Bridge cartoon questions the takeout double in doubtful contracts
In a South dealer bridge deal with East West vulnerable, a cartoonish South takes out with a business double and laments the misplay as North argues the same hand would have altered the fate. The column analyzes defensive lines, cross-ruff possibilities, and expected bidding in the rubber deal.
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Glass Plane May Crack Heat Barrier
Hawthorne Calif July 29 Northrop Aircraft Inc disclosed scientists are exploring ultra sonic flight by glass airplanes. Adoms E Piper Northrops director of materials says glass could withstand skin friction temperatures better than metals, enabling planes to travel two or three times the speed of sound though heat barrier challenges remain. A glass plastic laminate embedded in resin would form the fuselage and control surfaces with glass rivets and titanium and stainless steel supports. The Navy’s D 558 2 Skyrocket has reached 1238 miles per hour and 19494 feet without damage to metal skins.
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1953 Edition Planned For Social Directory
The 1953 social directory edition will be published in early fall by the same group that produced the 1850 directory. George Kirksey, cited as Publicity, notes the directory will be limited to 1950 copies and sold by private subscription only, with restricted circulation.
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Navy man aided by Missing Persons Bureau
Chicago reporting July 30 says Navy man Arthur N. Cooper stationed in Texas was charged with stealing pants. The Missing Persons Bureau located Frank Mesares who recalled Cooper and he later wrote to exonerate him.
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Drug antidote recipe from fifth century Nes torians
Roy Sanders Jr of Armer Co says ancient Nes torians created the most elaborate drug prescription called the gold antidote. The formula reportedly included 40 ingredients such as gold and silver. A copper wire around the wrist and ankle was said to cure arthritis.
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Armer Co
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