Twins climb AL ladder as Killebrew powers doubleheader sweep
Harmon Killebrew led Minnesota with 17th homer two doubles and three singles driving in five as the Twins beat Washington 11-4 and 10-3 to extend their winning streak to six and close within 1 17 games of the AL lead. Boston top Yankees 4-3, White Sox edged Indians 4-3, and Orioles beat Royals 2-1.
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Associated Press
Harmon Killebrew
Minnesota Twins
Killebrew
Twins
Washington Senators
Boston
Red Sox
al Downing
New York
Yankees
Early Wynn
Cleveland
Indians
Chicago White Sox
Willie Kirkland
Ag” Wagner
Los Angeles An
Tigers
Rocky Colavito
Russ Snyder
Spahn Blanks Dodgers In 1-0 win he hurls three-hitter
Warren Spahn, 42, pitched 19-year veteran brilliance for the Milwaukee Braves, retiring 19 in a row and posting a three-hit shutout over the Dodgers in Los Angeles to improve to 11–3. Jim Gilliam’s seventh-inning single spoiled the no-hitter. The win nudged Spahn toward a 13th 20-win season as St Louis led the NL.
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Associated Press
Warren Spahn
Milwaukee Braves
Dodgers
Los Angeles
Jim Gilliam
Trophy Displayed At Biddeford Post Ceremony And Gifts
Commander Royal Sheltra displayed the trophy won for community service and a national citation for child welfare at the Tighe Beaudoin-Farley American Legion post in Biddeford. Reports from Roland St Michel and Adrien Poissant noted graves decoration, membership dues, and paid member counts. A wedding reception, Boys and Girls State guests, circus ticket sales, and a group photo of officers followed a meeting plan for July 1 before the York County Council gathering in Kennebunk on July 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Sheltra
Dent
Bar Hart
Tighe
Beaudoin-Farley Post
Americans Legion
Elm Street
Biddeford
Veterans’ Council
Roland St. Michel
Adrien Poissant
House
Edmond. Pinard
Kings Brothers Circus
Souliere’s Field
West Street
William Sias
Sheltra
Come LeBel
Robert LaBelle
House Committee
George Boutin
York County
Baseball Standings and Schedule Across American League
The American League standings show New York 41 28 at .593 lead over Chicago and Boston with Minnesota Cleveland Los Angeles Baltimore Kansas City and Detroit following. Friday results include Minnesota 11 Washington 4 and Los Angeles 8 Detroit 3 with Boston 4 New York 3 and Baltimore 22 Kansas City 1. Upcoming games feature Cleveland at Chicago Los Angeles at Detroit Kansas City at Baltimore and Boston at New York with Minnesota at Washington in the nightcap.
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Associated Press
American League
W. L. Pet. G.B
New York
Chicago
Boston
Minnesota
Cleveland
Los Angeles
Baltimore Co
Kansas City
Detroit
Washington
Baltimore
Delveland
All-Star selections announced in 1963? details unclear
All-Star selections announced with Albie Pearson named starting center fielder for the American League in Cleveland on July 9. Leaders by votes include Dick Groat and Al Kaline, with Joe Pepitone and Zoilo Versalles first-time picks. Malzone shocks AL by winning third-base spot. typical nominees and late-season format noted.
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NEW York
Albie Pearson
Los Angeles
Diamond Giants
Willie Mays
al Kaline
Henry Aaron
Cleveland
Dick Groat
St. Louis
Detroit
Joe Pepitone
New York Yankees
Zoilo Versalles
Minnesota Twins
Bill White
Bill Mazeroski
Pittsburgh
Ken Bower
Tommy Davis
San Francisco
Milwaukee
Ed Bailey
Nellie Fox
Brooks Robinson
Clete Boyer
Yankees
Rollins
Malone
Dick Stuart
Carl Yastzemski
Boston
Gorham Oval hosts first big harness card with 450 purse
Gorham marks the start of a seven race program with a $450 pace. Eight pacers race in the sixth event as 72 horses compete across nine races on the half mile oval. Pelican draws the rail with Frank Smith up, Tarr's Abbot starts from two with George Reed, Irish Pete from three with Loring Norton, and Jet Stone in contention after last week. Other entrants include Nimble Knight Esquire Queen B Yankee and Macs Dominion.
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Gorham
Ince
James Lombard
the Pelican
Frank Smith
Tarr
Abbot
George Buddy Reed
Kingston, N. H
Pacer
Gotham Oval
Pete
Loring Norton
Jet Stone
Burlington Star
Bressoud Stars in Sox Comeback Win Over Yankees at Stadium
Eddie Bressoud bears equal billing with Malzone and Radatz as Boston defeats New York 4-3 at Yankee Stadium in the opener of a five game set. Downing held the Sox hitless six innings before Yastrzemski Malzone and Stuart sparked a seventh inning rally. Radatz notches the win after a seventh inning Elston Howard homer, with Malzone driving in the decisive run in the eighth.
