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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1961

Page

9

Sunshine Special picnic for boys at Willow Lawn pool

Over 50 boys aged 8 to 12 enjoyed the Exchange Club hosted Sunshine Special picnic at Willow Lawn swimming pool. The club supplied transport, pool access, games, and prizes. Winners included Elwood Willey, Donald Shade, Junior Johnson, Bobby Byers, and others across multiple races and events with model building kits as prizes. Charles Aikin led as general chairman with James Fleming as events chairman and Red Royston as transportation chairman. Fred Larrick chaired the picnic.

Willow Lawn The Exchange Club

Six Hurt After Salerno Apartment Collapse

An upstairs Salerno apartment over a bakery collapsed injuring six people. Firemen pulled six from the debris, two were missing and feared buried. The incident occurred Thursday in Salerno, Italy.

Salerno

Mantle Maris Open 14-Game Tour With Cleveland Rally

Mantle and Maris begin a road swing for the Yankees with four games against the Indians in Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Maris has belted nine homers in four parks on the trip and leads Ruth’s 1927 pace by 14 games, while Mantle trails by three in homers. The Yankees beat the White Sox 5-3 to extend their lead over Detroit as other AL and NL results rolled in.

ED Wilks Roger Maris Mickey Mantle New York Yankees Cleveland Indians Maris Babe Ruth Municipal Stadium Mantle Jim Grant Jim Coates Ruth Yankees Los Angeles Kansas City Minnesota Chicago White Sox Detroit Tigers Baltimore Boston Washington Los Angeles Angels St. Louis San Francisco Larry Jackson Philadelphia Milwaukee Phils Pittsburgh Chicago Cubs Bucs Cincinnati Los Angeles Dodgers

Sick Elephant Returns to Belle Isle Schedule

Kita the three year old elephant at Belle Isle Zoo is recovering after July illness from swallowing a rubber ball. Director Frank McInnis says she will resume public viewing with shorter hours and continue medication for some time.

Detroit Mich Kita Belle Isle Zoo Zoo Frank McInnis

Sports Shorts from AP Roundup

Pacific Coast results include Tacoma 4 Portland 0 and Seattle 4 Salt Lake City 3. International League games feature Jersey City 9 Toronto 4 and Richmond 7 Rochester 2. American Association notes Indianapolis 6 Dallas-Fort Worth 3 and Omaha 10 Denver 7. Other notes list Boise bout and Los Angeles bouts with Cadilli and Valdez.

Associated Press Pacific Coast Tacoma Portland San Diego Spokane Seattle Salt Lake City Hawaii Vancouver Jersey City Toronto Charleston Buffalo Richmond Rochester Columbus Syracuse Indianapolis Dallas-Fort Worth Houston Louisville Omaha Denver

Ex-Contender For Light Heavy Crown Killed In Crash

Irish Bob Murphy, 43, once the television boxing favorite, died in a head on collision with a truck in Boston. He challenged Joey Maxim for the light heavyweight title in New York a decade ago and lost in 15 rounds. Born Edward Lee Conarty in Denver he later became Robert Murphy. He leaves a widow and two daughters Maureen seven and Karen three.

Boston Bob Murphy Murphy Joey Maxim New York Edward Lee Conarty Denver Colo Robert M. Murphy Maureen Karen

Nine Die Seven Hurt In Algerian Blast Fire

Nine people died and seven were seriously injured in a blast and fire in Algiers on Wednesday. Officials called it an accident though saboteurs may be involved and plastic bombs and camouflage gear were noted at the scene.

Algiers

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