Ottawa Girls Rally Past Topeka In Softball Thriller
Ottawa girls beat Topeka 10 to 9 as five runs in the sixth inning sparked the rally. Thompson led with two triples and a double in four at bats, while Parsons and Hubbard struck out three each for Ottawa. Next game set for Forest Park against Vorce Heating and Air Conditioning Saturday at 8 30 p.m. Practice Thursday at Hawthorne School 5 30 p.m.
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Topeka
Thompson
Parsons
Hubbard
Bean
Forest Park
Vorce
Hawthorne School
OBrien Breaks Shot Put Record in Pomona
Olympic champion Parry OBrien shattered his world shot put mark with a 63 feet 8 inch put at Mt. San Antonio College Pomona a special meet watched by 65 spectators He fouled first then set the record on his second attempt and plans more tries before facing Dallas Long and other competitors in Boulder Colorado at the National AAU meet with AAU official approval expected.
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Parry O’brien
O'Brien
Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Mt. San Antonio College
Southern Pacific
Striders
Bob Wade
Southern California
Dallas ‘Long
Boulder
Colo
O’brien
Alex Petrie
Inmates Riot At Principe Prison In Havana Cuba
Prisoners at the crowded Principe Prison in Havana rioted for four hours demanding amnesty promised by Fidel Castro. Police ringed the walls and fired to hold inmates at bay. Interior Minister Jose Navarro pledged to consider amnesty and removal from old dungeons as about 2,000 inmates remained inside.
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Principe
Fidel Castro
Jose Navarro
Braves Dominate Yanks In Pee Wee Action 26-2
The Braves crushed the Yanks 26 to 2 in Pee Wee play Tuesday as Murphy pitched a four hit game for the Yanks while the Braves totaled 29 hits in 40 at bats. Dean allowed 12 hits for the Cardinals in their 14-7 win over the Dodgers.
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Forest Park
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Yanks
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Dean
Morelet
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Bien
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Eoee
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Ecoeen Omen
Emerson Goes To District Meeting
Ralph Emerson, district Softball Tournament commissioner, traveled to Coffeyville to organize this year s event. The Coffeyville tournament will be held there with another site at Lawrence. The district winner advances to the state tourney in Great Bend in August.
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Coffeyvilles
Coffeyville
Lawrence
Great Bend
Emerson
Snores His Way Out Of Jail
Cincinnati officials released 28 year old Travis Zellis on three months probation after a 90 day sentence for stealing an amplifier. Zellis slept loudly in jail and could not stay awake for work or sleep at night, prompting the judge and probation department to order release.
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Travis Zellis
Zellis
Simon L. Leis
Charles Junker
Joseph Hesselbrock
Dan Tehan
Leis
Hamilton County Probation Department
Worms Go to Work On Toronto Golf Courses
In Toronto area, Brennan Brothers Live Bait Company hires 350 to 400 worm-pickers to harvest dew worms after golf courses close. The firm leases worm-collection rights on 14 courses and aims to sell about 100,000 worms for fishermen in the U S and Canada for roughly 600000. Workers use headlamps and belts, with sawdust for grip, and collect worms into two one-gallon cans.
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Brennan Brothers! Live Bait Company
United States
Onttario
Quebec
Hamilton
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Pee Wee and Forest Park Schedule Card
The card lists 5 p.m. games for Pee Wee Cardinals against Indians and Garfield Midget Redlegs against Giants at Forest Park. Elks Junior League features Elks Junior versus Boys Club at Forest Park at 7 30 p m.
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Indians
Garfield
Redlegs
Giants
Forest Park
Elks
Strike Halts Work On Topeka Missile Launching Sites
Hoisting and operating engineers walked off the job Tuesday and halted construction at two Topeka area missile launching sites. Union sources said the strike followed Williams Construction Co. of Carrollton, Texas, refusing to pay the union agreed scale. Prime contractor E. J. Markson of Independent Contractors and Engineers of Dallas said he could not explain the strike and noted work had begun recently on three sites.
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Topeka
Williams Construction Co
Carrollton
Tex
E. J. Markson
Independent Contractors and Engineers of
Dallas
Elks Legion Baseball Announces 18 Game Schedule
The Elks Legion Baseball League unveiled an 18 game schedule for the upcoming season with ten home games. So far two games have been played: Council Grove a win and Emporia a loss. The list includes matchups against Garnett Chanute Topeka Highland Park Paola Olathe Lawrence Council Grove and Cap Fed KC among others.
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Emporia
K.C
Highland Park
Paola
Olathe
Lawrence
Topeka
Summer Recreation Junior League reports 32 players
Thirty two boys aged 13 to 16 reported for Summer Recreation Junior League baseball and split into three teams Athletics 11 Pirates 11 Tigers 10. Director Orlis Cox urged more interest as the league opens with two games Thursday night Tigers vs Athletics at 7 p.m. and Pirates vs Boys Club at 8:30 p.m. Rosters list players for Athletics Pirates and Tigers.
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Summer Recreation
Orlis Cox
Pirates
Tigers
Driver Is Sued By His Wife And Mother
In Johnson County District Court, Edgar A. Long of Mission Kansas is named defendant in two damage suits totaling one million dollars. His mother Iona N. Long aged 83 and his wife Laura aged 63 sue for 600000 dollars each for injuries from a highway accident near Clinton Missouri. They allege Long was negligent in allowing his car to skid into an earthen bank.
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Clinton
Johnson County
Edgar A. Long
Mission
Iona N. Long
Laura
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