Mays Slams Giants To Doubleheader Sweep At Phillies
Willie Mays powered San Francisco with three homers in the opener and a big night cap hit, lifting the Giants to a 4-7 win in 10 innings and a 4-1 victory. The two wins moved SF into sole second in the NL by a razor edge over the Dodgers while Cincinnati and Chicago Cubs also played. Mays boosted his average to .331 and drove in five runs in the opener as the Giants climbed in the NL standings.
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Associated Press
Willie Mays
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Giants
Wille
Los Angeles Dodgers
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Reds
Chicago Cubs
Mays
Dallas Green
Frank Sullivan
Art Mahaffey
Billy Lees
Orioles rally past Royals as Hall shines in win
Baltimore's Dick Hall allowed two hits over a complete game effort guiding the Orioles to a 6-2 victory over Kansas City. Jim Gentile plated the tying run with a fifth inning single and Russ Snyder added a two run triple in a four run sixth to secure the win.
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Baltimore Orioles
Kansas City
Dick Hall
Birds
Detroit Tigers
Detroit
Chicago White Sox
New York Yankee
Cleveland
Washington
Indians
Boston
Minnesota
Orioles
Lew Krausse
Jim Gentile
Baltimore
Russ Snyder
Frank Lary
Tigers
Cal McClish
Dick McAuliffe
Turk Lown
Bill Bruton
Mike Robinson
Massena to Host State Little Britches Rodeo Finals
Massena Chamber sponsors Aug 11 13 at the old fairgrounds with about 200 entries in 20 junior and senior events. Overall boy and girl champions advance to national finals in Littleton Colorado the next week. Five performances planned Friday evening Saturday and Sunday with events like bareback steer and calf riding calf roping musical chairs trailer loading and more.
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Massena
Massena Chamber of Commerce
Little Britches
Littleton
Colo
Tom Coughlin
Rex Cawley Tops Collegiate Track Statistics
Rex Cawley USC sophomore leads the 1961 NCAA spring final report in track and field. He posted the best MMQ yard low hurdles time and the fastest 400 meter hurdles mark 49.9 seconds. He shared 440 yard dash with Earl Young and Adolph Plummer and anchored USC’s mile relay to 3 07.6, later matched by Abilene Christian.
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Kansas City
Rex Cawley
University of Southern California
NCAA
Cawley
Ray Cunningham
Texas
Ron Ablewich
Georgia Tech
Southern California Flash
Earl Young
Abilene- Christian
Adolph Plummer
New Mexico
USC
Abilene Christian
Griffith Named Boxer of the Month for June
The National Boxing Association selects welterweight champion Emile Griffith of New York as boxer of the month for June. He holds the title and earned the award through his performances in June.
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Providence, R.I
National Boxing Association
Emile Griffith
New York
League executives plan stock for two 1962 expansion teams
In Chicago, Warren Giles leads National League discussions to stock two new teams Houston and New York for the 1962 season. Horace Stoneham and Bill DeWitt stand with him as the meeting includes league presidents and club executives.
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Warren Giles
Chicago
Houston
New York
Giles
Horace Stoneham
Giants
Bill DeWitt
Reds
College football probe widens in basketball scandal
Grand jury term extended to December 29 fuels talk that Dist. Atty. Frank Hogan’s inquiry into fixes in college basketball may now target football. The move follows the Tucker indictment and earlier arrest of Aaron Wagman and other alleged fixers linked to Connecticut, Detroit, NYU, and Oregon games.
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New York
Dist. Atty
Frank Hogan
Hogan
Charles Tucker
Wagman
New Yorker
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Florida State
Dave Budin
Brooklyn
Michigan
University of Oregon
Oregon
University of Michigan
Butlin
Tucker
Connecticut
Detroit
Columbia
New York University
Charlie North
John Morgan
University of Detroit
James Granata
Granata
Lou Barshak
Michael Siegel
Budin
North and
Morgan
Ohio State
Nodaway Valley League Standings Tighten After Week
Clarinda defeats Lenox 4 to 2 to seize sole second place while Cumberland climbs from fifth to fourth after two wins Creston remains undefeated at 5-0 atop the standings Stanton game Wednesday and a Sunday meeting at Cumberland with Lenox Clarinda and Cumberland highlighted by a three way matchup.
