Big 7 Notes Ames Iowa State athletes honored in 1956 swimming squad
Ames reports Jim McKevitt earned all-America honors for the third straight year with four Cyclones named to the 1956 all-America swimming team. Dale Lucas Jim Valleau and Sandy Stewart joined the 400 yard freestyle relay on the national lineup. Nebraska and Colorado briefs noted NCAA eligibility rules and upcoming coaching school details.
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Jim McKevitt
Iowa State
McKevitt
Cyclones
College Swimming Coaches Association
Dale Lucas
Jim Valleau
Sandy Stewart
Boulder
Colorado University
Hugh Duffy Daughtery
Michigan State
Colorado
H. B
Bebe) Lee
Daugherty
Spartan
Biggie Munn
MSC
UCLA
Oklahoma
Army
Buffs
Baseball scores and standings from league games
American League results show Baltimore 5 Cleveland 2, Chicago 7 Washington 5, New York 9 Kansas City 1, Boston 6 Detroit 5. National League scores list Milwaukee 4 Brooklyn 1, Cincinnati 8 Philadelphia 5, Chicago 5 Pittsburgh 2. Only games scheduled.
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PITCHING TIPS FROM CLE M LABINE KEEPS SINKER CHANGED
Brooklyn pitcher Clem Labine recalls importing his sinker from Venezuela in 1950 and using it to shut out the Giants in 1951 and beat the Yankees in 1955. He advises young pitchers to throw all pitches from the same grip and to get ahead of the batter by throwing the curve ball early.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
South America
Venezuela
Ken Staples
Giants
Yankees
Junior Baseball Day Proclaimed in Sidney Nebraska
Mayor Doyle Foland proclaims today as Junior Baseball Day in Sidney Nebraska marking the opening of the city’s junior baseball program. He urges adults and especially parents to attend games and support the recreational effort for local youth, with city clerk Gordon Tobin attesting.
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Doyle Foland
Nebraska
Gurley News Highlights Memorial Day Socials
Local residents and visitors fill Gurley area for Memorial Day activities. Families such as Bennett, Fastenau, Gross, Myers, Semerad, Kuehn, and Draper host and visit relatives in nearby towns including Roswell, Tucson, Hollywood, and Grand Island. Several attend graduations, picnics, and a reunion, with Francis Rose noted for a sudden death and sympathy extended to the family.
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George Bennett
Herbert Fastenau
Frank Gross
Allen Gross
Ernest Myers
Lloyd Gebhardt
Kearney
Lloyd Busboom
Roswell
New Mexico
Lloyd Myers
Tucson
Arizonia
Charles Semerad
Ft. Collins
Colo
Tommy Semerad
Frank Semerad
Hollywood
Calif
Semerad
Tommy
John Fay
Patricia
Fay
Agnes Semerad
Alvin Kuehn
Bob Ahlschwede
Merrill Johnson
Ernest Peterson
Henry Fredericksen
Art Rowan
Albert Christensen
Torrington
Wyo
George Bartels
Charles Gabriel
Anna Borges
Dalton
Arlo Thurrow
Janice Also
Francis Rose
Elmer Larson
DeVere Larson
Sterling
Dolan Larson
Ed Short
Sidney
Lew Quinn
Lodgepole
Ed Dickes
Paul Mosal
Fred Rehmer
Charles Lessman
Altona
Nebr
Anton Flugh
Kenneth Ewert
Vern Sinsel
Herman Jurgens
Martin Frahm
Wilford Nolte
Wayne
Broadwater
Arnold Draper
Chris Nielson
Omaha
John Neibuhr
Walter Grunwald
Charlotte Chandler
Baron
California
Sinsel
Columbus
Gurley
Potter
Charles Dedic
Lloyd Juells
Earl Claussen
Grand Island
Baltimorese Sparks Debates Over Local Speech
In Baltimore readers spar in columns about the dialect known as Baltimorese. Some say zinc for sink and pixture for picture mark distinct pronunciations, while others argue such forms appear elsewhere. A defender cites a World War II era tale of a Baltimore officer spared arrest as Balamer, not Baltimore.
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Considerate thief noted at Nogales border festival
Hugo W Miller reports a pickpocket offense during a border town festival in Nogales Mexico. The thief allegedly returned the purse after lifting it, a surprising gesture cited by Miller. Other items in the clipping mention Mars water vapor and Cyprus ancestry percentages.
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Bill
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Harlan's Bakery
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Scottsbluff Sun
Jackson
Mars
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Cheyenne County
Robert C. Rohlfing
Lorenzo
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