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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1955
Page
12
Josephine Culbertson discusses how much one partner should defer to the other on sign-off bids. The article centers on a hand from a recent teams event, with North as dealer and North-South vulnerable, highlighting ongoing expert debate on partnership signaling and bid decisions.
A board a match bridge tournament from 1942 features North South overcalls and misfires. North first bid three notrump after a sequence, facing a spade opening and a dropped diamond king. The other table shows a misfired notrump bid by North South, with South doubling one spade and the defense turning the tide. North should ignore sign off and play power rather than switch to no trump.
Hundreds of thousands prepare to attend dawn Easter services in sites from stadiums and mountain summits to drive in theaters and public parks. Major gatherings include Lawton Oklahoma 80000 attendees 30th annual Easter Pageant and sunrise at Mt Mansfield Stowe Wisconsin and Yosemite. Notable events feature orchestras choirs and national figures with services planned from the Grand Canyon to Miami Orange Bowl and Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
The Spiritual Singers from Southwestern Christian College Terrell will appear at 3 pm Sunday at South Main Church of Christ. They sing hymns and spirituals, have played before over a million people in the last two years, and are known radio and TV artists. Public invited.
The Rev. E. L. Love will preach on Immortality Of The Soul at the morning Cedar Bayou Methodist church service and I Am The Way for the evening. Easter guest organist Ewell Clark will perform Christ Is Risen and other selections. Hallelujah Chorus will be sung by the Sanctuary choir at the morning service.
The Rev. M S Jordan delivers the worship on Sunday at 8:30 and 10:45 am at Grace Methodist Church with Life Eternal as the topic. Prelude Easter Memories by Lawrence, offertory In The Easter Garden by Stairs, organist Keith King. Treble Choir sings In Thee is Joy, 8:30. Sanctuary Choir sings Alleluia Christ, Ty Risen, 10:45 under Mrs Paul Black. Church school 11:35. Youth Fellowship at 7 pm after film The Road Back.
The House subcommittee on small business led by Rep James Mauservelt recessed until April 20 after hearing testimony accusing big oil firms of unfair practices against independent suppliers. Witnesses urged government action to curb price manipulation and protect independent gas stations in suburban Los Angeles.
The Oil and Gas Journal reports a recent oil discovery in Brazil may prove the greatest oil event in the western hemisphere since major basins in Canada and the United States. A desul test yielded about 49.9 cents value per barrel premeread, one of the only two deep wildcat wells drilled in the Amazon trough, with potential to ease South America's oil shortage if further drilling confirms promise.
Private detective Mimer Koster said his blonde secretary opened the office safe with his key ring. She returned the ring with the safe key missing, the plea ant? and 3880 also vanished, prompting a police inquiry into the missing items.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters plans a four story plus penthouse headquarters in Washington built of white marble. Financed by 1.3 million drivers and warehouse workers, the palace-like building will feature a theater, lobby, glass walls, and lavish interiors including mahogany and imported tile. President Dave Beck defends the project as fitting for the union’s size and status, with costs cited around 4 million though some sources suggest lower. The union asserts it remains financially secure with a substantial reserve fund.
The Harris County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reports a record polio drive total of 309859. Campaign director Dick Gottlieb announced at the annual meeting that Mothers March on Polio raised 183593, surpassing the previous year but below the 1953 record of 167889.
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