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Show ry For Better or For Worse faroutI scored This plrce is nefh", By Lynn Johnston iK burster! space, -- You COULD GET i 2apoo Good Mike! youR mom's FVT 25 Different Video I NOTLEmN y oo in here) WEIRD I MERN-yo- GOULD Ask Andy The Salt Lake Tribune How big are a bighorn sheeps horns? A bighorn is a wild sheep of North America. It has horns that curve backward from the forehead, then go down and then forward. The largest set of horns on record were on a ram found in British Columbia. These horns measured 4 feet 3 inches along the front curve and spread 31 inches apart. Male bighorns stand 3 feet 2 inches to 3 feet 6 inches high at the shoulders. Rams, as the males are called, weigh from 200 to 300 pounds. The ewes, as the females are called, are not as large. Bighorns are wild sheep. They do not have wool as domestic sheep do. Instead, they have coats of hair similar to that of deer. There are the Rocky Mountain sheep, the Dali sheep and the Stone sheep. three kinds of bighorns: Dali sheep live in much of Alaska and in the western part of Canadas Yukon Territory. The Stone sheep are found from the south-centrpart of the Yukon Territory to the central part of British Columbia. Bighorn make their homes in the highest parts of the mountains, where human beings find it very difficult to go. The sheep live in bands numbering as many as 60 animals. The lambs are born in the spring. The ewes usually have one lamb at a time, but sometimes twins are born. In the Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, the ewes are often seen urging their lambs to jump from one rock to another. Lambs only two or three weeks old can go wherever their mothers go. Bighorns jump and climb easily in dangerous places. They escape coyotes, wolves and other enemies by racing to heights far above them. Bighorn sheep are very They can easily plunge down steep slopes at great speeds. Elastic pads on the bighorns feet grip the al sure-foote- The Rocky Mountain sheep live on the open slopes of the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada from southward to northern Mexico. The ARIES MAR. 21 Pregnant Hitchhiker Is Raped, Punched man raped . voman five months pregnant and punched her in the stomach when she resisted Wednesday evening in an alley on the 1100 East block of Kensington Avenue (about 1500 South), police said. The Salt Lake City woman was examined at Holy Cross Hospital. She was hitchhiking when the man picked her up at 3300 South and State Street about 8 p.m. He drove to the alley and raped and hit the woman in his vehicle. The man was described as Caucasian, in his late 20s, had a full beard and wore a cowboy hat, cowboy boots, red flannel shirt and blue denim jeans. He drove a dark blue, older model Jeep with horizontal gold striping and Utah license plates. A By Alex Kotzky nr Judge Parker By Paul Nichols WHAT S WRON&, SUSIE DON'T YOU LIKE THE FOOD UM NOT HUNGRY1 EXCUSE ME' I'M GOING BACK TO T THE ROOM' r-- J Snrv rocks and absorb the shock of the animal's gait. Bighorn feed on grasses and other small plants. They also eat the tender twigs of certain bushes. Many bighorn sheep have been e killed by hunters who their heads as tropies because prize of their great horns. and diseases have also cut down the number of these wild sheep in the United States and southerwestern Canada. Mountain lions and eagles also prey on the wild sheep. However, governmental agencies and other groups are now trying to preserve the bighorn. And they seem to be big-gam- Stock-grazin- , winning. The Dali and the Stone sheep Awards go to boys and girls between the oges of 7 ond 17 when their questions cue onswered In the Ask Andy column. Send your Questions on a post card to Ask Andy, The Salt Lake Tribune, P.O. Box 867, Salt Lake City, Utah 84110. TAURUS APR. 20 t MAT 20 L55-60-7- 1 GEMINI MAY 21 JUNE 20 By CLAY R. POLLAN Your Daily Activity Guide JH L54-63-7- 3 CANCER JUNE 21 JULY 22 .) LEO JULY 22 .AUG. 22 VIRGO AUG. 22 $ SlfT. FO-21-29-3- 8 C 22 t According to the Start. To develop message for Friday, read words corresponding to numbers of your Zodiac birth sign, 1 Diet 2 Divulging 3 Friendship 4 The 5 Take 6 Fun 7 Put SOthers 9 Work 10 Business fN JK 31 Prove 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Touches In Celled 1s The A