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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1956
Page
10
Classified rental items list furnished and unfurnished units at 506 K Fourth and 515 Oak Jud ron FY Lee. Utilities paid, private baths, stoves, refrigerators, and laundry. several rooms with bus access and college location. Ads mention private entrances, central cooling, and month rates around 45 dollars for some units.
Boston slugger Ted Williams defied a record $5000 fine for spitting at fans after a late inning error and gem against the Yankees. Owner Tom Yawkey and GM Joe Cronin disclosed the action, Williams criticized the punishment, and hinted the season might be his last.
In a tense 11th inning moment Williams misplayed Mickey Mantle’s fly for a two-base error with two outs. A massive 36,350 crowd roared as Ted Williams leaped to cut off Yogi Berra’s drive and end the threat, then Williams spat toward the stands as he neared the dugout after the final out.
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey said he is encouraged as he heads to Chicago to seek the Democratic vice presidential nomination and predicted Adlai Stevenson will be nominated for president by not later than the second ballot. He stressed no campaigning against anyone and noted other names like Robert Wagner John Kennedy and Estes Kefauver as potential rivals or supporters. Attend church next Sunday.
In San Francisco Republican National Chairman Leonard Hall reports Harold Stassen's anti Nixon drive has secured only five or six convention delegates of 1,323. H Meade Alcorn Jr. of Connecticut said Stassen’s plea alienates the President and the party and conveyed his strong disapproval. The note follows Stassen seeking support for Herbert Hoover as VP. Also notes Spanish American War activation in 1898 and pistachio exports from Turkey to the United States.
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