Hot Weather Still Hurting Fishing Around the State
Des Moines area anglers face slower fishing as heat hangs on. Catfish and bullheads bite well on the Des Moines Upper Iowa Volga and Turkey rivers with green valley Nine Eagles lakes among bass hotspots. Walleye crappie and muskies show in the Mississippi and cooler pools are advised for northeastern trout streams.
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State Conservation Commission
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Leafs Coach Quits to Seek Different Job
Des Moines in Iowa AP report Minn ie Menard 2 resigned Wednesday as coach of the Des Moines team in the International Hockey League saying he may seek a job in another field. He quit effective July 15 for personal reasons and probably will leave Des Moines. Native of Timmins Ontario.
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Tag Day Friday for Muscatine Little League Sale
The annual Tag Day sale kicks off Friday in conjunction with a bake sale sponsored by the Little League Auxiliary in front of Woolworth's. Tags cost 25 cents. proceeds fund the program with over 100 boys participating this year. Prizes go to top sellers. Elks defeat Poole's Transfer 6 5 in a nine inning Senior Division makeup game with Hartsock and Wendling among the hitters.
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Little’ League
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Mike Hartsock
Mike Wendling
Bill Fishburn
Rod Reynolds
Rick Campbell
Craig Varney
Craig Weierhauser
Ron Noll
Bill Weber
R-H-E
Rodgers' 66 Ties Open Course Record at Muirfield
Phil Rodgers, 28, ex Marine from La Jolla California, fired a 66 in the British Open second round at Muirfield to seize the early lead on 140. He sank seven birdies and 10 one putt greens on the 6987 yard layout, tying Henry Cotton's 1948 mark on the new tees and added yardage. Rodgers had steadier 74 Wednesday and then surged with a bold morning round as Nicklaus and Hitchcock top the early leaderboard with 70s.
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Jack Nicklaus
Jimmy Hitchcock
Orioles win doubleheader as Poog Powell ties AL record
Poog Powell of the Orioles ties an American League mark with 11 runs in a doubleheader, contributing a double and sacrifice fly in a 1-0 first game win over Kansas City, and a bases loaded double plus two homers in the nightcap loss. Claude Osteen of the Dodgers tosses a three hitter and drives in the lone run in a 1-0 victory over Cincinnati. Curtis Cokes stops Luis Rodriguez in New Orleans in a 148-pound bout.
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Claude Osteen
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Larry Stahl
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Baltimore
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Cleveand
Jim Tabor
Boston
Traso
Brooks Robinson
AFL expands rosters and eyes 1968 expansion plan
Detroit AP report says the American Football League owners agreed to raise the playing roster from 38 to 40 and discussed expanding in 1968. They floated a warm weather site for the title game, with Anaheim Cincinnati New Orleans and Seattle named as possibilities. Commissioner Al Davis explained the merger language could let the AFL name a city first to protect territory.
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al Davis
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Powell's 11 RBIs power doubleheader for Orioles
Larry Stahl's late double gives Kansas City A's 9 8 win in 11th as Powell ties AL RBI record with 11 in twinbill. Orioles win first game 11 0. A's spoil Baltimore's momentum with late rally and Stahl's key hit. Braves elsewhere: Cal edges Detroit 1 0. Twins beat Cleveland 4 3. Senators top White Sox twice. Red Sox win opener and cap with Yastrzemski heroics.
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Ex-lowan Wins In Golf Tourney
Dorothy Germain of Blytheville Ark and Atlantic Iowa advanced to the Broadmoor Women's Invitational second round in Colorado Springs. Germain defeated Susie Seeghgason of Dallas 2 and 1 and next faced Sharon Moran who beat Peggy Conley 4 and 13.
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Blytheville
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Peggy. Conley
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CFL Rejects COFL Postseason Challenge Bid
WINNIPEG AP The Canadian Football League refused a Wednesday challenge from the Continental Football League for a postseason game between the league champions. The decision ends talks for a cross border title game.
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Canadian Football League
Continental Football League
United States
Bliss Family Seeks Fifth Iowa Amateur Golf Title
Rod Bliss II of Des Moines headlines a field near 200 at Ottumwa Country Club for a 72-hole Iowa Amateur. He chases his second straight title and the Bliss family’s fifth, facing threats from Liechty Compiano and Turner as heat and a three-day grind test players.
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Rod Bliss
Des Moines
Bliss
Iowa
Ottumwa Country Club
John Liechty
Marshalltown
Ralph Compiano
J. D. Turner
Town City
Compiance
Steve Spray
Indianola
Liechty
MCC expands athletics scholarships at Muscatine JC
MCC raises 18 activity scholarships this year with 14 tuition grants for student athletes including five basketball, three track and baseball, and one each in golf, tennis, cross country. Two grants support music and two dramatics. Athletes already enrolled eligible. Coach Weber may adjust grant distribution as needed.
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Muscatine Community College
Gene Weber
Pat Nova Vek
MCC
Baseball Scores and Schedule From Friday and Today
National League results show Pittsburgh defeated St Louis ten to two while San Francisco lost to Cincinnati eight to five. New York beat Philadelphia seven to five and Chicago defeated Atlanta five to one. Los Angeles tied Houston one all. Upcoming games include New York at Philadelphia and Pittsburgh at Chicago. Friday matchups feature New York at Pittsburgh and Philadelphia at Chicago.
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Stamp to Honor Polish Christians
The U S Post Office plans a five cent stamp honoring 1000 years of Christianity in Poland despite a Polish government protest. Warsaw embassy officials argue the eagle on the stamp resembles the prewar symbol rather than the postwar eagle, though the designer says it is a stylized Polish emblem.
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Post Office Department
Poland
Milwaukee
Edmund D. Lewandowski
Coin Shortage Declared Ended by Treasury
Washington AP reports the Treasury Department declares the coin shortage over as coin inventories reach 3.5 million pieces as of June 17, enabling a return to normal minting after a round-the-clock push and a stamping press moved from a museum to aid production.
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Treasury Department
Robert A. Wallace
Museum
Swedish Horse Kept in Stall After Sunstroke
Plavier 111, Sweden's defending Roosevelt International Trophy champion, was kept in his stall at Westbury Wyoming with ice packs around his head and feet after suffering a sunstroke on Wednesday. A veterinarian canceled today's workout due to the incident.
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W.Y
Sweden
Baseball scorelines and games from the schedule
Inning by inning results show California defeated Detroit 1–0 in 11 innings while Detroit plays Minnesota. Chicago faced Boston in a night game as Washington hosted New York and Cleveland met Kansas City with California visiting Baltimore. N stands for the next day’s matchups.
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