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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1971
Page
5
The editorial notes a wave of rumors in Algona Iowa affecting three local businessmen who offered rewards for culprits. It cites checks with narcotics agents and several papers to debunk false claims of drug sales, and parallels with similar town gossip in Dyersville.
The United States has grown by about 100 acres with a newly formed volcanic feature. At Hawaii's Kilauea, Mauna Ulu has produced roughly 250 million cubic yards of lava since the eruption began two years ago, creating a spatter and lava shield over an active vent on the east rift. The new landform stands about 400 feet high and a mile wide, and lava flows have built a broad coastal plain extending nearly 1,000 feet beyond the old shoreline.
A reader from Ainsworth Iowa writes to Aunt Agatha urging the nephew to visit Washington County farms and learn pork production, cooking, and eating. The letter praises good hogs as improving daily and likens them to the Pork Queen in beauty and intelligence.
A collage of light gossip and trivia includes ruminations on tips by cocktail waitresses and salesmen, fashion neckline talk, trivia about football huddles and 10 gallon hats, a Love and War poem quote, a mystery about the shortest pro basketball player, and regional name popularity in northern versus southern schools. Also notes on pushbutton phones, baseball danger, and water use in baths versus showers.
In the 1963 Italy-U.S. match, North-South vulnerable, Pabis Ticei reached four hearts at one table but went down after diamond, heart and club losses. At the other table Peter Leventritt reached four hearts and made it with precise defense by Forquet's diamond opening and clubs, leading to a famed endgame by Leventritt.
Washington researchers unveil void metal composite VMC to bond implants to bone. After 18 months and a $266000 grant from the Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, VMC shows tissue acceptance and strong bone bonding in animal tests. The team led by R P Marshall includes D Kay Clawson and J L Nilles of UW Orthopedics and Battelle Metallurgy.
Washington Evening Journal lists staff roles including publisher editor and business manager with payments and subscription rates. Rates show carrier 50 cents in Washington area, mail options vary by state and duration, with annual and partial year figures.
Washington UPI report notes geothermal energy could supply much of Southern California’s needs this century. vast untapped US resources are present with 5 percent of Earth’s total reserves. Nixon ordered expansion leasing 1.35 million acres of hot spots. Only one US plant now operates at The Geysers.
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