Comets Lose 59 to Indy in Finale
Independence Bulldogs defeated Chanute Blue Comets 59 to 51 to clinch the Southeast Kansas League title. The win left Parsons and Coffeyville tied for runnerup as Chanute finished sixth. Chanute Junior Comets beat Independence B-team 53-46 but Chanute remained third in B standings.
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Indy
Larry Mathews
Independence Bulldogs
Chanute Blue Comets
Parsons Vikings
Vikings
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Parsons
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Bulldogs
Golden Tornado
Chanute
Fort Scott
Pittsburg
Columbus
Iola
Bulldog
Tom McKenzie
Bill Todd
Gayle Anderson
Ken McCoy
Tribune
Midway Tops Independence 66-64 In Thriller Championship
Midway Jets edge Howard 66-64 to claim Class B district title at Altoona. Gary Steele scores 16 points including the final basket with one second left. Brian Morton leads Midway with 20 points. Chanute loses to Independence 66-64 as Comets rally late in fourth quarter.
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Independence
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al Jones
Ken McCoy
Jim Whitmer
Altoona
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Midway
Moline
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Larry Depew
Eugene Pape
Payne
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Crowell
Elliott
Helms
Boone
Haak
Lauffer
Chanute Bowling Scores Mixed Local Business Entries
Readable bowling scoreboard shows Creek Oil Co and Chanute auto parts among sponsors and participants. Entries list multiple local businesses with scores and highs, including First Nat l Bank, Consolidated Oilwell Service, Wilson Clothiers, Koch Furniture, and Western Auto, with highs noted for some players and teams.
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Ennis-Cornish Inc
Aero Duct
Bennett
Encor
Freeland
Goodwin
Koch Furniture
Johnson Studio
Kochs
White
Johnson's
Carter
Wilson Clothiers
Jett's Foodiiner
Wilson
Jeff's
Smittie
Churchill
Ranaberger
Consolidated 6
Soc
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Renabarger
Renabargar
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Noland
Western Auto of
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Western Auto
Bailey
Larson
Creek Oil
Mayer
Chanute Discount
Chanute Disc
Engie
Mid-Amer
N. Batesel
Chanute Auto Parts
Meadow Sweet
Chanute Auto
J. Scott
Cochran
Caresio Ostrotg. Co
Nat'l Bank
Caresio’s
Corkill
Nat’s
Sister
Slater
Boxing results from AP wrap: Palmeri and Risberg win
In Worcester Ricky Palmieri outpointed Gene Fosmire 133 to 131 over eight rounds. In Haelsingborg Len Risberg outpointed Rupert Bentley 178 to 176 over ten rounds. In Tacoma George Wright stopped Herb Lesueur 160 to 161 in two rounds.
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Associated Press
Worcester
Mass
Ricky Palmieri
Gene Fosmire
Revere
Haelsingborg
Sweden
Lennart Risberg
Rupert Bentley
Jamaica
Tacoma
Wash
George Wright
Herb Lesueur
Ft. Lewis
Eleven teams in Elementary Intramural Tourney Near Regional Play
Seventy six players from thirteen fifth and sixth grade teams compete next week as the elementary intramural basketball tourney climaxes. District champions advance from first games to regionals. district consolation final follows. Results listed include Caney Neodesha 56 Fredonia 45 and other matchups plus AAU Missouri Valley semifinals in Wichita with Arkansas City 79 Topeka Stevensons 74 and Wichita Bombers 78 Wichita Autos 63.
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Wichita
Arkansas City
Topeka
Stevensons
Government forces claim 125 guerrillas killed in five clashes
AP dispatch from Saigon reports government communiques and sources state 125 Communist guerrillas were killed in at least five engagements across four provinces over the past five days. Government casualties were not disclosed in most fights.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
College basketball scores from multiple games
Yale 81 Dartmouth 66. Penn 93 Cornell 90. LaSalle 88 Western Kentucky 84. Brown 57 Harvard 53. Princeton 82 Columbia 41. Florida State 101 Georgia 98. UCLA 69 Washington 66. Oregon State 62 Washington State 67 Idaho State 67 Idaho 65. Southern Conference West Virginia 86 George Washington 70. Virginia Tech 70 VMI 66. Wake Forest 88 South Carolina 77. Clemson 77 Duke 72. Tennessee A&I 92 Lincoln Missouri - First Round of ESL Midwestern Athletic Association Tournament at Central State Ohio.
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George
Virginia Tech
VMI
Atlantic Coast
Wake Forest
S. Caroll
Clemson
Duke
Mid-Western Athletic Association
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Ohio
Tennessee A&i
Lincoln
Five Golfers Share Baton Rouge Open Lead
Jack Burke Jr. and four others held a one stroke lead after the opening round of the Baton Rouge Open at Baton Rouge Country Club. Burke shot 33 35 for 68 as Dave Hill Joe Campbell Don Massengale and Jim Powell matched him at the top of a tight leaderboard.
