Hank Aaron Hits 400th Home Run as Braves Win
Hank Aaron belted his 400th career homer to spark a Braves victory. The UPI report notes his privacy preference as a young player and his continued rise to the pinnacle of baseball.
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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1966
Page
13
Hank Aaron belted his 400th career homer to spark a Braves victory. The UPI report notes his privacy preference as a young player and his continued rise to the pinnacle of baseball.
Hank Aaron his 400th homer in an 8-1 Braves win over the Phillies after Felipe Alou sparked early offense. Aaron’s blast traveled about 550 feet, joining an exclusive club of seven 400 home run sluggers. Pirates edge Reds 3-2 as Claude Osteen earns his third win. Dodgers beat Astros 3-2. KC vs. weather postponed.
The Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs will hold its annual meeting at the Fish and Game Club in Randolph at 10 a.m. on April 24. Officials will discuss deer herd control, streambank projects, and stream improvements funded by the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, with guests Dr. Donald J. Zinn and Carl N. Fenders on the agenda. The day includes officer elections, a bylaws change discussion, a report on the Dodd gun sales bill, a conservation awards banquet plan, and lunch. The group notes its affiliations with the National Wildlife Federation, the New England Advisory Board for Fish and Game Problems, and the NRA.
Racing card from Saratoga features first pace mile event at $600 with Morty Diamond leading and Time 2:13.1, followed by Delineator and others in sequential divisions. Daily double paid $55.20. Attendance 1,674. handle $125,259.
A detailed list of Saratoga race results and entries across seven events. Horses paired with owners or handlers appear with pace and prize details, including numerous named horses such as Jessamine Lynn Chiro Atlas Little Miss Hasty Volatio Shad Roe Cathy Maxine Victor Debbie Dudley's Circle Sandy Marcus Long Tamara Miss Evelyn Intention Congress Rebel A.C. Will March Sandylane Katy Victoria Direct Queen's Need and others. The card shows Pace, Trot, and Mile races with purses from $600 to $800 and multiple entrant pairs listed per race.
Cohoes Olympiads offer limited non member vacancies for trips to New York Giants 1966 home games and other Giant games in Pittsburgh Philadelphia Washington Cleveland Baltimore and Detroit. Reservations via Edward Campbell Cohoes CYO director 10 Richmond St Cohoes. Also two exhibition trips to Montreal July 2 and Yale Bowl New Haven August 21 with Montreal Alouettes Ottawa Rough Riders Giants and Detroit games.
Dick Riendeau, coach of the Rensselaer Tech football team that ended a 40 game winless drought with a 28 14 upset of Middlebury last fall, has been named to the University of Vermont coaching clinic staff. He will lecture on Dropback Pass Patterns and Protection.
Four of the past five U S Open champions filed entries with the U S Golf Association for the 1966 tournament along with nine other fully exempt players. Ken Venturi the 1964 Open champion is the only winner from the past five years not to have.
Kenyon Simpson a 1965 Bennington High graduate wrestled for the St. Lawrence University Club which posted a 3-3 record this season. Simpson is the son of Ralph and Mrs. Simpson of Bennington. Wrestling returned to St. Lawrence in 1964 after a long hiatus.
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