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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1976
Page
10
Forrest Gregg of the Cleveland Browns is named 1976 NFL Coach of the Year by the Associated Press. He led a comeback from a 1-3 start and bone cancer to a 9-5 finish, sharing the honor with rivals and reflecting on Lombardi teachings.
Miami senior Chuck Goodyear minds academic goals as he eyes a MAC title With a 3.8 GPA from Walnut Ridge he chose Miami for education He praises coach Hedrick's policy of playing everyone and sees a Buenos Aires trip as key experience before a possible pro career or graduate studies in a math related field
Barry scored 37 points for the Golden State Warriors in a 124-106 win over the Chicago Bulls while Rick Walton injured his knee and sat out Portland's 127-107 defeat to Milwaukee. Denver beat Detroit 123-106 as Larry Brown and Herb Brown became the first rival brothers to coach against each other in NBA history. Cleveland topped Seattle 105-100, Indiana defeated New Orleans 104-97, and other West results included Pacers 104 Jazz 97 with Billy Knight and Danny Roundfield key for Indiana.
Harry Clifford Baujan, longtime UD football coach from 1923 to 1946 and later athletic director until 1964, died at age 83 in Dayton Ohio. He also coached basketball baseball and track and remained a department consultant after retirement. Originally from Beardstown Illinois he played pro football with the Massillon Tigers and Cleveland Indians. Funeral plans were incomplete.
National Hockey League results show Minnesota tied Montreal 5 all and Philadelphia beat Los Angeles 2 in Thursday action. Weekend and holiday schedules include Atlanta at New York Rangers and Buffalo at Pittsburgh with playoff implications. World Hockey Association and exhibition scores feature New England 6 Cincinnati 4 and Soviet Union 10 Houston 1 amid sparse late games.
George M Collins Meigs County Treasurer announces the 1976 real estate public utility and personal property tax rates. Taxes unpaid after collection incur a ten percent penalty. Payments accepted at the treasurer’s office or by mail with properties in taxed districts specified. Office hours 9 to 4 daily, Saturday noon. Tax books open December 20 1976 to January 20 1977.
Ohio college results from Ashland Oberlin and others show Ashland 66 64 over Denison in OT and Mount Union 70 over Hiram 72 in OT. Clarence matchups include Ohio University 93 Tulane 67 and Duke 87 Rice 77 in various tournaments across the country.
A sequence of postseason college football bowls listing games by date and venue. Matches include Kentucky vs North Carolina in the Peach Bowl at Atlanta and Nebraska vs Texas Tech in the Astro-Bluebonnet at Houston. Other games feature Maryland vs Houston and Ohio State vs Colorado among several senior and all star exhibitions.
Pro basketball scores include Cleveland 105 Seattle 100 and Indiana 104 New Orleans 97. Portland 107 Denver 123 and Golden State 124 Chicago 106. New York Nets in Buffalo and Cleveland at New York Knicks follow. In 1938 the San Francisco Seals outfield featured Smead Jolley 404 Roy Johnson 360 Earl Averill 354.
Four condemned men in Ohio received stays of execution as they appeal to the U S Supreme Court. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction announced reprieves after the Ohio Supreme Court upheld death penalties for two men and one woman, with others scheduled to die in January and February.
Logan Police arrest Ralph Edward Miller 20 Rockbridge for shoplifting a carton of cigarettes from Kroger. He is to appear in Mayor's Court. Separate reports cite a car window pry and an eight track tape deck theft at Bush's Restaurant parking lot.
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