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GIRLS' STATE TRACK AND FIELD UPDATES

Day in history for June 13, 2003

1853 -- 150 years ago: An excellent boat has been added to the Upper Mississippi trade. She is commanded by an excellent captain. She passed up last Saturday with a large crowd of passengers on board. It is the Grand Prairie.
1878 -- 125 years ago: L.E. Rice and family arrived from Lyndon to become residents of Rock Island. Mr. Rice is the new proprietor of the Commercial Hotel.
1903 -- 100 years ago: President G.A. Andreen of Augustana College went to Paxton, Ill., to attend a conference of the Augustana synod.
1928 -- 75 years ago: The new airplane motor of the Velie Motors Corp., Moline, was approved by the United States Department of Commerce for commercial flying.
1953 -- 50 years ago: Jack Fleck, Davenport professional, turned in a third round score of 77 in the National Open golf tournament to give him a total of 229. His card to date: 76-76-77.
1978 -- 25 years ago: They called him ``The Rockford Rocket'' and ``Bullet Bill'' in his racing days. He cut a fine figure astride his 1937 Indian motorcycle, and he wrapped up national championships from coast to coast. The racing days are over now for Bill Tuman of rural Colona, but he'll get a chance to relive some of that glory later this month when he and seven others are inducted into the American Motorcycle Association's Hall of Fame in Columbus, Ohio. The award comes 22 years after Tuman quit racing motorcycles professionally.

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1863 -- 150 years ago: A large variety of children's wagons and gigs have arrived in thecity and are being sold at war prices.
1888 -- 125 years ago: All Rock Island retail houses, with the exception of a clothingstore and a jewelry store, have agreed to early closing hours during the summer months.The store will be closed at 8 p.m.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Baseball enthusiasts in Rock Island are attempting to raise$20,000 to keep the Island City Park open, despite the fact that the city has no franchise inorganized baseball this year.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The organization of a third rural young people's unit will beundertaken tomorrow night at the Milan Presbyterian Church, with Mrs. Mildred K.Wellman, home advisor, and Robert Smith, county farm adviser in charge.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere & Co. will begin a "big switch" on its telephone systemMonday morning. The extension numbers of all 1,600 telephones on the firm's EastMoline and Moline exchanges will be changed Monday morning.
1988 -- 25 years ago: East Moline's June Jamboree VI -- Nostalgia Days, will seemlike a '60s revival with the appearance of stars like Bobby Vee, Freddie Cannon, PeterNoone, Turtles, The Grass Roots and Lou Christie. This year's festival has beenexpanded to five days, June 22-26, at the Northeast Park complex.

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