Jacoby on Bridge Use Of Point Count Bids
Oswald Jacoby explains point-count bidding to bridge players. South opens with 16 points, North supports for game, and the hand analysis shows how East West defense can defeat or save the contract. Jacoby offers a new POINT COUNT BIDDING booklet for 25 cents.
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South
North
East
Declarer
West
Net
Jacoby
Oswald Jacoby
High Point Enterprise
P. O
Midtown Sta
New York
N. Y
Major issues loom as General Assembly nears opening
As the General Assembly nears, state wide liquor sale votes and a soldier bonus bond issue loom as hotly debated topics. Highway, school, court, licensing board, municipal, election, taxation, and welfare proposals promise protracted hearings and fierce fights with no quick end in sight.
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General Assembly
Highway Commission
Umstead
United States Supreme Court
Tribuna
Trade Regulatory Boards
League of Municipalities
State Board of Elections
Ecess
Family Keeps Christmas Tree for Dead Marine Son
In Albuquerque the Lopez family preserves a 1950 Christmas tree for Cpl. Richard Lopez, a Marine killed July 15 1951 in Kobe Japan after prayers and delays during the Korean War. The ornamented tree remains a memorial as the family hopes for one more Christmas with him.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Cpl
Richard Lopez
Salvador Lopez
God
Richard
Chosin
Lopez
Washington
Kobe
Japan
Soldier Speaks Eleven Languages Fluently at Induction
At Fort Jackson South Carolina rookie Barry M Farber shows language tests proving fluency in Russian German Chinese Serbo-Croatian Swedish Italian Spanish Norwegian French and Danish and basic ability in Dutch Yiddish and Indonesian Malayan while lamenting a failing Latin grade. Farber, a former newspaper feature writer, notes the odd mismatch between his Latin and other languages.
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Fort Jackson
S. C
Barry M. Farber
Army Induction Center
Farber
Briton Pleads For Return Of Poltergeist Jooker
In Runcorn Lancashire 17 year old John Glyn asks his pet poltergeist named Jooker or Brutus to return to his grave and stop eerie pranks drawing crowds. Local residents clergy and councillors report noises rockings and unexplained phenomena around the Byron Street house triggering police and partygoers reactions.
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London
John Glyn
Jooker
Byron St
Runcorn
Lancashire
John
Jocker
Brutus
Lucy Jones
Christmas Time Sees Peak Ring Buying for Men and Women
New York report notes December is the heaviest season for engagement rings with June and May close behind. Engravers at J. R. Wood and Sons observe growing demand for matching sets as brides increasingly gift rings to men and couples seal vows with bands on the left hand. World War II and Korea era trends boosted mens rings to 90 percent of wedding ring sales.
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New York
Charlie Carlen
J. R. Wood and Sons, Inc
W. Waters Schwab
The
Wood Company
Eisenhower Becomes President-elect In Name Only
Washington report notes Dwight D. Eisenhower is not official President-elect until January 6 when Congress counts electoral ballots. Electors met nationwide and are expected to cast 442 for Eisenhower and 89 for Adlai Stevenson, with formal outcome pending joint session.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Congress
U. S
New York Sets Safety Oversight for Flying Trapeze
The state Department of Labor will oversee safety of trapeze artists and daredevils under a new regulation, ensuring a safety operator oversees every trapeze act and performer.
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New York
State Department of Labor
Vegetable Dinner Puzzle Clues Tie Into Sunbury Contest
Sunbury officials ban false aids in the coronation beauty queen contest next June. The rule aims to prevent entrants from misleading judges as city plans the pageant. In Lincoln, Nebria a pheasant hunter viewed his reflection in a downtown shoe store window during peak season.
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Sunbury
England
Sunburys
Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska
G. J. Kontras
Silver fox pelts fetch 12 dollars in Canada auction
Vancouver report says silver fox pelts, once selling for 3500 dollars, now bring 12 dollars at a Western Canada auction. The decline highlights changing fur markets and regional trading shifts observed Friday.
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Vancouver
B. C
New Brattleboro Hotel Aims for 20000 Guests
West Brattleboro Vermont officials announce a four story hotel planned to hold up to 20 000 occupants with a controversial entry rule that only chickens may enter.
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West Brattleboro, Vt
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Capital Square
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Peter Francis
Ike
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High Point
N. C
Enterprise
Syria
Silver Fox
W. Washington St
RY Or
America
Yeon the
Toledo
Ohio
Sloop Auto Sales & Service
W. Broad St
High Point, N. C
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