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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1973
Page
4
Editorial recalls hearing a loud chain saw in Central Park and fearing threats to trees. A calmer check across the street confirmed park trees remained, the sounds were for trimming a stump to ground level to allow mowing. The writer expresses relief at the benign outcome.
NASA faced a crippled Skylab with a jammed solar wing and missing heat shield. Astronauts Conrad and Weitz worked with ground engineers to devise new cutting and improvisation methods, restoring power and stabilizing the orbiting lab. A single bolt nearly doomed the mission, but the crew revived the system with a hammer and adaptive techniques.
The piece contrasts astronauts’ indomitable courage with a house fixer’s balance on a ladder, noting that even the costliest machines rely on basic nuts and bolts. It suggests the next Skylab crew should bring practical items like a woman, a bent hairpin, and chewing gum for adaptability.
A playful chronicle of Okoboji summers highlights real estate booms cottages on the lake multiplying, speedboats and private docks expanding, and two new laws boosting leisure traffic. The piece notes figures like $26,000 for a 70-foot lot, prefab houses, and surging road work. Also mentions the Okoboji Summer Theater drawing crowds and a vivid bridge tale ending with a four spades doubled score.
A religious devotional emphasizes God the Father choosing believers long ago and the Holy Spirit cleansing hearts through Jesus blood. It blesses readers with freedom from anxiety and fear, noting the mercy of being born again and becoming part of God’s family. It cites hope in eternal life through Christ’s resurrection.
A widow asks how to break off a marriage proposal from her late husband's friend Charlie without causing a scene. Abby advises a gentle, gradual exit from the relationship, suggesting she see others and avoid telling him it is his swan song. The note ends with Abby's personal reply and booklet offer.
A 1973 column surveys dinner guest choices with Americans favoring Nixon Kissinger Agnew Graham Presley and non Americans Queen Elizabeth The Pope and Mick Jagger. It notes divorce questions and a hobbyist Q A on painting repaints baby porcupine weaning and more.
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