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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1969
Page
17
The Dodgers honor Don Drysdale with a pre game ceremony Sept 27 after he retired this week due to a shoulder injury. Drysdale holds the Dodgers record with 209 wins and will be celebrated before the Saturday game vs the San Francisco Giants. tickets available by mail to Don Drysdale Day, Dodgers, Box 100, Los Angeles.
The Bears and Packers renew their NFL rivalry in the Shrine Game at Milwaukee with Gale Sayers returning to form for Chicago and rookie Dave Hampton starring for Green Bay. CBS will telecast at 6 30 p.m. PDT.
The Long Beach Nitehawks host Walton Construction of Oceanside in a non league doubleheader at Park Ave Field tonight at 7. The Hawks prep for the International Softball Congress title event starting Friday in Rock Island Illinois. Walton Construction is a young team that has appeared in the ISC state tournaments previously.
The record lists anglers on multiple piers and boats with totals for bass bonito barracuda yellowtail halibut rock cod and other species. Pierpoints area Oceanside Dovey's Norman's Belmont and Seel report numerous boats and large catch counts including hundreds of bass and bonito across locations.
Britain's Headley Baxter shuffled Peter Curtis for Graham Stilwell, costing a doubles win as Romania took a 2-1 lead. Tiriac and Nastase beat Stilwell and Cox in four sets while Cox struggled. Stilwell won the other singles as Britain fought back. Also featuring Carmichael's Pennsylvania Grass Court run and the U S Davis Cup lineup at Longwood.
Swedish driver Joachim Bonnier, 39, was pulled from a wrecked Lotus after careening off a bend at over 120 mph during Gold Cup practice at Oulton Park. He was rushed to hospital in dazed condition and not considered seriously hurt.
World lightweight champion Mando Ramos will spar today for the first time since June 6 as he prepares for the September 20 title defense against Japan's Yoshiaki Numata at the Sports Arena. He trained two weeks at the Lafayette Hotel with four rounds planned against Eddie Garcia and Juan Collado. Tickets are on sale with ringside at 25 dollars down to 7.50. Also on the card, Welterweight contender Ernie Red Lopez meets Hedgemon Lewis.
The Pacific Southwest Regional Softball Tournament opens today at Mayfair Park. Burbank vs Inglewood leads a five game opening schedule, with nine teams in a double elimination event. Winner earns a trip to Springfield to represent the region in the national tournament.
Claude W. Edwards of Alpha Beta Markets co heads the Crusade Advisory Committee and mobilizes lay leaders for the Billy Graham Crusade at Anaheim Stadium from September 26 to October 6. He cites a spiritual values need amid societal tensions and notes strong backing from 81 advisory members and 300 lay volunteers across six counties.
Negro members of the Church of Christ vote to merge into the General Assembly. The National Christian Missionary Convention votes to disband and join the merger, forming a Negro fellowship within the merged church. A Loyola University Los Angeles four day meeting will address church reparations for blacks with speakers including Jesse Jackson Cesar Chavez and William Brown.
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