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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1954

Page

7

Open Wimbledon Quarterfinals Stir Tennis World Confidence

Wimbledon pits eight top amateurs in open quarterfinals with Tony Trabert facing Mervyn Rose and Vic Seixas meeting Budge Patty. Hoad battles Jarooslav Drobny as Rosewall meets Rex Hartwig while Maureen Connolly faces Angela Buxton in women's singles.

Sweden Sven Davidson Trabert Davidson Mervyn Rose Ken Rosewall Lewis Hoad Hoad Jaroslav Drobny Egypt Vic Seixas Philadelphia Belgium Jackie Brichant Seixas Budge Patty Los Angeles Paris Patty Rosewall Rex Hartwig Maureen Little Mo) Connolly San Diego Calif Britain Angela Buxton

Ailing Ted Williams Delivers In Sox Series

In Chicago Ted Williams, limited by illness, helps the Red Sox win two of four against the White Sox. He collects a single in each of Saturday’s games and drives in a run with a sixth inning hit on Sunday. He belted a pinch hit two-run homer Friday.

Chicago Boston Red Sox Ted Williams Red Sox Boston White Sox Williams

Rubinoff and Aguero Reach Finals in Tennessee Tennis

In Chattanooga Ed Rubinoff, the 2 seed, won the singles title by defeating Jose Aguero of Rio de Janeiro 6-1 6-1 2-6 6-0 while May Slaughter claimed the women’s crown defeating June Koreger 6-1 6-3. The Guerry brothers upset the top seeds in doubles 6-2 2-6 6-2.

Chattanooga Tenn Miami Ed Rubinoff Jose Guero Rio de Janeiro Rubinoff Dan Sullivan St. Petersburg Slaughter Charlottesville June Koreger Louisville Alex John Guerry Aguero Guerrys Gordon Warden Huntsville Ala

Beard grows for Nebraska City Centennial Pageant

Otoe Goff in Nebraska City displays a real beard he is growing for the centennial pageant. He hands out cards stating the beard is real and that his wife does not like it, but he is having fun and beating bidders to the punch.

Nebraska City Neb Otoe Goff

Williams Proves Key For Red Sox In Short Spurt

Williams' value to the Red Sox showed even without a single at bat as Boston won two straight with his presence. The defense faltered and allowed four unearned runs with five errors. Manager Lou Boudreau kept him from overwork while Williams battled illness including a virus infection and a lung infection near pneumonia. He played 22 games before June 5 after missing time with a broken collar bone from spring training.

Williams Red Sox Lou

Young AAU Runner Collapses and Dies After Six Mile Race

Austin Scott of New York collapsed after finishing fourth in the six mile race at the AAU track meet on June 18. He died at Barnes Hospital with doctors citing a liver infection and the race strain as causing complete liver and kidney failure.

ST. Louis Austin Scott New York Barnes Hospital Scott New York Pioneer Club

Competitive Spirit Best Bet To Win Atomic Power Victory

Amer ica's best guarantee of victory in the atomic power race lies in private industry says Hobart C. Ramsey president of Worthington Corp In a report to shareholders he cites Worthington work on uranium hexafluoride compressors reactor coolant pumps and Oak Ridge turbine generator He warns of rising energy demand and limited fossil fuels urging readiness for affordable atomic power amid national defense needs. The piece notes a historical line about the first government entomologist appointed June 14 1854.

New York America Hobart C. Ramsey Worthington Corporation Worthington Ramsey Oak Ridge

Bolt And Stewart Vie For 15000 In Golf Test Today

In Wethersfield Connecticut Tommy Bolt and Earl Stewart Jr meet in an 18 hole playoff for the Insurance City Open first prize of 2500 with 1800 to the loser after tying 271 in the 72 hole event. Stewart shot 66 in the final round as Bolt struggled with the putter on the 6551 yard course. Julius Boros finished third at 273 earning 1400, while Bob Toski led this year’s earnings with 11433.75 after a 278 total.

Wethersfield, Conn Tommy Bolt Earl Stewart Jr Wethersfield Country Club New England Stewart Bolt Julius Boros Southern Pines N.C Bob Toski Livingston N.J Toski

Bald headed Kay wins prizes with clean pate charm

Bald headed Claude T. Kay of Walhalla South Carolina believes his shiny head brings luck. He rubs entry blanks on his scalp before raffles and contests and has won a turkey a 15 pound ham and three sports prediction contests.

Walhalla S. C Claude T. Kay Kay

Judge Boyd Resigns. Virginia P. Boyd Named New Judge

Municipal Judge John W. Boyd of Westport resigns and is succeeded by Virginia P. Boyd. The two Boyds are not related.

Westport, Conn John W. Boyd Virginia P. Boyd

Spacious house plan for expansive living by Abrahams

AP News features a roomy house plan named DA d by architect David J. Abrahams for the Architects' Home Plan Bureau Box 141 Bethlehem Conn. The design offers oversized rooms a study that can become a third bedroom later and a garage expandable to two cars with a larger porch. The footprint covers 1 945 square feet excluding garage and porch.

AP News David J. Abrahams Architects Home Plan Bureau Bethlehem Conn

Phone Contacts and Addresses Fragment

Fragmentary OCR shows contact entries with names Floya Eugas and James W Bridges. Numbers appear garbled as 799 for a phone and 4797 for a home line with an unclear second entry 2N3S- and odd characters. No clear event or schedule present.

Floya Eugas James W. Bridges

Rome in 410 A D allegedly lacked permanent inhabitants

Historians conjecture about the year 410 when Rome may have had no steady resident population, suggesting upheaval or vacancy during the period of decline. The claim relies on interpretation of limited sources and civilian presence evidence.

Rome

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