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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1972
Page
8
A Iowa editor condemns air piracy following the Munich Olympic tragedy and Turkish hijackings. The piece argues governments must act to end aviation piracy and prevent escalating demands, warning that helplessness becomes an international scandal.
The text argues piracy on the high seas was halted by international agreement and asserts air piracy requires united world action. It calls for a total air boycott of states that harbor hijackers, insisting that cutting off landings and travel would end air piracy within months.
A 1960s surge in crime fuels a thriving growth industry for private security firms. Business Week notes offenses up 176 percent, violent crimes up 156 percent, and property crimes up 180 percent, expanding guard services, electronic surveillance, and home protection devices.
A St Louis psychiatrist argues that any woman who is not physically grotesque can marry if she wants one. He claims many women tire of marriage in theory but seek sympathy in reality. He dubs this trend The Poor Dear Syndrome and calls it brutal.
A November 6 1972 letter asks for a Cub Scout den mother in Washington with forty boys on a waiting list. den leaders will guide four to eight boys after school. The note includes mottoes and contact numbers plus a miscellany of trivia about soup laws in New Jersey hamburger history autoba hn and 1887 Sears watch ad trivia in a pasted column.
A reader shares a daughter’s repeated sleeping pill overdoses and a mother seeks guidance. Abby counsels seeking suicide-prevention hotlines and professional help, urging crisis support and counseling options.
A bridge scenario explains counting to 13 and securing a twelfth trick in 6NT. After West opens king of clubs, the article guides ducking to gain distribution information and shows how to force a 4th heart trick by finessing the heart sequence from dummy with careful play and card reveals.
In a preview from 1972 King Features Syndicate, the focus is on a defense described as scintillating, signaling an anticipated standout performance in the upcoming contest. The piece highlights anticipation and strategic expectations surrounding the unit.
Mickey Rooney loses bid for a new trial over custody of his four children from his fifth wife Barbara Thomason Rooney. Superior Court Judge Mario Clinco ruled the children should stay with their maternal grandmother after Barbara Rooney was killed in 1966 amid Rooney’s separation.
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