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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1962
Page
3
Alfred Sheinwold explains how to maintain hand control by drawing exactly two rounds of trumps even if not winning those tricks. The anecdote recalls Harry Fishbein, a New York expert, who, startled by the dummy and limited trump support, ruffed the opening diamond and led a low trump as a strategic campaign to draw two rounds of trumps.
West wins with eight of hearts leading another diamond. Fishbein ruffs and later plays trumps. Dummy’s low trump controls clubs as South risks taking a spade trick. The takeout double is advised, asking partner to bid his longest suit.
Louis Bellson renowned drummer presents his first annual Swingin at the Thunder bird concert Friday in the Thunderbird Theatre Restaurant. The two hour show begins 2 30 am after the midnight South Pacific show with an expanded 18 piece band and guest stars Harry Edison Carl Fontana and The Two Guys. Joe Wells notes no cover charge and invites special guests to attend.
City licenses chief says about 350 of 400 blind news dealers have gone out of business during the strike while 1,100 of 1,500 stands run by disabled veterans are closed or limited to rush hours. In Times Square, vendors report resilience, buying papers from Jersey plants and Philadelphia papers from Penn Station, with some out-of-town papers fetching higher prices.
Pope John XXIII head of the Roman Catholic Church is named Time Magazine Man of the Year for 1962. Time notes he convened the Ecumenical Council and will influence Roman Catholics and Christians worldwide for years to come.
The United States moved a Hungarian question to UN Secretary General U Thant amid past contempt resolutions. Sir Leslie Munro, New Zealand's UN representative for Hungary since 1958, was unable to enter Hungary, complicating hopes for Soviet withdrawal and free elections. Congressmen warn of domestic backlash from antifascist and ethnic blocs.
Bonnie Nobile paintings are on display at the Bank of Nevada in Charleston Plaza, presented by the Las Vegas Art League. Betty Koster’s works are shown in the city attorney's office at the police station, also sponsored by the Las Vegas Art League.
Thieves took six silver forks and four knives from the Stanhope Hotel on Fifth Avenue and later donated them to a charity. The en graved items were returned to general manager John F. Isard by a woman volunteer who said a benefactor gave the pieces to her organization. Isard accepted the return and donated luncheons to the charity.
Washington officials announce new mail rules effective Jan 1 banning extremely small and oddly shaped letters and postcards. Rectangular items meeting size limits remain, with few exceptions for novelty cards or tiny birth announcements. The change aims to speed mechanized processing across 35,000 post offices.
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