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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1963
Page
11
A Washington Evening Journal editorial blends thoughts on faith hope and love with humor about Gwendolyn and Pippin. It notes theatre and television's impact on audiences and recalls feats by John Pennel and Ralph Boston while recounting a humorous Labor Day battery of small newsroom woes.
The article notes the shift from bamboo and steel poles to fiberglass in pole vaulting. It explains that while the four minute mile has fallen to newer limits, pole vaulting now routinely clears 16 and 17 feet thanks to the springier poles, increasing heights and adding a new skill dimension for vaulters.
The piece argues Russia and the United States may draw closer as Moscow and Beijing diverge over whether to risk nuclear war for world revolution. It urges the West to avoid scapegoating China and instead understand Chinese fears and needs to reduce war risks and stabilize the global system.
A finding in Cairo's Maghreb Rouak near Al-Azhar reveals a handwritten Kufi parchment Koran of about 10 000 pages over 1 200 years old possibly linked to Osman the third Khalif. The discovery accompanies a decorated 891 year old Koran and expands the library to 247 holy copies.
An editor's outlook weighs Robert Theobald’s idea of paying people to idle as automation rises. The piece argues machines may expand output but not always employment, notes differing impacts of simple versus thinking machines, and warns of social and economic consequences if idle labor grows.
Editor notes a three part series on how Americans are saturated with numbers from birth to death. It cites Social Security cards 143 million, driver's licenses 89 million, and various IDs, accounts, and policies. It argues Americans are the most numbered people on earth and begins with birth and schooling as early conditioning to numbers.
United Air Lines rewards employee ideas that save money and boost efficiency. Willie Williams and others earned thousands for innovations like refitting hydraulic pump components and recalibrating jet taxiing, with United processing nearly 10 000 suggestions yearly.
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