Wit, Wisdom, and Whimsy on Local Pages
A collage of quotes and light impressions from readers and papers across Iowa. Jests on Capri pants, education, taxes, seasonal folly, and quirky notes about turtles and zithers color the July 29 1971 edition.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1971
Page
3
Contract Bridge results featuring Becker and Jey Becker
In a contract bridge column a match between West dealer and North South versus West, with 3 1Q75 openings and several bids appears. Scores show a 97 to 3107 line with okez Hage and PAST e054 ver 10843 and a $753 prize listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NORTH
Okez Hage
Eal Zou
Backward Finesse in South East Lead Improves Contract
In this hand the backward finesse is analyzed as a tool rarely used by declarers. The text explains how if West ducks or covers the jack, South can gain three diamond tricks. It argues the backward finesse, though risky, pays when the cards lie well and East and West can reveal held honors after a spade ruff and trump continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Declarer
South
King Fearw
West
East
Ex Syndicate, Inc
PASS IT ON by L M Boyd
Question and answer column by L M Boyd sharing humorous and curious medical and social trivia from 1971. Topics range from heartbeats predicting sex to winter cavities and a spoof dialogue about coins, with readers urged to mail in queries to Fort Worth Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puget Sound
Seattle
L.M. Boyd
P.O
Fort Worth
Texas
Young Audiences Favor Ballet Revival Says Fracci
The piece notes a surge of young people attending ballet across the U S and Europe driven by a romantic revival in fashion and culture. Carla Fracci cites the trend as art forms speaking directly to audiences with stories resonating with youth. Erik Bruhn and Fracci perform Giselle at Lincoln Center as Mengatti observes broad appeal beyond abstract works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ly Gay Pauley
UPI
New York
Leonard Bernstein
Carla Fracci
la Scala Ballet
American Ballet Theater
United States
Europe
Mengatti
Almanac July 29 1971 events and birthdays
On this day in 1914 the first transcontinental telephone linked San Francisco and New York. In 1967 the USS Forrestal fire killed 129 off Vietnam. In 1968 Pope Paul VI upheld birth control ban. Moon photos shown. Syrus on reputation. Those born July 29 fall under Leo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Venus
Mars
Saturn
Booth Tarkington
San Francisco
New York City
Forrestal
Vietnam
Dear Abby column excerpt on family stress and medical costs
A reader voices parental conflict and mental strain from constant bickering between her parents and relatives. Abby recommends cutting off the complaints to protect sanity and offers redirected guidance. Another letter questions rising costs of vasectomies since 1952 and Abby notes price changes and suggests asking the original doctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Dearborn, Mich
Wage Earner Plan offers debt relief under court supervision
An article explains how the Wage Earner Plan helps debtors avoid bankruptcy by repaying debts from future earnings over several years. It bans creditor harassment, requires feasible payments and creditor agreement, and notes benefits for both debtors and creditors including credit preservation and potential for self respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bankruptcy
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