Expansion talks stall as leagues seek deal in secrecy
Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick and league presidents hold a secret huddle to resolve 1961 expansion with a news blackout. The Los Angeles blockage centers on Walter O’Malley’s Dodgers. the 16-club unanimity rule hinders raids into new cities. The Senators move to Minneapolis-St Paul, while Los Angeles awaits Chavez Ravine Stadium.
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New York
Ford Frick
Frick
Joe Cronin
Warren Giles
Los Angeles
Walter O'Malley
Dodgers
Washington Senators
Minneapolis-St. Paul
O'Malley
Brooklyn
Chavez Ravine Stadium
Hawks keep lead as Syracuse tops Hawks in rough stretch
Syracuse collects its sixth win in 16 games and hands Philadelphia a second straight loss, leaving the Hawks with a slim three game lead over Los Angeles in the Western Division standings after dropping their latest contest.
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Philadelphia
Are
Syracuse
Hawks
Los Angeles
Mackay and Buchholz Reach Melbourne Tennis Final
Barry Mackay of Dayton Ohio and Earl Buchholz of St Louis battle into the Victorian championships final in Melbourne marking the first all American title bout in 80 years. Buchholz recovered to defeat Chuck McKinley in five sets 3 6 5 7 6 4 6 1 6 4 while Mackay beat Mike Sangster 6 4 10 8 12 10 in the other semifinal.
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Melbourne
Australia
Barry MacKay
Earl Buchholz
Buchholz
St. Louisan
Chuck McKinley
MacKay
Dayton
Ohio
Mike Sangster
England
Humboldt Thanksgiving Dinner At H H Club Cabin
A Thanksgiving dinner was held Sunday at the H. H. Club cabin in Community Park. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Ard and children, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Ludlum and children, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Ludlum and Bonnie, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Seastedt, Ted and Ivor Senstedt, Mrs. Ervin Headly and children, Mrs. Russell Ludlum, Mr. and Mrs. George Ard and Alice Fay, Judy Honaker, Mr. and Mrs. De Yayne Ard and baby, Elsmore, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wells and girls, Chanute, Mr. and Mrs. Clair Barnett and children, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Roberts.
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H. H. Club
Mervin Ard
Dean Ludlum
D. A. Ludlum
Bonnie
Wallace Seastedt
Ted
Ivor Senstedt
Ervin Headly
Russell Ludlum
George Ard
Alice Fay
Judy Honaker
de Yayne Ard
Elsmore
Robert Wells
Chanute
Clair Barnett
Roy Roberts
Panthers face Kansas City non league test in Kansas City
Chanute Juco Panthers travel to Kansas City to meet the Blue Devils in a non league contest. They seek to rebound after two straight losses and return home next Tuesday for a non league game against Central of McPherson.
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Chanute Juco Black Panthers
Kansas City
Juco Blue Devils
Panthers
St. Benedict's
Highland
Fort Scott
Central
McPherson
el Dorado
Chanute
Iola
Blue Devils
St. Joseph Jaco
St. Joe
Piedmont and Wichita Families Visit Lawrence
L. E. Campbell and Carl Campbell with family from Piedmont join Mr. and Mrs. George Claycomb and children from Wichita for a Lawrence outing. They visited Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Puckett and family Pat Tommy and Diana, returning Wednesday evening.
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L. E. Campbell
I Carl Campbell
Piedmont
George Claycomb
Wichita
J. A. VanNice
Fred VanNice
Lawrence
C. G. Puckett
Pat
Tommy
Diana
Oral polio vaccine seen aiding hard to reachAreas
Surgeon General Leroy Burney and Langmuir of the Public Health Service say oral polio vaccine could reach slums and rural regions where Salk injections are hard to obtain. They note the oral vaccine acts faster and may help during apparent epidemics, but it will not be generally available before next fall.
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Washington
Leroy Burney
Langmuir
Public Health Service
Atlanta
American Medical Association
Burney
Health Service
East Holds Power as Celtics Beat Pistons in Detroit
In Detroit at Olympia Stadium the Boston Celtics defeated the Detroit Pistons 125 to 110 to extend their winning streak to nine and strengthen their Eastern Division lead. Syracuse beat St. Louis 135 to 126, keeping pace in the East-West standings.
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National Basketball Association
Boston Celtics
Detroit Pistons
Syracuse
St. Louis
Olympia Stadium
Boston
Celtics
Soviets Launch Third Space Ship With Animal Passengers
Moscow reports a 5 ton spacecraft carrying dogs and various animals has been launched for research via radio telemetry. Tass says Pchelka and Mushka were aboard, with weight listed at 10 037 pounds including the carrier. Further details awaited as US NASA offered no official comment.
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Moscow
Tass
Earth
Laika
Radio Moscow
Pchelka
Mushka
Soviet Union
U.S.S.R
Belka
Strelka
Moscow Radio Reveals Acting Soviet Defense Minister
The Moscow broadcast said Marshal Andrei Grechko acts as defense minister while Rodion Malinovsky is absent. It listed other leaders present including Marshals Chuikov and Yeremenko and Adm Golovko. Malinovsky last appeared publicly on parade day November 7.
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Moscow Radio
Andrei Grechko
Rodion Malinovsky
Grechko
Malinovsky
Abdel Hakim Amer
United Arab Republic
U.S.S.R
Vassily Chuikov
Andrei Yeremenko
Adm
Arseni Golovko
Paris
Khrushchev
Moscow
Commission Okays Bus Line Deal
Continental American Lines, based in Lincoln Nebraska, is authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission to acquire Midwest Bus Line Inc of Little Rock. Midwest runs routes in Arkansas with extensions to Memphis St Louis Kansas City and Houston. Continental American will issue 4409 shares of its 25 dollar Class B common and swap them for Midwest stock owned by Trammell Crow of Dallas.
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Continental American Lines
Lincoln
Neb
Interstate Commerce Commission
Midwest Busline Inc
Little Rock
Midwest
Arkansas
Memphis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Houston
Continental American
Mid‘west
Trammel Crow
Dallas
Youth Sentenced For Car Theft in Missouri
A 19 year old Kansas City youth Alvin Meiers Jr. was sentenced to two years in prison on a felonious stealing conviction. Circuit Judge Ray E. Watson over ruled a motion for a new trial. Meiers was convicted Oct 4 for theft of a car in Carthage Mo May 21 and released on $2 000 bond while appealing to the Missouri Supreme Court. He faces an additional trial in Carthage next week on interfering with an officer after a tussle with a jailer.
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Joplin
Kansas City
Alvin Meiers Jr
Ray E. Watson
Meiers
Carthage
Missouri Supreme Court
Picture Producers Deny Church Charge
Hollywood leaders deny claims that film standards have fallen, disputing a bishops committee appeal urging U S Catholics to avoid movies not meeting acceptable morals. The Association of Motion Picture Producers responded to the Washington bishops statement this week.
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Hollywood
Calif
The
Association of Motion Picture Producers
Washington
U.S
Four-Year Term For Taking Chimp
Robert Tomarchin was found guilty of burglary and stealing and sentenced to four years in prison for stealing Mr. Moke the St. Louis Zoo chimpanzee. He admitted taking the animal and moving him to Miami but claimed a change of heart after selling him to the zoo for 1575 dollars. The text also notes the first girls school in Istanbul opened in 1858.
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Robert Tomarchin
Moke
St. Louis
Tomarchin
Miami
Fla
Mr. Moke
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