Johnson 9-5 Favorite in Title Bout With Machen
Eddie Machen, a 7-1 underdog, challenges Harold Johnson in a televised 15 round bout at Convention Hall Atlantic City. Johnson brings a 14 fight winning streak and seeks a heavyweight title shot, while Machen with 3 straight wins since a Liston defeat hopes to derail the Philadelphia man in a nationally telecast bout on ABC TV.
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Wilton Beats Riverside 12-2 in Six-Run Comeback
Wilton Beavers defeated Riverside 12 to 2 as coach Wayne Wagner watched. Roger Marolf earned the win with 10 strikeouts, and Stan Collins collected three hits including a triple while adding two bunts. Wilton has won eight of ten, next at Wes Branch Friday.
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McKinley Renews Focus to Win Wimbledon Title
America's hopeful Chuck McKinley, 20, from St. Louis, vows to win titles after a six month Davis Cup suspension for a racket-throwing incident in Australia. He advanced to the last 16, beating Vladimir Gastorek of Poland 6-4 4-6 6-0 6-2, while fellow American Chris Crawford upset seeded Pietrangeli.
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America
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McKinley
St. Louis
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Whureday
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Piedmont
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Nicole Pietrangeli
Crawford
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Whitney Reed
Neal Fraser
Nancy Richey
Margaret Smith
Improvements At Atalissa Spark Street Work
Improvements are underway in Atalissa with street oiling planned this week under Mayor L W Mel Killip. Exterior redecorating has been completed at the Alalissa post office as part of the town updates. Terry White departed Davenport Wednesday for Lackland Air Force Base Texas to begin training. Mrs Ly W McKillip and Genevieve Schlimmer visited Edna Warner at the Helen Burns home in West Liberty Wednesday afternoon. A birthday supper for Donald Schlimmer was hosted by his parents Mr and Mrs Marvin Schlimmer. Guests included Mr and Mrs Wailer Schellenber and family Mrs Nelle Schlimmer of Davenport Mr and Mrs Earnest McKillip and family Mr and Mrs LwIl McKillip and Richard Schlimmer
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Terry White
Davenport
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Edna Warner
Helen Burns
West Liberty
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Wailer Schellenber
Nelle Sehlimmer
Earnest McKillip
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Richard Sehlimmer
Deeds Recorded In Muscatine Area For Several Properties
Deeds recorded list transfers in Muscatine involving Viola M TeStrake lot 72 Country Club Hills Muscatine and Diedrich Moyn and Augs Moyn to Ann Yingling Int 1 block 3 Canon addition. Glen Hazen and Elie Hazen to Milton F and Grace BR Zeidler lot 82 Muscatine. Clifford C Boom to Theodore A and Shirley J Douglas part of lots 1 and 2 block 23 Smallley’s addition to South Muscatine.
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Boxer Griffith named boxer of the month by NBA
Emile Griffith of New York named boxer of the month by the National Boxing Association after his title defense against Gaspar Overga of Mexico. In other notes, Jon Campbell leads Flint Open with a four under par 68, Sikes and Herbert close behind. Rex Cawley tops NCAA in sprints and hurdles with 46.2 and 49.9 seconds, also anchoring USC’s mile relay to 3:07.6.
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New York
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Mexico
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Purdue
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Lionel Herbert
Jerry Magee
Mike Souchak
Kansas City
Rex Cawley
University of Southern California
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USC
Braves extend lead in Three-T league with 2-1 win
Cedar Rapids pitcher Dennis Overby threw a four hitter and had two hits driving in both Braves runs as Cedar Rapids beat Lincoln 2 1. Cedar Rapids stakes a 1 1/2 game edge over Topeka while Fox Cities stay within reach with a 7 0 win over Burlington. John Ete Jen pitched for the Foxes and Chuck Smiley drove in four, including three on a bases loaded triple in the eighth before 2 028 fans.
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Associated ' Press
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Rickey Improving After Heart Attack on Manitoulin Island
Sudbury Ontario reports Branch Rickey, 79, is steadily improving after a heart attack suffered Tuesday during a vacation on Manitoulin Island. Dr John Sturgisgde said it is unlikely he will be released within two or three weeks.
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Fight Results in San Francisco and Argentina Arena
San Francisco and Argentina report mixed results with fighters Monroe Hattill from Los Angeles scoring 189 and Alejanda La vorante listed at 403 percent in a chaotic card. Details on opponents and outcomes are unclear from the fragment.