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Baton Rouge
Jack Burke Jr
Baton Rouge Country Club
Burke
Dave Hill
Denver
Purdue
Joe Campbell
Don Massengale
Jacksboro
Tex
Jimmie Powell
Yorba Linda
Calif
Pro Basketball Friday and ABL results roundup
Friday results included Philadelphia 169 over New York 147, St. Louis 138 over Boston 120, Cincinnati 120 over Detroit 112, with Saturday matchups Los Angeles at St. Louis Cincinnati at Chicago Syracuse at Detroit. Sunday schedule features St. Louis at Boston Philadelphia at New York, Los Angeles at Syracuse and Detroit Chicago at Moline Illinois. Abl Friday Hawaii 92 defeated San Francisco 87.
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New York
St. Louis
Boston
Cincinnati
Detroit
Los Angeles
Chicago
Syracuse
Detroit-Chicago
Moline
Wilt Chamberlain Scores 100 Points in NBA Record Night
Wilt Chamberlain nailed a 100 point game as the Warriors beat the Knicks 169 to 147 in Hershey. He also led the night with 316 total points, breaking the NBA single night record. previous highs were 312 and 173 by Boston and Minneapolis.
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Philadelphia
Wilt Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Warriors
New York Knickerbockers
NBA
Boston
Minneapolis
Los Angeles
Frank McGuire
Yates Center Tops Humboldt Cubs 59 to 48 for third place
Yates Center Wildcats defeated Humboldt Cubs 59 to 48 to take third in the district Class A basketball tournament. Bernard Blevins led Yates Center with 21 points while Early Seyfert scored 20 for Humboldt.
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PACLA
Yates Center
Wildcats
Humboldt
Cubs
Cub
Neodesha
Bernard Blevins
Early Seyfert
Blevins
Old
Cantrell
Marker
Dixon
Steiner
Johnson
Davis
Wulf
McCullough
Henrichs
Seyfert
Adams
Cavins
Nebraska Cornhuskers Lead Big Eight Indoor Meet Finals Field
Nebraska qualified 12 men for the Big Eight indoor finals giving the darkhorse Huskers a four man edge over Kansas. Oklahoma State, Missouri, Colorado and Oklahoma also advanced strong showings as distance events shaped the night with the mile and two miles to be run tonight.
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Jawhawks
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Sooners
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U S Delivers Planes to South Viet Nam War Effort
The United States sent single engine fighter planes to South Viet Nam for the war against communist guerrillas. The carrier Bre ton arrived with five troop s carrying helicopters for U S Army helicopter companies aiding South Vietnamese forces. A fire destroyed hundreds of houses on an island in the Tonle Sap River near Phnom Penh with no immediate casualties reported. Pope John XIII traveled by motorcycle escort from Vatican City to the Lateran Seminary. Mrs Ngo Dinh Nhu, sister in law of the South Viet Nam president, was injured after falling through a bomb crater during an air incident.
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South Viet Nam
United States
U.S
Breton
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Tonle Sap River
Vatican City
John XIII
Lateran Seminary
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Walnut Wins At Galesburg In Class BB District Final
Walnut defeats Bronson 68 to 52 to capture the Class BB district tournament title in Galesburg. St Patrick's led 30 25 at halftime with Burns scoring 23 for high game honors while Gough led Galesburg with 16 points. Galesburg totaled 28 baskets and 28 made points with solid contributions from Shrum and Hizey. Bronson kept pace with Woodward and Anderson totaling 25 points. Elsmore finished third after beating Bronson 71-42.
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St. Patrick's
Walnut
Bronson
Elsmore
Burns
St. Pat's
Gough
Elsmore Coenen
Palace Attack Sees Mrs Nhu Fall Into Hole
In Saigon a rebel assault on the presidential palace left First Lady Mrs Nhu running to tend her children when she fell into a hole and dropped two stories. Premier Ngo Dinh Diem was uninjured. In Italy Beni Mussolini’s son wed Sophia Loren’s sister in Predappio near Mussolini’s grave.
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Ngo ‘Dinh Diem
Diem
Predappio
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Sophia Loren
Demonstrators Rally Beside Surabaya Mayor and Governor Homes
About two thousand people protested outside the residences of Surabaya mayor Risma and governor Khofifah in East Java this week, marking Indonesia’s first large public outcry over living conditions in the city.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
East Java
Surabaya
Tshombe vows resistance to central Katanga attack
President Moise Tshombe warned that his forces will resist with every means possible any assault on north Katanga. The United Nations confirmed fresh central government troops arrived in Albertville, the main town there.
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Moise Tshombe
North
Katanga
United Nations
Albertville
Five quick grammar and vocabulary questions answered
1. Replace outside of with into. Say saw her neighbor go into her garage. 2. Pronounce with stress on the first syllable. 3. Misspelled word is weird. 4. Stipulation means an agreement or condition. 5. A word starting with if meaning relating to public prayer is liturgical.
Does Originality Count in Lamar Class Test
In Lamar Mississippi, seventh grade teacher B L Moor asked students why days are shorter in winter. A scholar answered that during cold months days contract and in summer they expand, showing creative but incorrect reasoning in the test response.
Oakfield Central School drops agriculture courses
Oakfield Alabama Central School in Oakfield New York plans to discontinue agriculture courses due to low pupil interest. The decision follows focus on other curriculum areas in a region known for farming and dairy activity.
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Oakfield, N. Y
Oakfield
Alabama Central School
Upstate New York
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