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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1951
Page
3
Wyoming and Duquesne exit the unbeaten ranks while top ranked teams Bradley Oklahoma A and M and Kentucky win. Bradley blades Drake 74 55. Oklahoma A and M beats Wichita 53 41 and Kentucky downed Cincinnati 88 74. Bill Spivey and Joe Nieuwenhuis pace their teams. Kansas, Nebraska and others post wins in conference play.
Bradley University holds the No 1 spot in the national college basketball rankings with Columba making the week’s only top five move. Bradley, riding a long win streak, earned 32 of 52 first place votes and 920 points as Oklahoma A and M slipped to second. Kentucky and Long Island University followed, with Villanova dropping to 16th after a loss to Fordham. Bradley’s two recent wins boosted their tally to 15 straight victories. The Braves head to Madison Square Garden to face St John’s, while Oklahoma A and M hosts Tulsa and Drake this week. Kentucky, strong at 3rd, faces Alabama and Notre Dame.
The annual Alabama fox hunt opens in Foley with a parade and fire dance marking the start. More than 500 hounds from 25 states participate in the four day event, with a dawn start near the intratostal canal south of Foley. John H. Allen of Iuka led the coach show following opening ceremonies tracing Gaelic and British hunt history.
Two Tifton High School football players signed athletic scholarships with the University of Alabama. Ramon Grimsley, 6 7, 260 pound center, and Royce Johnson, 20&% pound tackle, earned All-State first and second team honors respectively. Coached by W A Pig Pavis, Tifton has been undefeated for two seasons. Also noted: a Smithsonian Institution reference and several college football results across multiple teams.
Cookbook of the Week highlights a 24-volume set The World’s Greatest Cookbooks from The Culinary Arts Institute. Includes 250 Ways to Make Candy and a Candy Book with fondants fudges taffies brittles and step by step photographs. Provides recipes for candymaking with tips on temperatures methods and serving ideas.
New Orleans organizers plan a Mardi Gras with a military flavor after sponsors canceled, naming a lady GI as queen and selecting three kings from Army Navy Air Force or Marines. Traditional royals the Rex and Momus groups canceled floats and balls, while Mayor Morrison backs the new Krewe of Patna to lead the celebration amid wartime anxieties. Education in Russie begins at age seven.
In Recorder's Court amid public drunkenness cases, fines for drunkenness rose from 7 to 12 dollars, with judge Robert M. Guillot citing city comparisons and a deterrent aim. Defendants may still opt for a jail sentence instead of higher fines. The text also notes the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis was founded in 1938 by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
New York police say Pasquale Donofrio confessed to murdering 21 year old Dorothy Martin in a Brooklyn room during a drunken quarrel on November 3. He described severing the body with a hacksaw and razor before discarding parts in Long Island Rail Road lockers. Identification followed after a Christmas card note and a postcard tipped investigators.
A strike by about 1300 veterans led to a sit in at the Knoxville VA office as auditors from the Veterans Administration checked the books of a closed Knoxville trade school. The Nashville VA director said shutdowns may reflect possible overpayments, with 1050 veterans affected and related closures reported around the state.
Representative Vinson introduces a 42 billion navy expansion program in the House. The plan includes a super aircraft carrier, 80 new vessels, and modernization or conversion of 230 existing ships. Vinson, head of the Defense Department and Budget Bureau, says work should start immediately.
Fragmentary report outlines Chiang Kai_shek planning a drive to unify Chinese Nationalists in Formosa and mainland, aiming to correct errors, with a two year timeline to found a new national effort.
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