The Cincinnati Post from Cincinnati, Ohio • 22

22 Tho Cincinnati Pott Akond ay March 14 1977 A- THE FAMILY CIICUS BY BIL KEANE BEIVEMBE BY 6IENSHAW REX MOtMMN MD BY PAL CURTW WEANAHLE R8UL ECLMQNT HAS BEEN CALLED TO ThC PHOf Wallace on Bridge BY CHARLTON WALLACE TWO CINCINNATI TEAMS and two Dayton teams have qualified from this area for the regional finals in April of the grand national team championship at Indianapolis The American Contract Bridge League is conducting a series of elimination contests to select a grand national team Phase I consisted of club eliminations to give all duplicate fans a chance Phase II pitted the club champs against each other Phase III will be the Indianapolis regional! featuring four teams apiece from Southern Ohio Kentucky and Indiana Then on to the natural First in the Cincinnati district were hometowners Mr and Mrs Herbert Wilton Dave Raney and Jay Wein In ncond place were Daytonians Harold McConnell Bruno Sestito Russ Shnnp and Bob Sulgrove Cincinnatians in third place were Ron Babcock Nancy Sachs Paul Smith and Tom Urba nosky Dayton fourth-placers were Duke Fleming Henry Grismer Mary Freese and Bob Weymouth All four teams will start on an even basis at Indianapolis RON BABCOCK'S TEAM encountered one of the most interesting distributional freaks in the Cincinnati finals Both the East-West and North-South pairs of his team bid and fulfilled games on the same deal In addition to being an expert Mr Babcock is a mainstay of organized bridge as public relations director of the Cincinnati Bridge Assn local unit of the American Contract Bridge League This columnist asked him for a description of today's deal and here is it is: NORTH-SOUTH were vulnerable with East as dealer The aggressive Babcock East opened at one club overcall at one spade did not deter East-West from discovering their twoauit fit and they jumped into four hearts Vulnerable Nath-South never had a chance to realize -the magnitude of their diamond fit and chose not to compete against the heart game which wrapped up At the other table a conservative East passed and the Babcock South opened the auction Although East-West competed in dubs they never found their additional heart fit as North-South persevered to game in diamonds which also wrapped up for a tremendous swing on the deal Here are the hands: NORTH 4-JSS3 Q18SS2 7 EAST A94 W-K1942 A -JSS82 WEST Jf 71 8 -KQllif4 SOUTH KQ1872 V-AQ J97C43 4-8 HOROSCOPE 1 FOR TUESDAY MARCH IS ARIES (March 21-April Stifle a tendency to be generous to the wrong people today Recall the Biblical story about casting your pearls before swine TAURUS (April 28-May 20)-Don1 bank on your luck to carry you over the rough spots today Hard work is what's called fa GEMINI (May 21-June You prize your opinions too highly today defend the indefensible CANCER (June 21-Jnly 22)-Be protective of your resources today and also jeopardize something belonging VfJP-A'r 10 mother Your judgment too nifty in either case OMF74MR8K 1WDfcN4l "It finally happened after my payroll deductions I owe them $14321" Crossword Puzzle EXCEPT HCHJ MISSED HIS CHEST AMP HIT HIM ON NOSE MAmBE he had a heart ATTACOtWKHttJSKXJLD ftXINPHlMONTME CHE5T Answer to Previous Puzzle 37 Seek ambitiously 39 Uneasy 41 Momenent 43 East Indian poppa I 44 Eacame 11 12 SwrtbMQ fools 17 tesideet of 1 Vienna 19 Anioa 21 Spirit lamp 22 Slav 23 Englirii ACROSS 1 Graok lattar 6 Froaoa demit 12 Monolith 13 Mora uncanny 14 Thradi 15 Mata Moved 16 Lying 17 Madicral plant is 45 Taka five 47 Foils behind 48 Midwestern EIQOO BOO El QDQO (DIDOD DID CD -EODB -O0DB ODD DO QQE DO I I I I DOONESBURY BY TRUPRAU 25 Period of time 26 Bear (Lot) 27 Ado 28 Sunken fence 29 Holds in LEO (July 23-Aug Be your own person today You could hop on someone bandwagon with costly results VIRGO (Aug 23-Sept 22)-Although not a good team player today not all your fault Others could throw monkey wrenches into the machinery LIBRA (Sept 230cL 23)-Spending dollars chase your doldrums today Seek something inspirational You buy your way out of the blues SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 22-Even though you think what dong today will benefit all make decisions without the consent of the family SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23-Dec Stick to the facts in all cases today even if painful and you fear their impact CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan Friends could come to you to bail them out of foolish financial scrapes Keep your eyes wide open to avoid embarrassment AQUARIUS (Jan 2B-Feb Reserve a little time fa yourself to handle important personal business today Associates will be demanding and lose out otherwise PISCES (Feb 2B-March Be realistic regarding what you can expect from others today If overly optimistic you'll be disappointed 49 Not many 50 Friend (It) 51 (prefix) TWSTACTtC CONTRACTIONS ARB NOT GORC AWRY THUS CONTRACTIONS WHICH BBamsncmoNsuf 19 Bail contents 20 Snug retreat 24 tints 26 Complete 27 Housing 32 Depression 31 Gaia by lobar OMfNOU DO YOU WANT MOW inmrfi vmn? nm do wumean THMS TMTSAMTS HAPPBRNS JUMTUm! RIGHT HOW QXtP you 60 GOT VC DOODRZ ivm rtSVM sam 33 Auto workers' (abbr) John nyWon eVsQUESDON CORNER JOHN LOVC vusmTco WHYPOWSHAMf time zoned tuw sonm ssnsuw xoaueufluni oe TOW CMAMSM MOJ TMCWOOkR AUTOS IACC (ACM SONS HM IMS SAMS TOW rr town 10 miles west and it is already past noon in a town a few miles east If every town sets its clocks exactly by the sun few places would be on the same time Fa this reason the world has been divided into 24 equal time zones All the clocks in a time zone are set at the same time Each time is one hour earlier than that of the zone east of it A Wald Almanac Globe camera radio Johnny Wonder Puzzle Book a other fine prize to the first youngster sending a question used here to: Johnny Wonder care of The Cincinnati Post 800 Broadway Cincinnati Ohio 45202 Include your age! Travelers often pass through time zones When it is noon in Chicago' fa example it is 6 in the evening in London We can understand why time is not the same everywhere if we think of telling time by the sun It is apparent noon when tiie sun is highest in the sky When it is noon in your town it is also noon everywhere else straight north and straight south of you But a difference of only a few miles east a west makes a difference of a minute in sun time When it is noon in one town it is not yet noon in a 2 3 Caiiad 4 Skag 5 Metric uoit 6 Roods 7 City in Nevada Flooring 9-10 VuUr nUrt.