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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1975
Page
4
The column urges inviting others to church, warns against overreliance on rewards for crime prevention, and highlights FAA dog teams detecting explosives and drugs. It extols giving over getting, cites a $500 reward caveat, and praises dogs as economical security assets.
The attorney general Edward H. Levi calls the surge in crime a terrifying fact of life but says it must not be accepted as normal. FBI figures show serious crime rose 18 percent in early 1975, with rural areas up 21 percent and cities 17 percent. only about one in five crimes is solved and two thirds of arrestees are repeat offenders.
In a Washington Iowa column, a college student and former post office sorter sued after being denied unemployment insurance for choosing school over a changed work schedule. The judge ruled availability for work required willingness to accept suitable employment, not schooling, upholding denial.
A bridge analysis shows two spades by South facing West club lead. Finessing the queen loses. winning ace of clubs preserves the contract via a diamond ruff. The lesson: do not take a finesse just because it is there. choose plays that guarantee the contract.
A 1975 L M Boyd column offers quick quips on tall men, proverbs, lunch sausages, word opposites, car brands, sleeping attire origins, Joe Penner humor, deer hunting myths, and a peek at mail address in Fort Worth Texas.
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