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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1957
Page
11
In colonial era Wenona and Toluca teams played a famed basketball variant named basket Whist. A 1930 match reportedly went through ten overtimes, giving players a chance to stay in action and maintain companionship with the opposite sex.
A 15 year old Fairfield boy surrendered to Fairfield police in a theft of a car from Coppola Motors on Kings Highway. Police seek a second youth who fled the stolen vehicle on Fairchild Street after being cornered by Dominick Coppola and Lieutenant Dominick Conte. The car owned by George Slatcher was taken from the garage earlier in the day after entering through a window.
The Park City hospital women's auxiliary and two others received citations in the eighth annual project contest by the American Hospital Association. The Park City entry, for hospitals of 100 beds or less, featured a play on hospital careers presented to Bridgeport area high school students.
Bridge column notes and bridge strategy by Jacoby focusing on play of the king and queen, signaling through cards, and how to handle a contested dummy in the early rounds of the game. It provides practical tips for defensive signaling and maintaining control in auction and later play.
A bridge hand illustrates Stayman two club responses used with Jacoby transfers. North’s two clubs ask for a major, South rebids two hearts, North shows a strong five card spade with a good hand, South advances to four hearts and gains five tricks after a club ruffing sequence. South finalizes five made.
In Baltimore a 10 year old boy touched high voltage wires and suffered severe burns. Another teen y saved him from falling off as the train crawled through a 21 mile tunnel. Powell survived with extensive scalp and foot burns while 16 year old Maler was uninjured and released from hospital.
The article urges parental help to prevent rheumatic fever by promptly treating streptococcal throat infections with penicillin. It explains sudden sore throat symptoms, jaw pain, fever, and the need for lab throat cultures to confirm strep infection and guide immediate penicillin use, noting the wait to see if rheumatic fever develops.
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