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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1978

Page

14

Peanut bananas bridge play leads to 12 tricks

A detailed bridge hand analysis shows South can make 12 tricks despite 2-2 trump break unlikely. East holds the ace of spades and overruff risks loom. a peanuts bananas sequence uses dummy ruffs and careful ruffing to discard spades and avoid overruff.

East South West

Bridge Bidding Fragment Sets A Vague Trick

Hand fragment shows partner opening one spade and responder overcalls two hearts. The third hand’s intended bid unclear as rebid begins with A. East player position remains unspecified amid incomplete bidding.

Abbey income turns debt to profit from tourist boom

Westminster Abbey says thanks to American and other visitors trebled by a two year boom a debt of 200000 dollars on daily running costs has been erased. With 3.5 million annual visitors half pay to enter Poet's Corner and royal chapels the abbey earns 1.6 million dollars a year and shows a profit.

London UPI Westminster Abbey London Abbey Poet’s Corner Royal Chapels

Bid in Five Spades Shows Heart Control Cue

Florida reader asks what we bid now. We bid five spades a conventional expert bid that asks partner to bid six spades with second round heart control or to cue bid in hearts to show first round heart control regardless of the rest of the hand.

Florida

Military unit heroin use in West Germany cited

A congressman reports on-site visits indicate 20 to 30 percent of personnel in some American units stationed in West Germany use heroin regularly.

Washington (Ap West Germany

Filipinos Celebrate One of World's Longest Christmas Seasons

In Manila UPI reports Philippines as Asia's only Roman Catholic nation boasts a lengthy Christmas season. Official celebrations run from December 16 to January 6, ending with the Feast of the Epiphany. Homes glow with lights and lanterns as carolers tour neighborhoods creating a carnival mood through the holidays.

Manila UPI Philippines Asia

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