The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 82, Ed. 1 Monday, April 8, 1963 Page: 5 of 6
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Gave Cats Third
As Track Grows
Eight Sulphur Springs Wild- Wildcat to dip under 54 sec-
cats hit season peaks Satur- onds for «».-*.!-<**..
drty in the District 6-AAA track on his anchor lap in the relay**1
and field championships at Passons 9|w ul ei* *
Commerce despite generally half mUe evlr 2 no J r
slpggy conditions on the track"fifth’
d^-s raTn. ^ Har°W »" * fast-
days rams. est official miie of hj ar
Those peaks were instrument-5:09.2, to irrab off
al in the Wildcats gaining their fifth. He has run 5:06 in a
highest finish ever in the 6- practice meet. Richey’s first of-
AAA track meet. They scored ficial mile time of the year
"LTtpLTth “ “nr thi^ was 5:35, hut the first tinte he
place team in the meet in years ran it for time this season he
v / ii *v ' , clocked a 5:56. He improved
Not all of the top perform- each week from that point,
once* by individual's gained Tim Williams didn't get an
points for Sulphur Springs, but official clocking in t h e high
the peaks attained were indica- hurdles, but he ran his best
t.ve of the way the local ath-race in the event even though
letes went about gaining third he didn’t place. Williams had
pKT: w ,, . . , . tri*d the hurdles for the first
[The Wildcats and their time only a week before. He
notches knew from the start of also equaled his all-time best
th^ ^ason they weren’t going in the high jump at 5-8 to tie
to be up in the running for the for fourth,
championship, but they saw the Paul Trull jumped higher
light of third place and aimed than ever before in the high
for it all season. jump, clearing 5-10. He also
Last years fifth place finish vaulted for the first- time in
and 43*4 points had been the a meet this year and pkreed
high for the Wildcats un,til fifth.
Saturday. Jerry Haney set a personal
Herts a rundown on ath- and school record in the shot
letes who made their best marks put with a toss of 47-4 to take
"< the season Saturday: a third place in the event.
Joe Brown and Ken Sinclair And Brown hit a personal
each ran their fastest open 440 high in the discus at 127-2 to
races of the season, although grab off a sixth place there,
neither scored. Brown ran a “We’re really proud of these
55.3 and Sinclair turned in a kids,” said Boze Ansley, who
56.0. along with Jimmy Dobson work-
While there was no offiieal ed with the track program for
breakdown on quarter times on the first time this spring,
the mile relay, both probably at “We believe we have made a
least equaled those times dur- start at strengthening our
ing that race as the Wildcats track program,” Dobson added,
clipped two seconds off the Of the group hitting sea-
previous best relay clocking, sonal bests, only Haney is a
Mike Passons became the first senior.
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Baseba
ear Begins
Bums Near All Clubs Ready
Greatness For Tuesday Set
■National
How They Scored
In District Meet
ON THE TRACK
Bon
Gain
Green
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Par
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400 Relay_____
_______ 2
—
20
16
4
8
12
880 Rim______
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11
10
8
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—
2
High Hurdles ..
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8
22
1
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10Q Dash .....
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l1
8
6
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6
440 Dash______
_________ 9
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10
2
10
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Low Hurdles .
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18
7
6
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220 Dash______
_______ 2
8
11
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4
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6
Milo Run______
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6
9
4
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12
Mile Relay_____
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20
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Sub-Total _______
.......... 15 82 113
IN THE FIELD
45
30
8
46
Shot Put .......
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18
3
4
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6
Discus........
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10
10
4
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7
Ihwad Jump —
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12
18
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High Jump ......
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3
10
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Pole Vault _____
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22
6
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Sub Total______
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65
47
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26
(irand Total____
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147
160
63
30
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ALL BALLED »l)P—Old and new strike zones are illustrat-
ed by baseballs strqng to show span of each. Five balls
nearest J%iIHes’ outfielder Johnny Callison show the Old,
six farthest from him depict the new. (NEA);
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New Kids Steal Show
In Champions’ Camp
By HARRY GRAYSON
Newspaper Enterprise Sports Editor
New York, (NEA> — Abolitionists shouting that boxing
should he outlawed are Johnny Come Latelys who haven’t read
history or been around long enough to know that prize fighting
is too tough to he killed.
There have been widespread moves to abolish the beak
busting business since Hercules killed Eryx, the son of Venus,
with his fists. Like Joe Grim, a turn-of-the-century catcher who
was floored 59 times in four outings to make his name synom-
ous with the ability to assimilate punishment, boxing gets up
every time it is knocked down.
