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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1963
Page
8
The column uses a bridge problem to explore psychological bias, portraying South player Erik Paulsen as he navigates a trick filled hand. It notes East the female player’s counterplay with the king of spades and the implications of trump control and ruffing.
The article explains a bridge bidding sequence where partner opens spades and the responder should bid four spades with a hand of around nine points or more and four or more trumps. It notes four spades signals a side singleton and limited strength, guiding whether to raise. The piece references Sheinwold’s bridge guide and a mail offer from the Las Vegas Sun for the book.
Washington legislators led by Rep John Moss propose repealing the 1862 Coolie Trade Laws aimed at forbidding Orientals as servants or apprentices. Sen Clair Engle and Reps John McFall James C. Corman and Spark Matsunaga joined the effort, criticizing the archaic statute as unnecessary and disparaging.
James B. Donovan, the New York attorney linked to the Bay of Pigs release, will receive an honorary degree July 27 from Bryant College. He is among five candidates at the centennial commencement in Providence Rhode Island.
Dr. S. Dillon Ripley of Yale University will become the eighth secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. The Peabody Museum of Natural History director will take over duties at the start of next year after the Board of Regents announced the appointment.
Diplomatic sources in London say Moscow negotiations could lead to a three power summit on East West tensions if a nuclear test ban is signed. President Kennedy prefers no top level meeting now, while Prime Minister Macmillan pushes for one if talks are favorable. De Gaulle likely to oppose summits.
The Douglas Aircraft Co and National Geographic Society lead a joint mission with 11 agencies to observe the total solar eclipse from a chase plane. Astronaut M Scott Carpenter will be aboard with NASA astronomer Jocelyn R Gill to note scientific details for future space missions. Observers will track the eclipse from Northern Japan to the Maine coast.
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