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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1968
Page
4
An Iowa Conservation Commission suit against Des Moines seeks compensatory payment for damage to land water fish and game downstream. Though city facilities are being upgraded the current dumping into the Des Moines River is described as temporary and harmful.
Stanley Stein campaigned for 36 years to end leprosy stigma and segregation in Hansen's disease care. The obituary notes his role in reforming laws, public attitudes, and enabling patients to rejoin society, aided by Maj. Hans Hornbostel. He helped shed ancient taboos and is remembered for his work.
UPI reports actress Beth Brickell, star of CBS TV's Gentle Ben, leases and renovates three New York apartments, converting closets to dressing rooms and installing parquet flooring to sublet at higher rents. She started carpentry in Arkansas as a child, later shifted to acting at the University of Arkansas, and now her acting work funds the renovations though she claims to be too busy to manage the properties.
Washington reports a nationwide draft impact study predicts 288000 young men will be drafted starting July with most holding college degrees. Consequences include steep drops in graduate enrollment and college teaching loads as universities brace for a reshaped academic pipeline and an older, better educated army.
The Washington Evening Journal in Washington Iowa lists editors and staff including David Elder editor and business manager William Shannon vice president advertising director Charles Morris news editor Bob Shaffer local advertising Howard Hazen production superintendent. The paper publishes afternoons except Sunday Christmas and July 4th and is entered as second class matter under an 1879 act.
A collage of trivia jokes and observations by L M Boyd features IQ tests claim, musical rhymes by gender, fast sailing gags, and regional word variants. Items include acrobat cannon velocity, Hawaiian water tests, tea bubbles, humor about bartenders, fashion show stamina, dairy foam bedding, sock counts, and a note on grammar and dialect. The piece closes inviting reader questions and comments to Boyd.
In a contract bridge scenario Becker discusses a hand where West cashes hearts Q K and East shows certain signals. The declarer considers the drop and a spade finesse to avoid a trump loss, weighing percentage play versus a finesse as a strong option given presumed distributions.
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