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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1969
Page
6
With North's queen of diamonds lead and a likely 4-1 or 5-0 club split the winning line is to ruff two hearts in hand rather than two diamonds in dummy. Play for safe ruffs, cash K Q of spades, cross to dummy with a club, and use the last trump to ruff the final heart.
A bridge play describes reaching five diamond tricks if clubs misbehave. Duck two spade leads win the third round with the ace, then play clubs to the queen and ace. If both follow, success. if either shows out, use a low diamond to the jack. North with queen doubleton or tripleton still yields the hand.
The note traces the word pumpkin to the old French pompion, meaning eaten when cooked by the sun, suggesting a historical link between language and preparation. The fragment hints at etymology rather than a full origin tale.
Thirty five Lorain County residents graduate from Kent State University at winter commencement. The list includes five master’s degree recipients and numerous bachelor degrees across Elyria Columbia Station Avon Lorain Grafton Oberlin North Ridgeville South Amherst Wellington and Wellington areas with honors noted for several graduates.
The Military Order of Cooties district meeting gathers 175 members from Kentucky Indiana and Ohio at the Americana Motel Elyria with 22 locals and 50 from Kentucky Indiana and 125 from Ohio expected. Walter Hill notes 26 year member Yall. a district council dance is set at the post home.
Columbus AP reports Ohio's unemployment rate for 1968 at 29 percent, the lowest in eight years, per Willard P. Dudley administrator of the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services. The national rate stood at 36 percent that year.
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