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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1972
Page
11
The article explains a bridge play: South wins first trick with dummy ace of clubs, draws trumps with three leads, then leads a jack heart from dummy to let East win with nine. East signals by discarding the jack of diamonds, enabling the defense to gain three tricks.
A bridge discussion notes how South should lead diamonds and how East might produce a high heart on the first lead. It analyzes the diamond jack line, the timing of discards, and the defense to nine top tricks including no trump. Mentions other diverging lines and reader questions on spades.
London police report a follow up raid on the same train line where $91,000 in gold bullion was stolen two weeks earlier. No gold was found on this train, but the robbers escaped with several pairs of shoes.
In Trenton Essex county Judge John Francis, now on the state supreme court, criticizes the U S supreme court reversal that voided New Jersey's death penalty statute. He recalls 1952 executions of Clarence Smith, Frederick Bunk and Robert Jellison and warns that many juries acted under unconstitutional law. Twenty years later he notes 113 executions since 1917, including Hauptmann, as the court reaffirms the ruling.
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