Giants Manager Dark Tears Finger in Dressing Room Frustration
Philadelphia AP report says Giants manager Alvin Dark injured his right hand by tearing the tip of a finger after throwing a stool in the locker room following a 1-0 loss to Philadelphia. He was treated at Temple University Hospital and returned to his hotel. The Giants left 12 runners on base, four stranded on third with various outs.
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Philadelphia
San Francisco Giants
Alvin Dark
Giants
Dark
Temple University Hospital
German chemist Marggraf finds beet sugar crystallizes
In 1747 Andreas Marggraf demonstrated that beet roots contain pure sucrose that can be crystallized, establishing a method to extract refined sugar from beets.
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Adreas Marggraf
Senators Draft Bills to Curb Racketeers
Senate backers moved to curb racketeers in college and professional sports with bills to criminalize bribery of athletes. Sen. Keating teams with the NCAA on a federal crime proposal, while Kefauver seeks a federal boxing commissioner to regulate major boxing and thwart secret deals.
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Washington
Senate
Justice Department
James C. Eastland
D. Miss
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Kenneth B. Keating
Rn.y
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Herbert J. Miller Jr
Department
Miller
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Cushman heads US squad for Russia meets
Cliff Cushman of Grand Forks North Dakota won the National AAU hurdles title on Saturday and was named Monday to a 40 man US squad for dual meets with Russia West Germany England and Poland.
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Dakotan
New York
Cliff Cushman
Grand Forks
N.D
United States
Russia
West Germany
England
Poland
Retains Title in Close Fight
Pone Kingpetch of Thailand retains the world flyweight title with a split 15 round decision over Mitsunori Seki of Japan. Referee Chua Chaksuraksha and Judge Nat Fleischer score for Kingpetch. Japanese judge Tezaki favors Seki. The Associated Press also backs Kingpetch. Seki absorbs a punishing pace and presses to the end.
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Pone Kingpetch
Thailand
Game Mitsunori Seki
Japan
Chua Chaksuraksha
Nat Fleischer
New York
Kingpetch
Hiroyuki Tezaki
Seki
Associated Press
Lee Handley Contract Sold To Dallas Club
Dallas Texans acquire outfielder Lee Handley from Spokane of the Pacific Coast League as part of the American Association’s deal. The move links Handley with the Dallas roster for the upcoming season in a league swing.
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Dallas
Texas
Dallas- Fort Worth
American Association
Lee Handley
Spokane
Five Minute Wait Secures Record $39,412 Twin Double
An unidentified bettor at Suffolk Downs won $39,412 on a $2 twin double after a five minute delay amid a foul claim against Jeddah Chant. Stewards reviewed the films before disallowing the accusation, confirming the American record payoff for a $2 bet, surpassing last May’s $35,758.80 mark.
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Suffolk Downs
Jeddah Chant
Golfer McKee Dies at 59 in Omaha
Robert J McKee, 59, a 1919 Trans-Mississippi champion and four time Iowa Amateur winner, died of a heart attack Sunday night in Omaha Nebraska.
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Omaha
Neb
Robert J McKee
Iowa
Martens Den in a Tree Cavity Described
A Marten typically rests in a convenient cavity within a tree. The note explains their preference for hollow limbs as shelter and denning sites.
Woods retires as Des Moines TV manager after 25 years
Wilfred W. Woody Woods 66 announces retirement as assistant manager of Who and Who TV in Des Moines. He has served the stations for more than 25 years. A mix of other brief items note a Keokuk man finding a Mississippi River bottle from 1957, a policeman reinstatement in Ottumwa, a Albia death by carbon monoxide, Girls Nation representatives from Iowa, VFW leaders, and a wide search for Glenn Boldt near Gladbrook ending with his body found in a farm pond.
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Des Moines
Wilfred W
Woody) Woods
Who
Who- TV
Keokuk
Doug Bramhall
Mississippi River
Muscatine
David Hutton
Hutton
Ottumway
H. Max Thompson
Ottumwa Civil Service Commission
Thompson
Curtis Henderson
Gordon Bennett
Gladbrook
Glenn Boldt
Near
Freeman Pipperts
Here
Forest Schaffer
Waterloo boy 11 hanged himself while playing
Curtis Howard, 11, son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Howard of Waterloo, accidentally hanged himself Saturday while playing with ropes with other children. Carbon monoxide victim Albi a Russell R Hackett, 53, is ruled by authorities as the other fatal case.
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Waterloo In
Curtis Howard
Ralph Howard
Waterloo
Albia
Russell R. Hackett
Iowa Cedar Falls Candidates Jean Fee and Elaine Lytton
Two Iowa figures, Jean Fee of Denison and Elaine Lytton, are set to represent Cedar Falls in the listed capacity. The notice names both individuals as participants or delegates connected with the Cedar Falls representation.
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Cedar Falls
Jean Fee of
Denison
Elaine Lytton
Millwork Chain Acquires Six Iowa Plants Vision of Great Western Millwork
The C. W. Siebert Co. with partners purchased 14 Caradco millwork plants including six in Iowa. The Des Moines Carr Moehl Co. and branches Fort Dodge Ottumwa and Sioux City join the Dubuque area Carr Adams and Collier unit Cedar Rapids. Purchase price not disclosed. The new Great Western Millwork Co. will be headquartered in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iowa
C. W. Siebert Co., Inc
New York
Garnder
Mass
Clinton
Carr & Moehl Co
Fort Dodge
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Carr, Adams and Collier Co
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Great Western Millwork Co
Balaguer Orders Reorganization of Dominican Secret Police
President Joaquin Balaguer announced that the Dominican Republic’s secret police agency will be reorganized and renamed the Central Information Agency. The move comes as Balaguer seeks to restructure state security operations.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
Central Information Agency
Girl Accuses Keokuk Man of Shooting
In Des Moines Ronald Maurice Stump, 21, formerly of Keokuk, bound over to the grand jury on a murder charge for the shooting of Michael Daly, 22. At a Monday prelim Miss Leanna Jean Skultety identified Stump, saying I saw him shoot Michael Daly. Daly was shot June 9 in front of his parents home. Stump held in jail without bond pending grand jury action.
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Des Moines
Ronald Maurice Stump
Keokuk
Michael Daly
Stump
Leanna Jean Skultety
Daly
Hotel Shuts Down In Rubyvale Over Loss of Trade
Rubyvale in central Queensland closes the 52 year old Royal Hotel as proprietor Ida Fower surrenders her liquor license. She cites two pensioner deaths and a heart attack leading to a decline in business and the decision to close.
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Australia
Rubyvale
Queensland
Royal
Ida Fower
State Licensing Commission
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