May's new stance helps May power Reds past Mets
Lee May adapted his batting stance to hit left and right handers, delivering a three run homer in the sixth and a go ahead triple in the 11th to lift Cincinnati over New York 6 5 in extra innings. The Mets rallied with two in the ninth but fell short as Chicago lost 3 1 at Houston.
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Lee May
Cincinnati
Reds
New York Mets
May
Mets
Chicago
Houston
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
New York
Bill Short
Johnny Bench
Ed Charles
Ed Kranepool
Bud Harrelson
Ken Boswell
J. C. Martin
Charles
Larry Dierker
Glenn Beckett
Billy Williams
Cubs
Beckett
Williams
Dierker
Astros
Rusty Staub
Dick Simpson
Hector Torres
Jim Wynn
Denis Menke
USAC to decide turbine ban after Indianapolis 500
USAC directors met in closed session to consider a rules committee recommendation to ban turbine engines from all USAC racing with Indianapolis type cars, effective January 1, 1969. The move would end STP Turbocar entries once driven by Andy Granatelli as turbine power faced elimination.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.S. Auto Club
USAC
Thomas W. Binford
Sandy Post Captures LPGA Title in Playoff at Pleasant Valley
Kathy Whitworth, LPGA president and top money winner, watched 20-year-old Sandy Post of Oakville Ont. capture the LPGA championship after a five under par 68. Post, youngest winner and first foreigner to win the LPGA crown, earned 3900 dollars as Whitworth finished two under and shot 75.
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Kathy Whitworth
Ladies Pga
Tour
Miss Whitworth
Sandy Post
Oakville
Ont
Sandy
Kathy
LPGA
Miss Post
Pleasant Valley Country Club
Women's state golf tourney opens today
Four former champions lead the opening match play round of the 35th Illinois State Amateur Women's Golf Tournament at Quincy Country Club. Medalist Mrs Paul Dommers of Belvidere posted 75 to top 16 qualifiers, facing Mrs Raymond Kimpel of Urbana in the first round.
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Quincy
Paul Dommers
Belvidere
Dommers
Monay
Quincy Country Club
Thomas Donohue
Waukegan
Lois Drarke
LaGrange
Donohue
Barbara Slobe
Miss Drarke
Doris Phillips
Belleville
Raymond Kimpel
Urbana
Weldon Mulliken
Loomington
Miss Drark
Army regs help couple to Vietnam
Dr. Carole Fay Widmaier of Trenton New Jersey has used Army provisions allowing her to accompany her husband Dr. Frank C. Jones of Canton Ohio to Vietnam. Widmaier was sworn into the Army Medical Corps after noting women physicians can choose their first duty assignment. Jones reports for duty as a Medical Corps captain July 29 with his bride of three weeks by his side during orientation.
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Fort Sheridan
Ill
Army
Vietnam
Carole Fay Widmaier
Trenton
N.J
Army Medical Corps
Frank C. Jones
Canton
Ohio
Fifth Army
Silver Certificate Exchange Ends Today
Treasury ends silver certificate redemption at New York and San Francisco assay offices at 3 p.m. final day. No silver will be issued to those remaining in line. Government also abandons the official $1.23 silver price as market demand rises.
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Treasury Department
New York
San Francisco
Soviet Navy Ships Reach the Mediterranean Route
Turkish officials report 151 Soviet naval units passed through the Bosporus and Dardanelles toward the Mediterranean last year, including cruisers destroyers patrol and attack boats and minesweepers. Ninety one returned to the Black Sea. In the first five months of this year 49 units headed for the Med and 37 returned.
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Ankara
Turkey
Bosporus
Dardanelles
Mediterranean
Black Sea
Middle East
Santo Flood Kessinger on all-stars
Cincinnati and Chicago place two players each on the National League starting team for the All-Star game in Houston July 9. Pete Rose leads votes with 236 of 258 possible. Don Kessinger and Ron Santo also make the starting infield. Willie McCovey, Jerry Grote, Curt Flood, Hank Aaron join others. selections include Helms at second and Santo at third. The American starters to be named Wednesday. NL rest to be announced later.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Houston
Pete Rose
Tommy Helms
Cubs
Don Kessinger
Ron Santo
Willie McCovey
San Francisco
Jerry Grote
New York
Curt Flood
St. Louis
Atlanta
Hank Aaron
Aaron
Anaheim
Braves
Willie Mays
Flood
Pittsburgh
Matty Alou
Grote
Kessinger
Met
Tom Haller
Los Angeles
John Bench
Gene Alley
McCovey
Rusty Staub
Helms
Julian Javier
Santo
Tony Perez
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Sutton, Mass
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General Cable Corp
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Linz
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