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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1976
Page
10
South faced a tough slam overcall by Oswald and Jacoby. He overbid slightly and considered a simple line with K hearts and a 2 2 trump break, but chose a more complex route to reach the slam. He cashed the heart king and evaluated chances as trumps misbehaved.
A garbled pass of directional terms and codes mentions NORTH WEST SOUTH and WAQN3 while noting vulnerability. Readable details are insufficient to identify people, places, or a clear event. The fragment lacks coherent context or factual outcomes.
Resin beads the size of BBs may have caused the Hanford Nuclear Reservation explosion at the ARHCO facility. Ten people were contaminated with radiation. six washed clean, two nurses remained under care. Investigators barred from the contaminated room for 24 hours. The blast occurred in a sealed glovebox within a concrete room and did not involve a reactor.
Dizomy settles a slam after King of clubs defense. He ruffs a diamond, rakes the rest of his trumps, and the final squeeze forces West to discard a heart. Four heart tricks secure South’s contract, while West laments a missed spade shift.
You open with w&J2 AK 1095 AKTI w83. Partner bids spade. You bid two diamonds then partner two spades. Now choose: with normal partner bid three spades, with overbidder pass.
House Minority Leader John Rhodes said he will not accept a U S military pension during his congressional term. He aligned with the National Taxpayers Union stance that members of Congress should not receive federal pensions and plans to return the $500 monthly Army Colonel pension he is set to begin next month.
The Senate approved the New River preservation measure 69 to 16, a major victory for environmentalists who opposed the proposed Blue Ridge dam project by Appalachian Power Co. The bill would designate 26.5 miles of the river in North Carolina as part of the federal wild and scenic river system to block the dam plan.
California Governor Ed Brown has 30 days to act on a measure allowing terminally ill patients to refuse life support and die with dignity. The bill, prompted by the Quinlan case, passed the assembly 43 to 25 with support from elderly groups and the California Medical Association and opposition from pro-life groups.
Listings show multiple films at venues IGWA Eastown Twin West Twin East and others. Highlights include The Exorcist Gus Blackbeard’s Ghost All the President’s Men The Appie Tampling Gang The Treasure of Matecumbe and The Outlaw Josey Wales among showtimes and venue names with late-night options.
FBE Director Clarence Kelley underwent August 16 surgery in Kansas City to relieve nerve pressure from a slipped vertebra. A spokesman said the procedure was more successful than expected and Kelley returned to his office in Washington.
Hurricane Frances was about 550 miles northeast of Antigua moving north at 10 mph and expected to strengthen as it heads into the open Atlantic. Hurricane Emmy was moving farther from North America, heading east toward the central North Atlantic.
Palouse Washington appoints Judy Burnham 31 as police chief after a month on the job. She carries a borrowed .357 pistol and uses the family dog as a police dog, though crime is rare. Residents praise her competence while noting occasional traffic issues from youths and loud parties.
Milwaukee police say a 63 year old blind man, Robert Crow, admitted strangling landlady Anna belle Moore to be jailed. He was charged with first degree murder saying jail would be safer and better cared for.
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