Page FRANK ERNEST by Bob Thavcs BORN LOSER Art and Chip Sanson I EK MEEK by Howie Schneider GRIZZWELLS by Bill Schorr we am mm ot INSISTING on- Comic Page Friends and contacts will be Instrumen tal in the year ahead In helping you fulfill your hopes and desires in these special arrangements theyll be lucky for you and in turn you will be lucky for them LIBRA Sept Lady Luck will be doing all she can to help you today in furthering your personal ambitions Proceed assertively but be careful not to make any unnecessary waves in the process Libra treat yourself to a birth day qift SCORPIO Oct 24Nov not take foolish risks today but by the same to ken don t be intimidated by Involve ments that have pronounced elements of chance You could be rather lucky if you operate within reasonable limits SAGITTARIUS Nov 21 Try to limit your focus today to matters that are of primary Importance and exert all your efforts In their direction A large victory is a possibility CAPRICORN Die 19 Youre apt to be a better person today than you will be a wise buyer so strive to be the guy on the selling end Instead of the one who Is doing the purchasing AQUARIUS Jan 20Fob 19 It looks like you may be able to find someone to help you with a task today for which you might have had to hire outside assis tance What you save could be substantial PISCES Feb 20March 20 Today you will be even more charismatic than usu al and attract others to you like the moth and the flame Youll be warmly received and welcome wherever you go ARIES March 19 This could be an exceptionally productive day for you because youll be capable of har moniously blending your Inner drives with your mental and physical capabili ties Get going TAURUS April 20Miy 20 Something exciting might develop for you early In the day that could put you in a good frame of mind until the woe hours It might even be cause for celebration GEMINI May Lady Luck Is In your corner today particularly where your material Interests are concerned If there is something you can do to en hance your financial position by all means give It a try CANCER June 21July 22 Your opti mistic attitude will Impact favorably upon others today and If you are so In clined you could easily Interest them In any Ideas or ventures youre presently promoting LEO July Although you might feel you do not actually need any assistance personal who have your best interest at heart will play significant roles in helping you gel what you want today VIRGO Aug 23StpI22 Mutual bene fits will be derived today from your group involvements Others will profit from you and In turn you will gain cer tain advantages from them 111 NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE NORTH AQ74 A K 2 J WEST EAST J K8 6 A SOUTH J Vulnerable Neither Dealer East South West North East Pass Pass Pass 24 DM Pass 3 Past Pass Pass Pass All pass double Opening lead After Souths negative double of two clubs promising at least competing values but no good bid to make North- South eventually wound their way to game in spades Thats rather normal What was not so normal was that West shied away from leading bis partners bid suit Instead he tried the four of di amonds Note thedevastating effect of this lead when combined with bold de fensive play by East Declarer South won the king of dia monds and made the natural play of a spade to dummys queen East won the king It was not very hard to deter mine that the only way he might put West on lead to get a diamond ruff was to find West with the club queen So back came the three of clubs South desperately put up the jack but West won the queen and played a diamond ruffed A trick was still to come with the of spades so hapless declarer was one away Its true that declarer could succeed by playing East for the king of spades Playing ace and a spade would work this time but remember East had passed originally There was no guarantee that he would hold the king of spades This deal was played in a team-of- fouf match last summer What was of Particular Interest was that the was the same at both tables West in both instances leading a dia mond East the AK of clubs to put West back on lead and of course both declarers failing to guess the winning line of playing ace and a spade Junes Jacob books Jacoby on Bridge mad Jacoby Card Games written with bis father the lite Oswald an now available at bookstores Both an published by Pharos Books 1HI ENTERPRISE CELEBRITY CIPHER Celebrity Cipher cryptograms ire created quotation by famout paal and Each letter In the cipher lands lor another TodaystftM HIP SYRSEI OPPW HWQPUPIQPM HW OTQ HLP WPLPU B R lAZPUIPQ Z S T N B S edoed psissjetui ueeq bai