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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1977
Page
4
Washington Iowa editorial on humility and self examination urges not judging others and practicing forgiveness. The piece reflects on personal faults and includes a natural scene of a sparrow and moth, illustrating the speaker’s point with a light anecdote.
A compact digest of 18 July news from the Washington County Press and Washington Gazette, retrieved by Kathy Fisher, highlighting local people, places, and events in concise 1920s newspaper style.
A column discusses fanny patting and liberty, noting government limits on power. It cites a pilot airline incident where a man was fined under Air Piracy Act after patting a stewardess. It contrasts U.S. views with European attitudes and recalls a Rome airport incident where a pat was mistaken for a purse theft.
The purple martins fill the sky over Washington in warm evenings, a general family of fly catchers feeding on insects caught on the wing. Their aerial maneuvers are skillful and thrilling to observe as they pursue prey, unlike the nimble house sparrow which struggles to catch bugs mid air.
The Wisconsin State Journal weighs Castro as a Marxist dictator, noting his global role, interviews with Walters and Moyers, and Castro's influence on Cuba Angola Ethiopia and Zaire as well as U.S. diplomacy. The column blends praise and caution while recalling local notes on records and historical society records.
South opens 3NT after a dramatic sequence with West leading a spade. Billy Eisenberg in the national team triumphs as West’s defense yields 600 points for declarer. A rare, pivotal misplay by East could have doomed the contract, but the hand showcases precision and daring in high stakes bridge theatre.
A collage of tidbits from L M Boyd includes island hurricane letters, hair to deter moles and deer, hemophilia age stat, skunk stench cautions, business party duties for spouses, moonshine and eight track quirks, Nixon poem theft in Europe, ad spend contrasts, stutter cure anecdotes, dog paddle claim, plus a Weatherford Texas address and copyright note from 1977.
Abigail Van Buren’s column features reader letters arguing about teen boy babysitters for girls, praise for male babysitters, questions about premarital counseling and intimacy comments, plus a plug for Abigail McCarthy’s Circles A Washington Story.
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