Bill promises to abolish major league farm system
Washington reports Rep. Creel Cretella Republican Connecticut moves to end the major league farm system effective January 1 1960 by barring ownership of minor league teams and banning telecasts into minor league cities. He also seeks to clarify antitrust status for major league sports across baseball football basketball and hockey.
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Washington
Oy Aarthor W. Creel Cretella
R-Conn
Cretella
Tractor Kills Racing Official in Rockford Farm Tragedy
Ewart L. Jordan a Rockford harness racing official and six year Illinois Harness Racing Commission chair died in a tractor accident on his 80 acre farm five miles north of Rockford. Investigators believe a low branch knocked him from the seat and he fell into the mower blades. Jordan formerly led Jordan Bros & Co meat suppliers to a dog food maker and bred about 70 trotters and pacers. He was 43 and had been appointed to the state post February 8, 1954 by Gov Stratton.
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Rockford
Ewart L. Jordan
Jordan
Illinois State Harness Racing Commission
Rockford Memorial Hosital
Jake
Pacers
Jordan Bros. & Co
White Way Work May Start In Late August
Carbondale will modernize its street lighting with 44 mercury vapor lights and over 300 improved incandescent lights. Engineering is complete, approval goes to Springfield, bids will follow, and installation likely begins 30 days after contract acceptance.
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Carbondale
Carbondale Central Illinois Public Service
Roy Ramsey
Ramsey
Springfield
CIPS
Gonzales Balks as Kramer Pushes Net Tour
Pancho Gonzales says he can rule tennis five or six more years but wants control of his schedule. Promoter Jack Kramer offers to sell his contract and push a Europe tour, while Gonzales resists. He recently beat Ken Rosewall 19-17 5-7 6-4 at Forest Hills to stay unbeaten in the round robin.
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Forest Hills
N.Y
Pancho Gonzales
Jack Kramer
Pancho
Kramer
Gonzales
Europe
Moscow
West Side
Ken Rosewall
Australia
Rosewall
Lew Hoad
Frank Sedgman
Hoad
Boys State opening today in Jacksonville
Springfield reports the Illinois Boys State opens today in Jacksonville with 490 Girls State delegates preparing to wind up their activities at the State Capitol. Karolyn Jean Kaufman of Evansville was elected governor of Girls State and installed at MacMurray College Saturday night.
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Springfield
Jacksonville
Karolyn Jean Kaufman
Evanston
MacMurray Colege
Rooster Said Voodoo Powder Killed Rooster
Deputy Tony Lobello tested the powder shown by a woman complainant and concluded the dead rooster died from eating too much red pepper rather than voodoo act. The San Antonio incident occurred on June 23 with crosses observed in neighbors' yards.
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San Antonio
Tex
Tony Lobello
Lobello
Casey Man Trap Winner Casey Man Trap Winner Casey
Casey Illinois June 23 AP Bob Stifal of Casey won the 82nd Illinois State Trapshoot Championship with 389 of 400 targets and 681 of 700 overall. Rogers Farley of Alton captured the handicap crown with 99 of 100 at 20 yards. Jane Flewelling led women with 95 at 19 yards. Mike Lindsay led juniors with 95 of 22 yards. Cliff Doughman tops professionals with 92 at 27 yards and Charles Hinckley wins veteran division with 91 at 24 yards.
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Casey
Ill
Bob Stifal
Ilinois
Rogers Farley
Alton
Stifal
Farley
Jane Flewelling
Harvey
Mike Lindsay
Champaign
Cliff Doughman
Charles Hinckley
Aurora
Truck lands on car in three vehicle wreck near Carbonale
A dump truck landed on top of a car during a three vehicle crash on Route 51 about a mile south of Carbonale at 11 40 a m Saturday. Merle R Hunter 56 of Carbonale and William G Hoover 36 of Carbonale were involved while Jack William Womick 17 of Anna was cited for following too closely.
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Rt. 51
Carbondale
Merle R. Hunter
Re. 1
Wiliam G. Hoover
Rt. 1
Hoover
Jack William Womick
William St
Anna
Hunter
Jack Anderson
Womick
Paul Ruppel Former U S Marshal Dies at 60
Paul Ruppel age 60 of Springfield died Sunday at St. John's Hospital. He served as U S Marshal for the southern district of Illinois from 1933 to 1942. After resigning he became assistant works manager at Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co.
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Springfield
Paul Ruppel
Spring Field
U. S
Southern District of
Illinois
St. John’s Hospital
Ruppel
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Marsh Elected President of Wofford College
Dr. Charles F. Marsh dean of William and Mary College and alumnus of the University of Illinois has been elected president of Wofford College in Spartanburg South Carolina, announced in June.
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Spartanburg
S.C
Charles F. Marsh
William and Mary College
University of Illinois
Wofford College
Aluminum workers in Benton receive first wages in silver dollars
About 200 employees at an aluminum furniture plant in Benton Kentucky were paid in cash for the first time. The opening celebration saw the distribution of 8800 dollars in silver dollars, with workers handed cloth sacks to carry the coins.
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Benton
Mployes
Prisoners Aid Acne Research In Massachusetts
Dr. Herbert Mescon of Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals says 60 state prison inmates have agreed to assist in a medical study to learn more about acne, a skin disorder mainly affecting teenagers, in Walpole.
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Walpole
Mass
Herbert Mescon
Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals
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