The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 26 May 1967 — Page 4

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Friday, May 26, 1967

CONTRACT BRIDGE By B. Jay Becker (Top IUcofd*HaM«r In Masters' Individual Championship Play)

BIDDING QUIZ

attempting a notrump contract

is much too great.

3. Four spades. The chances of making four spades are excellent, since four tricks are very unlikely to be lost, while three notrump might turn out to be a shaky affair. The danger in notrump is that the opponents, having the advantage of the opening lead,- might be able to establish their long suit before dummy’s spades can be

established.

It is possible that both four spades and three notrump can be made, depending upon partner’s hand, but, in the long run, four spades is likely to prove safer and easier to negotiate than three notrump. 4. Four clubs. It is practically certain that partner can make* three notrump in this case, but a pass is not recommended because there is still a reasonable possibility of making & slant. Thus, six clubs would be an excellent contract if partner had: *6 f AJ3 +K10 2 JJkKQ 10 852. Investigating the slam possibility by bidding four clubs does not seriously jeopardize making a game. North is likely to respond four spades, five clubs or six clubs. The intention is to pass whichever of these bids North chooses to make. Since we have done practically everything possible to arrive at the best contract. If North cooperates' with our slam try by bidding four hearts, we jump to six

clubs.

You are South, both sides vulnerable. The bidding has

been:

North East South West 14 Pass 14 Pass 2 4 Pass 3 4 Pass

3 NT Pass ?

What would you bid now with each of the following four

hands?

1. 4AKQJ94 VQ92 +J3 +85 2. 4KQ9863 *8 4KJ 4Q952 S. 4KQJ9643 VQ5 482 +A7 4. 4KJ7542 *K 4AJ5 4A63

1. Pass. There is no good rea-

son to think that four spades is a safer contract than three notrump. On the contrary, it is likely that North will have at least one stopper In any suit led and will then be able to cash nine or more tricks. A four spade contract might result in the loss of four tricks, particularly since North has twice shown minimum values after opening the bidding. The hand can stand four losers in no-

trump, but not in spades. 2. Four dubs. This hand does

not lend itself to notrump play and is obviously better designed for a suit contract. The four club bid (forcing) permits North to go on to five clubs or show belated support for spades. Minor suit game contracts are comparatively rare, since most hands with a potential of eleven tricks will usually produce nine tricks at notrump, hut in this case the danger of

Lottery Winners Must Pay Back NEW YORK UPI — The city Welfare Department announced T ursday that any of New York’s 656,000 welfare clients win prizes in the new state lottery will have to pay back what he has received in public assistance after paying federal, state and city taxes. A spokesman said the Welfare Department is legally a priority creditor and is entitled to full repayment of what a welfare client has received over the years, with the exception of one year of welfare payments. Winners of sizeable prises will be removed from the welfare roles for the calendar year and must re-prove eligibility to ge* back on. The state lottery will start in June and will pay out 8300,000 in prizes for every 31 million collected. Tickets are 81. Each year a “superprize” of 3250,000 will be given.

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13 Boats Trapped TOKYO UPI — A Soviet icebreaker Thursday responded to an urgent call by the Japanese Maritime Agency and will try to rescue 13 Japanese herring boats trapped In a drifting ice pack west of Kamchatka Peninsula. The Soviet vessel was 300 miles west of the Ice pack when the call was received and its arrival time at the scene was not known.

Faces Possible Death Sentence

ALEXANDER, Va. UPI —A federal jury has found Air Force Staff Sgt Herbert W. Boeckenhaupt guilty of passing U. S. defense secrets to the Soviet Union. He could be sentenced to death. The jury deliberated about seven hours before convicting the 24-year-old, German-bom airman on two counts Thursday. U. S. District Judge Oren R. Lewis delayed sentencing until a pre-sentence report is completed. A defense attorney said the case would be appealed. On one count of conspiring to obtain secrets, Boeckenhaupt could receive up to 10 years in prison. The other, accusing him

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of passing secrets to the Soviets, carries a possible death penalty. The indictment charged Boeckenhaupt with passing defense secrets to Alexei R. Malinin, an employe of the Soviet Embassy, while the airman was assigned to Air Force headquarters in the Pentagon in 1965-66. Malinin was named as a coconspirator in the indictment, but was not tried because of his diplomatic immunity. He was ordered out of the country by the State Department last year. Defense attorney Plato Cacheris said he would appeal the conviction on grounds that Judge Lewis erred in allowing as evidence a “statement of admission” Boeckenhaupt made to the FBI. In the statement, Boeckenhaupt told how he met Malinin and agreed to cooperate with the Russian because he feared

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for the life of his father, then still living n Germany. According to the statement, Boeckenhaupt said Malinin indicated to him that his father’s Ife might be endangered if he refused to cooperate with the Russian. This alleged threat was the basis of the defense’s case. Cacheris also argued that the government had not proved that Boeckenhaupt ever actually passed any secrets to Malinin. The government based its case mostly on the “admission” and evidence presented by FBI agents who testified they followed Boeckenhaupt and Malnin and observed their meetings in varous points in the Washington suburbs of northern Virginia. Boeckenhaupt, a n&turalzed American, was accused of handing over to Malinin code books and other communications data used at the Pentagon.

Races Mix

JOHANNESBURG UPI — Student at multi-racial Witwatersrand University voted Thursday to allow nonwhites to attend dances and other campus social events. The university student council confirmed the decision. At a meeting of 1,500 students, only 170 opposed the resolution inviting the few dozen nonwhites on campus to join whites in social functions. The resolution said the school had a responsibility to guarantee no discrimination in academic life.

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