Office Olympics emerge from Chicago office workers
In a Loop hotel 50 contestants joined the inaugural Office Olympics. Ken Abrams won the Paper Airplane Fly with a 20 foot throw that hit his boss three times out of five. Kitty Kingston claimed Waste Paper Basketball by sinking nine of 13. Linda Rutkowski won Speed Swivel Chair Spin with 24 revolutions in 30 seconds. Karen Simonaitis won the Coffee Cup Carry crossing a 25 foot course in six seconds.
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Ken Abrams
Big Brother
Kitty Kingston
Near North Side
Evanston
Meir Sered
Karen Simonaitis
Chicago
Career Academy
Pentagon says drunken driving tops military deaths
The Pentagon told Congress that drunken driving is the leading cause of death in the military. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger ordered a major drive to combat the problem, including a one year vehicle ban on personnel convicted of drunk driving and an intensive public education campaign across all services. It is estimated that about 40 percent of the annual 500 military driving deaths involve alcohol in some way.
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Washington
Pentagon
Congress
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Careful play in a tough bridge hand doubles down
A recent tournament hand shows overcalling and suit establishment risk. South opens with a takeout double, North jumps to four spades, West leads singleton diamonds, East wins ace and cashes queen diamonds, West ruffs declarer's king, and the contract ends down one. Some declarers switch to guarded trumps to avoid ruffs and still fail. The best line combines guarding the diamond king and crossing to hearts to trump, preserving two chances.
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West
East
Declarer
Doubles in Bridge By Charles Goren Offers Guide and Sale
Charles Goren explains how doubles work for penalties and takeouts in bridge. He analyzes scenarios where East returns a diamond after the ace of trumps to avoid extra ruffs and notes declarer's losses across suits except hearts. For a copy of his DOUBLES booklet, mail $1.85 to Goren Doubles at the newspaper box in Norwood New Jersey.
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Charles Goren
Goren
P.O. Box
Norwood
N.J
Elephant stalls on waterbed in Lansing commercial
In Lansing a 2,200 pound baby elephant named Ina rented from a touring circus for a Sleep Shop waterbed commercial could not stand up on the bed. The animal’s noises excited other elephants while the staff watched.
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Lansing
Mich
Ina
Jim Levitt
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Shaw's Jewlery
Permian Mall
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America
Anthony
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