A's Snap Orioles Win Streak in 96 Victory
Catfish Hunter pitched six strong innings in Baltimore as the Athletics halted the Orioles seven game winning run in 96 victory. Dick Green delivered a three run homer in the fifth as Kansas City moved atop the AL lead with help from a sharp bullpen effort.
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Pros Tour Muirfield Ahead of British Open Field
A field of 130 golfers prepared for the British Open at Muirfield as Wednesday’s 72 hole test looms. Doug Sanders Julius Boros Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player joined Monday practice while Boros nursed an elbow and Sanders quipped about leading the money list. Nicklaus and Player played 18 holes of match play against Bobby Cole and Pete Townsend with the pros winning 2 and 1 and praising the young South African Cole and Briton Townsend.
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South Africa
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Standings and scheduled games from baseball standings
The standings show New York 9-8 and Philadelphia 6. The American League table lists Baltimore 55-26, Detroit 46-31, Cleveland 45-32, California 42-37, Chicago 37-40, Minnesota 36-43, New York 34-41, Kansas City 35-44, Washington 33-47, Boston 29-?. recent results include Chicago 5, New York 2. Washington 6, Boston 4. Kansas City 9, Baltimore 6. California 11, Detroit 6. Minnesota 5, Cleveland 4. California at Detroit and Minnesota at Cleveland to follow.
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Atlanta Ener
St. Louis
San Francisco
Beffers Place 24.2Million Beffers Place 24.2Million
The Associated Press reports Fourth of July betting at US tracks topped $24.2 million from 320,096 attendees across 18 major tracks. Hollywood Park drew 56,752 bettors wagering $4.54 million, Aqueduct saw 44,425 bettors for $3.96 million, while last year’s holiday handle surpassed $30 million across 23 tracks with over 439,000 fans. The Hollywood total missed last year’s $5 million July 4 mark.
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Aqueduct
Gondles-Cox Team Tops Scotch Foursome at Garden City
Del Gondles and Francis Cox won the Scotch foursome at Garden City Country Club with the low net score of 32. Ken Bourne and Myrtle Knutson took second with 35. Doug Crotty and Katherine Strackeljohn had the low gross. Nineteen couples entered and a patio party dance followed. The next club event is the Divorce Tourney on Sunday, July 10.
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Ken Bourne
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Doug Crotty
Katherine Strackeljohn
Truman says nation’s mettle tested in Southeast Asia
Former President Harry S. Truman spoke at the Truman Library on July 4, telling about 100 people that the nation faces liabilities but will endure. He said today people are fighting and dying in Southeast Asia and the mettle of a people and a nation is on trial before the world, and he believed the outcome would be fine.
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Minneola Man Captures Horseshoe Pitch Tourney
Warren Beeson, a 51-year-old Minneola wheat farmer and carpenter, won the 1966 Independence Day horseshoe pitching tournament at Finnup Park, defeating Harold Kirch of Garden City 50-43 in the final after a tight semi final against Lewis Ward. The event drew 32 pitchers from 12 towns across three states with Garden City leading the field in entrants.
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Meade County Fair
Lamar tops in Garden City Youth Baseball Tourney
Lamar, Colorado based Connie Mack team won the Garden City Invitational championship over Independence Day weekend. Fourteen teams from Kansas, Colorado and Oklahoma competed. Lamar shutout Scott City 12-0 in the final, while Garden City No 1 beat No 2 for third. Lamar’s run included three more shutouts and a 8-0 semifinal win over Garden City No 1. The event faced field flooding after vandals, delaying semi finals.
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AAU Officials Ponder Record Claim At Salina Meet
National AAU officials will decide whether Bill Toomey’s 8,234 points in the decathlon can be a world record after Salina meet officials noted wind conditions during the long jump. Referee and meet director said all data will be submitted to the AAU records chairman for consideration. Toomey and Hodge surpassed the previous world mark of 8,089 set by C. K. Yang in 1963, with Hodge posting 8,130.
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al Post
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Revenge in St Louis: Wife Kills Husband with Knife
AP reports at a St Louis home Allen Sanders Jr. 47 was fatally stabbed by his wife Ruby Sanders 29 after she returned from a hospital visit. Patrolman Clyde Gardner reported she grabbed a butcher knife in the kitchen and stabbed Sanders in the heart. she was held for investigation.
Butter Frosting With Citrus Zest
A simple butter frosting is made by creaming butter with confectioners sugar and adding a little lemon or orange juice. For extra flavor grate lemon and orange rind into the mix for a citrusy finish.
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