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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1962
Page
11
Morty, defending, used spade eight to infer West held the jack and force South into a failed line. South led clubs from dummy and morty declined to cover, allowing a cinch finesse against West. South then cashed high cards while Morty discarded, and the defense collected five tricks after a spade sequence.
The hand explores a bridge line where East plays spades to exhaust South’s discards after leading hearts and clubs. South plans to win in dummy with jack of hearts, then cash clubs and hearts to force East’s three discards, aiming to reach the suit-diamond endgame. The column asks how to respond to a three clubs bid with partner’s three hearts and teases the next move.
This Almanac entry marks Tuesday October 9, 1962 as day 282 with 83 remaining. It lists celestial bodies Mars Venus Jupiter Saturn and notes historical events from 1701 Yale College founding 1781 Washington firing first gun Yorktown 1858 overland mail reaching St Louis 1958 Pope Pius XII death and a Monroe thought on national honor.
Newsmen complain as Omaha police vow to remove bars from the new press room at headquarters. The brief item notes reporters facing barred windows at the facility in Omaha Nebraska with a pledge to take them down.
The AAA released poll results from 28 states and DC showing house trailers pulled on highways as motorists’ number one gripe. Trailers also ranked first among preferred improvements, with urban traffic congestion and unclean restrooms close behind. Trucks and buses ranked fourth in the survey presented to Detroit convention delegates.
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