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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1955
Page
5
The garbled OCR presents a mix of card play description and a dense cryptic style clue list, weaving a bridge hand note with seven of trumps the five of diamonds and unrelated word puzzle entries, including references to West dummy trick fulfillment and Soviet geography style hints.
Notes on a bridge hand with North RKJ73 and South ABSE. East and West hold WEBS and HE Q1084. The sequence illustrates defense and bidding concepts, highlighting how to plan plays from the given crib.
John McGervey and Paul Thomas form one of the country’s strongest bridge partnerships with Thomas delivering standout overcalls and precise finesses. The article details a tense hand where strategic plays and multiple finesses influenced the outcome, highlighting their skill and teamwork. A separate brief reports a masked gunman obtaining $250 from a refrigerator at the Cotton Club cafe in Pittsburgh.
Four election judges in Baltimore’s 4th District Precinct 23 were fired for voting fraud charges tied to the November election. The Board of Elections announced the dismissal after the judges declined to attend a hearing. two Republicans and two Democrats were named among the four. The investigation also involves two other precincts and is now with the grand jury.
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