Poker as a Game of Skill and Chance Through Leaders and Legends
The essay by Stephen Longstreet argues poker blends chance, skill, and character, noting psychological cues, bluffing, and discipline. It traces histories from legal limits to interstate bets, highlights Texas Dolly Brunson’s 1976 world title, and describes Hold-em rules and the Pro Players Olympics in Las Vegas.
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Talleyrand
Nick
Vegas
Nevada
Adrian Doyle
Texas
Dolly’ Brunson
Binion
Stephen Longstreet
Bobbs-Merrill Company Inc
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Explosion in trailer kills two near Fort Riley
A boy found a live round near a trailer court and it exploded inside a mobile home, killing Kenneth Phillips and his brother Timothy. The blast injured Pamela Phillips, seven months pregnant, and four other relatives from Ohio visiting the family. The incident occurred northwest of Manhattan Kansas. investigators described the round as rocket shaped, 12 to 18 inches long, with the cause undetermined.
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Gene Webb
Pamela Phillips
Eugene
Joyce Phillips
Tonya
Penny
Ohio
Manhattan
Kan
Larry Woodyard
Witnes
Ses
Woodyard
Phillips
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Irwin Army Hospital
Fort Riley
Villagers of Vilcabamba Exagger Ages Says Anthropologist
University of Massachusetts anthropologist Sylvia Forman states Vilcabamba Ecuador residents exaggerate ages. A man claiming 127 was found 92 by baptismal records, another 92-year-old said 103, and a woman swore she was 9% though 81. Oldest found 96. elderly share about average after migration. Forman suspects similar patterns in Hunza and the Caucasus.
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Amherst
Mass
UPI
Vilcabamba
Ecuador
University of Massachusetts
Sylvia Forman
Richard Mazess
Wisconsin
Ms. Forman
Center For
Streator Men Sentenced In Michigan Robbery
Two Streator Illinois men Steven Wargo and Gregg Yoder pleaded guilty to an armed robbery at Northwoods Fish and Chip in Indian River Michigan. They were sentenced to three to ten years by Cheboygan County Judge Phillip Glennie. Robbers used a revolver and a knife. no injuries were reported.
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Cheboygan, Mich
UPI
Illinois
Lower
Michigan
Indian River
Steven Wargo
Gregg Yoder
Streator
Ill
Northwoods Fish & Chip
Sault Ste. Marie
Cheboygan
Phillip Glennie
Survivors Laugh as Workers Recover Bodies in Mountain Crash
At Burgess Mountain north of Chattanooga a rented truck fell off a treacherous road killing four members of a six family religious group and injuring 18 others. The driver Irwin Schmidt 51 of Alamogordo New Mexico faces murder by drunken driving charges. Survivors joked while victims were carried up the mountainside and the group’s leader Peter Thomas 25 claimed the death was foreseen in a dream. The group was traveling to Florida to locate land for a church though some said they were returning from Florida toward Mobile Alabama. The four killed were Mary Schmidt 50 Ryan Kollhopp 1 Jansen Baker 19 and Rose Mary Baker 54.
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Altamont
Alamogordo
N. M
Peter Thomas
Thomas
Grundy County
Florida
Small Creek
Pelham
J.W. Sons
Mary Schmidt
N.M
Ryan Kollhopp
Tucson, Ariz
Jansen Baker
Laluz, N.M
Rose Mary Baker
Laluz
Mitchell to testify on Korean lobbying in Nixon era
Former Attorney General John Mitchell agreed to testify before a House subcommittee about Korean lobbying in Congress during the Nixon years. Investigators seek to learn if rice dealer Tongsun Park and others tried to buy influence and whether the Nixon administration knew, with Mitchell citing limited time due to recovery from February surgery. Mitchell, convicted in Watergate, is serving a reduced 1 to 22 year sentence at Maxwell Air Force Base.
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Washington
UPI
House
John Mitchell
Congress
Mitchell
Tongsun Park
CIA
Nixon
Donald Fraser
D-Minn
Justice and Agriculture Department
Henry Kissinger
Maxwell Air Force Base
Ala
U.S
Fraser
Seoul
Park Chung-hee
Insulation Tips From Artis Gilmore Style Heat Loss Talk
A long, quirky pitch explains heat loss in homes with Artis Gilmore height as a hook. It notes that uninsulated homes lose more heat, especially through the roof, and recommends attic insulation with R-19 value. It promises financing help and urges upgrading ceilings walls and windows to save up to 60 percent on heating bills.
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Artis Gilmore
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