Word: elston
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...Ohio boy who was All-America at Kent State, Munson was part of the Yankees' long and impressive catching tradition-Bill Dickey, Yogi Berra and Elston Howard. Munson became a major leaguer after only 99 games in the minors. He justified the Yankees' gamble by hitting .302 and winning Rookie of the Year honors in 1970. His best seasons were 1975 (.318 with 102 runs batted in), 1976 (.302 and 105 RBIS) and 1977 (.308 and 100 RBls). He was named to the All-Star team seven times, batted over .300 in World Series and playoff competition...
...Wilbur Elston Detroit...
Died. Dorothy Andrews Kabis, 54, 33rd Treasurer of the U.S. and the first in the nation's history to change her name and the signature appearing on U.S. paper money; of a heart attack; in Sheffield, Mass. Dorothy Andrews Elston was appointed Treasurer by President Nixon after helping to raise more than $1,000,000 for the 1968 G.O.P. campaign. The fifth woman in succession to hold the post, Mrs. Elston married Wilmington, Del., School Principal Walter Kabis last year...
...Physicians attending a Manhattan seminar reported that lax personal hygiene, particularly in hospitals, has canceled many of the gains of modern medicine. According to Dr. Robert Elston of the American Public Health Association, many hospital staffers believe that antibiotics have made frequent hand washing unnecessary. But the A.P.H.A. reports that about 5% of all patients now incur infections during their hospital stays. Almost 40% of nurses, for example, were found to carry resistant strains of infection-producing bacteria. An unpublished study by the faculty of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons identified even worse offenders...
...time." Branch Rickey told the Brooklyn Dodgers before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, and of course the ball-players responded with warmth and affection to their new "colored brother." Or so say the sportswriters and owners. Bouton, on the other hand, tells of Elston Howard, the beloved Yankee catcher, who was forced to undergo humiliation after humiliation of the part of his teammates. Elston Howard believed what the owners told him, thought that he was not so much the victim of racism as he was the victim of his own personality. So Howard started Tomming, and immediately became...