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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1972
Page
4
In Washington Iowa on October 19 1972 readers are offered a reflective editorial voice. The piece cites a white elephant auction in Boone and uses rural wisdom about mules to argue for patience and prudence. It contrasts rural practicality with northern teachers and emphasizes gentle understanding over loud action.
The Piney Woods Country Life School in Mississippi, founded by Laurence C. Jones in 1909 to educate Black children and teach trades, is commemorated through a chapel speech by ninth grader Joseph Singleton. He recalls the school’s long use of mules in daily labor and the speaker’s reflections on conformity, work, and learning to obey administration.
Henry sought an injunction to stop a suburban home from being picketed after planning a tavern. Courts weigh privacy of the home against free speech. rulings vary by context, with some residential picketing upheld when tied to public officials or obvious coercion. Written by Will Bernard for the 1972 American Bar Association.
In a hand from 1972, South makes a so called safety play that fails after West leads a heart and East wins tricks, leaving South to lose two trump tricks. Declarer should have trumped the third heart low to guard against 5-0 trump splits and aimed to Four Spades. Tomorrow tests the play.
A speaker fondly recalls two mules, one brown and one white, that pulled a garbage wagon for years. The integrated team worked equally, never asserting superiority, and were photographed often, unlike the speaker who has not had his picture taken this year.
The Ken Sutton family recalls a humorous incident as Gilligan the parakeet escaped for five days from a garage cage with four others. On Saturday, 13 year old Mike heard the bird from a W. V. Van Pelt nearby paper route and guided the chase from tree to tree. Eugene Funke finally captured the exhausted, tail‑featherless bird after Ken climbed several trees and sprayed it with water. Timmy, age 3, chimed that it was fun and should be done again.
A compact collage notes varied curiosities from L M Boyd. Tests compare brown and blue eye dusk vision, Japan's golf claim, Latvia fashion, Welsh name origins, elopement trends, spending vs earning, blushing as exercise, bone weight, jasmine perfume, firefly light, and a puzzling number sequence.
United Press International notes October 19 1972 as the 293rd day with 73 to follow the morning sky shows Venus Mars Saturn evening stars Mercury Jupiter birthdays include Fannie Hurst born 1889. In history 1781 Cornwallis surrender Yorktown and 1814 The Star Spangled Banner was sung in Baltimore for first time.
Readers share views on honesty and rewards with anecdotes from a bellhop who returned a hotel bill gift and a Philadelphia purse tale. The exchange covers moral choices, guilt, and consequences, contrasting honor with self interest in everyday acts.
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