This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1962
Page
13
Ingemar Johansson and Birgit Lundgren obtained a Swedish marriage license. The piece also covers coach Paul Maaske praising Kenny Blackman joining the Cedar Rapids club, amateur sports reform thoughts on the NCAA AAU rift, Chestnut Hills skiing near Cedar Rapids, and Bill Veeck highlights from Wrigley memories.
Detroit defeated Michigan 82-74 as Big Dave Debusschere led with 23 points and 23 rebounds. Michigan, missing three players for missing practice, led briefly but trailed 43-29 at halftime.
Ted Smalley of Fairfax Iowa places second in the Fort Worth stock show rodeo steer wrestling round with a 12.1 second time. James Bynum of Forreston Texas wins the round with 11.1 seconds.
Jefferson tops Washington 32-6 in a wrestling tuneup as unbeaten J Hawks seize early control. Dick Brown returns with a 1-0 win at 112 pounds. Wieland pins for Jefferson. Franke narrowly defeats Michal. Jenkins and Schwarz win key bouts to secure the lead and reserve victory.
The Gazette reports three new judges for the 1962 Golden Gloves event at Memorial Coliseum next Tuesday at 7 30 p m. Frank Pfaff Tom Good and Tommy Gavin join the panel to assist referee decisions. six judges total will oversee the tournament with referees signaling fouls to the judges.
Iowa hosts Creighton in a non conference clash at 7 30 p m Saturday in the Iowa City fieldhouse. Creighton features Paul Silas 6 7 top rebounder and 24 point scorer who will test Don Nelson as Iowa nurses ankle trouble on Andy Hawkins.
Ames Iowa State competes in a triangular track meet with Drake and South Dakota in Des Moines on Saturday afternoon. The event marks the Cyclones second test of the 1962 season, aiming for strong showing against regional rivals in Iowa.
Wash High hosts Moline, the Mississippi Valley leader and Illinois top team, in a six game Cedar Rapids Marion night with an 8 pm varsity broadcast on KCRG. Bob Brooks handles play by play. Jefferson and Regis hit the road with Jeff at Iowa City in a Valley tilt and Regis at Davenport versus Assumption after a 74-47 loss to Regina. Marion welcomes Independence in a key Wamac clash while Prairie hosts North Scott and Linn-Mar leads the Allac as they entertain Walker.
ARCADIA Calif AP T V Lark makes his winter debut at Santa Anita as he seeks to win the 25000 Santa Catalina Handicap at one and one sixteenth miles.
The weekly AP high school basketball poll installs Clinton as Southeast leader after a 67 44 win over Davenport Central. Waterloo East and Davenport Central drop in rankings as Des Moines Roosevelt, Paullina, Creston hold No 1 in other districts.
Van Horne joins three newcomers in the latest Iowa Girls Athletic Union ranking led by Bennett at 15 0. Schleswig Malvern and Garrison also figure high as teams near clinching titles.
Don Warner of Philadelphia, aged 19 percent listed, stopped rival Orrie Paschall in a brief Philadelphia boxing match. The result adds a win for Warner in the local card.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.