All-Star Football Showdowns Highlight Holiday Network Lineup
Christmas Day gridiron features three major showcases with six All-Americans across North South in Miami and Blue Gray in Montgomery. Key players include Twilley, Anderson, Nobis, Weisacosky, Arrington, Rassas, and Singer, as bowls loom the following week with Rose Cotton Sugar Orange and Gator bowls listed. The series stands 10-6-2 in favor of the South.
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Bob Green
Associated Press
Miami
Mason-Dixon Line
Montgomery
Ala
ABC
CBS
Bill Anderson
Howard Twilley
Tulsa
Tul
KU Rally Wins Over Ohio State
Kansas erased a halftime deficit to beat Ohio State 81-68 on the Buckeye home court. Del Lewis and Bob Wilson led Kansas with 17 points each while Ohio State’s Bob Dove and Ron Sepic tallied 26 and 19. The Big Eight tourney begins Monday in Kansas City.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Oklahoma
Butler
Indianapolis
Ind
Jayhawks
del Lewis
Ohio State
Buckeye
Lewis
Bob Wilson
Buckeyes
Bob Dove
Ron Sepicl
West Coast
Michigan
Sooners
Larry Shade
Willie Rogers
Shade
Ron Salatich
Ed Schilling
Big Eight
Kansas City
Bradley Tulsa Win Streak Hits 10 As Dons Top St Louis
Bradley tops North Dakota 83 68 as Joe Allen leads with 29 points and Eddie Jackson adds 20. Tulsa cruises past St Marys of California 82 60. San Francisco Dom plays strong with all five starters in double figures led by Joe Ellis with 22. St Louis falls 87 69 to the Dons as Rich Park scores 20. Holiday tournament action set to begin Monday.
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Associated Press
Bradley
Tulsa
St. Mary’s
California
St. Louis
San Francisco
University of San Francisco
Dons
Joe Ellis
Billiken
Rich Park
North Dakota
Braves
Joe Allen
Eddie Jackson
Jim Hester
Doug Robinson
Hurricane
Sherman Dillard
Mike Marrs
Charles Paulk
Area Dams Conditions Yesterday and Water Discharge
Normal conservation pool levels in feet above sea level and the yesterday reading for John Redmond and Fall River dams. Discharge data in cubic feet per second is shown for Fall River and other stations, with inconsistent OCR text.
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John Redmond
Sete Enee Ee
Toronha
Fall River
TeneOhes .S
Ionceretaarnac Il
Aheay Anes
Weightlifting Tourney Here On Monday
The Chanute Recreation Commission sponsors the annual Christmas Weightlifting Tournament at 7 30 p m Monday at the Launching Pad. Defending champ Never Barnett leads a field with Ed King and Steve Wells among top entrants. About 25 Chanute participants expected. seven weight classes, three trophies per division, power lift format based on three lifts. A outstanding lifter award, weigh ins, 25 cent admission.
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Martin Rotunno
Chanute Recreation Commission
Barnett
Ed King
Steve Wells
Chanute
Jim Woods
Leon Storck
Russell Anderson
John LaRocca
Ray Zumalt
Various College Basketball Scores Reported
College games include Vanderbilt 59 over Northwestern 58 Bradley 83 over North Dakota 68 Stanford 91 over LSU 69 Tulsa 82 over St Mary's 60 Colorado State 95 over Idaho State 72 Kansas 81 over Ohio State 68 Butler 65 over Oklahoma 63 Utah State 97 over Minnesota 72 Utah 108 over Air Force 57 Wyoming 99 over St Josephs Pa 68 Youngstown 68 Ill Wesleyan U 87 over San Francisco 69 St Louis 69 over Santa Clara 75 California 73. Professional Los Angeles 122 over Detroit 112.
