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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1971
Page
4
Editorial reflects on biblical praise and modern technology in daily life. It notes computer generated notices arriving with calm but unsettling politeness and questions comfort with automated messaging. The piece also discusses color psychology in architecture and links worker happiness to inflation and productivity.
The California Motor Vehicle Department proposes special plates costing 25 dollars above the standard fee with 10 dollars yearly upkeep. About 1 percent of 10 million drivers may apply, yielding an estimated 7 million dollars. Requests include AMLEG plates and personalized options like NYMETS and HIS HERS. Obscene or offensive words are disallowed.
A writer in Clarence Lynn near Dublin describes replacing lost trees with improvised greenery after elm disease and storms. They built a faux tree from a hay rake, brush, and a metal stand, added shrubs and bird feed, and note the return of a tree sparrow amid sparse wildlife including horned larks and juncos.
DES MOINES IDPA A group of prominent Iowa citizens has formed a nonprofit corporation named Keep Iowa Clean Inc to promote educational activities and projects preserving Iowa’s natural beauty. At a Des Moines meeting James S Craiger was elected president with Robert Caswell John E Salkeld and A Cana van named officers as locals form chapters statewide.
The University of Washington develops SPECS a reading pen that uses a photoelectric cell to convert printed letters into buzzing sounds and vibrations guiding blind users to feel shapes. Dr. Sam Sparks and aides Suzanne Anderson and Sandra Ruconich train two blind students to read by scanning pages, aiming toward glasses that translate patterns into tactile impulses within five years.
Abigail Van Buren hears readers on adoption and travel ethics. A couple seeks to adopt a second child amid liberal abortion laws and urges consideration of adoption to help unborn babies. A mother questions a daughter's weekend trips with five college boys. The column covers parental guidance on morals, crime memoir excerpts, and wedding planning tips with readers urged to write for Abby’s booklet and personal responses.
A carnival of odd facts and quips runs through a collage of notes on cities and people. It highlights bizarre rankings from Los Angeles to St. Louis, curious customs, petty social observations, and a peek at vintage readers letters and questions directed to the columnist.
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