Bridge match illustrates rain and bids in 1971 game
The U S Brazil 1971 bridge match features two tables with divergent plays. West leads diamonds, declarers use trumps and finessing to reach four spades for 620, while at the other table North-South reach six diamonds and five clubs for 420 points. A heart continuation could have altered the result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.s.-Brazil
Brazil
West
Uffed
East
U.S
North
South
Declarer
Light Touch at Railroad Crossing and Diet Quips
A humorous fragment lists a near miss at a railroad crossing followed by wry maxims on dieting and romance. Observations note the friend stopping to listen, a car crash impact, and quips about bachelors, beards, and chins.
Hastings Develops System for Shared Telephone Wires
Reuben C M Hastings born 1867 in Hebarsville Ohio and educated at Ohio University devised a method allowing multiple telephone conversations to share the same wires without interference, enabling clearer calls.
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Reuben C.M. Hastings
Hebarsville
Athens County
Ohio
Ohio University
Burgener Plans Parachute Jump From Navy Aircraft
53 year old Congressman Colt Clair Burgener of California announces his first parachute jump over El Centro while aboard a Navy multi engine craft used at the National Parachute Test Range. He recalls nearly jumping in World War II but the mission ended before he could jump.
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EL Centro
Calif
Colt Clair W. Burgener
Rcalif
Air Force
Navy
Burgener
Christmas Lights Brighten Homes Beyond Christmas
Dear readers share clever uses for holiday lights in everyday spaces. A tipster describes taping small decorative lights along a ceiling to create ambient mood, noting it lasts beyond Christmas and aids makeup in a dim bathroom. Others suggest towel curtains, carpet under a dog’s bowl, and refilling toilet tank dispensers with bleach for cost savings.
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Ken
Jerry
Heloise
Mary Anderson
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