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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1955
Page
13
A garbled note proposes altering multiple dates from March 21 to April 21 and May 21 to June 22, claiming a hidden solar message via a secret formula. It lists sequences like Aug 22 and Nov 22 and hints at a coded number pattern to select circles.
Imogene Coca’s writers Jacoby and Rosen recount moving from Stripty-Second Street to 260 West 57th Street. They joke about a banjo and a piano in the sparse office while noting plans for Broadway and TV projects, including Pleasure Dome and other properties. The piece links CBS Project X and Eddie Fisher NBC deal, with quips about the Barbizon Hotel and shifting offices.
A humorous column notes a witty haircut label the junior executive trim and jokes about lipstick stains removable with butter. It mentions a dean injured in a campus panty raid and a Bronze key in a Phi Beta Kappa. Five New York doctors face charges over Salk shots for adults and a clinic sign paraphrase hints at “No service to majors.”
A burst of entertainment items covers actors, TV series prep by Gertrude Berg, Wiceca Lindfors scenic work for James Cagney’s Western Run for Cover, Marion Marlowe recovering from ptomaine, and Magda Gabor made a colonel in the Army Reserves. Also mentions Earl’s Pearls & hangover quip, PeeWee Marquette, Jay C Flippen, Phil Wasserman, and a GM connection peddling a 1935 car in one color.
Oswald Jacoby opens with a club lead in his hand to test a trump finesse. He wins the first trick with the heart shortage, then discovers East refused the first trump, forcing declarer to find a path to his hand to ruff two low spades.
The bridge discussion analyzes a declarer's optimal line of play to secure a contract amid spade and trump tensions. A second article questions whether attractive working girls hinder office productivity, suggesting a drastic uniform policy to curb gaze time and boost efficiency.
If a little lemon juice is needed, cut the end of the fruit and squeeze out the desired amount. The remainder stores better this way. The fragrance of a floager comes from within the plant and stems from a volatile oil it produces.
This excerpt presents answers from Albert Edward Wiggam addressing love versus infatuation, the impact of a dominating female boss on women under her, and the effects of spanking on children. It cites psychologist H. D. Haygood noting spanking in anger can foster fear or hatred, while calm discipline may be less harmful.
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