Mays hits 521st homer to climb among all time leaders
Willie Mays blasted his 521st career homer to move into third on the all time list behind Jimmy Foxx and Babe Ruth. The Giants extended their NL lead to 4.5 games as St Louis beat Houston 2-1 and Cincinnati topped Pittsburgh 5-3. In the AL, Baltimore beat New York 5-2, Detroit defeated Washington 6-1, and Cleveland downed Boston 8-6.
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Highland baseball routs Waco 13 to 1 in six innings
Riverside Highland High School defeated Waco 13 to 1 in six innings Thursday afternoon at Crawfordsville. Highland pitcher Jim Jean allowed one hit while Torrence took the loss for Waco, which committed seven errors. Highland built a big lead early, scoring across six frames while Waco finally crossed in the bottom of the sixth. Highland heads to Wapello tonight.
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Waco
Crawfordsville
Highland
Torrence
Jim Jean
Wapello
Public invited to watch Southeast Amateur golf tourney
The public may view all or part of the Southeast Amateur golf tournament at Washington Golf and Country Club this weekend. Most rounds occur Sunday after some Saturday play. tournament chairman Eldon Brake says delays won’t affect entries, with new players offsetting a few cancellations. Local contenders include Bill Wesp hal, Jim Lloyd, Eldon Brake, and others.
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Washington Golf and Country Club
Eldon Brake
Bill Westphal
Mt. Pleasant
Jim Lloyd
Washington County 4-H group returns from Ames convention
Ten years ago today a group of Washington County 4-H boys and club leaders returned Thursday evening from Ames after attending the annual boys 4-H short course at Iowa State College. Over 1,200 Iowa 4-H boys and leaders registered for the convention.
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Iowa State College
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Orioles beat Yan kees 17 to 1 in Washington Little League
Orioles won 17 to 1 as Craig Paul pitched for the Orioles who batted around against Yan kee hurlers McClure Ruppert and Boshart. Tigers slugged past Indians 25 to 1 with Joe Williams winning and Tom Orris losing. Marshall Doughty Joe Williams and Jeff Zear hit two homers each for Detroit. Only two innings played due to time. Rusty Tschantz relieved Orris in the second. Stu Larsen was the Indians' sole hitter.
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Miami approves worm raising after zoning appeal
Dade County Commission voted 5 to 2 to allow Mrs. Jeanne Martin to raise worms for fish bait despite neighbor complaints about a small worm farm violating zoning. Mrs. Martin argued the operation is quiet and nonintrusive while Commissioner Earl Starnes noted poultry bees horses and parakeets can be present.
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Wesleyan stars pace small college baseball standouts
Iowa Wesleyan’s Dave Lopes led the nation in per game home runs with nine in 19 games, while teammate Dwight Long posted a 1.04 ERA and undefeated 10-0 pitching record. NAIA stats also rank Lopes ninth in batting and fourth in stolen bases. Elby Bushong led with 10 homers.
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California Western
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Valdosta State
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Buena Vista
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Mail carrier ends vacation in Riverside
Leroy Hardy returned to his rural mail carrier duties after a 15 day vacation on Tuesday. Richard Dudor served as substitute. A basket dinner honored Mr. and Mrs. William Lantz for Fathers Day and Mr. Lantz's upcoming birthday. Family and friends from Iowa City Lone Tree and Des Moines sent Father’s Day wishes. Events include new grandson Danny Scott born to Walter Veggy and Linus Veggy, and John Joseph Libenguth, newborn son of Louis Libenguth, welcomed by brothers. Grandparents named Hazen Loan and Frank Libenguth.
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Jess Mitchell
Jerry
Phillipine Islands
Illinois
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Cleda Guhy
Margaret Gree
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Kathy
Iowa City
Robert Shelf
John Weber
Lewis Weber
Washington
Des Moines
Louis Libenguth
John Joseph
Gregory
Gary
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Mrs Keith Jones visits in Keota
Mrs Keith Jones of Kansas City spends the week in Keota with Mrs Bella Jones and relatives. Families host Fathers Day gatherings including Mr and Mrs Dick Stewart and Dedre of West Chester, Mr and Mrs Jay Warren and Cindy from Belton, and numerous local visitors at the Hermonstorfer, Chambers, Aller, and Heisdorfer homes.
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Keith Jones
Kansas City
Bella Jones
Dick Stewart
Dedre
West Chester
Keith Stewart
Ralph Herr
Stanley
Jay Warren
Cindy
Belton
Missouri
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Wilbur
Cedar Rapids
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Hermonstorfer
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Moline
Daisy Chambers
Allers
Mary Aller
Maplewood Manor
Adrian Hoenig
Fort Madison
Pete Becker
Howard Altenbernd
Washington
Andy Sheetz
Three 63 Chevrolets with Custom Air Conditioning
After hours call Truman Hysell 3-3968 Ray Carter 3-3623 Paul Gebhardt 3-4401. Cars priced only slightly above other vehicles, offering cool comfortable driving.
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Ray Carter
Paul Gebhardt
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