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Chicago Tribune, Friday, September 18, 1992 Section 5 7 Tempo' DAVE Dear Abby By Abigail Van Buren He'd rather see his dad late than never ear Abby: My parents were divorced almost 45 years ago. I he last time I saw my tatner, I II I was 4 years old. I I Now that I am approaching the mid-centu- rv mark. I've become more and more curious Dear Have an intermediary (perhaps a lawyer) contact your father, explain the situation and offer him an opportunity to see you. Your father's wife has no right to deprive your father and his other sons of the opportunity of seeing you.

The choice should be theirs. Dear Abby: My husband and I have been happily married for six years. We have two beautiful, healthy children: a daughter who is 3 years old and a son who is 6 months old. I have always wanted a big family. I love kids.

I come from a family with only two children, and my husband is one of three. He insists that our family is perfect the way it is, and we shouldn't press our luck. Abby, I would like to have at least four children. I am strong and healthy and we can afford it. My husband says our family is complete.

This disagreement is putting a strain on our marriage. Have you any advice? Born to Breed in Kansas Dear Born to Breed: You need not make a decision today, tomorrow or even next year. Your youngest is still in diapers; when he's 3 years old and his sister is 5 12, review the bidding. Dear Abby: For your information, a funeral procession has the right of way over all other vehicles except emergency vehicles (ambulance, fire and police) whether escorted or unescorted. As long as you have your headlights on to show that you are a member of a funeral party, you may ignore all stop signs and traffic signals.

Check with your local undertaker or law enforcement agency if you are in doubt. Robert E. Riddle, Winficld, Kan. Dear Robert: The laws vary from state to state. (The local police and morticians will have up-to-date information.) But regardless of the law, most drivers out of respect and consideration for the funeral party will allow them the right of way.

DLONDIE IP VOU HAO IT ALL TO DO I I I I WHY ACE YOU BEING I 1 1 DON'T WANT HER TO OVES AGAIN, WOULD VOU r- SO SECRETIVE BECOME OVERCONFIDENT 1 SHOE AE NOT fl-M WKAfTINS ITS Mtt KE I rlf those I muY- xw embalm 1 about my father. After years of trying to track him down, I was finally able to reach his sister. She said my father had remarried after he and my mother were divorced, and he now has three sons by his second wife. I was thrilled. As an only child, I had always wondered what it would be like to have brothers or sisters.

So far, so good. The problem: My newly found aunt said she had spoken to my father's wife, and she decided that it would not be in anybody's best interest for me to reunite with my father. She said that his other sons were never told of my existence, and it would be opening a can of worms if they found out their father had kept this from them all these years. They say he is nearly 80 now and has a heart condition, and they fear that seeing me again might cause a heart attack. I would still like to contact my father.

What should I do? "Doc" in Long Island BEETLE DAILEY CALVIN AND HODDES i why, i pp you i PRETTI EXCEPT FOR OHE TOES A PICTURE OF ME HATE. 5P0RTS. BEFORE WE POCTOR, WHO PIP SHREWD DETAIL. SUPPC5E (CW DRNE A HARD BM2SWK, FLEABAT. COH, NOW VA950T tAAM ABOJT TO RENEAL" W5 SECRET LOOKING PLWNIHS, THE PH0T068AWER THAT lyWH HELP I 1EA, BUT PEOPVE BELIEVE WUATTHE1 SEE, AKD NOW YltVE GOT A PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENT OF A TAKE OW.W00S) REACH FOR.

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Now arrange the circled 48 Teen's "car" 50 Dastard 52 "Enterprise" crew member 53 "Topaz" author 54 Boston pro 55 Fed. agcy. 57 Bypass 58 Utah's state flower 59 Cinch 62 Sentence ender 29 A Castle 30 Objectives 32 Floor worker 33 Works on copy 34 Employee entreaty 37 Icy peak 40 Gave 41 Metal levers 43 Timetable, for short 44 Pronoun 46 Soluble mineral salt 7 Style 8 Skirt shape 9 December flier 10 Brazilian dances 11 Satanic 12 Levesque of Canada 13 Raised borzois 21 Lady's man 23 Medieval estate 25 Links great, Sam 27 Restaurants 28 Lake or Indian letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the cartoon above. Answer: By Omar Sharif and Tannah Hirsch Both vulnerable. South deals.

North Void 10 7 5 3 2 OA 8 6 3 95 West East A 9876 KQ543 OVoid 0J 9 7 542 A 6 4 3 2 South 10 2 9 8 6 OK 10 10 8 7 The bidding: South West North East IS? 3 44 Pass 5 Pass 6 Dbl Pass Pass Pass Opening lead: Jack of Clubs Continuing our saga of strange hands from the Summer North American Championships in Toronto is this unusual example. Each defender has but one trump, yet each collected a trick with it. West's two-heart cue-bid showed the black suits and North's jump to three spades promised shortness in the suit, either a singleton or void. South made a good decision by taking a sacrifice at seven hearts. West's double indicated a heart loser, so East knew not to compete further.

All that remained was to extract the maximum penalty. West led the jack of clubs, continued with the queen and then tried the king. Declarer did as well as possible by ruffing with the jack in dummy, but East was able to overruff. By leading touching honors in upside-down order, West was making a suit preference signal for the lower of the remaining side suits, in this case diamonds. East duly obliged, and West's rufT was the fourth trick for the defense.

That was absolute par on the hand. East-West can make six spades for a total of 1430, so -1 100 for down four was as well as North-South could do unless East-West were silly enough to try seven spades. Fortunately, North-South had not bid diamonds along the route, so the chances for a fatal lead against a spade grand slam were considerably reduced. up 1 A 44 Waste allowances 45 Deceitful folks 47 Carpenter's rack 49 Permits 51 Masticate 52 Eider 56 Carve in relief 60 Surface 61 Dorian Gray's creator 63 Sabbath ender 64 Cash drawer 65 Matriculate: var. 66 Latvian city 67 spumante 68 Red ink items 69 Arrest DOWN 1 Fall guy 2 Cartoonist Peter 3 Retreat 4 Mehitabel, for one 5 Caress 6 Gotcha! ACROSS 1 Mardi Gras, e.g.

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