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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1961
Page
7
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In a Vanderbilt match from 1958 North Ralph Hirschberg, restricted by five card majors, opens with one diamond. Norman Kay responds spade, raises to two, then bids three clubs to mislead, leading Kay to six spades. West leads ten of hearts, yielding a slam with one diamond lost.
The Thursday star forecast urges careful action to streamline finances with potential new plans. Seek cooperation openly and avoid rash spending as extra money may arrive soon. Also notes Robert Morrison born January 5 1782, first Protestant missionary to China, credited with early medical missions and six volume Chinese Dictionary published in 1821.
By 1970 the number of people over 65 in the country is expected to rise from 15 to 20 million. Many firms may end the compulsory retirement age within the next decade. Aries through Pisces give cautious horoscopic guidance tied to monthly periods.
NBCs The Tall Man depicts Billy The Kid as a charming rogue rather than a killer, with Clu Gulager insisting the outlaw sired illegitimate children and died at 21. The actor argues the show highlights a later, more restrained era of the bandit s life while acknowledging legend exceeds fact.
Today is January 4 1961 a Wednesday with 361 days left in the year The moon nears last quarter The morning star is Mars The evening stars are Venus and Mars Notable historical births Isaac Newton 1642 Louis Braille 1809 and a note on Dr William Grant 1885 Utah 1896 Burma 1948 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr quote about life as painting not a sum
Duncan Oklahoma AP reports Policeman Karl Graham on night patrol found a possum at a bank building. Rather than shoot it inside city limits he struck it with the pistol butt, breaking the gun handle. The possum was unfazed so he released the animal at the city edge.
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