Comeback Seasons For Williams And Musial Spark
Aging MLB stars Ted Williams and Stan Musial turn around dismal slumps into strong surges. Musial raises batting average to .312 while Williams sits at .328 with limited at bats. Williams nears Mel Ott on the homer list and Musial moves past Nap Lajoie into fifth on all time hits.
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New York
Ted Williams
Stan Musial
Musial
St. Louis
Williams
Boston
Red’ ‘Sox
Mel Ott
Jist Musial
Nap Lajoie
League Leaders By The 10s-fst ress League Leaders In Baseball
National League leaders include Mays of San Francisco with a .348 average and 67 runs, Banks of Chicago with 26 homers and 76 RBIs, and Williams of Los Angeles with 92 decisions and an .818 ERA. American League leaders show Mantle with 75 runs and Maris with 72 RBIs, plus Maris leading in RBIs and Mantle in home runs. Key players: Mays, Banks, Williams, Maris, Mantle, Aparicio, Skowron.
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Larker
Los Angeles
Mays
San Francisco
Skinner
Pittsburgh
Banks
Chicago
Aaron
Milwaukee
Pinson
Cincinnati
Cunningham
St. Louis
White
Bruton
Kirkland
Williams
Roebuck
Drysdale
Friend
Gentile
Baltimore
Runnels
Boston
Minoso
Mantle
New York
Maris
Smith
Skowron
Siebern
Kansas City
Aparicio
Fox
Robinson
Maxwell
Detroit
Snyder
Landis
Coates
Turley
Bunning
Bell
Cleveland
Anniversaries and Birthdays Highlight 19th-20th Century Figures
A compact timeline notes key events from 1649 to 1959 including the founding of the Society for the Propagating of the Gospel in New England led by Rev. John Eliot, Cuba freeing Sumter prize vessels, Pershing in Paris, Fifth Army at Leghorn, and unrest in Kirkuk. It also lists today's notable anniversaries and birthdays such as Samuel Colt and John Purroy Mitchel, plus figures A. J. Cronin and Lt Gen Harold George.
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London
Society For the Propagating of
New England
John Eliot
Roxbury
Mass
Cuba
Cuban
Sumter
General Pershing
Paris
U.S
Fifth Army
Leghorn
Kirkuk
Iraq
Samuel Coli
Hartford
Conn
Paterson
N. J
Colt
John Purroy Mitchel
New York City
John Mitchel
Tammany Hall
Mitchel
Army Air Corps
A. J. Cronin
Cariross
Scotland
Gioacchino Failla
Columbia U. College of Physicians and Surgeons
Italy
William Frederick Gardner
New London
Harold Lee George
USA
Somerville
George McGregor Harrison
The
Brotherhood of
Obituary Snippets for Noted Freight Clerks and Executives
Railway and Steamship Clerks, born in Lo's, Mo., 65 years ago. William Carroll Kezey, president of the Vanadium Corp. of America, born in Chicago 66 years ago. Emanuel Ruben Piere, director of research at IBM, born in Wilno, Russia, 52 years ago. Edgar Parks Snow, author, born in Kansas City, Mo., 53 years old.
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Lo’s
William Carroll Kezey
Vanadium Corp. of America
Chicago
Emanuel Ruben Piere
International Business Machine Corp
Wilno
Russia
Edgar Parks Snow
Kansas City
Mantle Yankees Lead with Three-Run Homer in 92 Victory
The Associated Press notes Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra homered in a five run win for New York over Cleveland. Herb Score pitched a complete game for Chicago, a five hitter, as the White Sox defeated Boston 9 1 to move into second place.
