Braves And Indians Win In Ottawa Little League
Braves beat Giants 7-2 and Indians defeated Cardinals 9-1 as Ricky Bien drove in runs with four errors and a double. Terry Lay opened with a homer and a second inning triple for the Braves. Promoter Bill King reported gate receipts will go to Stitch's widow and six children after Rudell Stitch died saving a drowning companion. The boxing angle notes Akins vs Rodriguez on ABC TV and recounts Akins career.
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Ottawa
Braves
Indians
Giants
Cardinals
Ricky Bien
Terry Lay
Dave Andrews
Mark Carlson
Andrews
Craig Brown
Bill King
Billy Green
Dale Mack
Rudell Stitch
Stitch
Louisville
Ohio
Rodriguez
Bud Bruner
Akins
Local Little League Schedule Forest Park Tonight and Thursday
Wednesday games feature Yankees versus Tigers and Indians against Braves at Forest Park with p m start times. Babe Ruth League matches Yankees against Pomona Lions at 7 p m and Athletics against Giants at 8 30 p m. Thursday offers Giants versus Cardinals and Yankees versus Pomona Lions at 5 p m in Forest Park.
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Yankees
Tigers
Indians
Braves
Forest Park
Pomona Lions
Athletics
Giants
Little League Giants
Cardinals
Fight Proceeds To Stitch Family War Benefit Plan
Louisville AP reports the Virgil Akins Luis Rodriguez welterweight bout tonight will benefit a widow of a third fighter. The event aims to support the widow regardless of the match outcome.
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Louisville
Virgil Akins
Luis Rodriguez
Shortage of Cars Increases in Kansas City
Kansas City elevators moved 3016 carloads over the Fourth of July weekend as old grain shipments tighten boxcar availability for the new wheat. W D Mahoney of the Association of American Railroads noted the drive for CCC storage space drives the diversion of cars, reducing supply for current shipments while expanding space for the new crop.
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Kansas City
W. D. Mahoney
Assn
Commodity Credit Corp
Strong Field At Canadian Open Golf Championship
The List Canadian Open in Toronto opened with pros criticizing the greens at St George's course. A field of 147 plays the 6516 yard par 72 layout amid spike marks and fast conditions noted by several anonymous players. Six former champions, including Sam Snead and Doug Ford, led a strong field with Ford shooting 68 in the first round.
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Toronto
St. George's Lourse
Sam Snead
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Doug Ford
Crystal River
Fla
High Scores In Church Games
In Forest Park church league softball Westminster Presbyterian beat Nazarene Assembly of God 14 to 13 after a seventh inning rally. Sacred Heart defeated Ruhamah Union Chapel 14 to 6 as Heart staged early and late scoring to seal the win.
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Forest Park
Westminster Presbyterian and Nazarene Assembly of God
Presbytovians
Nazarene Club
Sacred Heart
Ruhamah-Union Chapel
E. E. Caylor
Doyle i Campbell
Westminster
Campbbell
Wayne Morris
Mear Snethen
Nazarene - Assembly of God
Morris
June Willhite
Harley Tucker
Hare Hoops
Martin Muller
Eddie Garcia
Muller
Leo Blackstone
Finnings
RHE Westminster Pres
Nazarene Assembly
Sacred Heart Ruhamah-Union Ch
Turnpike Travel Record Sets July Fourth Traffic Peak
Wichita July 4 weekend traffic on the Kansas Turnpike reached 76 000 vehicles with four minor accidents. Director Gale Moss said one injury crash involved minor cuts and bruises. A 60 year old driver Ervin Speers of Kansas City Mo dozed at 70 mph, tipping his car into a ditch and injuring his wife and daughter a hut lip and a bruised chest. Troopers reported 243 motorist services and 23 arrests mainly for speeding.
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Wichita
Kansas Turnpike
Gale Moss
Turnpike
Moss
Ervin Speers
Kansas City
East Topeka
Speers
la Ditch
Ean Embankment
Russia Beasts Of New Tests
Moscow reports the start of a new series of long range rocket tests aimed at space exploration. The first rocket traveled 8,000 miles to the central Pacific in exact accord with the program, with Tass saying the test marks the beginning of testing for powerful multistage carrier rockets. The dummy instrument chamber reached near the target, and the range exceeded a prior January flight by 850 miles, with one missile coming within a mile of the target.
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Moscow
Mars
Venus
Central Pacific
Tass
Earhart Case Reopens Amid New Alleged Evidence
AP reports an Air Force officer cites photographs and affidavits supporting a claim that Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan were captured and executed by the Japanese. Capt. Gervais purportedly found a burial site on Saipan, though the investigation was not official. A Tokyo naval officer denied such an execution occurred.
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Los Angeles
Air Force
Amelia Earhart
Miss Earhart
Fred Noonan
Pacific
Paul Briand Jr
Noon
Briand
Joseph Gervais
Saipan
U.S
Tokyo
Imperial Navy
Zenshiro Hoshina
Denial by Naval Affairs Chief on Executions
The chief of the Naval Affairs Bureau handling executions denies Briand's report. He told newsmen that no execution could have occurred without his knowledge and approval.
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Naval Affairs Bureau
Briand
Brush Fire Threatens Homes in Hollywood Hills
A 40 acre brush fire in Hollywood Hills near several expensive homes was brought under control Tuesday. Flames reached 30 feet as about 150 firefighters battled the blaze, with the fire within a few feet of multiple residences.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood Hills
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