Olympic star Mathias to skip 1964 Games after service
The piece notes Bob Mathias will serve in the Marine Corps for two years and not compete in the 1964 Australian Games. He plans six weeks of draining after summer, then return to Stanford for another quarter with one season of eligibility left, likely ending his athletic career. The column weaves in various sports tidbits and notes from the era.
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Marine Corps
Bob Mathias
Australia
Big Bob
Stanford
Queens
United States
Florida
Jim Tobin
S&s
Gleve van ‘Buren
Terry Sawehale
al Te
Fhre West) Weill
Ted Launs
Tommy Bridges
Mongay
Jesa Willard
Jimiy’ Hiner
Tursday
George Magsrkurth
Lester Patrick
Pete Cooper
Tommy Byrne
Dosk Walker
Jack
Cloud
Dave Douglas
Hank Greenberg
Jake Wade
Ear
Torgeson
Carl Scheib
Ofvai
Rick Casarex
Tulsa
Jacksonville
Fla
Tampa Terra Ypean
Miso
Jane
Han Trad
High Principle
Binet B'rith
Jamey Jon Walcott
Hatuyally
Hen
Sehell
Hillsboro
Wis
Goodwin
Badger State
Pop
Eastern Parkway W Arena
Brooklyn
Sabatin
Warren
O. Patterson
Hollywood
Army
Wert Poiris
Ed Leacher
Highways Open to Mountain Areas After Snow Storm
Sacramento reports main highways open to winter sports hubs despite a snow and rain storm. U S 40 and U S 50 routes from Sacramento to Reno are passable, while U S 00 was closed yesterday afternoon by a blizzard between Shasta Region and Weed. California Highway Patrol notes improved conditions with continued caution for chain requirements.
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Sacramento
California Highway Patrol
CHP
U. S
Reno
The Fishin Fool Ralph Stevens
A winter fishing column urges year round practice and gear care. The author praises year round fishing in the Middle West and stresses careful inspection and maintenance of rods reels lines and lures during off season to ensure readiness for the next season.
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Middle West
Waller
Tucky Sliff
Finithad
Stell
Walter
Water temperatures and fish picks in Fahrenheit guide
A damaged OCR passage lists water temperatures in Fahrenheit for Brook trout rainbow and brown trout, smallmouth bass and largemouth bass, lake trout and salmon, northern pike muskellunge and panfish, walleye, and trout and salmon expected variation. It notes ranges around 60s to 70s Fahrenheit with some percentages and variability by species.
Blonde Admits She's Friend of Brink's Robbery Suspects
An unidentified 26-year-old woman testifies before a federal grand jury about relationships with two racketeers tied to the Brink's robbery. She named George Killeen and Louis Gva as former lovers, while acknowledging knowledge of Joseph O'Keefe. Investigators note she spoke freely but did not confirm identifying any suspects.
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Boston
Mmn
Mnoll
Federal Grand Jury
George KR. Killeen
Loils
the Pig
Gva
Killeen
Aya
Polite
Lyn
Mass
Gond
Ashe
Joseph
Spees) O'Keefe
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
De Gaulle Era Crisis Delays Premier Appointment
Paris awaited Soustelle's decision on seeking formal approval as premier after long talks with parliamentary leaders. The postponement signals weak support for a national union government proposed by De Gaulle. Soustelle agreed to form a new cabinet under constitutional limits, aiming to end a political crisis sparked by Pinay's resignation. Soustelle met with party delegates to test viability of a national front and reforms, with De Gaulle ineligible for the post due to not being in the Assembly.
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Paris
Tacques Soustelle
Gea
Chae de Gaule
National Front
Ganttist Sates
DeGaulle
National Assembly
Suustelle
Dele Jates
France
North Africia
Telegraphic Tabloids Headline Spans The Nation
A collage of brief items from United Frese New York reports on a bank robbery near a business building, a mother sharing fruit cake, overcrowded Central Park ice, a bank ornament scam, a distracted bug enthusiasts jam, Christmas echoes amid party goers, a Detroit inmate jailed for drunkenness, and an attorney general court order in a divorce case.
