Evening Star to Carry Blaik GridIron Columns This Fall
The Evening Star will publish a two weekly column by Col Earl H Blaik arriving September on Tuesdays and Fridays. The famed coach will discuss broad game aspects and forecast key games while donating all proceeds to football fellowships. Blaik retired from Army after 18 seasons and won national titles in 1944 and 1945.
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Evening Star
Sports Page
America
Earl H
Red) Blaik
Dartmount
Army
Col. Blaik
AP News
West Point
Dartmouth
Final search helicopters scour Libyan desert for WW2 bomber crew remains
Two helicopters ferried into the Libyan desert join the last effort to locate the crew of a B24 missing since April 1943 after a Naples raid. The bomber crashed and the crew bailed out, with mining prospects uncovering the wreck in the wastelands.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Naples
American League Race Narrows as Cleveland Wins O's Top Chisox
White Sox lose two straight without Billy Pierce as Cleveland bursts back with two wins over Washington. Orioles tally 13 hits but fall 7-6 while Jim Grant loses to Cleveland 6-1. Tigers pound Yankees 14-2 and Red Sox 11-10 over A's. National League notes include Giants trimming Braves 5-3 and Cubs split doubleheader with Phillies.
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Cleveland
White Sox
Billy Pierce
Pierc
Pierce
Baltimore
Sox
Washington
Orioles
Barry Latman
Jim “Mudcat
Grant
Detroit
Yankees
Boston
Kansas City
Bob Cerv
San Francisco
Milwaukee
Braves
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Chicago Cubs
Philadelphia
Latman
Jim McAnany
Billy Lees
Hoyt Wilhelm
Indians
Ed FitzGerald
Woody Held
Pete Ramos
Bob Allison
Milt Bolling
Gail Harris
Tigers
Jim Bunning
Gary Blaylock
Earl Wilson
Red Sox
Tom Sturdivant
A's
Giants Beat Braves 5 3 On Jones Win In Milwaukee
Sam Jones outdueled Warren Spahn in a 5 3 Giants victory that stretched San Francisco’s lead to two games over Los Angeles in the NL pennant chase. Hank Aaron was retired on a force play with two on in the ninth as the Braves pressured late.
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Dave O'Hara
Associated Press
Milwaukee
San Francisco Giants
Bill Rigney
Giants
Braves
Los Angeles
Rigney
San Francisco
Sam Jones
Hank Aaron
Jones
Warren Spahn
Bednarik to Retire After 1959 Season
Chuck Bednarik the Penn center and NFL star with the Philadelphia Eagles will retire after the 1959 season. Now 34, he feels age and fatigue make ten weeks of training too demanding.
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Hershey
Chuck Bednarik
All America Center
Penn
Philadelphia
Eagles
Bednarik
Australian filly Wiggle II targets Arlington Handicap
Wiggle II from Australia, ridden by Dick Barnett, aims to upset Round Table in the Arlington handicap at Arlington Park. The 4-year-old filly carries 105 pounds against Round Table's 132 in the mile and three sixteenths turf feature. Round Table, trained by Bill Molter and ridden by Willie Shoemaker, seeks to extend earnings past 1.46 million dollars as six rivals chase the dollars and titles.
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Charles Chamberlain
Associated Press
Chicago
Round Table
Travis Kerr
Australia
Wiggle II
Arlington Park
Bill Molter
Dick Barnett
Arlington Matron
Honey's Gem
U.S
Bill Goodby
Godby
Willie Shoemaker
Bill Hartack
Noureddin
Stars and Stripes
Terrang
Manassas
Jack Ketch
Anxious Moment
Urban Lavery Dead at 74 Chicago Lawyer and Writer
Urban A Lavery a prominent Chicago lawyer and legal writer died Thursday at age 74. He was known for his work on legal ethics and jurisprudence and influenced Chicago law circles.
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Chicago
Urban A. Lavery
PUSH stomach gas relief medicine advertisement
An old style medicine ad promotes PUSH a prescription type medicine for stomach distress gas and heartburn. It claims rapid relief neutralizes acidity avoids constipation and comes in an economy size with pleasant taste and no sugar.
League Leaders in Baseball Roughly Roundup
American League batting leaders show Kuenn Detroit at .346 and Woodling Baltimore at .328 with Fox Chicago and Kuenn Detroit leading hits. Killebrew Washington has 94 RBIs and Banks Chicago 115. Pitching leaders include Shaw Chicago 124 decisions and Drysdale Los Angeles 193 strikeouts.
