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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1967
Page
4
Editorial notes that changing the Iowa Grand vs Petit Larceny threshold is needed as inflation shifts what counts as substantial value. It contrasts a century ago’s $20 benchmark with today’s purchasing power, then cites Alaska’s centennial celebration costs to illustrate money’s decline in value.
The press notes a Texan painter Grandee will paint the President's daughter and her fiancé in 1880s costumes. The couple may keep or reject the portrait without showing it to LBJ. The piece cites Peter Hurd's portrait of the President, once praised as dignified and flattering, but reportedly called "the ugliest thing I've ever seen" by Johnson.
A humor column teaser cites social quirks and Q A snippets on behavior, perfume, window glass, and fashion. It riffs on male attention, deodorant, and light through the era's daily curiosities. Readers can send questions to L. M. Boyd.
In contract bridge analysis, the declarer reads defenders by play, not sight. A 1967 example shows how counting after heart and club and diamond turns guides safe slams. West’s discards reveal three diamonds. ordering later maneuvers secures the queen's drop and the slam.
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