Every bowler's dream comes true for Robert Sweet
In Green Mountain League action at Bennington Lanes Robert Sweet of Cushman earns a 300 game. After a tense sixth frame and a tense eighth frame he finishes with a perfect score, gets hoisted on shoulders, and receives a $200 prize from Lucky Strikes and a diamond ring from the American Bowlers Association.
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Cushman
Hawks
Robert Sweet
Furnace Brook Road
Sweet
Bennington Lanes
Stevenson son bids $25,000 to buy Squaw Valley
John Fell Stevenson, Adlai Stevenson’s son, offered California 25 000 to purchase Squaw Valley site of the 1960 Winter Olympics. The bid was the only one received amid a state sale probe, with officials noting 18 year obligations and a month of study before a legislative decision. Miss Delilah Bear named Baylor spring holiday queen after a landslide vote win.
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Calif
UPI
Adlai Stevenson
State of California
Squaw Valley
John Fell Stevenson
San Francisco
California
America
Sierra Resort
Sierra Resort. State Parks and Recreation
William Penn Mott
Matt
Stevenson
U.S
United Nations
Adlai Stevenson III
D-Ill
Olympic Village
William A. Newson Jr
Newson
Queen Bear
Waco, Tex
Baylor University
Delilah Bear
Bear
Inflation reshapes sports contracts across major leagues
In a high inflation era sports owners face rising costs and stagnant TV revenue. Dan Rooney notes salaries jumped 700 percent from 1945 to 1960 and again since 1966 while income barely kept pace. Cowboys and baseball officials warn ticket prices must rise to sustain profits as TV sponsors shrink and new revenue lags. Football, baseball, basketball and hockey negotiate multi year TV deals with CBS NBC and ABC, with closing circuits unlikely for major events.
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NEW York
UPI
Dan Rooney
Pittsburgh Steelers
Dallas Cowboys
Rooney
Pittsburgh Pirate
Arthur Routzong
NFL
AFL
ABC
CBS
NBC
Kansas City
Los Angeles Dodgers
NBA
ABA
U.S
NHL
UVM Students Endorse Fee Amid Court Challenge
A University of Vermont poll shows a majority favor keeping the $21 annual student activities fee which funds the Student Association. Details will go to trustees on May 1. Three students had challenged the fee in Franklin County Court, and it remains mandatory for enrollment.
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Burlington
UPI
University of Vermont
UVM
Franklin County
Students wash 707 jetliner for fundraiser at St Peter's
St Peter's School in Boston staged a novel fundraiser washing an 707 jetliner. Eighty seventh and eighth-graders used airline supplied detergents and mops to polish most of the aircraft, earning BOAC $150 for the recreation fund. Only the tail section, 40 feet high, was left unclean after the airline's insurer barred climbing.
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UPI
St. Peter’s
BOAC
Rennewald Rolf
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