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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1971
Page
4
The column reflects on Psalm 67:2 asking for mercy and peace among nations while lampooning modern mail order catalogs. It jokes about overprinting and wasteful postage, notes the seasonal deluge of catalogs, and recalls the author’s habit of last minute shopping at the local drugstore on Christmas Eve.
Dayton Ohio dealer Mr. Elliott ran a catchy ad featuring a high powered hot car and a bold headline about paying 102000 for a car that actually sells for about 4000. The copy urged students to stay in school to avoid losing potential earnings, praising the advertising idea.
Iowa lawmakers study no fault auto insurance amid claims of relief from rising premiums. Senator Jim Griffin of Council Bluffs supports further study and potential adoption, citing Massachusetts experience and Governor Francis Sargent’s remarks on lower costs for policyholders. The discussion aims to provide affordable, reasonable protection for families.
In a master event, South must decide bids after North opens 1 heart and passes. With five hands, a jump raise is suggested to force game while retaining room for partner to use Blackwood or a spade bid. If North shoos spades, six diamonds would be correct.
A collage of jokes quotes and reader observations from L M Boyd in Fort Worth Texas. It references a Georgia subscriber a Spencer Tracy remark a chesslike bridge discussion a former stock boy in Washington and a proprietor named Spurgeon. The piece blends trivia humor and anonymous anecdotes with a closing note inviting letters.
Dear Abby letters discuss a lonely marriage, a bar joke, and a husband with infidelity and binge patterns. A Houston reader asks how to stop a neighbor from using a shop phone for personal calls, while a Walden reader seeks tactful ways to enforce seat belt use in friends’ cars.
A Lubbock reader describes a device the telephone company can attach to increase caller volume. It costs a one time installation charge and a monthly fee of one dollar. The writer urges readers to inquire and hopes Bell Telephone promotes the gadget.
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