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THE HERALD Saturday December Page FRANK ERNEST by Bob Thaves IT it by Bill Schorr by Jimmy Johnson EEK MEEK by Howie Schneider ABOUT ML THE EUROPE A THE MEDIA by Dick Cavalli YOUR SOU BANKS VERY IN INTELLIGENCE INITIATIVE AND LEADERSHIP by Joseph Farris BORN LOSER by Art and Chip Sanson ASTROGRAPH BRIDGE birthday Dec 24 1989 Hopes and expectations will have good chances being fulfilled In the year ahead because you be a pragmatic visionary Your dreams will be built upon feasible foundations CAPRICORN Dec 22Jan Try to associate with companions today whose thinking and Interests are In har mony with yours Persons who arent tuned into your wave length could take the edge off your enthusiasm Capri corn treat yourself to a birthday gift Send for your AstroGraph predictions for year ahead by mailing 25 to AstroGraph co this newspaper P O Box Cleveland OH Be sure to state your zodiac sign AQUARIUS Jan 20fb 19 Youll be very popular with the persons with whom you associate today because It will be obvious to them what you want for yourself you want or them as well PISCES Feb 20March 20 Happy tid ings from a distance could be coming your way today You might hear from a friend with whom you havent communi cated much lately ARIES March 21April 19 Good things come In small packages today and you may be pleasantly surprised by something whose outward appearance Is not overly impressive TAURUS April 20May 20 Your kind ness and concern for others today will be of greater Importance than material gestures Those who love you want to also hear you say you care GEMINI May 20 A business situation might require some additional discussion today In order to get things on a proper track Once the matter Is verbalized the answers will become evident CANCER June July 22 Social In volvements will take on a special signifi cance today and much good will can be cultivated between you and other per sons present Be outgoing LEO July 23Aug You wont enfoy just resting on your laurels around the house today Put your hands and mind to work on things that can beautify your surroundings VIRGO Aug Sept 22 If certain in dividuals are consistently In your thoughts today It could Indicate they are thinking of you as well Make an ef fort to get In touch LIBRA Sept Your possibil ities for material accumulation look very good today Theres an excellent chance you will get something you been wanting SCORPIO Oct 24Nov Your men tal abilities are equal to any challenge with which you might have to contend today This Is a good time to focus on advancing an Important personal interest SAGITTARIUS Nov 21 Your greatest pleasure today will come from things you can do for others Let your heart rule your head In your involve ments with those you love Bit NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE 10 9 WEST A J91 EAST SOUTH K J 6 8 Vulnerable NorthSouth Dealer South Sooth North East If Dbl Pass Pass Pass All pass negative double Opening lead K Coming up through the ranks By James Negative doubles are funny ani mals North first showed clubs and di amonds as well as willingness to play at the threelevel When South rabid his spades North bid three hearts He was hoping that South might have Kx of hearts or some such holding and be able to bid three notrump South didnt have that but he did have a good spade suit and could easily visualize game with a variety of cards in the North hand He jumped to four spades It now became a defensive problem West led of hearts East follow ing with the West placed declarer with the ace of diamonds and good spades for his opening bid and jump to game The question was how good de clarers spades were West hoped East would hold as much as the jack or 10 of spades so he led a third heart low to encourage East to ruff with his highest trump East did ruff with the seven of spades and South with the 10 Declarer than played the jack of spades but West was up to that He quickly took the ace as East followed with tie three One more heart was played and East dutifully ruffed with the eightspoL Declarer overruffed with the queen and played the king but West was left with the setting trick the spade nine It was unusual for the successful defense to depend upon two in the trump suit Junes books Jacoby on Bridge Jacoby Card Games mitten with bis father the late Oswald are now available at bookstores Both ate published by Pharos Books 1M NEWSPAPER EKTERPffiSC CELEBRITY CIPHER crMtl from quotation by 8WEAWP IPPW AW a b p oti scapu a B P AC Q B H U a BSI OPPW S HW MTVBPII Y A H SHOOT am rati em