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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1976
Page
13
The Culbertson trio Ely and Josephine Culbertson Ted Lightner and Waldemar von Zedtwitz won the Spingold Cup by 410 points over Hal Sims Willard Karn Lee Langdon and Oswald Jacoby. A grand slam by Waldy and Jo featured a seven heart bid building on Waldy’s three heart rebid.
The column discusses whether a forcing two bid is forcing when it also supports a game bid, noting Culbertson in 1930 did not treat it as forcing. It states modern practice treats it as one round forcing, with partner obliged to respond once but allowed to pass later. The rest of the item blends astrology and a brief naval reference toward the end.
A storm plies the region from the South to the Northeast bringing ice and snow. It closes hundreds of schools from Louisiana to Georgia and drops snow across New York Ohio Vermont New Hampshire Maine Michigan and more. Bitter cold grips the East while ice disrupts Mississippi River barge traffic and a gas line rupture leaves three St Paul suburbs without gas. A woman is found frozen to death in St Louis.
Actress Judith Lowry known for Mother Baxter on Phyllis died of a heart attack at age 86 in her New York home during Thanksgiving visit. Also reported, 21 year old Michael Frick froze to death at Catahoula Lake northeast of Alexandria as record cold threatened Louisiana crops and fruit belts. Weather warnings issued with 60 mph winds in parts of Montana and gusts across the region.
Jeff Craig and Rick Reeves of McClellan High School spent 408 hours on a seesaw in a mall ending their 17 day endurance feat. Dressed in tuxedos they leveraged the stunt to raise 3500 dollars for their school. Reeves said they would consider doing it again.
Notice of a Columbus Nebraska mayor and city council meeting at 8 00 p m on December 1 1976 in the council chamber city hall 2220 11th street open to the public. An agenda is available for public inspection during business hours at the city clerk treasurer office and may be modified only to include emergency items.
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