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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1965
Page
4
The Washington Evening Journal presents a devotional urging trust in God as the path to happiness. It offers a concise formula for fulfillment, urging readers to begin now by praising God from whom all blessings flow.
A reader recounts a highway crash that left him with lasting injuries and a leg brace, arguing news coverage focuses on deaths while thousands suffer lifelong harm. He urges readers to consider the high toll of traffic injuries this Fourth of July and beyond, hoping to prevent future tragedies.
A Harvard anthropologist notes American men aged 18 to 24 average 5 feet 9 inches and may rise another inch due to environmental factors that enhance inherited growth. Genes set the potential, but diet sleep and vitamin intake in the United States help realization. The piece also mentions tall girls and basketball coaches, and ends with a quirky line about updating old songs with modern twists.
Editor-trait: thinkometer ideas fail to measure intellect and steer academia. The column decries overreliance on publications, fellowships, and graduate degrees while noting rising graduate enrollment, reduced emphasis on teaching, and employer bias toward masters holders. Anecdotes from Cornell, Texas, Wisconsin, and New York illustrate pressures strangling students and stalling theses.
Three doctors at an Oak land Navy hospital warn that vitamin pill and water diets mislead dieters by removing lean tissue and leaving fat behind. The National Cancer Institute cites over 100 leukemia survivors in five years, suggesting future cures. Denver researchers find heart tape tests unsatisfactory and costly, while cigarette risks persist as experts doubt a truly safe alternative.
A two story frame building in Iowa Falls suffered a deadly blaze Tuesday evening killing seven month old Susan Kracht. Her mother Marilyn Kracht was hospitalized with shock and burns after attempting a rescue. Randall Kracht, nine, alerted authorities. All five apartments were heavily damaged and the cause was under investigation.
Four persons were fined by Glenn Holden's court of justice after being apprehended by city police. Maynard J. Carmen of Hawarden was fined for intoxication, Kathryn Ann Carey for speeding, Michael Wolfer for speeding, and Charles Baize of Washington was fined five dollars. Charlene Herner of Kalona attended the adult camp session at Camp Sunnyside with Reid Boyd of Washington and others from across the state.
A hitchhiking narrator travels from Niagara Falls through Toronto to Perth Ontario. He encounters a skunk on the street, visits a rough hotel, and drinks beer while reading a notice about Lanark County Orange Commemoration featuring local officials and M.P. M.L.A. figures, all conveyed in a humorous travelogue voice.
Editor and staff list for Washington Iowa based newspaper. Personal travelogue by Tom Ball recounts a hitchhiking journey through Canada ending with a wary night in Perth and a plan to reach the Glorious Twelfth, noting Canadian Tory attitudes and rough accommodations.
South as declarer in three notrump faces West led king of hearts. If South wins ace and takes a diamond finesse, East wins king and South loses. Alternatively dropping the heart jack at trick one may force a favorable line, though West can deduce declarer's heart holding and counter with a heart shift to press the contract.
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