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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1976
Page
16
In the 1920s the Knickerbocker Whist Club in New York hosted premier auction bridge with Culbertson and Sims among the leaders. Ted Lightner, then rising, aided contract bridge’s growth and later played rubber bridge at The Regency Whist Club into his eighties.
A Florida reader asks about the Lightner double which signals an unusual lead when opponents bid a slam. The article explains the bid, contrasts normal leads, and notes that a hand with extra or missing cards after bidding and play is a misdeal to be discarded.
West Virginia senate debated a smoking ban amended into a bill. Senator Richard Benson questioned the elevator ban, quipping about breath holding. The amendment passed. Also noted, on this date in 1971, Nixon ordered Lt. William Calley released from the stockade to officers quarters at Fort Benning during review of his murder conviction.
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