Dodgers Triumph Highlighted 1955 Sports Year
Dodgers captured the NL pennant on a historic margin and swept the Yankees in the World Series. Johnny Podres starred overcoming a disc issue to seal the title, while Nashua edged rivals like Swaps in major races. The season featured Fib Dodgers drama, Marciano’s 49 straight wins, Fleck’s Open upset over Hogan, and star performances across baseball, football, basketball, and tennis.
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Fanfare owner dies in home shooting by wife misidentifying prowler
The article notes a fatal shooting at a home where a wife killed her husband with a shotgun after mistaking him for a prowler. It details surrounding sports results and prominent athletes from baseball golf boxing and racing of the era, including Rocky Marciano and others.
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Willie Hartack
Rocky Marciano
Brockton
Mass
England
Don Cockell
San
Archie Moore
Yankee Stadium
al Weill
Tony DeMarco
Johnny Saxton
Carmen Basilio
Wallace
Bud) Smith
Jimmy Carter
Wilkinson, Tatum Clash Over Orange Bowl Secrets
Miami reporters protested after Coach Tatum barred daily practices while Oklahoma plans were kept secret. Wilkinson consented to allow some Miami and Oklahoma writers to attend, excluding Maryland press, amid fears of leaked plays influencing the Orange Bowl outcome.
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George Bowen
Miami
Fla
Jim Tatum
Oklahoma
Tatum
Maryland
Bud Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Miami Baseball Park
Ravens Meet Hamline In Midwest Tourney Clash
Anderson College travels to Terre Haute for a second round Midwest Collegiate Basketball Tournament game against Hamline University at 8:30 PM. The Ravens, led by Ken Lockhart and thin by tall front line, aim to upset the 5-4 Pipers after a 6-2 start and a run of strong road wins.
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Terre Haute
Hamline University
Ravens
Northwestern Louisiana State
Bob Macholtz
Ken Lockhart
Hamline
Covington, Ky
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Harry Dade
Jack Wilson
Bob Cunn
Gordon Moffitt
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Anderson
Pipers
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Findlay
Ohio
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Virginia
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Marines
Bud Grant
Northwestern University
Art Perry
Holy Cross
Joe Hutton
Dick Donlin
Winston Folkers
Folkers
Hutton
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Dick Peterson
Dave Scheemder
Jack Stromberg
Eau Claire
St. Thomas
St. John’s
New Mexico A. & M
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Kentucky
Macheltzmen
Taylor
HCC
Indiana State Teachers College
Les Wolf
Carl Wolf Clothing Co
Indiana Tech
Villa Madonna
Central State of Ohio
Franklin
Hanover
Earlham
Eastern Illinois
Mizell Sets New SO Mark For The Cuban Circuit
Havana Cuba Wilmer Mizell of the St Louis Cardinals struck out 10 batters to lead Havana to a 2 1 victory over Almendares in 11 innings. His 136 strikeouts for the season topped Dick Littlefield 134 set in 1952 53.
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Cuba
Wilmer Vinegar Bend
Mizell
St. Louis Cardinals
Almendares
Dick Littlefield
Japanese bettor wins 1176 to 1 motorboat race
A Japanese bettor won $294 on a 25 cent ticket at Tokyo P A motorboat races on a 1176 to 1 shot, the highest odds in the sport’s records. He declined to give his name and left after collecting.
Teague to sponsor bill to curb GI housing resale abuses
Rep. Clin. E. Teague says he will push legislation to stop abuses in resales of government insured GI homes. A VA mortgage survey found about 25 percent of 3.35 million GI mortgages left the original veteran, often leaving him liable if the new owner defaults.
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Washington
Llp
Clin. E. Teague
D-Tex
Teague
House Veterans Committee
Veterans Administration
Congress
Multiple Indiana court actions and a murder insanity hearing
Courthouse records list foreclosures and possession suits in several cases including Hartman Construction versus Shock Ken Johnson and Austin Mangas versus Davis. Federal damages claim against Hall appears with Busby Davisson Cooper Farr. Divorce case Cruson versus Cruson. State of Indiana case Neff on first degree murder with court appointed psychiatrists and insanity hearing set for 11 30 a m January 9.
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Robert Hartman
Hartman Construction Company
Howard Shock Et al
Ken
Johnson and Austin
George Mangas
John Davis
Wayne O. Wimmer
Indiana
William Robert Calhoun
Melvin Thornburg
Superior Court
City of Anderson
the Fidelity and Casualty Company of
New York
Sarah Hall
Busby
Davisson
State of Indiana
Robert L. Neff
Henry Gante
Benton Hensler
SEC Proposes Curb On Small Stock Issues
The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed tightening rules for penny-ante stock from new uranium ventures. Promoters of offerings under 300000 dollars would need certified financial statements in offering circulars, with comments due by February 17. The agency weighs further limits to curb fly-by-night operators in uranium and other sectors.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Cormission
SEC
Rockland Bus Driver Explains Long Break from Driving
Ali¢ Yates, 51, explains she has not driven between Rockland and Camden in three years. She says handling a bus is easier than driving a car and cites the difference as the reason for her long break.
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Rockland, Me
Ali¢ Yates
Rockland
Camden
Father of Five Dies in Train Crash Near Racine
Donald Holterman, 38, a father of five, was killed when his car collided with a southbound North Shore train at an unmarked crossing four miles north of Racine Wisconsin. He had been returning home from a foundry job near Racine. the lead car of the train was badly damaged but the locomotive continued to Racine under its own power.
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Racine
Wis
Donald Holterman
North Shore
Here
Holterman
Turkish Agents Seize Opium Ring Near Istanbul
U S and Turkish agents seized opium worth about half a million dollars bound for the United States in a raid on a narcotics ring centered in Kirkkale near Istanbul. This followed a November haul of four million dollars in morphine and opium.
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Rome
S UP
U.S
United States
Istanbul
Charles Siragusa
U.S. Bureau of Narcotics
Mediterranean
Kirkkale
Turkey
Patrolman Frees Skunk Trapped in Mayonnaise Jar
Westport Connecticut Patrolman Winfield Allen used a single shot from ten feet away to free a skunk whose head was trapped in a mayonnaise jar. There was no return fire and the animal was released unharmed.
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Westport, Conn
Winfield Allen
Allen
Second Oldest Santa Fe Settlement in New Mexico
The city of Santa Fe in New Mexico, settled in 1605, is considered the second oldest in the United States. It reflects a long colonial heritage and enduring cultural significance dating back to early Spanish settlement.
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New Mexico
U.S
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