MVSC forecasts new stock cars and revised schedule
The Mississippi Valley Speed Club unveils late model Chevies and new bodies for 1970 71 competition. Try outs run Saturday at West Liberty and Sunday at Columbus Junction with tracks widened and banked. Major changes include a 25 lap features and a running start trophy dash while heats stay 10 laps.
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West Liberty
Columbus Junction
Mississippi Valley Speed Club
MVSC
Dale Gegner
Junction
Gegner
John Moss
Riverside
Washington
Mark Mosier
Pokey West
Chevies
Mark
Harold Norton
Fairfield
West
Monte Carlo
Chevelles
Ron’ Hem
Sted
Bud Darting
Byron Buchele
Mel Morris
Oskaloosa
Mel
Plymouth
Dan Robertson
Ron Perdock
Bill Newman
Bobby Helm
Ron Jackson
Stan Crooks
Ron Pryme
Willie Mays 629th homer fuels season opener
Willie Mays, age 39, opened the 1971 season with homer number 629 off Tom Phoebus, boosting the Giants to a 4-0 win over the Padres as Juan Marichal earned the shutout. The day also featured Ferguson Jenkins vs Bob Gibson, with Jenkins prevailing 2-1 in 10 innings after Billy Williams homered. Other openers saw Pittsburgh, New York, Los Angeles, and several AL teams win or split games in varied weather and conditions.
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Veto Stellino
UPI
Willie Mays
Mays
Tom Phoebus
Homer
Babe Ruth
Juan Marichal
San Diego Padres
Marichal
Mays-Marichal
Giants
Ferguson Jenkins
Chicago
Bob Gibson
St. Louis
Jenkins
Billy Williams
Gibson
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
New York
Montreal
Los Angeles
Houston
Boston
Milwaukee
Minnesota
Detroit
Cleveland
Contracts notice for Booth conservatorship on Lot 9
David E Booth conservator for Byrdie Booth transfers fractional Lot 9 in Northeast Washington to Rex Jackson and Shirley Jackson. The notice appears in the Evening Journal dated Wednesday April 7 1971.
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David E. Booth
Byrdie Booth
Rex Jackson
Shirley Jackson
Washington
Evening Journal
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Alberta
Colgate
Madison
Drug Fair
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