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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1973
Page
4
In a Washington Iowa column a writer reflects on R V McCollum, a respected salesman, noting his personal integrity, strong customer relations, and enduring reputation. The piece urges young people entering the job market to value character and perseverance as keys to success.
D. R. E. recalls Iowa City native V McCollum of Whitaker Paper Company who, at eighty, still sells fine papers, golfs in the 80 Years and Over class, and values personal contact at the Journal office as he contemplates retirement to Des Moines near his sons.
A wife shares a 20 year marriage that has drifted with a dead sexual life, fearing harm to children and unsure how to communicate. Abby suggests counseling and confirms about 50 percent of marriages face similar issues, urging professional help.
LM Boyd clocks a courtroom tale where a wife wins a divorce amid a husband’s daily homecoming salute demand. The judge rules for the wife, amid later quips about other odd marital episodes and scattered trivia from 1973.
Robert P. Clark, Louisville Courier-Journal executive editor, argues news defined as what is new and surprising includes both good and bad. He notes good stories outnumber bad in a week of issues and cites examples like seniors dancing, a convict earning a degree, and civic efforts while acknowledging strikes, higher postal rates, and a nursing home fire as news.
In a four hand scenario with South facing a notrump bid by North, pass is advised if slam chances are slim and three notrumps may be best. Four clubs prompts pursuing a slam with a partner’s distribution likely favoring clubs or hearts as trumps. Six clubs is suggested when odds favor six, despite possible seven.
Police recovered a stolen wienermobile valued at 35000 dollars, the hot dog shaped vehicle owned by Oscar Mayer & Co. It was found abandoned ten miles from the company parking lot on Thursday.
Almanac entry for Friday July 6 1973 notes astrology moon phase and visible planets Mars Jupiter Saturn evening Mercury Venus, with John Paul Jones born July 6 1747. On this day in history Captain Kidd seized in Boston 1699 Pasteur inoculated first rabies patient 1885 Armstrong died 1971 Athenagoras died 1972.
A brief reflection cites Greek historian Herodotus noting envy as a natural human trait from the start. The line frames a timeless view on human emotion and social dynamics.
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