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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1961
Page
8
Oswald Jacoby notes another setback as the unlucky expert team fails in a grand slam bid by opponents who secured the contract. An audience member quips that blame lies elsewhere.
An expert explains how a diamond overcall altered the bidding, revealing slam chances for North South. The player notes that passing could have led to six or seven not making, while the overcall prompted South to cue seven diamonds. He also recalls partner held three spades to the queen and how South’s low spade led to winning the queen.
In Randlett Oklahoma farmer C B Ressell trapped thieves by watering his gasoline. The sheriff confiscated a stalled car near the Ressell farm. The car owner admitted guilt.
A Texas Southern Baptist editor urged the 104th Southern Baptist Convention to refuse government benefits and finance all religious work with tithes. E S James called for surrendering leased properties and ending tax funded supports, warning of Catholic church attempts to control state. Delegates from 50 states and foreign nations covered 32,000 churches and 9.7 million members.
The Colorado town of Loveland houses a Valentine Museum where locals mail valentines for a re stamped release using the town's famed romantic postmark. One lacey heart and flowers piece is said to be 141 years old, linking the exhibit to long standing traditions.
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