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Kuenn
Detroit
Woodling
Baltimore
West Detroit
Power
Cleveland
Killebrew Washington
Colavito
Fox
Chicago
Runnels
Boston
Williams
Kansas City
Allison
Washington
Tuttle
Kubeck
McDougald
New York
Killebrew
Aparicio Chicago
Landis Chicago
Mantle
Shaw Chicago
Pappas
Bunning
Wynn
Aaron Milwaukee
Cunningham
St. Louis
Pinson Cincinnati
Aaron
Milwaukee
Banks
Robinson
Cincinnati
Pinson
Neal
Los Angeles
White
Mathews
Mays
San Francisco
T. Taylor
Pittsburgh
Antonelli
Drysdale
S. Jones
Korean GI Bill Outlines Four Prime Requirements
The Veterans Administration lists four key points for Korean GI Bill trainees: choose a course carefully with one allowed change, training time equals a day and a half per active service day up to 36 months, expect a delay before first VA allowance, and begin training within three years of discharge. Stanley Bender, the VA rep, visits 41 E. Piccadilly St. each Wednesday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Veterans Administration
Stanley Bender
E. Piccadily S
Castro Charges 134 With Conspiracy In Cuba
Fidel Castro's government announced 134 people charged with conspiring to overthrow the regime. Forty seven civilians and four former military men were moved to La Cabana fortress, joining 87 already held. Many arrested during the crackdown have been released.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
la Cabana
Castro
Dominican Republic
Earl Smallwood Named Union Vice President in 1956 Strike
A Winchester Star feature says Earl Smallwood served as vice president of the O'Sullivan union when the May 1956 strike began. He later held the secretary post as well, though those offices were held years before the strike.
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Winchester Star
Earl Smallwood
O'Sullivan Union
Mr. Smallwood
Motorboat Sinks Off Palawan Coast After Storm
Manila AP reports the interisland motorship Pilar II, a 240 ton vessel with 83 passenger capacity and 29 crew, sank in stormy northern Palawan waters. Early reports suggested more than a hundred may have perished.
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Manila
Philippine Interisland
Palawan Island
Giants Face Colts in Exhibition Tangle Tonight
New York Giants coach Jim Lee Howell fields a deep but uneven roster for tonight's exhibition with the world champion Baltimore Colts. Expected quarterbacks include Charley Conerly and George Shaw with Frank Gifford in a multi role, while gaps at guard and defensive end threaten the depth chart.
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Colts
Dallas
Tex
New York Giants
Jim Lee Howell
Baltimore Colts
Howell
Frank Gifford
Vnk
Cleveland Browns
Charley Conerly
Giants
George Shaw
Lee Grosscup
Utah
Don Heinrich
Gifford
Dick Lynch
Washington Redskins
Darrell Dess
Pittsburgh Steelers
Tom Scott
Philadelphia
Buddy Dial
Kyle Rote
Bob Schnelker
Phostars blank MSM 16 0 in softball rout
Harold Catlett of Grace Bible hurled four innings as Phostars slugged 16 runs to beat MSM Methodists 16 to 0 at Sen Seny Park. Jobe doubled three times and scored. Keckly homered. Hoover hit a four-bagger. Brill added two hits and three runs. A Chapman walked nine in defeat.
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Harold Catlett
Grace Bible Softballers
Senseny Park
Methodists
Phostars
Jobe
Keckly
Hoover
Brill
A. Chapman
Catlett
Mason
Phoebus Advances to Region 4 Junior Legion Finals
Unbeaten Phoebus Virginia meets Wilmington North Carolina in the Region 4 junior baseball tournament final. A Wilmington win would force a playoff after an 11 inning 4 to 3 victory over Memphis Tennessee to reach the finals.
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Wilmington
N. C
Phoebus
American Legion
Memphis
Tenn
Apparel ads target high school girls market via papers
A recent survey shows high school girls spend about 170 dollars yearly on clothes. Advertisers allocated over 842 million dollars to daily newspapers last year to reach this growing market.
Major League Baseball Standings and Weekend Results
The standings show Cleveland 69 51 .575 leading the league with New York 60 60 .500 and Baltimore 59 59 .500 close behind. Week standings and scores include Cleveland 6 Washington 1 and Detroit 14 New York 2. San Francisco leads 68 52 while Los Angeles sits 7 55.
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Chicago
Cleveland
New York
Baltimore
Detroit
Kansas City
Boston
Washington
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Philadelphia Oe
Philadelphia
Five Strokes Separate 50 Open Leaders
Akron Ohio AP a mid round cut to par 71 the Rubber City Open at Firestone Country Club enters second round fifty players at or better par with a five stroke gap among leaders Art Wall Jr and Bill Casper Jr shot 67s but sit in a six way tie for fourth Ted Kroll Arnold Palmer and Bob Goalby led with 66s after the opening rounds.
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Akron
Ohio
Firestone ‘County Club
Art Wall Jr
Pocono Manor
Bill Casper Jr
Apple Valley
Calif
Ted Kroll
Sarasota Fla
Arnold Palmer
Ligonier
Bob Goalby
Crystal River
Fla
Reverend Albert J M Wilson Dies at 72 in Greenwich Conn
The Rev. Albert J M Wilson, 72, longtime pastor of Christ Episcopal Church in Greenwich, served from 1932 until retiring in 1952, died Thursday.
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Albert Wilson
Greenwich Conn
Albert J.M. Wilson
Christ Episcopal Church
Inexperienced Von Clay Faces Sonny Ray Bout on NBC
Philadelphian Von Clay a 20 year old with nine wins meets veteran Sonny Ray of Chicago in a ten round NBC broadcast. Ray, ranked fourth at 175 pounds, carries a 19 7 5 record while Clay brags a flawless punch and aggression to offset ring savvy. Clay previously drew with Pat Roberts then stopped him in two rounds.
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Philadelphia
von Clay
NBC
Sonny Ray
Chicago
Clay
Ray
Pat Roberts
Roberts
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Rochester
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Virginia Loan & Thrift Corp
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