European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Sam could t Hack it by Hal Boyle a staff writer Sam the cabby i Buck behind the wheel again and says he Wand to Sta then the rest of hit life. On foggy Clammy morning recently a Dow up to new York City curb ant i lumped in 10 i could make it to work onetime. Haven t Wen you around lately Sam i mid. Been on vocation a vacation he replied i Bee retired. But now i have Urc tired myself and x fee Tell me about it Sam i Bald knowing could no More halt him than i could have held Back the Johnstown flood witha wet sponge. began Sam like most of the Jerka who ride wit me present company excepted of course i kept counting the years and months until i could quit work. Looking Back now i realize what a stupid Way that la to waste your life. So i finally hit the 65-Mark a few week Sago and that s enough for me. I give the old Hack a Goodby kick in the tires the Boas and the boys at the garage hand a couple of bottles and like Jackie Glea Ion says away 1 Sam paused while a dark car loomed Brand beat the red Light i d been working for Iso years and i Elt that was enough h continued and to Tell the truth the first few Days was Tutor bad. Then my wife and i began to get on each other s nerves. She said i can l sit around All Day Maying bin Rummy with you i got to clean this House. I Tell her you been cleaning this House for 42 she said Well. It s still dirty and you re in my Way can t you find nobody better than me to talk to Well i started hanging out at the old garage again but it was t the same. 1 did t feel right so i told my wife let s jump in the old bus and drive Down and see Max. That s my brother who s retired in Florida. Well we got there and found Max and his wife living in an area where he and a lot of other old couples had bought som of these new Little Doghouse Homes t told Max All these people Gimme the re just sitting around in thu Sun waiting to die. Max said it suited him and 1 said we lit Don t suit me. So i drove Buck to new York the next Day. I went to my old Boss and said i going nuts doing nothing. Beside this so Cial Security me and the wife draw Les than $200 a month Ain t nothing but Charity. They can Call it social Security i they want to but anything that won t let you die and it la Ain t enough to live on what is it but Charity so my Boss said Well Sam you can crawl Back into your old Hack anytime you feel like it. So i myself right then and there and like i said i never Felt a Man works 50 years it s the Only real pleasure in living he s got left 4 � � Goren on Bridge North South vulnerable. North dealt. North4 jb2 Vuk j5 4 a765 a43 West East 4 kd1097 4 a 6e/976 a/43 4 1042 4 kqj83 472 j 10 9 8 South 4943 a q 10 8 2 4 9 kq85 the bidding North East south14 14 it 1 it pass .1 pass 4 a pass West past pass pass 3 pass opening Lead King of 4 it is fundamental St elegy inthe opera ton of a squeeze play that All inevitable losers mus first be yielded to Thi opposition. 14 South s failure to act upon this principle Cost to the game con tract in today s hand. West chose to ignore his part Ner s Overall in diamonds and selected the King 01 Spades in Stead for his opening Lead. East followed with the a and. When the Kin held the trick. West continued with a Small we in with thu Ace and he shifted to the King of Diamond which was won in the Dummy. South correctly diagnosed fro East a failure to continue Spades that he was out of he suit which made it appear Lely that he had length in Botn of the minor accordingly decided to see ii some pressure could reapplied in that direction. His first step was to Ruff. Diamond in his hand. Next came the Ace and King of hearts. When everyone followed. South was in position to Ruff another Diamond removing West s last card in that suit. Declarer now played his last Trump. East still had two Dia monds left in addition to his original club holding and he washable to discard a Diamond safely retaining the Queen As Protection against North s seven of Dia monds. When the club failed to break Declarer fell one trick Short of his goal. South made his mistake relatively Early in the play. After winning East s Dlan und shift Attrick three with Dummy s Ace it waa All right to Ruff a Diamond in his hand but he should take this Opportunity to concede an other Spade trick to West East will be forced to mute an immediate discard presumably a Small Diamond. When South playoff his last Trump subsequently East is Down to one Diamond and our clubs and la unable to de tend. I he throws the Queen of Diamond. North s seven becomes established. If he discards a club instead. South will be Able to win four club tricks. It in Mims. Tto Cal cow Trimm the stars and stapes an Israel pilgrimage designed especially for is. Force jewish personnel is scheduled for july 15-29 from Frankfurt i cooperation with Al Al Israel airlines. The 35-Day journey priced at s.120 All