Continent League talks loom as baseball eyes third major circuit
New York Houston Denver Toronto and Minneapolis St Paul join to back the Continental League with 250000 to organize and plan for a 1961 launch. The venture cites stadium costs and international competition potential, while warning middlemen that big attendance must grow to sustain a rival to the American and National leagues.
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Missionaries Who Gave All to Serve Christ
A meditation on John Eliot and other missionaries such as Livingstone and Father Damien. It reflects that servants who renounce all for faith may receive special reward beyond earthly life, while many stay busy with daily work yet some devote themselves wholly to service, drawing closer to God.
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Oil Creek
Titusville
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Corn
John Eliot
David Livingstone
Father Damian
Christ
Virginia Beach vacationers and local social notes
From The Star Files ten years ago in 1949 Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Novick and sons Marshall and Bobby vacationed at Virginia Beach. Miss Jean Robinson of Washington visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Robinson. Miss Grace Miller Hayden, a Madison college postgraduate student, returned home on Cedar Creek Grade.
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Marshall and
Bobby
Virginia Beach
Jean Robinson
Washington
C. A. Robinson
Grace Miller Hayden
Madison College
Cedar Creek
Brooklyn Police chase leads in armored truck heist
25 Years Ago 1934 police pursued leads in the $427000 armored truck robbery in Brooklyn with no solid gang sighting. Pierre Gillou named Dorothy Round best woman tennis player over Helen Jacobs. A J Oates stayed as guest in Fort Lauderdale with the Shades on North Street.
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International Tennis Federation
Paris
Dorothy Roud
England
Round
Helen Jacobs
A. J. Oates
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Alvin Shade
North Street
Local Residents Travel Notes From 1909
Fifty years ago Mrs. Charles S. Hirth returned from a lengthy visit to relatives in Clarksburg. She was formerly Miss Marion A. Harmer of this city. Miss Margaret Pulliam of Woodstock visited her brother William Pulliam at his home. Mrs. J. W. Miller and her daughter Helen left for Chambersburg, Pennsylvania to visit friends and relatives.
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Clarksburg
Hirh
Marion A. Harmer
Margaret Pulliam
Woodstock
Wiliam Pulliam A
J. W. Miller
Helen
Chambersburg
Czechoslovakia Rules Warn Tourists as Border Crossings Grow
The State Department urges American travelers to follow visa and document rules for Czechoslovakia after several U S visitors were jailed this summer for crossing the border without proper papers. The warning stresses compliance and potential penalties.
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State Department
Czechoslovakia
Czech
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