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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 1960

Page

9

Random Snapshots From News and Nonsense

A collage of trivia and bon mots notes U S stockholders receiving dividends in 1959. An Oregon professor critiques modern Beat poetry. Mao Tse tung publishes poems in a new book. A rhinologist is clarified as a nose specialist. A French expedition finds a 5,000 year old tool shop in the Sahara.

Sahara Desert

Famous Grand Slam Steal Brings Dubious Victory

In a 1963 national championship deal South declarer Margaret Wagar of Atlanta converted a potential grand slam into reality by a calculated misdirection. After winning clubs, she played hearts hoping for a defense error, leading West to duck the queen and allowing a six spade trick, two hearts, four diamonds, and a club to seal the grand slam. West’s failed king of hearts defense would have stopped it.

Margaret Wagar Atlanta King Betty Goldberg Dorothy Heartmont West Declarer Mra. Wagar Res Syndicate, Inc

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A readable crossword clue fragment lists many numbered hints including Great relish above prefix stew perspire varied entries such as Bullfighting country girl s name and Pugilist s trainer with several gaps and partial terms.

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