Handicapped Skiers Find Haystack School a Haven
Bruce Gavett leads a Handicapped Ski School at Haystack Mountain to teach disabled students, starting from Tammy Marcinuk an 18 year old deaf skier who won two gold medals at the Sixth International Winter Games for the Deaf. The program now includes a blind skier and amputee students with specialized instruction and equipment.
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Bruce Gavett
Dowhill
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Tammy Marcinuk
Fitchburg
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Germany
Tammy
Bill Palumbo
Bruce
Jack Coffey
Black Mountain
New Hampshire
Mount Wachusett
Westminster
Killington
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Chris Peeples
Brattleboro
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Chris
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Vergennes Captures Southern Class I Basketball Crown
Vergennes Commodores defeat Woodstock Wasps 86 to 67 to clinch the Southern Class I title and secure a state finals matchup with Bradford. Gene LaBeau led with 23 points, Howard Smith 19, Skip Briggs 14. Woodstock’s Burt Gault tallied 29. Vergennes outscored 30 to 8 in the final period to seal the win. Bradford beat Marian of Barre 65-56 to set finals, while other Class I results included Johnson over Danville and Class S Brighton over St Michael's.
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Vermont
Bob Dailey
Woodstock Wasps
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Barry Aldinger
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Gene LaBeau
Howard Smith
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Ryan LeBeau
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Estey
Oldenburg
Gault
Barrup
Roy Watters
Douglas Fleming
76ers Grab Second Successive Crown
The 76ers beat the Celtics 115-113 in overtime at Boston Garden to take the Eastern Division title for a second straight year. Hal Greer scored 37 points including a 30-foot overtime winner with two seconds left, while Wilt Chamberlain added 25 rebounds. The win set an NBA season record with 63 victories, and Philadelphia extended its lead to eight games with seven left. The Celtics, tired after a seven games in eight nights stretch, face the winner of Cincinnati or New York in the playoffs starting March 21.
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Bill Cunningham
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Cincinnati
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Bowling Thyme In Vermont Leagues And Big ABC Tourney
Coverage of the Southern Vermont League standings with Bellemare's and The Villager tied at 5812 points and Tri Mont Texaco in third led by John Billett and Bob Sweet. Notes on the 64th Annual ABC Tournament in Miami Beach with 17 000 entrants, 3454 teams, 360 419 prize fund, and one in 396 000 odds for a 300 game, plus upcoming events in Rutland and local junior and girls leagues.
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Rusty) Dunham
Steve LeBarron
Diane Niles
Ralph Stewart
Bob Appel
Mort Cross
Bob
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Don Bourn
Dave Mallory
Globe Union
Whitman’s
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Prince’s
Local Skiers Place Second at Duluth Nordic Relay
The Eastern Nordic Ski squad featuring Mt. Anthony Union High School pair Miss Jane Wolf and Miss Joan Mollica placed second in the five kilometer cross country relay at the National Junior Nordic championships in Duluth Minnesota. Wolf finished sixth overall with 22 28 Mollica clocked 23 05 though exact placing was unavailable at press time. Alaska led the event with a strong relay team.
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Joan Mollica
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Duluth
Minnesota
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Mollica
Prospect Mountain
Alaska
Winston-Salem Ace Leads Hoop Scoring in All-America Team
Winston-Salem College star Monroe, a 6-3 senior from Philadelphia, tops the 1967 UPID small college All-America scoring with 42.7 points per game and 1,153 season points in 27 games. He joins first-team picks Frazier of Southern Illinois, Smith of Kentucky Wesleyan, Booker of Cheyney State, and Jackson of North Dakota on the national honor list.
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Earl] Monroe
Winston-Salem College
United Press International
Philadelphia
Walt Frazier
Southern Illinois
Sam Smith
Kentucky Wesleyan
Harold Booker
Cheyney State
Phil Jackson
North Dakota
Booker
Jackson
Monroe
Frazier
Don Carlos
Otterbein
American International
Frank Stronzeck
Elbert Miller
Nevada Southern
Jerry Newsom
Indiana State
al Tucker
Oklahoma Baptist
Newsom
Maribert Pradd
Dillard University
American Basketball Association
John Dickson
Arkansas State
Charles
Butch), Wade
Bill Turner
Akron
Mel Cox
Central
Wash
Clarence
Bevo) Francis
Rio Grande
Pro Grid Leagues Ban Red Shirting
NEW YORK NFL and AFL adopt a common draft beginning next Tuesday at the Gotham Hotel in New York. Twenty five teams will select 445 players over 17 rounds based on combined 1966 records. draft time per team trimmed to 15 minutes. Giants trade first pick to Minnesota for Fran Tarkenton amid merger moves.
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Gary Cuozzo
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