THE HERALD Wednesday June 19 Page EEK MEEK by Howie Schneider A ftL Waoras WIWSWUG que of or woe P3aUSTRXTOU FRANK ERNEST by Bob IT MUTT SOME NEW APE TO TH by Dick CavsJU TC M3UR HAS EXPIRED TEN RENEW IT OR WE WONT HAPPEN to tuesqpw Off ARLO by Jimmy Johnson by Bill Schorr Birthday ASTROGRAPH BERNICE BEDE OSOL In the year ahead you will gain a greater understanding of how many small parts can be used to create a whole Before your next birthday you may piece some thing together of considerable size or benefit GEMINI Hay You have good leadership qualities today and It looks like they will be put into play In several Instances Taking charge of sit uations wit come automatically Trying to patch up a broken romance The As troGraph Matchmaker can help you to understand what to make the rela tionship work Mall Matchmaker PO Box Cleveland OH CANCER June 22 Business and finance are the two areas where you are be the most effective today even what you do now may not yield a return until a later date LEO July 23Aug 22 You might be ex tremely where your expectations are concerned You could benefit In two ways from a pair of mat ters that are somewhat related VIROO Aug 238epL 22 Todays ges tures will win you the respect of your peers because when you do things for others youll do so In ways that do not calf attention to yourself yet earns you the spotlight Sept Friends will be respectful of your opinions today be cause theyll Innately know you have something extra going for you Its a big plus called optimism SCORPIO Oct 22 Do not be afraid to think big today especially If youre involved in a promising Joint ven ture This Is a propitious day for ex panding your enterprise to the benefit of both SAGITTARIUS Nov 23Dec 21 Con clusions you arrive at today are likely to be the right ones because your judg ment Is exceptionally keen and Its not likely youll overlook any Important factors CAPRICORN Dec Com pensation for work or service you per form today might be more generous than usual Do your best because what you receive will be proportionate to the quality of your efforts AQUARIUS Jan 20Peb 19 Things look extremely favorable for you today In the romance department Try to spend as much time as possible with the one you love he most It should be a happy occasion PISCES Peb 20March Tasks or assignments you have to deal with to day could be accomplished more easily than usual Do not put off until tomor row things you know you can do today ARIES March 21AprU 19 Because youll be equipped to see the positive side of things today youll create your own good fortune Your winning Inclina tions have good chances of being fulfilled TAURUS April 20May 20 If you are more Imaginative and creative where your household finances are concerned you could come up with some construc tive budget stretchers Work on ways to get better monetary mileage NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN Prizewinning defense BRIDGE WEST 7 KQ93 NORTH J EAST J SOUTH Vulnerable Neither Dealer South Soota Weil North But Pass INT Pats 2 Pass J pan Opening lead K Each year the International Press Association confers awards or plays deemed to be the best of the year in their particular category At times the awards can be disputed but everyone would agree that Italian ex pert Levi deserved the award for best defensive play He was Bast If the bidding seems unusual you should understand that Norths one- notrump response was forcing one round To be fair imagine yourself as de clarer in four spades Blot out the EastWest hands from your mind kind follow the play West takes the king of clubs and plays a second club to Easts ace East now returns the six of hearts You win the ace of hearts and lay the ace of spades West plays the four and East plays the queen What now If you play a second high spade and it turns out that East had only the singleton queen of spades you will lose two spade tricks and be set And what if you lead a spade up to the If West is left with the J95ihe will be able to take only one spade tnck Of course you will lose an over- trick when East holds the alone but leading up to the 10 is reasonable insurance to guarantee your contract And the game Is rubber bridge for de cent stakes So declarer played a low spade West won the doubleton jack of spades and played back a heart Levi took the setting trick by ruffing with the nine of spades Bravo lb us bridge players the performance equaled that of Caruso at La Scala Junes Jacob boots an Bridge mad Jacob Card Gtmes written with the late Oswald an now at bookstore Both are by Boat 1M ENTERPRISE ASSN CELEBRITY CIPHER CaMxtiy Ctohar cryptogram am from quotation by Each tartar In lor anottior a BORN LOSER by Art ml Chip Sanson J KXVCJOSY II MJVOI KMVJCHJRV X C F L8Q DIOOMJCH A J