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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1977
Page
4
Washington editorial notes praise for the space shuttle test flight and television coverage, calling it a landmark step toward a reusable spacecraft era. It contrasts visual news value with nonvisual but important reporting and predicts space’s next phase while urging cautious pace by local officers in traffic safety concerns.
The issue reports a fund raiser from the Class of 78 that sold trees around Washington. Most trees arrived poor and died. Company CPS promises replacements and will ship trees the week of October 17 to 21 from a new nursery. About 275 buyers will be contacted for replacements and should see two shipments. Do not return trees. plant upon arrival and care as instructed. Washington Evening Journal, October 13, 1977.
Readers offer mixed questions about age and parenting with Abby advising on father age and health. Includes letters on humor history mistakes and a call for mental health help, plus subscription and service notes from a newspaper column.
Notes by L M Boyd mix light anecdotes and trivia from 1920s Burma Shave signs to California aviation lore. It recalls Lyman Gilmore’s Weatherford era airfield, uses quiz Q A formats, and ends with a short address for mail to L M Boyd.
A revival preacher was arrested for not registering to solicit funds, claiming no solicitation. Courts upheld rules requiring registration and truthful fundraising. A hospital fundraiser case showed fraud penalties for skimming donations. Some charity regulations were struck down as infringing free speech, while others upheld fundraising honesty as a public interest.
In a four spade bridge deal West opens with diamonds and the play hinges on tactic rather than the finesse. South can make the contract by leading a low club from dummy after drawing trumps, as East is marked by missing kings. The clue lies in West's first two diamond cards and the bidding. Tomorrow: Test your play.
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