Maybe there is no logical excuse for the rowdy racket. Per-
haps it is contrary to natural principles, or whatever you want
to call it, but here is one good reason for its survival. It grati-
fies some basic, perhaps base, primeval craving in man—and
woman.
•y Associated Press
Some last-minute irtiprea-
sion* on the start of another
major’ feague base season. . .
If the Los Angeles Dodgers
had the pitching Staff of the
Cincinnati Reds, the National
League pennant race would be
O'veY before Labor Day.
The Reds have troubles of
t h e Lr own, worrying about
weather Bob Purkey’s arm wfll
be all right, and if Vada Pin-
sbn and Prank Robinson are
really healthy. Yet the Cincin-
nati club is loaded with confi-
d ente, and sometimes that
helps.
Pittsburgh Pirate outfielder
■Roberto Clemente had a fine
spring, fteaxipg out the ball all
over' Florida. But the Buts ap-
pear we a k dT than last- year.
First baaeman Dick Stuart says I
it’s because they traded away a
winning shortstop in Dick
Groat for a losing pitcher in
Don Caldwell. Stuart didn’t j
say so, but the Pirates also got
.rid of him.
The optimist award of the
spring should go to Phillies:
third baseman Don Hoak. Ask- j
ed if he thought the Phillies j
con win the pennant, Hoak an-1
severed: “If I didn’t think so,
1h f!« AliMiaMt hm
President Kennedy was ready to throw out the first ball
today, inaugurating the liMWi baseball season. After that, the
20 major league teams will fee, on their own.
The President was to make his traditional pitch in the
nation’s capital, where the Washington Senators and the
Baltimore Orioles started the American League season before
an expected crowd of 47,000 in D. C. stadium.
The National League season also got under way in Cin-
cinnati, with the Reds meeting the Pittsburgh Pirates before
an expected turnout of 30,000.
The rest of the teams will open Tuesday. In day games
in the American League, the defending champion New York
Yankees wHl be at Kansas City, Chicago at Detroit and Cleve-
land at Minnesota. Boston Will be at Los Angeles for a night
opener.
National League day games will find Los Angeles at
Chicago, the champion San Francisco Giants at Houston,
Milwaukee at Pittsburgh and St. Louis at New York. In a
night game, Cincinnati will be at Philadelphia.
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Terry Credits
His Catchers
CLASSIFYING THE CRAVING lie3 in the realm of psy-
chiatry and really has nothing to do with the case. The fact is
that it is there and the 18th Amendment floperoo should have
proven conclusively that basic craving cannot be legislated out
of existence.
Men fought on barges and one step ahead of the sherif in
remote places even after John L Sullivan popularized the sport
by wearing gloves.
When boxing was booted out of New York and Illinois, the
sour science bloomed into the 45-rotrrtd game in California.
Most states had counted boxing out, so California practically
had a monopoly on the manly art of mangling mugs for some
years. When the governor of California turned thumbs down I us, we’ll call you
on the James J. Jeffries-Jack Johnson match in 1910, fex Rick- lor later.”
ard moved the show to nearby Reno- Nev.
As a pitcher on the Yankees
I can fully appreciate what it
I'd give up now and go fish- | “ » ***
ing.” Maybe instead of an op-!1 befeYe thAat ,f san,f!^ Pltch-
timist award, Hoak should g£ «" 1had /Vr ™
th«lr catchers they would be-
! come better pitchers. Catchers
see more of the ball field than
any other player and I think
the sandlot pitcher should bear
this in mind.
One big thing that helped
Ralph Houk become such a suc-
cessful manager is that he was
a catcher. His first year as a
manager was at Denver in 1955.
It was my second year in pro
ball and he caught me several
times because I was a young
pitcher and needed help.
Having caught me, coached
me and managed me, Ralph
By AMociaiad Pre.. *
There is a lot of excitement
in the majors this spring over
a flock of talented rookies who
seem to have made the grade.
Not oply have they survived
the cutting down process of
spring training, but they alap.
have managed to win starting-
berths on various clubs. ,v*
Three rookie starters are
with the Cleveland Indians—
outfielder Vie DavaliUo, third
baseman Max Alvis and short-1
stop Tony Martinez. Indians
manager Birdie Tebbetts says
i he will go with all three in his.
j starting lineup, and observers,
who have watched Cleveland
| in spring training, say Maf-'
I tinez and DavaliUo look like
sure bets to keep their jobs.
