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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1971

Page

35

Grand slam force in bridge by Ely Culbertson

A bridge guide notes avoid Blackwood with a worthless doubleton or void in a suit and suggests exploring slam with the grand slam force invented by Ely Culbertson about four decades ago. The basic idea uses five no trump as a starting point to force a slam when specific suit textures exist.

Ely Culbertson

Bridge grand slam strategy and misaligned scoring

In a four handed match, South uses a calculated path from six diamonds to seven with a double heart lead risk, aiming for a higher score. East doubles to force heart lead. grand slam is made but the final score is counterintuitive as a bad result. South weighs overtrick value versus grand slam payoff, then consciously redoubles six to seize a small profit.

Trump South North East

Bridge puzzle prompt on five hearts and five no trump reply

A bridge bidding question asks if after opening five hearts and partner responds five no trump what the right call is. The prompt labels today’s question as a Sunday answer.

North East Booth Oaks

Peter Bezanson Re-elected by Downtown Group

Peter F Bezanson president of Mor American Financial Corp was re elected head of the Cedar Rapids Greater Downtown Assn for the coming year. Elected vice presidents were Blake Garske Eugene Pech and Richard Scherling. Shaffer named treasurer Dresher secretary Pohorsky executive director. Board members include Barnes Dows Haines Waste Miller Sagers Paulsen Omera Smulekaff Wendorf Garske Shaffer Scherling. Executive committee members listed include Armstrong Becker Hladky Lipsky McIntyre Cook Bezan son Dows Dresher Hastie Omera Paulson Pech Scherling Shaffer Smule kaff.

Peter F. Bezanson Mor American Financial Corp Cedar Rapids! Greater Downtown Assn Blake Garske Eugene Pech Richard Scherling van Vechten Shaffer Ralph Dresher William Pohorsky Ronald Barnes Sutherland Dows, Jr Hal Haines Ken Waste Jerry Miller John Sagers Theodore Paulsen Robert O'Meara A. J. Smulekaff Harold Wendorf Garske Shaffer Scherling Robert C. Armstrong Harold Becker J. F. Hladky Abbott Lipsky Scott McIntyre Sutherland Cook Bezanson Dows Dresher Hastie O'Meara Paulson Pech Smulekaff

TV Friday Night Movie Debuts With Nobody's Perfect Duo

The season opener features Oug McClure and Nancy Kwan in Nobody's Perfect at 10 30. A thief who hid four Buddha statues in a village shrine caves in to return them only to find the task easier said than done.

Oug McClure Nancy Kwan Doug McClure

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