Sailors and adventurers inspire lone ocean crossing feats
The piece recalls Captain Joshua Slocum’s solo voyage around the world in 1895, setting a 46,000 mile voyage record from Boston aboard a homebuilt 12 ton sloop. It links later Atlantic crossings by Johnson, Olsen, and Traynor, and notes the Harbo and Samuelson row across the Atlantic 72 years earlier, emphasizing the grit of early small-boat explorers.
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Odin
Stiell
Joshua Slocum
Eireum
Slocum
Dnday Sill
Boston
Hirhn
Samuelson
Alfrra Johnson
New Jersey
Atlantic
Ivan Olsen
John Traynor
TV HIGHLIGHTS Prime Evening Lineup and Political Coverage
A compact TV guide listing evening highlights includes Drums Best with Alan Ladd and Audrey Dalton at 6 05 p m a film There s Always Tomorrow at 6 30 p m the Caddy with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin at 7 30 p m Campaign 85 Republican National Convention anchored by Walter Cronkite with Sevareid and Mudd plus Huntley Brinkley coverage at 7 40 p m and Gore Vidal Buckley commentary at 4 90 p m The Late Show Spoilers of the Forest featuring Rod Cameron airs at 11 30 p m Joey Bishop Show with Duke Ellington and others at 1 30 p m and The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson concludes the night.
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Drum Best
Alan Ladd
Audrey Dalton
Grant
Fred MacMurray
Barbara Stanwyck
Jerry Lewis
Dean Martin
Donna Reed
Barbara Bates
Walter Cronkite
Eric Sevareid
Roger Mudd
Chet Huntley
David Brinkley
Howard K. Smith
Gore Vidal
William F. Buckley Jr
Rod Cameron
Joey Bishop
Duke Eilington
Tony Bill
Felicia Sanders
Rodney Dangerfield
Johnny Carson
Falsecard leads to self-destruction in bridge lesson
Becker describes a World Team of Four match where a falsecard in clubs backfires on the declarer. West reads the defense after South plays low to the king, enabling a continuation that yields four spades with a 620 point swing for South.
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De¢Larer
West
South
East
Queen of Diamonds
Declarer
Test Your Code Breaking Ability Daily Cryptoquote
A daily puzzle explaining a substitution cipher where letters stand for others. The sample uses phrases about code breaking with hints in word length and punctuation. The note includes a completed quote from Longfellow and a prior quote by Channing.
CROSSWORD By Eugene Sheffer Horizontal and Vertical Clues
The published crossword puzzle by Eugene Sheffer presents a grid of horizontal and vertical clues with mixed wordplay and letter shifts. Readers decipher a variety of terms while noting intersecting letters that confirm candidates and reveal final entries.
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