Middies Power Past Vikings 10-4 in Baseball Rout
Middletown High baseball dominated Miamisburg with three first inning home runs and a 10-4 win at Barnitz Field. Gibbs Reed and Fuller powered the offense with multi hits, while Laycock held the mound through five before Watson finished. Middies move to 8-2 with four games next week.
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Miamisburg
Barnitz Field
Middies
Bartley
TerrynWcFrees
Charlie Fuller
DeFrees
Fuller
Jim Gibbs
Bob Reed
Gibbs
Reed
Woody Jones
Art Kyles
Phil Laycock
Jones
Eddie Watson
Watson
Chuck Weidner
Middletown
Reider
Myers
Hix
Laycock
McGraw
Demaret Seeks Open Lead As Hot Springs Course Improves
In Hot Springs Arkansas Jimmy Demaret shoots 66 after a 73 opening round to chase the Hot Springs Open lead. Al Besselink leads with 68 after opening 70 as Jackie Burke and Marty Furgol sit in a six way tie for sixth at 140. Maxwell Casper Palmer trail Demaret by two strokes.
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Hot Springs Country Club
Jimmy Demaret
Kiamesha Lake
N. Y
Wro
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al Besselink
Jackie Burke
Marty Furgol
Furgol
Billy Maxwell
Odesa
Tex
Bill Casper Jr
Bonita
Calif
Johnny Palmer
Tulsa
Okla
Maxwell
Casper
Palmer
Besselink
John Harper
Steubenville
Ohio
George Kartalian
Syracuse
Lebanon Rebels Fall Short in District Final
Roosevelt Teddies defeated Lebanon 3-0 to capture the Class AA district baseball title. Saka! of Dayton hurled a one hit shutout until Fred Collett spoiled the bid with a single in the seventh. Lebanon’s Tom McRoberts took the loss in a outing noted as his second defeat against six wins.
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Dayton — Saka
Dayton
Middletown Merchants to Meet Dream Bar in Practice Game
The Middletown Merchants face Dream Bar in a softball practice game set for tomorrow night at Barnitz Field diamond two. First pitch is at 6 p.m.
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Middletown Merchants
Dream Bar
Barnitz Field
Diamond Two
Expensive Cars In Cincy Bowl Modified Stocks
In Cincinnati tonight a field of hand-built modified stock cars will race at the Cincinnati Race Bowl. Owners have invested heavily, powering engines from 1957 Thunderbirds, Corvettes, Lincolns, Cadillacs and Studebakers. Builders spent winter stripping, planing, painting, and installing motors. Both modified and late model 1949 53 classic stocks race in heat events and two 30 lap twin features at 8:30 p.m. A 10 lap power puff race with girl drivers is also on the program.
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Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Middletown Middie Golfers Tie For Fourth In Tri-State
Middletown High tied for fourth with Hamilton in the Tri-State Golf Tournament at Potter's in Hamilton. The team finished with 317 strokes, trailing Upper Arlington 289 Lebanon 310 and Cincinnati Purcell 312. Scorers included Bill McCabe 37 37 74 Tom Wagner 37 40 77 Tom Sizer 44 41 85 Ron Rhea 37 44 81. Jack Nicklaus of Upper Arlington was medalist with 64.
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Potter's
Butler County
Upper Arlington
Lebanon
Cincinnati Purcell
Bill McCabe
Tom Wagner
Tom Sizer
Ron Rhea
Jack Nicklaus
Syracuse Ends 1956 Season With Cotton Bowl Defeat
In the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day Syracuse lost 28 to 27 to TCU after finishing the 1956 football season with six straight victories. The program featured close bouts in boxing events with Gaspar Ortena and Willie Pep defeating opponents, while Jackie Hayden and Will Hoepner also earned wins in their matches.
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N. Y
Gaspar Ortega
Mexico
Isaac Logart
Cuba
Florence
Willie Pep
Hartford
Yolande Pompey
London
TCU
Bowling results and honor roll from Frontier Lanes
Ray Wideman rolled 214 207 185 606 in 200 plus games while Loretta McFeeter led women with 182 191 and a 180 game. Today's card lists multiple league tallies across Driftwood lanes, GoYa, American Legion Airdales, Keglerette and J J Lanes with team scores and top individual marks.
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Paper Sorg
Armrel
Fairbanks
Raymond Bag
Strinko
Rossi
Ohio Bell
Pollock
Inland
HH. Johnson
Charles Berry
Bob Wheeler
Bill Wilson
Brooks Wright
Walt Pawelkoski
Buck Simpson
C. Clark
Bob Forster
Jack Griffis
Loretta McFeeter
Rose McIntyre
Flyers
Charles Thiel
Ray Wideman
Colored News Cheer-up Service At Butler County Jail
A 1 30 p m visit at Butler County jail will feature Miss Eunice Perkins and a host of clergy and community members including Rev C E Arnott Rev Eugene Adtkins Rev John Strong Mrs Helen Bostick Mrs Myrtle Burton Mrs Rosa Ausberry Mrs Flora Stone David Burton Otis Pope Rev Hastings Nord Mrs Evelyn Edwards and the Trotter trio. Perkins notes about 4000 glasses were distributed at Ohio State Penitentiary in 1956 and invites used glasses to be left at her home or the Oritman Stewart Bus Station. Morning Stars Dayton singing society will give a 3 p m concert Sunday at Tried Stone Baptist Church.
