Breckenridge Favored In Playoff Clash With Crane
Breckenridge led by a defending Cinet AAA champion now in Clash AA is favored to advance as the Bucks face Crane Friday in the lone afternoon game. The schedule features top AAAA and AAA showdowns Saturday with Tyler, Miller, Abilene, Garland and more in pursuit of semifinals and titles across divisions.
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Breckenridge
Texas
Tyler
Corpus Christi
Miller
Abilene
el Paso Hich
Garland
Snyder
AAA
Dallas Sunset
Fort Worth
Paschal
Houston
Reagan
Baytown
Alice
Victoria
Sunset
Terrell
Olney
Denton
New London
DeKalb
Longview
Killeen
Hillsboro
Lockhart
Georgetown
Austin
Nederland
Refugio
Weslaco
Floresville
Stinnett
Hale Center
Borger
Chillicothe
Rockwall
Wichita Falls
Leveretts Chapel
van Alstyne
Sulphur Springs
Corsby
Alto
Livingston
Luling
Franklin
Deer Park
Vanderbilt
Hondo
Hebbrowville
Falfurrias
Texarkana
Gainesville
Port Neches
Temple
Phillips
Stamford
Ranger
McCamey
Childress Bobcats Open Season Against Canyon Eagles
The Childress Bobcats host Canyon Eagles in the District 1 AA opener at 8 15 PM with a 25 SW cent admission. The Rams face Canyon reserves at 6 30 PM. Coach Hulsey’s Eagles show stronger prep, while Childress aims to sharpen offense and rebounding after a Hollis scrimmage.
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Childress Bobcats
Bobcat
Canyon Eagles
Childress Rams
Canyon Reserves
Canyon
Adrian
Cats
Lynn Hulsey
Eagles
Childress
Hollis
Derwood Johnson
Rams
Bobcats
Johnson
Otto Stuhl
Cedric’’ Thompson
Butch Ferha
James Braly
Bill Shahan
David Seal
Jerry Lane
Tommy Ricks
Lane
Ricks
SWC Opens 1955 56 Basketball With Four Wins
The Southwest Conference opened the season with four victories and three losses as seven teams played outside foes. Texas A&M, Baylor, and Arkansas lost. SMU, TCU, Texas, and Rice won. Notable: TCU center Dick ONeal scored 32 points against Austin College. Jim Deatheridge led SMU with 28 points.
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Baylor
Texas A&m
Vanderbilt
Nashville
Arkansas
Tulsa
Fayetteville
Rice
Abilene Christian College
Houston
SMU
Austin College
Dallas
TCU
Texas Tech
Fort Worth
Texas
Oklahoma A&m
Stillwater
Southern Methodist
Texas Christian
Aggies
Ken Loeffler
Oklahoma State
Howard Payne
Ledger
West Texas State
North Texas State
St. Mary's
San Antonio
Dandy
Dick O'Neal
Horned Frogs
Sherman
Jim Deatheridge
Rhoads School To Open Cage Season
The Rhoads School Tiger and Tigerette teams begin the 1955-56 season at Rhoads Gym with a doubleheader against Douglas School of Quanah. The girls game starts at 7 30 PM with 25 cent student and 50 cent adult admission.
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Rhoads School
Tiger
Earth Orbits Sun At 18.5 Miles Per Second
The earth travels around the sun at about 18.5 miles per second along a 93 million mile path. This orbital speed keeps the planet in a stable yearly cycle with the sun at the center.
Upsets Mark Open Of Collegiate Basketball Season
The season opened with Detroit defeating Notre Dame 77 71 Butler edging Wisconsin 67 63 and St Josephs Philadelphia beating Fordham 89 71 The defending NCAA champion San Francisco faces a likely tough opener despite expected ease All big teams tested new rules widening free throw lanes to 12 feet in the opening games including NC State 88 63 over Florida State and Dayton strong showings.
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Notre Dame
Wisconsin
Fordham
San Francisco
Detroit
Butler
St. Joseph's
Philadelphia
San Fancisco
Chico State
Bill Ebben
Fordhem
United Press Board of Coaches
North Carolina State
Dayton
Florida State
Wolfpack
Ronnie Shavlik
Hong Kong Paper Opposes Naming Typhoons After Figures
The Hong Kong Tiger Standard objected to giving girls names to typhoons arguing that winds could be named after leaders such as Bulganin Khrushchev and various officials at home and abroad, suggesting the practice mocks officials.
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong Tiger Standard
Bulganin
Khrushchev
Highest-Priced Beef To Tour Seven Colleges
Julius the grand champion steer, valued at sixteen thousand one hundred twenty five dollars, earned a reprieve from slaughter and will tour seven colleges aboard a jet black exhibit. Nancy Turner of Champaign Illinois, who raised Julius, will follow the tour and visit the animal at stops including the University of Illinois farm. Janice Hullinger of Manly Iowa, last year’s champion, offers tips from her farm show experiences and cautions Nancy about wedding proposals received by exhibitors.
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Chicago
Julius
Champaign
Ill
Nancy Turner
Milton
Mass
Howard Johnson
Jet Black Steer
University of Illinois
Nancy
Janice Hullinger
Manly
Iowa
Janice
Monkey dies in Rio Zoo breaks number game in town
In Rio de Janeiro a monkey death disrupted a local numbers game where each digit stood for an animal. Gamblers bet on the monkey and it won, altering the town’s betting frenzy. In Toronto, Bank of Montreal manager Burns chased a robber after a teller cried of a $2000 robbery but nabbed the wrong man who was pursuing the bandit. The robber escaped.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Toronto
D. A. Burns
Life span of cars doubles since 1925 in scrappage records
Detroit based scrappage records show the average life of a car before scrapping more than doubled from 1925 to 1953. In 1925 the typical vehicle was 6.5 years old and had 25 700 miles. by 1953 the average was 13.8 years old and 122 000 miles.
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Detroit
Young Singer Seeks Married-Hearted Partner Not Atypical
Elaine Malbin, 24, a TV and concert singer earning 70000 yearly, seeks a husbandlike mate who enjoys cooking and conversation. She dislikes dating wildly and notes many men fear successful actresses. She prefers simple, quiet life and music over city nightlife, hoping for a partner with marriage goals.
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New York
Elaine Malbin
Miss Malbin
Nbc-Tv
Six youths scrub Kenesaw streets after July Fourth prank
In Kenesaw Nebraska six youths arrested for firing firecrackers chose to clean streets as an alternative to a $20 fine each. They spent the day sweeping and removing litter as community service.
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Kenesaw, Neb
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A. Davis
SWC
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Burnham
England
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Sid Holland
3Rd St
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Wilt Chamberlain
Kansas
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Pleasanton
Kansare
Ralph Houk
Dave Dennis
Bob Peel
Gus
Houk
Yankees
Denver
American Association
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn
Main ST
Dolomites
Cortina
Italy
ROSTE
Food and Agricultural Organization
Rome
Feronia
Hargrave Laundry & Dry Cleaning
Ave. G
Kelly
Bob Hope
Howard Squires
Cleveland
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Jerry Squires
Rogers - Trigg Lumber Company
Reyal
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