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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1972
Page
7
Washington Iowa edition quotes Psalm 9:1 and reflects on speech and behavior. The page questions how idle words weaken testimony and notes the high costs of card games and rising grade school teacher salaries as a social aside.
The piece notes a surge in wild turkey populations across the United States. Federal wildlife experts report numbers at their highest since colonial times, with restocking success in southern states and New England. Some Iowa forests have reestablished flocks with help from conservationists and game wardens.
A retrospective review notes Apollo 13 near-fatal accident on April 13, 1970. It highlights the crew Lovell Haise Swigert and Houston ground controllers, the damaged service module, and the three day gamble to bring them home. The piece praises Henry S. Cooper Jr. two part New Yorker article and its impact.
A collage of brief quotes from Iowa weekly papers touches on aging in schools, women in dentistry, hard habits, travel costs in major cities, hair loss season, market spaghetti sauce, and a joke about a 637 word constitution. It notes a clothes dryer description as a post dinner speaker dictum and cites Fort Worth mailing details and 1972 copyright.
On this day in history Charles Beard was born in 1874. In 1901 the War Department authorized the Army War College. In 1945 President Truman named Gen George Marshall special representative to China. The Almanac lists the date as Monday November 27 1972 with astronomical data.
Dear Abby readers praise your talk in St. Petersburg Florida urging volunteer service across ages and groups. The letter stresses seniors and youth volunteering in nursing homes hospitals and community programs to enrich society and help others.
Studies show aspirin can prolong bleeding for five days or more and hinder platelet aggregation. A survey of 50 donors by Drs. Mielke and Britten found 21 had taken aspirin in the prior week, with most exhibiting abnormal bleeding times. The duo warn that up to about half of healthy donors could be excluded as fresh platelet donors due to aspirin use.
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