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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1956
Page
17
A clipped horoscope page outlines zodiac signs with date ranges and terse advice. Taurus favors mutual prospects with friends while Gemini notes cash and savings. Cancer focuses on relationships and perseverance. Libra eyes earnings and credit. Scorpio stresses respectful attitude. Sagittarius hints at creativity. Capricorn urges honesty as the best policy and long term payoff.
In downtown Las Vegas a gambler amasses thirty thousand dollars by dawn while the Strip glitz remains distant. The story recalls a penny ante start at fifteen cents and a shift to blackjack as he stays ahead, watched by nervous casino management.
A cheeky column urges readers to slow down and avoid chasing trends, noting in a folksy tone that within a few years they may revert to familiar routines and rhythms. The quip hints at generational shifts and caution about costly pursuits.
A columnists collection of odd quotes and trivia about marriage, professions, and social mores. Notable items include statistics on young men marrying rates, Joe Louis KO records, a canine menu at Hotel Roosevelt, Gale Gordon’s birth, and playful quips on weekdays, hay fever, and wealth obsessions.
Fragmented remarks touch on attire under kilts amid an incident, then pivot to political commentary. Leonard Hall comments on Stevenson Kefauver and Truman, while mentions of Ike, Dick, and GOP leadership appear with incomplete phrases.
The piece discusses finance's role in marriage stability, citing Dr. Paul Popence and the American Institute of Family Relations. It notes income level rarely predicts happiness, with agreement on finances key. It also cites retirement views, a desire to work, and a mirth-response test from Yale researchers as indicators of psychological adjustment.
East with the lead and bold continuations navigates a tricky spade and club sequence. The Italian expert Giovine returns eight of clubs, aiding South who then executes two trump rounds and a cautious club finesse. Despite a missed queen of spades, the defense yields to careful play and favorable finesses for Giovine.
The preserved lines indicate a discussion about laughter in a study of the humors and mental states. The list notes mental patients and many ordinary people laughing, attributed to a loss of self-control, triggering fear about the underlying causes.
In a bridge hand the declarer misfired on a heart finesse after an earlier trump and club play. The defenders captured the queen of spades and ace of diamonds, and the heart finesse failed, defeating the contract.
The article notes French Guiana as the only French possession on the mainland of North or South America and its status as the oldest colonial outpost. It references 163 Texans who fought at the Alamo under the command of Lt. Col. William Barrett Travis.
The hippopotamus of the upper Nile, long seen as harmless, can launch an attack without warning. Researchers warn of the animal’s dangerous potential in river regions where humans and hippos share water sources.
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