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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1971
Page
4
Washington Iowa edition reflects on the moon landing's value and public reaction. It discusses the cost versus discoveries and the credibility gained for astronomers, then closes with a humorous anecdote about funding an editor's burial.
John Marie Student of Washington urges readers to wake up and get involved, arguing the Silent Majority bears blame for past and present U.S. policy on Vietnam. He calls for informed citizen action, questions leadership, and appeals for public influence over laws and government.
A wide collection of quips and trivia spans topics from hotel guests and drive-in movies to bears, Stradivari, and Alaska demographics. It includes humorous asides on cosmetics, hospitals, and a Reader Q&A style exchange, with a closing request for letters to L M Boyd.
In a Dallas regional event Rob ert Hamman faced a life line against East who showed out. Hamman played a sequence with diamonds and a clever jack ten signal to force East to win with queen. South then could draw out the contract as West led clubs and spades. The declarer’s precise play let South make the contract despite seeming doomed.
Ainsworth Westminster Guild of the Cotter United Presbyterian Church met at Mrs. Ralph Jowell’s home with 13 members. The program covered The Power Me and Fear and Its Results. Officers were announced, social hour followed, and August meeting was canceled. Local visits and Pony League Baseball numbers appear alongside regional social notes and a Boston smallpox eradication report.
Almanac entry notes August 2 as the fifth day of 1971 with celestial mentions and star signs. It lists birthdays including Marion Crawford, milestones such as street letter boxes in 1858, Hitler declaring dictator in 1934, Einstein’s 1939 warning to Roosevelt, and a 1968 Manila earthquake death toll, ending with a Rabelais quotation.
George SLU of Ainsworth and Warren Escher of Washington were recognized by Pride Seed Corn at Haven Wisconsin for long service. Stout received 23 years of service and Escher eight years in the local area honors.
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