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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1976
Page
4
Editorial notes urge balance between work and rest with quotes from the Louisville Courier-Journal. The piece reflects on May 2, 1976, Iowa weather quirks, and a Newark airport gimmick where baggage handlers grabbed leftover beer to meet a 14 minute delivery target, mocking incentivized efficiency.
A reader asks where Washington area youths are at night and urges parental and community action. The letter promotes Freedom Street a street ministry to guide youths toward positive influences, seeking a near square coffee house venue and asking local businessmen to consider space and support. The author invites calls to Bud Zook at 653-6352 and emphasizes a non church sponsored, prayer and counseling driven effort to reach young people with a Christian message.
A collage of light verse and quips from various sources. Items include a yoga joke about stiffness, reflections on the two dollar bill, party invitation initials PLKAH satire, a quip on henpecked husbands, a maxim on courage, a transportation suggestion for the drinking crowd, a Fort Madison turtle tale mirroring a 1947 shell carving, and a joke on forgiveness from a Sunday school setting.
In laws refuse Debbie as grandchild, favor Johnny with costly gifts. Husband’s stance questioned. Abby advises equality in treatment and limiting in law access until both children are treated the same. Readers share experiences about public attention on adopted children abroad and handling curiosity with good humor.
A bridge problem shows how proactive worrying helps secure a slam. In six hearts, West leads a club and a routine line fails, risking minus 100. By examining West's likely plan and countermeasures, declarer plays to prevent a club ruff, using a spade ace, diamond ruff, and trump finesse to force out the ace and reach plus 1630.
A column by L M Boyd jokes about Greenpeace dyeing baby seals to ruin pelts, notes on elderly tennis players elbow complaints, Helvetia as a Latin name in Switzerland, Mata Hari’s rates, a New Jersey dog retirement home, Henry VIII jousting, sperm cell research at Chicago’s Michael Reese Hospital, and an address for correspondence in Weatherford Texas.
In January reports spread about higher soybean yields from foliar fertilization in Dr. John Hanway's Iowa State University trial. Iowa State Research Foundation filed patent rights while funds partly came from the soybean promotion check-off. A select group will test the material on farms, including Russell Lackender and Sons near Kalona, with Benlate fungicide to be used on seeds.
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