Davalillo is only 5-7, but he
i looks as though he can do *
j big-rnan’s work in the otrt-
j fieki. He is very fast, a real
i bail hawk, and he has a good;,
j ar m. He hit .346 in the mi**
| wors last year.
_ t i Martinez wasn’t even on the;
By RALPH TERRY jl have two catchers watching Indians’ roster at the start ,
Of New York Yankee* imy every move, the one, be- j spring training. But he quidt-
Written for AP Newsfeatore* [ hind the place and our manager j jy wan a gpot looked goad
-some fishing tackle.
Detroit’s Al Kaline had a
fantastically successful spring
’training season, really whack-
ing the ball, and running as
well as ever. If it weren’t for
the shadow of doubt hanging
over Frank Lary’s pitching
jtim, the Tigers eeuld really
mean trouble.
A| n o t h e r good-ilooker in
spring training was Baltimore
.Orioles pitcher Robin Roberts,
his control was generally sharp.
Two quotes about Roberts tell
the story—“He’s pitching more
with his head than his arm.”
mnd , , . ‘*He used to dare £<Su,
how he dazzles you.”
First baseman Charles Dees
must be wondering that spring
training is all about after all.
He was a whiz of a hitter at the
in the dugout. j in the infield, and he showed-'
Y'ou’ve got to give a good he could hit the ball to thV
knows me better than anybody,
lie has seen me develop right
from a Yankee rookie camp. He
knows when I’m tiring or when
I’m not mixing my pitches
properly. He can tell when I’m
not setting up the hitters cor-
rectly and when I’m not fin-
Covington Smells
First Division Cash
By A«socUt«d Pre** I talking are not the only things
Philadelphia Phillies out- Covington does in slow mo-
fielder Wes Covington says he tion. He takes his time in ev-
has„, been around the major | erything he does.
leagues long" enough to have
acquired a sensitive talent —
the, ability to smell first divi-
sion money. Covington claims
he whiffed the pleasant frag-
rance throughout the Phililes’
exhibition campaign in Flor-
ida, and he says he smells it
more'‘than ever, now that the
Season "is starting.
To prove his point, Coving-
ton holds up one hand, and
ticks off a finger for each
team he believes the Phillies
will beat out — Milwaukee,
Houston, New York and Chi-
cago. The leaves Covington
with one team to go he says
he hasn’t made up his mind
which team that will be, ex-
cept that it won’t be the Phil-
lies.
If Covington’s fingers are
right, the Phillies will indeed
finish in tho first division.
A great deal depends on
Covihgton himself — if he can.
swing the bat with the same
authority he showed in some
of his years with the Milwau-
kee Braves, while managing
to stay out of harm's way un-
d<yv a fly ball. Covington is
ndjf the fanciest fielder in the i
Ngtibnal League, and he knows
Watching him getting ready
to hit is a sport in. itself. He’ll
get some dirt on his hands,
slowly brush it off. Then, he’ll
go to work adjusting his cap,
then his belt. His next project
will bo to tap the dirt out of
his spikes, then he will study
the workmanship on his bat
for a while and, finally, he
will step in and face the pitch-
er.
This agonizing process was
too much for Dodgers coach
Leo Duroeher during an exhi-
bition game this spring, and
he unleashed a bitter barrage
of heckling as Covington dug
in.
Wes said nothing, but took
a lusty swing and sent the ball
out of the park. The Phil-
lies outfielder then proceeded
to put on a hilarious show circl-
ing the bases. He strutted, he
pranced, he skipped and he
hopped, all in slow motion.
When he finished the tour,
Covington stopped in front of
the Dodgers’ bench and ask-
ed: “Well, Leo, wasn’t that
worth waiting for?”
KILL BOXING HERE and it turns up there. You only have
to go back to the Sonny Liston-Floyd Patterson fiasco of last
August to know that a bout rejected by one state is welcomed
by another. There has never been national control through
commissions. End boxing in the United States and it will only
be bigger in other countries.
There usually is an unnoted basic reason for a ring fatality.
Like the business man said, it's not what transpires during bus-
iness hours that causes a nervous breakdown. It’s what happens
out side of business hours. It was discovered that Ernie Schaff
seuecumbed from something other than Primo Camera’s light
jab. Another New York victim had his stamina sapped by the
excessive use of alcohol. Davey Moore was badly weakened by
making weight—getting down from 160 to 126 pounds.
