Ramos Backed Against Frazier in MSG Title Fight
New York AP report notes Frazier no longer clear favorite to beat Manuel Ramos in their heavyweight title bout at Madison Square Garden Monday night. Betting action favors Ramos now as insiders warn Frazier can be hurt, with promoters and bettors watching Ramos’s power and left hook.
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New York
Joe Frazier
Mexico
Manuel Ramos
Madison Square Garden
Catskill Mountains
Frazier
Ramos
Clancy
Emile Griffith
Melnick
James J.oe
Eeene
Woody
Smith takes 200 meter crown at amateur meet in Sacramento
Tommie Smith wins the 200 in 20.3 seconds setting a meet record while avoiding the 100 and 400 events. George Young dominates with an 8 30.5 American record in the 3 000 meter steeplechase. Southern California Striders take the team title with 137 points.
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Sacramento
Calif
Tommie Smith
Amateur Athletic Union
Smith
Charlie Greens
Jim Hines
Ray Smith
Hines
George Young
Young
Tracy Smith
Ron Denoon
Frank Covelli
John Mason
Jay Silvester
Ed Hanks
Southern California Striders
Daily Double at Finger Lakes Payout Soars
Colonel Combat edged So Hopeful by a length to win the $1,600 feature at Finger Lakes Race Track. In front of 3,295, the favorite finished the mile in 1:43 with jockey Larry Heslip Jr. aboard. The exacta paid $330.80 and the daily double paid $330.90, marking the fourth straight day with a payoff over $200.
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Finger Lakes
Canandaigua
N.Y
Finger Lakes Race Track
Larry Heslip Jr
Sach
City and National League baseball standings snapshot
A dense sports digest lists city matchups and league standings with scores from Friday games and upcoming schedules. Notable entries include St Louis versus Atlanta 4 3 and Los Angeles against New York, plus Philadelphia and Houston results, with American League leaders Detroit Baltimore Cleveland Minnesota and Boston arranged by wins and losses.
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St. Louis
Atlanta
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
New York
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Cincinnati
Houston
W. L. Pet
Detroit
Eevee
Baltimore
Cleveland
Minnesota
Boston
Oakland
California
Chicago Cooee
Washington
Mickey Wright Seeks Ground In LPGA Championship Jinx
Mickey Wright trails by six after an opening 78 seeking momentum in the $20,000 LPGA championship. She posted 90 through two holes and a 75 on the round, leaving her at 147 midway. Defending champ Kathy Whitworth and Germany’s Whalen sit one stroke back at 148.
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Seee Pleasant Valley
Mickey
Miss Wright
Kathy Whitworth
Germany
Whalen
Sandra Haynie
Sandra Spuzich
Marie Lind
Sue Maxwell
Fort answers a young Apache girl with a freeway sign fort
In La Puente California Pauline 13 bid 13 for 18 freeway signs sold by the California Division of Highways to build a fort a ceremony featured five little Indians and eight cowboy musicians. A grocery chain offered a playhouse and the fort was erected by violinist Sammy Leichter and others in the Chavez yard.
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Ae LA Puente
Calif
Pauline
Calfornia Division
Sammy Leichter
Chavez Yard
Bears power 12 homers as Nettles adds two on
In Denver, the Bears of the Pacific Coast League slugged 12 home runs in a game. Graig Nettles contributed a two on base roundtripper. The offensive barrage showcased the team’s power and Nettles’ clutch hitting.
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Denver
Denver Bears
Graig Nettles
Ventura Wins By Knockout In Buffalo Heavyweight Title Fight
Ventura of Cheektowaga defeated Dick Wipperman by a sixth round TKO at Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo to claim the Buffalo Heavyweight Championship. Wipperman, a Cheektowaga police officer, was dazed by repeated rights and knockdowns before the referee stopped the bout.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Ventura
Ane tRlisars
Dick Wipperman
Cheektowaga
Memorial Auditorium
Florida
Wipperman
Eddie Seres
Manny Quinney
al Tyson
Tommy Hicks
Lockport
Steve Applebury
Chinnati
Tom Quick
Bill Kail
Pittsburgh
Ronnie Harris
Detroit
Primus Williams
Cincinnati
Hannibal Central Seniors Complete 68th Commencement
Hannibal Central High School held its 68th commencement at Memorial Auditorium with Ivan Boxell delivering the address. Ken Scriber gave the salute, Miss Lindang the valedictorian address, as diplomas were distributed by President LaRue Christie and prizes announced by Principal Lawrence Goodale.
