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Newspaper

Delaware County Daily Times

Location

Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1980

Page

18

Stupidity dooms contract by Jacoby and Sontag

A bridge hand analysis by Newspaper Enterprise Association shows South misplayed a heart ruff and multiple club ruffs, leading to a collapsed contract. The piece explains how correct play could have yielded six tricks through a cross ruff, but South’s errors—ruffing East’s heart and mishandling trumps—lost the contract.

East South

Origins of Greyhounds and other quick facts

An innkeeper in 1915 inspired Carl Wickman to name his buses Greyhounds with the slogan Ride the Greyhounds. The piece also notes nicknames for Jesse Owens, the term eryzivorous for rice eaters, teeth bleaching by dentists, and curious trivia about toms and queens in cats. It lists casual Q and A style knowledge bits and a statistic ranking death causes.

Greyhounds Carl Wickman

Grass greener myth sparks neighbor lawn dispute

A reader notes the common saying that the grass is greener on the other side. The column contrasts the idea with practical lawns, pointing out that neighbor fertilization can create a greener appearance than one's own yard.

Crossword ACROSS Breckenrid 5 Mesdames (abbr.) 9 Accountan

Breckenridge crossword clues list across and down with a mix of abbreviations, foreign terms, and common words. Entries include Mesdames abr, accountant, eggs French, Irish republic, auxiliary verb, talk wildly, order, press, three, and various short answers.

Breckenrid

Horoscope guidance crops up amid scattered lines

The page presents mixed astrology advice for Gemini Cancer Leo Libra and Scorpio with garbled text about persistence price and a mail offer for Astro-Graph. It mentions birth dates and suggests sending one dollar to a Radio City address and hints at choosing a realistic outlook while avoiding pessimism.

Gemini Ainedd Astro-Graph Radio City N.Y

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