Rifle Talk Promotes Early Prep For Fall Shooting Season
July dates spur rifle enthusiasts to prep stocks and parts. Gunsmiths warn against rush repairs and stress custom fitting. Rim Rock hosts postal match with local juniors on July 19 and 22. Winchester Junior Rifle Club notes donated shooting mats and club activity continues, with outdoor shoot slated for July 17 and end of July competitions.
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Camp Rim Rock
Pat Anderson
Rim Rock
Newon
AWVG
Winchester Junior Rifle Club
Patton
George Crowser Company
Shawnee Bowmen Hold Rainy Park Shoot At Izaac Walton League
At Walton Park the Shawnee Bowmen conducted a club archery meet under drizzle with 37 participants. Kermit Whitacre took top honors by hitting a perfect Stor-5, while Don Jobe and Ralph DeBreuler shared second in a 3-for-5 tie.
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Izaac Walton League Park
Kermit Whitacre
Don Jobe
Ralph DeBreuler
Bill Boden
Louis Hudson
Champ at Front Royal Betty Hicks to play fourball match
Betty Hicks of Long Beach California winner of 17 golf tournaments and 1954 AP Woman Athlete of the Year will conduct a golf clinic and join a four ball match at the Front Royal Golf and Country Club on Saturday July 16 at 2 p.m. She will be joined by Carolyn Rohr Front Royal champion F L Largent Jr former Winchester Club champion and Mrs James A Swink Arlington former Belle Haven Club champion and district champion. Hicks departs July 9 for the Powder Puff Derby cross country air race from Torrance California to Wilmington Delaware with stops along a 2500 mile route beginning July 9 and ending July 13. Hicks helped organize the PGA in 1964 and is active in the Women’s Professional Golf Association and now teaches at the Ladies PGA National Golf School at Michigan.
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Betty Hicks
Long Beach
Calif
Associated Press
Front Royal Golf and Country Club
Carolyn Rohr
Front Royal
F. L. Largent, Jr
Winchester Club
James A. Swink
Arlington
Belle Haven
Hicks
Betty
Torrance
Wilmington
Del
Women's Professional Golf Association
PGA
Aviatrix
American Airlines
Wes Carroll
Claire Walter
Miss Hicks
Ladies Pga National Golf School
University of Michigan
Polio Records Stay Zero in Virginia This Year
Virginia reports no polio cases thus far this year compared with 15 cases at the same point last year. The State Health Department released the figures today.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Health Department
Sisters Suffer From Strange Slumber Malady
Bernadette Frantantonio, 3, and her 5-year-old sister Venita are asleep in separate cribs at Mount Sinai Hospital in Cleveland as doctors investigate a mysterious sleep disorder. Parents Vincent and Lillian Frantantonio of Cleveland Heights report dizziness and poor reflexes in Venita. doctors have not linked the cases.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Bernadette Frantantonio
Venita Frantantonio
Mount Sinai Hospital
Bernadette
Vincent N. Frantantonio
Cleveland Heights
Venita
Lillian Frantantonio
Palmer skips Western Open to rest before Akron PGA
Arnold Palmer said he will not play the Western Open in Detroit starting Thursday to rest and practice with the larger American ball for the Akron PGA event on July 21. He arrived in New York then Pennsylvania, plans to return to Latrobe, and will play exhibitions in Beaver and New Castle before Akron.
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Coopersburg
Arnold Palmer
Detroit
Akron
Ohio
Palmer
New York
Paris
Pennsylvania
England
PGA
Latrobe
Beaver
New Castle
County Land Brings 5299 At Public Auction
A 97 acre Gainesboro District tract sold for 5299 at Frederick County Courthouse on Saturday. Top bidder Alvin Z Baker, auctioneered by Joseph A Massie Jr and Thomas V Monahan, with Charles R Duvall as auctioneer. HARWINTON AP Paris postcard surprises Borzani couple.
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Gainesboro
Frederick County
Alvin Z. Baker
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Thomas V. Monahan
Charles R. Duvall
Children Aid SPCA Finder Help Stray Dog
Ronnie Striker and Emmy Lou Kay reported a stray dog on Cork Street. Ethyl Martin and Agent Ervin Cleveland arranged shelter and transport to the SPCA temporary shelter as a fundraising drive begins for a permanent facility.
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Ronnie Striker
G. T. Binner, III
Emmy Lou Kay
Emma Kay
Shirley St
Winchester Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Ervin Cleveland
Highland Ave
Cork St
Eth
Yl Martin
W. Cork St
SPCA
Child in coma after hospitalization at Columbia Presbyterian
Bernadette, a brown eyed girl, returned from the Neurological Institute in New York after two weeks of tests. Doctors report a progressive brain atrophy with no detectable spinal fluid evidence and no explanation from experts.
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Frantantonio
Bernadette
Neurological Institute
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
New York
Oregon Territory’s Path to Statehood
The Oregon Territory formed in 1849 and later achieved statehood in 1861, marking its transition from organized territory to full state by admission.
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Oregon Territory
Sullivan’s First Ambition Was Plumbing or Tinsmithing
The early life of John L. Sullivan showed his initial aim to work as a plumber or tinsmith before rising to world heavyweight champion.
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John L. Sullivan
Adlai's Name To Be Presented at Democratic Convention
Sen. A. S. Mike Monroney of Oklahoma said Adlai E. Stevenson’s name would be presented for nomination at the Democratic convention whether Stevenson wishes it or not. He denied rumors Stevenson would back John F. Kennedy and said Stevenson told him the rumors are unfounded.
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Los Angeles
A.S
Mike Monroney
Oklahoma
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Monroney
John F. Kennedy
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