Eight Drake records fall in relays at Des Moines meet
United Press International reports eight Drake Relays records set as Randy Matson of Texas A&M leads with 65 ft 384 in shot and 185 ft 4 in discus. Van Nelson wins three mile and six mile. Penn Relays results show Villanova, Kent State, and others posting marks amid rain.
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Randy Matson
Texas A&m
Matson
van Nelson
St. Cloud
Minn
Jack Harvey
Michigan
Art Swarts
South Carolina
Des Moines
Iowa
Michigan State
Winston Alem
Rice
Texas Southern
Fred Burton
Resignation of Des Moines Pastor Earl Longfellow
Ten years ago today Rev Earl Longfellow who became pastor of the First Baptist Church six years ago on May 1 presented his resignation to the church Sunday to become effective at the close of the day's services on Sunday June 17. He has accepted a unanimous call to be pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church East 9th and Des Moines Street in Des Moines. This church third largest of the five American Baptist churches in the city is just one and a half blocks north of the front steps of the Capitol building.
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Earl Longfellow
First Baptist Church
Calvary Baptist Church
East 9Th
Des Moines Street
Des Moines
Capitol Building
Women s bowling Made-O-Day results and high scores
Friday results list teams Hy Vee PES Ae Bee Western Auto General Life Credit Bureau Advance Ross Sanitary Dairy and McCleery-Cumming with scores 8612 74 72 51% 28 and 95 Hy Vee leading 1897 in team results while Mode-0-Day 2088 and General Life 2070 top the high scores. Individual leaders include Betty Ward 555 Lucy Smith 517 Ferne Birney 204 and Ward 199.
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General Life
Credit Bureau
Advance Ross
Sanitary Dairy
McCleery - Cumming
McCleery-Cumming
Western Auto
Sanitary Daily
Betty Ward
Lucy Smith
Ferne Birney
Carney Medalist Leads Demon Golfers in Conference Title
Washington high school golf team, led by Jim Carney and Frank Sanders, won the Southeast Six conference title at Centerville with a 336 team score. Centerville was runner up with 344, Mt. Pleasant 347, Fairfield 335, Ft. Madison 367, and Davis County 389. Carney carded 75 for medalist honors while Sanders totaled 79.
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Washington High School
Frank Sanders
Centerville
Mt. Pleasant
Jim Carney
Jim Loaga
Jim Marshall
Steve Keating
Harold Stevens
Crew
Carney
Sanders
Karl Schmidt
Fairfield
Washington
Ft. Madison
Davis County
Major league standings and results update
National League leads Pittsburgh and San Francisco atop the table with 115 and 12 to 7 records respectively. Sunday results include Pittsburgh routing the Mets 8 0 and St Louis blanking San Francisco 2 0. American League shows Baltimore 12 1 and Cleveland at 6 4 in a tight race with Chicago and Detroit nearby.
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United Press International National League
W. L. Pet
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Houston
New York
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Chicago
York
San Fran
Baltimore
Cleveland A
Detroit
California
Minnesota
Washington
Boston
Kansas City
Kansas
Cleveland
Palmer
Duckworth
Stock cars open racing season at West Liberty
The Mississippi Valley Speed Way Club opened the season with 28 trials. Mark Mosier set a track record of 25.50 seconds while Mel Morris and Bob Ensminger won the feature in '57 Chevys. John Mullink and Bob Smith earned third and fourth in older models. Washington entrants were limited. Mosier scratched after transmission failure. Trophy dash winner was Morris. next races set for Columbus Junction.
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Mississippi Valley Speedway Club
West Liberty
Mark Mosier
Mel Morris
Bob Ensminger
Burlington
John Mullink
Bob Smith
Mt. Pleasant
Washington
Tom Stewart
Mosier
National race remains tight as Sutton and Perry win shutouts
Baseball roundup notes Don Sutton and Gaylord Perry tossed shutouts for their third wins of the season. Sutton eight innings for the Dodgers over Cincinnati 3-0, Perry a four hitter in the Giants 2-0 win over St Louis. Pirates, Cubs, Astros, and others won while AL games featured Cleveland one hitter Sam McDowell and multiple close results.
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Curt Block
UPI
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Francisco Giants
Dodger
Walt Alston
Giant
Herman Franks
Sandy Koufax
Don Drysdale
Juan Marichal
Bob Shaw
Don Sutton
Gaylord Perry
Sutton
Perry
Dodgers
Giants
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
St. Louis
San Francisco
New York
Houston
Atlanta
Chicago
Philadelphia
Sam McDowell
Cleveland Indians
Baltimore
Detroit
Kansas City
Washington
Minnesota
California
Boston
Koufax
Drysdale
Alston
Reds
Ron Perranoski
Los Angeles
Dick Schofield
Charlie Smith
Willie McCovey
Len Gabrielson
Pirates
Bob Veale
Matty Alou
Roberto Clemente
Jim Pagliaroni
Donn Clendenon
Canadiens Even Stanley Cup Series 2-2 After Win
Montreal edged Detroit 2-1 to knot the series at two games each as Ralph Backstrom scored in the third period. Home teams have lost all four games, sparking comments from Toe Blake and Sid Abel about the unusual ice curse ahead of the fifth game in Montreal.
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Detroit
UPI
Montreal Canadiens
Canadiens
Ralph Backstrom
Montreal
Toe Blake
Sid Abel
Abel
Red Wings
Norm UlIman
Hank Bassen
Roger Crozier
Washington man fined for stop sign violation
A Washington man, John W. Clark of 607 N. Marion, was fined $10 and costs in Justice of the Peace Holden's court Saturday after police charged him with failing to stop at a city stop sign. Funeral services for Mrs. C. A. Boice were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Jones Funeral Home with Dr. Vernon G. Elgin officiating. Pallbearers included John Winga Jr., Gene Grecian, Delbert Lewis, Robert Su y, Warren, and Melville Donaldson. Burial followed in Elm Grove Cemetery.
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Washington
Justice of the Peace
Holden
John W. Clark
N. Marion
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Boulder
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Evening Journal of the Ae
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