Martin's Ninth Inning Single Delivers Yankees 4-3 Victory
New York beats Brooklyn 4-3 in Game Six to win a fifth straight World Series title. Billy Martin drove in the decisive run with one out in the bottom of the ninth after Carl Furillo tied the game with a two-run homer in the top of the inning. Hank Bauer and Yogi Berra set the stage with a walk and a run, then Martin hit through the middle and Bauer scored on Martin's hit. Mantle added earlier power with a grand slam as the Yankees race to a late-season triumph.
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Hank Bauer
New York Yankees
Martin
NEW York
Brooklyn Dodgers
Dodgers
Carl Furillo
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Yogi Berra
Mickey Mantle
Bauer
Furillo
Duke Snider
Allie Reynolds
Reynolds
Billy Cox
Clem Labine
Whitey Ford
Red Ruffing
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Ebbets Field
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Mantle
Brooklyn
Carl Erskine
Gene Woodling
Joe Collins
Berra
Junior Gilliam
Phil Rizzuto
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Navy Avenger crash kills two in Kenora landing attempt
A Navy Avenger on a training flight crashed near Kenora Ontario while attempting an emergency landing. Two crewmen died in the blaze, three survived with minor injuries as a board of inquiry opens into the incident. Survivors include Adolph Chranows, John White, and Garfield O Connor. The aircraft originated from Summerside after a Vancouver departure.
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Ont
Adolph Chranows
PO. John White
Dartmouth
N. S
Carfield O’connor
New Westminster
B. C
Ontario
Winnipeg
Prudham Credited With Reigniting Northern Search
Ottawa CP says Mines Minister George Prudham helped renew a abandoned air search that found seven men stranded 37 days after a forced Aug 25 seaplane crash in Ungava. Deputy minister Marc Bover noted company men told Prudham of slim odds the men survived.
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Quebec
George Prudham
Ungava
Iron Ore Company of Canada
Marc Bover
Pradham
Hiccuping Driver Outpaces Motorcycle Cop
A motorcycle officer chases a car that leaps into the air every few seconds. The driver and car speed away until the officer confronts him. The driver reveals the cause: he has the hiccups and is not hiding.
Dodgers Yankees Clash In Tight Early Contest
Dodgers and Yankees trade quick outs and hits as Reese, Robinson and Campanella spark two scoring innings. Mantle draws bases on balls and Berra hits into a grounder double play, keeping score close with two runs on four hits and two left.
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Gilliam
Colins
Reese
Robinson
Martin
Campanella
Hodges
Rizzuto
Yankees
Woodling
Collins
Bauer
Berra
Furillo
Mantle
Yaner
Cox
McDougald
Erskine
Western freight cuts and Ontario rise ordered by board
The board of transport commissioners will soon order a five percent reduction in western basic freight rates and a ten percent increase for Ontario as a partial rate equalization. The Western cuts apply to traffic within the West on class rates and may save about two million yearly. Eastern increases will not affect Maritime freight traffic. The changes aim to narrow East West rate gaps, with the effective date for the western cuts set for November 15 and Ontario’s rise pending January 1, 1935.
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Ottawa
Board of Transport Commisioners
Canada
Ontario
J. D. Kearney
Lakehead
Quebec
West
Maritime Provinces
Justice Kearney
Brooklyn Dodgers 383 New York 4 in 1968? box score highlight
Reynolds earns the win over Labine as Brooklyn loses 4 8 3. Berras hits and Furillo drives in multiple runs with two homers and two doubles in a high scoring game. Robinson, Campanella, and Furillo lead the offense with key RBIs while full box shows plate appearances and fielding details.
Iran threatens death penalty for Tudeh as Mossadegh awaits trial
Tehran AP report says chief prosecutor Hossein Aze-madeh vows to enforce the four year old ban on the Communist Tudeh party and may seek death by hanging for former premier Mohammad Mossadegh. Aze-madeh announced a 20 page indictment after Mossadegh was charged with bargaining with the Reds to depose the monarchy. No trial date given.
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Iiran
Hossein Aze
Madeh
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Long Flight of Wright Brothers 1903 Historic Breakthrough
In Kitty Hawk on December 17, 1903, Orville Wright piloted with Wilbur guiding, as the aircraft lifted from Kill Devil Hill sand. The test reached 120 feet, then 200 feet, with the first engine powered flight lasting 50 seconds over 852 feet.
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Wilbur
Weather Outlook for Medicine Hat Tuesday
Weather summary reports sunny and warm conditions in Medicine Hat with light winds except west winds around 20 mph Tuesday afternoon.
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Medicine Hat
Turkey, Brazil New Zealand win seats on UN Security Council
Brazil and New Zealand secured seats on the United Nations Security Council on the first ballot amid an East‑West, Cold War style contest. Turkey defeated Poland on the eighth ballot for the fifth seat, as the General Assembly voted amid secret balloting and regional bloc pressure.
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Brazil
New Zealand
United Nations Security Council
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Council
Russia
Poland
United States
Turkey
Philippines
Andrei Vishinsky
Assembly
Vijaya Pandit
India
Vishinsky
U S Navy Pilot Sets World Speed Record In Sky Ray Flight
Lt Cmdr James Verdin, 35, flew the F-4D Sky Ray as an average of 753.4 mph over 1.863 miles above Salton Sea California. The flight occurred at about 150 feet altitude under 98.5 degree conditions. The mark surpassed Royal Navy Cmdr Mike Lithgow’s 737.3 mph Libyan record in a Vickers Swift.
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Thermal
Calif
Cmdr
James Verdin
United States Navy
United States
Verdin
Navy
California
Salton Sea
Mike Lithgow
Libya
Atomic stalemate seen as possible world stabilizer
Washington officials say the United States and Soviet Union may be approaching a balance in nuclear capabilities. Experts debate whether Moscow seeks talks on Germany or the Far East, while officials acknowledge Russia’s hydrogen bomb progress could deter further negotiations. Flemming asserts Russia can deliver the most destructive weapon on U.S. targets without warning.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Russia
State Department
Germany
Far East
Gress
U.S
Arthur S. Flemming
Eisenhower
Soviet
Vancouver Woman Becomes First in Canada to Receive Deep Freeze Anaesthesia
Doris Sleeman of Vancouver Canada had heart trouble for fourteen years and could not walk far. After a deep-freeze anaesthesia and heart surgery by Dr Bigelow in Toronto she recovered, can walk and talk easily, describing the sensation as a chill followed by sleep. She is reported as Canada’s first patient to receive the deep-freeze technique for a heart operation.
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Doris Sleeman
Vancouver
B.C
Bigelow
Toronto
Canada
Calgary Youth to Be Hanged for Knife Murder
Seventeen year old Robert R Yokety was found guilty of the May 12 killing of 17 year old Brian Szell in Calgary. A six man jury convicted him after two hours of deliberation and Justice J Boyd McBride set the hanging for January 12. The trial drew teen friends and sobs from several girls as defence and crown counsel outlined the confrontation and motive tied to a girl they both pursued.
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Calgary
Robert R. Yokety
J. Boyd McBride
Yokety
Brian Szell
Callie Mayes
Snell
E. J. McCormick
L. A. Justason
Yokoto
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