Rule of Eleven Fails Masters In Bridge Hand
In a four spade contract, South dealer Mr Masters misplays the heart lead by playing the nine of hearts instead of the king. The reasoning uses the rule of eleven to infer opponents’ heart holdings, revealing that Abel held the ace and a heart higher than five. The result: doomed contract, two hearts, a diamond, and a club lost.
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Problem of a plot with constant area
A plot is seven feet longer than it is wide. Increasing length by five and decreasing width by three leaves area unchanged. Solving gives width 18 feet and length 25 feet. The instruction steps mix arithmetic hints, but the final dimensions are 18 by 25 feet.
Fortune puzzle game reads your fate in letters
A small daily puzzle titled He is a pleasant little game explains counting letters in your name, adjusting by four if six or more or adding three if fewer than six, producing a key number to trace across a rectangle and read the resulting message. 108, by William J. Miller, Distributed by Kine Features Syndicate, the 8-29.
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William J. Miller
Kine Features Syndicate
Dear Miss Woodward on Dating Slow Partners and Long-Distance Letters
A reader asks why a slow suitor visits Sundays but never dates, and whether shyness or availability explains a lack of outings. An adviser suggests encouraging activities at home and gently prompting him to join in. The second letter advises the girlfriend to initiate long distance correspondence with details about her life and mutual friends.
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Miss Woodward
Begonias Propagated By Leaf Cuttings In Sand Bed
Joyce Smith notes Rex begonias can be increased through leaf cuttings placed flat on moist sand and weighed down with stones. Cut across large veins and root will form at the cut point, producing new plants.
H Bomb Hideout Plan Falters Due to Apathy
M W Black a former RAF air gunner promotes an H-bomb hideout in a rural goat pasture but public interest collapses. He aimed to enlist up to 200 families but only eight have signed, reflecting widespread apathy toward his nonprofit venture.
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Vancouver
M. W. Black
Montana school buses surpass eight year record
Helena Montana drivers have an enviable safety record as the State Highway Patrol reports state school buses traveled 650 million pupil miles over the past eight years without a fatality. The national average is one fatal accident for every 150 million pupil miles.
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Try and Stop Me by Bennett Cerf in 1956
Cartoonish humor excerpt featuring Samuel Clemens alias Mark Twain teased by a persistent bore about decline of everything. Dialogues include a jab about cigars and a mother scolding a child near shrubbery at the White House grounds. Bennett Cerf authored in 1956. distributed by King Features Syndicate.
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Bennett Cerf
Ark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Mountain View
Twain
Sam
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