A principal reason for ring fatalities is the failure of ref-
erees to intervene in time when a boxer is badly hurt. Davey
Moore and Benny Kid Paret a year Before took cruel punches to
x'yhich they should not have been exposed.
\But getting buck to the present agitation against boxing,
old timers seriously doubt that anything much will happen. But
if it does it won’t last long. Legislators may change laws, but
they can’t do a thing about human nature.
And boxing bounces back like an election repeater.
Hansen Lifts
Texas Relays
Austin, Apr. 8 I* — Fred He had the cross-bar up to
Hansen went to Rice because 16-4, one inch better than the
he was a top football prospect
Los Angeles training camp, and j
bad a batting average of about j ishing them off just right.
.400. Yet he was farmed out, ] F»«i* Fortunate
back to the minors, with the I So I feel very fortunate in
■oft-heard advice—“Don’t call; having him on hand. You may
sooner ’think he’s counting pebbles
i when he stands with one foot
in the dugout and the other on
the steps and reaches out to
smooth the soil near the Yan?
kee bench. But he’s watching
j every pitch and how the pitches
are being called by Elbe How-
ard, Yogi Berra or John Blanch-
ard, our catchers You might say
Pilgrim Names
8 for Letters
Commerce — (Special) — j
Coach Norman Pilgrim has an-J
nounced the names of eight j
basketball lettermen at East
Texas State for the 1962-3 sea-
catcher a lot of credit. If he’s
calling the game right down the
line with your fhihking this
gives you all the confidence in
the wofld. You feel more relax-
ed and a little freer out there.
Don’t ever cross up your
catcher. He could get a broken
finger from a pitch he didn’t
expect. If you disagree with
him, shake him off until he
gives you the sign you want.
Then after the inning is over
tell him why you shook him
off. You must do everything
with a purpose.
Take the last world series
game. I had a no-hitter going
with two out in the sixth inning.
Jack Sanford, the Giant’s pitch-
er, was up. Maybe I forgot for
the moment that Elbe Howard
was catling a perfect game.
Elbe wanted to throw San-
ford a curve. I shook him off.
Then Elbe signaled for the fast
ball. It was the pitch I wanted
to throw Sanford. I thought he
wouldn’t be looking for it. But
opposite field which, in
case, is right. -***-
Another highly-rated rookie
is third baseman Pete Ward,
whom the Chicago White Sox
obtained in a deal with
Baltimore Orioles. He is a*
brawny, left - handed hitter
with a minor league back-
ground of long ball hitting!
White Sox manager Al Lone%,
is especially pleased, witl).
Ward’s aggressiveness at tho
plate. j.®-
He hit .328 at Rochester of
the International League last
year with 22 home runs and
90 run batted in. Lopez aba.
likes the way Ward handle^
himself around third base.
In the National League, Bob
Hailey of the Pittsburgh Pi-'
rates seems to have nailed
down the third base job. He'
had to. The Pirates were so
sure of him, they traded Don"
Hoak. Bailey received a $1757-
000 bonus for signing a cou-
he was. Sanford singled to cen- j pie of years ago.
ter and got the first hit of the I Los Angeles second base-
Exhibition
Baseball
gaifte.
It’s a good idea to pitch to'
a ta rge t, pgv the catcljeT.V
knees, his shoulders or his mitt.
A lot of times a batter wfll
move around, kagin a bunt or
just generally trying to distract
you. Hfis moves won’t bother
you one bit if you concentrate
on the catcher’s target or the
target you picked. When you're
hitting your target regularly
you can ignore a batter who
shifts around. Good control en-
ables you to steel yourself
against the batter who stands
close than opens b.ig stance, or
the batter who stands back
then moves closer to the plate.
Catcher Can S<*
Sometimes the catcher can
see these things better. Remem-
ber, he works just as hard, if
not harder, than the pitcher. 1
learned one thing by shaking
Howard off; never try to im-
prove on perfection. You just
can’t.
Don’t ever fight your eatch-
JUST IN TIME
Berkeley, Calif. tiPt -
The
it- But in that slow-talking j house door banged shut and
drawl of his,
drawl
it this ,way:
■‘They pay me for what I
do ,with the wood. If I got
the wood smoking, nobody no-
tice* % little mistake with the
Klove.”
Gefrrg «ft«r a fly BfitT artd
Covington puts locked Mrs. Willard T. Lovell
out. V
Ten chilly minutes later a
letter arrived from her brother,
Watson H. Wyman of Seattle,
who had visited her recently.