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Associated Press
Mickey Mantle
Yankees
New York Sport
Cleveland
Herb Score
White Sox
Boston
Chicago
Pacific Coast League Scores Include Thunderous Seattle Win
In the Pacific Coast League Seattle defeated Vancouver five to four while Tacoma beat Portland five to three. International League results saw Toronto fall to Montreal one to nine, Columbus topple Miami seven to three, Richmond edge Jersey City five to four, and Rochester tied with Buffalo four to four. American Association games listed Denver one and American Association All Stars five.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Vancouver
Tacoma
Portland
Toronto
Montreal
Columbus
Miami
Richmond
Jersey City
Rochester
Buffalo
Denver
Sing Along with Mitch proves TV music revival
Mitch Miller explains that the May 26 1960 hour long show Sing Along with Mitch drew near twenty thousand letters and calls praising the improved music quality. He notes audiences sought familiar melodies sung by a 25 voice chorus and high fidelity sound, signaling a TV sound and production breakthrough.
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Mitch Miller
Associated Press
Sitch
NBC
Sing Along show finally gains TV backing despite risk
The article recalls years of simple piano driven singing and nine Sing Along albums selling over 4.5 million. TV executives favor proven stars over unknown talent, but the Startime gamble pays off after the success of the Sing Along albums.
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America
Startime
Maryland seeks Supreme Court review of two crime law and segregation cases
Maryland Attorney General C Ferdinand Sybert said the state will ask the U S Supreme Court to review a Court of Appeals ruling striking down three sections of the law against questionable publications. Assistant A G Robert Murphy said an appeal seeks to overturn a Baltimore Circuit Court ruling that segregation in reform training schools is unconstitutional under the 1954 Brown v Board ruling.
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Baltimore
Attorney General's Office
Ferdinand Sybert
U. S. Supreme Court
Maryland Court of Appeals
Asst
Robert C.mur
Rphy
Court of Appeals
Baltimore City
Supreme Court
Murphy
Department of Public Welfare
TV Schedule Dense with Classic Programs and News
A packed daylong TV grid lists daytime dramas Love of Life Truth or Consequences and Romper Room alongside westerns Gunsmoke and The Restless Gun. News bulletins From These Roots Dateline Europe and Today in History appear amid entertainment shows Buckskin Popeye and The Hidden Eye.
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Restless Gun
TV Farmers
Search For Tomorrow
Guiding Light
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Gea Yfaper
Stan
Ted
Know
Pedia
Mitch
Charles Town
W. Va
Hugh L. Poe
Pleasant Living
Cassis
Shenandoah Downs
Joe Paoli
Mejillones
Alaska Star
Shenandoah
Mandoah Downs
Shenandech Downs
Potomac Motor Lines
Frederick
Mary Carter
Mehal F. Wachter
Francis Scott Key
Colonial
Shop Penney’s
Lass Coz
the News
Maryland
Wrcoty
Wttg-Iv
WMAL
Wyop-Tv
Angie
Morvie
Faces
Theater of Stars
Rosemary Clooney
Miss Brooks
Millionaire
Dr Malone
These Roots
Dateline Europe
Buddy Deane
Bozo, the Clown
Milt Grant
Quick Draw McGraw
Hidden Eye
Susie
Becky and His Friends
Crusader Rabbit
Sergeant Preston
Bums
Allen
Popeye
Captain Tugg
Rising Sun
Almanac
San Francisco Beat
Stooges
Hollywood Beat
Cochise
Peter Gunn
Rescue
Laramie
Phil Silvers
Pony Express
Peck
Dobie Gillis
Richard Diamond
Arthur Murray
Highway Patrol Tascoit
Squag
Alcoa Presents
Johnny Midnight
Mike Hammer
Li Strikes
Jack Paar
Walter Winchell
Norman Vincent
Wales
ARTES
China Luxe
Gam
Mary Carter Paint Factories
N. Market St
Frederick, Md
Penney's
Camp OF
Service Glass & Mirror
East St. MO
Whitesell Pharmacy Prescription Center
Whitesell, & & E. FE
Whitesell, B
N. Masket
Dailey
C. E. Cline Ad Son
Funeral Dylectors Ambulance Service
Wisconsin ——m
Sales & Service Genuine
W. Patrick St
Lowell Tire & Battery CO
South Market St
Protect Fyour
Seaeorlastic Soc
North Market St
Wee 1 Gas Company
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