Bowling Banquet Draws 400 Fans
The annual bowling banquet at the National Guard Armory drew about 400 attendees, far surpassing last season and showcasing new equipment, a new league, and a trophy-heavy program. Highlights included remarks by State Senator Harry Byrd Jr. and Mayor Claude Smalts, with Bob Legge leading the opening song and Beverley Vorous as toastmaster.
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National Guard Armory
Jack Zimmerman
Beverley Vorous
Virginia State Division of Motor Vehicles
Evening Star Ladies League
Sami McCall
Orts
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Zimmerman
Rain Threatens Indianapolis 500
Wet weather at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway extends delays for 54 entrants with 33 cars set to start if time allows. Track conditions improve overnight but gate access and parking challenges persist as Tony Hulman vows to give all 45 unqualified cars a chance to run, potentially extending trials into Tuesday.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Speedway
Tony Hulman
Shendon and Cooper offer prizes for league bowling feats
Sam Shendon of Bell Clothes pledges a $50 suit to the first man who rolls 185 in one game while Abe Cooper of The Jewel Box offers a Bulova watch to the first woman or girl reaching 165. No 200-game mark has been reached this season. Virginia State Tournament may be held here in 1959 or 1960. Trophies and gifts were awarded to center staff and league presidents, then the crowd danced to Updike's Orchestra.
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Sam Shendon
Bell Clothes
Abe Cooper
Jewel Box
Zimmerman
Russell LaFollette
Gordon ‘‘Mack” McKlwee
Mr. Zimmerman
Fight Empire Approaching Dissolvement and Promoter Hope
Winchester and Sharpsboro clash at Bouss Park as Jack Patton starts for Winchester in a 2 p.m. Sunday game amid league battles. Hop Spurs leads with a .389 average and Eddie Dodson shines. Gene Riddle may soon heat up as the league edges toward a pivotal breakout. In New York, Judge Ryan signals possible Garden access to independent promoters as the government seeks to dissolve the IBC Norris-Wirtz empire.
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Patton
Jack Patton
Winchester
Bouss Park
Rebels
Sharpsboro
Boonesboro
Martinsburg
Williamsport
Berkeley Springs
Hop Spurs
New York
Sylvester J. Ryan
International Boxing Club
Madison Square Garden
IBC
Truman Gibson
Eight Avenue
James D. Norris
Norris
the Garden
TBC
Arthur Wirtz
International Boxing Clubs
Chicago
Garden
Mike Jacobs
Joe Louis
Bob Pastor
Jacobs
Tl Am
Ryan
Australia’s male population still exceeds female count
At year end 1956 Australia had an estimated 4,830,717 males and 4,702,617 females, an excess of 128,100. This followed 1955 when there were 116,567 more males than females.
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Australia
PJ. A
Ten Month Strike Ends at Dempsey's Broadway Restaurant
A 10 month picketing dispute at Jack Dempsey's Broadway restaurant ends after a settlement announced by City Labor Commissioner Harold A. Felix. Union members from Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union cited concessions on wages welfare pensions and vacations though no terms were disclosed.
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New York
Jack Dempsey
Broadway
Harold A. Felix
Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union
Minnie Minoso Holds Strange Baseball Mark
Minnie Minoso holds a record for the most times hit by a pitched ball in a season with 23. The Cuban outfielder, 33, has been plunked 100 times in a big league career spanning parts of seven seasons with the Chicago White Sox. He defends his approach at the plate and says he crowds the plate and expects pitches, sometimes letting a stray ball graze him to advance a base runner.
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New York
Minnie Minoso
Minnie
Minoso
Chicago White Sox
Egyptian hieroglyphs combine signs for words and sounds
The script used picture signs to denote people, things and actions as well as ideas and a complex set of signs for consonant sounds. No vowels were shown. By mixing sign types Egyptians expressed meanings clearly through combined signs.
Gross earns eighth straight win as Reds top Cardinals 6-2
Don Gross, the 25 year old Cincinnati lefty, improved to 4-0 this season in his eighth appearance, beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2. Wally Post drove in three runs with a homer and a two run single from Don Hoak, powering a five run third inning. Gross allowed only Stan Musial’s homer and two singles until the ninth. The Reds moved two games up on Milwaukee in the NL standings.
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Don Gross
Cincinnati
The
Redlegs
Philadelphia
Gross
St. Louis Cardinals
Milwaukee
Wally Post
Don Hoak
Cards
Cardinals
Fred Hutchinson
Ken Boyer
Eddie Kasko
St. Loui
Baseball Standings and Schedule Highlights
Baseball standings show Washington and New York games with 1:00 pm starts. National League leaders include Cincinnati Milwaukee Brooklyn and Philadelphia with several matchups listed for today and tomorrow. Key pitchers include Spahn Drabowsky Antonelli Newcombe and Friend.
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Washington
New York
Stobbs
Sturdivant
Chicago
Cleveland
Harshman
Lemon
Boston
Baltimore
Detroit
Kansas City
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Han
Drabowsky
Brooklyn
Antonelli
Newcombe
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Jones
Lawrence
Average American tourist spending in Europe rises to near $900
Figures from recent years show steady growth from $767 in 1952 to about $900 now. American visitors to Great Britain and the Continent spent over $61 million in 1955.
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Europe
Great Britain
It Will Soon Be Graduation Time in Winchester
Local ad highlights Winchester stores offering gifts with best assortment and values as graduation season nears. Prices and special offers implied to attract buyers planning celebrations.
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Winchester
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