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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1975
Page
4
An editorial from Washington Iowa on June 9 1975 critiques the unemployment rate as a phony figure while noting a May rise in employment and job-seeking. It cites seasonal adjustments by the Bureau of Labor, discusses media reporting, and mentions Chicago area employers hiring Vietnam refugees, ending with a suicide in a hotel room.
Congress protests Ford oil tariff action after he announced a second one dollar per barrel levy and the prior one dollar per month tax plan. Critics said more time for alternatives was needed, Ford postponed stages but Congress offered no viable plan toward energy sufficiency. The recession and trade deficit link to higher petroleum prices.
The entry occurred around midnight while A. Hott and his son were away. A resident asked the intruder who they were and what they wanted, receiving the curt reply about winterless places. Neighbors arrived as screams drew attention and the rascals fled.
An extended portrait traces a young man from public housing through enlistment and GI benefits to college, farming with FHA and SBA loans, and adapting land to the soil bank while government programs fund housing, utilities, land clearing, and library access. It closes with a letter to his congressman about rugged individualism amid high taxes.
A New Jersey man recounts a French learner struggling with English words ending in ough. After pondering through, though, tough, and though, he spots a movie theater marquee reading The Brothers Karamazov and finds a hint to pronunciation.
The article recounts a six table match from the 1971 world championship where three tables saw similar play. Each West led a diamond, East won with the ace, then returned a club, and declarers avoided the spade finesse, discarding the Q7 of spades or leading trumps. East Bobby Goldman resisted the club jack bait, and several lines led to down contracts or overruffed defenses.
LM Boyd recounts Cowper’s near suicide ending with the writing of the hymn God Moves in a Mysterious Way His Wonders to Perform. The piece blends cryptic quips on names slang and a real estate rule, ending with a copyright notice for 1975 LM Boyd.
Abigail Van Buren responds to a chaotic jumble of readers notes about deserted spouses Social Security problems seder invites and personal dilemmas The missive includes a 75 year old widow a Jewish seder and requests for Abby's advice plus a solicit for mail and booklet orders
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