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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 11, 1972

Page

4

Valentines Day reflections and Olympic notes in Washington

Washington editorial features Pet themes from February 11 1972 including St Valentines history praise and a comic Valentine anecdote. It also surveys U S Winter Olympics skiing woes with note of two Northbrook skaters winning ice medals and contrasts with limited US speed skating facilities. The piece compares military industrial stocks to Avon cosmetics value, arguing for perspective on national spending and cosmetic culture.

Northbrook Illinois Holland United States

Almanac summary for February 11 1972

Almanac style notice notes February 11 1972 as a Friday, listing celestial bodies Mercury Jupiter Venus Mars Saturn and Aquarius births. Highlights Edison birth date February 1 1847 and historical events worldwide including GM CIO UAW recognition 1937 Yalta conference closing 1945 first bombing raids on North Vietnam 1950s New York garbage strike 1968 and Edison quote on hard work. Includes publishing and mailing details for Washington and associates.

Venus Mars Saturn Thomas Alva Edison General Motors CIO United Auto Workers Franklin D. Roosevelt Winston Churchill Josef Stalin Yalta North Vietnam New York City

Cloverettes meet at Legion hall for 4-H club activities

Crooked Creek Cloverettes 4 H Club met at the American Legion Hall in ARS MARIAN WATE RFORDSVILLE on Monday night with 13 members and two leaders Mrs Don Lee and Janet Davis. Deanna Curtis was welcomed as a new member and guests included her mother Mrs Larry Curtis and Mrs Bill Conrad.

ARS Marian Shirley Jones Nancy Davis Jane Hesseltine Ruth United Presbyterian Women’s Guild

Dear Abby Advice and reader letters on family safety and manners

Readers share concerns from a mother seeking proof of abuse by a male relative to her 3 year old daughter to a Winnipeg style advice column. Letters discuss flu precautions with kissing, service members correspondence, and guidance on parent child trust and open dialogue with teens.

Abby U. S U. S.C

Forcing and Not Forcing Six Bidding Sequences

An instructional note from 1972 King Features Syndicate analyzes six bidding sequences. It explains which partner bids are forcing or not, with examples and conclusions about how a response may compel further action, including cases of jump shifts preempts and probing for game or slam.

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Bride Cooked Family Meal and Odd Facts Collage

A collage of coastal anecdotes and trivia notes on marriage customs, lawsuits, life expectancy, a Berkeley motto palindrome, and odd public figures. It includes a bridal test meal tale, a smallpox stat, and misc. quotes, then ends with a mailing address in Fort Worth.

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