Bragan Angers Umpires With Field Stunt
Pirates manager Bobby Bragan drew smiles and ire at Milwaukee when he strolled onto the field during the Pirates Braves game and offered orange soda to umpires after being banished by Stan Landes. Bragan called the umpires clowns and threatened to break up Cascoli’s crew.
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Milwaukee
Bobby Bragan
Pittsburgh
Frank Cascoli
Buccos
Stan Landes
Landes
Bragan
Blue
Dascoli
Frank Secory
Bill Baker
National League
Warren Giles
Cascoli
Giles
Cincinnati
Cost Control Policy Saved State 644341 on Building Projects
Richmond report details how a rigid cost control policy cut 644 341 from 119 building projects last year. Savings arose from bids under appropriations, material substitutions, and removing non essential items, with further cuts from dormitory bed reductions and a contingency fund.
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Richmond
Gov. Stanley
Stanley
L. M. Kuhn
Kuhn
Kahn
Carmen vs Robinson Promoter Sets Gate and TV Split
Promoter James D Norris of the International Boxing Club projects a gate of 750000 to one million dollars with theater television adding at least 210000. Robinson would take 45 percent of gate and TV receipts, Basilio 20 percent, and no home television will be shown. Basilio had objected to Robinson taking 5 percent more to defend Sugar Ray's crown.
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Sugar Ray
Basilio
SBC
Robinson
Norris
Front Royal Remains Unbeaten in Tourney Thriller
Front Royal defeated Lynchburg 11 3 to stay the lone undefeated team in the American Legion western zone baseball tournament. Martinsville beat Richlands 9 3 in the afternoon, setting a night rematch with Front Royal as the loser exits. Front Royal surged to a seven run first inning and coasted to the win as Richlands led briefly before fading.
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Lynchburg
Front Royal
American Legion
Martinsville
Richlands
Helicopter Rescue For Woman Mountain Climber
A Coast Guard helicopter plucked a New York woman climber who collapsed in a diabetic coma from a Cascade meadow near Lake Chelan Washington. Lt Cmdr D W Defreest piloted the craft from Port Angeles to 23 miles northeast of Lake Chelan, a 150 mile journey, and the patient was flown 100 miles to Seattle for treatment where she recovered.
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Wenatchee
Wash
Coast Guard
New York
Richard Noyes
Columbia University
Seattle
Cmdr
D. W. Defreest
Port Angeles
Cascade Mountains
Lake Chelan
Washington
Garden mix up in Minco ends with beets instead of blooms
Doug Frone berger bought 60 cents worth of flower seed and tended his garden for a month hoping for pretty flowers. After hours and months of effort he discovered the seeds were beets and the blooms never came.
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Minco
Okla
Doug Froneberger
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Pirates
Clays
Carmen
Atlantic
Ulm
MLE Theatr
W. H. Emmart & Son
Winchester
Mazda Oil
Niagara Lemadry
America
THE
Great Atlantic
Pacific Tea Company
Frankfurter
Jane Parker
Haddock
A&p
Donald Buck
A&P’s Dairy Values
Sunnyfield
Gradi
Ibs
Pix
California
California Seedless Grapes “Inc
Bartlett Pears
Gal. Chu
Crestview
Jane Parker Bakery
Brea Ward
Iclaul
Mae
Jar
del Monte
Virginia
Milrose
CAMEL
Chesterfield
Lucky Strike
Philip Morris
OLD Gold
N. Braddock ST
Berryville
Linu
Bosco
Cash Dog Food
Harvard
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