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Daily News-Post from Monrovia, California • 9

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Daily News-Posti
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Monrovia, California
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9
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Monday January 7 1 974 'Evenings at Eight1 series Newest Adventurer Dean Caldwell to speak at Citrus College Caldwell recently completed an excursion in Peru rivaling his El Capitan achievement He received an Honorary degree from the Ministry of Education of Peru for his outstanding work I ly thernmost tributary of the Amazon River) through some of the remotest and uncivilized expanses of the Amazonian jungles eh route becoming the subject of a tribal ceremony of in recognition of being one of the few men to survive swimming through the most tumultuous rapids of the Maranon after the disintegration of a dugout canoe After his memorable ascent of El Capitan in 1970 he set out for the Peruvian Andes and in 1971 scaled the south side of Nevado Jerishanca which had previously been declared by the Italian Alpine Club Since 1959 such intimate and personal contacts with nature have dominated Dean Caldwell's life They have taken him to the remotest areas of North and South America As an accomplished and refreshing speaker photographer and guide he is now sharing his experiences with audiences all over the United States Ticket jprices are $250 for adults and $125 for students and children Reserved seating only Group rates are available For further information call 335-6116 between 12:30 and 4:30 pm weekdays Energy-conscious Valleyites and theatre patrons may experience a curtailment as they seek entertainment outside the San Gabriel Valley due to the fuel and energy crisis However nearby Citrus College is set to fill the impending cultural void with top quality entertainment for 1974 Dean Caldwell adventurer-explorer-photographer will appear in the 1479-seat Citrus Theatre Jan 15 in the at series and his topic: Caldwell gained worldwide recognition for scaling the face of El Capitan in 1970 with his partner Warren Harding The ascent originally scheduled to take 12 days stretched into the longest continuous effort in the history of rock climbing in Yosemite Caldwell began mountain climbing in 1959 with Mt Hood His earlier experiences include trips throughout the US and Canada with mountaineering groups In 1961 he led organized climbing parties for the Oregon State University mountaineering club and for the later followed by guiding of private clubs and organizing and leading major expeditions The Peruvian Andes was his next venture and in 1964 several peaks were climbed the highest of which was 21000 feet In 1968 he led the ascent of the inaccessable Amazonian side of the Andes and climbed second highest peak the 21759 feet Nevado Yerupaja Also in 1968 Caldwell attempted a Journey by raft and dugout canoe down the length of the Maranon River (the nor Staff Photo Mayor Elwood Anderson left and Councilman Kurt Hahn of Duarte play the first game of tennis on the new courts at Royal Oaks Park The two courts cost $32350 and they are now open to the public DEAN CALDWELL THE ADIS ON BRIDGE 'by IRA CORN JR TEAM CAPTAIN The Pairs Cham king and a heart return removed the ace from dummy The declarers who followed the general rule of leading the longest suit suffered a sad ending West refused the club ace to deny a club entry to dummy and when declarer tried the spade suit West repeated the same procedure Declarer established a ninth trick in dummy bdt there was no way to get there to cash it The winning declarers reasoned that nine tricks were the maximum they could hope for and instead of playing the longer suit they played to assure an entry to dummy After winning the heart ace the attack was directed against the spade ace When West won the ace and established the hearts declarer had a sure entry to dummy by leading clubs West could take the club ace or refuse it in either case declarer had- an entry to cash the good spade Developing a winning plan requires more than applying general rules Usually it is best to establish the longer suit But as today's hand aptly demonstrates sometimes entries are more important than long suits Bradbury schedules PCG talk Author of Ray Bradbury will be the featured speaker at Pasadena City Tuesday Evening Forum at 7:30 pm Tuesday topic will be Writing Screen' Writing Stage Writing A Comparison of the Challenges and There is no charge for the lecture and the public is encouraged to attend Beginning his writing career at the age of 12 Bradbury sold his first story when he was 19 He has since published 300 stories and 14 books of stories novels and plays Bradbury wrote for 10 years for Alfred Hitchcock Presents a highly popular series of television programs He also wrote the screenplay of Moby Dick for John Huston and formed his own-Pandemonium Theatre Company to produce his plays which ran 44 weeks in Los Angeles During a speaking engagement in San Francisco more than 3000 people had to be turned away due to lack of seating space At 51 he has to his credit the writing of Martian Illustrated 300 short stories plus plays and poems as well as his But he conceded that there are still some here on earth have to make peace with ourselves with the climate of our planet We have to unpollute ourselves we have to solve all our problems here on earth pionship of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament held in Baltimore was kept in the city by Ellen Berman and Gertrude Berns interesting hand was played in the championship and most declarers lost their contracts because they followed a general rule rather than developing a good plan Vulnerable: North-South Dealer: South NORTH 17 10 8 4 A 3 J5 QJ 10 8 3 WEST EAST A73 4 952 10 7 2 9 8 5 764 10 9 2 A 6 4 7 5 SOUTH 6 6 4 'V A 8 3 9 2 The bidding: South West North East 1 NT Pass 24 Pass 24 Pass 3 NT All Pass Opening lead: Two of hearts Three no trump was the normal contract after North used the Stayman Convention to check on a possible spade fit West led the heart deuce which was ducked to When you have a question about your savings it used to be tough to get a straight answer No more Now you can call this statewide toll-free 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