Last Year's Rookie Scoring Better Now
A sports brief notes that last year's rookie scorer is performing better this season with improved numbers and impact. The short item highlights current form and potential for continued scoring contributions.
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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1967
Page
8
A sports brief notes that last year's rookie scorer is performing better this season with improved numbers and impact. The short item highlights current form and potential for continued scoring contributions.
Detroit’s Dave Bing, last season’s Rookie of the Year, scored 43 points and matched a team record with 20 in the third as the Pistons beat the New York Knicks 129-117 in Detroit. Willis Reed was out for New York with an ankle injury.
Chicago trailed most of the game but rallied in the final 90 seconds to beat San Francisco. Clem Askins gave the Bulls the lead with 1:30 remaining, then McCoy McLemore added two free throws and Jerry Sloan sealed the win with a basket and two free throws. Sloan led Chicago with 35 points while Fred Hetzel topped the Warriors with 26.
In Durham Rev. James Groppi and Richard Hatcher address UNH on church teachings and open housing protests. Dartmouth College in Hanover secures a 1.5 million Sloan Foundation grant to advance Thayer School of Engineering. Maine potential moss industry mechanization could generate 15 million annually with legislative leasing. Jackman reports first local doctor and newborn since hospital closure. Rockport endures a four hour ghost town episode.
A Ugandan street display near Entebbe Road showcases Augustine Kalyamagwe's eclectic doll and craft collection. The semi circular pop art setup includes foil figures and carved pieces amid banana plants, inviting travelers to view and negotiate prices with Swahili or Luganda cues.
A vintage recipe feature covers a brandy fruitcake with golden raisins pecans and candied fruits plus two bake methods. It also includes Quebec pork pie and Christmas Eve supper ideas with pork, beef and potato components. Short notes report a penny theft in Houston and a Utah county dance ordinance enforcing retro dance bans.
The man wears a long whitish robe and shower shoes. He carves with a sharpened metal wedge and a rusted machete, demonstrating his craft on unfinished pieces since 1964. His collection, set up in 1962 to mark independence, draws limited attention but earns him patrons who become his friends.
Washington AP reports Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine marks her 70th birthday with no planned celebration. Asked about honors she says no, and she gestures to dismiss the topic while noting her political rise from the House in 1940 after her husband Clyde H. Smith died to four Senate terms.
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