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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1968
Page
6
Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared while swimming at Portsea, 60 miles south of Melbourne. An official announcement stated the search would end today as authorities review the situation and await further word from Portsea.
In a University of Michigan game North leads spades and diamonds as East holds the jack of diamonds. The commentator explains the false card jack test and the best line of play, noting South misbidded but choosing the top percentage route as the hand collapses after trump ruff and heart finesse.
The daily bridge problem asks what to do after a sequence ending in a double by South. It notes the better line may be to pass or bid, with West choosing three hearts in a variant and East continuing to four hearts. The Los Angeles AP item reports three LAPD officers suspended 15 days for handling singer Jimmie Rodgers case after his car on a freeway off ramp December 1.
In Jefferson Georgia a 23 year old moonshiner testified he played a part in a killing. He described his role to the jury during the case proceedings.
A juror heard John Hyman Blackwell testify that he placed dynamite under prosecutor Floyd G. Hoard's car hood last August as part of a five-man murder plot. The trial centers on A C Park's murder charge with a claim that Park ordered the hit. Fairfield County chapter of the American Society of Tool and Manufacturing Engineers will sponsor a tool show Wednesday at Journey's Inn Fairfield Avenue. Exhibits run 2 to 10 p m with a buffet after 7 p m limited to regular advertisers in the chapter bulletin. Seventy nine percent of new autos are equipped with
Special prosecutor Luther Hames said the state promised life imprisonment for the confessed triggerman in exchange for a guilty plea and testimony.
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