Packers Bring Back Golden Bay Hornung For Seventh NFL Season
Green Bay announces Paul Hornung has signed for his seventh NFL season after suspension for betting on games. Hornung, 28, led the league in scoring in 1959 1960 and 1961 before military service cut the 1962 season. He expects to regain timing with help from Bart Starr as he returns to training with the Packers.
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Cards And Indians In II Victories In Decatur Little League
The Cards beat the Cubs 84 in the National League with John Powell winning after going the distance. Larry Wood hit a three run homer in the fourth to tie the score as Cards added runs in the sixth. Fisher Stroub Parker Thigpen Lone and Stroub led the offense. The Indians edged the Orioles 5-4 as Mike Powell earned the win and Billy Nabors took the loss with Nabors topping the Orioles with a single and double. Ted Stroub and Jimmy Graham homered for the Indians while Nabors Ledbetter and Sanders contributed for Baltimore.
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Crackers Hit Road After Slow Start in IL Season
Atlanta Crackers open their International League campaign with 4 rainouts and 9 losses in 13 home games. They head on the road eight games back of Syracuse, which has surged to seven straight wins and leads the standings.
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US Olympic Committee plans to beat Russia in 1968 Games
USOC unveils a long term program aimed at narrowing the gap with the Soviet team across 27 sports. Chairman Franklin L. Orth says funding and broad American effort will build training, facilities, and coaching to regain international prestige.
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Celtics Await Counts as Draft Opens for New Backcourt Help
Boston sports staff pick Mel Counts in the NBA draft as a potential backup for Bill Russell. Red Auerbach jokes about trading for Joe Caldwell while noting Counts could stretch the Celtics’ frontcourt depth. Early picks show Los Angeles and Cincinnati prelude to the main draft with top college stars selected.
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Mets Debut Night Game at Shea Stadium Lights Up
The New York Mets stage their first night game at Shea Stadium on Wednesday against the Cincinnati Reds. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. will flip the switch in a ceremony before the game. Shea uses 1,600 bulbs with about two million watts, far fewer than the 1935 Reds park.
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Knoxville Beats Birmingham 10-3 in MLB Minor League Action
Knoxville defeated Birmingham 10-3 as the Yankees extended a win streak with Roy White driving in a fourth inning homer and Bill Madden delivering a dramatic 12th inning leadoff shot for Columbus over Charlotte. Macon and Lynchburg won their games while Charlotte used 18 players including eight pitchers.
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Major League Leaders batting and pitching highlights
A summary of top leaders across both leagues. Mays of San Francisco leads batting with .468 and 22 runs, 25 RBIs, 29 hits and 10 home runs. Marichal leads pitching with 1.000, 31 strikeouts. Bunning and Shaw also 3-0, 1.000. In the American League Oliva posts 32 hits and 17 runs, Colavito 8 HRs, Wagner 19 RBIs.
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Dodgers star Koufax returns with 2-1 10 inning win
Monday's pitching notes show Sandy Koufax of the Dodgers making his first start since the arm injury. He allowed three hits and struck out 13 in a 2-1 10 inning victory over the Chicago Cubs. Leon Wagner drove in five, including a grand slam in the seventh, in the Indians 7-5 win over the Boston Red Sox.
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Smokies Pull Ahead with Early Runs in Barons Clash
Sanossian walked four as the Smokies took a 3-0 lead. Birmingham’s Santiago Rosa Rio hit a homer ending a 19 inning drought by Knoxville pitchers. Ed Nettle delivered four shutout innings for Lynchburg, allowing two hits while fanning four. Danny Murphy and Gary Johnson homered for Lynchburg.
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T T Link Hailed As Good As TVA Was
Tennessee Gov Frank Clement praised the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority saying the project will provide tools of golden opportunity and boost growth by linking the Tennessee River to the Tombigbee creating a Gulf of Mexico water route and increasing river traffic.
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Out er Limits renewals and summer TV schedule notes
AP reports The Outer Limits is renewed for another season as ABC fills evenings with repeats and new and old programs. The piece notes time travel plot devices and critiques the show as low quality, while outlining NBC and CBS summer plans including On Parade and reruns replacing That Was the Week That Was.
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Indecent Exposure Charge Placed in Athens
A 30 year old Athens man Roy Lee Mattox 1105 Russell Dr was charged with indecent exposure after a motorist reported a naked man near Morningside Shopping Center. Athens Police Chief Pack Self said Mattox was picked up on 11th St SE around 7 45 p m Monday and was fully dressed when detained.
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Robbery Charge In Mobile $15 000 Heist At Grocery
Prichard Alabama police charged 27 year old Paul Pruett with robbing a grocery employee of 15000 dollars during a night deposit. He was being questioned about forgery when the store employee identified him. Pruett also faced forgery and credit fraud accusations.
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Chemstrand promotes Bissett to senior engineer at Decatur plant
The Chemstrand Co. promotes James G. Bissett to senior engineer in the Industrial Engineering Department at the Decatur plant. He has worked as an industrial engineer in Acriland acrylic fiber plant since 1961 and will oversee a Greenwood South Carolina plant project. The Greenwood operation will produce Chemback carpet tufting material with 40 million square yards annual capacity, slated to begin in Q4 this year.
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Trucker Killed When Concrete Pipe Crushed Cab In Crash
A truck driver from Bessemer Alabama identified as R C Caddis 50 was killed when his vehicle rear ended another near Shreveport Louisiana. The other driver Robert Earl Everett 31 of Rainsville Alabama was unhurt. Caddis truck carried concrete pipe and the load shifted forward at impact. Caddis was a native of Moundville Alabama.
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