Stadium tax relief and attendance cited in Cincinnati baseball note
Reports indicate Cincinnati theater operators asked the city to relieve an amusement tax as attendance fell sharply, linked to the team’s success. In rowing, Argentina is banned from international and Olympic events amid amateur rower compensation disputes. Ted Williams is expected back for 1957. German rider William Herz set a record 305 km h on a streamliner at Bonneville salt flats, about 196.5 mph, breaking the motorcycle record by 7 km h.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Cintcinnati
International Rowing Federation
Argentina
Ted Williams
William Herz
Bonneyville Salt Flats
Utah
Tail s and wings of grouse sought for research in Michigan
Hunters should mail wings and tail feathers from grouse bagged this fall to the Conservation Department's Rose La wildlife experiment station East Lansing Route 1. Special envelopes are available from the game division office Lansing 26 or district headquarters. Biologists measure feathers to learn breeding success hatching dates hen cock ratios and other data for grouse management programs.
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Michigan
Conservation Department
Rose la Wildlife
Route 1
East Lansing
Game Division
Lansing
State Hints at Island Land Purchases for Public Hunting Lands
The Conservation Commission will review acquiring 12238 acres for public hunting at its October 10-11 meeting at Higgins Lake. Proposals include 160 acres on Beaver Island and 137 acres on Garden Island in Lake Michigan near Charlevoix County, with Garden Island Lake frontage about 4006 feet. Financing via the Game and Fish Protection Fund. Additional 926 acres may be bought under the Pittman Robertson program adding to nine state game areas including Waterloo 261, Stanton 160, Gratiot-Saginaw 120, Maple River 99, Deford 78, Rogue River 73, Shiawassee River 48, Lowell 47, and Murphy Lake 37 acres.
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State Conservation Commission
Conservation Department
Higgins Lake
Beaver Island
Garden Islad
Lake Michigan
Charlevoix County
Garden Island
Game and Fish Protection Fund
Pittman-Robertson
Waterloo
Stanton
Gratiot-Saginaw
Maple River
Deford
Rogue River
Shiawassee River
Lowell
Murphy Lake
Grouse Hunting Prospects Improve in Upper Peninsula
Grouse outlook shows improvement in the upper peninsula for this fall versus last year with little change expected in the northern lower peninsula. Population estimates rely on rural carriers and field workers with August counts. spring weather delayed hatch but less so for grouse than pheasants. Sharptail counts fell about 10 percent in the U P, to be reflected this fall, while overall sharp-tail populations remain stronger than ruffed grouse in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Peninsula
Lower Peninsula
Conservation Department
G. A. Ammann
Department
U.P
Ammann
Chippewa County
Drummond
Neebish Islands
Study of Michigan's 19 Pound Brown Trout At Ann Arbor Institute
The largest brown trout on record in Michigan, weighing 19 pounds 4 ounces, was caught August 29 two miles north of Manistee in Lake Michigan by Robert Bjorquist while fishing for walleyes. The fish was turned over to the Conservation Department for analysis of scales and identifiable organs by the Institute for Fisheries Research at Ann Arbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Conservation Department
Institute For Fisheries Research
Ann Arbor
Lake Michigan
Manistee
Robert Bjorquist
Bjorquist
Central Michigan College Hosts Oct Homecoming Festivities
Central Michigan College announces homecoming events on October 19 and 20. Alumni from 1936 to 1946 will reunion with a parade and reserved football seating, a campus tour by the Booster Club, and a queen coronation during the football game with Illinois Normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Michigan College
Rona Hall
Cole
Mt. Pleasant
College Union
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Ilinois
Hotel Chieftain
C. L. Anspach
Turkey Shoot At Greenfield Village Draws Civil War Reenactors
The national muzzle loader event will be held at Greenfield Village on Sunday October 4 drawing nearly 100 military and gun club members from Michigan Ohio and Kentucky dressed as Civil War soldiers. A 15 man fife and drum corps from Port Huron will participate and live turkeys will be awarded to winners.