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NEW York
Eddie Bressoud
Frank Malzone
Dick Radatz
Boston
Yankee Stadium
Red Sox
al Downing
Yanks
Marzone
Hal Reniff
Tony Kubek
A.L
Radatz
Elston Howard
Reniff
Downing
Bressoud
Russ Nixon
Kubek
Yankee
Eddie
Yankees
Roger Maris
Joe Pepitone
Yogi Berra
Sox
Bob Tillman
Carl Yastrzemski
Nelson scores rare hole in one at Cape Arundel
John B. Nelson of Concord New Hampshire claimed the Journal’s second hole in one with a 165 yard ace on the 13th at Cape Arundel Kennebunkport using a four iron. He played in a foursome with Joe Bednery Bob Curdin and Fred Clark from Concord.
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Journal
John B. Nelson
Concord
N.H
Cape Arundel
Kennebunkport
Nelson
Joe Bednery
Bob Curdin
Fred Clark
Bddeford-Saco Country
Biddeford-Saco
Mets Consumers Lose Luster As They Fade From Spotlight
New York baseball fans tire of a struggling Mets once famous for its chaos and crowd appeal. The team’s new look, weaker pitching, and costly miscues have dimmed the excitement once rivaling the Yankees and Dodgers. Local drivers Kenne bunk Dick McGary and others at Beech Ridge Speedway signal renewed regional racing interest.
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New York
Yankees
Mes
Mets
Brooklyn Dodgers
Carl Willey
Cherryfield
Maine
Chucker
Bobcats Roll Past Rhode Islanders In Centerdale
Arundel Bobcats defeated Georgialand Skate land 8 to 4 in Centerdale Rhode Island. Bob McDonald scored four goals while Captain Ike Hubbard added three and Bill Sandberg one. Other teammates included John Silke Terry Jewett and goalie Don Belanger. A rematch is planned for September.
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Arundel
Arundel Bobcats
Georgialand Skateland
Centerdale
R. I
Bob McDonald
Bobcats
Ike Hubbard
Bill Sandberg
John Silke
Terry Jewett
Don Belanger
Home Run Baker Dies In Maryland
John Franklin Baker known as Home Run Baker died in Trappe Maryland at 77 after a stroke two weeks earlier. A star for the Philadelphia Athletics and New York Yankees, he earned Hall of Fame status from batting feats in the early 1910s including a 1911 World Series two run homer and a tying homer in the ninth inning of the third game.
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Christy Mathewson
Baseball score roundup with state city matchups
Daily sports snippet lists scores for New York Houston Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis Milwaukee Los Angeles San Francisco and Cincinnati with partial inning totals and upcoming games including Chicago at Philadelphia New York at Pittsburgh St. Louis at Houston Milwaukee at Los Angeles and Cincinnati at San Francisco.
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G. St. Louis
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
Chicago
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
New York
St. Louis
Houston
San Francisco
Mother And Daughter Bowling League Starts Fourth Season
The Mothers and Daughters Bowling League will begin its fourth season at 20th Century Lanes in Biddeford. On July 9 league director Nick Gillis announced eight teams are planned, with both mother and daughter bowling three games weekly for ten weeks and prizes for all girls. Any mother or female guardian can team with a youngster under 13 or a current Little Lassies member, with registrations open at the lanes.
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Mothers and Daughters
Biddeford
Nick Gillis
Major League Leaders Highlights From the Season Standings
A list of season leaders across batting and pitching emphasizing players such as Groat White Aaron Koufax and Drysdale Malzone Wagner Allison Pizarro and Ford with top marks in hits runs batted in home runs and strikeouts. The data spans teams including St Louis Los Angeles Boston Minnesota Cincinnati Cleveland and Chicago with notable figures like 101 hits 57 runs 21 homers and 129 strikeouts.
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Groat
St Louis
T. Davis
Los Angeles
H. Aaron
Milwaukee
White
St. Louis
Javier
Pinson
Cincinnati
Brock
Chicago
Skinner
Malzone
Boston
Wagner
Allison
Minnesota
Yastrzemski
Power
Versalles
Hinton
Washington
Clinton
Fregosi
Aparicio
Baltimore
Wood
Detroit
Radatz
Ford
New York
Pizzaro
Barber
Probate Notices and Milk Pricing Ad in Maine Journal
A 1963 probate court notice from York County Alfred listing multiple estates with petitions for letters testamentary and executors named, alongside a separate Biddeford advertisement detailing milk pricing, quotas, and licensing rules for wholesale and retail milk, including penalties for violations. The document blends legal notices with dairy market regulations.
