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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1973
Page
5
South opened four spades aiming for game or to pressure opponents. A correct lead and return, plus South’s misplay, left him one trick short. West led diamonds, East won with clubs, and South failed to spot a simple lifesaving play: discard a diamond by leading his singleton heart to the dummy’s king.
In a bridge hand you hold KJ65 72 A QW6S HK 43 after partner opens 1D and your right hand opponent overcalls. With the auction given and you warned partner you are weak in clubs, what is the best action to take now in this position.
Benjamin Britten’s three church parables Curlew River The Burning Fiery Furnace and The Prodigal Son will be staged as a cycle at St Stephen's Episcopal Church New York marking the first such presentation in the city and possibly in America The works will run three performances on Wednesday Friday and Sunday afternoons.
The San Jacinto River Authority votes to ask the Texas Water Development Board to sell back 1.84 percent of Lake Conroe storage. The proposed price is 610,189 dollars, with TWDB holding 20.18 percent. The move follows a 1961 master agreement to repurchase as funds allow, pending possible demand cuts from industrial users.
The city council approved spending about $97,338 on equipment for public works and police. Bids accepted include a tractor backhoe, a roller, police cars, metal drainage pipe, pickup trucks, and cab and chassis trucks from multiple suppliers. Major projects target Whitehall Apartments and roads on Alexander Drive and Lee Drive near schools. some bids to be re advertised after revisions. City Manager Fritz Lanham said the old ambulance unit can be used another year.
J Kent Hackelman was reappointed to the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority by Harris County Commissioners Court. The court used the move to press the state attorney general on the authority's constitutionality. The court also declined to hire George Nichols as budget consultant and appointed IBM's Joe Morrow as director of data processing starting January 2 at 33800 dollars annually.
The World Almanac notes that the United States consumes one third of global energy. It lists the distribution: transportation 25 percent, space heating 18, process steam 16, direct heat 11, electric drive 8, raw materials 6, water heating 4, air conditioning refrigeration 2, cooking and other uses 6 percent.
Dayton appoints Tommy Waring, a 52 year old veteran with 25 years in law enforcement, to lead the 4-officer Dayton Police and 2 patrol cars. A Liberty County deputy sheriff for 21 years and Dayton officer for 4, Waring plans steady leadership and upholds a calm, community minded stance. He is married to Hettie Sue, father to George, and coaches the Braves Little League team amid a quiet city profile.
The U S Corps of Engineers will advertise bids January 7 for dredging Cedar Bayou near Tri City Beach Road. The channel will be 10 feet deep and 100 feet wide, with bids opened February 7. The contract aims to start by late February and finish in about five months.
New York AP reports a church study finds many priests occasionally socialize with women while most American priests uphold celibacy. Father Eugene Kennedy, a Loyola psychologist, says only a minority date as couples, with younger clergy slightly more likely to do so. He criticizes Newsweek for overemphasizing isolated cases.
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