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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1959
Page
15
A garbled OCR style list of crossword clues with numbers and partial words. Entries include references to places, objects, and abstract terms, many mis-spelled or merged, suggesting a secondhand readable fragment of a puzzle page.
A Washington dispatch notes that House members resort to weekly letters to constituents as adjournment looms. Representatives Coffin Marshall Kee Irwin and others report blues over timing, with leaders eyeing late September for final action on remaining bills and hints of possible adjournment before the end of the session.
Miss Baker the space monkey remains too young to marry according to a Navy physiologist. A male monkey briefly shared her Pensacola Naval Air Station cage to ease housing problems, but his stay ended as the housing shortage was resolved. Scientists now search for a bridegroom for Miss Baker.
North opened with a Jacoby transfer to two spades after South's two heart bid. North then rebid two notrump, giving South four possible actions. South must choose among options to show strength while planning play, with a minimum hand yielding a direct pass.
Actress Ursula Thiess gave birth to a girl named Tessa, their second child, in Santa Monica. She and husband Robert Taylor also have a son, Terrence. The article notes the family’s joy and mentions a bridge hand with 36 points and a no trump contract.
Mrs. Donald A. Quarles widow of the deputy defense secretary was injured in an attempted purse snatching Saturday night in a fashionable Washington district. She was knocked to the sidewalk and then treated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Wallace D Johnson, 19, an unemployed Black porter, was held on a $3,000 bond on charges of assault with intent to rob after being stopped by Sidney Epstein, 38, city editor of the Washington Evening Star, a block from the scene.
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