Montreal baseball dream collapses amid weather and doubt
A columnist jokes about Montreal’s bid for MLB in 1969, noting no stadium, players, or local support. He mocks NL president Warren Giles and predicts the franchise may land in Fairbanks or Penobscot if it fails. The piece shifts to college football buzz, highlighting Chris Gilbert and Bill Hobbs as All-American contenders and Terry Hanratty’s Notre Dame leadership.
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Leroy Fenstemacher
Montreal
Canada
National League
Hudson Bay
North Pole
Warren Giles
Giles
Arctic Circle
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Dallas-Fort Worth
Fairbanks
Alaska
Penobscot
Maine
New York Mets
Hofheinzville
Chris Gilbert
Texas U
Bill Hobbs
A&m
Terry Hanratty
Notre Dame
Aggies
Edd Hargett
J.T. King
Darrell Royal
Frank Broyles
Hargett
R.S
Moscow University, tallest in Soviet capital, hosts vast campus
Moscow University rises as the city’s tallest building with about 30,000 undergraduates forming a self contained community. The campus includes stores, post office, bank, cinema hall and beauty parlor as part of campus life.
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Moscow University
4 H Riders Bring Home Ribbons From Show Tulsa
Terry County 4 H Riding Club earned ribbons at District I 4 H Horse Show in Tulsa with Lee Martin Michelle Cummings Dell Knight Gary Bicke Bobbie Gail Hogan Dana Franks and others representing Hale Cochran Terry and Floyd counties. The event featured classes in Registered Mare Division Western Pleasure pole bending and halter showing.
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Terry County
Tulsa
Lee Martin
Keg Martin
Michelle Cummings
Bob Cummings
Dell Knight
Harvey Knight
Gary Bicke
Lemmon Ficke
Bobbie Gail Hogan
Bobby Hogan
Dana Franks
John Franks
Robbie Gail Hogan
Gary Esicke
Brenda
Billy Hyman
Michelle
Mark Cummings
Brenda Evans
Thoroughbred Futurity Scheduled At Ruidoso
RUIDOSO DOWNS N M Sunday features the 18th running of the 50500 Ruidoso Thoroughbred Futurity a six furlong race with a top field of two year olds Colts and geldings carry 119 pounds fillies 116 Tamran's Jet Rebel Roan Wembley Blue lead a strong roster including Doyle G J Wallace Rose's Girl Patrol Hookum Dancing Jacket Uncle Links and more Post time for the twelve race program is 1 30 pm
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Ruidoso Downs
N.M
Southwest
A.C. Johnson
W.L. Pierce
Tamran
Jet
B.R. Evans
Mmes. duPont
Warner
Sunland Park
Riley Allison
Ray Spencer
Rebel Roan
Royal Levee
Ak-Sar- Ben
John Dillard
Doyle G. J. Wallace
T.D. Terrill
Rose
Girl Patrol
W. Jeshane
F.H. Jones
Hookum
W. Rock
Raton
J.H. Rose
Trouble
J. Bannowsky
J.B. Skinner
Dancing Jacket
R. Thomas
A. L. Bateman
Links
K. Asmussen
Texas Fishing Licenses Rise in May 1968
Fishing licenses sold in May 1968 numbered 133,133, a 13 percent gain from May 1967's 118,147, per C L Friou assistant director of Administrative Services for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Through the 1968 fiscal year start in Sept 1967 total licenses sold reach 934,611 for residents and nonresidents.
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Austin
C.L. Friou
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Friou
Noted Puppeteer to Appear in Lubbock
Daniel Liords of Liords International Concertheatre will present an adults marionette show at Texas Tech on Aug 9. Sponsored by Tech Union the 8 p.m. performance in Coronado Room is free to the public. Liords known as the Segovia of puppet strings performs Macbeth and The Firebird with a mature, symphonic context.
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Daniel Liords
Liords
Texas Tech
Tech Union
Union
Coronado Room
Lfords
Shakespear
Stravinsky
Llords’ International
Macbeth
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique
Haynes retires after eight AFL seasons
Abner Haynes former Dallas Texans and AFL star announces retirement after eight seasons. He leaves with 46 rushing touchdowns and 1205 yards, citing age and a friend’s death affecting him. Haynes will join Zales Jewelry in Dallas as he steps away from professional football.
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North Texas Flash
Abner Haynes
Zales Jewelry Corporation
Dallas
Haynes
Dallas Texans
Texans
National Football League
Cowboys
Houston
Tom Booker
Kansas City
Denver
Miami
New York
AFL
Harvesting Grain Weeds Hints From Texas A&M Expert
Texas A&M Extension agricultural engineer Henry O Neal warns harvesters to slow combine speed to cope with high moisture Johnson grass and weeds. Operators should check grates and sieves each morning for honeydew and syrup buildup and adjust machines per manual before tackling weedier field areas. Losses arise from seed remaining in fields cracked grain and dockage at the elevator.
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Henry O'Neal
Texas A&m University
O'Neal
Neal
Minnie Hazel Bowman Medalist At T Bar
Minnie Hazel Bowman of Brownfield won the 18 hole tournament at T Bar Country Club in Tohoka. She earned medalist honors with a low gross of 47 and low net of 48 amid a Brownfield trio including Aine Steele and Fanita Graham.
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Minnie Hazel Bowman
Brownfield
T Bar
Tohoka
Mrs. Bowman
Brownfield Country Club
Aine Steele
Fanita Graham
108 Youngsters Compete For Bowling Champion
Hoffman Estates, Ill and Waste weten announce the eighth BPAA All America Youth Bowling Championships with 108 finalists from 36 states. High school graduates will vie for national titles in three divisions and share 21 400 in college scholarships. Competition in Washington D C runs August 265 with seven 1000 scholarships awarded per division.
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Hoffman Estates, III
Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America
Waste Weten
D.C
Sas
BPAA
Sport of Bowling Council
American Bowling Congress
Woman’s Internationa Gbewliuw Congress
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Ruidoso
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Seagraves Rd
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Brownfield, Texas
Lamesa Highway
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Tohoka Road
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Lubbock Rd
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Jack Benny
Charles Laughton
Maurice Chevalier
Bing Crosby
Ruth St. Dennis
Gracie Fields
Llords
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