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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1976
Page
4
A concise editorial urges readers not to worship science as ultimate truth. It cautions against befuddled admiration for the laboratory and insists spiritual reality remains meaningful beyond worldly wisdom.
A reflective note on 1976 as a dull year with few headline events. The piece jokes about the Bicentennial’s tepid offerings, such as odd red white and blue items, Mars flyby delays, and a Fort McHenry reenactment. It mocks political conventions and wonders who notices the passing year.
The acting director of the Juvenile Justice Center Rosemary Schmidt dismissed a proposal by Capt. John Weidner and three detectives to allow juvenile judges to incarcerate repeat offenders in a juvenile facility. She urged preventive steps and questioned the efficacy of harsher penalties while acknowledging crime concerns from victims.
The article argues for abolishing the electoral college and electing the president by direct popular vote. It notes Iowa’s eight electors first backed Gerald Ford, then urged Congress to amend the Constitution. The piece urges ending the electoral college as an anachronism and calls for direct elections.
A customer sues after a neighborhood market shootout left a shopper wounded in the leg. Courts balanced merchant self defense with public risk, noting foreseeability of harm. Other cases cited emphasize negligence when armed responses invite danger, or where actions were clearly a detective’s duty. Public service feature by ABA and Iowa Bar Associations.
United Press International notes December 31 as the 366th day of 1976 with major anniversaries. Thomas Edison demonstrated the incandescent lamp in 1879 at Menlo Park New Jersey. Truman declared the end of World War II in 1946. Roberto Clemente and four others perished in 1972 during a mercy flight to Nicaragua. Gold sales began in 1974.
Keota residents hosted numerous Christmas and post Christmas gatherings. Visits included Daryl Baughman, Carl Gilliland, the Haffertys in Chariton, and relatives from Council Bluffs Mason City Des Moines and Cedar Rapids. Families from Wellman Wellman Fort Madison and Omaha joined in gift exchanges and dinners.
A miscellany of quips and trivia from L M Boyd touches on dog behavior with open hands, smoking breakfast habits, fever medicine, bees, whale meat color by age, zebra training, elephant work, vinegar sniff test, frogs as vertebrates, famed artists last names, Scots links, self pity in humans, a poetry club, mobile home moves, and closes with a Weatherford Texas address and copyright note.
Dear readers, three years ago I published Just For Today as New Year resolutions. The piece lists eight rules adapted from Overeaters Anonymous promoting daily focus, happiness, acceptance, self-improvement, and acting with kindness. It notes OA’s resemblance to AA and GA, invites readers to write for information in Los Angeles, and ends with a wish for peace.
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