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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1961
Page
10
In the North South deal West should have preserved the lack of spades to prevent South from running tricks. By allowing spade cards to be cashed and then shifting to clubs, West failed to guard the squeeze sequence and allowed South to establish tricks with the dummy’s king and jack.
In this hand from the 1931 match, South reached two no trump with a good defense by East and West. South led a diamond from dummy after a heart sequence, a queen fell to East, and a diamond return exposed the bad break. With AQ654 in dummy and W432 elsewhere, opponents’ strong stance makes a pass seem correct despite the double possibility being unfounded.
Across clues list common cryptic style definitions for a variety of everyday words including foods drinks actions and measurements. Down answers likely include fish soda meat dish pottery egg redaction digits bells apostles hugs operate observe watch journey and other common terms.
The 1961 Almanac notes today December 29 as the 363rd day. Historical items include Samuel Foote proposing land sale restrictions in 1829, Texas becoming the 28th state in 1845, White House gas lighting beginning in 1848, and Henry Wallace signaling a 1948 third party nomination bid.
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