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Clarinda
Cumberland
Nodaway Valley Baseball League
Lenox
Creston
Stanton
Clarinda Lenox
Greenfield
Nodaway
Anita
Greenfield Stanton
Air Force Academy lifts height weight limits for athletes
Air Force Academy announces new recruiting rules for football and basketball. Beginning with the upcoming class, cadets may be taller than 6 feet 8 inches and face no weight cap, replacing the former 6 feet 6 inch and 233 pound limits. The change signals interest in larger players entering summer.
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AIR Force Academy
Colo
Avant Triumphs Over Thomas in High Jump at New York Meet
Bobby Avant of Southern California defeated John Thomas in the high jump at the National AAU meet in New York. Avant cleared 7 feet with fewer misses, while Thomas has long been regarded as one of history’s great high jumpers.
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Bobby Avant
Southern California
John Thomas
New York
Bobby Jill
Thomas
Avant
Good Fishing Reported In North Iowa
North Iowa waters yield crappies bass walleyes and bullheads with Spirit Lake Okoboji and Cedar and Shell rivers producing good catches. Southern Iowa shows bass bluegills and crappies while trout streams require a 2 dollar trout stamp on July 4.
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Iowa
Des Moines
State Conservation Commission
Spirit Lake
Okoboji Lakes
Browns Lake
Sioux City
Big Sioux
Rock Rivers
Clear Lake
Shell
Nine Eagles Lake
Geode Lake
Burlington
Commission
Mississippi River
Cub Tournament Opens at Marne Field Sunday
The annual Marne Cub base ball tournament opens Sunday and runs through July 9. Admission is free with a free will offering to defray expenses. Minden won last year’s title by defeating Irwin 8-4, and Creston took third with a 5-1 win over Elk Horn.
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Minden
Irwin
Creston
Elk Horn
Campbell nets $50,000 hole in one in Flint Open lead
Flint Michigan AP reports Joe Campbell, known for long range hoops, hit a hole in one for a $50 000 bonus. The shot helped him take a one stroke lead after the first round of the $53 000 Flint Open on Thursday.
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Campbell
Steady Improvement Reported for Branch Rickey
Sudbury Ontario AP reports Branch Rickey shows steady improvement after the heart attack suffered Tuesday while vacationing at Manitoulinsland.
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Sudbury
Ont
Rickey
Manitoulinsland
Corning golfer Nan Gauthier captures District 9 open title
Nan Gauthier of Corning won the District 9 open day tournament at the Atlantic Golf and Country Club, carding 42 41 83 in hot conditions among 94 entrants. Muriel Muller placed second in the championship flight with 42 46 88, while Joan Roewert took third with 49 43 92.
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Nan Gauthier
Corning
Iowa
Atlantic Golf and Country Club
Iowa Women's Golf Association
Miss Gauthier
M. J. Martin
Atlantic
Bob Laufer
Lucille Sellergren
Red Oak
Susan Harshaw
Mary Jo Knudsen
Diane Fuhlendorf
Beverly Freese
Kay Garrett
Creston
Jo Sinn
Clarinda
Carolyn Lynam
Elsie Butler
Greenfield
Eddie Churchill
Rosena Fife
Jane Smith
Sis Elwood
Marge Folley
Cleda Paul
Ruby Brown
Maxine Thielen
Harlan
Alice Stinson
Marie Wilkerson
Phyllis Scott
Shenandoah
Gwen Lary
Birdie Butcher
Beth Sutton
Jamita Muller
Drabowsky Shuts Down Denver as Louisville Surges
Myron Moe Drabowsky a stopper for Louisville stopped Denver’s bid by tossing a three hitter before leaving after a liner. Louisville a clincher moved two games atop the American Association with a 53 win over the Bears. Indianapolis beat Houston 4 1 to tie Denver for second and Omaha blanked Dallas Fort Worth 2 0.
