North South Shrine game set for Miami cold wind and rain
The second annual Shrine College All Star game tees off at 8 15 P M in the Orange Bowl with about 40 000 expected as forecast winds and scattered showers trim earlier hopes for 50 000 The North backed by six Notre Dame players faces the South coached by Andy Gustafson and Baylors Bob Woodruff The Yankee lineup averages 229 pounds on the line and 200 in the backfield while Baylor Adrian Burk leads the South in passing. probable starters include Notre Dame Wake Forest Purdue Georgia Tech and Dartmouth players in lineups for North and South positions
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Adrian Burk
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Wightkin O'Quinn
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Pasqueriello Campbell
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Dodgers Sell Olmo to Braves for Cash and Farm Players
The Brooklyn Dodgers sold outfielder Luis Olmo to the Boston Braves for an undisclosed cash amount and two Boston farm players not named. St. Louis Browns release pitcher Karl Drews to Baltimore. Detroit Tigers sign Rick Ferrell as coach to work with young catchers. The Cleveland Indians are deemed the best fielding team in the American League for 1949 with an average.
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Luis Olmo
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St. Louis Browns
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Detroit
Rick Ferrell
Chicago
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Pacific halfback Lebaron hospitalised after all star collision
San Francisco player Eddie Lebaron of College of Pacific, a halfback on the Western All-Star football squad, was hospitalized for treatment of a moderate concussion after colliding in a scrimmage.
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College of Pacific
Ibsen Wins Christmas Handicap at Tropicana Meet
Miami racing notes show Ibsen racing to victory in the Christmas handicap at Tropicana. Prize details noted. performance highlights from the Tropi meet indicate a clear win by Ibsen valued at roughly $4.70 to win.
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Ibsen
Tropi
Decatur Red Raiders face two home games after holidays
Coach Bill Isbell leads the Decatur Red Raiders after a Christmas break with two games this week. Thursday hosts Tuscumbia junior varsity in A and B Sears battles at 7:00, first cage clash in years for Tuscumbia. Friday features Athens A and B teams on local floor. Pre Christmas, Decatur won five and lost one, led by Wayne Ridgeway with 52 points and Freeman brothers Roy and Bob with 44 each.
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Bears Move Work Camp Ahead of Rose Bowl Clash
California Golden Bears relocate from Berkeley to Riverside training camp sixty miles east of Pasadena as Ohio State Buckeyes stay in Brookside Park. Coaches Fesler and Waldorf signal calm as teams prepare for the January 2 Rose Bowl meeting in this fourth Big Ten coast postseason renewal.
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Cal Park Photo Finish with Notable Contenders Earlier
Agua Caliente Mex hosts a four way photo finish featuring Bob Mack Loriot and Miss Cisco in the Caliente Future book first listing for the $100000 Santa Anita handicap set for February 25 Calumet Farm's Citation named the shortest priced fan in the book's history at five to one
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Kiphuth resigns as Yale director on doctor's orders
New Haven Connecticut Bob Kip huth, noted swimming coach, resigns as Yale's director on doctors orders. Aspen Colorado Denver won the college ski meet with 197 points. Western Colorado placed second, Minnesota third, and Yale fourth.
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Two Cage Games at Armory Tonight in Decatur
Two basketball games are set at the Decatur Armory tonight with 7:15 and 8:15 starts. Holly Pond faces H. Ryan in the opener, followed by Guard against Simcoe of Cullman.
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Philadelphia Founded in 1682 by William Penn
Philadelphia traces its founding to 1682 when William Penn established the city, shaping its early governance and settlement patterns. The colony’s religious tolerance and planned grid influenced colonial America and urban development for generations.
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William Penn
Cotton Bowl party set to overflow charter plane
New York wires report North Carolina's Cotton Bowl delegation will be 84 official travelers plus players families and about 20 newspapermen. The Sugar Bowl may see Ebert Van Buren of Louisiana State in Oklahoma’s Sugar Bowl defense. Missouri Florida base for the Gator Bowl is a Fort Lauderdale hotel owned by Wynne Castetel. Coach Waldorf recalls a practice miscue as Jim Truck Cullom and Herb Schmalenberg repeat the same error under pressure.
