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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1971
Page
4
A town column reflects on Christmas mood amid rain and fog. The piece riffs on lies and the Ten Commandments, jokes about junk mail and broken jaws, and praises simple holiday light displays that convey a warm seasonal spirit.
The International Standards Association in Geneva approves keeping QWERTY as the standard keyboard layout, despite German QWERTZ usage. The design by Christopher Latham Sholes in 1873 aimed to balance speed and handwriting, ensuring the typewriter would not type faster than a skilled scribe.
Eduard Isler from Diehkon near Zurich expresses gratitude to the Everett Meekers and Washington friends for hosting him during a five week home stay as part of the Experiment in International Living. He recalls the warm reception and asks the Evening Journal to publish his thanks for the memorable Midwest visit.
The article explains how public opinion polls are increasingly trusted in court but must meet standards of significance and lack leading questions. It cites cases on venue change, false advertising, radio use on buses, and trademark familiarity where polls aided or failed as evidence, noting polls cannot equal fingerprints.
The Almanac notes today is December 16, 1971, the 350th day of the year. It lists celestial bodies Mercury Jupiter Venus Mars Saturn, birthdays including Noel Coward, and historical events such as the Boston Tea Party of 1773, New York fire of 1835, Battle of the Bulge 1944, and Pakistan cyclone fatalities in 1965.
L M Boyd presents a collage of curiosities from science history and daily life. Notes on Desmond Morris and human primates mix with quips about traffic, homely fears, and trivia from Brookhaven to Greenfield. Includes a note on 1971 copyright and Boyd’s Fort Worth address.
Dear Abby columns discuss a husband who promotes or fires junior executives by their drinking, praising those who abstain publicly but also denouncing the pretender abstainer. Other letters cover a betrayed friend and a ring etiquette question with regional customs noted.
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