European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 8, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Modern jeep is reminder of military operations to Border jordanian Oasis of peace Fly Stan a staff writer a White Stone Moa artery of Hill top ii an Oasis of peace on the Israel Jordoin demarcation a wayfarer eat rest and sip a Glass of port wine in the Garden and look out across Dirreen vineyards at no mans land israeli police Pott inside the Cool building cloistered roman Catholic monks of the Trappist order Bend Over books in Small study your own footsteps on the Stone floor Are the Only the 35 members of the Community take their vegetarian meals in an austere dining room while one of their number reads prayers and scripture aloud from a the Trappist Community at about 15 West of Jerusalem in a Hook of the truce is 70 years the White Sandstone building is newly the monks built Section by by the sweat of their own f Ore the Israel Arab Latrouno wine from the monastery vineyards was 1 orally famous and was exported through Haifa to Many parts of the the fighting raged across the Trappist shelling did Worth of damage to the old monastery further Down the Hillside and the building under construction on the when the truce line was the monks were Given a Choice of being in israeli or jordanian they chose Jordan because most of their farm labourers and other employees were the line was drawn around the Edge of their a visitor must drive past tank traps and barbed wire and through a Section of no mans land to get to the fifteen Ages 12 to 17 and most of them from attend a Seminary operated by the your car passes them As they hike Down the Road through the romans their a Young priest in a Brown Waves at the car and the boys the boy at the tag end of the line if Hying a the monks Are self sufficient on their 700acre growing their own milling it into flour and baking it into proceeds from the Sale of their wine help support the poor of the neigh Boring because of transport Latrouno wine is no longer exported to Europe but is sold on the local some of it finds its Way to neighbouring Middle East the huge wooden vats in the wine cellar beneath the monastery Are filled to Over you can buy a bottle of Latrouno red at the monastery for 28 cents or in Amman for 35 you can get a bottle of 30yearold distilled from the grapes of the old Palestine for Goren on Bridge both North 4 k 10 6 3 2 4 a k 5 West 4 j 87 4 j 10 4 10 6 j 7 4 2 East 4 q q 986 3 South v a k 7 s 4 q j 4 3 2 a 6 3 the bidding North Kant South West 1 4 pass 2 4 pass 8 4 pans 4 pass 4 4 pass 4 9 puss 4 pass opening Lead Hcan Are some funds which present several options in the each of which arc so close Kab to Render determining which to Best a very difficult it to precisely this Type holding 14 which deserves a deliberate Hud dle in consideration so Many others do not the final contract today was completely justified by the respective South won the heart opening and concluded that if the club King Lay in the West hand most of his problems would be led a Low club toward Dummy Queen which lost to easts King and a heart was Declarer had no Choice but to set up Dummy Spade suit or rely on a possible to then led a cashed the King and ruffed a third Spade on which East discarded a South played a heart but West ruffed with the six of diamonds forcing Dummy to Over Ruff with an there was now no Way to Man age the hand so As to produce the balance of the the Spade suit could be set up but there would remain no entry in Dummy and the losing club could not be ruffed out without build ing up a Trump Winner in easts the line of play that appeals to us As being Best would be As Fol lows play a High then Ruff a Low play a High Trump from declares then Lead a Trump to this tests out the Trump since they have a second Low Spade can be ruffed with souths remaining High and Dummy last Trump provides an entry to run the set up if it turns out that the Trumps Are 41 Declarer must Hope for a 33 Spade two Trumps will then be but a High Spade is led and continued until the player with the Trump ruffs whatever he leads Back is taken then Trump is extracted with Dummy last on the Good Spade suit sufficient discards Are obtained to fulfil cop new the Cusmo tribunal Thi stars and stripes Pup tent readers Are invited to submit their verse to the Pup tent poets the stars and Apo the editor reserves the right to make minor changes and suggests that the authors retain copies of their submitted poems As manuscripts cannot be All contributions should be typed and double spaced to facilitate one thing about writing x Cummings one thing about writing like e e Cummings la that you dont have to know too much but can Amble on in this manner until the wine is finished and you carried Home to bed and therefore 1 find this a most agreeable past Kne but then one must be careful to both avoid the anger of wife and presenting a staggering example to ones children that is if one has children 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