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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1977
Page
4
Washington Iowa notes reflect on righteousness as national strength and critique nostalgia as a grammar lesson. Carlsbad Finance Dept'rs computer room lockout follows a day’s data loss caused by a custodian bringing a 6 year old to work. The child’s simple actions shut down the terminal, proving how few of us are truly six.
A Riverside Iowa letter from a husband defender of Margie Scranton, arguing she joined MECCA after Bob Gray resigned to run a county program and urging readers to judge her by her four months of work. He praises Gray and MECCA Executive Director David Henson, condemns rumors, and invites critics to present concrete criticisms directly.
A reader letter highlights U S 218 from Iowa 92 to 22 near Ainsworth and Riverside as the worst Iowa highway. DOT officials acknowledge danger and delays in widening and resurfacing, with school buses, mirrors and bridges cited as unsafe as residents urge action and write to officials.
Weather writer L. M. Boyd surveys Saint Swithin's Day folklore noting a variant rhyme about rain lasting forty days. The column moves through whimsical Q A exchanges on familiar quotes, shark eggs, hair shine, billion-time comparisons, and odd lifestyle tips, concluding with a light medical tip on salt and a Tokyo parking rule.
A collage of brief items from an old column. Notes on taking life lightly, Atlas imagery, drive in banking, pencil history from Dixon’s factory, Tiny Bits and Pieces humor, a girl’s morbid curiosity about death, and a Peale quip on America’s restlessness.
Abigail Van Buren gathers reader letters on social easing of guests in the kitchen, joint wills to avoid probate, and the odd tradition of seating guests by family. A readers’ chorus argues for friendliness, practical help, and reconsidering wedding seating norms.
Bridge notes analyze a six spades contract where South kept one chance for slam by cashing AK clubs after three trump rounds, exposing how doubleton queen of clubs in West or East affects the line. The article argues the two chances for slam depend on defender cards and emphasizes a safer, possibly alternative, plan.
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