Shy Sisters Carry Hopes Of Red Team
Tamara and Irina Press of Ukraine loom as the Soviet Union’s top track and field hopes entering Rome Olympics. Coach Korobkov predicts medals in shot put, discus, and multiple events, with possible five golds between the sisters, who excite with world record marks and sprint potential.
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Rome
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Irina
Vladimir Kuts
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Harry) Korobkov
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America
Pirates Ride Hustle and Team Spirit to Pennant Bid
Pittsburgh General Manager Joe L. Brown praises hustle and balance as key to the Pirates’ early NL lead, stressing no star reliance and the depth from Groat Clemente Virdon Cimoli and others. He cites strong defense, clutch hitting, and resilience amid slump periods as the club pursues its first pennant since 1960.
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Joe L. Brown
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Milwaukee Braves
Pirates
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Dick Groat
Bob Clemente
Bill Virdon
Gino Cimoli
Cuba Establishes National Institute of Mining
In Havana a decree creates the National Institute of Mining within INRA to plan and develop mineral production, a move that could presage seizure of American mining properties after Fidel Castro nationalized many US holdings. Moa Bay Mining Co and Nicaro Nickel plant, both linked to American or US government ownership, await talks on their futures.
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National Institute of Mining
U.S
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Mining Institute
Industrialization Department
National Institue of Agrarian Reform
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Moa Bay Mining Co
Nicaro Nickel
Castro
National Petroleum Institute
Defecting Pilot Gets Commission
Detectives traced an obscene letter to a Wichita woman. Chung Nak Hyun, 24, a defector pilot, was commissioned as first lieutenant in the South Korean Air Force after a murder case linked him to a Wichita widow, Lora A. Guinn, 38. Guinn’s nude body was found at a farm house northeast of Wichita on July 1. Long will be tried in September for a string of charges including first degree murder and kidnapping.
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Sedgwick County
South Korean Air Force Today
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Cary
Patterson Ready To Defend Title
World Heavyweight Champion Floyd Patterson prepared to travel by air Tuesday to Copenhagen en route to Sweden for exhibition bouts. He aims to defend the crown anytime before early next year after regaining the title from Sweden’s Ingemar Johansson last June. He did not confirm talks with Johansson and said Johansson preferred a later date, but Patterson favors an early start to allow a second bout later in the year.
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Floyd Patterson
Copenhagen
Sweden
Patterson
Ingemar Johansson
Johansson
Inmates Rescued In Prison Blaze
SIOUX FALLS S D RP Guards and firemen rescued scores of prisoners trapped by flames Monday in a barricaded penitentiary work building. A group of disgruntled inmates had set off the fire. Four guards were overcome by smoke and two convicts were injured in leaps from a second story window. Eight other prisoners who jumped were unhurt. Sixty five inmates were working in the bookbinding and furniture repair shops at the time the fires were set off by about 15 convict malcontents Warden G Norton Jameson said. He wasn't sure what caused the disturbance, he said.
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