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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1978
Page
14
Dear Abby addresses a reader's guilt for abusing a slow-to-dress 10-year-old daughter and seeking help. The columnist suggests Parents Anonymous in New York for support and notes many mothers act similarly yet seek help. A second letter offers a witty reply to relatives pressing for more children.
Health columnist Patricia McCormack urges travelers to plan for medical emergencies on road trips. Advice covers first aid kits, emergency contacts, extra glasses and prescriptions, travel safety items, and steps to reach hospital care quickly if needed. Officers and families should carry maps, whistles, flashlights, and basic splints.
The hand from the 1931 Vanderbilt, won by Ely Culbertson with Ted Lightner and Waldemar von Zedtwitz, illustrates a 12 trick slam. Culbertson wins hearts in dummy, tests diamonds, and after five minutes decides diamonds won’t break, then leads spade king and four clubs to endplay West.
A New York reader asks about the term Ruff and sluff in bridge. The explanation: when declarer ruffs a card in one hand and discards a card from the other hand to complete the trick. This technique leverages trumping in one hand while offloading unwanted cards from the other.
Foreign tourists may visit 135 towns and cities in the Soviet Union including the capitals of all 15 republics. Intourist President Valentin Lebedev said about 4.4 million tourists traveled to the Soviet Union last year, with over 1.5 million from the West, while three million Soviets visited 135 foreign countries.
Car rental firms in Kristiansted U S Virgin Islands blast tourist literature touting the eastern tip of St. Croix as the easternmost U S point. They say no road to Land's End exists and rain leaves rented cars mired in mud, hindering business.
Manila’s Roxas Boulevard, a five mile strip along the coast, showcases bright hotel and restaurant lights. New luxury hotels have risen in two years as Manila promotes tourism, with many specialty restaurants and top entertainment venues drawing arrivals from the airport to the city and suburbs.
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