State Golf Tourney Opens At Texarkana With Balch Favored
The 53rd Arkansas State Golf Association tournament starts Thursday at Texarkana Country Club. Little Rock’s Jim Balch seeks redemption after last year’s sudden-death loss to Pine Bluff’s Tommy Stobaugh. Top rivals Sam Spikes and Jerald Barnett join the field as Balch says he is performing as well as anyone in the state.
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Texarkana, Ark
Arkansas State Golf Assosciation
Texarkana Country Club
Jim Balch
Little Rock
Balch
Tommy Stobaugh
Pine Bluff
Stobaugh
No Major Baseball Trades Across Deadline Moves
The Associated Press reports teams avoided major deals trading a string of second tier players. Highlights include Ron Davis from Houston to St Louis for Dick Simpson and Hal Gilson. Orioles acquire Fred Malentine for Bruce Howard, and Vic Davalillo to the Angels for Hinomie Hall. Cleveland ships Davalillo to California in exchange for Hall while Jim Bouton goes from the Yankees to Seattle in a PCL assignment for the season's end.
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Associated Press
Houston
Ron Davis
St. Louis Cardinals
Dick Simpson
Hal Gilson
Baltimore
Paul Blair
Orioles
Fred Malentine
Washington
Bruce Howard
Cleveland
California
Indians
Vic Davalillo
Angels
Hinonie Hall
Yankees
Jim Bouton
Seattle
West Germany seeks steps to ease Berlin pressure
Berlin faces new East German travel taxes and patrols as Kiesinger mulls Washington talks with Johnson. West Germany will cover the increases estimated at 13.5 million dollars yearly while Parliament plans to debate the issue. Unity Day marks East German uprising remnants.
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Eugene Kramer
Associated Press
Bonn
West Berlin
Germany
East Germany
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Washington
Johnson
Kiesinger
West Germany
United States
Britain
France
Kiesmneger
Willy Brandt
Lea Larson Wins State Golf Championship at Hardscrabble
Lea Larson of Rohwer defeated Mrs. Jim Wellens of Little Rock 3 and 2 to capture her second Womens State Golf Championship at Hardscrabble Country Club in Fort Smith Arkansas. Larson previously won in 1962 and reclaimed the title after Wellens won in 1963.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Lea Larson
Rohwer
Jim Wellens
Little Rock
Miss Larson
Mrs. Wellens
Ms. Wellens
Rockefeller and Nixon vie as New York votes loom
In Washington Wallace backs law enforcement over gun laws as he campaigns for the presidency. New York faces a major primary Tuesday with 123 Democratic and 82 Republican delegate seats. Rockefeller seeks 11 GOP slots while Humphrey and McCarthy vie for Democratic support in Idaho Montana and beyond. Delegates shift with convention outcomes as Reagan may gain a national role.
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Wallace
ABC
John J. Burns
New York
Robert F. Kennedy
McCarthy
Humphrey
Rockefeller
Nixon
GOP
Idaho
Montana
Reagan
Tulsa
California
Robert McNair
South Carolina
Charleston
S.C
Mississippi
John Bell Williams
Gurney Wins With an Eagle at Mosport Race
Dan Gurney driven Eagle Ford power won the 200-mile Mosport race in Ontario ahead of Mario Andretti by 35 seconds at an average speed of 107.1 mph. The event featured Indy type cars on the 2.45 mile Mosport circuit.
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Ont
Dan Gurney
Mario Andretti
Phyllis Preuss Leads Americans in Curtis Cup Victory
Phyllis Preuss of Pompano Beach Florida led the U S women’s golf team to a 10 74 victory over Britain in the biennial Curtis Cup competition at Newcastle Northern Ireland.
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Northern
Iresland
Phyllis Preuss
Pompano Beach
Fla
U.S
Britain
Six Arkansas weekend traffic deaths claim six lives
Arkansas weekend highway deaths total six with victims including Willis Brannon 24 and his 5 year old son Michael killed when a Cotton Belt freight train hit their car near a Weiner crossing. Other victims include C L Morgan 43 in a house fire and Christ minister and wife Doris 41 killed in a Missouri Pacific freight train crash near Dermott. Lou Allan Jackson 18 of Salado died in a car crash at Desha and Troy Thomas 54 of Springdale perished when a pickup struck a utility pole in Springdale.
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Willis Brannon
Michael
Weiner
Kelley
Associated Press
C. L. Morgan
Jack Galloway
South Edgewood
James Cobb
Ben Owen
Galloway
The
of Christ Minister
Doris
Missouri Pacific
Dermott
Lou Allan Jackson
Salado
Independence County
Desha
Troy Thomas
Springdale
U.S. 71
Umpire Checks Drysdale Amid Spitter Suspicion
Dodgers ace Don Drysdale was frisked by umpire Augie Donatelli in a bid to root out foreign substances during a record 57 scoreless innings. Phillies manager Gene Mauch and others weighed in on the incident and Drysdale's evolving legacy.
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LOS Angeles
NEA
Don Drysdale
Augie Donatelli
Philadelphia Phillies
Drysdale
Donatelli
Dodger
Augie
Gene Mauch
Ute Phillies
Sonny Jackson
Houston
Zoila Versalles
Howie Bedell
Mauch
Maud
Phillies
Gene
Sandy Koufax
Sandy
Don
Davis Winner of Another Grid Award for Davis
Chicago AP Willie Dav is an All-Pro defensive end with Green Bay, named winner of the NFLs top award for contributions to his team league and community. He recently earned a University of Chicago master’s degree and spoke at the Whitner White Awards dinner to benefit the Better Boys Foundation of Chicago. Top defensive honors went to Ray Nitschke and Dave Jones, while Forrest Gregg was named top offensive lineman.
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Willie Davis
Green Bay Suckers
National Football League
Davis
University of Chicago
Justice Byray Raymond "Whitner" White
NFL
Ner
U.S. Supreme Court
Better Boys Foundation of Chicago
Ray Nitschke
The
Pacekers
Dave Jones
Los Angeles Rams
Nitschke
Jones
Forrest Gregg
Green Bay
Fall of Sorbonne Affects Paris Student Revolt
Paris police and gendarmes battled students in the Latin Quarter as the Sorbonne occupation ended. About 160 evacuated the main building after protests earlier in May. Authorities prepared talks on university reform while other campuses, metal workers, and Renault plants remained affected by strikes.
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Harvey Hudson
Associated Press
Sorbonne
France
Paris
University of Paris
Dorce
Education Ministry
Renault
Ashe Datéats Graebrer tennis note from New York match
In a fragmentary report Clark led New York 663 for the West of England tennis singles event with unclear details. The garbled OCR suggests names Ashe and Datéats Graebrer appearing in the North American coverage.
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Idl
Aint Clark
New York
West of England
Atte
Life In Arkansas Wakeful breakfast contrast in daily routine
Tommy Yates notes how breakfast often arrives in a fog of sleep and sluggish movement before a morning coffee clears the mind. The piece contrasts this quiet meal with the evening rush of dinner, chatter, and a TV filled household as the day ends.
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