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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1972
Page
10
An editorial piece reflects on Matthew 5 8 noting only unmixed motives allow seeing God. It includes a wife’s Christmas remark to her husband and a child punching Santa Claus as a sharp return explanation.
J R Small recalls a freezing outdoor football trip to St Louis with family and friends to watch the Big Red face the New York Giants. He details bitter cold, wet seats, icicles, long drive, car heating, and the mixed experience of adults and teens enjoying the outing despite conditions.
Apollo 17 astronauts drilled two eight foot holes in Taurus-Littrow Valley and lowered thermometers to measure heat flowing from the lunar interior. Initial results show outer crust temperature rising about 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit per three feet, supporting a warmer moon interior theory and challenging prior expectations. Dr. Marcus Langseth noted instruments worked well and comparisons to Apollo 15 readings remain similar.
The report describes surface and subsurface temperatures with the sun overhead. Readings show 188 degrees F at the surface, 45 degrees at six inches, minus 2 degrees at twenty five inches, and plus four degrees at eight feet depth, highlighting soil composition differences.
Australian Tim Seres faced a trump lead in Six Clubs. He won in dummy, executed a heart finesse, and after a sequence of ruffs and cashing, produced a decisive squeeze that forced West into an untenable position, letting Seres complete the slam.
Abby counsels that withholding affection as punishment is unfair and unwise. A wife’s cold treatment harms both partners and should be discussed to improve the marriage. A reader shares discovering a spouse’s affair, urging neighbor intervention, which Abby says risks humiliation and is not advised.
A compact miscellany by L M Boyd includes notes on facial features and talent patterns, rings for long married wives, frog croaks across regions, and a Buffalo Bill hunting tally. It muses on public opinion and oddities with a satirical tone.
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