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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1962
Page
11
In a TV match against Gerber and Hodge, Johnny Gerber opens weak spade, USA player doubles for takeout, Mrs Johnson passes to a four heart contract. The writers note a strategic raise before the final bid, with spade lead considerations and declarer play implications discussed.
In the bridge problem the bidding shows North east south west with pass and bids ending in four no trump as the responder. If partner later shows one ace with five diamonds you must choose the correct contract reply and plan. Tomorrow the solution is revealed.
A crossword style clue list features First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy as an answer and includes long hints about spouses, states and various definitions. Other entries span topics from geography to objects and roles such as Mistakes, Meat on, Tabor, Compas, and more, forming a mixed clue set.
UPI notes March 27 1962 as the 86th day of the year with 279 to follow. It lists historical events including Ponce de Leon’s Florida coast discovery in 1513 and the 1841 steam fire engine demo in New York. Also mentions Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks marriage in 1920 and Japan leaving the League of Nations in 1933. A thought from De la Rochefoucauld closes the item.
The Communist Daily Worker in London backed cigars over cigarettes after a Royal College of Physicians report. Its front page showed Fidel Castro smoking a fat Havana cigar with the caption Havana, si Virginia, no indicating ideological framing of the health findings.
Marietta Ohio Ma rietta College announced Saturday the election of Albert B. Wolfe a Parkersburg native now practicing law in Boston to a five year term as a trustee. Wolfe grandson of Albert B White governor of West Virginia 1901 to 1905 has practiced in Boston since earning his Harvard law degree in 1934.
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