In It w*s her spare house
key.
and also because he was a pole
vaulter. He played freshman
football but decided he would
give up this sport in favor of
track.
The Texas Relays in Austin
last week-end were happy that
he did because he gave the big
track and field carnival its first
16-foot vault Saturday and
made it a noteworthy meet.
Ram, coll and wind had wip-
ed out all chances for records
The
in the running events,
sprinters and hurdfcrs even had
to struggle into the teeth of
a wind with gusts up to 16 miles
per hour.
So the only records made
were in the field events. Han-
sen’s vault of 16-1 wiped out
his own record of 16*6 Vk. A
shot put of 60-9% inches by
Toby Belt of Houston West-
bury in the high aohoo! cimt
* another record.
Texas Relays a world’s record.
record held by John Pens el of
Northeastern Louisiana, and
almost made it on one of his
three tries. He knocked the
bar off with his chest in com-
ing down.
There were some excellent
performers despite the weather
handicap although no one else
could set a record.
Roger Sayers of Ohaha won
the 100-ySrd dash in 9.6 sec-
onds. Had he not been forced
to run into the wind he might
have equaled the Texas Relays
record of 9.3. Sayers also won
the 100-meter dash in 10.6 sec
onds—good time in view of the
wind.
Danny Roberts of Texas
A&M had a good day. He threw
the shot the farthest a Texan
aver attained when he flipped
it 69-3%. He appears to be
on the way toward reaching 60
feat—a goal h« has set fdr him-
self this aeasen.
Roberts aise wen the Dis-
cern tWow with ,a Mss Of-184-
4%.
son.
Elbert Kirk, senior from i
Cayuga, was awarded his third
letter, and he was also named; Chicago (A) 2, Cincinnati 1.
by teammates as honorary cap-: Milwaukee 8, New York (A)
tain for the season just closed. | 3.
Second letters will go to' Baltimore 3, New York (N)
Whitney Miller, junior from 1.
Cooper; David MeCright, soph- St. Louis 7, Philadelphia 6.
omore from New Boston; Ben j Washington 5, Pittsburgh 1.
Ridley, senior from Penn Yan, Los Angeles (A) 3, Los An-
N. Y^j Bob Whitener, junior geles (N) 0.
from Texarkana; and Tom Hop- Boston 3, Chicago 2.
I kins, junior from Athens. Houston 3, Kansas 1.
: FiVst awards go to Gene Son Francisco 5, Cleveland | er. \r6u can’t pitch good ball
i Weaver, junior from Ben j 2. unless you both agree.
Franklin, and Travis Arterbury, Detroit 4, Minnesota 3. NEXTs Start slowly to i«m
junior from Howe. | -
Richard Sullivan, junior from j
Houston who was a starter in
1961*62 but who sat out all ex-
cept the first two games this
i year with a knee injury, and j The Hopkins County Rod and
! Millet were elected co-captains j Gun Club wil be shown a film
for 1963-64. on wildlife at t h e organiza-
1 ------ (tion’s monthly meeting at 7:30
p. m. Tuesday in the agricul-
Inquiry Begins ^,ure °,f Sulphwr
Springs High School.
Scranton, Pa., Apr. 8 ijt —j Coffee and cold drinks will
mart Nate Oliver already is
• being pushed for “Rookie-uf-
.the-Ypar honors., Those who
remember Larry Burright’s
flop at second last year for
the Dodgers are apt to be
somewhat cautious about
boosting Oliver. But the word;
on this young men is that he*,
will make the grade, and make!
it big.
Cincinnati’s Tommy Harper
has been very impressive in
the Reds outfield, after ha.V- ■
ing been pushed off third by f
Gene Freese. He can hit and i
he can run, and what better
qualifications are there for an
outfielder?
These are some of the rook- ;
ies who have looked good up f
to now. But actually, it’s now
that the real test begins.
Rod, Gun Club
To See Movie
control.
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PETTY LARCENY?
Palermo, Sicily MPI — It was*
a new one on the police: a Id-*
year-old boy, with a 12-year-<
old sidekick, stole a motor-7
scooter worth $200 to get *
enough money to go to the -
movies.
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A formal inquiry into the ring
death of 19-year-old boxer
Francisco Valesquez Saturday
in Carbondale, Pa., opened in
Scranton today.
be served. President Ralph Hill
asked women to bring a cover-
ed dish. j*1
Try a Want Ad for Results
i The United States’ catch of
i lobsters in 1962 was 3,500,000
pounds.
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