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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1956
Page
4
A scrambled crossword list presents across and down clues with partial and garbled entries for many lines. Several entries resemble common puzzle words while others are corrupted, making precise solutions difficult.
Eastern time references appear with time zone conversions and program shifts. The piece lists a Friday schedule with news, commentary, dramas and musical programs across CBS ABC and local affiliates, plus a closing note about global fleet acquisitions and bison counts in the U S in the postwar period.
TV and Radio by Charles Mercer notes a cosmetics sponsored half hour program The Most Beautiful Girl in the World planned to run weekly with three contestants per show. Winners chosen by viewer phone calls aiming for a $250000 final prize.
Fourteen year old George Wright won 100000 on NBCs The Big Surprise and plans to share with his brother and sister. After talks with bank officials taxes amount to 52500 and family living costs for a year total 7000. A tax deductible gift to Madison Square Boys Club totals 10000 and 30000 is allocated for his siblings education.
In a contract bridge column, Josephine Culbertson discusses a hand where perfect cooperation between East and West can defeat a three spade contract. The deal features careful play with hearts and clubs, noting a key sequence involving the heart queen and club king that could disrupt the declarer’s plan.
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