Old-Fashioned Thrift Birthdays and House Plant Tips
Jane Toner Scott shares warm wishes for her return home and a hopeful new year. Katie Hess offers a thrift tip column on growing house plants from kitchen scraps including carrot tops pineapple tops and fruit seeds with simple jar watering and toothpick support.
Crossword by THOMAS JOSEPH
Crossword by THOMAS JOSEPH features a cryptic grid with clues such as mother and ninny and explores terms like suffix for and three in Italia. The puzzle lists a series of across and down hints including ringers for the theater sign and doorways parts while touching on foreign quarters and Greek mountains.
Cryptoquote puzzle with Thackeray quotation
A coded cryptogram explains that one letter stands for another and daily key changes. The sample shows A for L three times X for O twice and more. The message includes a Thackeray quotation about fools and ears.
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William Makepeace Thackeray
Horoscope column forecasts by Sidney Omara
A December 14 1976 Los Angeles Times astrology feature outlines zodiac traits for Aries through Pisces with focus on personal strengths, relationships and practical advice. It notes December 14 birth readers may be writers and analysts and advertises an Omarr booklet offer.
European Junior Team Championship fuels youth bridge push
The European Bridge League promotes youth play with the biennial European Junior Team Championship. Eighteen nations competed this year with Austria Sweden and the Netherlands taking the top three spots. Danish player Svend Novrup earned praise as bid quality and timing shaped a key three notrump play.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Austria
Weden
Netherlands
Svend Novrup
Denmark
Hans Sigurdsson
Iceland
Declarer
East
Bridge question ends with five diamonds offer
In a bridge hand from 1976, South opens 1NT and rebids 2NT after North, with a weak diamond preference, considers five diamonds as the same score as three no trump. The best line involves leading a club and choosing diamonds, noting that the dealer is South with vulnerable opposite North. Send questions to The Aces, Dallas.
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East
Declarer
King of Hearts
North
South
Aces
P.O
Dallas
Texas
United Feature Syndicate
Is This Your Problem Dear Dr Brothers Guidance on Intuition and Bonds
A reader asks about balancing intuition versus step by step analysis in marriage and handling a distant father who avoids physical affection with children. The advisor notes opposite styles can work with mutual respect and suggests fostering open expression while acknowledging individual differences. It also discusses fathers' reluctance to show tenderness and how early affection shapes future relationships.
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Dr. Brothers
C.K
L.A
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