NL races tighten as Pirates rally past Dodgers in tight pennant chase
In the National League, Pittsburgh drew within a half game of the Mets after Roberto Clemente homered to back a 7 5 victory over Los Angeles, while the Reds crushed Montreal as Cincinnati pulled ahead in the West. Cesar Cedeno drove in two for Houston in a 4 2 win over New York, and Carlton earned his second straight win for Philadelphia as the Phillies beat Atlanta.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Mets
Roberto Clemente
Bucs
Los Angeles Dodgers
Manny Mota
Willie Davis
Dodgers
Los Angeles
Cincinnati Reds
Reds
Montreal Expos
Houston Astros
Mets
Tuesday Night Baseball and Boxing Title Fight Highlight Sports
Tuesday night features San Francisco at Pittsburgh and New York at Atlanta with other games in Chicago St Louis and Montreal at Houston. Baseball standings list Detroit Baltimore Cleveland Boston New York Milwaukee Oakland Minnesota California Kansas City Texas and Chicago with recent results and scheduled pitching. Chris Finnegan retains the European light heavyweight title with an eighth round KO of Jan Lubbers and eyes a world title bout with Bob Foster on October 10.
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Pitts
San Diego
Chicago
Los Ang
St. Louis
New York
Atlanta
Cinci 2
Montreal
Houston
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Baltimore
Cleveland
Boston
Milwaukee
West
Oakland
Minnesota
California
Kansas City
Texas
City
Milw
Dobson
Blue
Niekto
Perry
Parsons
Paul
Calif
Minn
Miln
London
UPI
Chris Finegan
Britain
Holland
Jan Lubbers
Finnegan
Bob Foster
Le Mans Ends In Tragedy As Bonnier Dies In Race
The 24 Hours of Le Mans crowned Pescarolo and Hill in a French win amid tragedy. Swedish driver Joachim Bonnier died when his Lola crashed through barriers into pines after colliding with a slower car. The win marked France’s first Le Mans triumph in 22 years.
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LE Mans
France
UPI
Joachim Bonnier
Bonnier
Matra-Simcas
Henri Pescarolo
Britain
Graham Hill
Lola
Hill
Pescarolo
Snead tops Rodriguez to win VB Philadelphia Golf Classic
J C Snead fired a 72 to win the VB Philadelphia Golf Classic at Whitemarsh Valley, finishing 6 under par with a total of 282. He defeated Chi Chi Rodriguez by one stroke, who failed to force a playoff after missing a critical 10-foot putt on the final hole.
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UPI
J.C. Snead
Whitemarsh Valley Country Club
Chi Chi Rodriguez
Philadelphia
Snead
Rodriguez
Dorado Beach Country Club
Puerto Rico
Sam Snead
Chi Chi
Owls Rally Past Hawkeyes to Eliminate Iowa in College World Series
The Owls or Temple beat Iowa 13-9 in a 23 hit slugfest to end Iowa's run in the 26th College Baseball World Series. Iowa led 6-2 after four innings with a Sundberg homer and Heckroth homer by Bill Heckroth. Temple tied 6-6 in fifth, then scored five in the sixth to lead 11-7 and added a Wright homer in the eighth to make it 12-7.
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Rempie Owls
Iowa
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Iowans
Jim Sundberg
Hawkeye
Bill Heckroth
Temple
Owls
Ernie Wright
Nelson breaks 24 year Southeast Iowa Amateur course record
Mike Nelson of Burlington won the 29th annual Southeast Iowa Amateur at Washington Golf and Country Club with a 100 over 27 holes, breaking the 1948 course record of 101. He posted 36 32 32 to finish five under par while Jerry Askam took second with 104 and 128 players entered.
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Mike Nelson
Burlington
Southeast Iowa
Washington Golf & Country Club
Nelson
Bob McKirahan
Wayland
University of Iowa
Jerry Asxam
Muscatine
Jerry Askam
Bill Westphal
Washington
Jim Dawson
Wellman
Tom Fahy
Bill Mason
Oskaloosa
Dave Miller
John Fickel
Kenny Thomas
Iowa City
Don Allender
Zwanzinger Dominates Eldon Feature In Saturday Night Win
Zwanzinger took the lead on lap three and cruised to victory in the 25 lap Eldon feature. The main battle for second saw Pokey West pass Ron Perdock on lap 19 as Perdock had moved to second on lap eight. West finished second with Perdock third. Niffeneger placed fourth, Snider fifth, Newman sixth, McCall seventh, Hass eighth, Reese ninth, and McClure tenth. Hass won the five lap semi with Jones winning the Sportsmans trophy. Zwanzinger also won the Australian event and the first heat, with West second in the Australian and Perdock third.
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Dave Roberts
Houston
Carton
Steve Carlton
Phils
Braves
Oscar Gamble
Carlton
Ron Reed
Padres
Derrell Thomas
Nate Colbert
Larry Stahl
Rick Wise
Cards
Bill Hands
Juan Marichal
Zwanzinger
Jerry Hamm
Eldon
Washington
Ron Perdock
Pokey West
West Chester
Perdock
West
Mike Niffeneger
Dale Snider
Bill Newman
Bob McCall
Ed Hass
Junior Reese
Mike McClure
Hass
Dick Jones
Ernie Weeks
Craig Hogg
Wanzinger
Snider
Niffeneger
Residence and property changes including new buildings listed
Records show multiple entries for new residences at 807 South Eighth Ave Steele, 1509 North Second Ave Marlin, 720 East Second St and 615 East Eleventh St with additions such as a 24 by 36 foot carport, attached garage, and entry enclosure to a church. References include Steele Lumber Co, Washington Church of God, and board of adjustment referrals. Names include Stan Kiesey, Larry Clingman, Ted Kruse, and others with various classes and parcel numbers.
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South Eighth Ave
Steele Lumber Company
North Second Ave
Marlin Peiffer
Iowa Ave
Washington Church of God
Board of Adjustment
Stanley Haynes
East Second St
Larry Clingman
South Ninth Ave
Ted Kruse
East Eleventh St
Stan Kiesey
Prospect Place
New Red DO NOT ENTER Sign Rolls Out On Highways
The DO NOT ENTER sign adopts a red circle with a white bar and white lettering. Origin traces to an Austrian coat of arms in 1120 and England's use since 1930, aimed at freeway ramps and one way streets to curb wrong way movements. American Automobile Association involvement noted.
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Morris wins feature in West Liberty dirt track race
A near capacity crowd witnessed one of the season’s most exciting races as Mel Morris surged to the front but Dan Robertson held him at bay for the top spot. Morris also clocked fastest time at 25.15 with Bob Helm second in 25.50 and Perry Beckler third in 25.55.
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Tom Stewart
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Tiffin
Larry Jenkins
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Wilbert
Jack Brissey
Bill Douglas
Ron Hemsted
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Hemsted
Douglas
Greg Ortell
Davenport
Hofer
Prymeck
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Helm
Robertson
Jenkins
Mellecker
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Larry Dean Roth
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Robert and
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James Brad Christianson
Philip J. Armbruster
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