Slam Safe On Diamonds In Opening Lead Dilemma
A bridge column recounts a declarer’s safe slam after West opens hearts. Diamonds appeared favorable but the player chose hearts to dummy’s jack, enabling a 12 trick contract when the defense split three three. The piece notes the tension between probabilistic seven and sure six in tournament play.
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Growing Up and Letting Go In Middle Age Advice
Josephine Lowman offers guidance for restless middle aged women facing an empty nest. She urges faith in offspring, notes moral changes and drug concerns, and suggests sending them off with blessings while staying available for support. Copy requests via The Register and Tribune Syndicate released 1972.
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Josephine Lowman
Register and Tribune Syndicate
Cleaning tile and silverware tips from a home Q&A
Cleaning ceramic tile can be done with two parts liquid detergent to three parts household vinegar. Scrub with an old toothbrush, focusing on the putty joints. Tarnished silverware fades after soaking in sour milk for half a day, then washing in soapy water. Cutting foam rubber is easier when held down under a board and cut while compressed.
Household Scrapbook Tips for Decals and Wood Cracks
Decal removal can be vat eased by covering with a wet cloth and applying a hot iron to soften the decal for easy lifting. For wood cracks make a paste from flour and shellac, sand after drying, and finish with shellac. A wax candle offers a simple lubricant for zipping a slide fastener.
Colt Developed Mine
Samuel Colt of six shooter fame developed a sea mine in 1803 detonated by current from a shore control station. Five years later similar mines were used to defend the German harbor of Kiel against Danish warships.
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New York
Samuel Colt
Keil
San Francisco Chinatown Largest Outside Asia
San Francisco's Chinatown stands as the largest Chinese community outside Asia, reflecting its historic prominence and dense urban neighborhood.
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San Francisco
Asia
Wishing Well Puzzle Reveals Daily Fortune Key
A short mental game explains counting letters in your first name to produce a key number. If name length is six or more, subtract four. if fewer than six, add three. Start at the top-left cell and read letters under checked figures to reveal a daily message.
Successful Investing: Reader asks about war bonds and funds
A retired teacher asks whether to cash 2500 in WWII Series E bonds. The advisor favors giữ bonds unless needed, notes Series H conversion, and reviews Mass Investors Trust and Fidelity Capital funds with percentages, performance, and risk. Readers may order Roger Spear's guide for $1.
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Investors Trust
Fidelity Capital
M.C. A
Mass Investors
Roger Spear
Roger E. Spear
Grand Central Station
New York
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Readers Courtroom: Ham Containing Buckshot Sparks Suit
Fanny sues Pete's Pork Products after finding buckshot in a ham sold to Sheldon and cut into portions. Judge rules there is an implied warranty of fitness, and consumer remedies extend despite no direct purchase from the processor. State law varies. consult a lawyer.
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Sheldon’s
Sheldon
Pete's Pork Products
Pete
Gen
Fea. Corp
Geometry puzzle with two towers and flagpole
A man at a fixed point sees two towers 95 yards away from him and 72 yards apart. The flagpole sits midway on the line between the towers. The distance from the man to the flagpole is found by computing the square root of 95 squared minus 2 times 72, then taking the difference of squares. The resulting distance is 87.9 yards plus.
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