Four Year Old To Swim Channel
A four year old Miami boy aims to swim the English Channel this summer. Russell Tongay Sr plans Aug 1 or 2 departure with Russell Jr known as Bubber who will start from the French side. Bubber previously swam 22 miles in the Mississippi on June 23 and has performed in local exhibitions with his sister Kathy. The family, led by former Coast Guardsman Tongay, will donate part of exhibition earnings to the Elks Harry Anna Crippled Children's Home in Umatilla Florida.
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Bubber) Tongay
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Southern Association Baseball Tonight
Birmingham at Atlanta Little Rock at Memphis Chattanooga at Nashville Mobile at New Orleans all night doubleheaders featuring four games in the league schedule.
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Major League Results from the Day in Baseball
American League games include Detroit 8 Chicago 4 and Washington 7 New York 2 while St Louis defeats Cleveland 4 2. National League New York 3 Brooklyn 2 in 11 innings and Cincinnati 8 Pittsburgh 5. Chicago at St Louis postponed.
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Baseball Highlights and Local Murder Arrest Report
Yesterday's sports notes include Alvin Dark's 11th inning homer giving the Giants a 3-2 win over the Dodgers and Vern Bickford's five hit 3-1 Braves victory over the Phillies. In Georgia a cafe owner’s son was arrested in a June 20 murder. investigators report charges and a missing bag containing money.
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Red scale search tied to Hemet citrus reward
Hemet Valley Citrus Pest Control District offers a 25 reward for locating a red scale infestation on citrus trees. Citrus shippers reject infected fruit, but only four cases were found last year. US Geological Survey notes only Massachusetts and Rhode Island are adequately mapped states.
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Smuggling Out Iraqi Jews Sparks Israeli Evacuations
An undercover network in Tehran has moved more than 15 000 Iraqi Jews to Iran then to Israel over 15 months. Iraq offers exit to its remaining 120 000 Jews. Air lifts and train routes from Baghdad to Israel are planned as registration for evacuees grows.
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Farmer Tricky Gopher Trap Swap Ends With Lawn Mower Advice
Visalia report says rancher Angelo Jordan sought gopher traps from a hardware store. When told none were in stock the clerk suggested a lawnmower as a grim alternative and said you can cut their heads off while you mow the grass.
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Dam Under Guard at Allatoona Dam Closed to Visitors
24 hour armed guard is being maintained over the dam and powerhouse at Allatoona. The dam itself has been closed to visitors. I. L. Stewart, chief engineer at Broemons, said the orders came from Washington. The orders do not affect the use of the lake for recreation.
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Augusta industrialist Guy Merry dies at 45
Guy Hamilton Merry, 45, prominent Augusta industrialist and civic leader, died yesterday. Funeral services are set for Wednesday.
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Laura Wheeler crochet pattern 866 offered by Decatur Daily
Crochet pattern 866 with spider web and petal stitch, Laura Wheeler improved pattern book includes charts photos and directions. Send twenty cents to Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept New York for pattern. print name and address.
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Daily Crossword and Cryptoquote Puzzle
A compact word puzzle page featuring a themed crossword with numerous clues across and down including wordplay on deserts elements gender roles and everyday objects. A daily cryptogram puzzle provides a quotation encoded with a substitution cipher and an example of yesterday's solution.
Talmadge Ahead In Popular And Unit Vote Totals
Georgia primary results show Gov. Herman Talmadge leading in the popular vote with 287 637 to M E Thompson 279 138 and others far behind. Talmadge won 124 counties and 295 unit votes while Thompson carried 34 counties and 115 unit votes with a county tie in Atkinson. The totals come from county reports to the state auditor for the Democratic executive committee.
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Fat) Baker
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Too Big for His Job at City Hall Boilers
John Sadowski weighs 241 pounds and is described as too large for his duties cleaning city boilers. He routinely crawled inside boilers, but new 12 by 16 inch doors block his access and end his work in that role.
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John Sadowski
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