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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1969
Page
4
In this October 16 1969 issue readers encounter editorial musings and local color. The editor reflects on spiritual hearing cited from Mark 4 23 and notes a Spanish quip about Las Vegas meaning the meadowlands. A humorous aside remarks on pink dust from courthouse renovations and the impact on nearby homes and streets.
Mrs. Marilyn Vittor of San Francisco leads a lawsuit seeking a nationwide ban on DDT after her breast milk tests three times the WHO limit and five times the California dairy standard. The case frames debate over pesticide benefits vs long term environmental and health risks.
Max M White and Sons letter to the Journal urges installing a flashing light at the Route 92 and 1 intersection northwest of Washington Iowa after a crash injuring three Burlington women. He credits driver Adolph Guenther for braking hard, notes the stop sign is hard to see and obstructed, and cites prior road resurfacing as successful pressure for safety improvements.
A legal explanation of insurable interest in fire insurance. It covers why insuring a neighbor’s house is gambling, the need to have a stake to collect, and how leaseholds can qualify as insurable interests. The piece notes that insurance should reimburse loss, not yield profit, and cites court examples.
Washington reports mobile homes drive a housing shift with six of seven low-cost homes sold in the United States this year being mobile. About 542 million Americans live in homes on wheels and the sector grows via shifts in zoning, financing, and park development.
HOLLYWOOD UP I reports former burlesque queen Gypsy Rose Lee has completed her third USO tour to Vietnam, entertaining servicemen in hospitals and boosting morale among troops during the conflict.
A Hollywood restaurant uses two menus one priced and one not to avoid pressuring women on cost during dates. A Love and War column notes this wrinkle, then cranks through playful quips on class, dating, and social habits. A reader from Fresno laments intrusive questions about spinsterhood.
In a North K4 1072 AKQ4 West 1082 AK64 1095 ak East Q95 nine heart signals show a tough defensive plan. West leads heart king, East shows nine, West ace heart, East queen wins. Three heart tricks then South can still make. A different defense by leading low heart to queen two allows East heart return to ace, creating a killing position. West then leads thirteenth heart. declarer must discard or Ruff, East ruffs with jack, West later gains a trump, South down one. West could still fail to avoid defeat if misdefending, though logical underpinnings exist. Syndicate, Inc. 10-16-69
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