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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1973
Page
5
In Washington Iowa on Monday June 4 1973 an editorial styled Thought for Today reflects on divine wisdom and provision from Psalm 104 24. It notes men forget God’s bounteous gifts and opines that a man’s hardest secret is his opinion of himself. The piece ends with a proverb about handwriting on the wall and a child in the house.
Letter writer Merton offers two ad disposal hacks for beer and soda can tins to be bent for paper clips or hang pictures with a nail. A reader cites James Russell Lowell from The Vision of Sir Launfal as defining a rare June day, then notes the grim prospect of perfect days this year not arriving on weekends.
The weekly Chautauqua program introduces homemade films by local young people. Each discussion session after lectures on Thursday to Saturday will feature a short film of four to twelve minutes, with about a dozen different movies shown and praised as great fun.
A husband writes to the journal thanking friends from Washington Iowa and nearby for cards letters and flowers sent to his wife Merillyn T Therion. He notes she is improving able to drive and move about after illness and he plans to visit Washington in August if her condition holds.
A Burlington Hawk Eye editorial critiques drink driving harms, endorses drinking driver schools, notes nine convicts sent to a 12 hour course, cites fines and suspensions, and argues for revolutionary legislation and tougher penalties to eliminate drunk drivers.
Neither side is vulnerable in this contract summary. The snippet references Bridge terms with players or dealers, noting contracts and players possibly named as Drier or Jay Backer, but the exact contract details and bids are unclear from the fragment.
A Vanderbilt championship deal is examined with two world class players at the first table. West leads clubs and East returns the eight. Declarer wins six notrump while West contends East should have returned the ten. At the second table the defense succeeds, another club lead to the ace and eight return.
June 4 1973 marks the 155th day of the year with 210 remaining The moon nears first quarter Mars and Jupiter visible at dawn Mer cury Venus and Saturn in evening sky Notable births include singer Robert Merrill born June 4 1919 Historic notes include Henry Ford’s 1896 trial run of a car Battle of Midway began 1942 Israel Egypt six day war 1967 Angela Davis acquitted 1972 A thought by Henry Brooks Adams on death and meaning.
A Washington Iowa column includes a heartbroken note from parents about their nurse daughter's fiancé who is an amputee after a mine in Saigon. Abby reassures that relationships can thrive with acceptance and questions the idea of him being an invalid. The page lists aging local notices and newspaper staff details.
At Woburn Abbey England Jose Pereira a stockbroker living in London won the haggis eating championship in 61 seconds beating a Scot who finished second. Pereira who also won last year shaved five seconds off his old time and praised the dish while McDonald lamented the loss calling it a disgrace.
M Boyd humorously surveys Las Vegas adult education trends and social anxieties. He notes closed circuit TV lessons for dice and roulette novices, jokes about kissing statistics, hair transplants, and a playful explainer on a "millionocracy" while mocking statistical quips and mammal weight comparisons.
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