Young Canadian Kerwin Upsets DiBiase At St Nicks
New York welterweight Gale Kerwin powered to a fifth round technical knockout of Tony DiBiase at St Nicks, the eighth upset in 11 TV main events. DiBiase, 21, once 19 straight undefeated, led 4th round before a jolting left hook and a late flurry as Kerwin, 4-4-1, wore down the favorite. Kerwin weighed 142¾, DiBiase 147¾. victory set up a July 22 bout with Frankie Ippolito if healed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gale Kerwin
Teddy Brenner
Brenner
Eastern Parkway Arena
Teddy
SL. Nicholas Arena
Kerwin
Tony DiBiase
St. Nicks
DiBiase
Uul
Valley Stream N.Y
Mark Conn
Frankie Ippolito
Hank Bauer to Take Offensive Against Nightclub Charge
Hank Bauer the New York Yankee outfielder plans to sue the delicatessen owner who led to his arrest for alleged assault at a New York night spot. Bauer’s lawyer said compensatory and punitive damages will be sought and a malice prosecution suit may follow. A New York County grand jury declined to indict Bauer after hearing 15 witnesses in a two hour session. The owner Edwin Jones charged Bauer with felonious assault claiming a broken nose from a May 16 washroom fight at the Copacabana. Yankee president Dan Topping fined Bauer $1,000. five other Yankees were fined a total of $4,500 after testifying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hank Bauer
New York Yankee
Sidney O. Friedman
Bauer
Friedman
New York County
Iil
Edwin Jones
Delicates Sen
Copacabana
Jones
Yankee
Dan Topping
Whitey Ford
Johnny Kucks
Yogi Berra
Mickey Mantle
Billy Martin
Kansas City
Narrow Edge For St. Paul
Ron Negray pitched a one hit game and Dick Gray hit a homer as St. Paul edged Omaha 1-0 to stay atop the American Association. The Minneapolis Millers beat Denver 8-7 aided by seven unearned runs after Denver suffered seven errors. Wichita Braves preserved pace with a 3-2 10 inning win over Indianapolis as Rey Uarefield tied it with a double and Harry Vanebrick delivered the deciding hit. Louisville at Charleston postponed due to rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron Negray
Dick Gray
St. Paul
Saints
Omaha
Minneapolis Millers
Denver
Bears
Millers
Wichita
Braves
Indianapolis
Rey Uarefield
Harry Vanebrick
Joe Koppe
Louisville
Charleston
Prisons Headline Stuns Oklahoma Penitentiary Paper
In McAlester Oklahoma the prison newspaper carried a bold headline reading Fools get Prather causing a stir. The accompanying story explained Reverend Maretts Prather of the prison faced action within the federal prison system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcalester
Okla
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Rev. Maretts Prather
Federal
Wichita Pair Leads Tourney in State Women’s Amateur
Wichita’s Judy Bell and Natasha Matson, both 20, led 121 qualifiers at Rolling Hills Country Club in the Kansas State Women’s Amateur Golf Tournament. Bell and Matson shot 78 to set up a match-play format starting Wednesday with finals slated for Sunday. Other contenders include Tillie Becher of Topeka and Jean Ashley of Chanute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Rolling Hills Country Club
Judy Bell
Natasha Matson
Miss Bell
Miss Matson
Tillie Becher
Topeka
Jean Ashley
Chanute
Feller to Testify on Baseball Antitrust Reform
Bob Feller, famed Indians pitcher, testifies before a House antitrust subcommittee proposing changes in baseball operations. He supports placing baseball under antitrust laws with exemptions for the reserve clause and territorial rights protecting clubs from encroachment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bob Feller
Cleveland Indians
Feller
House
Oddities From Billy Graham Crusade At Madison Square Garden
Sidelights show crowds at the Madison Square Garden crusade and a booth query about wrestling with Satan. Alvin Dark and Carl Erskine bring teammates. George Beverly Shea, Ethel Waters, and Graham draw 18,300. Discussion covers reserve clause reforms and the draft, plus Graham's message of Christ as savior and a life of following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Billy Graham
Madison Square Garden
the Garden
Graham
Garden
Christ
Second Murder Trial To Start
