Dodgers Sweep 1955 Headlines In A Banner Baseball Year
The Dodgers dominate the 1955 season with an early pennant, world series victory, and power from Roy Campanella and Duke Snider. Nashua and jockey Eddie Arcaro claim major horse racing glory while Rocky Marciano stacks 49 straight pro wins. Fleck tops Hogan in the U S Open and new stars rise in tennis and college sports.
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AP News
Brooklyn Dodgers
Dodgers
New York Yankees
Johnny Podres
Yankees
Nashau
Eddie Arcaro
Swaps
Rocky Marciano
Fleck
Hogan
Jack Fleck
Davenport
Towa
Ben Hogan
San Francisco
Tony Trabert
Cincinnati
Doris Hart
Coral Gables
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Oklahoma
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Ohio State
Howard Cassady
Texas Christian
Jim Swink
San Francisco Dons
Minneapolis Lakers
Syracuse Nationals
Fort Wayne
Nashua
Don Newcombe
Walter Alston
Newk
Alston
Fanfare tragedy and sports legends in a sweeping year
The report recalls a fanfare era ending with a husband fatally shooting his wife in their home. It highlights Willie Hartack’s 404 victory before a December suspension. It covers boxing stars Rocky Marciano stopping Don Cockell and Archie Moore, three new champions including DeMarco, Smith, and others, plus golf, tennis, auto racing deaths, and hockey’s Stanley Cup outcome.
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Rocky Marciano
Brockton
Mass
England
Don Cockell
San Francisco
Archie Moore
Yankee Stadium
al Weill
Tony DeMarco
Johnny Saxton
Carmen Basilio
Wallace
Bud) Smith
Jimmy Carter
Harvie Ward
U S
Australia
Pete Thomson
Joe Conrad
San Antonio
Tex
Trabert
U. S
Ravens Meet Hamline In Fast Paced Tourney Clash
Ravens cagers led by Ken Lockhart Darrel Dade and Jack Wilson face Hamline University in Terre Haute at 8 30 PM in the MidWest Collegiate Basketball Tournament second round. Hamline starts three 6 5 players as it seeks an upset after Hamline’s St. Paul entry reports.
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Terre Haute
Hamline University
Ravens
Northwestern Louisiana State
Bob Macholtz
Ken Lockhart
Hamline
Covington
Junior
Harry Dade
Jack Wilson
Bob Cal
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Anderson
Pipers
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University of New Mexico
New Mexico 4.&M
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Murray State ‘Teachers College
Findlay
Ohio
Kansas State Teachers College Ln
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Taylor University
Quantico Marines
Virginia
Northwestern Louisiana
Marines
Bud Grant
Northwestern University
Art Perry
Holy Cross
Joe Hutton
Dick Donlin
Winston Folkers
Folkers
Hutton
Airline
Bob Hannan
Dick Peterson
Dave Schoemder
Jack Stromberg
Lau Claire
St. Thomas
St. John’s
Les Wolf
Carl Wolf Clothing Co
Indiana Tech
Villa Madonna
Kentucky
Central State of
Taylor
Ulingis
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Wilkinson and Tatum Clash Over Orange Bowl Secrecy
Miami legends coach Bud Wilkinson and Maryland coach Jim Tatum clashed with Miami reporters amid secrecy surrounding Oklahoma game plans for the Orange Bowl. Wilkinson agreed to allow watches by writers from Oklahoma and Miami while excluding Maryland press, fearing leaks that could reveal a new play.
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George Bowen
Miami
Fla
Jim Tatum
Oklahoma
Tatum
Maryland
Bud Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Miami Baseball Park
Multiple court actions and a strange mix of reports
A roundup of court cases in Indiana includes foreclosures and possession suits in Wayne County. Other items note an insanity plea hearing in a murder case and a divorce action. Additional notices mention a patrolman freeing a trapped animal and various sports and quirky headlines from Havana to Tokyo.
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Robert Hartman
Hartman Construction Company
Howard Shock Et al
Ken
Johnson and Austin
George Mangas
John Davis
Wayne O. Wimmer
State of Indiana
William
Robert Calhoun
Melvin Thornburg
City of Anderson
The
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New York
Sarah Hall
Bill to Halt Abuses in GI Housing Set
Washington Rep. Olin Teague announces plans to sponsor next year a bill to curb abuses in resale of government insured GI mortgages. The committee will hold hearings after recess to address losses to veterans and consider transferring mortgage obligations to new owners or enabling new financing.
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Olin BE
Teague
D-Tex
House Veterans Committee
Mable
Veterans Administration
Congress
Eranbee
SEC proposes curb on small stock issues
The SEC proposed restricting penny stock offerings by new uranium firms. Promotions of up to 300 000 dollars would need independent audit certified financial statements included in stock circulars. Public comment closes February 17 as the agency sharpens a broader set of reforms. In Turkish drug raid reports, narcotics agents seized four million dollars of morphine and opium in Kirkkale, the second major seizure since November 25.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
ISEC
SEC
Charles Siragusa
Mediterranean
Nies
Oiger
Kirkkale
Turkish Agents Seize Opium Destined for United States
U S and Turkish agents seized opium valued at about half a million dollars in operations against a narcotics ring near Istanbul. The seizure was disclosed in Rome.
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Rome
U.S
United States
Istanbul
Father Of 5 Dies In Crash Near Racine
Donald Holterman 25 year old father of five was killed Tuesday when his car collided with a southbound North Shore train at an unmarked crossing four miles north of Racine Wisconsin. He was returning home from a foundry job. The lead car of the train was damaged but the train continued to Racine under its own power.
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Wis
Donald Holterman
North Shore
Here
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Raceine
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