Hottest hitter in AL tops New York night action
Bob Saverine set the pace with three hits as Washington defeated California 6 2. Willie Horton boosted Detroit with four straight hits in a 3 1 win over Chicago while Frank Robinson hit his 29th homer for Baltimore in a 4 1 loss to Cleveland. Oliva led Minnesota with two runs and his 19th homer as Minnesota beat New York 6 4. Horton’s 11 hits across 22 at bats raised his average to .273.
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Frank Robinson
Willie Hor
Bob Saverine
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Robinson
Horton
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Houston
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Ken MccMullen
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Don Mincher
Associated Press
Willie Horton
Chicago White Sox
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Hope Livestock Sale Day Change Notice
Notice effective August 11 1966 states sale day moved to Thursday. Brant Jones and Harold Coon are available at PR 74451 or PR 73258 to assist in selling cattle or hogs. buyers expected, top market prices anticipated.
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Hope Livestock Commission
Brant Jones
Harold Coon
Cheney Wins Tourney of Jaycees Cheney Wins Tourney of Jaycees
Jack Cheney Jr. of North Little Rock won the Arkansas Jaycee Junior Golf Tournament in Russellville after three straight birdies, finishing 145. Jim Gabel Fayetteville placed second at 147, David Matthews Fayetteville third at 148, with Bill Bowman securing fourth in a playoff. Top four advance to Greensboro International Jaycee Tournament, Aug 7-12. Burroughs Pine Bluff and Sidney Moore Magnolia are alternates.
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Russellville
Ark
Jack Cheney Jr
North Little Rock
Arkansas Jaycee
Cheney
Carrol Matthews
Pine Bluff
Bill Bowman
McGehee
Jim Gabel
Fayetteville
David Matthews
Bowman
Lee Burroughs
Greensboro
N.C
Burroughs
Sidney Moore
Magnolia
Dodgers Beat Phils to Keep Pace
Dodgers edge Phillies 3 2 as Al Ferrara delivers a ninth inning pinch hit for the decisive run. The win extends Los Angeles five games on a five game streak while remaining 14 behind pace leaders, as San Francisco and others win elsewhere. Ferrara's season batting average rises to .290 with 20 RBIs.
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Dick Coach
Associated Press
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Beethoven
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Washington
California
Detroit
Wisconsin Supreme Court overturns Braves antitrust ruling
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled the state cannot enforce its antitrust law against baseball, overturning the 1966 conviction of the National League and its 10 teams for moving the Braves to Atlanta. The decision centers on interstate nature of the sport and baseball immunity from antitrust scrutiny.
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Madison, Wis
Wisconsin Supreme Court Today
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U.S. District Court
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Wis
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National League
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Supreme Court
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U. S. District Court
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Changes in Hope Kiwanis talk on Hempstead schools
Hope Kiwanis heard County School Supervisor Elmer Brown recount 25 years of Arkansas school consolidation. Hempstead County moved from 26 districts to six and projected four after the November vote, with 156 fewer districts statewide after the same election. He noted property values, millage rises, salary growth, and funding sources, with guests Bill Russell Pat Keller Mollie Street and Paul Klipsch.
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Elmer Brown
Hope Kiwanis Club
Hempstead County
Arkansas
Bill Russell
Pat Keller
Little Rock
Miss Mollie Street
Paul Klipsch
Hope
Kiwanis
Town & Country
French Adventurer Presses 100 Mile Death Valley Hike
Jean Pierre Marquant, 28, advances through Death Valley in a 100 mile trek to prove America still offers adventure. He just left the Panamint Mountains and faces extreme heat from 100 to 130 degrees as he aims for Furnace Creek and Stove Pipe Wells. He doubts the final half but remains in good spirits.
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Death Valley
Calif
Jean Pierre Marquant
Marquant
America
Panamint
Pine Bluff Plant Set to Open by October
Pine Bluff Arkansas pilot operations of Illinois Tool Works Inc Chicago will begin here by October in a 40000 square foot facility now 70 percent complete. The company first announced its arrival in January and plans to employ 170 full time workers by early next year with potential to reach 300 within five years.
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Pine Bluff, Ark
Ilinois Tool Works Inc
Chicago
Ely
May Pardon Considered for Kidney Donation Hero
Lindell Hitchcock, 35, serving a three year auto theft sentence, earned clemency consideration at the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board after donating a kidney to a Tulsa housewife who faced death without the transplant. The board will review the request at its September meeting in the light of the Arkansas operation.
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Mcalester
Okla
Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board
Lindell Hitchcock
Tulsa
Little Rock
Ark
Lindell
Hitchcocks
Have Seat Belts Must Use Them
The Public Health Service urged training for motorists to buckle seat belts. Among 1,850 Oakland drivers surveyed, 28 percent owned vehicles with belts. Two thirds used belts on highways, one third in city driving. Service says belt use could save 5,000 lives yearly nationwide.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Oakland
Calif
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