Bob Gibson Sets Record With Eight straight 200-K Seasons
Pitcher Bob Gibson tied a major league record by delivering his 200th strikeout for the eighth straight season in a 14 inning win over the Padres. Gibson fanned 13 more batters to finish the year with 210, surpassing Walter Johnson and Rube Waddell. Carl Taylor and Richie Allen also contributed, driving in the winning run in the 14th. The Cardinals moved within eight games of the division lead as other games unfolded across the league.
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al Simmons
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Scientists Dig Through Trash for Cheap Protein Source
Scientists at the Third International Congress on Food Science and Technology explore trash can rummaging, fungi, and bacteria to secure affordable protein. They note global protein gaps, compare animal and yeast yields, and report early trials in soy, algae, and cereal byproducts with cautions about safety and taste.
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Associated Press
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French Petroleum Institute
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U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Salute to the Champ Joe Louis in Detroit
More than 8000 attended a Detroit benefit tribute to Joe Louis as Bill Cosby hosted the event. Louis, hospitalized in Denver, was praised by speakers and entertainers including Sugar Ray Robinson Sonny Liston Bill Russell Night Train Lane and the Jackson 5 with performances by B B King Mahalia Jackson and the Four Tops. Martha Louis accepted well wishes and noted Louis hoped to attend but was advised to rest. Louis held the heavyweight title from 1937 to 1949 after beating James J. Braddock and finishing with 68 wins out of 71.
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Denver Veterans Hospital
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Sonny Liston
Bill Russell
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Lady Gridder Opponents Brace For First Woman Pro Football Player
Norfolk Neptune players including defensive end Art Zachary express mixed feelings about facing Patricia Palinkas, the first woman signed to play professional football, in the Kiwanis Bowl at Foreman Field on August 22 against the Orlando Panthers.
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Art Zachary
Norfolk Neptune
Patricia
Pat) Palinkas
Pat
Foreman Field
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Norfolk
Panters sign wife husband kicking duo in surprise contract
Pat Palinkau a 130 pound blonde from Tampa signed with the Orlando Panthers as holder for field goals and extra points. Her husband Steve joined as kicker under a one year deal. An unofficial source says she is a stronger holder than he is kicker.
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George Hughes
Neptune
Pat Palinkau
Tampa
Fla
Orlando Panthers
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Pat
Steve
Orlando
Paul Massey
Kicker
St Marys appoints woman coach for men tennis team
Moraga California AP says St Marys College hires Lynne Abbes Rolley a 21 year old brunette from Orinda for the mens varsity tennis coach role. The Catholic school enrolls about 1100 with plans for a womens team this fall and had no tennis coach previously.
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