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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1950
Page
5
OSWALD JACOBY explains a St Louis correspondent scenario where a partner counts 90 with three deuces and four fours but must discard to meet penalty rules. The key point: if a meld is illegal, it isn’t a meld, so the deuces were not melded with the fours and cannot be kept as a valid initial meld.
Saul Pett reports on the challenges a typist faces with Korean text and two way language input. The piece outlines keyboard layout issues, character density, and the need for precise input to avoid errors in a bilingual workflow.
A bride asks if her mother can be matron of honor despite youth. Mrs. Post says it would be strange and unbecoming, the mother’s role is important. Other QAs cover name changes after divorce, Canasta rules for penalty cards, wedding invitation timing, and card plays. Plus Korea language typing anecdote.
Offer a brief expression of sorrow for the loss and express warmth in your manner. Keep the words simple and sincere and avoid crowding with details or advice.
Three young sailors from Yarmouth England arrived in Miami aboard their 40 foot auxiliary cutter named content. Crealock aged 29 Ernest Chamberlain 25 and Donald Hodge 24 said they will head to the Pacific via the Panama Canal after a brief stay in Miami and a sightseeing trip to New York. They traveled from Spain Portugal Gibraltar Morocco Canary Islands Windward Islands British Guiana the Antilles Jamaica and Haiti. They quoted we just wanted to see the world while it's still in one piece.
In Cambridge Massachusetts telephone company officials shut down a dormitory pay station scheme after students learned that slugs wires and assorted equipment could be used as coins. The company removed the telephones to stop the practice.
Vincent Smith a 62 year old Chicago attorney paddled a 15 foot canoe the Nauti Gal across the Santa Catalina channel in 15 hours despite warnings. He was missing for 11 hours before Coast Guard spotted him three miles from Avalon Harbor and towed him in. He refused the tow and finished the last three miles solo arriving after dark to cheers from more than 2000 people.
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