Ali outlasts Wepner in 15th round TKO title fight
Muhammad Ali edged Chuck Wepner 15 rounds before a late 15th round knockout in Richfield. Ali kept Wepner on the ropes and battered him, earning $1.5 million to Wepner’s $100,000 as referee Tony Perez halted the bout with 19 seconds remaining. Wepner, battered and bloodied, kept fighting to the end. Norton stopped Quarry in a fifth round prelim.
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Princess Anne and Phillips Aim for Olympic Equestrian Berths
London reports Princess Anne and Capt Mark Phillips hope to join Britain’s equestrian team for the Montreal Olympics. In Sportsworld, Anne says she would not deny herself Olympic competition and discusses rivalry, training, security in sport, and politics in sport.
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Six teams set to play in new Bennington fast pitch league
Six teams intend to join the men s fast pitch league named the Bennington Fast Pitch Association with room for two more by Wednesday s deadline. President Bill Rudd announced adopted league rules and plans for two fields two nights weekly plus a two round plus single elimination format. The league will host the Vermont State Fast Pitch tournament in August with an invitational tourney also in the works.
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Bennington
Bill Rudd
Recreation Department
Steve Coyne
Bennington bowler totals 207 in Green Mountain League
Mrs. Pat Main of Middle Pownal Road Bennington nearly ties the local women’s high game at Bennington Lanes with six strikes then two spares and four more for a 207. She is married to James Main and has eight children. Her 3 game series stands at 622. Mrs Joy Wade holds the house record with 268.
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Pat Main
Pownal Road
Bennington
Bennington Lanes
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James Main
Waterfowl under threat as environmental impact filing looms
The U S Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife filed an environmental impact statement on waterfowl management amid suits by preservationists. If challenged, there could be no waterfowl seasons next year, reshaping hunting nationwide and prompting calls for open hearings, habitat protection, and mandatory duck stamps.
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United States
New Jersey
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Fund For Animals
Vermont
Joseph Artmann
Migratory Woodcock Program
Soil Conservation Service
Vermont Fish and Game Department
Champlain Valley
New York
Champlain
Richelieu
Canada
Ski conditions update for Vermont and New Hampshire
Vermont towns report varied slopes with many icy or bare spots across Bolton Valley Burke Killington and others while Mad River and Stowe show intermittent coverage. New Hampshire notes Attitash Bretton Woods Cannon and others with ice and bare patches, Waterville Valley and Loon also marked as sparse.
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Cranmore
King Ridge
Tyrol
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