Breedlove Wins Battle of Salt Flats Set Land Speed Record
Craig Breedlove, a 28 year old from Los Angeles, set the world land speed record at 600.601 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats while racing the Spirit of America. Art Arfons of Akron acknowledged a future bid, after announcing repairs would delay his next attempt. Breedlove’s two runs averaged 600 mph despite racing a rainstorm and noted bugs worked out of the car.
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Van Brocklin resigns as Vikings coach after loss to Colts
Vikings coach Norm Van Brocklin quits citing inability to win big games and takes blame for the 41 21 defeat by the Baltimore Colts. Walt Yowarsky and Jim Finks react with surprise as the club begins search for a successor to the 1961 era coach.
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Rickey’s Condition Unchanged Amid Critical Health
United Press International reports 83 year old Branch Rickey, famed for breaking baseball’s color barrier, remains unconscious and in critical condition after a heart attack suffered during his Missouri Sports Hall of Fame induction. He is at Boone County Hospital in Missouri, receiving oxygen but breathing without aid. doctors say his condition is stable but unchanged. Rickey’s career includes managing the Browns, Cardinals, and Dodgers, where he created the farm system and helped Jackie Robinson reach the majors.
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Michigan State Still No 1 Showdown Battle This Weekend
Michigan State remains No 1 with 19 first place votes as six of the top 10 teams clash this weekend. Notre Dame travels to face Arkansas while Texas Tech meets Arkansas and USC plays UCLA. Purdue vaults to No 10 pushing Kentucky to 18 with Florida rising from 13th.
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Deer season totals flood Bennington area with reports
Deer kills flood in towns across Bennington County as lists show dozens of hunters and matches from Pownal, North Bennington, Arlington, Manchester and Dorset. Multiple witnesses report weights from 3 to 170 pounds with numerous sp entries and special deputies logged.
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Walter Burdick
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Pittsfield
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Woodford
William Davis
Gerald Collins
Manchester
Howard Foster
James Lyon
Leroy Oldham
Peru
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Ralph Stewart
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David Caron
Dorset
Steve Boynton
Theodore Prouty
John Jozefiak
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John Crawford
Sunderland
Gerald Vanderkar
Hoosick Falls
Carl Hogel
George Hendee
Stephen Andrews
Claren Corey
Shaftsbury
John Lillington
Chris Carpenter
William van Orman
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Frank Saunders
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Paul Sandquist
Jerry Murphy
John J. Murphy
Henry Bishop
Pawlet
Alfred Buck
Williamstown
John Pierce
West Arlington
William Ziemba
West Rupert
Clark Harwood
James H. Cross
John Dragon
Leo Gauthier
Wilmington
Jack Snide
South Dorset
Bernadette Galvin
Weston
William Glose
Moretown
Leon Cross
James E. Welch
Gordon Gates
Wayne Romano
Paul Fairley
Edwin Colvin
James Sawyer
John Kittel
Frank Dragon
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William E. Bushee
Mary Hodeck
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Corwin Elwell
Leon D
Harold Beebe
East Dorset
Howard Towsley Jr
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Earl Towsley
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Wilfred McIntyre
Warren Mcintyre
Gary Brophy
Mildred Forrest
Berton Harrington
Ron Kep
Hart
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Harry C. Sheldon
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Mervyn Wells
Ida Hardy
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Raymond Bushee
Floyd
Rachel Mason
Halifax
Alfred Lamberton
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George Thomas
Joanne Blake
Edward Briggs
Clarence Hurley
Henrietta Langlais
Robert Pudvar
Paul Tifft
Mason Hill
Peter Krawczyk
John Falvey
Pownall
Robert Hall
Bruno Angeli
North Adams
Carl Franz
Manchester Hunter Bags 5-koot Coy Dog
A female coy dog shot near Beech Ridge in Manchester by Leo Charbonneau, who thought it a fox at first sight while deer hunting. The animal weighed about 40 pounds and Charbonneau planned to stuff the head and skin the body for a rug.
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Chargers Offense Leads AFL Title Chase in 1960s Era
San Diego’s high powered trio heads the league with Hadl as top passer 1909 yards 14 TDs Lowe leading rusher 850 yards at 5.1 per carry and Alworth the regular scorer with 60 points 10 TDs. Other top scorers include Kemp Dawson Gilchrist Daniels Gogolak Cappelletti Turner Travenio Kroner.
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Hunters Devour Game Supper at Arlington Club
The Arlington Fish and Game Club held its first game supper at the Green Mountain Restaurant on U.S. 7 drawing 62 hunters from near and far. Bear and venison topped the menu, coon was dropped last minute, and secretary Gilbert Wilcox says the event was a break even effort likely to continue next year. The club lists about 125 members.
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Bowling High Scores at Southern Vermont meet
Southern Vermont Bowling reports standout marks with High Single scores by E Gratz at 196 and M Harvey at 196 and D Hicks at ? Connell 187. High Triple totals list J Harvey 533 E Gratz 496 J Bow 495.
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