Almanac Briefs from February 23 1966 World News
The almanac notes February 23 1966 as the 54th day of the year with 311 remaining. It mentions Venus as the morning star Jupiter as the evening star and records events including Mississippi's readmission in 1870 and Roosevelt’s 1942 fireside broadcast amid a Japanese shell attack near Santa Barbara. It also covers the 1954 polio vaccine rollout in Pittsburgh and a 1959 AFL CIO organizing drive against James Hoffa. British writer Samuel Johnson is quoted on curiosity.
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United Press International
Venus
Jupiter
Mississi
Franklin Roosevelt
Santa Barbara
Calif
Pittsburgh
Afl-Cio
Teamsters Union
James Hoffa
Deceptive Bridge Play Fails In No Trump Hand
Discussion of the Statue of Liberty deceptive play in three no trump. South’s lead of clubs misleads, dummy’s deuce of clubs runs, and South ends down four. Oswald notes the hand shows a conspicuous failure of the maneuver and explains the analogy to a football dummy move.
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South
Oswald
Diece
Boy Rescued From Cave Near Harpers Ferry
A boy trapped in a cave near Harpers Ferry was rescued after three hours. He fell 14 feet from a narrow ledge while exploring with the DC Club Explorers and became wedged in a crevice before rescuers freed him.
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Harpers Ferry
UPI
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White
Youngirs
DC Club
Explorers
Social menace prompts pointed greeting exchange
A social menace uses a simple greeting to extract concern, prompting a serious question about well being. The interaction centers on how a casual hello becomes a charged moment of accountability and unease in everyday communication.
Bridge bidding puzzle from today’s card game
In a bridge bidding excerpt, North opens and the auction shows pass and a raise to notrump. South contemplates action after partner’s bid, with a prompt asking what to do instead of bidding two hearts. The fragment includes garbled letters and names, but centers on choosing a bid or action for the given hand.
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