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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1969
Page
4
A devotional note cites Mark 6 31 urging rest and labor. It recounts Mr Euwer struggling to steady a wagon near a threshing machine and straw stack, illustrating effort amid toil. The piece blends a biblical exhortation with a vivid rural scene.
Local boy Ron Norton lost his glasses while admiring a cliff view at Philmont New Mexico camp. A mysterious finder returned the battered frames. no note remained. Also noted are a serious auto wreck involving a relative and a long ago wagon incident recounted by M R Euwer.
A salesman recalls a customer who rides a merry-go-round to extract three dollars owed him, admitting he hates the ride. A contest proclaims a model citizen who jokes about spring release from prison. A rural courthouse marriage license window notes back at one think it over.
A summary of community notes from Washington Iowa includes travel plans of Keota residents Max Miller and family, church visits by Rev Latta and relatives, vacations to Minnesota Indiana and Florida, Red Cross activity shipping layettes, regional trips to the Black Hills Yellowstone and Denver, and local events. Notable items mention a war department appointment for Sevilla Boice, a 49th wedding anniversary celebration for Dr and Mrs Owen, a 4-H pig grand champion, a railway ballast project, road gravelling plans, and a county tennis tournament slated for August 30 1969.
G LaMonte Weissenburger named chairman of a blue rib bon task force of Iowa executives to study savings in state government. The goal is at least 25 million dollars a year by cutting duplication and improving organization with Warren King and Associates aiding the effort. The plan calls for about 60 top Iowa businessmen to participate, contributing cash or in-kind support to fund the study and the Chicago consulting firm.
Pitcairn Island plans a 13 stamp definitive issue telling the Pitcairn Story from medieval times to modern life. The 40 cent top value features the Bounty Bible and John Adams, symbolizing restoration after early settlement turmoil. Also covered are British Solomon Islands Third South Pacific Games stamps, St Helena military uniforms, Antigua Redonda postal issues, and Bhutan’s eight bird stamps with four regular and four airmail editions.
The Washington Evening Journal of Washington Iowa provides editor and business management by David Elder and William Shannon as vice president advertising director. It is published afternoons except Sundays and holidays and is entered as second class matter under federal postal act.
In a four spades contract West leads clubs and East signals out, threatening two trump tricks. By assuming West's 4-3-3-3 distribution and switching from trumps to high heart and diamond cashing, declarer can eliminate a trump loser. After careful elimination, he ends up scoring both the ten and king of spades, salvaging the contract.
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