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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1977
Page
4
The item presents a Bible verse from I John 2 10 and a Mark Twain quote about habits. It includes a light commentary on God and love and a humorous couplet about spending and keeping money, with no clear local event or person named.
Business International surveyed 57 major cities, ranking Tokyo at 142.9 and Osaka at 134.8, with New York at 100. Stockholm leads Europe at 123.6 while Madrid and Barcelona offer the best bargains at 64.2 and 62.4 respectively. The study guides salaries for overseas assignments and travel budgeting.
Dissatisfaction grows as farmers and factories hire foreign workers to perform hard labor. Italians blame Turks and Egyptians for job loss while bosses say local labor is unavailable. Welfare and public bias toward easier work fuel the dispute, with law and prices shaping the outcome.
Editorial warns that one third of global cropland could become unproductive within 25 years as UN desertification talks in Nairobi project widespread loss. It cites 22,000 square miles of land turning to desert annually, with North America and Europe facing distinct trajectories and calls for better land and water management rather than drought-focused fixes.
A light column notes how language shifts with age and taste. Terms like undertaker evolve to mortician funeral director and bereavement counsellor while used cars give way to pre owned vehicles reflecting changing sensibilities.
Reader letters discuss a compulsive overeater seeking extreme dieting, a Arlington Cemetery grave with no body, and naming a son as Jr II or III. Abby clarifies markers for unrecovered soldiers, and explains that a “II” comes after a father’s death or in other generational cases.
A quirky mix of brief curiosities notes albacore needs alcohol to calm in transit and mentions egg needles sold across Europe. It ponders ancient marriage duties and lacemaking genders, closing with a Q and A about grief therapists and funeral directors.
The Sept 21 1977 almanac notes Virgo dates for births, H G Wells born 1886, France becomes a republic in 1792, Duryea built the first gas powered car in 1893, 600 killed in 1938 New England hurricane, Chilean minister killed in DC in 1976, Wells quote on education vs catastrophe, and Americans visited movies about 33 times in 1948 declining to five by 1976.
In a three notrumps contract after East leads hearts, the recommended line is to cross to dummy with a spade, then return a club and finesse the ten. This yields about a 20 to 1 shot to make the contract, since West’s lead can be avoided and either black suit splits favorably. In the actual hand the club ten wins and four notrump is made, whereas cashing A K Q in both black suits would fail.
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