Slight Increase Seen In Grid Attendance
A survey by the Associated Press of 303 college football games shows attendance gains in most regions. Michigan tops the list with 221,717 in three sellouts at Ann Arbor, while California’s Golden Bears drew 723,800 in four home games. The declines are noted in the East, with the overall season drawing likely over 10 million fans across major programs.
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Penn guard Schweder earns AP lineman of the week honors
New York AP reports University of Pennsylvania guard John Schweder won the fifth Associated Press lineman of the week award after standout work against Navy at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. He anchored the Red and Blue line, making defensive stops and delivering a key block on Red Bagwell’s 74 yard punt return, and becoming the first guard named a national freshman lineman of the week.
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Fite
Food Fish Puzzle Clue Grid With Mixed References
A scanned puzzle fragment lists horizontal and vertical word clues across a grid. Entries include terms like Hindu pottery, musical note, Hebrew letters, and hunting dog, with several stray OCR artifacts and partial phrases in a dense, cross referenced format.
Bethlehem athlete profile highlights Gene Schweder
Gene L. Schweder of Bethlehem weighs 208 pounds and stands nine feet tall in the OCR. He excels at blocking kicks with four blocks last year and one this season. A former member of the Artillery, he served in Korea for half a year in 1944. He is married with a baby son and slimmed from 230 pounds a year ago to improve speed.
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Artified Artillery
Korea
Bowl Teams May Get 30 Per Cent Of Gate
Atlanta AP reports three Dixie bowls the Sugar in New Orleans Cotton in Dallas and Gator in Jacksonville approved NCAA proposals to pay competing teams at least 40 percent of gate receipts for 1960 bowls. The Orange in Miami is studying the proposals with a decision expected after a January NCAA meeting.
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Shortage Of Coffee Expected Next Year
World coffee demand remains strong while Brazil endures drought and Guatemala floods. Experts warn next year could see a 5,000,000 bag deficit versus normal production, with higher retail prices as roasters raise costs.
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Williamson
Legion History Cited In Membership Drive
The American Legion, now conducting its 1950 membership drive, will be two years old next March. Since the first National Convention in Minneapolis in 1919, local membership has grown from 648,000 to over 3,000,000 across about 17,330 posts. Chester & Vickery Post 12 in Dothan notes Legion birthday events from March 18 to 17. Legion founders opened membership to all honorably discharged wartime veterans.
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Dothan Legionnaires
Legion
Caucas
Paris
St. Louis
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