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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1966
Page
4
Cleveland first baseman Fred Whitfield swung at anything moving to belt his 17th and 18th homers, lifting the Indians to a 6-3 win over the Washington Senators. Azcue also homered, Whitfield and Azcue each had three hits, and Cleveland moved within one game of Detroit in the AL. In the NL, Marichal and Siebert performed well as San Francisco and New York won.
Arkansas Travelers completed a series sweep over El Paso with a 3 2 win as Steve Nunta belted a two run homer in the fourth and a late unearned run backed Mike Torrez. Arkansas remains atop the Texas League standings by a game while Albuquerque beat Dallas Fort Worth and Amarillo defeated Austin.
San Francisco ace Juan Marichal and Maury Franks sparked the Giants to a victory over the first place Pirates. Marichal held Pittsburgh to six hits, halted Roberto Clemente’s hitting streak, and scored the deciding run on a heads up baserun. The win shrinks the Pirates’ lead to two percentage points as the series with Pittsburgh lingers. In other NL action Los Angeles beat Philadelphia 6-3 and New York beat Houston 6-4 while Cleveland defeated Washington 8-1 in the American League.
Two teenage spectators died and several more were injured when a midget race car crashed into a fence at the Putnam County Fair in Ottawa Ohio. The driver Jan Heety from Battle Creek Michigan tried to avoid a skid and struck the fence. The fatalities were 19 year old Charles Horstman and 18 year old Gary D Burden. The accident sent seven people to St Ritas Hospital in Lima with injuries.
London AP Emile Griffith of New York will defend his world middleweight boxing title against Nigeria's Dick Tiger in London November 22, promoter Jack Solomons announced today.
Milt Woodard, 55, becomes president of the American Football League succeeding Al Davis who quit amid AFL NFL merger talk. Woodard, formerly Foss’s assistant, will be under NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle as overall boss of the merged league. Davis plans advisory role and likely collects remaining contract pay.
NFL training camps face discipline as Bears fine 12 overweight players at $50 daily with $200 penalties looming, Lions see leaders balk at salary disputes, and other clubs trim rosters. Chargers report cuts, while cheerleaders from Arkansas Texas and Oklahoma attend East Texas State University camp.
National and American League leaders listed with wins losses and percentages. Monday results include San Francisco 2 Pittsburgh 1 New York 6 Houston 4 Los Angeles 6 Philadelphia 3. Upcoming games feature St Louis at Atlanta Chicago at Cincinnati New York at Houston Philadelphia at Los Angeles Pittsburgh at San Francisco. Leaders highlight Batting averages Runs and RBIs, with notable performances from players such as Robinson Oliva and Aaron.
CHICAGO AP The Cook County state's attorney expects a grand jury decision today on evidence against Richard Speck 24 in the mass murder of eight nurses State's Atty Daniel P Ward said he presented the case and cannot say what the grand jury will do He would seek murder indictments for eight slayings to allow up to eight trials Ward noted a juror decision could come through a court and stated Miss Curagum Athuray 24 a Filipina exchange student escaped death by hiding under a bed
Boxing results listed from AUCKLAND to LAS VEGAS with bouts featuring Bobby Dunlop, Kunio Yoshida, Joe Frazier, Willie Williams, Percy Pugh and Henry Aldridge. Outcomes include outpoints and a stoppage across venues in New Zealand, Manila, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, New Orleans, Detroit, Corpus Christi, and Houston.
Magnolia Ark Southern State College begins second week of one day freshman orientation sessions for fall enrollment. Sessions run July 27 29 August 3 5 9 and September 2 with Sept 8 9 registration make up. About 100 freshmen per session report at 7 30 a m with placement tests and course schedules for a Sept 12 fall semester start.
Thieves in Troy used a stolen tow truck hoist from an auto agency to lift a one ton safe containing $45,000 in cash and checks. They loaded it onto a getaway truck and fled, authorities said.
Mary Luella Craig of Batesville, at 17 the youngest Miss Arkansas winner, impressed reporters at a morning news conference after her Sunday crowning. She plans to major in sociology and pursue research, with a trip to Atlantic City for the Miss America contest in September.
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