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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1966
Page
4
A vintage field note urges anglers and duck hunters to bring proper tackle and safety gear. It covers using fishing rods to retrieve boats, staying warm, avoiding deep water, and choosing slow or fast retrieves for bass and catfish. It recalls fire safety lessons from Montana and emphasizes common sense as the top rule.
Jackie Stewart of Scotland posted the fastest time for Japan's first Indianapolis style race at Mt Fuji. Graham Hill claimed the other front row spot as Jim Clark faced mechanical trouble and a possible 21st starting position. Mario Andretti was among seven drivers withdrawn from practice.
The failure was traced to a broken connecting rod in the vehicle's engine. No injuries reported and the incident is under investigation by local authorities.
A Marshalltown Iowa quartet led by pro Joe August and amateurs Clyde McIntire Glen Cooper and Richard Rasmussen shot 64 67 62 62 to total 255, 13 strokes behind the winning Montego Bay Jamaica team at Gleneagles Scotland.
Skip Homeier stars in the four o clock movie Thunder Over Arizona airing Monday on KCRG TYV channel 9.
In its second season, Springville High football shows progress under its coach with a brighter future. The team has not matched last year’s single victory and hopes to rebound Friday by traveling to Central City to face the Orioles.
Coach Harold Allison praises sharper play and a larger returning core with 15 lettermen back from last year. He notes the younger players are catching on, the backfield looks strong, and only two seniors will be hard to replace. Injuries limit Bill Hanna and Al Eberhard, while new assistants Dusanek and Hoyt join the staff.
North English Iowa features in Bow and Arrow with the English Valleys Archery Club as the center of a growing archery scene. The 20 acre range hosts 30 members and 30 competitors with support from gun shooters. The club blends bow hunting and shotgun sport, aiding finances for taxes and improvements.
New York UPI reports Roy Campanella of the Brooklyn Dodgers hit 41 homers in the 1953 season, the most by a catcher in a major league year.
A State Supreme Court justice ordered football placekicker Pet Gogolak to disclose salaries from the Buffalo Bills and his current pay from the New York Giants. The move relates to Gogolak's 300000 libel and character defamation suit about a television interview in which he says he was impersonated.
Saturday slate features Big Ten matchups Iowa at Minnesota Illinois at Indiana Purdue at Michigan Michigan State at Ohio State Northwestern at Wisconsin. Big Eight Colorado at Iowa State Oklahoma State at Missouri Kansas State at Nebraska Oklahoma at Kansas plus numerous nonconference and regional games across the Midwest South and West with Auburn LSU Texas teams and more.
Bruce Barber of Cleveland tops the football skills scoring 2035 as the leader in the annual tests sponsored by the Cedar Rapids playground and recreation commission. The tests move to five more schools this week at Polk Jackson Van Buren Wright and Fillmore with current leaders listed.
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