Halas ends breach suit freeing Allen to join Rams
Chicago owner coach George Halas quickly ends a breach of contract suit against George Allen. The judge confirmed the three year pact and Allen can take the Los Angeles Rams head coaching job. Allen leaves his Bears post for a reported forty thousand a year. Dan Reeves of the Rams welcomes the decision. Rozelle avoids a joint hearing.
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Joe Mooshil
Associated Press
Chicago
George Halas
Chicago Bears
George Allen
Allen
Los Angeles Rams
Halas
Rams
Pete Rozelle
National Football League
Cornelius Harrington
Ram
Charles Short
Short
Albert Jenner
Hal
Bears
Dan Reeves
Los Angeles
Rozelle
Dodgers Set for 1966 Season With pitching Speed
Los Angeles manager Walter Alston says the 1966 Dodgers will rely on pitching, speed and team chemistry with Tommie Davis possibly returning from a broken leg for added power. The AP named them Team of the Year 1965 after a 13 game late-season run and World Series win over Minnesota.
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Darktown
Ohio
Los Angeles Dodgers
Walter Alston
Alston
Tomm Davis
Davis
Dodgers
Minnesota
Associated Press
Carrtown
Cincinnati
Michigan State
UCLA
Los Angeles
Sandy Koufax
San Francisco
Huskers Rally Past Kansas 83 75 Put Lincoln in First
Jim Damm sparked Nebraska to an 83-75 upset of Kansas, lifting the Cornhuskers to 12 2 overall and first place in the Big Eight. Branch scored 18 as Nebraska erased a 28 19 Kansas lead and held on. Kansas had eight game win streak snapped.
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Ted Meier
Associated Press
Nebraska
Wilt Chamberlain
University of Kansas
Lincoln
Neb
Cornhuskers
Kansas
Jim Damm
Bellflower
Calif
Huskers
Jim Kubacki
Kubacki
Camm
Nate Branch
Jayhawks
Branch
Texas A&m
Gurney Seen As Favorite In Riverside Stock Car Race
Riverside California AP reports Dan Gurney the Costa Mesa driver is the man to beat in the Riverside 500 stock car race after clocking a lap record in practice. Gurney holds last year's Riverside mark and has won this event three straight times. In a separate incident veteran Fred Lorenzen of Elmhurst Illinois escaped a wreck but faces Sunday action for a $75 000 prize.
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Riverside
Calif
Dan Gurney
Riverside Motor Trend
Gurney
Ford Gurney
Costa Mesa
Fred Lorenzen
Elmhurst
Ill
Lemm Top Choice For Houston Oilers Coaching Job
Wally Lemm remains the No. 1 candidate for the Houston Oilers head coach post after Bones Taylor lost out amid a public feud with quarterback George Blanda. oilers exec Don Klosterman cited inharmonious relations between Taylor and Blanda as the firing reason. Taylor’s contract ends January 31. Blanda holds a no trade clause.
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Mike Rathet
Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Wally Lemm
Houston Oilers
Bones Taylor
Oilers
George Blanda
Lemm
St. Louis Cardinals
Taylor
Sammy Baugh
Iblanda
Don Klosterman
Klosterman
Blanda
Bud) Adams
Lorenzen’s Ford Flips In Spectacular Race Crash
Lorenzen’s 1966 Ford roared to the first turn losing control and slamming into hay bales before flipping end over end into the infield of the 2.7 mile course. Spectators reported he was traveling about 100 mph and that the fuel tanks ruptured, igniting a long flame trail. The 31 year old driver appeared likely eliminated from Sunday’s event.
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Lorenzen
Crosby Golf Tournament Opens At Pebble Beach
Rain is forecast as 137 pros and 137 amateurs prepare for a five day 72 hole Crosby Pro-Am at Pebble Beach. The event features top players like Nicklaus Palmer Casper Lema and Bruce Crampton with amateurs drawn from entertainment business and sports.
