Coach Given Credit For Cowboy Success
Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry credits Ernie Stautner with transforming the defensive line into a feared front four. The Doomsday Defense, boosted by Stautner’s coaching, helped Dallas post a 10-3-1 record, top the NFL in rushing defense and sacks, and power an upset bid in the title game versus the Green Bay Packers.
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Cowboys, SMU Favored by Odds Makers in Bowl Plans
Las Vegas odds makers favor SMU and Dallas over Georgia and Green Bay as SMU draws Georgia in the Cotton Bowl and Dallas faces Green Bay in the NFL title game at the same stadium this weekend.
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Morrison named Giants MVP in LIAC ballot
Garden City, N Y Joe Morrison a former Giants end flanker and running back from the 1966 season was chosen as the club’s MVP by teammates in the Long Island Athletic Club’s first annual pro football honors. The club will also select MVPs for the Jets and for the NFL and AFL.
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Jaster Ties for Rookie of the Year with Hoerner
St Louis Cardinals pitcher Larry Jaster shares the St Louis Baseball Writers Association rookie of the year honor with teammate Joe Hoerner. Jaster, 22, earlier recorded five straight shutouts against the Dodgers, finished 11-5 with 92 strikeouts in 152 innings and a 3.26 ERA.
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Christmas Cheer Across Viet Nam Airlift Delivers Gifts
UPI reports that U S fighting men in Viet Nam received nearly 500 tons of gifts and mail during last year’s Christmas season. The airlift was organized by Air Reserve Forces to boost morale amid ongoing operations.
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Sports Comments by Claire Howerton on New Year football fracas
The column notes New Year resolutions and previews major bowl games and the Super Bowl. It mentions the AFL Chiefs versus Bills in Dallas and Buffalo, the Cotton Bowl with Georgia and SMU, the Gator Bowl Tennessee versus Syracuse, the Shrine Bowl in San Francisco, the Sugar Bowl Nebraska versus Alabama, the Rose Bowl USC versus Purdue, and the Orange Bowl Florida versus Georgia Tech. It also remarks on the Cowboys Packers clash and the Texans lineage and ends with a wink at future columns.
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Pope Paul VI to lead Epiphany Mass for Chinese Catholics
Pope Paul VI will officiate a mass on January 6 for Roman Catholics in Communist China. The Epiphany Day service marks the 40th anniversary of the first Chinese bishops’ consecration and the 20th anniversary of the church hierarchy in China.
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Cat as Liberty Symbol in Ancient Rome Cited by World Book
A World Book Encyclopedia entry asserts the cat symbolized liberty in ancient Rome, noting its cultural role and representation in historical contexts.
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Clay and Terrell Clash at MSG Over Uncle Tom Slur
Cassius Clay and Ernie Terrell nearly came to blows in a crowded Madison Square Garden office after Clay denounced Terrell as an Uncle Tom Negro. The incident followed a poetry reading as both prepared for their February 6 Houston Astrodome title bout, which MSG would televise via a 40 foot closed circuit screen.
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Boxer Dead Genaro Former world flyweight champion dies
Frankie Genaro 65 former world flyweight and Olympic boxing champion dies after a long illness at Polyclinic Hospital. Genaro won the American title from Pancho Villa in 1923 and the world crown by decree over Frenchy Belanger in 1929. He had 83 wins in 129 professional bouts.
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AAU appoints leaders for 1967 swimming diving chairs
The Amateur Athletic Union named Bill Lippman of Los Angeles and Kenneth Treadway of Bartlesville Oklahoma to serve again as chairmen of the men’s and women’s swimming committees for 1967. Dick Smith of Phoenix and L. V. Lyndon of Monrovia California were likewise reappointed as chairmen of men’s and women’s diving.
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Tax guide “Your Federal Income Tax” 1967 at 50c
The IRS announced the 1967 edition of Your Federal Income Tax is available for 50 cents. The 160 page guide can be bought at most IRS offices or from the U S Government Printing Office in Washington. It aims to answer most questions taxpayers have when preparing returns.
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