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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1960
Page
10
The column urges timely hunting prep four Saturdays before season opens, stressing familiarity with new guns, proper fit, and safe shot choices. It highlights preseason practice, especially with the Winchester Junior Rifle Club, names shooters and scores, and notes upcoming events like Parents Night and Hunter Safety on November 4.
Stan Musial, 39, aims to top .300 next season with more playing time after winning the AP NL Comeback Player of the Year for 1960. He beat Curt Simmons 55 to 44 in the writers’ poll, finishing with a .275 average, 17 homers, 63 RBIs in 116 games.
Iowa remains the top college football team in the AP poll for the second straight week after a decisive win. Mississippi drops to second with 395 points, Syracuse third with 355, Navy and Minnesota follow, while Michigan State enters the top ten after a 35-0 victory.
American League owners meet to decide on adding two teams by 1962 but may delay revealing which cities will gain franchises. Kansas City sales and possible moves to Los Angeles loom large while Washington and Cleveland shifts are discussed. Possible new homes include Minneapolis-St Paul and Dallas-Fort Worth with Oakland and Toronto among contenders. Berlin sees 1000 new restaurants in six years, up 47 percent.
Musial compared a player to himself batting .335 saying you hate to see a fella leave yet the fella himself knows best. Stan emphasized personal judgment over outside opinion in the change.
Virginia Tech travels to Richmond City Stadium to meet the Spiders in a key Southern Conference showdown. Tech seeks its fourth win to stay tied atop the league while Richmond, smarting from recent results, faces a tough test with several players sidelined by injuries.
Sears upset Novick Transfer 611 604 608 in a red hot A League set with Minghini 160 and Zimmerman 138 powering Novick. Truck Suppliers beat Frederick Motor Co 163, Sears split three ties and Buncutter Tire Co swept White's Parol 31 pins total. Modern Plumbing & Heating won both games in GAA Bantam Girls League cruising with Carter Russell and Webber leading.
The Gator Bowl in Jacksonville on December 31 will use professional free substitution rules. George Olsen says the game between college teams will feature a wider open offense as players showcase their specialties. Coaches have criticized wild card substitution this season.
Under Virginia law the undersigned will deliver funds on deposit to Clarence J. LaFollette as administrator of Madison LaFollette’s estate in Hampshire County. The funds, amounting to $1000 or more, were on deposit with Western Frederick Bank in Gore Virginia. Cashier J W Ward signs the notice with dates 10 4 11 18 25 4t.
A sample survey at two performances of A Country Scandal finds the majority of off Broadway attendees are male aged 35 to 49 with college education. Most earn 6500 to 10000 dollars yearly, 33 percent attend at least three plays annually, and Three Penny Opera ranks as a favorite.
Merele Gwynn, a local barber, recruits five other barbers to fight oddball haircuts in Oceanlake. Regular cuts stay at $1.50, while freak cuts rise to $1.75, signaling a price war that draws community attention.
Anderson Sheet Metal and Bunny Bread led with four points each in Forest Hills League action at Northside. High sets included Loy 508 Kibler 519 Oates 518 for Anderson, and DeHaven 549 for Bunny Bread Delmar. Gray & Eddy, Clarke Co. Supply, Lucky Five, and others earned three points. Hillcrest, Winchester Concrete, and Ted's News Stand posted top individual scores.
In Tampa Luis Rodriguez outpointed Mel Collins. In Baltimore Holly Mims outpointed Jimmy Beecham. New York Joey Archer outpointed Joe Rubino. Dallas Curtis Cokes stopped Stefan Redl and Williams KOed Ben Marshall. Rip Randall drew with Joe Limas. San Francisco Bobby Sanders outpointed Lahouari Godih. Long Beach Ray Salazar outpointed Al Wilcher.
Seumas MacManus, 92, noted Irish poet and writer, died Sunday from a fall at Mary Manning Walsh Home in New York City. The author of regional tales and editorials had a long career influencing Irish literary circles.
University of Delaware head coach argues that 1960 football benefits from more assistants year round focus and abundant sources. He cites regulation reforms increases in scholarships and media clinics as expanding knowledge and improving the game for players and spectators.
Market demand is moderate and steady with quotations for apples by variety and pack. Cited items include Delicious and Red Delicious in cartons tray pack and 4 lb bags with U S and Virginia exchange terms, Jonathans, Winesaps, Staymans, Red Yorks, and Rome varieties with prices ranging roughly from 28 to 40 cents per pound and up to $5.25 per carton in some cases. Bulk sales to truckers and stored Winesaps liquids note orchard run and storage pricing.
John C. Mullen a 22 year old Black man from Baltimore embraces his nickname Amboyduke canelestroussky by donning a blue jacket with his full moniker embroidered in yellow on the back.
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