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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1973
Page
5
A short Labor Day editorial reflects on personal faith and the difficulty of clear communication. It cites a minister’s note about misinterpretation, explains the “Scotch verdict” concept, and ends with musings on love and understanding.
The text argues fixed incomes hit retirees hard by inflation and higher living costs. It cites national budget levels for retired couples: 3442, 14967, and 7689 dollars at three levels, with urban areas demanding far more. Rural areas offer better affordability, especially if home ownership is possible.
Gordon Glenn Winfield notes a trip to Centerville with Bob Ford and publishers from Mt. Pleasant and New London to view Iowa Southern Utilities. He praises the experience yet fears rising automation may erode personal service and telephone operators.
A CDC immunization chief warns that low vaccination rates endanger five million U S children under five. He cites polio measles German measles and DTP gaps, recalls recent outbreaks in Connecticut Texas Ark Texarkana and North Dakota, and urges parents to vaccinate now before winter and spring epidemics.
The Teacher's Scotch Information Centre explains that scot does not refer to Scotland. In Elizabethan England scot meant a municipal tax paid to a sheriff, and scot free arose from dodging such taxes. The Scotsman is not libeled by the phrase and related terms include hopscotch and Scotch verdict.
Dear Abby recounts a reader who hid a prior divorce from a Baptist minister who refused to wed her and Hal on the eve of their ceremony. After pleading and crying, she found another minister to marry them elsewhere, while detailing similar humorous and practical notes to readers.
A collage of quips on liberty gender roles and popular beliefs, including jokes about a Frenchman, life after death, coffee as a sex stimulant, and hypnosis. Notes from LM Boyd seek reader letters, with a Fort Worth address and a Denison reunion update, plus an orchid prize for Carl and Mrs. Hain in Hartley.
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