Forty Niners View 1958 Season as Best Yet
The San Francisco football team heads toward a possible sellout clash with the Detroit Lions at Kezar Stadium as fans fight blackout limits. News notes include changes in the 1958 Childress Bobcats district schedule with Memphis dropped, and two new Memphis-area additions.
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High Scoring Game Set for Terrell Brady Clash in Waco
Terrell and Brady, offense oriented backfields, face off in a Class AA state schoolboy football showdown in Waco. Brady seeks to rebound after playoff losses while Terrell aims to extend a 13-1 season and a 493- vs 403-166 scoring edge. The bout caps a weekend of finals across classes with Port Arthur Highland Park, Nederland Sweetwater, Mart White Oak, and other title games awaiting.
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Williams Captures AL Slugging Crown With 731 Percentage
Ted Williams of the Red Sox earned the American League slugging title for the ninth time, posting a 0.731 percentage in 1957. He led the majors with 407 total bases in 420 at bats, hitting 38 homers, 28 doubles, and one triple while batting .388 to also win the batting title. Mickey Mantle finished runner up at 0.665, followed by Roy Sievers, Gene Woodling, and Vic Wertz.
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Bowl Game Winners Selected By Fraley
OSCAR FRALEY selects bowl game winners for the year listing Rose Bowl Ohio State over Oregon Sugar Bowl Texas over Misissippi Cotton Bowl Navy over Rice Orange Bowl Oklahoma over Duke Gator Bowl Texas Aggies over Tennessee. Fort Pillow noted as a Civil War site on the Mississippi River near Memphis.
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Birds and Answers Puzzle Clue List
Puzzle grid with across and down clues many garbled entries. Reads like a mixed cryptic crossword with erroneous spellings and missing letters across birds, plants, numbers, and place names, including hints to fruits, seas and heraldry terms.
SMU and TCU Win as SWC Action Continues
SMU topped Auburn 75 65 in Dallas led by Willie Marsh with 18 points and Ned Duncan with 17 as Auburn faltered after a 37 37 halftime. TCU beat Howard Payne 80 62 in Fort Worth with Ed Kirchner scoring 25 and Ronnie Stevenson 20. Arkansas hosts Missouri and Baylor plays Auburn as other SWC matchups loom. Sammy Baugh and Davey OBrien attend the Texas Sports Hall of Fame induction for Dutch Meyer on Dec 31.
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Longhorns Prepare for Sugar Bowl Trip to Biloxi
Texas coach Darrell Royal considered workouts before the Sugar Bowl. The Longhorns completed a light drill focusing on punting as they prep to face Mississippi on January 1. The team will regroup after Christmas for Biloxi training camp.
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Barber Leads Pomona Valley Open With Five Under Par
Barber leading the Chino Callio-Jerry Bar ber, a veteran Los Angeles pro, shot five under par 67 to top the split first round as the $5,000 Pomona Valley Open began its second half.
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Bobkittens Rally to Double-Header Wins Over Carey
Childress Junior High Bobkittens coached by Garland Terrell and Kenneth Hart finish the pre holiday season undefeated with a 33 to 30 win in the first game and 30 to 22 in the second. Sammy Taylor leads PAC game with 13 points while Jimmy Wilcoxson adds eight and Glen Beal, Jim Clifton and Sammy Bush contribute. Carey’s Bol Foard tops scoring for the visitors with 14 points. In B game Franklin Martin leads with 14 points as Jayme Selves and Travis McCain also score for Childress. Carey’s Bill Prather and Thomas Lewis each score four.
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Tornado toll rises as Missouri counts damage and deaths
The storm hammers the Midwest with heavy rains and tornadoes across Missouri and Illinois. In Murphysboro 178 injured, dozens of homes demolished, hundreds homeless as government designates six Missouri and five Illinois counties as disaster areas. A list of fatalities includes Mrs. Karl Marshall and others across Sunfield Farmington and Mount Vernon.
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Gaillard's Government to Last Six Weeks Longer
Paris political observers say Premier Felix Gaillard’s six week old government will survive at least another six weeks after the National Assembly approved the 1958 budget by 263 to 191 in a confidence vote. The assembly already passed the Algerian home rule bill in a separate confidence vote on November 30.
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Railroads seek three percent average freight rate increase
The nation’s major railroads asked the Interstate Commerce Commission on Thursday for permission to implement new freight rate tariffs. The proposed tariffs reportedly contain an average increase of around three percent.
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Nterstate Commitee Commission
Finland Upgrades Legation to Embassy in United States
The Finnish legation to the United States has elevated its status to an embassy and its minister has been promoted accordingly, signaling closer diplomatic ties and expanded duties in Washington.
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