Yankees on Mark for Big Leap Ahead
The Yankees lead the American League by 5 2 games as a 10 game stretch in 10 days tests contenders Chicago Cleveland Detroit and Boston. Boston could gain with Ted Williams returning for a Fourth of July doubleheader at Yankee Stadium while Chicago and Cleveland face heavy schedules against each other and divisional rivals. In other action Detroit swept Chicago behind Ray Boone's two run homer and Spec Shea earned his first N L win for Washington. In the National League Brooklyn rallied to beat New York 6-5 in 11 innings and Milwaukee displaced Chicago with a four run eighth inning surge.
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Fay Crocker Leads Opening Round of Women’s Open
Fay Crocker shot 37 37 74 to lead by two strokes in the opening round of the Women’s National Open at Wichita. Windy conditions, gusts near 50 mph, hampered many contenders including Mary Lena Faulk and Patty Berg. The tournament concludes Saturday with Crocker seeking first money in the $7,500 event.
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Miss Crocker
Montevideo
Uruguay
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Redlands Calif
Honolulu
Wichita Country Club
Mary Lena Faulk
Thomasville
Patty Berg
St. Andrews
Louise Suggs
Sea Island
Gloria Armstrong
Oakland
Calif
Jackie Pung
Miss Berg
Baseball Scores From The American and National Leagues
AP wire report shows AL standings with New York leading at 50 24 and Chicago at 42 30 while Washington and Boston trail. NL results list Brooklyn 62 19 and Milwaukee 39 32 with Brooklyn beating New York 6 5 in 11 innings. Friday and Thursday box scores include Detroit Chicago Washington Boston and Cleveland outcomes.
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Rosburg’s Baseball Grip Leads Open Golf Field
Bob Rosburg of San Francisco uses an unorthodox baseball grip and strong putting as he defends a 12 under par halfway total of 132 in the British Columbia Open at Shaughnessy. Don Finsterwald and Mike Souchak chase with rounds of 68 and 68 respectively, while Sam Snead and Tommy Bolt sit at 137 after second rounds amid rainy, slippery greens.
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Mike Souchak
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Tommy Bolt
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Santa Monica
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Lemont
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Oklahoma City
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Lemont, Ill
VFW Nine Tops Buffalo 4 2 in City Park Duel
The VFW 15 18-year-olds beat Buffalo 4-2 at City Park. Bill White pitched a three hitter with 13 strikeouts, while Gary and Milton McKenzie doubled and tripled in a key Chanute third. Buffalo scored in the fifth and sixth. Chanute faces Parsons American Legion Monday at 10 AM as part of the Fourth of July celebrations.
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Chanute
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Regional Postal Office Planned for Wichita
Washington informed Rep. Rees that a regional postal office will be established in Wichita Kansas about mid August to decentralize operations. The Wichita office will oversee district offices in Wichita Oklahoma City and Omaha with a regional manager and three district directors and a staff of about 60 for the three state region.
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Jaycee Junior Tourney Heads to Final Rounds
The Kansas Jaycee Junior golf event enters final 36 holes with no player under par. Leaders Ray Streeter Topeka and Bill Tulsom Dodge City posted 78 first day. Jim House Wichita followed with 79 as four leaders advance to Columbus Georgia August 15 20.
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Fight Results From Various Cities
In Los Angeles Don Grant stopped Shamus Jones in a four round bout. In Boise Mickey Rhodes halted Richie Lopez in seven rounds. In Bimini Yama Baha ma stopped Batt ling Douglas in seven rounds.
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Richie Lopez
Seattle
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Yama Bahama
Battling Douglas
Nassau
Trabert and Nielsen Clash for Wimbledon Title
Tony Trabert and Kurt Nielsen vow a power rally on center court for the All England men’s singles final. The 24 year olds, top seed Trabert and unseeded Nielsen, seek world amateur supremacy as fans expect booming serves and aggressive net play.
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All Star voting nears close with record turnout
The 1955 All Star ballot count totals 4,496,856 as midnight voting ends in Milwaukee. Roy Campanella leads individual vote getters with 1,278,419 despite a knee injury. final selections for the 22nd All Star game will be announced Monday with starters named from combined fan ballots and manager selections.
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Bartzen, Land Lead Missouri Valley Tennis Action Today
Top seed Bartzen of San Angelo Texas faces Gene Land of Oklahoma City in third round action after both won second-round matches. Buchholz, the 15 year old from St. Louis, claimed the boys singles crown with a semifinal win and defeated in the junior boys final while Art Andrews of Iowa City beat him 6-4 6-4. Judy Mills of Chickasha Oklahoma and Connie Cristler of Kansas City captured junior and girls titles with Bev Tolan and Erika Paetz of St Louis winning junior girls doubles.
