Washington Iowa Digest note and Demons track record
A local column recounts Beno Williams forgetting his dentures on a Des Moines trip, a humorous airline hiccup, and a milkshake joke. It then lauds Washington High School girls track team finishing third in state with a record 48.97 in the 440 relay by Cousins Witthoft Redlinger Booth, noting their broader state performance. The piece closes with light summer anecdotes about a freeway landing by a pilot and a desk worker’s sleepy mishap.
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Washington High School
Debbie Vanderlinden
Des Moines Register
Stephanie Cousins
Sharon Witthoft
Jane Redlinger
Cindi Booth
Boo-boos in Iowa papers show laughs and lessons
A critique of errors in local Iowa newspapers notes amusing misprints while stressing that readers take mistakes seriously. It cites caption mixups and misspelled names, urging accuracy as newspapers report over a million inches of news weekly across 385 papers.
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Iowa
Skirmish and Tourist Bicentennial Board Games
A reader outlines two playful Bicentennial themed board games. Skirmish recreates Revolutionary War sightseeing hints with DC landmarks such as Valley Forge. Tourist overlays a DC map with colonial tokens and cards simulating museum queues, debates, and visits to Capitol sites ending at the Visitors Center.
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Valley Forge
District of Columbia
Capitol
Smithsonian Institution
Washington Monument
Jefferson Memorial
Lincoln Memorial
Arlington Cemetery
White House
Pentagon
Declarer uses endplay to seal four spades in bridge auction
North South vulnerable. South plays a clever endplay after cashing A K of trumps, finessing hearts, and ruffing diamonds. He discards a club on the ten of hearts, forcing East to give up the last trick. East cannot return a club or diamond without surrendering the tenth trick.
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Senate
House
Capitol
Jefferson Memorial
Frank Lloyd Wright
Declarer
East
South
West
Fea
Tures Syndicate, Inc
Paper diet rumor and reader queries mix in column
A 1975 LM Boyd column mixes quirky notes on newsprint as food with reader questions and brief trivia. It cites Dr Keith H Steinkraus opposing a newsprint fermenter and includes Q A on missing persons, whale gender, and lifelong names bias. It also mentions Harvard memory studies and right side sleeping for digestion.
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Keith H. Steinkraus
New York Agricultural Experiment Station
Geneva
N.Y
Dear Abby column on meeting across the highrise window
A reader seeks advice about meeting a man who peers into her 10 story highrise across the way. Abby suggests pulling shades and stopping the pursuit. The letter also covers airport security etiquette urging patience as flights rely on screening. The piece ends with Abby’s mailing address for submission and a request for stamped envelopes.
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Abby
Mall
Sherlock Holmes
Smi Toole
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