Opening Day Hallmarks as White Sox Topple Senators
George McLaughlin notes the Chicago White Sox defeated the Washington Senators 4 3 in baseball’s season opener after President Kennedy threw the first ball. The piece reflects on opening day rituals, presidental first pitches, and historical baseball highlights across decades, with a run of era events and star names.
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America
Chicago White Sox
Washington Senators
Kennedy
Washington
White House
Sporting News
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton
Tris Speaker
Ty Cobb
A. L
Babe Ruth
Dodgers
N. L
Philadelphia
Boston
Giants
All America
D. W. Griffith
Herbert Hoover
Stamford University
Lou Gehrig
John McGraw
Giant
Jack Benny
Babe Didrikson
Texas
Los Angeles
Frank O'Doul
Dale Alexander
Charles Laughton
Yankees
Cubs
Warren G. Harding
Marion
Roger Hornsby
George Sisler
Jimmy Doolitle
U .S. Air Service
Jacksonville
Fla
San Diego
al Jolson
Landis
Calvin Coolidge
Bucky Harris
Walter Johnson
Rogers Hornsby
Athletics
Lefty Grove
Baltimore
New York
London
Candy Cummings
Harry S. Truman
Jackie Robinson
Ted Williams
Robinson
Stan Musial
George Kell
Detroit
Wiliams
Ray Milland
Air Force
World
Russia
Tito
Kremlin
Warren Spahn
Ralph Kiner
Bobby-Soxer
Eddie Waitkus
Casey Stengel
Yankee
Lucky
AL Flag
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States Military Academy
Cleveland
Astro Guide Present For You and Yours
Radiations denote a serious nature with people paying strict attention to business. Approval of those in authority is easy to obtain provided you make requests early in the day and requests are reasonable. Later aspects bring disputes obstacles and opposition with tempers flaring. In the past thirty years federal spending rose from 3 billion to 80 billion dollars and the nation borrowed to cover expenses many times.
Language teaching plans expand in schools
By Ocean Future outlines aim to increase teaching of foreign languages in schools. Emphasis may shift to African dialects with plans to prepare readers grammars and dictionaries for languages not yet taught.
Aries to Pisces Daily Horoscope Fragment
The page lists sun sign tips for Aries to Pisces with warnings, cautions, and mood notes. It includes dates and brief guidance on ambition, security, imagination, venture changes, emotions, social influence, planning, and government- related associations. The reference year appears as 1961 with a stray term. The text reflects period style and minor OCR errors.
The pearly gates opened as a gentle voice called
A fragmentary obituary note describes a peaceful passing with a farewell unspoken, implying the deceased departed to rest. The tone is solemn and reflective, focusing on arrival at a heavenly gate without graphic detail. No names or places are provided in the readable text.
Almanac facts and obituaries from April 11, 1961
Almanac notes 1961 date details and obituaries Bouderette Irene Spade Burdette, aged 56, of 111 Second Avenue, dies. funeral at First Baptist Church with Rev Dr Alvin J Cook. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. Honorary pallbearers named. A A Potts, 74, of 245 South Heber Street, dies. funeral at Keyser Bryant Chapel with Rev L L Reckart. Masonic rites by Beckley Lodge. Dewey D Honaker, 63, of Arnett, dies. funeral at Arnett Assembly of God Church with Rev Tolley Bonds. burial Honaker Cemetery. Bible Class members honorary pallbearers. Claude A Farley, 65, of Shady Spring, dies. funeral arrangements by Webb & Neal Funeral Home. Thoughts on Abraham Lincoln inspired quote.
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Paul Hutchinson
Harland Cook
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Honaker
Dewey D
Arnett
Arnett Assembly of God Church
Tolley Bonds
Melton Mortuary
Farley
Claude A
Shady Spring
Webb and Neal
Vance Drive
Webb & Neal Funeral Home
First Judean Desert papyrus dates to Bar Kochba revolt
UPI reports archaeologists opened the first papyrus documents from near the Dead Sea revealing legal transactions from the Bar Kochba revolt era. One tablet is dated Kislev in year three, roughly 134 A.D., with about 50 more documents awaiting inspection. A separate Dallas item notes Mrs. Williamson reporting fishy activity as ten ripe fish appeared on her lawn.
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Jerusalem
Israel
UPI
Dead Sea
Rome
Kislev
Bar Kochbas
Dallas
Tex
OQ. C. Willnson
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Mgr
Williams Funeral Home
Sophia, W. VA
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West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers
White Cross
Methodist Temple
Diar
Columbia Grill
Heber Street
Ladies’ Watch
Robert Amick
Todd's Grocery and Hardware
Beaver
Sander
Montgomery Ward
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
Nashville
Tennessee
South Street
Kidd’s
N. Oakwood
Beckley
W. VA
Wrights
Dial
W. C. Rogers Plumbing & Heating
Temple St
Halstead
Neville ST
Dial CL
Harper Road Radio & TV
Lavinder’s of
Norge & Motorola
N. Kanawha Street
Prince St
Lovitz
Delmer
MacArthur
Ashworth Firestone
Prince St.- Ph
Jennings Radio & TV
Morris
John W. Eye Television
West
Miles Plumbing & Heating
Sophia
Aaron Venetian
Frank’s Plumbing
Kanawha St
Clinton, Lauson Power Products
Briggs & Stratton
Pian
Jack Call Piano Co
Bluefield
Jan Campbell Music Co
Will J. C. Spence
Twin Oaks Country Club
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Raleigh Insurance Agency
Charley Dunn
Charmco
Gene Mullins
Orient Hill
Jim Green
Mountain State Hearing Aid Center
Main St
Chi Chi's Grill
Johnstown Road
Clara Stocchi
P. C. Tully
Daniel Boone
Charleston
Means Lumber Co
Sisson St. Ph
Parents’ Institute, Inc
Highland Bldg
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Greensboro
N. C
CURB
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Town & Country Drive Inn
Mr. Brown
President Hotel
Atlantic Gener
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Wayne Sisk
R. L
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R. E. Bare
Nature
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Wilson's
Skelton
W Va
Radford
Daniels
Meyers J
Beckley Hardware & Supply Company
Rainelle
Electrolux
Zenith
Jack’s Trading Post
Raleigh Rd
Ashworth
Gibson
Green
Lewis Chevrolet Co
W.va
Carter's Grocery
Harvey Cabinet Co
Pass
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SMALL
Profip Marty’s
Best Furniture Co
South Fayette St
Sparks TV & Appliance Co
Prince St. Ph
City Ave
Ashworth Fire
Clifford Williams
Cinder Block
Maple Fork Road
Dowdy Sewing Center
Kanawha
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K. M. Walker
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Lowe Bros. Electric Co
Paul
Hines
Rupert
FINCO
McCulloch Chain
Basham
White Oak Ph
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Keenan
Phone Union PR
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Wilson’s
South Kanawha St
Fayette Airport
Fayetteville
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W. Prince Street
Beckley, W. Va
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SAO
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Jack McGuigan
Johnstown RD
the Almanac
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France
Supreme Court
Charles Evans Hughes
Lincoln
McKinley
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Truman
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
George Jean Nathan
Burdette
Abraham Lincoln
Fishy Business
Chester L. Smith
F.H.A. Financing
Nickie
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Clement L. Schulte
Price Brothers
Pickup
del Bogcess
Beckley Newspapers Corp
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