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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1977
Page
6
A June 20 1977 column cites Matthew 22 21 and Henry L Stimson to urge discernment between earthly obligations and spiritual values. The piece notes profit from mistakes as a path to a glorious future and discusses trust as earned through confidence rather than suspicion.
Washington hosts its annual Ridiculous Day this Wednesday as residents and visitors brace for a humorous parade and pageantry. The fountain at Central Park operates daily from 1:30 to 10:30 pm with a 30 to 45 minute startup and a six-switch shutdown managed by city officials.
Otis Parker on behalf of James Perry sued Dr. John Sullivan for malpractice in Vero Beach Florida over a steel plate fitted to a broken arm being an inch too long. The insurer Commercial Union cancelled Sullivan’s policy prompting a countersuit. A jury later found the malpractice suit malicious, awarding Sullivan 175000.
A Tuesday morning express plunged from a washed bridge a mile from Brighton toward the Skunk River. The 30 foot high structure failed, wrecking engine, baggage car, smoker and one coach. The sleeper barely balanced and was saved. Engineer Than Rhoads suffered a broken leg and back injuries. baggage man John Cody may die. fireman Jack Thompson lost limbs. express messenger George Morton severely hurt. Five hours to rescue Morton. two passengers also hurt. This is the county’s worst rail disaster since the postwar Ainsworth bridge incident. The editor also detours into light local humor about a woodpecker at the U.P. church and a roaming mockingbird.
L M Boyd shares a collage of notes on science icons Marie and Pierre Curie and their wealth restraint, a banquet necklace moment, ring finger humor, a Gaulish ring custom, a snake wedding proverb, New York race track losses, headache psychology, scent memory claims, Carrie Nation’s devout beliefs, and a mail address in Texas.
Bridge expert Alvin Roth of New York executes a near flawless hand. Facing a diamond lead, he abandons the diamond finesse, sustains clubs and spades, and outplays East with a ruff and a clever trumps endplay to secure the contract.
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