations on the Mississippi River. Officials admit the explorer’s name is misrendered as Jolie on a Toolesboro marker, while major historians and governments insist Joliet, adding a note on 1673 exploration and Tricentennial context.
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Iowa
Joliet
Marquette
Mississippi River
N. C. Wyeth
America
Upper
Mississippi
Joseph P. Donnelly
National Tricentennial Committee
Jolliet
Letters to the Journal urges Washington county meat stock up
A Keota letter dated March 30 1973 urges residents to stock up on meat during April 1 to 7 to counter a proposed national meat boycott. It argues farms and related businesses dominate the local economy and asks readers to consider the impact of a countywide farmer withdrawal from commerce.
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Washington
Washington County
April 2 1973 Almanac Highlights and History Notes
On this date in history Emile Zola was born in 1840. In 1792 Congress authorized the Mint to coin money with Pluribus Unum. In 1917 Woodrow Wilson urged a war declaration. In 1954 ILU ended a 20 day New York waterfront strike.
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Isemnt Neon
United Press International
Mars
Aries
Emile Zola
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Germany
The
International Longshoremen’s Union
New York
Four Hearts Bid Leads to Unbeatable Contracts
In a 1969 Trials hand George Rapee and Sidney Lazard bid four hearts after a diamond cue bid misread, though a six club contract was possible with normal play. Lazard’s heart singleton reply and Rapee’s heart length assumption caused the end. The defense could not prevent ten or eleven tricks, but the lesson remains to avoid one trump fits.
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George Rapee
Sidney Lazard
Rapee
Lazard
South
West
Declarer
First Singing Cowboy Gene Autry and More Census Curiosities
LM Boyd presents a collage of trivia from 1973 including John Wayne naming Gene Autry as the first singing cowboy, a note on Old Paul Revere, quack cure claims for cancer and arthritis, chicken anatomy for cooling, shifting marriage ages with 5 and 8 percent changes, a correction about Red Cross funding, and miscellaneous Q and A on topics from tourniquets to hippo grazing and early American novel history.
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John Wayne
Wayne
Gene Autry
Paul Revere
Right to die with dignity debate in reader letter
DEAR ABBY letters discuss whether laws allowing withdrawal of treatment to end life should be legal. A Miami reader and others advocate a living will from the Euthanasia Education Council, urging the right to die with dignity and outlining a sample statement to guide family physicians lawyers and clergy.
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Abby
Miami
Euthanasia Education Council
New York
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