Take In What 11 Don't 41 Up 12 Changes 42 To 13 Money 43 On 14 Is 44 The 15 Day 45 For 16 Into 46 Not 17 Times 47 Line 18 Finishing 48 Real 19 Can't 49 On 20 Will 50 Your 21 Matters 51 Other 22 Throw 52 With 23 Are 53 Be 24 Plans 54 Project 25 On 55 Towel 26 Is 56 Success 27 Consideration 57 The 28 Are 58 Financially 59 Be 29 May 30 Keep 60 Keep 61 Wise 62 A 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 You SAGITTARIUS NOV. 22 Is 81 Rewarding 82 63 64 85 86 Take New DtC. 21 CAPRICORN CC,-2- It JAN. NORTH 7642 ?95 0 8543 KQJ WEST J 1083 EAST ' 95 7864 7107 0 K72 9864 0 J 109 107532 SOUTH AKQ 7 AKQJ32 0 AQ6 A The bidding: South West 2 7 Pass 6 7 Pass Opening lead: North East Pass Pass Pass Jack of . 2 NT If you suspect that this hand was not dealt at the table you would be right. It is a lesson hand we used to use quite often in classes. Until one day something happened, and we had to change it slightly. There is nothing to the auction. Since as little as the jack of diamonds in partner's hand would make the slam laydown, to bid anything less than six hearts at South's second turn would be rank cowardice. We gave this hand to a group who were playing a practice session after one of our seminars. The directed contract was six hearts, and the universal lead was the jack of spades. Obviously, if declarer had an entry to the table, the hand would be a pianola. Lacking that entry, an though, optimistic declarer would either play ace of diamonds and another, hoping to drop the king, or else lay down the ace of hearts to try to drop the ten, which would create an entry out of the nine. As you can see, both these lines are due to fail. The correct line is to win the opening lead, cash the ace of clubs and now lead a low trump toward the nine. That succeeds in all cases where West has the ten. The nine of trumps becomes an to dummy, entry and declarer can discard his two diamonds on the table's high clubs. The jack of spades was the lead at every table except one, and most of the declarers found the winning line. At one table, however, an individualist elected to lead a low trump. Declarer was good enough to play dummy's nine, which secured an immediate entry to the board, but since the ace of clubs had not yet been unblocked, he could not take diamond discards. Instead, he had to rely on the diamond finesse. Alas, we had not had the foresight to provide East with the king of diamonds, so declarer went down one! M 5 Law Schools to Join in Regional Student Trial Competition Five institutions that train lawyers, including Brigham Young Universitys J. Ruben Clark Law School, will be in National Student Trial Advocacy regional competition March 10 at the Metropolitan Hall of Justice, 240 E. 400 South. Carl Sonne, president of the BYU affiliate of the sponsoring Association of Trial Lawyers of America, law students Bart said third-yea- r Browning and Peter Thompson will be judged by attorneys or judges in a mock trial concerning a woman who believes a hikers negligence caused the death of her husband. Also competing in Salt Lake City for national finals April 13 in Washington, D.C., will be teams from Arizona State University College of Law, University of Denver College of Law, Pepperdine er University Law School and the University of Wyoming Law School. Other regionals will be in Atlanta, St. Louis, Houston, Baltimore, Spokane, Wash.; Jackson, Miss.; and Wilmington, Del. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America is the worlds largest trial bar organization, with more than 53,000 members, officials said at their Washington headquarters. financing on new 1984 Porsche and Audi automobiles. 12 1 fee. it Will Say Needed 67 Cheerful 68 Today 89 Look 90 Precautions PISCES n,i MAR. 20 224 to get the exciting details! NAUTILUS O CAM II UNIVERSAL FREE WEIGHTS o AEROBICS FitncssAmerica TTCWTC" IS 84 Audi 4000S Quattro features high performance plus If youve wanted a new Porsche or Audi automobile, now is the time to visit Dave Strong Porsche Audi Weve got over 100 new cars in stock and on the way. Ex cellent financing or lease terms available financing available from 12 Up to seven years financing to Dt Strong telephone PorC8 Aud (801) Salt Lake City 531-990- 0 el drive. qualified buyers. Competitive prices good selections. 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