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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1968
Page
5
Brownwood’s AAA Lions visit Bobcat home court tonight for a pivotal district clash. The Lions seek a major victory over the district’s No. 2 team while Bobcats aim to derail the visitors and secure a key win at home.
Local squads swept three games against Memphis teams led by seventh grader Ernest Randle and eighth grader John Holland. Freshmen Ke v in Wood and David Lane helped power a 54-24 win as Brownwood and CHS prepared for next games including a Vernon trip and a make up with Wellington.
Hialeah's winter meeting shows a four percent rise in attendance to 174,026 and an eighteen percent jump in handle to 17.33 million for the first ten days versus last year.
Pro football moves include Minnesota trading for Gary Cuozzo from New Orleans in a swap that sent first round picks in 1968 and 1969. Minnesota may target Notre Dame defensive end Kevin Hardy or Texas El Paso linebacker Fred Carr with the 1968 bonus pick, while Fran Tarkenton’s exit earlier yields the bonus choice. The 1968 draft spans two days with 462 players chosen in 17 rounds, emphasizing linemen over halfbacks.
Joe Frazier began training in Kiamesha Lake for the Madison Square Garden heavyweight title bout with Buster Mathis on March 4. Emile Griffith also started training for his title defense against Nino Benvenuti in the Garden doubleheader. Benvenuti to arrive Sunday and train at Grossinger NY. Mathis training at Hyde Park NY.
Houston University remains number one in the UPI Board of Coaches ratings for the second straight week with 28 first place votes and 343 points. UCLA holds seven first-place votes, Duke enters the top ten replacing Utah, and Utah drops further after multiple losses.
Fragmentary OCR lists players and ties with names like Ninoy Nippert Rusty Conway and Brett Shannon Smith among team standings. It shows leagues led by Buffaloes Bulldogs Tigers Lions and beginners with Jays Larks Ravens Ducks records, indicating a standings snapshot.
Bart Starr of the Green Bay Packers is named winner of the Dallas All Sports Association Field Scorer Award for 1967. The Dallas Cowboys foe is honored for athletic vigor integrity and achievement along with six other honorees including Randy Matson Tommy Nobis Gene Stallings and Tom Sewell.
Fragmentary notes describe Texas history with Pedro de Mendoza founding Buenos Aires in 1536 and a cottontail rabbit life expectancy of under one year. It cites France's telephone density and Ysleta near El Paso as Texas's oldest continuous settlement.
The World Almanac notes thermonuclear energy stems from hydrogen fusion, used in some bombs and plants. It says deuterium from oceans could yield fuel equivalent to 300 gallons of gasoline for about four cents per amount harnessed.
A listing of TV programs across multiple stations for Tuesday January 30 1968. Includes newsreels weather reports sports shows soap operas and prime time movies with titles like Phantom of the Opera Inaugural Evening at Ford's Theatre and The Late Movie Invasion of the Star Creatures.
Local television guide lists daytime and early evening programming across channels 3 4 5 and 6 including Today News Jeopardy Match Game Dramas soaps News at Noon Capitan Kangaroo and rope of syndicated shows. Also notes weather irrigation reports and farm ranch segments with lineup for KFDA KVII KAUZ and other area stations.
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