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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1971
Page
4
In Washington Iowa a death notice honors Hubert Crail longtime local businessman and casketbearer Ralph Woods recalls their friendship sparked by a pocketknife gift. The column also shares Marty Chebuhar humorous holiday anecdotes and office party mishaps reflecting on Christmas spirit.
Atlanta leaders mobilize 150 organizations to curb white flight by boosting near downtown middle and upper income housing and enforcing fair housing laws. They also push dispersal of low cost public housing across the metro area to prevent inner city concentration.
Today is Friday December 24 1971 the 358th day of the year. Notable events include Kit Carson born December 24 1809 and the 1814 signing of the Treaty of Ghent ending the War of 1812. Moon first quarter stars Mercury Jupiter Venus Mars Saturn.
A collage of historical notes and bridge problems from 1865 to 1971. It mentions the Ku Klux Klan, Admiral Darlan, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and provides two detailed bridge problem approaches with specific card plays and ideas for maximizing tricks. Tomorrow: A deadly shift.
A Fort Worth column parodies crime and daily life with jokes about fines for wife slapping in an Illinois judge’s spoof schedule, quips about pronunciations and epigraphs, a tombstone epitaph, and questions about a wine glass breaking from song. It also notes a fatality clock and miscellaneous reader snippets from Austin to Kentucky.
A reader asks why her husband changes plans after months of urging home buying and a new car. Abby quips he has cold feet and no action. A second letter defends timely correspondence, notingArmy mail service and urging servicemen to write more often.
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