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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1977
Page
4
A collection of camp notes from July shows youngsters praise the experience. Entries mention good food and counselors, boxing classes, and longing to be picked up. One child asks about braces and another jokes about saving money next year.
Abigail Van Buren offers letters about teens, phone etiquette, and marital strain. A mother laments late night calls to her 17-year-old son, another notes a newsletter quote, and a wife seeks help for a missing husband weekend disappearances. The column closes with Abby’s standard personal reply instruction.
A collage of trivia and comments by L M Boyd from 1977 noting Sylvester Stallone tops poster sales, film title trends, railroad tales, circus elephants, worm behavior, forest fire resistance of Sequoias, pearl diving, Japanese insulation, jar lids, and Guinness stout daily in Ireland, with a Weatherford Texas copyright line.
Washington Evening Journal reflects on cleaning up sidewalk weeds after a prodding editorial on moral distinctions. It invites reader opinions on current comic strips and local notices a weathered flood of anecdotes and light humor about vacations and a Fourth of July holiday.
In a national championship deal West player Julius Rosenblum chose a trump lead, aiming to reduce dummy’s ruffing power. Declarer could only score ten tricks as South later failed to overcome the trump sequence, with Rosenblum eventually securing the advantage and South going down one. Tomorrow: Keep your eye on the ball.
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