Mickey Wright Is Even Tempered Golfer
AP profile of golfer Mickey Wright, America's top woman player, defending femininity stereotypes while detailing her career, earnings, social life, marriage stance, team loyalties with the Ladies Professional Golf Association, family background, plans to retire around age 35, and routines for complexion and travel. Wright stresses professionalism, independence, and staying separate from men’s tours.
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New York
Mickey Wright
America
Mickey
Brookville
N.Y
Eling
Ladies Professional Golf Association
Men’s Professional Golf Association
Athlete's candid note on body image and training
The speaker, weighing 150 pounds, describes his belief that fat gain is unlikely due to training and appetite. He notes everyone eats heavily and jokes that if they played golf they would gain blubber, reflecting humorous self-awareness about body size and fitness.
Colonial Days in Kennebunks Draw Crowds All Week
Officials report the Colonial Days program sponsored by the Kennebunk-Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce is running on schedule all week in the Kennebunks. A week of events includes antique shows at Kennebunk Town Hall, bowling at Glen Mor Lanes, art exhibits, a fishing derby, chicken barbecue, fairs, lectures, a New Moon theater presentation, square dancing, and a closing ball and beauty pageant at Kennebunk River Club and town hall with ongoing tours of local sites and exhibitions nearby.
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Kennebunk
Kennebunk-Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce
Kennebunks
Kennebunk Town Hall
Glen. Mor Lanes
Webhannet Club
Kennebunk Fish and Game Club
Kennebunk High School
Kennebunk Rotary Club
Oday
Washington Park
Eric Store Museum
Museum N
Surf Side 8
Unitarian Women’s Alliance
St. David's Episcopal Church
Brick Store Museum
Unitarian Church
Chamber of Commerce
Gooch ‘Beach
Narragansett Hotel
Kennebunk Beach
Kennebunk River
Capa Porpoise
South Congregation Church
Mousam Saddle and Harness Club
Ross Road
Kennebunkport
Astronauts To Get New Voice
Washington AP reports U S astronauts will hear a new voice starting September 1 as Paul Haney replaces Lt. Col. John A. Powers as Manned Spacecraft Center public affairs chief. Gilruth announced Powers’s reassignment after weeks of rumors. Haney, 35, is described as quiet, careful, and a former newspaperman.
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Washington
U.S
Paul Haney
John A. Powers
Mercury Control
Robert Gilruth
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Powers
Shorty
Thas
Gilruth
Haney
Friday Boots and Saddles Run Deep in Midland
In Midland Texas the Friday family has been shaping boots and saddles since World War I. Truman Friday, who now free hands tooling designs, recalls wasting about $1 000 in leather learning the craft. The firm once made 23 pairs of boots for Gene Autry and crafted over 100 Sam Browne belts and holsters for Midland police. They also supply holsters and belts for Texas Rangers.
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Midland
Tex
Friday
Truman Friday
Truman
Gene Autry
Sam Brown
Texas Rangers
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