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THE
Associated Press College
Vanderbilt
Northwetern
Bradley
North Dakota
Stanford
LSU
Tulsa
St. Mary’s
Calif
Colo. St
Dawn on the Solomon River Deer Hunt in Kansas
In a remote Solomon River spot near Adah Kansas Thayne Smith describes dawn wildlife activity including squirrels, a coyote, various birds, a beaver and muskrat before spotting a deer less than five minutes after legal shooting time. The account details the quiet landscape and early morning observations.
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Ada
Solomon River
Here
Kansas
Jack Shafer
Walter “Red” Walmsey
Buck Fever in a Bucks Only Hunt Goes Unfulfilled
A hunter recalls a tense stand in a Kansas deer blind as a buck approaches amid weeds and brush. He steadies a high powered rifle, misreads scent, and fires but misses the buck, describing buck fever and the noisy gun breach in a hushed woodland setting.
Christmas Briefs Across U S Highlight Oddities And Pardons
A collection of brief Christmas items from across the country includes a ewe birthing a lamb at a Crowley church, Ed Bowlen receiving a post decades long sentence pardoned by Gov. Frank G. Clement, nurses at Smithfield gifted tear gas pens, a Delaware court granting only costs while two charges are dropped, and a Boy Scout troop wrapping gifts for an orphanage with Scoutmaster Benz left to rewrap.
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Wilmington
Del
New Castle
Camillus
N.Y
William Benz
Syracuse
Benz
Hadl and Kemp Set for AFL Title Game Clash
San Diego Chargers quarterback John Hadl and Buffalo Bills quarterback Jack Kemp headline the AFL championship showdown in San Diego. Hadl led league passing while Kemp earned AP All-Pro honors and was named MVP. Lincoln out, Gene Foster starts at fullback for the Chargers.
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San Diego
Calif
John Hadl
San Diego Chargers
Buffalo
Jack Kemp
Kemp
Had
Chargers
Bills
Sid Gillman
Gene Foster
Keith Lincoln
Lincoln
Yule Lollipop Tree Popular at Lyons
Fred Anderson put up a Christmas lollipop tree in Lyons Kansas drawing curious children who initially hesitated to enter the yard. He has restocked the tree three times and estimates using 400 to 500 lollipops, planning to keep it stocked through Christmas if supplies hold. Maury Wills and Roberto Clemente had 20 game hitting streaks last season.
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Maury Wills
Los Angeles Dodgers
Roberto Clemente
Pittsburgh Pirates
1 22 Million Pigs Spring Forecast for Kansas
A spring hog crop of about 1.22 million pigs is forecast for Kansas by the Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. The estimate is about 7 percent above 1965 and 8 percent above the 1959 63 average, with the 1965 crop at about 2.1 million and the Dec 1 hog herd around 1.3 million. About 230,000 hogs are kept for breeding.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Tax Rate Books Ready for Jan 1
The League of Kansas Municipalities announced its new Kansas tax rate book will be ready for distribution about Jan. 1. The book will report all 1965 taxes levied by Kansas cities counties larger school districts and townships over 1000 population.
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Topeka
Kan
League of Kansas Municipalities
Kansas
Kansas Cities
Shug Jordan's Nickname Tied to Sugarcane Habit
Auburn football coach Ralph Jordan earned the nickname Shug in his youth from his habit of chewing on sugarcane.
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Ralph Jordan
Auburn
Fight Results In Tokyo And Los Angeles
In Tokyo Love Allorey KO'd Yoshiaki Numata in the 4th. In Los Angeles Jerry Quarr y KO'd Roy Crear in the 3rd. Both bouts feature fighters from Japan and the United States with knockouts shaping early results.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Love Allorey
Ghana
Yoshiaki Numata
Japan
Los Angeles
Jerry Quarry
Paramount
Calif
Roy Crear
Dallas
Tex
John Heisman First Tech Football Coach 1904 1919
John W Heisman served as the initial head football coach at Georgia Tech from 1904 through 1919, shaping early program history and securing prominence for the institute's athletic prowess.
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John W. Heisman
Georgia Tech
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Ali Baba and the Thieves
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