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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1971
Page
4
A 20 year old Ottumwa Courier receptionist laments fading courtesy and gender respect. The editorial argues schools should teach basic living manners, kindness to others, and respect across generations, noting protests about social change while urging gentleness on buses, doors, and public behavior.
Psychology graduate student Michael Diamond organized a Police-Student Depolarization Group after campus riots. He recruited 40 volunteers to ride police beats and learn policing realities while officers attended dorm dinners and talks with students. Both sides reported new insights, urging expansion to universities nationwide.
West leads queen of clubs and East follows with heart. As declarer you win with king, but East ruffs unexpectedly. How would you proceed from there given the auction 1 Pass 3 Pass 4 6 opening lead queen of clubs and the male puzzle prose notes.
A column demonstrates a four spade contract sequence with dummy hand and defense. It explains opening with ace of clubs, ruffing, returning heart, and managing clubs to force the defense into fourth trick. West is pressed into further club play while the player discards to reach four spades.
Mrs Harlan Edgar has returned home from Mercy Hospital after a 16 day stay due to surgery and flu. She is improving and glad to be home. The Kensington Club met with Mrs Will Dea. eight members and three guests attended. gifts and birthday cards were given to Mrs Dea. Next meeting with Mrs Harold Nichols on March 24. Duane White family mourns Earl White’s death at Restopia. sympathy extended. Highland Social Club enjoyed Irish jokes and a social lunch. next meeting with Mrs Edwin Reha on April 8. Robin and Jay Clark visited grandparents Henry and Mrs Stettler. United Methodist Women meet March 18. Mrs Burke McCreedy in charge. United Presbyterian Women sew March 18. 6th Grade guest speaker Ruth Jenkins spoke about her trip to Mexico. Larry Keesey and family now at the trailer court in Ainsworth after moving from Spworth, Iowa. Keesey works on the line near Hills. Mrs Charles Lord entertained teachers and staff from the Ainsworth attendance center after school.
Des Moines IDPA Fulton former state safety commissioner says Iowa must lower speed limits on interstates and primary roads, update the driver license point system, and strengthen patrol staffing. He backs mandatory chemical tests after crashes, a state vehicle inspection system, and stricter measures to remove problem drinkers and drugged drivers from the road.
J Waldo Swartzendruber and wife convey sections 6 7 778 and 7 17 to Sterling W Schweitzer and wife. James F Lutz and wife transfer land to Le land Sanders in section 5 76 8. Estate of Bessie Bell to tor J Tinnes and wife land section 16 76 9.
A Chester Pennsylvania construction foreman reports eyelashes so long he curls them to avoid glasses. Hands intrude into the men’s room during the delicate act. he has expelled three, fought two, and fired one. A reader requests authoritative advice on handling the situation.
CBS guests from Ainsworth attend Crawfordsville Eastern Star meeting with Worthy Matron Billie Joe Rose and Worthy Patron Vernon Fletcher presiding. A March 18 cleanup, March 23 School of Instruction, and April 13 Inspection Meeting announced. Numerous local 4-H and church activities, workshops, and visits noted along with farm bureau and camp Wyoming references.
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