Cinderella Horned Frogs Eye Cotton Bowl Bid
The Southwest Conference title picture narrows in a climactic week as Texas Christian, Baylor, Rice, and Texas vie for the Cotton Bowl berth. TCU leads 4-1 with SMU, Baylor, Rice and Texas in pursuit after a key win and tense penalties mar a rough pair of games.
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Arkansas Triumphs Over Tulsa Spurs Conference Record
Arkansas defeated Tulsa 24-7 to push the conference to 16 wins against seven losses on the season. Sophomore Lamar McHan threw three touchdowns and Pat Summerall added a field goal as SMU and Texas A&M kept idle while Texas prepares for the annual Texas A&M game at College Station. Loma Bonita, Mexico opens a new 10,000 ton per year pineapple cannery.
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Pete Perez Foe Named For Wednesday Battle At AAFB
Pete Perez from Borden's Manchus Club faces Robert Hancock of Sheppard Air Force Base on Wednesday at Amazsilio Air Force Base in an amateur bout. Perez, 1951 Texas Golden Gloves featherweight champ, was slated to fight Hancock Monday. Hancock will fight Wednesday, Perez won a previous decision over Ralph Frausto. Other card fights include T. J. McMahon vs Williams Jensen, Eugene Cooper vs Johnny Burton, Pete Huizar vs Candi Lopez, Connie Wilson vs Eddie James, with matches in Hangar 600 at AAFB and free admission.
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Amarillo
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Connie Wilson
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TV Set Makers Press to Lift NCAA Television Ban
The Radio Television Manufacturers Association urges NCAA policy change on televised college football. They call the current NCAA control a fallacy noting 1950 paid admissions for college football surpassed 1947 peaks and television has boosted the sport. Critics fear TV could hurt nearby attendance only for smaller schools.
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Solis First European On Plata River Banks
Spanish explorer Juan Diaz de Solis ventured south in 1516 seeking a passage between oceans and became the first European to reach the banks of the Plata River in South America.
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Bill Howton Makes UP All-Southwest Conference Team
Texas Christian backs the snapshot as Ray McKown of TCU and Arkansas’ players gain second and third string honors. Baylor dominates with three selections including two unanimous picks Larry Isbell and Bill Athey. SMU center Bill Hightower and Arkansas tackle Bob Griffin also earn top spots amid a broad list of conference players.
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T Stolhandske
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Magistrate rules wife is husband’s property in Malaya case
A Kuala Lumpur magistrate stated that a wife is her husband's property and must follow him, refusing to compel the husband to pay maintenance as the wife chose to live with the Iker family.
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Oil Deposits in Dutch New Guinea Found After $56 Million Effort
Oil deposits in Dutch New Guinea were discovered and developed only after work costing 56 million dollars. The project unfolded with substantial investment and late-stage exploration leading to exploitation.
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Wallick Cummings On Wrestling Card
Promoter Cory Detton added a second preliminary to Thursdays headliner Gorgeous George Dizzy Davis and promised another supporting event. A 20 minute special pits Bob Cummings of Seaside Oregon against Leo Wallick of Detroit, both noted for leg binds and piledrivers. Frankie Hill Murdock vs Dory Funk rounds out the semi main with expected fireworks. Dettori said one more match will be added. An African woman reported 10 sets of twins in Nairobi Kenya.
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Santa Clara Defeats Marquette 27 14 in First Half Rally
Santa Clara held on to beat Marquette University Sunny 27 to 14 after four first half touchdowns powered by quarterback Johnny Pasco passing. The game took place in Sacramento California on November 26.
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