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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1973
Page
12
In Bloomington Minnesota the Vikings announce a trade sending Lonnie Warwick and Bob Lee to Atlanta in exchange for Bob Berry and a first round pick next winter.
Berni Stevenson, North Hollywood native, wins the 23rd Angel Derby after a day delay. She led 17 fliers on a route from Monterrey Mexico through Texas Arkansas Illinois and Tennessee to Wings and Wheels Airport Santee earning 3000 of 7000 prize and a trophy to be awarded at a banquet. Other winners include Marion Jayne and Patricia Ann Jayne 2000 Caroline Luhta 1000 Gina Richardson 500 Jan Gammell Helen Pustmueller 300 and Helen Wilke Kathy Long 200.
Tom Weiskopf rose from 29th to eighth on the PGA Tour money list after winning the Colonial National Invitation for $30 000. Bruce Crampton's double bogey on the final hole dropped him from solo lead as Weiskopf earned $64 722 year to date. Crampton leads Nicklaus by $21 487 for the year.
Stan Musial was elected as the inaugural member of the National Polish American Sports Hall of Fame by a 21 man panel and will be installed June 15 at Dombrowski Field House in Orchard Lake Michigan. Musial played outfield and first base for the St Louis Cardinals and set nearly 100 major league records in his 22 year National League career.
Kevin Eugene Cuneo a Erie Times youth sports writer won the Thoroughbred Racing Association Grant Rice scholarship. The $13 500 four year award funds college study at Vanderbilt and includes summer employment for the most promising high school writer entering college.
Dallas Cowboys select Ken Locker of North Texas State University as assistant trainer. Locker, 21, is certified by the National Athletic Trainers Association and licensed by Texas. He has worked in the North Texas athletic department since 1969 and served as interim head trainer.
George Foreman boxed six rounds in two exhibition bouts at Memorial Auditorium with Eddie Jones Lonnie Bennett and Terry Hinke as opponents. Only promoter Roy Gill took a beating as 1 018 fans attended the show yielding a $5 509 gate. Foreman displayed agility and soft punching while the sparring partners wore masked gear.
The Bureau of Outdoor Recreation announced five grants worth 166 885 50 dollars to South Carolina. Oconee County Parks Commission gets 19 150 for Chau Ram Park Westminster to develop a camping site. Sumter receives 78 118 50 for Wise Drive Park. Spartanburg Historic Preservation Commission gets 41 855 for Spartanburg County Arboretum. Georgetown gets 26 762 for Georgetown Park.
Ron Fairly slugged a solo homer in the 10th off Nelson Briles to give the Montreal Expos a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. It was one of Fairly's memorable clashes with Pittsburgh, who dropped to six straight losses. Other NL results included Philadelphia over St Louis 10-5 and Atlanta 7-1 over Houston. In AL action Texas split a doubleheader with Minnesota, Detroit topped the Yankees 8-0, and Boston edged Baltimore 1-0 in 11 innings.
Fort Lauderdale promoter George Liddy offered 30000 for a Riggs versus Chris Evert match on September 22 in Fort Lauderdale. Riggs suggested a clash with the 18 year old star, who has dominated the US women’s tour on Florida clay, while noting interest in future challenges from Billie Jean King.
NASA postponed the Skylab 1 launch to Sunday due to a power shortage after the 85 ton laboratory reached a 272 mile orbit aboard a Saturn 5. Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz face a curtailed 28 day stay while engineers seek salvage options. Skylab 2 and 3 flights may still occur later in the year if conditions improve.
A damaged aluminum shield ripped from a Saturn 5 during a 40,000 foot flight knocked two 30 foot solar panels offline. Confronted with a power shortfall NASA plans a curtailed Skylab 1 mission using Apollo fuel cells and power transfer from the command ship as engineers reassess. Astronauts Conrad Weitz and Kerwin face limited experiments and possible launch delay beyond Sunday if a new plan isn’t ready.
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