Mantle says hitters face better pitching now than in past
Mickey Mantle argues modern pitchers are slicker and smarter, reducing distance and average despite hard swings. He notes Roger Maris and himself chase Babe Ruth 60 home runs as they resume against the Minnesota Twins and defends equipment and technique changes shaping today’s game.
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Minneapolis-St
Mickey Mantle
New York Yankee
Bouevensto
Mantle
Roger Maris
Babe Ruth
Minnesota Twins
Maris
Roger
Rifle Talk By Harry Stebbins
Early September brings school chatter about guns among students. The piece recalls a Winchester and Remington debate, a Winchester Junior Rifle Club match at Camp Rim Rock, and outlines Jimmie Jarrell and Janet Fridell achieving notable scores alongside other young shooters.
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Winchester Junior Rifle Club
Camp Rim
Jimmie
Larry
Janet Fridell
Toledo
Show Winners Named at Opequon Saddle Club Event
Opequon Saddle Club held its Seaddle Club Horse Show at New Frontier Park near Stephens City. David McGolerick roped a calf for the first time amid a day of junior and senior divisions with winners named in Pleasure Barrel Keyhole Calf roping Keg and Wire races and bull riding.
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Johnny Hodman
Denzil Fawcett
Dwight Funkhouser
Jim Triggs
Burley Slonaker
Bonnie Steed
Ann Artrip
Linda Moreland
Naomi Rutherford
Bill Miller
Junior Moreland
Bobby Swartz
Bruce Edwards
Bennie Fries
Colonial Heights Keeps Pace in Legion Series
In Hastings Nebraska the American Legion Junior Baseball Tournament narrows to six teams after upsets. Colonial Heights Virginia remains undefeated as Brooklawn New Jersey faces them while Phoenix Arizona plays Cincinnati. Omaha beats West Hartford and Billings defeats Jackson to reach the final six.
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Hastings
Neb
American Legion
Brooklawn
N.J
Colonial Heights
Phoenix
Ariz
Cincinnati
Omaha
West Hartford
Riflery notes highlight women pioneers and local scores
The piece recalls Randle boosting rifle sports for women, notes a top woman outperforming men in skeet, and reports Winchester juniors and seniors posting scores at the Armory with shooters like Sahn Wright Powers Platner and others achieving notable marks on smallbore and offhand events.
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Thurman Randle
Randle
Station Seven
White House
Armory
Jack Sahn
Joey Wright
Joe Powers
Terry Platner
Winchester
Olaf Dilkes
Leon Estep
Garland Mason
Jack Baum
Don Sheetz
Glenn Seabright
Bob Wolfe
Rusk Gromyko May Hold Berlin Parley
Secretary Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko may hold an informal Berlin parley at the United Nations as the General Assembly opens. The aim is to gauge if formal negotiations on Berlin are worthwhile while avoiding premature East West talks. Rusk said negotiations will occur but timing and place remain under discussion.
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Ter Andrei Gromyko
Berlin
Trons
United Nations
General Assembly
Rusk
Kennedy
Jen White
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Adlai E. Stevenson
Gromyko
Washington
New York
State Department
Khrushchev
West Berlin
Hammarskjold
Stevenson
Brazil's Military Chiefs Clash With Congress Over Goulart
Brazil's three military chiefs defied the constitution to block Vice President Joao Goulart from taking the presidency. Congress created a 16 member commission to study the move and meet again today. Goulart, in Europe, awaited a delegation as Rio Grande do Sul governors vowed support and took steps to resist any blockade of the constitutional president.
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Tom Masterson
Rio DE. Janeiro
Brazil
Joao Goulart
Congress
Goulart
Europe
Barcelona
Rio Grande Do Sul
Leonel Brizola
Brizola
Porto Alegre
Uruguay
Rio
Santa Catarina
Paran
Ney Braga
Parana
Janio Quadros
Braga
Quadros
Santos
London
Bridge Match Winners Named at George Washington Hotel
Mrs Howard Shockey and Mrs James P Reardon won the weekly duplicate match at the George Washington Hotel. Runners up were Mrs Harold G Brown and Mrs Preston Avery. Third went to Mrs A W Kinney and Mrs Harry Bowers. Fourth were Mr and Mrs H Fenickel of New Wilmington Pa. Next meeting is Sept 11 at 8 p.m. at the hotel.
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Howard Shockey
James P. Reardon
George Washington Hotel
Harold G. Brown
Preston Avery
A. W. Kinney
Harry Bowers
H. Fenickel
New Wilmington
Great Sand Dunes Dune Heights Reach 1000 Feet
Some dunes in Great Sand Dunes National Monument Colorado rise to 1000 feet in height, making them the highest and largest dunes in the United States.
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Great Sand Dunes National Monument
Colorado
United States
Flowers Wins Top Honors At Remington Drag Meet
Flowers, a member and top competitor of the Hoppers Auto Club, captured top honors in his class Sunday at Remington. He drove a Chevrolet powered 40 Ford to win the B-Gas Trophy at the Synchronizers Dragway, with Je Patterson and Don Fiddler, fellow club members, fielding a Chrysler engined 38 Ford as his nearest rival.
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Nes Flowers
Hoppers Auto Club
Remington
Mr. Flowers
Chevry
Je Patterson
Don Fiddler
Hoppers Club
Cheyenne
North Dakota to Face Nebraska and Youngstown State This Fall
The University of North Dakota will play Nebraska and Youngstown State on the gridiron for the first time this fall marking two notable non conference games.
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University of North Dakota
University of Nebraska and
Youngstown University
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