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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1972
Page
4
Washington Iowa readers learn how the annual Fine Arts Festival showcased student films. Electromania, Facsimile, They Are for Remembering, The Catalyst, Too Much, A Psalm for My Father and others display humor, imagination, and craft. Advisor Carlton Bump notes graphic arts background aids film better.
A collage of humorous quips by L. M. Boyd touches on tears, jealousy, presidential births, gossip, and fashion while musing on social norms. The column cites cultural trivia and ends with Boyd inviting readers to mail correspondence to Fort Worth Texas.
Retailers nationwide report rapid growth in nature and health foods. The number of nature food shops rose from 1,200 in 1968 to about 3,000 today and major supermarkets are adding nature food departments. Arthur D. Little projects a rise from 200 million in 1971 to a future doubling. Organic farming gains follow concerns over chemical contamination.
On this day in 1972 the Almanac notes Tony Barg born 1882 and Taurus, while 1704 marks the Boston News Letter becoming America’s first regular newspaper. It also recalls 1877 end of northern military rule, Hayes pulling troops from New Orleans, 1898 Spain declaring war on the U S, and a 1971 antiwar march of about 200000.
Dairymen and poultry producers expand organic offerings in the Midwest, with Milk cheese and butter sold without inorganic additives. Consumers pay 20 to 100 percent premium reflecting taste and nutrition arguments amid debates among nutritionists. The article notes storage and transport limits for organic goods.
A bridge hand note shows North South vulnerability with North holding Q J 10 9 8 4. The line implies play considerations and potential bidding implications for the partnership led by Jay Becker.
In the 1968 Spain vs Switzerland match Bulfill and Togores reached six spades after Stayman and Blackwood-esque bidding. West led a diamond, Tagores made six, while a Swiss miscommunication left Fenwick and Catteflis in five clubs, which was cold. The other table’s four spades would have failed on a normal lead.
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