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Greenfield Village
Michigan
Ohio
Kentucky
Port Huron
Huron Rangers
First Michigan Artillery Volunteers
Potawatomi Valley Muzzleloaders Association
Michigan Gun Collectors Association
Detroit
Wyandotte Muzzleloaders Club
Wyandotte, Mich
111Th Ohio Infantry
Toledo
4Th
Kenucky ‘Cavalry
Covington
Virus Disease Sparing Michigan Deer Herd This Fall
Michigan's deer herd shows no fall virus outbreak with no reports of deaths to Conservation Department offices. Last year September saw 110 dead or dying deer in five western counties centered in Manistee with 20 more deaths in Midland and Saginaw. The 1955 outbreak peaked in early September, killing several hundred, while a 1953 incident caused hundreds of deaths in autumn. Researchers from the Department of Conservation, Rockefeller Institute, and USDA Bureau of Animal Industries are studying the malady across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Conservation Department
Manistee County
Midland
Saginaw
Houghton Lake Wildlife Station
Department of Conservation
Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research
Federal Agriculture Deepartment
Bureau of Animal Industries
Muskallonge Lake Site Eyed for New State Park
The Michigan Conservation Commission may designate land around Muskallonge Lake in Luce County as a potential state park. Proposed as the Muskallodge state park purchase unit, the area covers parts of two Luce County sections with a 760 acre lake featuring a sand beach and swimming. Land exchanges and purchases would form the park within the Lake Superior state forest boundaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Conservation Commission
Upper Peninsula
Higgins Lake
Muskallonge
Luce County
Arthur C. Elmer
Conservation Department
Parks Division
Muskallodge
Muskallonge Lake
Lake Superior
Elmer
Lake Superior State Forest
Nork
Frans Kuula Tops Clare Rifle Club With 291.48
Frans Kuula led Clare Rifle and Pistol Club with a 291.48 score Monday evening. Jack Hemstreet was runner up at 299.54 and Wayne Pitts took third with 287.31 while Dale Roethlisberger won a shell box with 280.74 as twelve shooters competed. A trap shoot at 11 am Sunday is slated at Clare Hoo and Gun Club grounds with merchandise and chicken prizes.
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Frans Kuula
Clare
Jack Hemstreet
Wayne Pitts
Dale Roethlisberger
Clare Hoo
Young Town Workers Fill Gaps in Farm Labor
Farmers hire teens like Hap Hooper and Budd Ellis to cover seasonal work. Hap works around 100 days annually for Easy Roberts in exchange for room and board, while spending the rest of the year at his regular job. The setup helps farms run with limited funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mira
Hap Hooper
Roberts
Hap
Budd Ellis
Buzz
Grigwold Service Nominates Strong Bowling Scores
In a bowling meet at Sportsman's Bar, Grigwold Service 869 Schaeffer Dairy Bar 7 65 0 posted high games and series. J Whitmore led with a 581 623 series including 223s, D Benedict 577 and 223, R Lang 623, while H E games featured Benedict and Whitmore with 223s.
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Grigwold Service
Schaeffer Dairy
Sportsman's Bar
J. Whitmore
D. Benedict
R. Lang
J. Mott
Hoffman Gift Shop Leads High in Bowling Event
The report lists team and individual scores from a bowling event with Hoffman Gift Shop posting a top team score of 587. Individual leaders include Thayer Dairy with a 1620 three game series and J Cradit 3-7-10 pins, along with M Bauman 7-6-10 pins. Other entries reference Cimmerer Drug Co and Lehr Drug Co among several teams.
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Ladies League
Anderson's
Barnes
Clare Sentinel
Hill Top
Mason
iMason
Kotc
B. Collitts
E Peirine
W. Goodwin
B. Collins
H. Kinsel
Merchant League
Gateway
Clare Alleys
Eli’s Sinclair
Fletcher’s Cities
Kraft, Foods. Co
Schaeffer's Dairy Gateway
Giant Market
Clare Hunt & Fish
Loomis Rite
Hites
Clare Mfg, Co
Ath, Barnes, Cafe
Loomis’ Welders
Clare
Livestock Aue
Koof
Kenroth TV
H. Gaspeny
DeMolay Musser
W. Sharp
Cavalier’ Gas & Oil
Mfg
Big
Sun Oi
Lwin Elms
Dollar Bar
Gateway Lanes Hill
Murphy Construct
Smale Chevrolet
d-o-Matics
A. Nystrom
Dunn
Mkt
Schroeder
R. Musser
Everts
E. Spicer
Rockwood Bar
Lips
E. Bolin
Twig’s Cafe
M. Coil
Hoffman Gift Shop
Cimmerer Drug Co
Thayer Dairy Co
Lehr Shell
DE Colemian Drug Co
Farmer's Co-op
Cary Fe
O'Laughlin
Es A
Cities Service
Ind
S. Daduutter
Baker
Kinsel
Thayer Dairy
J. Cradit
M. Bauman
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Pali
N. McEwen St
United States
Joe Marsh
United “Harare
States Brewers Foundation
Sentinel
Agar Electric Lantern
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