Reminiscences Trace Sports Figures and a Notorious Case
A San Francisco sports reminiscence by Otto Graham recalls Tom Harmon’s 1940 Berkeley debut and a longtime Bay Area golf partner. The piece also recounts Leonard Koppett’s Rose Bowl note, the Marilyn Shepard murder and Dr. Sam Shepard case, and Otto Graham's ties to the events and a TV dramatization.
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Michigan
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Ohio
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Marilyn Shepard
Sam Shepard
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Marilyn
Beverly
Shepard House
Ergotism Theory Reframes Salem Witch Trials Evidence
University of California student Linnda Capornel argues contaminated grain could explain convulsions and hallucinations in 1692 Salem trials. She cites ergot, a fungus in cereals with LSD-like isoergine, linking convulsive symptoms to witchcraft accusations amid eight afflicted girls.
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Washington
UPI
Linnda R. Capornel
University of California, Santa Barbara
Witft
Science
Massachusetts
Miss Capornel
Salem
105 year old man wants fishing and reunion with deceased wife
NEW PORT RICHEY Fla. UPI James Cole who turned 105 requests two desires a fishing trip and to be with his wife Marie who died 11 years ago at 90 He recalls a long life with seven children and many grandchildren and notes he is nearly blind after cataract operations and has lost his teeth
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Bud Brennan
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UPI
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Go Cole
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New York City
Lightner double popularizes a bridge slam tactic
In the 1920s Knickerbocker Club era, Ted Lightner helped shape contract bridge with the Lightner slam double. The article notes Lightner, now in his eighties, playing weekly and explains how the double signals partners to aim for a slam, altering standard leads and play. It also mentions a local Ladies Aid gathering and an Easter lesson.
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New York
Knickerbocker
Misdeal Rule in a Hand After Cards Have Been Played
A Florida reader asks what happens when after dealing and a few cards are played one hand has too many and another too few. The rule is that the misdeal is declared and the hand is thrown.
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