Vernon Lions Stop Cats 48 45 In Basketball Tilt
Vernon Lions edged the Childress Bobcats 48 45 as Mac Percival scored 19 points to pace Vernon. Dan Adamson added 14 for Vernon while Harold Smith led the Cats with 10 and David Seal and Ray Fulender each had nine. Both teams shot poorly in the first half, Vernon making 17 of 59 and Childress 16 of 59.
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Childress Bobcat
Vernon
Lions
Cats
Mac Percival
Percival
Dan Adamson
Harold Smith
David Seal
Ray Fulen Wider
Childress
Giants Win Eastern Title in Pro Football League
The New York Giants beat the Philadelphia Eagles 21 to 7 to clinch the NFL Eastern championship with an 8-3-1 record. Starters Alex Webster Frank Gifford and Mel Triplett led a ground game while Don Heinrich managed, Kyle Rote and Gifford scoring as the Eagles’ lone touchdown came late in the game.
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New York Giants
Alex Webster
Frank Gifford
Mel Triplett
Philadelphia Eagles
Giants
Detroit Lions
Chicago Bears
Chicago
New York
Gifford
Don Heinrich
Eagles
New Yorkers
Webster
Triplett
Heinrich
Charley Conerly
Pairings Set For Schoolboy Cage Tourney
North Dallas faces Handley in the Cotton Bowl Invitational first round as 32 teams converge across four gyms on December 26. Eight teams per site play two games before moving to Dal-Hi Gym for the second and final rounds, with consolation and finals on December 29.
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Dallas
North Dallas
Handley
Dal-Hi
Dal Hi - Pleasant Grove
Terrell
Highland Park
Lufkin
Richardson
Adamson
Carrollton
Waxachie
Alba Golden
Jfferson
Fort Worth
Baylor Sugar Bowl ticket demand met by 8700 allotment
Baylor's demand for Sugar Bowl tickets is covered as the school receives an allotment of nearly 8,700 tickets for the game against Tennessee. Ticket Manager Boyd LoBelle said the tickets would be mailed over the weekend.
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WACO
Baylor
Tennessee
Boyd LoBelle
Elks Plan Christmas Party at Childress Air Field
The Elks will continue on Page One clock at Childress Air Field on Christmas Eve with Santa arriving by private plane. Children will be driven to the lodge's new home. Names of attending children must be turned in to the screening committee by Monday night.
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Childress Air Field
Santa Claus
Elks Lodge
Corpus Christi edges Baytown 13-6 in AAAA semifinals
Corpus Christi Ray scored two third quarter touchdowns to defeat Baytown 13-6 in the Class AAAA schoolboy playoffs semifinals. Baytown’s Ed Davis and Bart Shirley each scored, while Baytown’s Lucas Vegas left with a broken arm after Corpus Christi’s first score. Corpus Christi advances to face Abilene for the title next Saturday.
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Ray
Robert Les
Baytown
Bay
Arthur McCallum
Sonny) Davis
Davis
Gary Smith
Bart Shirley
Lucas Vegas
Corpus Christis
Wayne Porter
Abilene
Blazers Lose To Lockett In Vernon Freshman Meet
The Childress Blue Blazers fell 22-16 to Lockett in the Vernon Freshman Tournament. Hugh Frith fouled out in the third, limiting scoring as the team struggled from the field. Roy Hopkins led with six points, while Lockett’s Haseloff scored nine and Wilkinson six. The Blazers meet Quanah next Tuesday in their final pre Christmas contest.
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Vernon
Lockett
Blazers
Hugh Frith
Roy Hopkins
Jimmie Holeman
Bryan McBrayer
Jimmy Evans
Frith
John Haseloff
Jerry Jerry Wilkinson
Childress
Rams
Quanah
Football Scores Delivers Abilene Wichita Falls Baytown Wins
Class AAAA Abilene 20 Wichita Falls 6 Corpus Christi Ray 13 Baytown 0. Class AAA Semifinals Garland 28 Littlefield 2 Nederland 7 San Antonio Edison 0. Class AA Brady 20 Linton 7 Stamford 39 Terrell 7. Stinnett 55 Eastland 20. Milk Bowl McKeesport Pa 45 Kerrville Tex 6.
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Wichita Falls
Corpus Christi Ray
Baytown
Garland
Littlefield
Nederland
San Antonio Edison
Brady
Linton
Stamford
Terrell
Stinnett
Eastland
Milk Bowl
McKeesport
Kerrville
Tex
Garland Rallies To Wallop Littlefield
In San Angelo Garland Owls overcame a early two point deficit to defeat Littlefield Wildcats 28-2 in the Class AAA semifinals. Chuck Bailey scored a 95 yard kickoff return and the Owls seized control after halftime en route to the finals against Nederland.
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San Angelo
Garland Owls
Littlefield Wildcats
Owls
Nederland
San Antoni Edison
Wildcats
Garland
Little
Andy Parker
Chuck Bailey
Bailey
Helicopters Join Hunt For Writer In Connecticut Woods
In Guildford Connecticut helicopters aided the search for magazine writer George Sessions Perry 46 missing since Thursday. Police dragged a pond and searched mud at its bottom believing Perry fell in while pursuing a missing dog. Weather with freezing rain snow and sleet hampered the effort.
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Guildford
Conn
George Sessions Perry
Perry
Rockdale
Tex
Harry Sohlberg
Guilford
Sohlberg
Center of United States located in Smith County Kansas
The geographic center of the United States is identified in Smith County Kansas at approximately latitude 39 degrees 50 minutes and longitude 98 degrees 35 minutes.
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United States
Smith County
Kan
Daily Heartbeat and Hare Variety Noted
A dated factoid notes the heart beats 103 689 times per day and blood travels 168 miles daily. It also states eight kinds of rabbits and five kinds of hares exist in the United States.
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United States
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