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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1973
Page
32
A survey of high school and college students finds blue denim jeans the most popular clothing item. Half wear them weekly, nearly 60 percent wear daily, and comfort drives choices though some dress up for special occasions like dates and parties.
A guide to turning colored Easter eggs into imaginative decorations and small scenes using scraps, beads, cereal, and other found materials. Paint or draw faces and figures, from bunnies to storybook characters, then display in cardboard stands or tubes. Includes kid fashion memories from Lorraine Kyte to Julie Dauzat.
A reader asks for original type shock absorbers for a 1956 Chevy Bel Air and is advised to choose a top-line replacement from reputable brands. Another reader wonders about a 1971 Ford Galaxie brakes squeaking in reverse and is told disc brakes often squeal both ways. continue to monitor.
Eskimos from Alaska and Russians from Siberia met for a second time in a year at the Bering Sea ice between Little and Rio Domede islands on April 23 to exchange gifts and discuss resuming free travel between Alaska and Siberia as in the 1930s and 1940s.
Fossilized remains of an elephant dating about 300,000 years ago were uncovered during golf course construction near Tokyo. Local paleontologists examine the site for further clues about ancient fauna and habitat in the region.
In Yakima Washington the group Cops Ltd started as an intermission act for a Policemen's Ball. It has become a popular musical group at area high schools drawing wide student interest.
North leads dummy K to start a vulnerable bridge auction. The sequence shows North East South West with passes and a double by South, indicating a tricky contract and opening lead.
A student asks Oswald and James Jacoby about a bridge bid. The professor explains avoiding trouble and not overreaching with a two diamonds response hoping to keep the contract practical and safe.
The Professor executes expert technique in a three diamonds contract. West wins two top spades then clubs ace and king, leads a spade five, but the Professor ruffs with dummy's ace, East discards a club, recovers the queen and leads the ten of hearts. West misplays but holds firm as the Professor salvages the position.
The bidding sequence is West 1NT Pass 1NT Pass 2NT Pass 4NT Pass ?. You hold K65 YQITA AZ HhHOGS and should pass, as the hand lacks slam chances. Tomorrow's question asks what to do after partner jumps to three hearts instead of raising to two hearts.
A descriptive note explains a bridge hand where the declarer leads a diamond to ten and cashes the jack of hearts, followed by another heart to the ace and a rull of dummy's last heart with the deuce of trumps. Dummy's high trumps win the final two tricks, inviting readers to test the hand.
A Shelton committee approved a request to the mayor for a $50 appropriation to St. Joseph's Church for a special novena to end rainstorms for one year so Public Works could clear backlog of drainage problems.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 details its publication base at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. It lists subscription prices for carriers and mail including night edition Sunday seven issues and annual rates for out of state customers. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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