Word: portlanders
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Dick Joyce's best friends are big-league baseball scouts. They send Christmas cards and frequent, familiar letters. They take his family to dinner. They rarely miss a chance to watch him play ball: 15 were in the stands when the strapping (6 ft. 5 in., 210 Ibs.) Portland, Me., fastballer pitched Cheverus Classical High School to a 2-1 victory over Portland High earlier this year. Like fond relations, they were on hand with gifts for Dick's graduation last June. The Boston Red Sox presented him with a $100,000 bonus offer ($50,000 down...
...Still ageless and agile at 60, give or take ten years. Leroy ("Satchel") Paige returned to organized baseball after a three-year absence spent barnstorming in the Negro leagues. In his debut as a pitcher for the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League. Satch showed that there was still plenty of spring left in his ancient arm; in four innings, he allowed the Seattle Rainiers three scratch hits, gave up two unearned runs. ¶Before 30,000 Bulgarian fans packed into Sofia's Vasil Levski stadium, Russia's Valery Brumel. 19, bettered his own world record...
Sports Spectacular (CBS, 7:30-8:30 p.m.).-Climaxing a nine-day tournament at Normandale Stadium, Portland, Ore.: the women's softball world series...
...Today the family room has become a barroom and a living vaudeville performance headlining Mother in an irresponsible way of life," cried WCTU President Mrs. Fred J. Tooze of Portland. Ore. "From the White House to the home, it has become almost a social obligation to serve alcoholic beverages in this country...
...gaining a monopoly in Portland, Sam Newhouse has eased another name from a dwindling list of cities with daily newspaper competition. New score: 60 competitive cities, 1,401 noncompetitive...