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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1953
Page
11
The excerpt presents three Q and A items. It notes Hollywood myths about love and marriage, a Hawaiian interpretation of a saying meaning live and help live, and a Mars life assessment claiming no breathable conditions or life. It closes with a romantic note and unhappy ending.
Column highlights celebrity hobbies with Ben Hecht and Zeppo Marx vying for a rare English HO set, a store takeover by Zeppo, and a tale of Ben Hecht’s trickery. Also recalls Ray Milland wandering with a P 51 while waiting on a film shoot.
Birmingham correspondent weighs a bridge hand where West leads five of spades and declarer must choose. South plays dummy's jack, East covers with king spades, South wins ace, then finesses nine of diamonds. West breaks with king of diamonds and spades run. claim of correct play is disputed. Percentage play favors a low spade.
A bridge analysis discusses guarding against West holding five spades and South needing to counter with the dummy’s jack. It weighs cases for dummy spade play versus leading low spade and concludes playing a low spade from dummy at trick one yields better odds in most layouts.
A cockpit drama unfolds over the Pacific when air controls sour, forcing circling above San Diego. The crew contemplates fuel loss and possible bailout, but the director credits Mil lard for keeping the parachute from failing, noting it was a two-prop design.
Florence Chadwick, famed for crossing English and other European channels, retires at 33 after a career spanning the English Channel to Gibraltar Straits and the Dardanelles. She slimmed from 156 to 144 pounds, credits endurance over strength, and plans to be remembered as an athlete rather than a stunt artist.
A Chicago company unveils the Sterling $200 a Month Plan a life and health insurance offer promising $200 monthly benefits during illness injury for life plus 25 to 50 months of posthumous payments to families. It covers doctor bills up to $500 yearly and hospital home nursing care with no starting fees and optional $5000 or $10,000 death lump sums. Apply by mailing a postcard to Sterling Insurance Company Los Angeles.
Quotes on a second labor renaissance and a stronger role for labor in policy, plus calls to overhaul excise taxes and tax reform. Included are partisan shots on the administration's failure to balance the budget and reduce debt, with remarks attributed to John LZ Lewis Tigot and Sen Wayne Morse.
The aquatics star saved for $5000 toward a first of three English Channel crossings. Sponsored by E. W. Stewart, a swimsuit maker, she has earned a solid income the past two years though not wealthy. She aims for another channel swim and a home video sports program. She averages 18 miles weekly over 27 years, totaling 25,272 miles. She swims daily before breakfast and notes romance is scarce due to water time, preferring the water to think clearly. Wolves ashore are noted as more troublesome than sharks at sea.
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