Local youth leagues report crowded wins and standout players
Multi league results across Junior Girls Senior Girls and various Peewee divisions feature Janell Beck and Marlene Haynie leading Co-Eds to a 21 2 victory over Pleasant Valley Quails. Margaret Wills Roosters win 17 7 over St. Marys Penguins and Hill Hollys top Pantex Amazons 10 5 with Virginia Counts and Pat Pitcock strong on mound.
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Pleasant Valley Quails
Janell Beck
Shirley Crawford
Janell
Patti Halen
Lucy Amerson
Marlene Haynie
Hill Hollys
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Virginia
Sissy
Joyce Ramsey
Pert Pat Pitcock
Amazons
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Joyce Ramory
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Carter Kelley
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Jim Johnson
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Darrell Foster
Troyce Austin
Austin
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Milton Gibbs
Virgil Vaughn
Carrol Stafford
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Bobby Hinson
North Side Cowboys
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The
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Spitfires
POC Chart Entry for Thursday July 8 1948
Sparse OCR fragment notes a chart entry labeled POC for Thursday July 8 1948 with unclear measurements. No additional context or entities are readable.
Texarkana Tot Smell Helps Save Kids From Truck Crash
A Texarkana story notes aroma from a scented ad in the afternoon paper saved two granddaughters, Janice and Judy Wood, ages 3 and 4, who were on a curb with their grandfather. A huge truck swerved to miss a car and plunged over the curb shortly after.
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Texarkana
Harry Wood
Janice
Judy Wood
Dodgers win streak fueled by three catchers in lineup
Dodgers beat Braves 4 to 2 as Campanella drives in winning run and Edwards homers in 11 innings. Hodges at first, Edwards at third, Campanella catching. Spahn loses. Giants, Phillies, Cardinals, Reds, Athletics and Indians win as league race tightens.
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Leo Durocher
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Larry Jansen
Philadelphia
Scotty Thomson
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Frankie Baumholtz
Danny Litwhiler
Ken Raffensberger
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Yankees
Dick Fowler
Hank Majeski
Bobby Feller
Indians
White Sox
Feller
Cleveland
Senators
Red Sox
Ove
Gil Coan
Carden Gillen
Four-Man Loyalty Board Named For Texas Civil Service
The U S Civil Service Commission named a four man regional loyalty board for the Texas region. Members are Mabry J Norrell of Dallas chairman Henry P Draught San Antonio lawyer Laurence R Melton Dallas printer and Andrew Patton Dallas attorney The board headquarters is in Dallas.
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Washington
US Civil Service Commission
Texas Civil Service Region
Mabry J. Norrell
Dallas
Henry P. Draught
San Antonio
Laurence R. Melton
Andrew Patton
Dalas
Venezuelan President Gi legos to Visit Houston on Invitation
Venezuelan President Romulo Gallegos will visit Houston on Tuesday at the invitation of Mayor Oscar Holcombe and Chamber of Commerce President Warren Bellows. He attended the July 4 event at Bolivar Missouri with President Truman for the dedication of a Simon Bolivar statue.
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Romulo Gilegos
Oscar Holcombe
Chamber of Commerce
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Gallegos
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Truman
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Japanese Emperor Still Immune From Paying His Railroad Fare
Japanese Communist press questions whether Emperor Hirohito will pay the 25 percent rise in railroad fares. Transportation Minister Seiichi Okada says the emperor will ride free, as he has always done.
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Hirohito
Seiichi Okada
New Look for Block and Tackle Tactics in Pro Football
OSCAR FRALEY reports a shift in pro football as many top teams move away from the T formation toward the winged T and other sets. Coaches cite stronger defenses and designed patterns as driving the change, while several teams still endorse the T in varied forms and personnel.
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Chicago
Bears
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Redskins
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Five Oilers On All Stars
Five Oilers named to the Texas League all star squad for the eighth annual game to be managed by Al Vincent of the Oilers next Tuesday in Fort Worth. The lineup includes players from Houston San Antonio Shreveport Tulsa Dallas Oklahoma City and Beaumont with Beaumont not represented. The selection, announced by league secretary Milton Price, names four unanimous choice players and lists a mix of pitchers catchers infielders and outfielders from several teams.
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Ed Garcia
Procopio Herrera
al Unser
Bob Brady
Tom Jordan
Sally Hemus
Danny Reynolds
Bill Sommers
Jim Kirby
Russell Burns
Hal Epps
Cities Draw Drivers, Says Traffic Expert
Yale University expert Wilbur Smith told the Texas Traffic Engineering Conference that motorists prefer express routes to big cities, saying small towns lose traffic as highways head toward urban hubs. He warned such trends challenge rural communities and roadbuilding priorities.
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Austin
Yale University
Texas Traffic Engineering Conference
Wilbur
Engineers and Officials Register for Second Annual Conference
More than 200 engineers along with city and state officials registered for the second annual conference, which is scheduled to end tomorrow.
Italian Metal Crews Join Strike Parade
In Rome on July 8 about 700 000 metal industry workers staged a half day strike to back CGIL demands for higher pay. Police used tear gas as labor unrest swelled in Milan and further walkouts were announced for glass ceramic and saccharine industries with a nationwide strike planned if results lag.
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General Confederation of Labor
CGIL
Milan
Clarification on Rogers in Traffic Collision Report
The report states Jack Wet J D tied to ote J D Rogers at 1002 Bryan was not the Mr Rogers in the collision last Sunday morning. The vehicle belonged to Jack L Rogers of 1218 Bryan per the city police wreck report on file.
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Ote
J. D. Rogers
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Rogers
the Globe
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Texas Jockey Rides 44 Winners in 27 Days
PAWTUCKET RI July 8 Apprentice jockey Clarence Picou of Port Acris Tex today entered the last three days of Narragansett Park summer meeting with a record of riding 44 winners in 27 days He dominated yesterday's card with three winners and three seconds in the first six races He sat out the next and finished seventh in the final event Also a note says when Lake Texoma is at maximum elevation it covers 145500 acres about 227 square miles
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Tex
Narragansett Park
Miss Howard Becomes Pioneer Flight Hostess
Marjorie M. Howard, a Crosbyton native, joins Pioneer Air Lines as a flight hostess. She has three years experience in Amarillo with airlines and previously worked as a Braniff city reservationist and with Hull Dobbs Catering at English Field. Based in Houston, she will serve Pioneer flights to Texas and New Mexico.
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University of Oklahoma
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Guatemalan Span of Pan American Highway Near Mexico
The Guatemalan portion of the Pan American Highway may reach El Octoral on the Mexican border by June 1949, said William H. Furlong, US highway official. An 85 mile section between Guatemala and the unfinished Mexican highway is set to be completed by October.
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el Octoral
Guatemela
William H. Furlong
National Highway Direction of
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