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Los Angeles
World Softball Tourney Ticket Plans and Dates
In Rock Island the world softball tournament may not offer single night tickets until the event opens August 26. Officials say tickets at 1.50 will be available at the window once the meet starts, with seating for about 5,000 at Douglas Park. Season tickets at 11 each focus emphasis, with 38 games in the double elimination format and tripleheaders nightly. The Iowa division tourney runs August 4-6 and August 11-13 at Dixon, with top finishers receiving expense money and 16 teams paying 35 entry fees to Harald Stephens in Davenport. deadline July 4. The tourney opens with three games August 4, then six games over the next two days, followed by semifinals and finals the following weekend.
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Three Area Softball Tourneys Compete July 4
Three softball tournaments offer fans Fourth of July entertainment with West Liberty hosting the main event. Byes have gone to Nordstrom Oilers Cedar Rapids and West Branch Merchants. remaining spots fill as entries come in. Byes and schedules announced for Davenport Muscatine and other teams with a fireworks show planned at 9 30 or 10 p.m. Admission is 1.00 before 8 p.m. and 0.50 after. under 12 free. First round games are five innings.
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Major League Stars Dominate In Doubleheader Sweep
Willie Mays of the Giants went 6 for 8 with seven RBIs across both games to lift a doubleheader sweep over the Phillies. In the nightcap the Giants won 4 1, with a homer and triple and double. Dick Hall of the Orioles allowed two hits and one earned run in a 6 2 victory over the A’s, fanning eight. Salvatore Burruni of Italy outpointed Risto Luukkonen of Finland to claim the European flyweight title in Alghero, Sardinia.
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Minor League Scores From Recent Games
Columbus defeated Toronto 4 to 3 while Buffalo triumphed 6 to 3 over Richmond. Rochester won 4 to 8 against Jersey City. Syracuse edged Charleston 7 to 6. Pacific Coast League results show Tokoma and Sallelle 4, Vancouver 10 to San Diego 4, Salt Lake City 7, Portland 7, and Hawaii 3. American Association games saw Omaha 2 over Dallas-Fort Worth 6, Louisville 5 over Denver 3, and Indianapolis 4 over Houston 1.
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Orioles Extend win streak as Tigers series looms
The Baltimore Orioles won their fifth straight by defeating Kansas City 6-2 behind strong pitching from Dick Hall. Baltimore improves to 8-1 in nine games and opens a three game set with Detroit, while Detroit beat Chicago 5-2 to pull a two game ahead of the idle Yankees. Cleveland fell to Washington 3-1 as Boston topped Minnesota 9-5 with Frank Malzone homering twice for the Red Sox.
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Turk Lown
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Baseball Scores and Schedule Across Leagues
American League results include Detroit 28 644 New York 7, Chicago 2, Boston 9 Minnesota 5, Washington 3, Cleveland 1, Baltimore 2, Kansas City 2. National League standings show Cincinnati and San Francisco leading. Chicago 15 runs in Thursday. Upcoming games list Detroit at Baltimore and other matches.
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Midget League Thursday Scores and Highlights
Senators 25 Indians 10 and White Sox 12 Orioles 3 lead a high scoring day. Athletics 29 Red Sox 2. Yanks 6 Tigers 1. Highlights include White Sox batter Zachringer Shappa for Orioles Wasson Drake Senatore 24 16 Indians no Batteries and notable pitching lines. Yankees Taylor two runs, Tigers Johnson Johnson, and several homers by Zeigenhorn and Rice.
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Bowling Hale Half League Standings and Scores
Bowling Hale half league standings feature teams such as Coast to Coast Button Co and Ram's DX with high team game totals of 627 by Coast to Coast Button Co and 597 by Ron's DX. High series reach 3615 for Green shurab and 1582 for Coast to Coast Button. Individual leaders include Dick Lowe with 185 in a game and Doris McIntyre with 442 in series.
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Sky Divers to Attempt Water Jump Over Mississippi
Muscatine sky divers Bob Andresen and Elbert Beverly plan a first ever water jump on the Mississippi near public Faunching apron. From a 3000 foot altitude, they require calm winds and will jump around 2:30 to 3 p.m from a plane piloted by Paul Van Hoorgke.
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Iowa
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