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State OF Maine
Eithier
Alfred
County of York
Biddeford - Saco
Biddeford
Ernest W. Littlefield
Dover
New Hampshire
County of
York
Herbert C. Thwing
Albertine H. Little ‘Field
Christine FE. Shannon
Hamilton
Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Saco
George Vaughan Shannon
Alma Wells Levinson
Kennebunk
Horace C. Levinson
John J. Harvey
George E. Gendron
Dayton
Flora N. Gendron
Lizzie J. Taylor
Waterboro
Edward S. Titcomb
Jeannette B. Dean
Ethel Fisher Woodward
Ocean Park
Old Orchard Beach
E. Spencer Miller
Joseph T. Orr
Kittery
Robert W. Orr
Hazel T. Moulton
Priscilla M. Ropke
Eleanor H. Irwin
Richard P. Irwin
Classifieds Digest: Auto, Real Estate and Services Facets
A compact roundup of listings including automotive sales and services, business and employment notices, financial and instructional offerings, live stock and merchandise, rooms and board, plus real estate for rent or sale. Read for local opportunities and contact details.
Legals: Executors and Administrators Named in Probate Notices
A collection of probate notices lists Esther B. Larrabee and others seeking appointment as administrator with will annexed or presenting first and final accounts. Names include David E. Nash Kathleen A. Nash Staples Florence M. Watson Alta L. Carleton and Dorothea L. Towle among others with estates in Kennebunk, Parsonsfield, Kittery Acton Sanford and Cor nish. Orders for sale of real estate and distributions are requested for multiple estates.
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David W. Emmons
Kennebunkport
Esther B. Larrabee
William A. Nash
Kennebunk
David E. Nash
Kathleen A. Nash Staples
Bernard L. Watson
Parsonsfield
Florence M. Watson
Irene G. MacDonald
Kittery
Dorothea L. Towle
Guardian
Annie M. Moore
Sanford
Acton
Curtis F. Dalton
Louise A. Stone
Cornish
Alta L. Carleton
William A. Smith
Biddeford
Carleton H. Banks
C. Dufresnf
George E. Babb
John B. Roberts
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Spahn Blanks
Curt Flood
Juan Marichal
Chuck Hiller
Willie McCovey
Chicago Cubs
Reds
Ron Santo
Bill Virdon
New York Mets
Cardinals
George Altman
Julian Javier
Colt
Bob Gibson
Dick Crott
Vada Pinson
Marichal
Billy Hoeft
Hiller
Mays
McCovey
al Worthington
Orlando Cepeda
Giants
Santo
Jack Baldschun
Cubs
Dick Ellsworth
Virdon
Pirates
Joe Gibbon
al McKean
Roger Craig
Journal Orts
Gorham Oval
Nimble Knight
Esquire
Queen B., Yankee
Mac's Dominion
St. Jean's
Crowley
Anton
Perry
Burnham
Boutin
P Morin
Deprey
Manthis
Cordeau
R Arbour
L'Heureux
Emond
Perreault
Boucher
Boucher, ¢1B 2, MelIntire, Cf-P-Ss Goulet, P-Cf-C Desrosier, 3B Pelletier Ibef
Lam
Beaulieu
Neault
Beaudoin
Jean
Morins Boucher
Emond’s
Arbour
Richardson
Tom Tresh
Pepitone
Weney Martecce
Allen Berube
Portland
Saco Jaycees
Allen
Boston Red Sox
Dick McGary
Beech Ridge Speedway
Paul Tardiff
Ormand Bedell
Bucky Benson
Scarborough Oval
Rhode Islanders
Baker
Maryland
THE
National League
EGALL
Rich
P. Irwin
George H. Bourne
Peti-Co
Elm St
Mason St
Maine Milk Commission
Commission
Berwick
Portland & Sanford
f.C.b
Paagenemannes
Cewpeee Mae
Anne
Robert W. Cole
A. Gervais
Smithwheel Rd
Old Orchard
Pontiac
Chevrolet
Reed Motor Sales
Main St
BUICK
Buick Co
Elm ‘Ne
White Co
Bel-air
Inquire
Myrtle St
White Busc Co
West St
COMET
Plymouth
Cadillac
le Page
Corvair
Whee Buick Co
Smart's
DODGE
Royal
Falcon
Smart
Taylor St
Airport Auto Parts
Mercury
White Buick Co
Oldsmobile
Cantara
Smith St
Biddeford Transit Co
Willie Cantin
United Monitor
Forest Ave
Vale
Airport Auto Parts, Inc
iMust
Dial
Legals
J. Woodrow Vallely
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