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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1971
Page
4
Readers receive a column of thought pieces including a Psalm quote and reflections on paper use rail service comparisons. The editor muses on female leadership in the Women’s Liberation movement and weighs Railpax passenger service prospects against merely keeping trains running, signaling cautious optimism.
Government rail agency Railpax announces passenger service routes with Burlington line chosen over Rock Island for Southern Iowa serving Burlington Mt. Pleasant Ottumwa Cres ton and west. The move drops other passenger trains and trims service to about one train per day per direction. A tale of moral warnings about cheating closes the excerpt.
Rep. Laverne W. Kehe proposes local governments pay youths to collect old cans and bottles for a recycling repository. Funding would come from materials resale. trials would rely on regular collection schedules and possible support from groups like Junior Achievers.
Amateur artists aged 21 and over will exhibit at the Burlington Art Guild located at 6th and Spring. The Regional Art Show for Adults opens to residents of Des Moines and surrounding counties with original works in painting prints drawing and crafts. Entries must be two artworks per artist with specific media limits. Awards will be given and winning pieces advance to a state show in Ames in June.
Inland Daily Press quarters by mail and carrier routes listed with prices per month and six month options. Details mention subscriptions, routes, and delivery areas within the Washington trade area, with terms for mail and carrier service.
A collage of odd facts and quips on style, science, and society. It discusses why hats framed faces in the past, mentions beauty experts and shifts to modern hair framing. It touches on a walnut timber market, a talking myna, Love Story’s box office, and a fish that changes sex. It also cites gender roles in banking, a Mussolini lookalike actor, and light Q A anecdotes.
In a New York home game a famous false card occurred with Sidney Latentenstern as star and John Raw as the victim. Rat ducked spades, king won, and the A was played on the return. Latentenstern rose to prominence in rubber bridge circles as this tale circulated.
In a four and a half hand story Rau challenges a king of diamonds contract by leading a club first. Satenstein signals the king, Rau wins the ace and finesses the diamonds. West and Satenstein counter with spades, Rau goes down one, revealing a giant hoax that foiled his plan and left him recalling the 50 percent chance and a clever deception.
Unemployment insurance payments statewide reached 4,743,462.20 dollars for 88,655 weeks in February, topping January's high. Linn County Cedar Rapids led with 414,191.93 dollars for 7,409 weeks, followed by Polk and Black Hawk counties. The program, funded by employers, expands Jan 1 1972 to include most employers and employees in more cases, adding about 95,000 Iowa workers.
News briefs report firefighters were summoned Sunday at 3 p m to extinguish a grass fire in a field near the county home, with crews arriving quickly to control the blaze.
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