Clark Hill Attendance Grows Despite Low Water Levels
Attendance at Clark Hill, the large Georgia South Carolina lake, rose to 4.65 million in 1970 up 925,000 from 1969. Low water reduced electricity output to 497.5 million kWh and limited boat launches, while officials tightened pollution controls under the Refuse Act of 1899 and planned an underground electrical installation for Hamilton Branch Park campsite with about 80 outlets.
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Clark Hill
Georgia
South Carolina
Savannah River District
U.S
Hamilton Branch
Ta Wee Named Horse of Three Centuries in 1970 Polls
Red Smith notes 1970 racing polls show Fort Marcy as top dirt horse, Ta Wee as outstanding weight carrier and candidate for Horse of the Year. He highlights Ta Wee’s record weights, 131 to 142 pounds, and compares her to Pan Zareta as a historic great. The piece blends fan opinions from TRA Triangle Publications Turf and Sport Digest and Newsweek.
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Betty Friedan
Thoroughbred Racing Association
Triangle Publications
Turf and Sport Digest
Newsweek
Little Ta Wee
TRA
Daily Racing Form
Morning Telegraph
Fort Marcy
Sport Digest
Pete Axthelm
Pooh
Mike Casale
Dave Alexander
Thoroughbred Record
New York Time
James Pilkington Roach
Red Smith
Pan Zareta
Ta Wee
Juarez
Mexico
Tarzan Stable
Belmont
Tommy Trotter
New York
Conjugate Takes Politely Stakes on Sloppy Laurel Track
In Laurel Maryland Conjugate defeated Swinging Lizzie by eight lengths to win the Politely Stakes on a muddy track. Royal J. D. captured the Allegheny Stakes at Liberty Bell by seven lengths over Sense in Fear. Linky upset I'm Your Boy and Master Steve at Tropical Park. Rehitch led most of the Lincoln Handicap at Lincoln Downs by a length and a quarter over Crimson Victory.
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Swinging Lizzie
Philadelphia
Royal J. D
Liberty Bell
Miami
Linky
M Your Boy
Master Steve
Tropical Park
Lincoln
R. I. — Rehitch
Crimson Victory
Lincoln Downs
UCLA Still Runaway Leader Tops Coaches Poll
UCLA remains the nationwide basketball leader with 526 points and 25 first place votes as South Carolina and Marquette trail. Penn rises to fifth after routing Princeton 70-62 behind Dave Wohl's 20 points, while Western Kentucky’s Big Jim MacDaniels scores a career-high 49 in a 95-82 win over Tennessee Tech.
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Associated Press
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Marquette
Bruins
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Western Kentucky
Princeton
Quakers
Dave Wohl
Jim MacDaniels
Tennessee Tech
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Howard Stacey
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Drake
Fordham
Purdue
North Carolina
Basketball Standings and Schedule Show Midwest and West Divisions
The basketball standings feature the Midwest Division led by Milwaukee at 31 7 with Detroit Chicago and Phoenix trailing. West and Pacific divisions show teams like Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco Seattle Portland with results from Monday to Wednesday games and upcoming matchups including Seattle at Boston and Portland at Cincinnati.
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NBA and ABA Tangle as Haywood Debut Shifts Headlines
NBA actions mix with courtrooms and hospitals as Spencer Haywood’s Seattle signing triggers a legal fight. Willis Reed leaves hospital amid flu aftermath. Jack Dolph and Alex Hannum hospitalized. Jerry West sidelined. Siegfried interim coach. Seattle faces injunction hearings set for January 8 over Haywood deal.
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Jack Dolph
Alex Hannum
NBA
San Diego Rockets
Reed
Dolph
Riverside
Conn
Greenwich
Hannum
San Diego
Larry Siegfried
Los Angeles Lakers
Jerry West
Seattle
Haywood
SuperSonics
Denver Rockets
ABA
Alcindor Era Looms Over NBA Season Race
The article notes Lew Alcindor leading Milwaukee in the Midwest Division as Oscar Robertson boosts the Bucks. It cites New York Knicks atop the Atlantic, three expansion teams at the bottom, Baltimore in the Central, and a Lakers West with Baylor hampered by knees. It hints the “Alcindor era” may define the future as Lakers contend with age and injuries.
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Milwaukee Bucks
University of California, Los Angeles
Cazzie Russell
Portland
Buffalo
Cleveland
UCLA
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Baltimore
Atlanta
Lakers
San Francisco
San Diego
Seattle
Wilt Chamberlain
Jerry West
Elgin Baylor
Gail Goodrich
Baylor
Milwaukee
NBA
UCLA Still Seeks New Football Coach After Prothro Exit
UCLA continues its search for a football coach after Tommy Prothro leaves for the Los Angeles Rams. Harvard and Dartmouth each announce new head coaches, with Harvard naming Joe Restic who led the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Canada for three years. Restic succeeds John Yovisin who retired for health reasons.
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UCLA
Tommy Prothro
Harvard
Dartmouth
Prothro
Los Angeles Rams
Joe Restic
Hamilton Tiger Cats
Restic
John Yovisin
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