Ann Landers letters column roundup and notable news items
A compilation of reader questions to Ann Landers covers topics from a memory of monkey nuts to marriage expectations. Other items include dancer Natalia Makarova planning marriage in London and a deadly Indian Airlines crash near Madurai with 20 deceased and 11 survivors.
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London
UPI
Natalia Makarova
Leningrad Korov Ballet
United States
Vladimir Radzenko
Miss Makarova
American Theatre Ballet
Russia
Aircrash
New Delhi
Indian Airlines
Trivandrum
Madras
India
Britain
Madurai
The Lighter Side By Dick West on a Quirky Watch
Washington humor column notes a reader's 30 year old watch that only tells time and stops, prompting a comical store clerk to offer a hyperfunctional replacement with many features from multiple dials. The anecdote ends by recalling Gertrude Ederle as an aside.
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Washington
UPI
Bessarabia
Almanac Highlights From Dec 11 1971 History
The almanac notes today is Saturday December 11 1971 the 345th day of the year The morning star Jupiter and evening planets Saturn Venus Mars and Mercury are visible Those born under Sagittarius include Fiorella La Guardia The day recalls Roosevelt not seeking another term 1930 bank closures in New York City abdication of King Edward VIII 1941 US declares war after Pearl Harbor attack and a Gaskell quote on listening and reasoning.
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United Press International
Fiorella la Guardia
New York City
Theodore Roosevelt
Bank of the United States
Britain
Edward VIII
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Congress
Germany
Italy
Christmas Pageant by Hartford training schools
In Hartford Connecticut 140 boys and girls from Mansfield and Southbury training schools will perform four nativity scenes in authentic costumes in the Hall of Flags at the state Capitol Tuesday. The event will be attended by parents lawmakers the governor and others.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
Mansfield
Southbury
State Capitol
Bridge hand lesson on counting spades clubs and diamonds
A detailed six no trump play story shows how to force out clubs then establish a twelfth trick. The narrative traces opening lead, sequence of cashing kings and queens in clubs, then hearts and finally diamonds. It demonstrates deductive play to count unseen cards and set up a successful finesse.
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West Teada
East
Jon
Res Syndicate, Inc
Segins Bentence Thomaston Man Pleads Manslaughter
Harold Hill, 64, of North Lowell, began a seven to eleven year sentence at Thurmaston State Prison after pleading guilty to two counts of manslaughter in the deaths of his wife and mother-in-law.
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Segins Bentence
Thomaston
Maine
UPI
Harold Hill
North Lowell
Thurmaston State Prison
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