Opening 1956 College Football Season Kicks Off Today
The 1956 season begins with marquee matchups shaping early rankings as Notre Dame meets Southern Methodist and Georgia Tech faces Kentucky, with UCLA opening the weekend by beating Utah 13 7. Stanford hosts Washington State under Steve Brodie while most major teams wait until next week. Other games include Virginia VMI Wake Forest William and Mary Citadel New berry Duke South Carolina Mississippi North Texas State Vanderbilt Georgia West Virginia Pitt Cincinnati Dayton Marquette Detroit Nebraska South Dakota Kansas State Oklahoma A and M Kansas Texas Christian Missouri Oregon State Arkansas Hardin Simmons Alabama Rice Denver Utah State College of The Pacific Colorado A and M Arizona State Tempe Wichita California Baylor Colorado Oregon.
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Southern Methodist
Georgia Tech
Kentucky
Maryland
Syracuse
North Carolina
North Carolina State
Stanford
Washington State
Associated Press
Steve Brodie
Virginia
VMI
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Citadel-Newberry
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Mississippi
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Dayton
Marquette
Detroit
Nebraska
South Dakota
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Oklahoma
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Oregon State
Arkansas-Hardin-Simmons
Alabama
Williams Maintains Batting Edge In Tight AL Race
Mickey Mantle powered the Yankees to a record 183 homers with a 51st homer as they lost 13-7 to Boston. Mantle lifted his average to .352 while Ted Williams remained at .356 with seven games left to reach the 400 at bats threshold for AL batting title consideration. Mantle also moved ahead 125 to 122 in RBI chase with Kaline.
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Boston
Mickey Mantle
New York Yankees
Ted Williams
Mantle
Williams
New York
Yanks
Mickey
RBI
Detroit
al Kaline
Ted
Gets Award For Train Mishap
William L. Quimby, 34, of Decatur Illinois, a former Wabash Railroad employee, received a 111,430 personal injury settlement in Circuit Court after a six day trial. He said he was thrown from a runaway freight car on October 26, 1952, suffered amnesia and had to relearn skills and reintroduce himself to his wife and three children. The suit alleged railroad negligence.
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Chicago
William L. Quimby
Decatur
Wabash Railroad
B. Fain Tucker
Quimby
World Wide News Briefs Strike Halts Amsterdam Paper
A wildcat printers strike over wages stopped publication in Amsterdam today, delaying normal World-Wide News Briefs coverage by The Associated Press. Workers protested pay terms as talks with management stalled, leaving news stands briefly empty of the Amsterdam edition.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Typhoon Gilda Near Taiwan As Rain Drenches Taipei
Heavy rains drenched Taipei as Typhoon Gilda neared the island. Weather observers warned the storm’s ferocious 138 mph winds would hit Tailung coast by tomorrow morning. In New Delhi Nehru planned a four day visit to Saudi Arabia. Togolandia marked a shift to autonomous republic status.
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Formosa
Gilda
Tailung
New Deli
India
Nehru
Saudi Arabia
Dies After Crash In Wichita
Troy B. Folger, 52, died after his car crashed into a passing vehicle and two parked pickups in Wichita. Authorities said it was undetermined whether death resulted from injuries or natural causes. Folger was employed by Boeing Airplane Co.
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Wichita
Troy B. Folger
Boeing Airplane Co
Invest In U S Savings Bonds Through Want Ads
A brief public notice urging readers to buy or sell U S savings bonds via want ads, highlighting a simple route to participate in the program and support government savings initiatives.
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U. S
Athletics Split Twin Bill With White Sox
Kansas City Athletics won half of a twin bill against the Chicago White Sox, with Joe DeMaestri driving in the decisive run in the 10th inning of the nightcap after Art Ditmar earned his 12th win in a win over Dick Donovan. The Sox won the opener 4 2. In Cincinnati, the Redlegs defeated the Cardinals 9 1 as Joe Nuxhall pitched five strong innings and Walt Dropo hit a three run homer and a triple.
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Joe DeMaestri
Art Ditmar
Kansas City Athlltics
Chicago White Sox
DeMaestri
Jim Pisoni
A’s
Chicago
Ditmar
Dick Donovan
Walt Dropo
Last Man's Club To Hold Reunion
Coffeyville hosts the 38th annual reunion of Veterans of Company A Last Man's Club of the 139th Infantry 35th Division. About 75 of the original 150 men and three officers are living. James Latta of Seminole Okla serves as president Carl Swearengin of Coffeyville is vice president. A ceremonial wine keepsake will pass to the last survivor.
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Coffeyville
139Th Infantry
James Latta
Okla
Carl Swearengin
Scared On Freeways In Los Angeles
Silvia Huarte of Buenos Aires, 25,000 miles into a bike journey that began July 26, 1953, on a trip through jungles and mountains, says she felt her first real scare on Los Angeles freeways as vehicles swooshed by on both sides, frightening her half to death during her route through the city.
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Los Angeles
Buenos Aires
Amazon
Silvia Huarte
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