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Oklahoma City
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Charles Hamlin
Wichita
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St. Louis
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Iowa City
Iowa
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Chickasha
Okla
Connie Cristler
Kansas City
Bev Tolan
Erika Pa
Stark Defeats Shaw 7 to 2 to take league lead start
Stark defeated Shaw 7 to 2 at Highland Park as the Presbyterians forfeited to the First Baptists. Stark led 5-0 in the fifth before Shaw scored twice. an automatic 7-0 forfeit gave the Baptists the win. Standings show Stark, First Baptists, and EUB No. 1 tied for the league lead at 7-1 with many rainouts in the half.
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First Baptists
Highland Park
Stark-Shaw
Baptists
EUB No. 1
EUB No
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Colfax-Nazarenes
Lutherans
Knights of Columbus
Trinity Baptists UB
Methodists
EU No. 1
Bartzen Takes Court Spotlight
Winfield Kansas reports Lanky Tut Bartzen secures center stage as Far Buchholz Jr. sits out. The feature highlights Bartzen’s rise and the impact on the lineup in this local sports note.
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Winfield
Kas
Far Buchholz Jr
Humboldt Woodmen Lodge Fellowship Night Highlights
Humboldt The Humboldt Modern Woodmen of America lodge and the MWA Junior organization met in Odd Fellows hall for a fellowship and get-to-gether with ice cream and cookies. A Magicians show by Harvey Rhoades of Chanute entertained about 100 attendees. The event was led by Leslie Lehman and W. J. Sinclair. The Faith service at First Baptist Sunday will include a Communion sermon by Rev. Robert Wheatley titled The Meaning of the Lord's Supper and a talk on The Greatest Preacher of the Old Testament in the evening. Irene Decker and her niece were mentioned in passing.
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Harvey Rhoades
Chanute
Leslie Lehman
W. J. Sinclair
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Robert Wheatley
Wheatley
Irene Decker
Chanute Tribune Publishing Details and Rates
Chanute Tribune Consolidated with Daily Timesett under Chanute Publishing Co Ernest W Johnson editor James Fehrenbach ad mgr Published evenings except Sunday Entered as second class matter at Chanute Kansas Subscription rates listed for Neosho Allen Wilson and Woodson counties and outside areas including monthly quarterly semiannual and annual plans
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Neosho
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Humboldt Summer Social and School News Update
June Decker visits Mountain Home Idaho. Humboldt teachers attend Pittsburg State College summer session. Local families host relatives and travelers as school projects redecorate the two elementary schools and prep for the new term. Junior Baptist Camp director Rev. Wheatley to lead week at Camp Crawford. Pierce Long plans move to Humboldt with family.
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Mountain Home
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Royse
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Rush
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Elmdale
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Chanute
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Paul Johnson
Virginia Lee
Curtis
Independence
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C. G. Puckett and Sons
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Baytown
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John McCoy
Frances Skinner
Pauline Flynn
Emporia State College
Robert Wheatley
Camp Crawford
Fredonia
Wheatley
Discovery Group
Pierce Long
Long
Cherryvale
J. E. Nesse
Mary N. Currie
Champaign Til
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Robert Bennett
Fort Dodge
Community News Notes Visits and Birthday Party
Gene Bennett and family will visit Mrs. Bennett’s mother Mrs. H H Strack and other relatives. Rev and Mrs Robert Wheatley recent visitors include Rev and Mrs Harry Opperman and family from Stockton and Mrs Frances Clayton from Los Angeles. Sally Bauer of Tulsa is honored at a 13th birthday party hosted by her grandmother Mrs Merle West at the Legion Hut with dancing and refreshments. Attendees included Verna Lee Smith Kate Collison Kay Glamser Sondra Lassman Janice Lassman Genella Smothers Jane Magill Jane Barlow Dwight Clum Kenny Ostrander Richard Griffith Todd Cannon Norman Gardner Raymond Durkin Douglas Davis Joe Crossant Bob Hopkins Mrs West and Mrs Bert Clark.
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Tulsa
Merle West
Legion Hut
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Kate Collison
Kay Glamser
Sondra
Janice Lassman
Genella Smothers
Jane Magill
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Dwight Clum
Kenny Ostrander
Richard Griffith
Todd Cannon
Norman Gardner
Raymond Durkin
Douglas Davis
Joe Crossant
Bob Hopkins
West
Bert Clark
Language Puzzle Answers
The questions cover grammar pronunciation spelling and definitions. Answers: 1 He had no reason to talk with me as he did. 2 kravat with stress on second syllable ah and at sounds. 3 tranquility is misspelled as tranquility. 4 invalid means not having legal force or strength. 5 badinage means playful banter.
Princess Margaret Escort List Shrinks Again in London
In London a former escort of Princess Margaret, Mark Bonham-Carter, 33, married Lady St Just, daughter of Conde Nast. The marriage to Lord St Just was dissolved last April for desertion. Bonham-Carter, a film director and Asquith grandson, had been a frequent royal companion to theaters and parties. the princess did not attend the ceremony.
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