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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1956

Page

9

Dixie Classic Opens With Eight Teams In Holiday Tourney

Eight teams prepare for the Dixie Classic at Raleigh's Reynolds Coliseum with top 20 contenders Utah Duke West Virginia NC State and UNC facing first round pairings. Utah meets North Carolina in the opener while West Virginia clashes with Duke in a marquee showdown. First round actions set for Thursday afternoon and evening.

Raleigh N.C Utah North Carolina Reynolds Coliseum Frank McGuire Everett Case North Carolina State West Virginia Duke Blue Devils Wake Forest DePaul Iowa

Thoroughbred race results and entries headline

Race results list from a Tropical Entries event with multiple claiming and allowance races. Key horses include Seafolds and others in the 2400 and 2200 meter ranges, with winners and times noted alongside jockeys and odds. Also features next-race entries and morning lines from UNITED PRESS.

Rags Betieve It or Not In Unlikely Fortresses

A clipped fragment cites Rev. Charles Badham 1913 memory prowess as encyclopedic in Greek poetry and classical works. The text mentions his feat of recalling the Iliad and Odyssey and works of Hesiod and others, highlighting exceptional scholastic memory.

Charles Badham Hes

FairGround Selections at Durant with multiple 6 furlong races

Entries list for FairGrounds at Durant Oklahoma featuring 6 furlong events for 2 year olds through 3 year olds. Notable names include Signal, Loapower, Gal, Nuclear, and more with various weights and allowances. Post positions and listed horses appear across Eighth and Seventh races with price allowances and comers.

Aeates Bejtonane Seoich High Lama Chnotty Paul Tiger Peanor Baroabba Little Raiders Sartednims Steven Alby Bomend Stantana E. B. Shipp Aneseeem Nance Land Lash Neastoral Twinkle Star Bruce HS Elzot Princely Realférm Mavis Fe Ke Poly Justa Ray Nearala Nevada John Bo Verity LA A Urecon Knotty Paul Bakers Wood Sly Peatloasshot Hill Pripcece Anniawell Jomali Bex Partav Setbst Karan Tallon Auriess Annes Forrest Munds Eugledrums Steven Igf Mack Klaine Tiny Harp Cryvatal Magic Raintree Doctor Wee Leila Jean Breeve Hasty Girl Nhs

UCONN Opposes Miami Tonight In Orange Bowl Tourney

Western Kentucky and Seton Hall share top billing as co favorites in the Orange Bowl basketball tournament opening in Miami Beach. Western Kentucky meets LaSalle at 4 p.m. while Seton Hall faces Pittsburgh to start the doubleheader.

Miami Beach Fra Western Kentucky Associated Press Seton Hall Kentuckians San Francisco LaSalle Bradley Iagara North Carolina State Pitt Westminster Northwestern Carnegie Tech Duquesne Dick Gaines Valparaiso Stanford Miami Fsa Connecticut Rice Tennessee University of Miami Hurricanes Texas Aggies Houston West Virginia Miami

Arnett to Receive Pop Warner Award

Jon Arnett of Southern California won the Glenn Pop Warner Memorial award as the West Coast’s top senior college football player for 1956. Chosen by 400 sports writers broadcasters and coaches he edged John Witte of Oregon State for the honor.

Palo Alto Calif Jon Arnett Southern California Glenn Russ Pomeroy Stanford Ollie Matson University of San Francisco Jim Sears Bob Garrett George Shaw Oregon Bob Davenport UCLA

Theater Time Table for LOEW POLI MAJESTIC WARNER MERRITT BEVERLY HI WAY

Movie listings include Four Girls in Town and Gun the Man Down at LOEW POLI with multiple showings. Majestic and Hollywood or Bust featureings plus Secrets of the Reef. Beverly forest Sherwood Forest Disneyland U S A Westward Ho and related times across venues.

Loew’s Poli Warner Hollywood Merritt Hollywood Or Bust Beverly Sherwood Forest Disneyland U.S.A Westward Ho

Four Girls in Town at Loew's Poll and Hollywood or Bust at Warner

Technicolor and CinemaScope double feature showcases Four Girls in Town with George Nader Julie Adams Marianne Cook Elsa Martinelli and Gia Scala. The film follows four finalists in a world talent hunt as their personal stories unfold amid romance and career dreams. The second film Hollywood or Bust stars Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis with Anita Ekberg in a scenic prologue and a cross country tale featuring a car giveaway and comic capers.

Tiversal International Loew's Poll George Nader Julie Adams Marianne Cook Elsa Martinelli Gia Scala Hollywood Tate Usi Nader Miss Adams Martin Lewis Warner Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Hal Wallis Merritt Pat Crowley Maxie Rosenbloom Paramount Picture Anita Ekberg Miss Ekberg Mn Rainbow Lewis Anita Martin Maxie Great Dane

The King and Four Queens at Majestic in Cinema Scope

Clark Gable stars in a western filmed in De Luxe Color. He arrives at the mother in law ranch to uncover which husband is alive amid a loot hunt as four widows await, with Eleanor Parker Jean Wiltes Barbara Nichols Sara Shane and Jo Van Fleet in support.

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