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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1958
Page
5
A compact crossword style listing many clues for flower names and related terms. The puzzle includes entries for botanical names, parts of speech, and general terms such as adornment and structure, with several botanical hints woven through.
In Fayetteville North Carolina a home appliance store staged a contest to crown the talkiest woman. Seven contestants began on June 2 and each extended the record of nonstop talk. Mrs Frank Williams won $1000 in first prizes with a 38 hour 41 minute 50 second monologue.
Detroit restaurant owner Martin Eichelbaum received 125000 books of matches instead of 10000. He says the mistake was his and demands payment for the extra shipment. Eichelbaum claims a 25 year supply of book matches.
In a Jacoby on bridge problem with four players South opens 2NT North passes East bids 3NT then passes. The final contract is 3NT with all four players passing around and the opening lead being the king.
The article advises declarer play in three no trump to secure four diamond tricks while keeping West off lead. Lead jack of diamonds from hand and let it ride, planning to avoid giving away the lead to West. If West holds Q-10 small the plan fails. otherwise it succeeds and four diamonds are won. If the queen covers the jack, dummy’s ace takes the lead and five diamond tricks are not reached.
The Rose Bowl football classic was staged in the east on January 1, 1942, at Duke Stadium in Durham. The game marked a wartime era East Coast clash with teams from regional leagues competing in a landmark January showdown.
Gov. Averell Harriman labeled Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus a quisling during a New York ceremony honoring the nine Negro students enrolled at Central High. Harriman charged Faubus with failing to defend the public interest as National Guardsmen blocked entry. Ernest Green spoke for the group, thanking supporters while Mimi Jean Brown arrived from Central Asia and was greeted at LaGuardia. The nine will be guests of Mayor Wagner at City Hall.
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