Year-end Bridge Hands Highlight in Rubber Game
Oswald and Jim discuss a notable rubber bridge hand from a free swinging game. West opened the ace of clubs and the defense couldn’t collect another trick, while North and South reached a total score tally of 2130 points including 750 slam points, 700 for the two game rubber, 50 for making the contract, 460 below the line, and 150 for the honors. The remark notes how different opening leads might have altered the outcome.
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Oswald
Jim
West
North
South
Debating a bridge hand at Cavendish Club clash
The New York Cavendish Club hosted a controversial bridge hand. West, a renowned expert, argued halting to thin would have led a low club. East doubling or not changing bids could have altered the slam and spade play, altering Souths route to five diamonds.
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West
South
Jim
New York
Cavendish
Oswald
Bridge bidding puzzle prompts cautious slam pursuit
In a bridge scenario the auction runs 1C Pass 1NT Pass 2C Pass 3D Pass 3S Pass ?. South holds K16592 4A Q1065 K43. Choose A-Bid four clubs to probe for a slam but slow. Today’s question asks what to do after partner continues to four spades, with tomorrow’s answer.
Breaking a Nose Picking Habit and Horoscope Teletype
Dear Dr Lamb explains nose picking as a nervous habit and dry nose issue with home care tips. It discusses nasal breathing, potential surgical options for narrow passages, and includes readers questions and astrological daily signs.
December 26, 1973 Horoscope Cautions Political Involvement
The column urges careful year end planning and sticking to plans while noting unexpected advantages. It cautions against political involvement as Kuwait's proven crude oil reserves exceed 10 billion tons, about 15 percent of global supply.
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Kuwait
Television Logs Reflect Festive Holiday Lineup
The page lists a dense TV schedule with half hour and hour blocks featuring programs from 6:00 to 12:00 including The Messiah Christ Is Christmas With Oral Roberts Gunsmoke The Bells of St Marys The Christmas Eve Service and Midnight Mass among others, plus choir and church programming at Pulaski Heights Methodist Church and El Dorado Christmas specials.
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Beverly Hillbillies
Buck Owens
Oral Roberts
Centenary College Choir
St. Mary’s
Lucy
Dick van Dyke
Henderson State College
el Dorado
Pulaski Heights Methodist Church
HR. Pufestuaf
Tommorrow
NBC News
Evening TV Schedule and Jazz History Booklet Notice
TV listings show shows across networks with talks, cartoons, soap operas, and concerts from 6:30 to midnight. A New York Jazz Museum booklet, The Jazz Story, outlines jazz history and lists Billie Holiday Remembered as earlier release, available free with donation or 25 cents by mail.
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Jazz Museum
Just
Dan Morgenstern
Billie Holiday
Television Schedule Fragment from Arkansas Station
A chaotic wall of TV listings shows program names, times, and ratings across a full day. Notable items include Joker's Wild, Sesame Street, Jeopardy, All My Children, Days Of Our Lives, Star Trek, The Littlest Hobo, Hogan's Heroes, The Daughters of Joshua Cabe, Banacek, Kojak, The Untouchables, and Johnny Carson.
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Beverly Hillbillies
Wild Kingdom
Maude
Bill Moyers’ Journal
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Banacek
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Arkansas
Continuin
Owen Marshall
Christmas Hand Stars South’s Double Trick on Clubs
A peculiar Christmas bridge hand where South salvages a two club trick while West gains two tricks but East loses three. South overrules on clubs, then ruffs and discards to force a claim, with South in control after drawing trumps and cashing diamonds. West is left with the two club tricks as the narrative notes the peculiar generosity.
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West
East
Dummy
Four Card Message on a Bridge Problem
A bridge bidding puzzle asks how to proceed after bidding sequence: you open six diamonds for a small slam, then consider five hearts to show second round heart control. You bid five hearts, partner responds five no trump, and you must decide the next move.
Daily Horoscope Snippets Highlight Personal Guidance
Bernice Beder presents today’s advice focusing on harmony in key relationships, generosity, and prudent financial stance. The reader is urged to act with initiative, value loyal friends, and share time with meaningful companions to strengthen social ties.
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Scorpio
Sagittarius
Capricorn
Aquarius
Pisces
Diverse gains ahead for money and interests in 1973
December 25 1973 forecast says your interests will diversify this year with gains in several important areas. Money matters look promising as the year unfolds.
Trailer fire fatality in Scott Arkansas
George W. Henson, 58, of Scott died in a house trailer fire Sunday. His wife and son stayed with a neighbor after arguing Saturday night. Firefighters found no rescue possible. cause undetermined. Autopsy pending at University Hospital Little Rock.
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Henson
University Hospital
Little Rock
Bumpers laments Congress adjournment on energy bill
Gov. Dale Bumpers expressed disappointment that Congress adjourned with no emergency energy legislation. He noted the proposal would have allowed the president to ration gasoline and suspend environmental standards if needed, while acknowledging lawmakers' reservations and the bill’s timing. He questioned whether the president should have such power.
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Charleston
Ark
Dale Bumpers
Congress
Nixon
Uncreamed cottage cheese and fish fat facts
Dear readers discuss uncreamed cottage cheese as low fat option and washing creamed curds to use it. They compare fat content in various fish, naming rain bow trout, lake trout, brook trout, cod, haddock, halibut, snapper, pompano, salmon, catfish, flounder, sole, and shellfish like shrimp and oysters. Guidance on cholesterol and dipping ideas concludes with a postal inquiry for Dr Lamb's booklet.
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DR. Lamb
U.S. Department of
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