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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle Advertiser
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1968
Page
3
West End 66 shut out Leighton 14 to 0 on June 13 in two and a half innings of a National division game. Vanden Dever earned the win with five strikeouts, while Goemaat Pleima and Branderhorst contributed for Leighton. Rempe homered for West End and Bowes added a second inning homer.
Giants defeated Pleasantville 14 to 4 after seven hits and 14 runs. Dan Dingeman drove in four RBIs with a double. Wyk added three RBIs and homered. Jaycees and Legion games noted with Kiwanis, Rockets, and Rotary Club activity, including pitchers Kephari d Kivn and Bakker & Rus.
The Rock Island District of the Corps of Engineers will open bids at 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 1, to build levees protecting a 1,588 acre industrial area in southeast Des Moines and southwest Pleasant Hill from Red Rock Reservoir floodwaters. The plan preserves the industrial zone, avoids government acquisition of flowage easements, and includes earth levees about seven miles long with concrete floodwalls, ramps across the levee, and maintenance by the federal government. Completion aimed within 15 days after notice, with a November 1969 target.
Clarke Community defeated Pella high 6-5 with a ninth inning surge after Pella led 4-3. Clark pitchers Jones Linke and Symmonds held Pella to five hits while striking out 15. Allen hit a two run homer for Clarke and Mason added a three bagger. A second game was set for Osceola today. Also Clarence Hildebrand received a 50 year Masonic Lodge life membership.
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