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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1968
Page
2
A bridge analysis discusses a 14 point no trump opening, deciding between four no trump and Blackwood. It covers hand interpretation, spade and diamond discards, and how East West decisions affect declaring contracts, highlighting potential for a tough contract after a spade lead if the king sits West.
South with 17 points and two tens bids six spades after a notrump overcall raise. West likely led the king, dummy’s queen comes into play, East covers with the king, and South must win the ace to run four clubs. He discards the dummy’s three of spades and then shifts to hearts, hoping the jack drops on the second lead.
South Vietnamese Rangers report a patrol near My Tho in the Mekong Delta found 10 Viet Cong soldiers asleep under a tree in the midday sun. The unit captured all 10 fighters.
U S military officials said bombing raids on North Vietnam would intensify over the next two months in response to Hanoi's rejection of peace feelers. Targets will include previously off limit sites as a reprisal for the Tet offensive and refusals to halt raids around Hanoi and Haiphong.
Justice Minister Muller told parliament that the prison population rose about two thirds in one year from July 1965 to June 1966. Prisons held 568,274 inmates compared with 339,000 in the 1964-65 period.
Sylvia Porter explains a California missing heir scam using forged probate notices. Promoters seek eight dollar fees by promising copies of public records for an estate that has no declared heirs. Postal inspectors note many Steins and Stines are targeted. few, if any, actual heirs are found.
The text advises that genealogical surveys should involve only known family members of the deceased and if there is any doubt about a letter, request the postmaster to forward it to postal inspectors for verification.
Lawmakers in Kuala Lumpur introduced legislation making public disrespect of the national anthem punishable by up to one month in jail and a 33 dollar fine. The bill targets acts seen as disrespectful to the national symbol and requires passage in parliament.
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