Algebraic

Every now and then we see in the forums questions about using Descriptive Notation.  I found it curious that in 1974, "Chess Life and Review"  thought it necessary to explain how to use Algebraic Notation:

They also mingled the notations within the same report:

Why do you find it curious? The changeover was controversial and unpopular in the US at the time, as was the metric system, which of course did not take hold. To this day I don't understand the value of naming all 64 squares uniquely. Where's the advantage? It's easy to write an ambiguous move in both descriptive and algebraic.

i find it curious because algebraic, which had been around for centuries (actually for a millennium),  has been the standard notation in several countries,  being absolute,  is rather self-explanatory in contrast to D.N.

 Giving each square 1 name (instead of two) is more sensible.

Keeping the orientation (e.g. in descriptive the 4th and 5th rank alternate on each move) is more sensible.

In those days, in a U. S. bookstore, nearly everything would have been in descriptive notation.