Puzzling No Trump Squeeze in Bearded Bridge Play
Oswald Jacoby reports a bridge deal where South misreads a no trump plan and a spade lead by West shapes the hand. Declarer wins with dummy and, after a sequence of precise plays, leverages hearts to secure the rest of the tricks aided by East’s misreading and Levin’s reading of dummy.
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Oswald Jacoby
NEA
Declarer
South
West
Dummy
East
Aurice Levin
Newark Xpert
Outh
Jamonds
Ummy
Uth
Nesse
Levin
Large Christmas light display lights up Palo Duro Canyon
Several hundred people visited Palo Duro State Park Tuesday night for the final of four nights of canyon lighting. Attendees traveled from as far as Pecos NM and Perryton to view the display, which featured a 90 by 60 foot cross on a hillside above the first ford crossing and illuminated decorations burning for three and a half days. Over 2,500 illuminators were used in the setup.
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Alo Duro State Park
Porles
Perryton
Doctor Dies By Hara-Kiri In Detroit Dormitory
A 26 year old Japanese surgeon, Dr Minoru Wada of Tokyo, studying blood vessels, killed himself by severing the femoral arteries in his thighs. He was found in a blood soaked dormitory cot at Receiving Hospital with a note apologizing for wasting money. Associates described him as very low in spirits in the weeks before his death.
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Detroit
Minoru Wada
Tokyo
Receiving Hospital
Wada
Dalhartan Remains In Critical Condition
Dalhart man Frank Leavell, 23, who was revived by heart massage after his heartbeat stopped during surgery on December 1, remains in critical condition 26 days later. Attending physicians say his status is unchanged and no timeline for improvement is known.
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Frank Leavell
Dalhart
Leavell
Northwest
Texas
Lela Mae Barnum Services Conducted
Funeral services for Mrs. Lela Mae Barnum 64 were held at Griggs Pioneer Chapel with Rev. E B Fincher officiating. Pallbearers included Lonnie Price William M Morgan Wayne Gentry Jim Ed Anderson Harry Sander cock and M E Day. Interment followed at Llano Mausoleum under N S Griggs Sons Funeral Home. Mrs Barnum died Sunday night at her home 2102 Monroe. She operated Lela Mae Courts 711 North Fillmore and had lived in Amarillo 32 years.
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Lela Mae Barnum
Griggs Pioneer Chapel
E. B. Fincher
Southern Presbyterian Church
Lonnie Price
William M. Morgan
Wayne Gentry
Jim Ed Anderson
Harry Sandercock
M. E. Day
Llano Mausoleum
N. S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Home
Bellans tablets relieve heartburn and indigestion
An advertisement promoting Bellans tablets as the fastest acting relief for heartburn gas and similar distress. Priced at 25 cents.
Tactful exits for unwelcome Saturday guests
A distressed wife seeks tactful ways to end a would be intimate friend’s long Saturday night visits. Advice suggests lighted signals and signaling doors to imply absence, preserving home life without offending relatives, followed by etiquette guidance on formal evening wear and guest dress standards.
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Mrs. Post
John
Pioneer rancher James J. Hubbard dies at 87
Funeral services set for December 26 for James J. Hubbard 87 a pioneer West Texas rancher who came to Ballinger in 1886 and died Tuesday at his home near Robert Lee He was a long time rancher in Runnels and Glasscock counties.
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San Angelo
James J. Hubbard
West Texas
Ballinger
Robert Lee
Runnels
Glasscock
Boyce House Echoes of Armour Poem Line
A fragment notes Richard Armour lines about an Indian chant and a crop threat, contrasting tradition with a simpler method. The cut piece captures a literary aside and hints at cultural imagery without full context.
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Asteete
Alo Duro Park
Boy Eastwood
Jerry Eastwood
Navy
J. Eastwood
Polk
Amarillo
San Lego
Cal
Amarillo High
Southwestern Rug Company
Milky Service
Sweden
Hara-Kiri
Lela Mae Barnum Services
Stomac
Fluffy
Wood-Webb
Ana Oa
Emily Post
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Pioneer
Globe-News
Boyce
Richard Armour
Prescription Laboratory
Paraguay
Lubbock
Ee Ae
Odds and Ends
Homart
Sears
Axminster
Allstate
Duc
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