Kentucky and Kansas State Reach Kentucky Invitational Final
Kentucky routs Oregon State 96 66 behind Louie Dampier 30 points as Kansas State overwhelms Penn State 83 59. Dampier sets a tournament record eight of 12 field goals and 14 of 14 free throws.
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Kentucky
Louie Dampier
Oregon State
Kansas
Penn State
Dampier
Far West
UCLA
Colorado St
St. Mary's Calif
Hayward St
Oregon
Hawaii
Industrial Basketball Planned for 1967 Season
The Industrial Basketball League resumes plans for a 1967 season expected to begin January 7 after a previous effort failed to attract enough teams. Five teams are listed as ready: Erie, Gray Lumber, Chanute Lumber, Thayer First State Bank, and Chanute First National Bank, with a sixth team led by Bob White still seeking sponsorship. Games will be Monday and Saturday nights at the junior high gym, and the season closes February 25.
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Industrial Basketball League
the Recreation Commission
Erie
Gray Lumber
Chanute Lumber
Thayer First State Bank
Chanute First National Bank
Martin Rotunno
Recreation Commission
Water levels and discharge across area dams yesterday
The report lists reservoir levels in feet above sea level for John Redmond and nearby dams including Toronto and Fall River. It shows yesterday’s John Redmond level at 1 035.29 feet with other gauges around 897.93 to 901.50 feet and a water discharge rate around 32 cubic feet per second.
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John Redmond
Toronto
Fall River
NHL Season Confusion Shocks Christmas Cards Mixup
Toronto reports the holiday season reveals NHL chaos with New York tied for first and Montreal sinking to fourth as a festive mix of upside down Christmas cards circulates in league offices.
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Toronto
National Hockey League
New York
Montreal
NHL
Boxing Returns to Prague After Ban Ends
Boxing will resume in Czechoslovakia in February ending a 10 month ban after two fatal accidents. Officials impose safety steps including mandatory helmets to make the sport safer.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Mudra Named Arizona Football Coach After Pro CFL Run
Tucson reports that Darrell Mudra, noted for turning small colleges into winners and a recent head coach of the Montreal Alouettes, was chosen as the new head football coach at the University of Arizona on Thursday.
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Tucson
Ariz
Darrell Mudra
Montreal Alouettes
University of Arizona
Elon College names new head football coach
Shirley S. Red Wilson was selected Thursday to replace Gary Matlock on January 3 as Elon College head football coach.
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ELON
N.C
Shirley S
Wilson
Gary Mattocks
Elon College
Leotis Martin defeats Roberto Davila in Lima
In Lima Peru Leotis Martin an American born boxer from Philadelphia outpointed Roberto Davila of Peru in a light weight bout. Martin won the decision giving him a clear points victory in the Peru fight night card.
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Lima
Peru
Leotis Martin
Philadelphia
Roberto Davila
College Basketball Scores Memorandum
The Associated Press reports several college games by region. East St Josephs Pennsylvania beat Jacksonville 81 63 and Rutgers defeated Pittsburgh 87 68 while LIU topped Iowa 57 55. Southwest SMU won 101 82 over Arlington St and Arkansas College 70 68 over Philander Smith.
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Michigan
Ohio
Southwest Smu
Arlington St
Arkansas
Col
Philander Smith
Indoor Pole Vault Record Missed at Senior Bowl Meet
USC star Bob Seagren failed to clear 15 feet in competition at Mobile Alabama's Senior Bowl track meet as he sought an indoor world record. He cleared 17 feet 4 inches in exhibition vaulting, while the official world indoor mark stood at 17 feet 0.5 inches.
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Mobile
Ala
Bob Seagren
University of Southern California
Seagren
Little Girl to Visit Daddy on Christmas
A New York judge allowed eight year old Laurinda Hagen to spend Christmas afternoon with her father, overruling the mother a Jehovahs Witness who objects to Christmas. The child’s father Robert Hagen plans to exchange gifts with Laurinda and his two daughters amid ongoing visitation arrangements.
