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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1973
Page
4
Editorial reflection on God’s willingness to forgive willful sins when there is sincere repentance. Notes that many do not know what they truly want but are sure they lack what they seek, invoking Psalm 130:4 as a guiding verse.
The essay explains how vast numbers like a million or a billion are hard to grasp. It notes the earth’s weight figure is miscalculated and uses McDonald’s 10 billionth hamburger to illustrate scale with vivid comparisons.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette surveys the United States highway death toll topping 56,000 annually with Iowa contributing 871. It cites dangerous road design, alcohol-impaired driving, speeding, seat belt neglect, poor tires, and lax inspections as major factors. It urges treating highway safety as a public health priority and notes engineering must parallel sanitary progress.
Richland Feb 18 The New Richland Jaycee chapter will meet Feb 21 at the Legion hall to review by laws and choose a charter banquet date. At a recent meeting about 25 men planned organizational steps and potential affiliation with state and national Jaycees. Officers elected include Royce Hull president Larry Egbert vice president Mike Hadley second vice president Harlan Van Voorst secretary treasurer and Dick Downey state director.
A reader dating a divorced man confronts constant reminders his child comes first, while another letter argues hunting as a moral issue. Animal lovers debate the ethics of hunting versus living with animals’ welfare, with varied viewpoints from Mrs. K. in Illinois.
LM Boyd shares a collage of questions and quips from 1973, noting home ties to offspring, private aviation stats, cocktail lore, marriage cues, botulinum danger, and social forecasts. The piece blends trivia, humor, and observations from the era with a closing pledge of copyright.
East defends four spades after West leads seven of hearts. Play deuce of hearts to signal a shift later, avoiding giving declarer a route. If declarer wins, defense plans to preserve club or diamond threats by timing shifts and preventing premature trump triumphs. As declarer, with West on four hearts, win spade with king and lead heart ten to guard against four trumps, keeping control over trump breaks and preventing dummy from establishing dangerous clubs.
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