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Pebble Beach
Calif
Ures
Dean Martin
Phil Har
Upris
James Garner
Tom Har
Paul Hornung
Sandy Koucourses
Leonard Firestone
Charlie Crosby
Shulz
Alvin Dark
Dark
Duffy Daugherty
Australia
Bruce Crampton
Tteams
George Bayer
Morgan Barofsky
George Archer- Nelson Cullenward
Barofsky
Cullenward
San Francisco Bay Area
Oilers fire coach Bones Taylor as AFL moves on
The Associated Press reports Houston Oilers fire coach Hugh Bones Taylor amid AFL developments. The league expands plans add two teams for 1967, while Chicago Bears owner George Halas fights a breach suit over Los Angeles Rams coaching. Other briefs cover Dolphins expansion picks and notable racing results.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Houston Oilers
American Football League
Firec
Hugh
Bones) Taylor
Miami Dolphins
Frank Jack
Kansas City
Jack Spikes
Norm Evans
Tom Klandson
John McGeever
Denver
Jim Davidson
Buffalo
Ross O’harney
Boston
Ken Rice
Oakland
Dick Westmoreland
San Diego
Mike Hadock
New York
American Foot
Chicago
George Halas
Chicago Bears
George Allen
Los Angeles Rams
San Francisco
Pete Peletta
University of San Francisco
Phil Vukecevich
Los Angeles Dodgers
Miami
Fla
Hialeah New Orleans
Jove
I Owe
Fair Grounds
Oldsmar
All-American High School Football Team Named for 1965
Scholastic Magazine lists 95 players with 22 from New York Pennsylvania Ohio and California. Eight Pennsylvanians and seven players each from Ohio and California are on the team announced Tuesday.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
California
Scholastic Magazine
Plans Progressing for Mexico City 1968 Olympics
Former President Adolfo Lopez Mateos, head of the organizing committee, said preparations for the 1968 Olympic Games are progressing normally and site work is likely to begin in late February.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Esday
Sloan to Speak at Cario Tide Event
Officials at the Cario Methodist Church in Limestone County announce Alabama quarterback Steve Sloan has accepted an invitation to speak at the church in late March. The exact date is pending, with last Sunday in March anticipated. Sloan, a Cleveland Tennessee native, led Alabama to a 39 28 Orange Bowl win over Nebraska and another national title bid.
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Cario Methodist Church
Limestone County
Steve Sloan
Alabama Crimson Tide
Sloan
Cleveland Tenn
The
Tide
Nebraska
Alabama
College Scores Spread Across Regions in Varied Results
East games feature DePaul over Niagara 81 61 and Clarion over Waynesburg 95 81. South results include Florida State 70 over The Citadel 61 and Virginia Tech 68 over NW Louisiana 76. West shows Gonzaga 62 Eastern Washington 42 and Cal Poly Pomona 101 over Azusa 62.
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Aggies
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Ray Meyer
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Clarion
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Til
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Bethel
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Texas A&m
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Arkansas
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Southern Colo
Aegis
Occidental
Pomona
Whittier
Cal Tech
Cal Poly
Azusa
Southern Oregon
Ore. Tech
Alabama prep scores show a flood of playoff results across cities
A long list of high school basketball scores from Alabama and nearby districts appears, naming teams such as Geneva Dothan Newville Lee Tallassee Lanett LaFayette W S Neal Monroeville Frisco City and many others with various point totals. The brief ends with a note that the infant mortality rate in the United States today remains unchanged from a decade ago.
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Asiateo Preee
Troy
Geneva Dothan Boys Club
Newville
Lee
Tallassee
Lanett
LaFayette
W.S. Neal
Woodham
Monroeville
Frisco City
Jordan
Eufaula
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Phillips
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Emima Sansom
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Thomaston
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Dadeville
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Prattville
Jemson
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Clayton
Zion Chapel
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