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Teacher Pests Lou Watson In Practice Teaching
Lou Watson Indiana VI basketball guard conducted a long session on four shooting in a physical education course at University high school. The next evening the Indiana varsity game saw Watson miss six of seven foul attempts, reminding his pupils of the prior lesson.
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Gator Bowl Teams Return To Florida Camp
Missouri Tigers and Maryland Terrapins resumed workouts in South Florida and near Ponte Vedra Beach ahead of the Gator Bowl on January 2. Don Faurot’s 47 man Missouri unit began five workouts at their Ft. Lauderdale camp, while Jim Tatum's 44 Maryland players prepared at College Park en route to Jacksonville. The two coaches, former allies, reunite in a Jacksonville game that could confirm a repeat result against a teacher.
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Public Seen For Economy Policy Gains Momentum
Senator Dworshak of Idaho says public and voters back a New Year push for economy and a balanced budget. He notes rising mail from citizens and groups urging reduced government spending and no tax increases, and he argues Republicans can win control in 1950 by making economy the main issue. He aims to cut at least 10 percent of annual spending over forty billion.
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Sugar Bowl Week Opens With Yacht Regatta
NEW ORLEANS December 26. The Sugar Bowl sports carnival opens today with the 11th annual yacht regatta on Lake Pontchartrain starting at 1 30 P M. CST Entries come from ten yacht clubs across Louisiana Mississippi Alabama and Florida. Oklahoma and LSU football game looms later.
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East and Middlewest Have Best Cage Squads This Year
National college basketball preview lists Eastern and Midwestern teams with strong records as potential NCAA contenders. Holy Cross St Johns Duquesne Long Island U Villanova City College lead Eastern group. Bradley Indiana Oklahoma Illinois Kansas State Ohio State top Midwest.
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Folsoms Expecting Stork Visit Again
Montgomery Ala Gov James E Folsom and his 22 year old wife reveal on a Christmas Day radio broadcast that they are expecting a baby in mid summer He and former Miss Jamelle Moore already have son James E Folsom Jr born May 14 1949 Their family also includes daughters Rachel age 9 and Melissa age 6 from his first marriage which ended with his wife dying in 1944 He wed Jamelle Moore on May 5 1948
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Ala
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Stork
Folsom
Jamelle Moore
James E. Folsom Jr
Rachel
Melissa
British Railways Hit by Boxing Day Strike Disrupts Service
London December 26. A strike by trainmen over holiday schedules disrupted the Southern region of British Railways. All suburban trains were canceled and 12 specials to a Kempton jumping meet were halted. Hundreds stranded at Waterloo as about 45 of 268 motormen refused Boxing Day work.
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Waterloo Station
Rural co operatives use weed killers on 3600 miles rights of way
In 1949 rural electric co operatives applied weed killing chemicals to about 3600 miles of rights of way to control vegetation. The program aimed to safeguard power lines and improve reliability across rural service areas.
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Rural Electric Co-Operatives
Eyesight of the kingbird impresses with distant insect spotting
A kingbird shows exceptionally sharp vision spotting a tiny insect at fifty yards. The observation highlights the bird's keen hunting prowess and visual acuity in its natural environment.
Truman to deliver state of the union and budget talks
Washington expects President Truman to present a state of the union message the economic report and the budget early in 1950 as Congress resumes January 3. The plan includes repeal of Taft Hartley civil rights measures and a national health insurance program, with fierce debate anticipated.
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Truman
Congress
Council of Economic Advisors
Navy ships host 300 orphans at Naples Christmas lunch
Three hundred orphans were guests of U S ships of the Mediterranean fleet in Naples Italy for a Christmas luncheon. Sailors handed out presents and the children enjoyed the festive meal at the long mess tables.
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Italy
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