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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1965
Page
4
A devotional reflection urges learning counsels from Psalm 1 1 as people in modern times overly prize guidance. The piece links daily decision making to biblical wisdom and urges applying the Psalmist's approach to counsel in life.
The piece argues that copying devices especially the Xerox threaten text book publishers and scientific works. It notes cheap copying by schools and colleges undermines authors profits and calls for copyright law reform or government subsidy to sustain authors.
Ottumwa Courier notes piggyback trucking via flatcars grows toward a million carload year as railroads rush to adapt with tunnel work and bridge raises. The 1964 trailer rail movement, about 1.75 million trips, frees highway space while outsized loads spur construction and speed. The item closes with a Dallas County News trivia line about the first lie detector.
A 1965 American Bar Association article criticizes jury shortcuts such as coin tosses and quotient verdicts. It argues these undermine deliberation, oath, and due process, urging that verdicts be free and deliberate rather than speed over exact math or chance.
Des Moines ISU political scientist Dr Charles Wiggins says Governor Harold Hughes may run again for a third term, citing pressure from state leaders and Washington plus a desire to finish his program. He notes a Senate race against Sen Jack Miller could occur but unlikely, with several Republicans named as possible nominees.
At NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center near Houston engineers train astronauts and test Apollo ships for the first U S manned lunar landing. Ground tests simulate lunar gravity and a mock moonscape helps practice docking and ascent as Saturn boosters prepare for 1967 1968 lunar flights.
Albanian Communist party secretary Ramiz Alia urged a political and economic boycott to isolate the United States over Viet Nam. He warned U.S. troops could withdraw amid growing antiwar pressure. The Romanian gathering heard a sharp U.S. critique by Carl Winter as Brezhnev and Teng left the rostrum amid reports of a Sino Soviet ideological rift.
In a 1965 contract bridge hand, after winning a spade and ruffing, the declarer cashes hearts and ruffs again, then draws trumps. A timely heart lead costs nothing but yields twelve tricks if East holds the queen, while West keeping it would fail. The gamble relies on having everything to gain and nothing to lose.
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