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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 17, 1979

Page

11

Win at Bridge The Essence of Successful Rubber Play

The article contrasts rubber bridge strategy with match point play. It details a match point plan to win 11 or 12 tricks using a diamond finesse, but notes the finesse fails and defense gains four club tricks. A rubber bridge approach shows how to let East hold a club trick, then West takes the ace, with South later losing the diamond finesse as the defense’s fourth and final trick.

East West South

Bridge bidding in a New York hand four hearts plan

A New York reader asks how to bid after partner opens three hearts and the next hand overcalls three spades. With no vulnerability, the aim is six hearts and to reach game. the suggested line is to bid four hearts and accept later pushes to five or six.

New York

Bridge hand puzzle leads to contract status

In a bridge deal with South as dealer Sun North East West declare 1NT by South then 2C and 3NT reached after the West hand opens. The opening lead is the 5 from South, with vulnerable play noted and subsequent passes.

Saudi king to receive a king style jumbo jet

The Seattle Times reports King Khalid ibn Abdul Aziz will take delivery of a $50 million Boeing jumbo jet with wood paneling thrones and a medical clinic wired for satellite communications. The king, who had open heart surgery seven years ago in Cleveland, may connect the jet's clinic to that hospital.

Seattle Saudi Arabia Khalid Ibn Abdul Aziz Seattle Times Boeing Commercial Airplane Co Cleveland

Theater and Film Listings for Tuesday

Theaters list current showings including The Champ Bedknobs and Broomsticks The Deer Hunter The China Syndrome Coming Home Hurricane Fast Break Norma Rae The Glacier Fox Buck Rogers The Best The Erotic Adventures of Cindy the erotic adventures of cinderella Foul Play King Kong Bedknobs and Broomsticks Hot Lead and Cold Feet plus birthdays for Harry Reasoner Eliot Elisofon and Lindsay Anderson.

Iowa Norma Rae Eastown Fox Twin West Twin East Harry Reasoner Eliot Elisofon Lindsay Anderson

Lathe of Heaven Stars Named For PBS Adaptation

New York AP reports Bruce Davison Kevin Conway Margaret Avery and Niki Flacks are set to star in The Lathe of Heaven for PBS next fall. The Ursula K Le Guin science fiction tale will be produced by WNET TV with Davidzyk as co producer and Loxton and Fred Barducers as co directors.

New York Bruce Davison Kevin Conway Margaret Avery Niki Flacks PBS Ursula K. le Guin Wnet-Tv Davidzyk Loxton Fred Barducers

Pigeon travels 2000 miles to new home in Odessa

Arthur Tinsley of Bryn, England, reports his pigeon Priscilla flew 2000 miles from Europe to Odessa. The 10 week old bird disappeared last year and was found by a new owner along the Black Sea coast who traced her through her leg band.

Bryn England Arthur Tinsley Europe Odessa Tinsley Priscilla Black Sea

Calder Daylight Saving Bill Proposed in 1917

On this date in 1917 Senator William Calder of New York introduced legislation to establish daylight saving time. The measure was defeated.

New York William Calder

Myron Floren's Musical Variety Show at Par Amount Cedar Rapids

Mary Lou Metzger from the Lawrence Welk Show appears in Cedar Rapids at the Par Amount Theatre on Tuesday April 24 as part of the 1979 edition of Myron Floren's Musical Variety Show. Other acts include Bobby Burgess Elaine Niver son and Jack Imel with showtimes 5 30 and 8 30 PM. Tickets range 7 50 6 50 5 50 at the Five Seasons Center box office. Information line 319 398 5340.

Mary Lou Metzger Lawrence Welk Myron Floren Paramount Theatre Cedar Rapids Iowa Myron Bobby Burgess Elaine Niverson America Jack Imel Dick Dale Larry Hooper Ava Barber Tennessee Showtime 5 Seasons Center

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