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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1962
Page
5
Ruben Gomez earned his first AL win to lift the Indians over the White Sox 5-3 and push Cleveland into a first place tie with Los Angeles. Maris and Mantle homered for the Yankees in a 7-5 loss to Minnesota, while Mantle extended his homer streak.
The Monroe swimming team will host Janesville in a dual meet at the Recreation Park pool at 2 p.m. tomorrow. The Southern Wisconsin Relay races, sponsored by the Jaycees with the Park and Recreation Department, will be held at 2 p.m. next Sunday July 15.
The San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers faced a tense third game as groundkeepers removed dirt near first base after the third inning. The incident sparked questions about a possible trap, but Giants manager Alvin Dark denied any deliberate attempt to slow the Dodgers, noting no watering was done and the issue remains unsolved.
Troon hosts the British Open as nerves run high among stars like Arnold Palmer Sam Snead Dai Rees and Gary Player. Winds rain and a longer course test players with 7045 yards of links after recent changes.
Baseball scoreboard lists Friday results with New York 7 Minnesota 5 and Boston 12 Los Angeles 7. Saturday games include Baltimore at Detroit and Chicago at Cleveland with Sunday matchups Boston at Los Angeles and Washington at Kansas City. National League standings show Los Angeles leading with 57 wins and 30 losses. San Francisco 56 30. Pittsburgh 50 33. St. Louis 45 37. Cincinnati 43 36. Matches and schedules extend through Monday with no games scheduled.
Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves moved into a tie for fourth in the National League batting race at .327 with Billy Williams of the Chicago Cubs. Tommy Davis of the Los Angeles Dodgers leads at .340. Aaron is third in home runs with 20 and in RBIs with 69, behind Willie Mays and Tommy Davis respectively.
New York The Wright brothers Denny and Phil Moyers have boosted Teddy Wright’s TV profile. The Detroit middleweight fights Denny Moyer in a 10 round nationally televised match from Madison Square Garden on ABC at 9 p.m. EST. Wright, 25, has recently outpointed Phil and Denny and is a 2-1 underdog for this bout.
Wisconsin prices for Swiss and Cheddar remained unchanged as demand stayed fair and trading was irregular. Supplies for small styles were adequate to ample while large styles were plentiful. American cheese output for the week totaled about 28.3 million pounds, down 5 percent from the prior week.
Community notes list visits and outings from Juda and surrounding towns. Residents from Phoenix Milwaukee Bonduel Brodhead Janesville and Madison travel for funerals visits and holiday gatherings.
Detroit reports Chevrolet posts 1,140,427 total cars sold January through June 1962 a record surpassing the prior peak by 19.1 percent Pontiac six month total 275,889 and model year 1962 sales 416,286 reflect gains Lincoln Mercury Ford Oldsmobile and American Motors also publish higher six month or June results across the GM and non GM divisions amid a June strike impact and year to date improvements.
Madison Gov Nelson filed nomination papers Friday as a Democratic candidate for U S senator seeking the seat held by Sen Alexander Wiley a Chippewa Falls Republican. Wiley filed last week. Nelson presented papers with 6000 signatures the maximum allowed by law.
Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle each hit two homers in a 7-4-5 victory over Minnesota. Maris drove in four runs with his 20th and 21st homers while Mantle added Nos. 16 and 17, tying a major league mark with four homers in consecutive at bats. Hal Woddeshick of the Colts shut out Cincinnati 2-0, ending Houston's five game skid with eight hits allowed.
Rock Hudson angrily criticizes anonymous studio spokesmen who say the star system is over. He argues the public chooses favorites and that studio errors drive costs in big films like Mutiny on the Bounty and Cleopatra. Hudson discusses his varied past jobs and the pressures of living in the spotlight.
The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Wisconsin 50000 dollars for general science research education and related activities. Marquette University received 11200 dollars and Lawrence College 5955 dollars as part of a 37 million dollar nationwide program to fund colleges and universities.
Mrs. Robert D. Johns of La Crosse William A. John of Milwaukee and Dale R. Clark are named to the University of Wisconsin Board of Visitors. The appointment expands the advisory body with representatives from major cities in Wisconsin. The board oversees university affairs and supports campus programs.
A brief notice encourages renting rooms via the newspaper classifieds. It highlights the Monroe Evening Times as the avenue for listing available rooms and contacting landlords.
Washington The Bureau of Prisons will begin closing Alcatraz next year transferring 269 inmates to Marion Illinois and other federal prisons. The Marion facility opening next year triggers phased closure with destinations including Leavenworth Atlanta and others based on sentence length records and time remaining.
Mrs. Amos Mah kuch and others from Browntown visited the Lowell Dale home in Clinton. Lela Gage celebrated her birthday July 1 at a Sinissippi Park picnic in Rockford with many relatives and friends from Rockford Orangeville Freeport Avery Gage and the Mitchells. Joyce Retzlaff and Shirley Larse return from an East vacation. Kenneth Holt attends summer school in Laramie and Tom Peterson hosts visitors from Darlington. Lorraine Chapman and Linda Lu Brown spend a few days with H S Chapmans at Platteville ore.
The Milwaukee Braves announced NL Commissioner Ford C. Frick approved placing pitcher Cecil Butler on the disabled list due to a spur on his right elbow.
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