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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1966
Page
7
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In this 1966 bridge column, West misreads the hand after a four heart opening. The lack of communication between defenders allows South to salvage a heart ruff and avoid defeat in five spades. The article explains signaling judgments and how East could have inferred the diamond lead despite miscommunication.
In Gardner Massachusetts some tree merchants argue that Christmas trees are firewood and thus exempt from the state 3 percent sales tax that took effect April 1. The AP report notes local merchants asserting the trees’ primary use is fuel rather than ornament.
Florence D a Sunday School superintendent advocates keeping Santa in church Christmas rites, arguing Santa embodies God Almighty and boosts attendance. The column recalls a decline after moving Santa downstairs, urging parents to recognize Santa as a teaching tool and to guard against removing him from the program.
Pope Paul VI announced a synod of bishops to advise on church governance. The council will meet in Rome starting September 29 and run to October 24, with possible extension. Bishops from national conferences will join as consultative figures to aid the Pontiff.
A DC7C plane delivered Christmas gifts and mail to 117 children and 32 men in LongYear City Spitsbergen after a difficult landing in winter darkness. About 969 people winter there in a mining area on the Barents Sea island.
Washington AP reports the Agency for International Development announced a $100 million Alliance for Progress loan to the Dominican Republic for economic and social development. The funds will finance school construction, agricultural centers, irrigation, health clinics, water and sewerage, and road work. It aims to create 30,000 jobs, with a 1 percent interest and no principal for 10 years, then repayment over 30 years at 2 percent plus.
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