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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1972
Page
6
The column reflects on public morality and crime amid heroin violence in black communities, warns of vigilante fury against drug traffickers, and defends law and order while noting law enforcement limits. It also ponders socks significance, arguing small details shape daily life and style.
A reader urges Washington residents to boycott XXX films at the local theater to keep the town “the Cleanest City in Iowa in another sense.” The letter argues the theater cannot operate without audience support at the ticket window.
A collage of quips on marriage from figures like Danny Thomas Montaigne and Oscar Levant, plus notes on Harold Orben and a forged Washington autograph ring. Also trivia on hangover cures, single women's marriage prospects, Errol Flynn’s death causes, and a survey claim about grownups sleeping nude. Address: L M Boyd Fort Worth 76102, sepright 1971.
The article presents four hands for the bidding puzzle in contract bridge. It analyzes responses to North’s two diamond opening bid and evaluates options: three notrump, pass, and three clubs to keep game chances open, noting Queen of diamonds as a pivotal card and stressing consulting partner to judge the best contract.
Readers offer advice on staying connected with loved ones in the military. One mother mailed stamped postcards to her nonwriting son in the Army to confirm he was all right, another caller questions the practicality of overdoing reminders, and Abby cautions about the emotional burden on letters from overseas.
United Press International lists events for March 3 including Bell's birth in 1847, the 1849 creation of the Interior Department, Belva Ann Lockwood’s Supreme Court practice in 1879, and 1981 designation of the Star Spangled Banner as the national anthem.
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