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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1967
Page
4
The column reflects on material success versus spiritual aims, notes how Miss Iowa coverage differs between Davenport and Des Moines, and humorously compares Des Moines press critiques. It ends with a commuter’s fondness for Chicago traffic reports and a light digression about urban driving conditions.
A West German report notes a lance corporal wrote to the parliamentary commissioner that two generals are retiring on full pay and he would like to retire too without pay. The reply: the army needs him while the generals are not.
The piece contrasts meanings of setback and backset while noting the difference of set-up and upset. It playfully observes no tigers in jungles here, only in gasoline tanks and in the American League. It ends with a wry note on printing a country newspaper.
Secretary Freeman envisions 21st century farming where fewer farmers feed more people, with programmed fields, tailor made foods, and rural towns with nearby factories. Homes use movable partitions, built in fridges, and disposable tableware. Supermarkets become sampling shops with card payments. Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball to star in The Beardsley Story. Dear Abby column and readers’ advice on neighbor disputes and road life. Michigan State University finds fruit farms cheapest to maintain but most labor intensive to harvest.
Three Michigan researchers report a strange twist in gas interactions with a brass rod in a weak magnetic field. The torque varies by gas type, with oxygen and nitrogen twisting one way, hydrocarbon gases the opposite, and inert gases producing no torque. The effect, observed while refining delicate magnetic tests, offers a new probe into molecular collisions and surface interactions.
Summary of a June 1967 Vogue piece featuring Frederick Stare, Harvard School of Public Health, discussing iron rich foods like liverwurst, daily 15 minute brisk walks, public misperceptions about deficiencies, and the value of smaller portions with similar taste, including a question on how to persuade the public of this core fact.
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