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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1977
Page
4
A fragmentary editorial collage discusses wealth, folly, and virtue with Biblical overtones and a satirical line about stock market losses. It mixes musings on vacations, college basketball anxieties around UCLA, and the burden on coaches, plus a brief theater note about a Mt Pleasant festival.
The piece notes the immense pressure on successors to coaching legends, citing Gene Bartow at UCLA as an example who left the high profile job for a quieter role as athletic director at the University of Alabama Birmingham after Wooden's retirement. It reflects on the burdens of filling legendary shoes.
An Iowa Riverside letter to Father Mohr questions St Marys school opening. The writer cites Iowa City Press Citizen and Catholic Messenger articles, asks for parish stance and whether parish votes are final, and urges direct church communication.
A mix of humorous vignettes and quips from a bygone era. The column riffs on family money habits with a boy who finds cash, warnings about hypocrites in church, a tale of medical futility and tailor sizes, self love folly, parish school politics, Texan state dish trivia, wedding ring banter, price inflation, bootleg fines, and middle aged weight lifting. Names and dates sparse. tone reflects light, compact humor and local concerns.
A 14-year-old narrator writes to Dear Abby praising anti prejudice views and urging unity. The column shares a validation and includes an unsigned philosophy about standing up for persecuted groups. A Samoa teen correction denies premarital sex myths and stresses virginity as a family gift.
The Austria versus Italy match featured a long slam in hearts with Benito Garozzo aboard for Italy. South faced a nine of trumps opening lead and the diabolical line led to a harrowing decision. 22 of 23 tables made the slam despite the lead, with one declarer failing. Tomorrow: First thoughts and last thoughts.
A brief report notes that drowned victims found afloat are commonly recovered face down. The piece then remarks on studies suggesting women in their forties fear losing teeth more than cancer, reflecting a local editorial aside.
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