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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1969
Page
4
Editorial note reflects on Luke 8 11 seed parable urging readers to prepare hearts to receive Gods word and contrasts worry with action noting a druggist recounts a cyclamate scare friendly anecdote where a customer trades diet foods for cigarettes in a credit exchange.
A North Carolina State University study exposed tobacco plants to 100 decibels for two weeks, reducing growth by about 40 percent. The piece notes broader concerns about noise pollution harming crops and people, with aside signals from readers and quotes from public figures. It also surveys new library books and upcoming National Children’s Book Week events at a local library.
The article outlines the shift to implied consent laws where drivers on public roads are deemed to have consented to sobriety testing. It notes tests may include blood, breath, urine, or saliva and that refusal can lead to license revocation if reasonable grounds exist. It cites a denture issue where a motorist could not blow into a balloon as a non-refusal.
Senator Francis Messerly leads a task force inquiry into Iowa's Eagle Ridge center planned north of Anamosa Men’s Reformatory. Questions focus on cost 3.5 million phases 180 beds, potential second phase 120 more, lack of fences or towers, private rooms and lounge areas, and overall rehabilitation policy as inmate population shifts amid Oakdale facility opening and inmate transfers.
A collage of letters from readers and columns debating the term hippie from the 1960s era. Contributors from locations like Los Angeles and Hermosa Beach offer varied views, defending individuality, criticizing stereotypes, and lampooning the era’s fashion and counterculture. The piece captures tension between youth revolt and mainstream norms.
In a Becker contract bridge column the East hand wins a spade lead and continues with spades. South uses counting to 13 to infer West’s distribution and plans the play, cashing clubs A K, ruffing clubs, drawing trumps, then leading hearts to set up the ten.
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