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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1966
Page
14
Roanoke AP reports John Wetzel star forward at Virginia Tech signed a straight contract with the Los Angeles Lakers. The Virginia Tech standout will switch from forward to guard as he joins the NBA club after a string of recent developments.
Art Reid profiles Jack Campbell's Gun Shop in Colorado Springs where machines aid hand craftsmanship to build high end rifles. From a basement start to a 5000 foot facility, Campbell offers custom stocks, action choices, costly woods, and hand engraving with golden inlay, producing rifles priced from 325 dollars with bespoke accuracy.
In a 1966 season preview area softball notes spotlight Carbondale Moose as top contender and Du Quoin Phelps Dodgers game. Mike Epstein, 23, from New York City, begins 1966 as Rochester first baseman with last year’s 30 homers and .338 average for Stockton California.
The week spotlights two youngsters in bass and catfish catches at area ponds. Raymond Wright, 10, wrestled a 1844 pound catfish, while 11 year old Debbie Verble landed a seven pound largemouth. Nick Masters fed Crappie limits at Crab Orchard. overall water shows abundant natural foods and fair to good crappie action amid scattered bass. Kansas wild turkey numbers are low. imports from Texas aim to boost hunting stock.
Harold C. Hanson of the Illinois Natural History Survey leaves Urbana to study Canada geese in Hudson Bay and Foxe Basin regions. He joins Canadian Wildlife Service on aerial surveys of Belcher Mansel Coats Southampton Prince Charles and Air Force Islands along Melville Peninsula and Baffin Island.
Jockey Bill Hartack claimed victory in the Delaware Valley Handicap riding Geegee and King Hairan with the third horse In tentionally at Garden State Park.
Washington Senators pitcher Mike McCormick pitched a complete game, blanking the Yankees 5 hits. The game followed 12 spring matchups as Ed Barnowski, later of the Baltimore Orioles, had seven strikeouts for Rochester against Richmond, with Rochester winning 3-2.
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