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Laurinda
Robert Hagen
West Babylon
Virginia
Shirley
Hagen
Apollo Training Mission Pilots Named for 1967 Flights
Apollo program staffing picks James A. McDivitt Frank Borman and Russell Schweickart lead the second flight with Michael Collins and others. The third mission features Borman Collins and Anders as crews prepare for a higher ascent than Gemini records.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
James A. McDivitt
Frank Borman
America
Air Force
McDivitt
David R. Scott
Russell L. Schweickart
Col
Borman
Michael Collins
William A. Anders
Scott
Collins
Anders
United States
Dean Pryor Named Freshman Football Coach at K State
Dean Pryor, 36, a Fredonia and Arkansas standout, is appointed Kansas State's freshman football coach by Vince Gibson. Pryor comes from Hastings College and will begin duties after Christmas, with prior coaching stints at Wichita University Lakeland High Coffeyville Junior College and a Coffeyville College stint. He and wife Betty have three daughters aged 6 10 and 12.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State
Dean Pryor
Fredonia
University of Arkansas
Pryor
Hastings
Neb
Vince Gibson
Gibson
Arkansas
Wichita University
Lakeland
Fla
Coffeyville Junior College
Betty
Yale Judge Halts Divorces Through New Year
Hillsboro Ohio AP reports Common Pleas Judge Darrell R. Hottle will not grant divorces during the Christmas season with decrees delayed until after December 31 though motions may be heard. In Seattle AP notes Salvation Army kettle booth at Westlake Mall where Carl G. Fosberg 29 stops daily after work to sing for donations. last year he sang to raise funds after being unable to pay.
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Hillsboro
Ohio
Common Pleas
Darrell R. Hottle
Seattle
Wash
Salvation Army
Westlake
Carl G. Fosberg
Fosberg
Bantam League Tournament And Junior High Night Item
Recreation calendar notes a bantam league tournament tonight at Bowl Mar 7 00 PM. Junior high night at Launching Pad runs 7 00 to 10 00 PM with youth sports activities.
Wilt and Robertson Lead Eastern All-Stars Pick
Wilt Chamberlain of Philadelphia was a unanimous center choice and Oscar Robertson of Cincinnati led guards with 84 votes in selecting eight players for the NBA East All-Stars. Teammates include Willis Reed Bailey Howell Jerry Lucas Bill Russell Hal Greer and John Havlicek.
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New York
Wilt Chamberlain
Oscar Robertson
San Francisco
Cow Palace
Chamberlain
Philadelphia
Robertson
Cincinnati
Willis Reed
Bailey Hower
Boston
Jerry Lucas
Bill Russell
Hal Greer
John Havlicek
Miss America Photo Donated for Topeka Society Display
A 36 by 40 inch color photo of Debbie Bryant Miss America 1966 was donated to the State Historical Society and placed in the Memorial Building. The gift came from a Topeka civic club and the Kansas Professional Photographers Association after Bryant presented the picture to Gov. William H. Avery.
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Topeka
Debbie Bryant
State Historical Society
Miss Bryant
Kansas Professional Photographers Association
Chanute Tibune Briefs December 25 1966 Highlights
Local page items note Christmas period notices and community briefs from Chanute Kansas with short items on events, meetings, and public notices in the December 25 1966 edition.
Boyd Converse Named Next Wichita State Coach
The Wichita Eagle reports Kilgore Texas junior college coach of the year Boyd Converse will become Wichita State University’s head coach. Converse led Kilgore to a 10-1 record in 1966 and said by phone he would be in Wichita Friday for a 3 p.m. news conference with athletic director Noah Allen to introduce him.
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Supreme Court
David L. Glickman
Wichita
Wichita Eagle
Boyd Converse
Kilgore
Tex
Wichita State University
Converse
Noah Allen
Eagle
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Vince Fritz
Lou Petersen
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Rupp
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Thad Jaracz
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Jim Lemaster
Midwest Wildcats
Earl Seyfert
Dennis Berkholtz
Bill Lansfield
Tex Winter
Winters
John Egli
Bob White
Munster
GO Home Energy
Universal
Mwene
Jonathan Daly
Munster GO Home
Audrey Hepburn
Peter O'Toole
Peter O' Toole
William Wylers
Hembree Tire Service
Bob, Alice, Fred, Omer, Frank
Santa Fe
THE
Associated Press
New Orleans
Loyola
Washington
Alabama
Sweden
National Club
Midwest
TCU
Blonde
Pat Conley
Linda Folker
Purdue
Pasadena
Calif
Southern California
Linda
Tournament of Roses
Jack Mollenkoph
Pat
Azusa
Califo
Nian
Riverhead
N.Y
Rome
Christ
John H. Floyd
Huntington Station
Apollo
Ary
March
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White II
Navy
Roger B. Chafiee
LEM
Schweickart
K-State
East Main
Yale Oddities
C.L. Fisher Chevrolet Co
S. Evergreen
Wilt
Oscar
Miss America Photo For Historical Society
Homelite
Martens
Chanute
Piqua, Kansas
Richard Pearman
Harry Byers & Sons, Inc
N. Plummer
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