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Hannibal
Ivan Boxell
Ken Scriber
Lindang
LaRue Christie
Board of Education
Lawrence Goodale
Gordon Hastings
Hannibal den
Carol Pritchard
Kent Scriber
Hannibal Home Demonstration Unit of Extension Service
Linda Darling
Linda Cali
Christopher Campbell
Dairymen’s League
Richard Avery
American Legion
Marlena Williams
American Legion Auxiliary
Fair Haven Business and Professional Women's Club
The
Marine Midland
Major League Leaders Batting and Pitching Snags
Baseball leaders across the AL and NL include Yasui trzemski bost .324 and M Alou .362, with key figures such as Howard Horton Rose Brock and Marichal Singer Marichal and McLain leading categories in batting hits runs batted in doubles and pitching strikeouts for 1969 era. Strong entities include Yas trzemski Boston McAuliffe Washington Cleveland Detroit Chicago and New York.
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Bost
Oak
McAuliffe
White
F . Howard
Wash
Harrelson
Uhlaender
Minn
R. Seaith
T. Horton
Cleve
Fregosi
Calif
Det
F. Howard
W. Horton
Campaneris
Cardenal
John
Chic
McLain
McDowell
M. Alou
Pitt
Rose
Cim
Cin
Flood
McCovey
Perez
Owens Upsets Highlight National Tennis Championship
Charlie Owens of Tuscaloosa Alabama won his second upset in the National Interscholastic Tennis Championship defeating Dick Stockton of Garden City New York 7 4 6 3 in Chattanooga.
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Sport Shorts
Chattanooga
Record Crowd at Yankee Stadium for Santos Brazil Exhibition
A record 43,602 attended the Santos Brazil versus Napoli Italy exhibition at New York Yankee Stadium on Friday night. Pele drew the huge crowd as Santos won 4-2, surpassing the previous U S attendance record. The Chicago Mustangs beat the Boston Beacons 6-5 at Fenway Park, while the Washington Whips defeated Toronto 3-3 before 6,266 fans.
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New York Yankee Stadium
Santo
Brazil
Napoli
Italy
Pele
U.S
Santos
Inter
Milan
New York
Chicago Mustangs
Boston Beacons
Fenway Park
Washington
Whips
Toronto
Rockefeller to name 10 more delegates for convention
Gov. Rockefeller is set to add 10 at large delegates next Tuesday as the Republican State Committee meets in Albany to complete the 92 vote New York delegation for the GOP nominating convention in Miami. The committee will elect at large delegates after its biennial reelection, with Schoeneck reappointed state chairman and the delegation naming him chairman.
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N. Y
Rockefeller
Republican State Committee
GOP
Miami
Charles A. Schoeneck
Schoeneck
New York
John V. Lindsay
U.S
Jacob K. Javits
George L. Hinman
Dorothy McHugh
Wilma Rogalin
Earl Brydges
Panry B. Duryea Jr
Thomas E. Dewey
Malcolm Wilson
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Dewey
Wilson
Hospital Closing Second Floor Over Nurse Shortage
Middletown New York Horton Hospital administrator William Pragnell announced the Morrison wing second floor will close due to a critical nursing shortage affecting 42 beds. The wing serves chronically ill patients and typically sees a July August patient drop of about 30. A recruiting program aims to add 14 to 20 nurses by September to reopen the floor.
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Middletown
N.Y
Horton Hospital
William Pragnell
Middletown Hospital
Morrison Wing
Pragnell
Tragic Swing Rope Accident Near Resort City
Florida boy 14 identified as John E. Claxton died after becoming entangled in a rope on a swing at a resort area by the St. Lawrence River. He was the son of Dr. and Mrs. Edwin G. Claxton of St. Petersburg Beach Florida.
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Florida
St. Lawrence River
John E. Claxton
Edwin G. Claxton
St. Petersburg Beach
Fla
Mrs Generous Hosts Women Faculty Group
Mrs Donald Generous hosted a luncheon at her Phoenix home for the women faculty and school secretaries of J C Birdlebough high school with guests from Ormond Beach Liverpool and Baldwinsville. Also noted are upcoming Masonic service for Earl W Nelson and travels of Dr Ralph Adams.
