Drive-in telephones aid motorists in-car calls
Drive-in telephones are mounted on metal stands and shielded by bright plastic hoods. They allow a motorist to pull up and telephone without leaving his car.
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1962
Page
7
Drive-in telephones are mounted on metal stands and shielded by bright plastic hoods. They allow a motorist to pull up and telephone without leaving his car.
Bill Hayes, an industrial engineer at Wolverine, edged John Campbell of Leeds in the Decatur Country Club third annual Men’s Invitational. Hayes led 144 at the turn and finished with 213 after rounds of 70 74 and 69, while Campbell shot 215.
Minnesota’s Rich Rollins leads the attack with five hits three RBIs and three runs as the Twins sweep the White Sox 8-4 and 11-7 to pull into a virtual first place tie with New York. Rollins raises his AL batting average to .356 while Katt and Pascual win for Minnesota.
Elkmont overwhelmed Madison Crossroads 15-8 in Limestone County Independent League play on Sunday. Gene Baugher pitched a complete game for Elkmont while Clem pitched seven innings for Madison Crossroads. Elkmont rapped 21 hits led by Steve Goodwin with two doubles and a triple and Button Webb with a homer and a single.
A historical recap shows the San Francisco Giants failing to hold June leads across five West Coast seasons, with a six-game skid this year as St Louis and Los Angeles pull away. Other MLB results include Curt Flood Musial heroics for St Louis, Drysdale and Sherry powering Dodgers past Houston, Mazeroski guiding Pirates over Milwaukee, and Cubs Mets split after Banks’s 15th homer.
The schedule lists two MLB matchups between Baltimore and New York in New York and Cleveland visiting Boston as the only games on the card today.
Local briefs list Tuesday action in the Girls Softball League at Walter Jackson Field. At 7 p.m. Decatur Rebels face Dick Coffey Ford, and at 8 p.m. Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital meets Industrial Uniforms.
Los Angeles AP report says the press box at Chavez Ravine was invaded by Juliet Prowse with Eddie Fisher during Sundays doubleheader between the Kansas City Athletics and the Los Angeles Angels. Walter Winchell invited them in as sportswriters watched a mink sighting and perfume pass through.
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