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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1973
Page
4
In Washington Iowa on February 15 1973 an editorial notes the need for religious community warmth amid crime and unemployment. It highlights Dr Thomas W Matthews 48 who treated a wounded black man and founded the National Growth and Reconstruction Organization Negro to create sheltered industries for unemployed youth.
Two Ames barbers Al Thompson and Charlie Etting rose from small shop labor to nationwide notoriety by offering leg shaving to female clients. They photographed coeds for publicity, attracting wire services and magazines, transforming The Headshop into a successful, appointment only salon for men and women. They now avoid leg shaving due to nerves.
A Denver district court judge ruled police cannot have a bullet surgically removed from a man charged with robbing a bar and killing its owner. The procedure would be an involuntary testimonial act under the Fifth Amendment. The judge said the dead bar owner’s rights and public safety concerns fall outside the legal protection.
Letters from a former Washington resident lament a string of troubling incidents including a bomb threat, a paper boy confrontation, and a purse snatching. The writer urges right minded citizens to act, urging parents to steer children toward lawful activities to halt further disturbances.
The California Farm Bureau touts apples as a daily health aid handling vision, digestion, energy, cholesterol, and mouth bacteria. The assertion frames apples as a natural tranquilizer and supports bypassing house calls.
Two days after Nixon’s inaugural call for self help, George Foreman, a Job Corps graduate and junior high dropout, found success in carpentry and electronics in Oregon, earned a diploma equivalent, became a physical education instructor in Pleasantville Texas, joined boxing, won the Olympic heavyweight title in Mexico City, and then defeated Joe Frazier to claim the world crown. He previously gained attention by waving the American flag after the Mexico City Olympics.
In 1973 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found sex discrimination in a bicycle access policy when only men had access to bicycles and women workers faced dress code limits, underscoring Title Seven aims. It also noted successful challenges to hiring rules, dress codes, hours, and seniority, while harsh treatment without unequal sex impact did not violate the law.
The Almanac notes February 15 as Susan B. Anthony’s birth date in 1820. It records the Maine explosion in 1898, Roosevelt’s Miami assassination scare in 1933, Anton Cermak’s fatal wounding the same year, Nat King Cole’s death in 1965, and a 1970 Caribbean jet crash. Also mentions celestial positions and Thomas Moore quote.
A reader praises the paper for its color picture of the community log cabin and its daily journalism. The note credits editorials and staff and dedicates the piece to Abraham Lincoln with admiration for the publication's quality.
Dear Abby offers blunt advice about a three year affair with a wealthy married man who plans to marry his wife after pregnancy allegations. The reader seeks security and questions fidelity while considering others. Abby suggests ending the relationship and notes seek for true stability.
In a case from a bridge problem, with triple dummy clubs and A-1-9-8 in hand, the best long run in some cases is to play the eight over the jack to avoid giving away a trick. The example shows that exceptions exist when opponents hold K-Q-x and K-10-x in clubs, altering standard percentage decisions.
A collection of brief musings on crime in Philadelphia, sleep ages around 55, Madame Chiang Kai Shek’s travel sheets, a ceiling projecting clock, and a comparison of football hits to car damage. The piece closes with contact and copyright lines for L M Boyd.
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