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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1975
Page
13
In a West East 108 bid, South should have sent a scout. After ruffing the second diamond South can win by leading a club to dummy, deducing East holds key cards, and then drawing trumps. The Daily Question discusses Stayman over 1NT and choosing the right contract.
A World War I era PBY Catalina crash at Harlingen International Airport kills three of five aboard and injures one. Richard Disney of Harlingen, a CAF founder and veteran pilot with 4200 hours, is among the dead. Brother Van Skyles survives and helps pull a burn victim from the wreck.
Officials and local dignitaries face playful pie tosses at the State Fair to raise funds for the Southern Nevada Drug Abuse Council. The event runs Wednesday through Sunday with 50 plus volunteers. caps and bibs provided.
At Idlewild Park Reno a rock concert erupted into fighting with a police horse struck by a man armed with a chain. About 30 to 40 people suffered minor injuries and six were arrested as officers dispersed the crowd with club discipline. Police blamed drunkenness and bottle throwing.
Curt Berklund of the Bureau of Land Management urged Congress to modify the Wild Horse Annie Act to permit easier roundups and sale of wild horses and burros. He supported using helicopters for roundups and a shift from custodial to sale arrangements, citing 24,000 national horses and 6,928 in Oregon, with 4,000 new foals annually.
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