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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1973
Page
8
An April 27 1973 Washington Iowa editorial column urges repeated Gospel reminders to prompt action. It also offers a humorous classroom anecdote and a cautionary note on tractor and highway safety, urging speed temperance and clear signaling for slow-moving vehicles.
A rural humor piece presents twenty commandments to improve tractor safety. It urges slowing on rough ground and near ditches, low hitching of loads, keeping people away from machinery, ensuring children are trained or kept distant, turning off power before reaching into machinery, securing keys, using guards, balancing weight, and avoiding jerky操作. It also recommends calm temper, pre fueling tobacco safety, carrying fire extinguishers and first aid, and using protective cabs to survive a rollover.
Mrs. Sylvia Logan received multiple free gifts after a mail order error, including dresses, a carpet shampooer, bowls, cutlery, a lawnmower, garden gear, sheets, and shoes. Her husband says the goods fill their spare bedroom while the company apologizes and sends a representative to discuss return.
The page notes April 27, 1973 as the 117th day with 248 to follow and lists notable events on the date including Morse birth in 1791, The Atlantic steamship service starting 1850, Gary Indiana ground-breaking 1906, Social Security payment 1937, and Apollo 16 splashdown 1972. It also mentions planetary positions and Taurus signs.
Gov Ronald Reagan rejects federal tax increases as a cure for inflation calling it like telling a drunk another drink will cure him. Herbert Stein, head of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, floated a tax rise to slow inflation during the Nixon era.
A Texas House committee approved a 12-1 vote to subpoena the film Deep Throat for a private screening. The movie is banned as pornographic in New York, with Dallas Houston and Fort Worth noted in the report.
The Washington Evening Journal lists subscription rates for various delivery options and markets. It also identifies staff positions with David Elder as president and editor, William Shannon as vice president, and Robert Shaffer as manager, along with production and advertising contacts.
Declarer wins clubs with the ace and draws trumps then exits with the jack to discard a diamond or spade. North must eventually give a trick. a spade lead after a duck increases winning chances. In three notrump, refuse the first spade to force North’s potential failure and maximize the chance to set up diamonds and trump prospects. South’s return spade allows successful finesse outcomes depending on North’s spade length, with ducking ensuring a safer path to nine or more tricks.
A 1973 M. Boyd column surveys topics from gender speech rates to wallpaper origins, Zodiac signs, sports sexy rankings, and quirky Q A exchanges. It notes women’s speech pace, beltway trivia, and a Bali practice of naming infants after three months.
A divorced mother seeks advice after her infant Timmy is found bruised while in a friend's care amid plans to travel. Abby urges medical checkup and warns against leaving the baby with untrusted caregivers. A second letter questions marital boundaries when a wife goes out with her brother-in-law, with Abby downplaying wrongdoing and offering a personal reply.
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