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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1964
Page
9
Editorial notes the Washington home talent production of The Music Man draws fifty volunteers for singing acting and dancing. It explores why locals dedicate hours for little compensation, citing love of music and acting, the joy of collaboration, and the chance to meet new people.
A collection of pithy lines from local papers highlighting humorous, critical, and ironic takes on society. Notable quips touch on virtue, brains, markets, air and water scarcity, car oil, public affairs, and quality standards across several towns.
An editor vents his nostalgia for manual shifting in a modern over automated world. He recalls adventures with a German car and Alps drives, laments ease culture, and argues people seek usefulness in imperfect, hands on tasks, while celebrating a four on the floor stick shift as a personal rebellion.
A Washington UPI dispatch examines why thousands attempt suicide and fail. It discusses method choices, gender and age patterns, motives aimed at influencing others, unconscious self-harm signals in repeated accidents, and the difficulty of predicting or curing personal crises within a humane, non sensational frame.
In a Masters' Individual Championship context, Sylvia repeatedly defies a famed life master at the table. Her deceptive play versus him turns the matchtable into a study of brinkmanship, as one dramatic four spades hand ends with unexpected heart finesse altering the score.
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