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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1961
Page
5
Joey Jay earned his 10th win, blanking Milwaukee as Cincinnati snapped a slump. Bill Henry closed it out after Jay allowed 11 hits, while Whitey Ford continued making American League history with eight wins in a month for the Yankees.
A suburban Jacksonville Little League game was halted by a hail storm. Umpires said players could not distinguish the baseball from hailstones as it fell on the Hyde Park field.
Madison Wisconsin Conservation Department will enforce a state life preserver requirement for every person on a boat during the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Director Lester Voigt cited past drownings and arrests for failure to carry enough life jackets, noting National Safe Boating Week and over 200000 registered boats in the state.
Harold Johnson and Eddie Machen, both frustrated contenders, meet in a non title ten round TV fight at Convention Hall Atlantic City. Johnson seeks a rematch with Archie Moore while Machen eyeing Floyd Patterson. both likely short of title chances. Each earns 4000 dollars plus 30 percent of gate receipts. Johnson, 65-8 with 31 KOs, rides a 14 win streak. Machen 37-3-1 with 21 KOs.
Gary Indiana hosts a two day National Women’s AAU track and field meet with 227 competitors. Olympic champion Wilma Rudolph, named Woman Athlete of 1960, headlines a field that includes seven other U.S. Olympians. Events run in two divisions with girls 14 to 17 today and women Sunday.
The American Little League changes its schedule with games moved from Tuesday to Thursday due to Fourth of July activities. National schedule remains Monday start. Robert L. Wells, program director, said the American pairings including Yankees versus Tigers Indians versus White Sox and Athletics versus Senators will be played Thursday with the rest moved forward accordingly.
The coastline of Florida spans just over eleven thousand miles, according to a geographic survey. The finding highlights Florida's extensive shoreline and varied coastal features across the peninsula.
Tug Wilson ends his 16 year tenure as Western Conference Commissioner and becomes a adviser with Bill Reed taking over as commissioner. Wilson, who turns 65, aims to remain active with the United States Olympic Committee and plans to support Reed and the conference.
Detroit 6 Baltimore 5 in 12 innings. New York 5 Washington 1. Cleveland 10 Boston 2. Minnesota 8 Kansas City 2. Los Angeles 10 Chicago 3. Saturday games Detroit at Baltimore Washington at New York Chicago at Los Angeles Minnesota at Kansas City Cleveland at Boston. Sunday Chicago at Los Angeles. Monday Cleveland at Baltimore Boston at Washington Chicago at Minnesota Kansas City at Los Angeles. Also St Louis 11 Chicago 4, Los Angeles 10 Philadelphia 6, Pittsburgh 4 San Francisco 3 Cincinnati 4 Milwaukee 0. Cincinnati at Milwaukee, San Francisco at Pittsburgh, St Louis at Chicago, the Angeles at Philadelphia, Los Angeles at Philadelphia, Cincinnati at Milwaukee, Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, Los Angeles at Milwaukee.
The schedule lists multiple Monday through Thursday games across area teams including Park Schedule Monday-Dorman against St. Clare, Martin's facing SeeBees, and Firemen clashing with Park and Recreation. Other matchups include Kiwanis versus South Wayne and Juda FFA versus Fairmont with times ranging from 7 to 9 pm.
Pat Sanders of Janesville won the junior girls title at the National Field Archery Tournament in Hot Springs Arkansas. She scored 2250 points out of a possible 3360 to take the crown.
President Kennedy signed a bill extending for one year the 52 percent corporate income tax and several high rate excise taxes, expected to raise over 3.6 billion annually. He also raised the national debt limit by 5 billion to 298 billion, avoiding a drop to 285 billion and providing annual flexibility in revenue and spending.
Sun day visitors included Mr. and Mrs. William Krueger and Mr. and Mrs. El mer Keehn of Footville to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Post in Cherry Valley Ill. The Posts are former Footville residents.
SCS technicians James Schwoegler Kenneth Halverson and David Woods survey Green County farms collecting soil, slope, erosion data to guide conservation measures. The Brodhead area team maps by section township with field auger work and aerial photos, planning terraces waterways drainage and crop rotation.
The region endures a dry spell with no rainfall despite threatening clouds. Rolled corn leaves spread across fields and oats may yield light as critical growth weeks approach. Farmers stay busy building waterways tile erosion controls and farm ponds, hopeful to catch up someday.
Spring Grove reports include Mr and Mrs Duane Malcock returning from a Niagara Falls wedding trip and staying in the Garde Badertscher tenant house. The Wabbena Timm wedding in Baileyville drew Elmer Stahl ecker Herbert Harold and Robert Mohns and others. The Newcomers welcomed a son Todd William. Harry Newcomer and John Egger are grandparents with Julius Nenneman as great grandfather. Guests at Carl Montefelt’s included Albert Beardsley Fred Pela and Henry Lipton with family. Keith Zweifel spent the week with the Glen Zimmermans at Twin Grove. Adtaker notice appears via phone.
The advisory urges farmers to monitor newly seeded waterways due to dry weather. It notes removing the oats nurse crop before grass suffers from moisture loss, as grass becomes the priority. Seedings appear satisfactory so far but require careful watch.
Fred Simpson says the last pheasant chicks should be delivered by Monday July 3. A batch was observed at the Monroe Chickeries showing day old pheasant chicks for the first time, described as cute.
Whitey Ford pitched five hitters with a five to one win over the Senators marking his eighth win in the month as the Yankees beat Washington. Jim Schaffer of the Cardinals hit the first major league home run a grand slam in an 11-4 victory over the Cubs.
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