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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1966
Page
1
Local newspaper page from Cedar Rapids Gazette dated Tuesday April 5, 1966. Reads like a brief collection of notices and short reports. Contains multiple unrelated items typical of a community paper.
Washington base runners combine for 19 hits to steamroll Central City 23 0 on the Warriors diamond. Dennis Caldwell wins with three innings pitched, allowing two hits while Dave Close throws three hitless innings. Darrell Lindsay and Caldwell lead at the plate with two hits each including doubles Boots belts two triples and Mike Seyfer adds a double and two hits.
Senior Dave Smith named athlete of the year at LaSalle third annual athletic banquet. Letters presented to all Lancer athletes. Most valuable players chosen by teammates include Paul Hostak Mike Randall Bill Gallagher. Forty five basketball letters with sixteen varsity awards. nineteen varsity wrestlers also letters. Lists of seniors managers juniors and other named participants follow.
Center Point announces a 12 game softball schedule for the season with coach Max Anderson guiding 20 players including Vicki Wyeth Freida Hunter Linda Wall and other teammates. Games run from April 5 at Garrison to May 19 at Troy Mills with locations and start times listed. A separate note promotes Gazette Want Ads for lost pets and valuables recovery.
Montreal AP report says Bobby Hull earned a 2000 dollar bonus for a record 1965-66 season with 54 goals and 97 points leading the NHL. He won 1000 for top scoring and 1000 for pacing both halves of the 70 game schedule, finishing 19 points ahead of Stan Mikita and Jean Beliveau who split second. Beliveau also earned 250 for second-half scoring, with 1000 more tied to second-place finishes in other races.
Prairie high school awarded 31 winter sport letters at an awards banquet. Eleven varsity basketball letters and 20 wrestling awards were presented to athletes and student managers.
Central Community high school baseball opens spring tryouts with 34 players led by eight returning lettermen from last year. Returning seniors Buckner Zapf Nesteby Shde and juniors Costigan Patrick Hjelmeng Glawe anchor a squad that includes seniors Orr Rehmke and sophomores Millard Cole Larson Stence Zapf Rugland Muel ler Neu mann Liche Stence Thomas etc. April 11 Waukon and schedule ties in with Upper Iowa conference games starting May 19 North.
Pearl Smith, 31, was announced to succeed William Caris as athletic director and head football coach at Fairfield High School, signaling a leadership change in the district's sports program.
Norway opened its spring campaign by defeating Amana 5 to 2 in five innings. Rick Ryan and Dick McVay teamed on a two hitter as Berger went 3 for 3 to pace the Norway offense. Amana started 000 02 and Norway tallied 202 in their half. Trimpe and Butz handled Amana's pitching with Meyer also in on the action for Norway.
Milton Berle appears as a guest on the Color Special Jack Jones On The Move at 9:00 PM Tuesday on Channel 9. The program features Berle among other guests in a prime time telecast.
Jefferson sophomore Doug Lane set multiple indoor state records with 57 feet 9 inches and near 61 feet in the shot put while his rival Jon Meskimen pushed him. The Gazette highlights Lane and other Jeff and Wash athletes including Bevill and Kohl for recent wins and honors across track and baseball.
A four bout pro wrestling program airs at 8 30 p m Saturday April 9 at Memorial Coliseum. Main event Sonny Myers vs Bob Brown of Winnipeg in a Texas death match with no time limit no disqualifications and only the strangle hold and low blow excluded. Semifinal pairs Viking and Bulldog Lee Henning against The Stomper and Ronnie Reed of Baltimore. Don Carson of Tulsa meets Jerry Kozak in the special event. Reed faces Henning in the opener.
Center Point defeated Monticello Sacred Heart 21 to 0 in a four and a half inning season opener. Larry Miller pitched a no hitter and Bob Hopker went 4 for 4 as Center Point built a big early lead.
Former heavyweight champion Sonny Liston discusses his charity work for disabled children in an interview with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. He laments media focus on negatives and explains his motive to aid youngsters, hoping for recognition of good deeds yet rejecting sympathy. He recalls a Denver boy’s hug and criticizes government aid gaps.
Cedar Rapids will host two AAU swimming events this summer as part of 17 meets statewide. The schedule lists the AAU swimming and diving meet in Cedar Rapids for July 23-24 and the regional AAU meet August 13-14, with other meets in Davenport Des Moines Clinton Nevada and Cedar Falls across May to August.
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