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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1976
Page
4
An editorial style note presents a religious reflection focusing on peace from John 14 27. It emphasizes that true peace comes from knowing the God of peace rather than worldly assurances, urging readers to trust and not fear.
About seventy five local people have been rehearsing for three weeks for the Y's Men musical Of Thee I Sing to open the new community center. Rehearsals run up to three hours as the group works to keep order, and the idea of using castanets to regain attention is suggested.
Midland Mayor Ernest Angelo Jr jeered HUD by demanding a formal form COM-1975 and copies, plus a long list of conditions from wage scales to environmental studies, in a satirical hoax cited by the Quad-City Times. The piece notes the joke contrasts Midland’s red tape with Washington’s real bureaucracy.
A collage of humorous vignettes and quirky observations lands in a rural Iowa mailing plea. The writer jokes about politicians, professions, and odd products while inviting readers to order a bicentennial record titled America Still the Beautiful from Cas Ottavi at Rural Route 1 Box 45 Yale Iowa.
A reader asks how to handle hurt after sisters sold her belongings while she cared for their children. Abigail Van Buren suggests if possible reimburse the full value and keep doors open. A second letter ponders an impotent man’s motives with a truck stop waitress, and Abby’s playful reply follows.
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