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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1971
Page
4
Editorial reviews Norman Rockwell as painter and storyteller. The Washington library bought a hefty Rockwell volume with 328 pages and 614 illustrations, highlighting the artist’s versatility from Saturday Evening Post covers to Four Freedoms. The piece praises Rockwell’s popular appeal and enduring value.
A letter to the editor from Washington credits Gary Roth and the Wayland Carpenter Shop crew for helping police trace a delivery truck and recover a stolen bicycle for Gary. The note thanks the workers publicly and praises their cooperation, noting they would not accept a reward.
Iowa will lease the Collins Computer System from Collins Radio Co to create the TRACIS traffic and criminal justice information system. The $20 000 a month lease supports a shared project with the state and federal governments to provide rapid access to warrants and driving records, with data for 1.5 million drivers and 2 million vehicles.
The 1971 Washington Shrine Circus on Monday July 19 headlines a Flying Trapeze act from Spain the Flying Sevillas. Vincente catches and anchors the group Ernesto Giraldo and Alecia are flyers. The troupe performs the passing leap and other classic trapeze feats.
A collage of quips and anecdotes notes fashion savvy plastic surgeons and hairnets in the Swedish Army, a crowded East Side with 400 000 single women, and musings on embezzlers workers and school life. It mixes humor with social observations and stray quotes from public figures and writers.
A review of how courts treat harsh sentences under the Eighth Amendment. It discusses fines for minor acts like picking flowers, long terms for kidnapping, open-ended sentences, and the balance between punishment and humanitarian standards in evolving jurisprudence. The piece cites judicial quotes and references the 1971 American Bar Association discussion.
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird tours U S and Japanese facilities in Tokyo and Kyoto amid denials of US plans for Japan to take over portions of Seventh Fleet duties. He heads to Hamamatsu Itami and Syoto before meetings with Prime Minister Sato and Foreign Minister Fukuda.
South dealer Sylvia displays versatility with a dummy reversal and a squeeze after West leads diamonds. The narrative recalls a past hand where Sylvia chose trust in her partner over a spade void, then executes a sequence to score two spade tricks and win the deal.
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