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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1973
Page
4
A 1973 editorial muses on shifting meanings of bus and buss, tracing the verb bus to school transport and racial integration while noting a misread buss in headlines. It ponders the persistence of postal cards in magazines and the annoyance of cluttering readers.
The United States Soviet Union and Mexico joined in a simulated rehearsal for a 35 nation project to study hurricane origins. From mid June to late September 1974, ships will deploy moored buoys and tethered balloons across the tropical Atlantic to collect data and pinpoint how tropical storms form.
Chas C Hotle writes to the Journal opposing a proposal by the City Park Board to sell part of Sunset Park Washington. He argues parks are essential for recreation and environment, noting most of Sunset Park was donated or sold cheaply and warns selling could lead to further sales. He lists Park Board members Marion McAvoy Don Minick and Ray Watson.
On this date United Press International notes Virgo born Margaret Sanger in 1883. Historical markers include U S occupation of Mexico City in 1847, McKinley death in 1901, and the 1963 birth of US surviving quintuplets in Aberdeen. Senate ratified a 1972 missile treaty.
Declarer plans two lines to optimize trick count. At six hearts West ruffs North leads clubs king, then plays ace hearts while North discards a spade. For three notrump with jack clubs, plan dual outcomes: consider four diamonds to the jack and craft a sequence involving hearts, diamonds, and spades to maximize tricks. End with safe doubleton spade play and a low spade from dummy to cover Kx.
The Washington Evening Journal of Washington Iowa lists editorial staff and publishing details. It notes subscription rates by carrier and mail within and outside Iowa, with varying terms and prices, and provides contact and postal information for the newspaper.
A dense مجixed collection of trivia and questions from L M Boyd style columns includes sleep and carbon monoxide cautions, Burmese ruby mining history, jail inmate stats, a Missouri nurseryman's apple tree, parakeet chatter by male birds, Omar Sharif in bridge talk, white mallard odds, fuel’s share of transport, and reader queries from a 1973 column with brief answers and musings on optimism and pessimism.
Dear Abby counsels a fianc e with an overprotective daughter to establish boundaries and foster independence. She also advises a divorced mother and teenager to address visitation boundaries and a penmanship anxious writer to seek legibility improvements. The column emphasizes practical steps and clear communication.
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