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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1973
Page
4
Washington Iowa editorial reflects on reliance on God's help over self reliance. It includes Proverbs 3 5 1 and quotes about politicians needing tax money and a quip about you telling your wife to listen by speaking to another woman. The piece ends with a Mark Twain quote.
The author recalls misaddressed mail from The Y s Men s World and a New Jersey replacement type strip, mailed from Washington Pennsylvania by error. The piece reflects on postal misdirections, zip versus town names, and a long running misrouting joke involving Washington Louisiana and Washington Iowa.
Secretary-designate Richardson warned that extending Health, Education and Welfare to all would cost about a quarter trillion dollars and require 20 million trained staff. He argued local action beats federal overreach and supported decentralization via revenue sharing to empower state and local governments.
In a letter to the Journal Mrs Duane White notes local store sales finish quickly and agrees with the sentiment. Mrs Vic Bower adds praise for the Keota post office highlighting clean lobby, pleasant smell, flowered surroundings, tidy steps, well kept grounds, and convenient drop boxes for public use.
A retirement home faced a legal challenge over a lifetime care deal where ownership of assets passed after death. Courts upheld such contracts as lawful, comparing them to insurance, provided both parties understood the arrangement. Cases show protections for residents and acceptable windfalls or losses for providers, with prior misrepresentation or deception sometimes leading to disputes. Local post office praise and subscription details from Washington Iowa accompany the article.
A 1972 column lists diverse trivia from the world of everyday life. It notes 38 percent of college students carry gasoline credit cards and that car rental firms buy one in every five cars. It mentions child card purchases, the Pickle People, Brussels bed makers, and a Brussels records pace in a timed chores contest. Also discussed are historic bans on dancing, a sunlit home lighting concept, and brief client queries with witty answers.
A reader asks how to handle sneezing politeness with an atheist. Other letters discuss Bosses Night, dating betrayals, and a dating bureau scam. Responses urge practical coping and accountability while preserving personal feelings.
In a club session Sylvia South dealer delivers a bizarre discard ace of diamonds. West reacts with a rainbow of stunned expressions as North South reach 4 notrump and go one down. The narrator recalls Sylvia’s rare saving grace and legendary misreads. Tomorrow: The disappearing trick.
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