Oerter eyes 1968 Olympic discus bid and California talent dominate draft
Former Kansas star Al Oerter signals potential 1968 Olympic discus participation and explains balancing work at Grumman with training. The MLB draft shows California producing most top picks, while camps note Dodger and Astros scouts. Baseball quirks include Willie McCovey's first base steal and Mets end dreaded shutout run.
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Minnesotan Joins Journalism Staff at Kansas University
Norman W. Larson, a Minneapolis Tribune reporter with newsroom and public relations experience, will join the William Allen White School of Journalism at Kansas University this September. He plans to complete a master’s degree at Minnesota University this summer and has four years on the Tribune.
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Kansas Traffic Deaths Log Shows 1967 Count Across Period
Kansas traffic death log reports 39 deaths for June up to 9 am Saturday, 24 hours. year total 274 for 1967, with a comparable 1966 period listed as 00. Police provide figures to update public safety records.
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Topekan Triumphs at Hot Springs Skeet Invitational
Tom Bunger of Topeka shattered 96 of 100 targets to win the .410 senior championship day in the Hot Springs skeet invitational open.
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Topeka
Newton to Welcome Mrs Pellegreno for Earhart Flight Event
Newton Kansas hosts Amelia Earhart Flight Commemoration Day on July 9 with Mrs Ann Pellegreno of Saline Michigan and her crew piloting a 1937 Lockheed Electra similar to Earhart’s aircraft. Pellegreno plans to arrive from Oakland California around July 7 or 8.
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Irwin shoots 65 to take NCAA golf lead
Hale Irwin, at Shawnee on Delaware, posted a 7-under 65 to move to 54 holes and lead the NCAA tournament with a 207 total. The 22-year-old Buffalos safety, known for drawing comparisons to Arnold Palmer, collected nine birdies and notched his first competitive hole in one on the 14th hole.
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Harvie Ward
Derby Car Builders Race Toward July 16 in Lawrence
Three Lawrence youths Fred and Brian Gentry and Rick Orr build soap box derbies in the Gentry garage at 2043 R. I. Street. They face missteps like a backward steering hookup while aiming to win the $500 bond and possible $30,000 in scholarships at Akron. The track runs down 11th Street with a downhill slope.
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Allotment Cut On the Wheat Crop 1968
U S Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman announced a 13 percent cut in the 1968 wheat planting allotment to 59.3 million acres from 68 million this year. Kansas faces a 1.71 million acre reduction in seeded wheat, with payments offered to growers within their allotments to encourage compliance and ensure domestic and foreign needs. The target export level is 750 million bushels for the 1967 and 1968 crops, up from 735 million anticipated for 1966 and below the 867 million of 1965.
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Dempsey Turns 72 and Gains Boxing Hall of Fame Honor
Jack Dempsey, famed Manassa Mailer and former world heavyweight champion, is 72 today. He is elected to Madison Square Garden's Boxing Hall of Fame alongside Joe Louis Sugar Ray Robinson Benny Leonard Rocky Marciano and Henry Armstrong.
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Madison Square Garden
Joe Louis
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Benny Leonard
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Henry Armstrong
Newsboy Wins Suit For 19 Cents In Shreveport Case
William Carter of Bossier City won 19 cents in his suit against T. B. Friday after the Bossier City Municipal Court found Friday had received only three newspapers. Judge Louis Lyons ordered payment of 19 cents.
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Shreveport
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Bossier City
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Study of head injuries at Kansas University medical center
Dr. Charles E. Brackett will lead a two year interdepartmental study on the relation of head injury to vital organ function at the Kansas University School of Medicine. Dean George A. Wolf Jr. announced a first year grant of $461,267 from the Public Health Service National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness for the project.
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Charles E. Brackett
George A. Wolf Jr
School of Medicine
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Kansas City
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National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness
Zambia’s Modern Mines Drive Copper Wealth
Zambia’s modern mines rank second in world copper production and provide more than three-fourths of the nation’s annual revenue.
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