Fantastic Defense Seals Contract in Bridge Match
In a fine defense by West, declarer faced a four club ending after a 2NT to 3NT auction. West declined to play the club king, finessed the jack, and after East covered the club nine, West deduced East held 10-8-3. West discarded the club king on the ace, sealing the contract despite the added pressure from dummy’s diamond layout.
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Leadership Lacking For Third Party Segregation Is Burning
Editor's note by UP Atlanta bureau chief reports on desegregation as the main political issue in the Deep South. After a 3,600 mile Dixie tour, he notes white protests and Negro concerns, cites Thurmond’s 1948 third party history, and argues leadership is lacking to rally a new third party amid postwar civil rights tensions.
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Atlanta
Briy. Kuetixer
Charleston
S.C
Dixie
South Carolina
J. Strom Thurmond
Fort Sumter
Supreme Court
Small Boy Finds Coffee Can Hazard Amid Segregation Talk
A reader report describes a coffee can left in a car by a Chicalo Up the Yellow Cab rider, filled with dark wriggly things that could be worms or snakes. Officials note segregation is a systemic issue, not a single problem, varying by locality. They warn that forced integration may bring anguish and bloodshed, predicting serious trouble in several Southern states.
Word From Harry Could Help Democratic Hopeful
Independence Missouri correspondent suggests a Truman nod could aid Kefauver or Stevenson in pre convention efforts. Harriman emerges as a potential backing option, while Symington is cited for prior trouble-shooting help to President Truman. The piece weighs how a presidential nod might influence southern Democrats and nomination dynamics.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
Independence
Harry Sr. Truman
Stevenson
California
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Sen
Estes Kefauver
Wetauver
Truman
New Hampshire
Adlai E. Stevenson
Sean
T. May
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Irving M. Ives
New York
Kefauver
Young man barred from road with new convertible
Auburn Maine report details Scott Jordan, son of Charles and Mrs. Jordan, receiving an electrically powered miniature car as a prize but told he cannot drive it on streets or sidewalks. Police enforce law and the boy remains confined to his backyard while the larger topic touches on school integration and race relations.
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Scott Jordan
Charles A. Jordan
Scott
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