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TIIE HERALD Thursday December Page FRANK ERNEST by Bob ACE TRANQUILIZER llHI l 1 i GRIZZWELLS by Bill Schorr EEK MEEK by Home Schneider EWE by Dick Cavalli by Joseph Farns ASTROGRAPH BEDE OSOL i Birthday Some extremely lucky breaks may come your way In the year ahead through save valuable contacts you a ready established Be sure to give your benefactors the gratitude they deserve CAPRICORN Dec 22Jan Don t let someone whose judgment you m trust make decisions today that affect you as well as himher If there Is any dec ding to do be sure you re to help do It Trying to patch up a ken romance The Astro Graph Match maker can help you to understand what to do to make the work AQUARIUS Jan 19 Be on guard today or else you might be w th a mess that was made by another If this occurs It will put you In a bad frame of mind lor the rest of the day PISCES 20March The thoughtless behavior of a friend could produce some changes n your plans to day that will have you doing not what you Intended or red Don let your self be manipulated ARIES March April Today your opinions may be diametrically opposed to those of most of your associates Re think your positions because you might be the one who is out of step TAURUS April Your atten tion span might not be up to par today and you could have a problem trying to locus on mental tasks Have someone your work If it a critical nature GEMINI May 20 You re still not out of the woods where you flnan c al affairs are concerned so bo pru dent in the management of your re sources Don buy what you can afford CANCER June 21 July 22 There s a possibility you might feel luckier than you actually are today and this could cause you to make a miscalculation that affects others as well as yourself Weigh your decisions LEO July 23Aug 22 Your duties and responsibilities will not take care ol themselves today even though you may be Inclined to believe they will If you don t do It It s not going to get done VIRGO Aug Your pocket book Is vulnerable to loses today espe cially where gambles or financial risks are concerned A word to the wise should be sufficient LIBRA 23OcL 23 You re In a good achievement cycle provided you do not take things for granted In order to succeed you must follow everything through to completion SCORPIO Oct 24Nov 22 Watch what you say or do today because a thoughtless remark or an Impulsive ac tion could have you wishing you were capable of vanishing will SAGITTARIUS Nov 23Dec 21 Try to shy away from being either a borrower or a lender today These are two critical areas where possible problems could erupt BRIDGE JAMES JACOBY NORTH 12 3 Q63 WEST EAST 7 J 108 4 B A J 10 98542 SOUTH Q J 10 K7 Vulnerable Neither Dealer West Heat North Fast 1 Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass All pass Opening lead K Trumping partners ace By James North was conservative to stay out of the auction when West bid one dia Many players would make a takeout double despite the balanced distribution However when South re opened with one spade North Isated for his previous timidity by re doubling and then jumping to three spades South was happy to pass The defense was unusual that East with no high cards trumped his partner trick to set the contract West led K Q and ace of diamonds East ruffed the diamond ace and led back a heart Declarer now had to lose a heart and the club ace for down one Of course West would have been wiser to lead a low diamond at the third trick What would have happened if East had let West win the third diamond West would continue with a fourth but declarer would ruff with a high honor dummy Next would come two high spades ending in the South hand followed by a low club away from the king West could do no better than duck and dummy s queen would win South would then run the rest of his trumps West would come down to three cards If he kept the king of hearts guarded he would have to blank the club ace So declarer would play a club and West would have to lead away from the heart king If he kept the club ace protected he would have to blank the heart king and declarer could play heart ace and the good heart queen That would be a nice play Shame on East for taking away declarers opportunity to play so well James books Jacob Bridge aod Jacoby on Card Games written with his the lata Oswald art now available at bookstores Both are by Pharos Books CELEBRITY CIPHER Catebrtty cryplograma are created quotation by and Each letter the dehor tor anothar equate IP VRPO alOBM F OTHO IP a T Q TYIWF R F YQFFGE R TMFOIMZ KWTZVG