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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1951
Page
9
In a duplicate bridge hand South defeats two hearts contract despite West defenses. West opens diamond king then shifts to a trump. South wins five tricks after a sequence of ruffs and leads, keeping three high trumps. Dialogues follow on opening leads and optimal play while South secures the contract.
A saying on measuring a man by his vanity emerges as Silas, having saved eight thousand, begins decrying the lower class. The remark suggests a shift from thrift to social critique shaped by wealth.
A reader asks how the average American soldier views a proposed Korea cease fire. The piece notes troops want clear objectives and pride in their fight. It recalls initial shocks, the defense against Chinese forces, and growing belief that stopping aggression and supporting a free Korea justified the long war.
A bridegroom traditionally pays the clergyman’s fee while the bride’s parents cover church decorations and organist and sexton fees. Other questions cover presidential income comparisons, Thomas Jefferson and finger bowls, the word amen, daily perspiration, and sloth habits in the wild.
A former partner reports Hazel, a Pennsylvania based executive assistant, ended her marriage to the secretary and wed the company vice president. Speculation arises that she aims for further promotion to lead the firm.
This article from the Long Beach branch of the Los Angeles County Medical Association notes major advances in medicine over the past decades. It highlights blood banks, ready blood transfusions, anesthetists guiding blood use, and antibiotics reducing infection risks, concluding that fears of surgery are largely unjustified and that progress is a public victory.
Prominent voices discuss how automation challenges human worth and calls for a reevaluation of leisure. Prof Norbert Wiener cites changing life in the machine age while Dr Raymond B Allen links the crisis to gaps in food, shelter, health, education, and work opportunities.
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