A Serbian-American stepfather’s World Series memory
A writer recalls family ties and baseball lore from the World Series days. The piece mentions Yugoslavia, a Serbian-American stepfather, and early baseball figures like Minnie Minoso and Yogi Berra. It captures fans, managers, and the Mets era, with vivid, almost dreamlike vignettes of game days and dugout characters.
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Preston Ward
Minnie Minoso
Willie May
Yogi Berra
Casey Stengel
New York Yankees
Israel and Egypt clash over five Sinai desert passes
Israeli and Egyptian forces battled for control of the five strategic Sinai desert passes as the war escalates. Israel claimed air superiority with strikes deep into Egypt and Syria while US began an airlift to shore up allies, amid reports of Turkish and Soviet involvement and regional battles near Damascus and Latakia.
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Sinai Desert
Middle East
Israel
Syria
Egypt
Isaaeli
Damascus
United States
Soviet Union
McCloskey
Mideast
Sinai
Sasa
Graek
Sinaa
Mediterranan
Cairo
Latakia
Taal
Thal
Sraeli
Ras Ghazils
Mays clings to dream in World Series comeback
Willie Mays aged 42 remains focused on one last swing as he pinch runs and plays in Game Two, stumbling through four errors and a knee scrape but delivering a clutch late hit for the Mets. Teammates recall the Say Hey Kid’s era while critics doubt his reflexes and legs are gone. An note on the same page cites Dr Allen Hynek and Dr James Harder discussing a purported alien craft in Mississippi, adding a separate wire-service report to the back.
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Oakland
Wille Mays
Willie
Willie Mays
Say Hey
Mets
Oakland A’s
Rusty Staub
Deron Johnson
Reggie Jackson
New York
Hayward
Bud Harrelson
Pascagoula
Miss
Northwestern University
Mississippi
Allen Hynek
Hynek
James Harder
University of California
Save Rocket Park prompts split opinions in Astro City survey
Readers of the Daily Review weigh whether Astro City's giant slide at San Felipe Park should stay or be moved. Letters from Hayward and Castro Valley residents urge leaving the slide, moving it to a school, or spending funds on other play equipment, with voices from Tim Silva and others highlighting community nostalgia.
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Hayward
Daily Review
Astro City
San Felipe Park
Ietter
Concerned
Casno Valley
Jennifer Lukas
Hayward Area Recreation District
J. Ball
Castro Valley
Marie Barbour
Weiter
Weather forecast note on fog and fair conditions
The weather report describes foggy and fair conditions for tomorrow with temperatures in the sevens and a mention of JaneS in the teens. More weather details appear on page 22.
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Janes
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Yana Bando
Yana Rudi
Salamagun
By Gary Tischler
Yugoslavia
Ohio
Ty Cobb
New York City
Chaves
Finley
Nic
Bure
Dick Williams
Egurst
Augie Donatell
Donatelli
Harrelson
Mays
State Department
Ocassis
Robert J. McCloskey
Nixon
U.S
America
McCleakey
Hypnosis
Suppors
Lowell Hickey
Daily Review Wire Services
Astro City Survey
Rocket Park
Tim Silva
We Haywant High
L. A
Bud” Critter
Lorrie Denise Wetherbee
Sam
Juanita Homan
Ann Landers Sridge
Teena TV
Chelsea
Mass
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