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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1975
Page
4
A concise critique contrasts belief with beliefs and notes how a single letter can switch truth from falsehood. The piece asserts many men confine women to the home after work and suggests rationing or proback as a provocative digression about gender expectations and social norms.
An editorial discusses daily toil and expressions like being “called on the carpet” while noting a carpeted composing room marks change in newspaper work. It also mentions the phrase daylight and a builder nearing completion of a home darkroom who cannot see daylight when finished.
A House committee deadlocks six to four against the Iowa pari mutuel betting measure, signaling likely defeat this session. Senate Ways and Means backs a similar bill for debate, while sponsor Rep. Jack Woods vows another attempt. Longstanding lukewarm support in Des Moines persists amid cross border betting to Illinois, South Dakota and Nebraska.
Dr. Glenn Seaborg, former AEC chairman, urged at the 169th American Chemical Society meeting that the United States recycle nearly all materials to avert future shortages. He said scrap and waste become major resources, urging design of non obsolescent goods to save energy and turn waste into usable construction material.
The item mix reports church salary talk and a money order office in July, a parade by a Richmond Capt. Crutz band in full Grenadier dress, a stylish hat shop ad, cold April weather, bids for chip hats, a hydrophobia cow death warning, a performer George Robinson in female roles, an April spelling bee with 33 contestants, a $20 note lost in Washington, local store changes, and letters to Dear Abby with community humor and advice columns.
Readers confront ideas on laziness and vocabulary linked to IQ. A lighthearted weather of trivia follows, including Blackbeard legends, monarch butterfly toxins, and the origin of ring a ring a roses linked to the Black Plague.
A bridge column examines a four hand deal where hearts split 3 1 and clubs threaten a finesse. South can avoid losses by a line that ignores the club finesse and exits with a spade, allowing no trump or club losses and delivering the contract.
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