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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1977

Page

4

Fear not little flock trust in God and kingdom

A Washington Iowa editorial quotes Luke 12 32 urging faith over fear and notes the value of trusting God. It jokes about aging and warns against reckless driving while reflecting on optimism and youthfulness. The San Diego campus offers a course An Introduction to Sandcastle Building taught by Gary Kinsella, focusing on castle construction and coping with waves.

San Diego University of California Gary Kinsella Sylvia

Yet Dave Is Lawyer by Will Bernard

A brief note mentions Dave as a lawyer associated with writer Will Bernard, underscoring heavy topics and tying into concerns about college tuition costs in contemporary times.

Busted Pavements Heat Sparks Weekend Roadblocks

motorists faced heat driven pavement ruptures during the Fourth of July period with new bumps appearing on several streets around town. City street crews have addressed some incidents but continued hot weather is expected to cause more. The writer notes everyday life struggles under the heat while geraniums near the hedge thrive with nightly watering.

Washington

Store heat for winter from summer sun urge explored

A reflective editorial ponders the immense heat from Iowa sun and asks who will solve the heat storage problem. It argues breakthroughs can come from scientists or amateur inventors and urges imagination to find a simple, cheap way to store summer heat for cold days.

Iowa Chum

Colleges push dorm living as rule to boost income

Students challenge dorm requirements in court arguing a constitutional right to privacy. The stance is that forcing students to live in dormitories intrudes on personal choice and independence.

Chicago Drops Some 8th Graders For Reading Level Gap

Chicago school districts face barriers promoting eighth graders who cannot read above level six on standard tests. With teacher and parent support, these students will receive summer and fall tutoring and be retested for promotion to high school. District 13 shows tutoring success. 21 percent still below level six after program.

Chicago

Smoker Bear Costume Cop Sparks Dormitory Privacy Case

Police officer James Strauss in Burns Harbor, Indiana, wore a bear costume with a microphone and radar gun as traffic flowed past his beat. A court upheld dorm privacy in private quarters, ruled age-based living discrimination permissible for some colleges, and struck down dorm assignment schemes lacking educational justification, urging equal financial treatment. The piece is a public service feature from the American Bar Association and the Iowa State Bar Association, 1977.

James Strauss Burns Harbor Indiana

Wife Not Amused By His Red-hot Tattoo

Dear Abby column recounts a husband who had red lips tattooed on his behind after a convention night. Experts suggest seeing a dermatologist to remove the tattoo. The column also offers teen advice to a daughter about coping with a moody mother and handles social bragging from a relative about his kids.

Abby Lenny

Slim chances in dating tall blond men and a quirky column

A L M Boyd humor column surveys odds of dating tall blond men, a Boston tombstone paradox, 1975 surgical sex-change data, a Marilyn Durham note, crime age stats, legal terms hue and cry, Victorian language quirks, and TV indecency contrasts with Mark Twain and Will Rogers.

Huckleberry Finn Will Rogers

Sylvia and the club bid psychics in a bridge clash

South and North misread Sylvia's play as a psychic, the spade takeout double, and a diamond runout led to a dramatic misjudgment. Sylvia, playing East, ended up guiding a surprising two diamonds with six spades laydown, and South still made two over tricks. Tomorrow: Bidding quiz.

Ara Sylvia East South West North Syliva

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