Kansas Iowa State in Big Seven tournament test
Kansas and Wilt Chamberlain, ranked No. 1, face Iowa State as Big Seven tourney opens. Iowa State has beaten top teams but lost key games. Kansas State and Oklahoma also start, with Michigan State guesting in the field. ECAC Fest in New York featured NYU and Temple wins.
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Ben Olan
Associated Press
Kansas
Wilt
NYU
Villanova
Temple
Fordham
Chamberlain
Dick Harp
Jayhawks
Iowa State
Michigan State
Houston
Brigham Young
Texas Tech
Tulsa
Wyoming
Wyoming State
Kansas State
Oklahoma
Colorado
Missouri
Nebraska
Tom DeLuca
Violets
Guy Rodgers
Rodgers
Jim Cunningham
St. John’s
Brooklyn
Ohio State
Manhattan
Niagara
Notre Dame
Lions Directors Meet To Study Parker Demand
Detroit Lions board discusses Buddy Parker contract terms as Parker seeks job security beyond one year. He declined a one year offer for 1957 and has led the team to two world championships in six seasons. Interest from Baltimore Colts and Pittsburgh Steelers noted.
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Detroit
Detroit Lions
Buddy Parker
Parker
Lions
The
Baltimore Colts
Pittsburgh Steelers
Pastrano Faces Norkus in High Stakes TV Bout
Willie Pastrano third ranked heavyweight risks his standing against Charley Norkus in a 10 round national TV fight from Miami Beach. Pastrano 40-4-4 with 19 straight wins seeks to extend his unbeaten run since 1953 while Norkus 27-14-0 with 14 knockouts assaults for credibility on ABC at 9 p.m. CST.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Willie Pastrano
Charley Norkus
Pastrano
Italo Scortichini
New Orleans
Pat McMurty
Norkus
Port Washington
N. Y
ABC
Rosewall and Hoad Dominate Seixas and Flam in Davis Cup
In Adelaide Memorial Drive Stadium Ken Rosewall and Lew Hoad, both 22, crushed Vic Seixas and Herbie Flam in the opening singles of the Challenge Round. The 18,000 crowd watched as Rosewall, the American champion four months earlier, blunted a bold challenge and set the tone for Australia's bid to defend the Cup.
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Seixas
Flam
Forest Hills
Rosewall
Hoad
Adelaide
Australia
Ken Rosewall
Lew Hoad
America
Vic Seixas
Herbie Flam
Memorial Drive
Jayhawk Five Tops AP Poll As Kansas Leads In Big Seven Tourney
The Associated Press ranks Kansas No 1 with 944 points and 64 first place votes as eight of the top ten teams prepare for tournaments this week. North Carolina Kentucky West Virginia Saint Louis SMU Louisville and Oklahoma A M join the top tier.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Jayhawks
Illinois
Oklahoma A&m
North Carolina
Raleigh
N.C
Tar Heels
San Francisco
West Virginia
Duke
Kentucky
New Orleans
St. Louis
Louisville
Southern Methodist
Houston
Eaves
St.Louis
SMU
Etna Tank
Iowa State
Western Kentucky
Tulane
Canisius
Seattle
Idaho State
Mrs. McCormick Named Top Woman Athlete of 1956
Patricia Keller McCormick, two Olympic diving golds and 27 national titles, wins the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year in a landslide over golfer Marlene Bauer Hagge. McCormick to receive the Fraternal Order of Eagles Miller award and Babe Didrikson Zaharias trophy. Hagge noted for eight tour victories and a $20,235.50 season earnings.
