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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1956
Page
10
A fragmented ad from Empdhia Kansas lists seeds feeds and fertilizers with price details. Cannady Supply at 901 N Locust offers FALFA seed and related supplies. Contact phone 36 W 3 for inquiries with a Monday pickup note.
Denver reports Marlene Bauer Hagge shot 16 under par 284 to win the Mile High Women's Open and break the LPGA 72-hole scoring mark. The Sarasota, Florida star earned $880 and moved her year total to $18,196, chasing Louise Suggs’ all-time earnings record. Fay Crocker and Vannie Colby followed in second and third with 290 and 292 totals, collecting smaller prizes.
Yameson of San Antonio and defending champion Marilynn Smith of Wichita both carded 301s to share top scores and earn $198 in the unfolding golf tournament.
In Brookline Massachusetts Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall captured the 75th National Doubles title by routing Vic Seixas and Ham Richardson 6-2 6-2 3-6 6-4. The American hopes for Davis Cup glory lag as the Australian duo asserted dominance on the final day. In women’s play Louise Brough and Margaret Osborne Du Pont crushed Shirley Fry and Betty Rosenghest Pratt 6-3 6-0 to win their seventh National Doubles Championship since 1941.
Henry Toothpick Brown a Philadelphia lightweight boxer and one of 13 children. He roots for the Phillies and follows Hialeah Park racing where Oil Capitol and Nashua win the Flamingo and Widener stakes.
Phil Rizzuto, 38, watched the Yankees split a doubleheader with Detroit from his Hillside home after his unconditional release. He said he was shocked by the decision and plans talks with TV reps about announcing Orioles games. He may take a summer vacation after two decades in organized baseball.
Baseball bats are made from ash hackberry or hickory. The longest major league streak is 26 straight wins by the 1916 Giants, all at home. The New York team did not win the pennant, finishing fourth.
Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver started a whirlwind campaign tour to organize a grass roots push against Eisenhower Nixon. They headed to Santa Fe for planning with regional leaders, then to Vancouver Washington Sioux City Town Knoxville and Chicago, with a Chicago news conference to follow. New Mexico Governor John Simms will lead a meeting of Democrats from six states. Also noted: over eight million in the national farm labor force in 1955, with 23.2 percent hired workers.
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