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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 01, 1977

Page

13

Andy Bean Tops Greensboro Open First Round

Andy Bean grabbed the first round lead at the Greater Greensboro Open after firing a five under par 67. His win marked his first pro victory and reshaped his outlook on the tour with plans to let his caddy handle the ball.

Greensboro N.C Andy Bean Bean Japan George Burns Danny Edwards Forest Oaks Country Club Bill Mallon Hale Irwin Butch Baird Larry Nelson al Geiberger Canary Islands Gary Player

Jefferson High coach Colin Williams resigns after four years

Colin Williams announced his resignation as Jefferson high school basketball coach at the end of the school year. He will remain as language arts instructor and golf coach at Jefferson, where his teams posted a 33-44 record during four seasons and produced former star Dean Athoff.

Jefferson Colin Williams Williams Jhawk J-Hawk Jeff J-Hawks Marshalltown

High jumper Randy Overturf edges Mike Edwards for title

In the Mississippi Valley Conference indoor meet in Iowa City Randy Overturf of Joy Cedar Rapids Jefferson edged Washington's Mike Edwards for the high jump title. Washington won the league team championship.

Cedar Rapids Jefferson Randy Overturf Iowa City Washington Mike Edwards Wash Randy C.R Randy Shaver Ed Kotaska Kotaska Apache Park J-Hawks

Wash Wins Valley Track in Iow a City Meet

Washington upset Clinton to win the Mississippi Valley Conference indoor track title in Iowa City at Recreation Building. Pete Riley set the mile record at 4 23.8 as Varrick Wilson Vernon Brown and a rookie mile relay team powered the Warriors to the title amid tragedy from a fatal Clinton car crash hours earlier.

Iowa City Cedar Rapids Washington Pete Riley Varrick Wilson Vernon Brown Clinton Iowa Warriors Kennedy C.R. Jefferson University John Raffensberger Bill Calloway Mike Schall Bob Tolson Pete la Fena Holsclaw Wash Calloway Riley Brown Wilson Jefferson Dave Facion Mark Williams Uni-Dome Dickinson Cedar Falls Dave Varrick Tom Novak Moline Roger Carlson Iowa Recreation Novak

Cincinnati Firemen Start Regular Salaries in 1853

On this date in 1853 Cincinnati Ohio began paying the fire department a regular salary. Ordinary firemen drew sixty dollars a year.

Cincinnati Ohio

King named Iowa's Most Valuable Player at banquet

Iowa senior Bruce Sky King 6-8 from Dayton Ohio led the Hawkeyes to an 18-9 season averaging 21 points and 12.9 rebounds earning MVP honors at the University of Iowa banquet. He will play in Las Vegas Pizza Hut Classic April 5 and was a second team All-Big Ten pick by AP and UP. King finished with 1361 points and 856 rebounds, ranking second in Iowa history. Murray Wier attended as a special guest and joked he never passed off.

Iowa City Bruce Sky King Dayton Ohio Iowa Highlander University of Iowa Johnson County Club Las Vegas Associated Press United Press International Hawks Lute Olson Clay Hargrave Cal Wulfsberg Terry Drake Ronnie Lester van Phelps Dick Peth Phelps Hairston Wulfsberg Murray Wier Waterloo East Wier

Heelan Names Coach Karpuck To Succeed Triplett

Phillip Karpuck, a 1966 Heelan graduate and current defensive coordinator, has been named football coach succeeding Dave Triplett who left to join the Iowa State staff.

Sioux City Phillip Karpuck Dave Triplett Heelan High School Karpuck Heelan Triplett Iowa State

ABC to broadcast final Open round live from New York

ABC will televise the final 18 holes of the 77th U S Open from New York on June 19, offering seven and a half hours of coverage. The network announced the plan on Thursday.

New York ABC

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