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Associated Press
Patricia Keller McCormick
McCormick
Marlene Bauer Hagge
Lakewood
Calif
Hagge
Pat MceCormick
Mickey Mantle
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
George Zaharias
Bob Russell
Chicago Daily News
Pat McCormick
Zaharias
Helsinki
Melbourne
Miss Berg
Basketball scores from professional games cited
The record lists Philadelphia 89 Boston 82 St Louis 107 New York 105 Avartineal Vwtener Minneapolis 100 Fort Wayne 89 Rochester 98 Syracuse 93 and notes a sand and debris removal operation at Blue Hill Country Club Canton Mass during the 1956 PGA Championship using a commercial vacuum cleaner.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Boston
St. Louis
New York
Minneapolis
Fort Wayne
Rochester
Syracuse
Blue Hill Country Club
Canton
Mass
Southern Cal Back Wins Glen Warner Award
Southern California fullback Jon Arnett captured the Glen Pop Warner award as top senior on the Pacific Coast. He totaled 625 yards in five PCC games and 1895 yards over three seasons, the Trojans' second all time. Los Angeles Rams first draft pick, he to receive a wrist watch and trophy at the Palo Sports Club banquet January 29.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Jon Arnett
Southern California
Glen
Pacific Coast
John Witte
Oregon State College
Arnett
PCC
USC
Trojan
Los Angeles Rams
Palo Sports Club
Bowling Scores and Standings in Ladies League at Chanute
Readout lists team scores, high players, and league standings for the Chanute Ladies Bowling League with entries for Marigold Beauty Shop Marigola Beaty Shop and multiple businesses. Details include high scores and highs by members such as H. Anderson, W. Smith, Ahring, Meredith, Goodwin, and Nelson with club names like First Natl Bank and Purity Dairy.
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Ladies Bowling League
L. Chanute Discount Co
Marigold Beauty Shop
Chanute Furniture
First Nat'l Bank
Bennett's Creamery
Foodtown
Bank of Commerce
Skinney’s Electric
Silver Grill
Eas Meadow Sweet
Drisdellis Studio Se
Eccase
Essese Fo Short’s
Mid-America Refining
Purity Dairy
Meadow Sweet
McIlroy
H. Anderson
Purity
Lightfoot
Hugll
Drisdell
Drisdell's
W. Smith
Miles
Mid-America
Wyatt
Evans
No-Way
Nu-Way
Goodwin
Meredith
Marigola Beaty Shop
Short’s
Chanute Discount
Osborn
Clopine
Nat'l Bank
Olson
Nat'l
Bennett's
Cochran
Carlison
Drysdale Named Top Dodger Pitcher of 1956
Brooklyn righthander Don Drysdale, 20, was named the Dodgers outstanding rookie of 1956 by the Brooklyn Baseball Writers Association. He posted a 5-5 record, won four games against the Giants, and helped lift the staff with three appearances over a four day Labor Day stretch.
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Brooklyn
Don Drysdale
Brooklyn Dodgers
Baseball Writers Association of America
Drysdale
Harold C. Burr
Brooklyn Eagle
van Nuys
Calif
New York Giants
Dodger
One Big Celebration for Mrs Graham’s Triple Milestones
Denver friends and relatives threw one big party to honor Mrs Ralph E Graham. The event celebrated Christmas her 72nd birthday and a golden wedding anniversary all on the same day.
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Denver
Ralph E. Graham
Now's a Good Time to Start Christmas Shopping for '57
Hal Boyle playfully urges early 1957 Christmas shopping with humorous misdirections and fake gift pitches. He riffs on absurd antiquarian items like a 18th century orrery and a $595 shirt woven from vicuna, lampooning consumer hype and urging readers to plan ahead.
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Hal Boyle
New York
H. Schlegel
Dusseldorf
Middle West
Greenwich Village
Harvard
Necchi
Santa Claus
Vicuna
Christmas gatherings mark Erie social season
The record lists numerous local families from Erie and nearby towns hosting holiday dinners and Christmas Eve gatherings. Bridges games, table prizes, and multiple extended family visits to and from Burdett, Parsons, Topeka, and Hutchinson are noted, with travel to Columbus and Oswego mentioned.
Chanute Tribune Briefs Stroke Sufferer Update
A Chanute Tribune item notes that a local individual suffered a slight stroke in the first week of December. Further details on condition or identity are not provided in the readable text.
Nationalist China watchdog member jailed in bribe case
Ho Chi-Chou of Nationalist China's top watchdog body received eight years for taking part of a 4500 bribe. Prosecution says he and associates were bribed while probing pilferages from a government food fund.
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Taipei
Ho Chi - Chou
China
Christmas Tree Fire Destroys Gifts in Mass Home
Thirteen persons attending a family Christmas dinner in Cohasset were forced from their new home when a basement fire near the Christmas tree destroyed all their gifts. Firefighters kept the blaze to the basement but could not save the presents at the home of Mr and Mrs Thomas J Berry.
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Cohasset
Mass
Thomas J. Berry
Al Severino Stars in Four Sports at Puente High
Al Severino of Puente High in California excelled in football baseball basketball and track. He played multiple positions for the Puente Spartans and earned notice for his versatile athletic performance.
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al Severino
San Jose
Puente
Calif
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