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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 1975

Page

5

Strategic bridgePlay for four notrump and three notrump

The columnist explains a cinch play for three notrump involving an early duck of the first trick, cashing three clubs, and a later endplay against West. By carefully discarding diamonds and hearts and forcing West to lead a red trump, South can secure all remaining tricks. The piece contrasts top score tactics with solid rubber play and notes the danger of a heart lead if South fails to leave the key heart in play.

South Queen of Hearts West East

Janitor Held In Suffocation Death Of Youth

Glenn Roscoe Bentley 34, a janitor at a Dublin restaurant, held without bond on murder charge in the suffocation death of 17 year old George Clovis Robbins. Robbins's body was found Wednesday at the Ranch House Motel after witnesses saw him with Bentley. Autopsy in Roanoke cited asphyxiation by smothering.

Dublin Glenn Roscoe Bentley Bentley George Clovis Robbins Roanoke Robbins

Ford vetoes 6 cent milk price hike bill

President Ford vetoed a bill to raise retail milk prices by six cents a half gallon and lift milk price supports to 85 percent of parity. Agriculture Secretary Butz then announced a partial increase to support prices, raising manufacturing milk to $7.24 per 100 pounds to avoid further declines in prices and keep producers from extra feed costs.

Washington Ford Agriculture Ear L. Butz Butz

Portsmouth to Get $300 Million Complex

Cox Enterprises plans a refinery and terminal complex in Portsmouth at a cost over 300 million dollars. The project would employ about 500 workers locally, create 3 000 jobs during construction and possibly 3 500 satellite roles. Production targeted by the end of 1978 with Hampton Roads Energy Co. operating the facility.

Portsmouth Cox Enterprises, Inc Richard J. Davis Davis West Norfolk Hampton Roads Energy Co Cox John K. Evans Evans

Patricia Nixon Debuts At Debutante Ball In New York

Patricia Nixon 18 debuted at the International Debutante Ball at the Astor Hotel in New York, the first bow of the evening, escorted by Edward Fm Cox. Harold G. Brown retires as Shenandoah Valley National Bank president, J Sloan Kuykendall presents gifts on behalf of the bank's board. General Assembly recommended up to 500000 appropriation to memorialize Virginians who fought in World War II at Richmond as a logical site. Sears mid winter sale catalog offers price cuts up to 36 percent from the prior catalog.

Patricia Nixon New York Astor Hotel Edward Fm Cox Harold G. Brown Shenandoah Valley National Bank J. Sloan Kuykendall General Assembly Richmond Commission On Veterans Affairs Sears, Roebuck and Company

Riddle Named Permanent Superintendent at State Penitentiary

Walter M. Riddle, 54, formerly acting superintendent since Dec 1, is named permanent head of the State Penitentiary in Richmond. He succeeds W L Paderick, now regional supervisor. Oliver departs as director of adult services amid job vacancies in the corrections department. Pere Lachaise noted as Paris cemetery namesake in historical blurb.

Richmond Walter M. Riddle Riddle W.L. Paderick Danville State Jack F. Davis Richard M. Oliver Oliver Department of Corrections Division of Adult Services Davis Carroll R. Proctor Proctor

Virginia Stocks Reported Interdealer Prices

Richmond Virginia Friday interdealer prices for Virginia corporate securities were listed by the National Association of Security Dealers. The figures exclude retail markup and commissions.

Richmond National Association of Security Dealers Virginia

Knowledge Check Quiz Time Answers

Answers cover terms literature history and facts: flib bertigibbet as a nonsense phrase, Paul Revere's Ride author Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, a circle has 360 degrees, St Louis Browns played in the American Association, Shylock appears in The Merchant of Venice, Taft was followed by Woodrow Wilson, the television ownership stat is false, Ankara is the capital of Turkey, Georgia Tech football team is the Yellow Jackets, and the top AKC dog breed in 1970 was what is now the Labrador Retriever.

Flibbertigibbet Paul Revere St. Louis Browns Shakespeare Shylock William Howard Taft U.S Ankara Georgia Tech American Kennel Club

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