McAlester Oklahoma. Ben T Galbraith a former heart specialist already serving life for the slaying of his wife faces a second murder trial today. The case concerns the death of his youngest son Jere 5. his wife and other children perished in a March 19 1955 fire. Galbraith confessed to beating his wife injecting her and the children with insecticide then setting the house aflame. He fears poverty and called himself a mean brooding dog in a note. Psychiatrists earlier said he was sane. He is 35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAlester
Okla
Ben T. Galbraith
Galbraith
Jere
Frank
Sarah Ann
Oklahoma City
Eastern State Hospital
Vinita
State Penitentiary
Bloomgarden Boosts Winnings On NBC Twenty One
Hank Bloomgarden defeated one contestant and tied another to raise his total winnings to 116000 on NBC TV Twenty One. The 28 year old New York public relations consultant downed Matthew Kane of Indianapolis and then tied Harold Craig of Granville New York. The Craig match will resume next Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hank Bloomgarden
Nbc-Tv
Bloomgarden
Matthew Kane
Indianapolis
Harold Craig
Granville
N. Y
Craig
Imre Nagy Awaits Trial in Budapest Jail
Paris Wires report former Hungarian premier Imre Nagy is jailed in Budapest awaiting trial, transferred from Romania. The note references Nagy’s link to recent revolts and mentions a separate gambling tale involving Bloomgarden, Kane, and Soviet officials, with mixed details and unclear source corroboration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Figaro
Imre Nagy
Budapest
Nagy
Romania
Bloomgarden
Kane
Georgi Zhukov
Warsaw
Hungarian Revolt Contact Revealed by Budapest Reporter
Dominique Auceres reports from Budapest that Zhukov visited Nagy in Sinaia Romania urging him to claim being overwhelmed by fascist and reactionary forces and that his good faith was abused. Zhukov aimed to reassure Soviet occupation troops unsettled by the suppression of the revolt while Nagy refused to recant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominique Auceres
Budapest
Zhukov
Nagy
Sinaia
Romania
V . Zhukov
Hungary
Detroit youth admits car theft on way to Ohio race track
Ohio patrolmen said a 16 year old Detroit youth confessed to stealing the car he rode in toward a race track. He was worried about how to explain the other admission to his wife, 15, whom he married three months earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Detroit
Won't Dismiss Katy Case
U S District Judge Delmas C Nill refused to dismiss Kansas suits against the Missouri Kansas Texas railroad over Parsons property abandonment. The MKT closed shops and offices and cut about 460 Parsons workers. Attorney General John Anderson seeks to prove a 1923 agreement to maintain Parsons operations. second motion requires clarification. Anderson has 20 days to amend and the railroad 20 days to answer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kas
U.S
Delmas C. Nill
Missouri- Kansas-Texas Railroad
Parsons
Kan
M-K-T
Atty
John Anderson
Anderson
Railhoad
Osawatomie Dispersal Sale Starts Auction at Hospital
Osawatomie Kas April 4 The last of 178 Holstein cattle from the state hospital were placed on the auction block today as part of a dispersal sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osawatomie
Holstein
Sale of herd as hospital farm ends funding
The sale opened yesterday with 1 head sold to buyers from Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Iowa for an average of about $200 each. The herd is being dispersed because the Legislature refused to appropriate money to operate the hospital farm beyond July 1. The top price for a cattle car yester day was $600 and the top for a bull was $440.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Iowa
Also Mentioned on This Page
THE
Associated Press
Whitney Shoemaker
Ford Frick
Frick
Will Harridge
American
Warren Giles
National
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cards
Bill Werber
Ethel Waters
Santa Fe
Kansas Wheat Belt
Europe
America
Agriculture Department
Agriculture Departments
Land Grant Colleges
West
Katy
Ottawa Herald
Ottawa Lumber Co
S. Main Ph
Pomona Lumber Co., Pomona Ere
Lunger & Son Oil Company
N. Main
Vickers
Midwest
Vickers Neath Co
Jack Rayl Oil CO
Rantoul, Kansas
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!