Money Monitor fights phony bills across the nation
The piece details the Money Monitor device by Federal Detection Systems, its bluish white glow on fake notes, and how Treasury and Secret Service collaborate with former GIs Wilbert Hirsch and George Hoch. It notes examples of counterfeit seizures across major cities and a cautionary anecdote about a real wallet mix up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbert Hirsch
George Hoch
Europe
Hirsch
U.S
Treasure Dept
Secret Service
Gis
Federal Detection Systems, Inc
Franklin Simon
Loews
Paradise Island
Bank of Tokyo
New York
Deception in Bridge Hands and a Key Queen Play
A bridge analysis discusses false card plays, including automatic discards and the queen as a crucial element. It explains how South can exploit West's possible holdings, noting the uncertainty of who has the ten and how a different discard could ease or end the contract.
Bid to three clubs after partner rebid in bridge
In a bridge hand from a newspaper column a sequence shows East with king of hearts covering dummy, West overtakes with jack, South wins, leads diamonds, and later spades. The puzzle asks: with partner rebidding to three clubs, what is the correct bid now. The column invites sending $1 for the JACOBY MODERN book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
South
East
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Declarer
Jacoby
Bridge
P.O
Radio City
New York
N.Y
Timely touch fits antique scheme with a weathervane clock
A Barwick Die battery movement clock from Howard Miller illustrated by interior designer Virginia Frankel creates a warm hospitality mood in a small shelf area. Marble shelf and brick wall texture contrast with straw bread baskets glass eye from an antique sign a sculpted hand breadboard a picture frame mirror and an antique breadbox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barwick Die
Howard Miller
Virginia Frankel
What’s cookin’ again and again in midwinter kitchens
The piece humorously notes midwinter meal fatigue as families cycle through winter favorites. It laments repeated chicken, salmon, and fruitcake dishes and envies summer fruit, imagining a world without gas-risen tomatoes, while peppering the text with playful contrasts and domestic wishes.
Your Birthday by Stella 13 Born Today Aquarius to Capricorn
Read the birthday forecast for February 14 1973 noting the Aquarius through Capricorn signs. Each brief paragraph links a zodiac period to daily guidance on work gains independence and focus with hints of personal success and education opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aquarius
Pisces
Aries
Taurus
Gemini
Leo
Virgo
LIBRA
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Capricorn
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
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Money Monitor
NEA
Ben Jonson
Old Ben
Treasury
United States
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Palm Springs
Newark
N.J
Jersey
McCoy
AIS
By Oswald
James Jacoby
Sensea
Betty Canary
Diet Watchers
Grange Hall
First Presbyterian Church
Berkeley Drive
Stella
Zody By
Marv Myers
Pg&e
PGE
Osprey
Baldwin Music
H’ St. Lompoc
Piseest
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