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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1975
Page
4
A 1975 editorial muses on reading material word frequency, notes gender word differences, and criticizes Iowa magazine fundraisers that imitate police endorsements. It argues for direct donations by troopers without gimmicks and questions profiteering in promotional campaigns.
Cherokee Daily Times argues that an Iowa troopers association plan for a quarterly magazine to fund scholarships and aid amounts to contributions disguised as advertising. It warns profits would mainly enrich the soliciting and printing firm and urges law enforcement not to act as a front for such commercial activity.
A local reader criticizes UNICEF funding amid claims by Congressman Larry McDonald that U S aid to UNICEF supported Communist governments in Indochina and urged tighter supervision. The letter questions the DECA club project and suggests the school board review student involvement.
Brief notes from the Washington County Press and Washington Gazette dated 1879 recap local events, people and notices collected by Kathy Fisher. Names, dates, places and small incidents are summarized as compact newspaper card items for archival reference.
A 1875 issue notes a lively term at the Academy with many girls attending and records county school funds. It also covers a Sunday School Association meeting at Center School House, library levy plans, corn prospects, local incidents, and readers’ letters about social topics and advice column responses.
In the 1960 World Bridge Olympiad match, Mitchell Rubinow as North-South for the U S faced a diamond led from West and failed to make six notrump after a misplayed slam. France’s Jais Trezel reached six notrump with a different sequence, gaining 1 540 points via a 6-1 diamond split.
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