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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1972
Page
4
A 1972 Washington Iowa piece mixes jokes and reflections on God’s impartiality with light local lore. It recounts apple trees damaged by vandals but ends with a bedtime rhyme and a schoolboy quip about work hours.
A West Palm Beach true story tells of Brigette a nearly blind black haired poodle who acts as a mother to five newborn kittens. She nurses them, licks them clean and barks if anyone tries to remove them. The owner notes Brigette began false pregnancies about a year ago and she is the kittens' mother.
An unkempt young man entered a church and handed the minister an envelope with 1 964 22 dollars, saying Give this to God before fleeing. The man was about 25, unshaven, with greasy shoulder length hair. observers speculated the money was saved from haircuts.
An 80 year old grandmother, famed for never paying a fine, was stopped at a stop sign by a police officer. She requested a court hearing, the judge joked about eyesight, she produced a sewing kit, and the judge failed to thread a needle before dismissing the case.
President Nixon tours the nation with a simple pledge of four of the best years in America. He frames his record as successful abroad and warns Congress, urging supporters to secure a broad re-election mandate while he remains in the White House. He defends inflation, crime, and taxes while touting Vietnam, China opening, and nuclear arms talks as path to peace.
In four spades with West leading ace of spades and later a club, East wins a heart return and guides a successful squeeze sequence. After five trump rounds, the last trump yields winning tricks as West folds. East’s diamond heart choices shape the outcome. the path hinges on East's prudent defense at trick four.
A psychologist reports on touch tasting steaks by firmness levels from mushy to firm. The piece questions why people gulp down random items, cites a stomach hoard of 258 objects, and notes gender differences in storytelling. It ends with mail address for L M Boyd in Fort Worth and a 1972 copyright line.
Abigail Van Buren offers counsel on a torn marriage with a cook elopement, a nosy neighbor mother, a grieving mother after a daughter's death, and a fiance faced with a dated mother in law. The column blends humorous stern advice with real life angst in readers letters from Fay in Daguscahonda to Lou in Long Beach.
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