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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1976

Page

5

Editorials on warnings faith and a national flower debate

Editorial notes warn that failing to alert the wicked carries moral blame and comments on CB radio culture and social connection. It then shifts to Congress dithering over a national flower, weighing the rose, marigold, Shasta daisy, and apple blossom with regional ties and historic advocates.

Start of Sunset Law Impact in Iowa and Colorado

Iowa City Press-CCitizen notes Colorado pioneered sunset laws requiring agency reviews. Colorado abolished two agencies the ore buyer’s licensing board and the midwives board assimilated by the nursing board. Iowa followed with a late session measure and federal proposals loom.

Colorado Iowa Ore Buyer’s Licensing Board Midwives Board Nursing Board

The Odd Column and Quick Jests From a Paper Page

A collection of light scraps and quips including a pun on soup, parking jokes, a brief misquote about a nude man and basketball, plus short wit about education and aging. The items include proverbs and humorous exchanges, with no single cohesive story.

Dear Abby column letter mix yields trio of life lessons

Abc Dear Abby responses cover kidney donor card wishes in a Bloomington case, a woman’s painful engagement announcement humiliation in Los Angeles, and a husband’s nudge toward home cooking, urging truth, resilience, and personal dignity. The column signs off with a request for Abby's booklet.

Abby R. D. Watt Bloomington Ind David The Kidney Foundation David's Wishes Were Not Carried Out. I Want Mrs. Watt David Watt York Los Angeles Iowa L.A

Squeeze Ends In Six Hearts Contract In Bridgequiz

In a six hearts contract from a diagonal bridge puzzle, South counters a bleak start after West cashes a spade and shifts to clubs. By timing a club finesse and a trump ruff, a squeeze payoff appears as East discards either a diamond or club, yielding the last five tricks and the slam. Tomorrow: Bidding quiz.

West East

Tinker to Evers to Chance Rivalry and More L M Boyd

Column by L M Boyd surveys baseball double plays and the fame of Tinker Evers and Chance. It notes other great combos, public fame from a Franklin P Adams verse, and a history of talk between Tinker and Evers. Also questions blondes versus brunettes, earnings of female versus male doctors, octuplet births, and animal eyesight curiosities.

Tinker Evers Chance Franklin P. Adams

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