Mays nears Ruth record with 520th homer
Willie Mays hit his 520th career home run and the Giants defeated the Houston Astros 4-0 to pull within a tie for third on the all time list with Ted Williams still ahead. Mays has long faced questions about Babe Ruth's record, a topic likely to rise again as he nears Williams and later Foxx milestones.
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Chuckles by Bud Lechner Gifts for Dads and Tools
A humor item lists popular gifts for fathers including mechanics and carpenter tools such as drills saws grinders planers and garden tools with free gift wrapping. A joke follows about a stout lady asking a policeman to see her across the street and the officer quips I could see you a mile away.
Major league standings and results summary
United Press International baseball standings show Baltimore Cleveland and Detroit leading the American League with three games separating the top teams. Wednesday results include Cleveland defeating New York 8-5 and California sweeping Minnesota in two. Thursday schedules feature several night games and doubleheaders with key pitchers listed for each matchup. The National League table highlights San Francisco and Los Angeles atop, with Philadelphia Cincinnati and Houston in pursuit as the season progresses. The day’s final line notes the sea providing three minerals in large quantities: common salt, magnesium, and bromine.
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Veteran in critical condition needs costly artificial kidney
Viet Nam veteran David Hirshkovitz, 23, of Oran Missouri, hospitalized after an auto crash, remains in critical condition at Barnes Hospital and has used an artificial kidney machine 10 times at $200 each. The hospital says the local VA hospital lacks a kidney machine, forcing his family to pay. His bill has reached $8,049 in six weeks as doctors operate and monitor his recovery.
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Johnson to address Des Moines Democratic dinner
Gov. Harold E. Hughes invites Republicans independents and others to hear President Lyndon B. Johnson at a June 30 Democratic dinner in Des Moines Veterans Memorial Auditorium. Tickets cost 100 dollars per plate with three free balcony seats for listeners. White House confirmation awaited.
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