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Associated Press
Myron
Moe) Drabowsky
Denver
Louisville
American Association
Bears
Drabowsky
Milwaukee Braves
Indianapolis
Houston
Omaha
Dallas-Fort Worth
Machen Faces Harold Johnson In TV Bout Underdog Fight
Eddie Machen seeded as 9-5 underdog in a 10 round非televised non title bout against Harold Johnson at Convention Hall Atlantic City. ABC TV will broadcast the nationally televised clash.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Eddie Machen
Harold Johnson
Convention Hall
Portland
Ore
Abc-Tv
Stars Deliver Big Doubleheader For Giants And Orioles
Yesterday's stars included Willie Mays of the Giants who went 6 for 8 with seven RBIs in a doubleheader sweep over the Phillies. He homered three times in the opener and added a triple and double in the 4-1 nightcap win while Dick Hall of the Orioles allowed two hits and one earned run in six innings in a 6-2 victory over the A's with eight strikeouts.
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Associated Press
Willie Mays
Giants
Phillies
Dick Hall
Orioles
A's
Houston to Enter National League as 23rd City
In 1952 Houston will join the National League as the 23rd U.S. city represented, marking a historic expansion for the league.
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Houston
Eichmann Says He Directed Nazi Transportation
In Jerusalem Adolf Eichmann testified he directed Nazi transport to move Jews from Holland and Denmark to death camps but refused responsibility for mass slaughter. He argued he only carried out orders and dismissed documents naming him in evacuations as inaccurate. The Danish plan largely failed due to Danish resistance, and Eichmann said the Copenhagen trip was on orders but already implemented.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Holland
Denmark
Robert Servatius
Eichmann
Eichmanan
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Berlin
Eichmann Department
Sonderkommando
Third Reich
Copenhagen
Heinrich Mueller
Rev Ernest Press chosen moderator of E and R church
AP Philadelphia Rev Ernest Press of Burlington Iowa is named moderator of the Evangelical and Reformed Church as delegates meet in Philadelphia. The two denominations will join to form the United Church of Christ next week. Mrs George E Kahlenberg of Two Rivers Wisconsin is elected moderator of the other group’s general council.
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Philadelphia
Ernest Press
Burlington
Iowa
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Congregational Christian
United Church of Christ
Mr. Press
General Council
Congregational Christian Churches
George E. Kahlenberg
Two Rivers
Wis
Motorists Urged to Obey Stop Signs Strictly
Readers are reminded that stop signs demand a full halt rather than mere slowing. Police warn drivers to come to a complete stop at intersections to prevent collisions and ensure pedestrian safety.
Kennedy taps Gen Maxwell Taylor as military adviser
President Kennedy installs Gen Maxwell D Taylor as military adviser while weighing his influence on defense and intelligence strategy. Taylor, 60, has urged abandoning the Joint Chiefs system in favor of a single defense chief and an advisory council. He also influenced Kennedy to shift from massive retaliation to a balance of forces and to plan long term military modernization and a mobile missile system. Taylor previously commanded in Berlin and argues Berlin must be defended if necessary.
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Washington
Kennedy
Maxwell D. Taylor
McGeorge Bundy
Harvard
Taylor
Army
Eisenhower
Bundy
Lyman Limnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Look Magazine
Joint Chiefs
Supreme Military Council
Security Council
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
Foreign Affairs Quarterly
Khrushchev
Berlin
East Germany
Red World
Chicago
Coad Aide Mrs Peters Paid 1043 In May
Washington AP records show Carol Faye Peters, second wife of Rep Merwin Coad, earned 1043 dollars in May while on his payroll. Peters married Coad May 19 in Martinsburg W V. Peters previously worked in his office since 1957 and earned 1016 in May.
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House
Carol Faye Peters
Merwin Coad
Alown
Coad
Peters
Martinsburg
W. Va
Dolores
Double Springs
Ala
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