American tennis team shows strength at Wimbledon Davis Cup push
Five American players led by Dennis Ralston Cliff Richey Clark Graebner Char lie Pasarell and Marty Riessen won in the Wimbledon first round boosting hopes for a Davis Cup bid against Mexico in Cleveland August 13 15. MacCall noted a wide open team selection with Ashe possibly missing due to Army duty.
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Wimbledon
England
George MacCall
Dennis Ralston
Cliff Richey
Clark Graebner
Charlie Pasarell
Marty Riessen
MacCall
Mexico
Cleveland
Ralston
Bakersfield
Calif
Robert Lutz
San Francisco
Richey
Dallas
Tex
Britain
Graham Stilwell
Graebner
Beachwood
Ohio
Martin Mulligan
Australia
Pasarell
Santurce
Puerto Rico
Peter Pokorny
Austria
Riessen
Evanston
Got
Barry Phillips-Moore
Roy Emerson
Harry Fauquier
Canada
Fred Stolle
Ingo Buding
West Germany
Emerson
Stolle
Arthur Ashe
UCLA
U.S. Army
Freight Train Crash Blocks C and N W Rails
An eastbound freight train collided with a second freight pulling onto a siding near Lowden Iowa injuring engineer Fred Morgan 61 of Clinton and brake man A Ferrarri 57 of Boone. Three diesel units and 17 cars derailed plus 300 feet of track damaged. Crew evacuated seconds before impact. Wrecking crews from Boone and Clinton responded.
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Lowden
Chicago & North Western Railway
Iowa
Fred Morgan
Clinton
A. Ferranri
Boone
African Bells Found in Wyoming Cabin Believed Old Congo Art
Norris Spencer discovered two bells in a deserted South Pass cabin along the Oregon Trail. The Smithsonian identified them as mourning bells over 500 years old from the lower Congo, Africa. Granite Glen Museum in Evergreen owns a set and suggests they arrived in the United States by ship and travelled west on a wagon train before being abandoned.
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Arvada
Colo
Norris Spencer
South Pass
Oregon Trail
Wyoming
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
D.C
Lower Congo
Africa
Granite Glen Museum
Evergreen
United States
Tigers Reinstate Stanley. Send Moore to Syracuse
The Detroit Tigers reinstated outfielder Mickey Stanley to the active list on Saturday and optioned catcher Jackie Moore to Syracuse, the Tigers’ International League farm club.
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Tigers
New York
Detroit Tigers
Mickey Stanley
Jackie Moore
Syracuse
Detroit
Tennessee star chooses pro baseball over college football
Buddy Lawhorn, a top high school football talent from Tennessee, will skip college gridiron to pursue a professional baseball career in Memphis. The decision marks a rare cross-sport move by a prominent prep athlete.
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Baseball
Memphis
Tenn
Buddy Lawhorn
Tennessee
Terrell Takes Day Off Again Ahead of Title Bout
Heavyweight Ernie Terrell skipped a second day of workouts while challenger Doug Jones resumed training ahead of their World Boxing Association title match set for June 28 in Houston. Terrell planned sparring Wednesday after weekend workouts and made two signing appearances Monday night.
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Houston
Ernie Terrell
Doug Jones
World Boxing Association
Terrell
Jones
Veterans Hospital
Sam Solomon
Army of Viet Nam: ARVN seen as mixed forces and flaws
A view from home surveys ARVN forces in Vietnam, noting a mix of modern and tribal troops, high desertion, forged IDs, uneven discipline, and limited pay and equipment. The piece contrasts gallantry with cowardice and questions ally effectiveness amid a costly war.
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Newpaper Enterprise Assn
New York
NEA
United States
Viet Nam
South
U.S
Furst Delayed Arrival At Adventist World Conference
Bernard Furst, head of the Seventh day Adventist disaster relief in Kansas, was late to the Detroit world conference because he remained in Topeka directing aid after a recent tornado.
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Detroit
Bernard Furst
Seventhday Adventist Church
Kansas
Furst
Topeka
Outdoor Writers create $500 annual scholarship
The Outdoor Writers Associations established an at-large scholarship for college students to study outdoor writing and conservation. The board will accept applicants until Aug. 1. Similar $500-a-year scholarships exist at Kansas State University and Michigan State University.
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Port ST. Lucie, Fla
Outdoor Writers Associations
Association
Kansas State University
Michigan State University
Firemen Triumph in Junior Club League Baseball
The Firemen defeated the Sheriffs 3-1 at Gal loway Pit on Monday afternoon. Pitcher Steve Seltz allowed four hits while Steve Riles gave up five. the Firemen move to 1-1 and the Sheriffs drop to 0-2.
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Galloway Pit
Firemen
Sheriffs
Steve Seltz
Steve Riles
Maine Governors Race Set as Curtis Faces Reed Challenger
Gov. John H. Reed won the Republican primary with about 69 percent while Secretary Kenneth M. Curtis took roughly 55 percent in a duel with Democratic rivals. Reed, a potato grower, and Curtis, a 35 year old lawyer, both 45, move toward a statewide contest. Sen. Margaret Chase Smith was unopposed for re nomination. Dem rival Elmer H. Violette won to oppose Smith.
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Robert M. Crocker
Portland
Maine
John H. Reed
Kenneth M. Curtis
Reed
Curtis
National Governors’ Conference
James
Erwin
U.S
Margaret Chase Smith
Elmer H. Violette
van Buren
Sen. Smith
Plato Truman
Biddeford
Jack L. Smith
Paratroopers battle dug in Viet Cong in Phu Yen highlands
U S paratroopers of the 101st Airborne and the 1st Cavalry stormed a jungle hideout as about 500 Viet Cong offered stiff resistance from log bunkers and tunnels in Phu Yen Province. The 36 hour battle left 69 communists killed with ongoing fighting and reinforcements arriving.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
101St Airborne Division
1St Cavalry
Phu Yen
Tuy Hoa
101St Airborne
North Viet Nam
Kontum
Nathan Hale
Radcliffe College Receives $2.2 Million in Gifts
In Cambridge Massachusetts Radcliffe College reported gifts totaling 2.2 million dollars received in the past period and noted support from unnamed donors. The college highlighted fundraising progress and ongoing philanthropic contributions to its programs.
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Cambridge, Mass
Radcliffe College
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Ainee Tray
TT Pharmacy
Austin Clinic
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Web
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Hull
Daily Herald
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