Almanac notes and world events mixed with crime and science
Almanac style items dated Tuesday August 20 1968 report varied tidbits from Vitus Bering’s Alaska discovery to Vietnam war context and a controversial write up on a German radical doctor Rudi Dutschke. The text blends history planetary data crime snippets and notable scientific medical items with unrelated street crime and personal anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Venus
Vitus Bering
Alaska
Reumany
Bridge lesson on misread distribution and key play
A bridge analysis discusses a hand where South misreads distribution, leading to a failed slam. It explains how a correct diamond finesse to dummy's king could have preserved the contract, and notes that West’s discard and South’s heart play influenced the outcome. The piece labels expert and automatic plays, inviting readers to test their own four-hand view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
East
Gummy
Fast
Dummy
West
Hodgepodge of Words and Grafted Clues List
A compendium of mismatched word clues spanning mammals plates and phrases. It includes strange scraps like a feminine appellation, various numbers, signs, and archaic terms, plus scattered entries for animals, colors, and objects, all jumbled without clear theme.
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the Almanac
Norbury
England
Brussel
Horace Manes
Kyoto
Japan
UPI
Vietnam
Swe
Turkey
Roge Tojden
Raymond Sansmers
Edmund Burke
Long Island
New York
Ou-Yang Yatsai
New York City
Hamburg
Germany
Nice
France
Drj—Rudi
Red Rudi
Dutschke
Christiaan Barnard
West Berlin
Cape Town
Rowohlt Verlag
Liason
Wth Bae
Reese
Paenene
V. T. Hamlin
Mann
Oben Loonies
Mass
Eymerica
ASEET
Arthur
Big Mi
Laman
Nancy
Freckles
Freik
Merrill Blosser
Lles Wu Meu
Hanna-Barbera
Mies
Morty Meekle
By Dick Cavall
Moon Mullins
Tad
Bugs Bunny
Dot
Sylvester
Ralph Haimdah
Ant
Beate Ant. Snt
Lila
Canada
Pang
Josha Turner
SPO
Blondie
Chic Young
Dotan
Sete
Ernia Bushmillet
Ernie Bushmiel
Feoperator Sion
Elle
Frank O'steal
Jacoby
Ecard Sersca
Anawer Tomeer
North
Pasa
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Ena
Ain “al “Annad
Hlois
Ben
Bizet Opera
Fis
Eaberpetea
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