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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1955
Page
6
Crossword style item with scattered fragments. clues appear garbled and incomplete across numbers 1 4 6 12 14 15 16 18 20 21 22 24 26 27 32 35 36 39 40 41 42 44 45 47 49 52 54 55 56 and 87. seems to be a mixed list of definitions and partial words lacking clear grid.
Odd listings include ratfishes and a funeral notice alongside references to a Turkish governor, a fairy king, a mechanical man, and a Scottish county line. G. Hunter Bowers Jr and wife are named in relation to Sadie FE McGregor and husband in a county context.
The State Roads Commission offered 1.541 million dollars of bonds at 2.50 percent to finance road construction by seven Maryland counties Baltimore Frederick Garrett Washington Montgomery Calvert and St. Marys. A New York syndicate led by Union Securities Corp underwrote the issue. Proceeds go to counties, repaid from redistributed highway revenues. This marks the second year of the program begun by the 1953 General Assembly as part of a 68.6 million dollar highways overhaul.
Bridge column notes a defensive misstep as an opponent doubles at the right suit. The scattered contract setup shows North South and West East positions with weak signals and unclear distribution. The article analyzes how the foe leveraged the right suit in defense.
Oswald Jacoby explains that an open two bid by East can signal a strong suit yet not justify opening. South passes, West passes, and North must act with a very powerful hand, as the deal suggests a game is unlikely and bidding gains are limited.
In a hand starting with a takeout double, North ventures three spades after South’s three diamonds. South misreads North’s spade potential and passes, while West’s annoyance double fuels South’s unmakable contract yet yields a handsome score for South. West could have profited by passing.
Court News lists several divorce filings including Quay Elwood Phillips versus Betty L Phillips and Helen B Hooper versus Marshall E Hooper, all with absolute divorce requests. Marriage licenses issued include Robert C Warner age 21 and Mary Ann Doody age 18, both of Frederick. Additional notices reference property transfers and trust-related proceedings in multiple counties, with names Guy E Kelly and wife, Evelyn AL Stone, and Stanley A Michael with Western Maryland Trust Company as trustees.
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