inclusive features Tel Aviv Nat Hanyo Reh Vot an Vicinity the Cleat Brenner Kibbutz Jaffa. Negev Beersheba Ash Kelon Ellet. Tiberias. Nazareth River Jordan the sen of Galilee shovel Lon. Capernaum acre. Ca Sarena and Many other biblical treasures. For full details consult Swiss hotel plan travel offices,14 Korn Merkt Frankfurt phone 590673 2 frug Hohall sir., Dalserf input run. Phone 7402 6 Rote str., Stuttgart phone 206937 1-4 Eisen Mann sir. Munich phone 555435 49 ave de 1 opera Paris phone opera 4710. And 2 Church place London phone Regent 5710. There s a new tourist service called Swiss Auto plan for folks who want to see Europe from their own private Auto mobiles. The service provides hotel reservations and meals along the the route insurance and reimbursement in Case of Accident or break Down. Sos Roadside and hauling service maps Etc. Itineraries redesigned to suit the tourist. Sample itineraries list trips lasting seven and 14 Days and costing 539 and 181.50 respectively and up and covering every country in Europe. The Price is per person. Chil Dren up to 6 years of age Are granted 50 per cent reductions kid from 6-10 years get 2010 per cent off. Descriptive brochures and Sample itineraries Are available upon request from Swiss hotel plan offices addresses above. A special vacation time round trip flight Frankfurt new York aboard a charter super Constellation aircraft is scheduled to depart june 21 and return july 19. The fare is $215. For additional information Contact transatlantic Tours 23 Esthe Helmer anlage Frankfurt phone 559515. Germany Tii Akl Loos a new Mountain Road connecting Kempten and sont Hofen in the bavarian Alps runs parallel to main Highway 19 and offers travellers Relief from heavy traffic. Radolf Zell on Lake Constance will be illuminated in a Blase of fire work july 21. Meyersburg also on the German aide will Light up the town and Castle and have a fireworks display july 27. Landau on the Germony Austria Border of the Lake will offer the same on aug. 2,while the town of Constance will follow Ault on aug. 10. The new Kosher hotel and restaurant Roe merhof la now open to diners in Baden Baden. Helgoland the historic Island resort off Ger Many s North seacoast is now accessible Dally by ship from Ham Burg three times a week from Cuxhaven. There will also be Dally trips from the North frisian bathing Paradise Island of Silt to Helgoland. Darmstadt s International Holiday course in modern in Gulf held in conjunction with the Hesse broadcasting company Days of modern music Are scheduled from july 14-26 at Schloss Kranyc Heleln. The Baltic Seaside resort of Groeltz in Lueb Pekbay will celebrate its 150th anniversary from june 9-16 with a jul Len of water sports. Inauguration of a new Park and pier Fin works on june 14, and a gala trekking holidays Are offered at the Rex of stables near Altrup on the Rhine River North of Ludwigshafen. There Are 14 Iceland Vonlea available for daily rides and excursions to nearby festivals and the Scenic palatinate nature preserves. The Rex of also operates a private campsite from which visitors can Sample the delights of horsemanship swimming and boating on the nearby Sliver Lake and visit the restaurants on Germany s famous wine Road. The Royal Golf courses of India and Ceylon Are offered on a 22-Day Jet flight from Frankfurt in cooperation with pan american world airways air India and All Chapag Lioyd tourist offices. The All inclusive fee is j990. Which includes everything except Green fees which average 11.30 per round. Tour dates Are oct. 20-nov. 10 and Jan. 12 feb. 2. The Golf courses All of which Are 18 holes include the Bomba presidency club the Nuwata Ellya club the Royal Colombo club the Royal Calcutta club and the now Delhi club. In addition the itinerary lists sightseeing in Bombay Colombo Madras. Calcutta Benares Agra and the Taj mahal and new Delhi. Tie great dolomites tour which Worms through seven Alpine passes and features dinner in a 12tti-Centary Castle first class hotels and no night travel. Is scheduled for june 20-24 fro american installations in Wiesbaden Frankfurt. Hanau. Heidelberg and Karlsruhe. The All inc Luslie fee is s4b. Also featured Are the Spring Alpine Flowers in full Bloom along the route which lists Innsbruck. Cortina d amp Cao Bolzano and Merano. Details an Avail Able from weekend Tours. 12 Hans Sachs sir., Wiesbaden phone 73881 London ssi sir John Gielgud will Star in a stage adaptation of Thornton wild or s novel the ides of March which will1 june m in is. John who will direct the production along with Jerome Kilty made b Karl " Al c " th0 mip Mior a i i the play to be enacted in present Day dress. Is an investigation into the corrupting influence of Power a seen through modern Eye Fye of the world s o Ldes t and most Famou. Sporting Oventin Jine Iju Lyt " " " year this year s classic Marks the 50th Jear the event will be thursday May j3, 1963
