Two Fridays Daydream to Reform the Calendar
Opinion piece argues for calendar reform including a 14 month year with 25 day months and a second Friday. It imagines two Sundays or Saturdays and a four day work week, but primarily centers on replacing Monday with an extra Friday and boosting happiness, taxes, and government style. The piece notes Monday’s unpopularity and envisions a transformed week. It ends with a brief note: Venezuelan Petroleum exports two million barrels daily, second to the U.S. in oil tapped.
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New York
Venezuela
United States
Oswald Jacoby West Outsmarts Himself
The article describes a bridge hand where Oswald Jacoby misreads or misleads himself during the bidding. East passes after North’s opening, then South plays a diamond, leading to a go-trump. At other tables East bids hearts, North becomes declarer in spades and makes three odd, while against the normal club opening South can only make a limited contract.
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East
North
South
NBC
Teddy Thurman
Ising
Jack Paar
Henry Fonda
McGuire Sisters
the Waldorf
Empire Room
Nat Cole
Gina Lollobrigida
Paris
Jack Carter
Miami
Buddy Ebsen
Libby
Kay Kendall
Rex Harrison
Rhonda Fleming
Ethical miscue shapes a three no trump score
In a bridge deal East and West vulnerable, North opens one no trump. West rebids hearts and after a disruptive bidding East fails to enter the auction. South wins with the king of diamonds and, through keen observation of East’s discard, cashes spades, the heart ace and diamond ace to make three no trump for a strong score.
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South
West
Declarer
East
GREENGRASS AND ENVY AND OTHER QUIPS AT TOOTS SHOR'S
Earl Wilson reveals the Hal and Georgie split due to personality clash among lyric writers with Park Avenue lifestyles. The piece weaves in Groucho Marx, Greer Fogelson, Mike Todd Jr, and other showbiz snippets, noting divorces, marriages, and party buzz from New York and Hollywood.
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New York
Hal
George
Wilson
Georgie
Toots Shor's
Martin
Lewis
Park Ave
Broadway
West Side
Val
Earl Wilson
Groucho Marx
L A
Groucho
Greer Fogelson
Garson
Buddy Fogelson
Mike Todd JR
Irvington
N. J
Harwyn
Coral Channing
Anita Loos
Earl Blackwell
Rock
Eartha Kitt
Milton Berle
Cancer Zodiac Relationships Improve Through Intuition
A brief zodiac note urges Cancer individuals born June 22 to July 22 to work on relationships amid minor quarrels. It advises trusting intuition to smooth tensions and foster harmony within personal ties.
Climate Cotton Cattle and Copper Lead Arizona’s Four Cs
Facts note Arizona’s four big Cs climate cotton cattle and copper. It cites about 650 named passenger trains in U S railroads and roughly 1 800 railroad tunnels averaging total length 320 miles while noting about 10 billion people attend worldwide cinema annually.
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United States
Arizona
Hell Just Naturally Good Parents Agreement on Parenthood
The text argues there is no natural-born parent and emphasizes learning and training in parenting. Citing James H. Bos and associates, it compares human and animal social order, noting a pecking order. Understanding one’s rank and potential improvements is key to successful parenthood.
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James H. 5
Bos~ Said
United States
Fragmented wartime quotes mix and misquote in noisy clipping
A garbled OCR passage compiles quotes allegedly from military and political figures about missiles and gender roles. It names Gen. Donald Yates and Mrs Frieda Ratha in dubious context, cites Lenin and Khrushchev, and rails against Soviet fashion influence while misattributing statements.
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Raffel
Alute
Pei Wei
Oswald Jacoby
Kraft TV Theater
New- Neilsen
Gun Amoke
Como
Sullivan
Playboy
Mansfield
Jesse Buchan
PARL
Russia
Taffy ‘Tuttie
Steve Lawrence
Benjamin Franklin
Earl, Brower
By Crean
Aries
Tater
Taurus
Gemini
Leo
Scormio
Capricorn
Aquarius
Bas Joog
Field Enterprises
METRO
Los Angeles
Long Beach
San Pedro
Bellflower
Watts
Evelyn M. Duvall
Frieda Ratha
Germany
Secretary of State Duties
Angelo
Litrico
Nikita Khrushchev
Porter-Cable
Imperial Hardware CO
G. E
W. BL Eastman
E Foffler
Prisha Co
EPA
Hemlock
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