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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1969

Page

14

Vikings Rally Past 49ers On Snowy Day Attracts Balloon Incident

Minnesota remained undefeated at 12 straight with a late scoring drive led by Gen Washington and Joe Kapp as Earsell Mackbee and a stout defense limited San Francisco. A 25 foot hot air balloon broke loose during halftime, carrying an 11 year old from the gondola before the crowd, then returned to focus on the Vikings win in single digit temperatures.

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Lew Outduels Hayes In Bucks 118 105 Victory

Lew Alcindor led the Milwaukee Bucks to an 118 105 win over San Diego as Elgin Baylor and Hayes produced notable mismatches. Alcindor scored 32 points and the Bucks extended their win streak to three games while Hayes contributed strong rebounding. Lakers beat Seattle 131 127 and other NY NBA results featured Cincinnati over Phoenix in double OT and Philadelphia over Chicago 126 121.

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Murphy and Melnyk Pro-Am Victors In Florida

Former amateur champions Bob Murphy and Steve Melnyk won the Pro-Am in Port St. Lucie, finishing two strokes ahead with a 198 total. Second place went to Larry Geglee and Sid Salomon, while Tim Colbert and Ron Schiedemann were close behind. In the NBA notes, Cincinnati beat Phoenix in double overtime as Oscar Robertson and Henry Gilliam led with 47 points each, and Philadelphia topped Chicago as Billy Cunningham scored 32 with late free throws by George Wilson adding 23.

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Yancey’s 65 Wins Grafico El Masters Golf Title

Yancey of Tallahassee Florida shot a five under par 65 to win the 72 hole El Grafico Masters at Olives Golf Club in Augusta. Orland Tudtino second with 771 total after a three under par 71 final round. George Archer tied for third at 280 with Argentina’s Schmidt and Quinteros, Nicklaus tied 13th at 283, De Vicenzo 14th at 285.

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Quail Creek golf course plans near North Liberty

Dean Jones, owner of a filling station and Highlander Supper Club, leads a project to open a nine hole Quail Creek course between Iowa City and C.R. by June with a 320 acre farm and 40,000 dollar clubhouse, plus potential second nine and residential development surrounding the fairways.

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Jeff and Marion duel as Cedar Rapids area hoop week opens

Tuesday brings three boys basketball games in Cedar Rapids Marion with Jefferson hosting Marion and Dubuque at LaSalle while Linn-Mar travels to Springville. Jefferson, led by Tom Holland and Brad Trickey, seeks size edge against Marion as LaSalle faces a two game slide and Regis aims to rebound at home.

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