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Butler County
Eunice Perkins
C. E. Arnott
Eugene Adtkins
John Strong
Helen Bostick
Myrtle Burton
Rosa Ausberry
Flora Stone
David Burton
Otis Pope
Hastings Nord
Evelyn Edwards
Trotter
Miss Perkins
Chicago Grain Table shows mixed prices across futures
Grain data for May through Dec contracts across Wheat and Corn, with May and Dec readings in the 2.0s for wheat and around 1.3 for corn. Prices fluctuate with small gains and losses, ending with a medieval reference about ears of heat symbolizing plenty worn by the bride.
McKinley sweeps middle town junior high track meet
McKinley Junior High won the second annual Middle Town district meet with 45 points, topping Monroe 28 Roosevelt 26 Mayfield 6 Maple Park 6 and Amanda 1. McKinley won four events and tied for first in another, with standout performances by Gillis Hall and Myers.
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Middletown
Roosevelt's Oval
McKinley
Monroe
Roosevelt
Mayfield
Maple Park
Amanda
Gillis
Fuller
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Hooker
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Negro Coed Absent From Opera in Texas Incident
At the University of Texas in Austin a Negro coed removed from the lead in the student opera did not attend the performance. A swastika flag appeared after the show as security and spectators filled the auditorium about half full. Martha Ann Kelly of Austin sang Dido last night and will repeat tonight. Barbara Louise Smith, 19, of Pittsburg, Texas, had been slated for the lead.
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Tex
University of Texas
Barbara Louise Smith
Pittsburg
Martha Ann Kelly
Dido
Aeneas
Miss Smith
ODK Gives Fund To Miami Chapel
Oxford special report: Omicron Delta Kappa presents 2025 proceeds of the three year ODK Carnival totaling 2025 dollars to Miami University for the chapel altar. Frank Witt delivers the gift on behalf of the upper class men's honorary. The carnival funds support scholarships student loan funds and special equipment.
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Oxford
Miami University
Miami
Frank Witt
Omicorn Delta Kappa
Peace Ends Long Battle for Fairbanks Morse Control
In Chicago, Fairbanks Morse & Co and Penn-Texas Corp sealed a five year settlement after a proxy fight. Leaders Leopold Silberstein and Robert H. Morse Jr. signed the accord limiting board seats to five each, with Morse remaining chief and Silberstein ceasing proxy challenges. Silberstein to sell 300000 shares at 50 dollars each. court approval pending.
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Fairbanks, Morse & Co
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Penn-Texas Corp
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Penn, Texas
Robert H. Morse Jr
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Fairbanks Morse
Morse
Penn-Texas Corp. Morse
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J. Douglas Casey
A. C. Allyn & Co
Mass wedding in Veracuz unites about 100 couples
About 100 couples, parents of almost 200 children, were married in a mass ceremony in Veracuz. City officials authorized the service saying the couples were poor and had previously lacked money or time to marry.
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Veracuz
Mexico
Four-Hour Wait for Broadway Ticket in New York
Vic Buschman of Crosse Wisconsin, 90, waited four hours for a standing room Broadway ticket to My Fair Lady. He has come to New York for his 25th annual visit and plans to attend theater every night and matinee during his two week stay.
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Vic Buschman
Crosse
Wis
Buschman
Dog steals milk cartons at factory in Paterson twist
In Paterson New Jersey police report a milk carton thief mystery ends when a patrolman hiding near Medical Fabrics Co. observes a dog carting off cartons left for workers. The odd capture spots a canine culprit rather than a human thief.
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Paterson
N. J
The
Medical Fabrics Co
Unfinished Leonardo Painting Bought by Detroit Museum
The Detroit Art Museum purchased an unfinished Leonardo da Vinci work titled The Adoration With Two Angels for about a quarter million dollars. Measuring 23 by 18 inches, it shows the Virgin adoring the Christ Child, with the Madonna unfinished, and is linked to Da Vinci’s early period around 1472.
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Detroit
Leonardo da Vinci
Detroit Art Museum
da Vinci
M. Knoedler & Co
New York
Rome
Vinci
Avalanche Fatal for Mountaineer in Nepal
Officials in Katmandu announced that a Himalayan avalanche killed a British mountaineer and two Sherpas two weeks earlier. The climber, Briton Captain Crosby Fox, 30, led an expedition scaling about 20 000 feet in the Jugul Himal range.
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Nepal
Crosby Fox
Jugul Himal Range
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