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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1963
Page
5
Bridge advice column discusses over-ruff situations in a hand where West signals, East over-ruffs, and declarer must choose whether to ruff. South wins with careful discards and later ruffs, while over-ruff dynamics determine the outcome and lesson. Includes a Daily Question and a bid example for weak-hand support.
At a University of California conference, Dr Arthur Coons of Occidental College and Dr Roy Simpson, former State Superintendent, condemned demagogues and book banners as harmful to higher education. They urged communities to support colleges, warn of loyalty oath fallout, and criticized right wingers banning authors like Jack London Edgar Allan Poe and Carl Sandburg.
Lucile Spire Bruner’s paintings are exhibited in the Bank of Nevada on the Strip under the Las Vegas Art League sponsorship. Joe Mast’s works are on display in the governor and lieutenant governor’s offices at the State Building. Aileen O Neill and Laura Hrudicka showings are at Jostre's Model Agency 2315 Las Vegas Blvd South.
Mexico faces about 1 million alcoholics among 37 million people. Jesus Noriega of the Center for Rehabilitation of Mexican Alcoholics says alcoholism is a serious economic detriment, noting 20 million pesos ($1.6 million) lost daily based on a 20 peso per day earning estimate.
Compact label entry notes Straight Bourbon Whisky 86 Proof dated 1963 from Old Charter Distilling Company Louisville Kentucky. Returns a historic liquor product listing with producer location and proof.
Thirty-one Rancho High School girls compete for varsity cheerleader spots. Phyllis Baker to Shirley Young are named among participants. Ten girls will be chosen by faculty in late April, then ten will face the student body a week later with four to be elected as varsity cheerleaders.
Over the last decade take-home pay has surged by about 30 percent while food prices grew roughly six percent, indicating growing real income despite inflation in food.
The article notes life expectancy in the United States has climbed from 47 years in 1900 to 70 years in the present, reflecting significant public health and medical advances over the period.
Las Vegas congregations announce a three day program at Riverside County Fairgrounds Hemet California from April 5 to 7. Theme Right Kind of Minister aims to strengthen spiritual morale and practical Bible use with about 200 local witnesses attending. J P Sutherland district supervisor will deliver Sunday talk Who Will Win the Struggle for Supremacy.
U S Sen Wayne Morse says President Kennedy will act quickly and legally if renewed threats from Castro and Khrushchev endanger U S security and world peace. Morse, in Mexico City, backs Kennedy’s Cuba policies as within international law and argues a blockade would be legal if a new threat emerges.
African elephants spend about two thirds of each day feeding, totaling around 16 hours. Their menu includes foliage, grasses, canes, fruits, and bark, with daily patterns influenced by season and habitat.
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