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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1976
Page
4
Editorial blends a biblical verse urging goodness with light local items. It recalls a stag fishing trip with a birthday cake joke, praises sweet corn from nearby kin, celebrates a neighbor’s thriving tomato crop, and retells Keith Murphy and Sara Young’s early nursery meeting leading to six children. A humorous bank robber tale closes.
North holds KK Q9 39 AQJ7 and South A 1074 432 K 1065 109. Vulnerable. Bidding: North opens one club, East passes, South raises to two clubs, West passes, North bids three clubs, East passes, South bids four clubs, West passes, North passes. Final contract four spades down?
A violent interrogation scene unfolds as a sheriff uses a gun on a Mexican suspect who cannot speak English. An interpreter translates questions about the man’s identity and a bank robbery in Laredo. The suspect reveals money hidden in a well behind his house after the marshal threatens to shoot.
A bridge incident shows declarer overcoming five losers by careful timing and a club lead that lures West into a ruff, turning the defense into a single set of tricks. The article then shifts to Dear Abby columns offering frank family guidance and teen references.
L M Boyd recounts a Majorca tale where nuns sewed tiny bikinis described as coin purse size to raise funds. The garments shocked the Mother Superior as crowds gathered on the Majorcan shore, while other oddities and quotes color the column.
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