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United Frese
New York
Alice Bademier
Central Park
Tad
What Caused the Firehouse Fire
Mauveysburg fire officials sought the cause after a fire damaged the town hall firehouse trapping equipment. Fire hoses burned but the nearby Jentina Iron department aided, salvaging a 50-yr-old engine named Old Neptune. New pumper was heavily damaged. hose and building losses estimated.
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Mauveysburg
Val| Ambeer Fire Department
Jentina
Stripper says extra money will go to lawyer in murder case
A Dallas stripteaser defending a murder charge says her income rose fivefold and the extra cash will likely go to her lawyer Billy Shonnae, who opened her engagement at the Colony club at 350 a week. Police allege she and her husband shot Alfred Rosenfield Jr. in a Western duel scene after her performance. Bail set at 8000 for Billie and 10000 for Ails. Ails released earlier.
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Thomas Maccabe
United Press
Dallas
Tex
Billy Shonnae
Alfred Rosenfield, Jr
Rosenfield
Bille
Tescos Alls
Conmredian
Ails
Billie
Lestitind
Justice of the Peace
Glenn Byrd
Alls
Maury Hughes
Jess
Bids Opened for Henry Barnard School Construction
The Devote school district board of trustees will open bids for construction and paving at 8 p.m. in the Deote school building located at Sixth and H streets. Bids cover a new administration unit and completion of paving per plans by Ponsford and Price, architects of Oakland. Plans are on file in the district office.
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Henry Barnard
Devote School District Board of Trustees
Deote
Ponsford and Price
Architeets
Oakland
Diente
Yank officer claims Russia abducted him at gunpoint
An American sailor reported by a Berlin dispatch says a U S officer was abducted by Russians in the Soviet zone of Germany while near the Sixth Infantry bivouac in the American sector. He was released later under unclear circumstances.
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Berlin
Ames
Kidiyus
Atou
Germany
Sgt Spends Christmas Leave as Circus Clown
30-year-old American Air Force sergeant Charles Sateja known as the Great Sateja spent a Christmas leave in London working as a circus clown after recovering from a fear of flying trapeze. He performed three stunts and later headed back to his life in the Air Force. He also described a separate Soviet interrogation incident near Berlin lasting several hours before he reached the American sector.
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London
Charles Sateja
Sateja
America
Alabama
Owni
Nenet
Air Force
England
Lateja
Will Sculthorpe
Eat Norand
Jack Ilyston
Britain
Stremunus
Lateia
Drummer Will Give Up Job For Pearl Bailey Marriage
Duke Ellington drummer Louis Bellson says he would quit his job and even the band if necessary to protect his marriage to blues singer Pearl Bailey. He explains the issue is balancing careers and marriage amid publicity while the couple remains supportive and plans family visits.
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Chicago
Louis Bellson
Pearl Bailey Accoss
Bellson
Duke Ellington
Bellsons
Tandon
Monty Drew
Trent
Europe
America
Miss Bailey
Ellington
Pearl
Hig
Louis
Waterfront priest warns of death threats on New York docks
Rev John M Coridan the waterfront priest says dockworkers have received death threats amid a New York Crime Commission probe. He calls the waterfront a spiderweb of crime, urges reforms including removing docks from politics, banning public loading concessions, registering workers, establishing seniority rights, and ending the shape-up system.
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New York
John M. Coridan
iNew York State Crime Commission
Jha
Advocate
Corridan
Father Corridan
St. Francis Xavier Labor School
Wentith Street
Metropolitan Waterfront
AFT
Alcohol Tax Collections Show Rise From Previous Year
Sacramento reports tax data on beverage excise at wholesale distillers for the period, totaling 1,818,176 dollars. An increase of 320 or 22 percent from the prior year is cited by the board of equalization. Distilled spirits contributed 1,455,088 dollars, beer 413,044 dollars, and other distributions 644 dollars.
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Damax
Quinn
Stile Board of Equalization
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