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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1957
Page
3
Oswald Jacoby notes a problem when South overvalues a four four fit and East pauses with three hearts. West ignores the slight chance, starts spades, and the defense follows with the ace of spades and a heart ruff to cripple South. South loses as West capitalizes on the overcautious bidding.
The excerpt describes a bridge play where a player led a low diamond to his ace, returned a diamond to dummy’s king, and led the queen of diamonds, entrapping East who misread the hand and failed to see the usefulness of three trumps.
In a contentious bridge hand South tried a fast discard and East ruffed in the eight spot. South over-ruffed with the jack and played the ace, then another trump. He deduced the king's location from West's opening. West returned a third spade but East had wasted the crucial trump.
In Illinois the House Judiciary Committee blocked progress on a right to work bill by moving it to subcommittee after a rushed hearing. Rep George Ava accused unfair treatment as opposition and supporters debated limits while spectators filled the chamber.
Reports from Helsinki Taipei Hong Kong Baghdad Tokyo and Paris coveriate moves and incidents. Highlights include Soviet leaders Bulgarin and Khrushchev meeting in Finland with a Lenin locomotive gift. Chinese Nationalist withdrawal from Taipei amid anti American demonstrations. a fatal senatorial speech in Baghdad. a Japanese bazooka injury during target practice. the Ogochi Dam gates opening in Tokyo. Bourges Maunoury courting support in Paris. a note on the equator marker in Ecuador and a claim that women increasingly handle airport tower microphones for clearer broadcasts.
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