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Hollis J. Iselin
Callimachus Lodge
A. M
Masonic Fraternity
Ralph Adams
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Nijmegen University
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Adams
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
William Turner
Phoenix
Iris Circle
The
Methodist Church
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Gail van Dyke
Betty Ruetsch
Rose Fletcher
Nancy Kirk
Sunshine
Marie Ennis
van Dyke
Ennis
de Roberts
Flower
I. E Post
Douglas Patterson
Arizona
Asa Gilbert
Mts
Oakley
Huntley
Ruth Ryan
Liverars
Fred Baxter
George Mullin
Lawrence Crissy
Elmer Holley
Southwest Oswego
Alfred Schau
Susan
Ormond Beach
Fla
James Cummings
Robert Turner
Lake of the Isles
Canada
Narrye Asteriadis
Farmingdale Agricultural and Technical School
Long Island
Fulton teen to study agricultural technology at Delhi
Eugene Q. Brown son of Mr and Mrs Donald Brown of Granby Bowens Road Fulton RD will matriculate this Fall at State University Agricultural and Technical College at Delhi majoring in agricultural technology He will graduate this month from G Ray Bodley High School Fulton
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Donald Brown
Granby-Bowens Road
Fulton RD
State University Agricultural and Technical College
Delhi
G. Ray Bodley High School
Fulton
Clear Line Of Communication Emphasized At Rotary Luncheon
Obert Wood of Oswego Alcan Aluminum Corp urged better communication across industry and government during a Rotary Club luncheon on improving three way communication. He cited Peter Drucker on information as a manager’s tool and led a listening test and Waterloo passage exercise to illustrate miscommunication. The talk tied to Welcome Wagon’s Newcomer role and Oswego’s Welcome Club outreach.
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Obert Wood
Rotary Club
Wood
Oswego Alcan Aluminum Corp
Clifford C. Harris
Peter Drucker
Drucker
Rotarians
Waterloo
Rotary
Margaret Price
Oswego Rotary Club
Walter Price
Price
Thomas Briggs
Nashville
Welcome Wagon
Oswego
Dancer Tops Roosevelt Raceway Driving Titles Six Times
Stanley Dancer wins six driving championships at Roosevelt Raceway, the most by any reinsman. He claimed titles in 1955 1950 1960 1961 1962 and 1964, setting a record at the New York track.
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Westbury
N.Y
Stanley Dancer
Roosevelt Raceway
North Korea Reports Spy Vessel Sunk Near Pukpo Harbor
Pyongyang radio says an enemy spy ship intruded near Pukpo Harbor and was sunk with its crew after being detected near Yunpyang Island. U.S. Defense calls no comment while the Pueblo incident remains a disputed seizure from January.
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Pyongyang
38Th Parallel
North
South Korea
Korean Peoples Army
KRA
Pukpo Harbor
U.S
Yompyong Island
Washington
Department of Defense
Pentagon
Korea
U.S. Navy
Pueblo
Wonsan
United States
North Korea
Longest War in History Nine Days of Shelling Near Saigon
Nine shells landed along Saigon's southeastern tip with one hitting the British merchant ship London Steman on the Saigon River, killing a Vietnamese civilian. A U.S. Command spokesman said four rounds landed in the river, three in a swamp, and a ninth was a dud. The round was from a 105mm howitzer. North Vietnam air raids killed about 100 soldiers near Mu Gia Pass. U.S. observers reported fuel tanks, 17 trucks destroyed, and higher civilian tolls released by South Vietnamese authorities. A protest to the Red Cross delegation cited 450 civilians killed and 3,800 injured since May 18.
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Saigon
U.S
London Statesman
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Mu Gia Pass
North
International Red Cross
Vietnam
Red Cross
Geneva
Black Clawson Closes Stri Bound Plant in Watertown
The Black Clawson Co with about 700 workers in Watertown New York halts part of its plant as production slows. About 250 employees are on strike joined by Local 355 of the IA M A workers while 150 more idled by the shutdown. Non strikers cross the picket lines.
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Black Clawson
Watertown
N.Y
Black Clawson Co
International Association of Machineses
Aersospace
Tax Foundation estimates 1968 total taxes per family
The Tax Foundation, Inc. estimates total taxes to be collected in fiscal 1968 by all levels of government will total about 3550 dollars per family, rising 134 dollars from the previous year.
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The
Tax Foundation, Inc
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