Roland Top NFL Rookie Named AP Rookie of the Year
Johnny Roland, 1965 Missouri All-America, signed by St. Louis Cardinals for at least 259000, wins AP rookie of the year over Tommy Nobis of Texas. Roland, a versatile back and blocker, moved to offense midseason and led in punt returns while contributing 1566 yards from running passing and catching in 13 games. Nobis earned strong support as Falcons’ first round pick and steady middle linebacker for Atlanta.
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Johnny Roland
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St. Louis Cardinals
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Tommy Nobis
Atlanta
Texas
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Bill
Stormy
New York Jets
Cardinals
Charley Winner
Bill Triplett
Philadelphia
Nobis
Atlanta Falcons
Falcons
Nort Hecker
Garden City Hugoton dual meets postponed due to schedule clash
Garden City High and Hugoton postponed their planned wrestling duals after a scheduling conflict at Hugoton. A Russell varsity meet remains on Friday at Garden City High, with three exhibition matches added. Regular Garden entries include R Smith, Plankenhorn, Dawson or Tresner, Romesburg, Reeve, Slough, Pulrabek or Percival, Wigner, Brookover, Rudd, Heinemann, and Richardson for weights from 95 to heavyweight.
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Garden City Grapplers
Hugoton Fenlent
Hugoton
Garden City High
Hugoton High
Garden
Russell
Roger Smith
Ron Plankenhorn
Jim Dawson
Leon Tresner
Jerry Romesburg
Lee Reeve
Gary Slough
Dale Pulrabek
Tim Percival
Larry Wigner
E.C. Brookover
Phil Rudd
Don Heinemann
Larry Richardson
Baseball Trade Deadline Near
The interleague trade deadline looms at midnight as major league deals reshape rosters. Key moves include Norm Siebern from California to San Francisco for Len Gabrielson and Walter Williams to the White Sox with Don Dennis for John Romano and Lee White. The San Francisco and St. Louis swaps add to 14 trades in three weeks amid varied batting and RBI totals.
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Associated Press
Roger Maris
St. Louis
New York Yankees
Maury Wills
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles Dodgers
California
Norm Siebern
San Francisco
Len Gabrielson
Walter Williams
Chicago White Sox
Don Dennis
John Romano
Lee White
Angels
Siebern
Gabrielson
Romano
White Sox
Buckeyes Lead in Home Attendance Among Colleges
NEW YORK AP Ohio State's Buckeyes drew the largest home attendance among 616 college teams in 1966, averaging 81,400 spectators for six home games despite a drop from 1965. Michigan State averaged 71,125, followed by Michigan, LSU, Nebraska, and Notre Dame averaging 3,075 for five home games.
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Ohio State
Buckeyes
Bueau
Michigan State
Michigans
Louisiana State
Nebraska
Notre Dame
Irish
Bowl League Week Highlights at Garden Bowl
Dickey Keg Pacesetters led by Dickey with 646 series and Zubeck rolling 246 game as the American League closes its 16th week. Concurrent results show Southwest Carpet and Tile 1,076 high game and Garden Bowl 3,051 team series, with multiple match outcomes across clubs and leagues including Conoco Service and Oswalt Industries.
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Bob Zubeck
Lynde Shamrock Service Station
Garden Bowl
Elliott Dickey
Conoca
Southwest
Lynde Shamrock
Collins
Conoco
Burtis Motors
Santa Fe Motors
Deerfield
Corky Newitt
Holcomb Co-op
Jerry Bieker
Spor
Oswalt Industries
Schreiber Motors
Tom's Peanuts
Dairy Queen
Moorman Feeds
Garden National Bank
A&a
Schiffelbein
Eagles Lodge
Schrieder Motors
E&e
Pepsi-Cola
Holcomb
Connie Zirkel
Prairie Belles League
Glenda Mason
Dial Tones
Warren Hotel
Charleston Co-op
Campbell Insurance
Gibson Discount Center
B&b
Gerber Oil of
Charleston
Friday Basketball Slates Across Telegram-Area Teams
Friday brings a heavy high school basketball slate across the Telegram region with West Central Kansas League games in Dodge City, Garden City, Russell, Pratt, Larned, and Ellinwood plus High Plains Conference clashes in Elkhart, Holcomb, Syracuse, Lakin, Sublette, and Sunflower area matchups. Also listed are Western Kansas Education Association contests and Sante Fe Trail League games with Copeland, Rolla, Deerfield, Ford, Ensign, Moscow, Ingalls, Montezuma, Cimarron, Coldwater, Shallow Water, Gove, Colby, St Francis, Goodland, Oakley, Hays St. Joseph, Victoria, Ulysses, Hugoton, Kendall open dates. New York AP: Les Duncan named AFL Defensive Player of the Week after Chargers win over Jets.
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Travelers
Dodge City
Havs
Garden City
Scott City
Russell
Great Bend
Pratt
Larned
Kingman
Ellinwood
Elkhart
Clayton
N.M. Johnson
Holcomb
Syracuse
Lakin
Sublette
Satana
Western Kan
Education Assn
LaCrosse
Dighton
Jetmore
Dodge City St. Mary
Scott
Ness City
Ellis
Tribune
Sante Fe Trail League
Copeland
Rolla
Deerfield
Ford
Ensign
Moscow
Ingalls
Montezuma
Cimarron
Coldwater
Gove
Colby
St. Francis
Goodland
Oakley
Hays St. Joseph
Victoria
Ulysses
Liberal
Hugoton
Kendall
Garden Juco Wrestlers Clash With Hiram Scott Saturday
Garden City Junior College faces Hiram Scott College of Scottsbluff in a Saturday dual meet at the high school gym starting at 3 p.m. This return meeting features a full card plus likely exhibition matches as GCJC closes its pre-vacation schedule. Notable Garden entries include Siemans Daigle Terry Tresner Suzuki Verbeck Biggs Bachman Lightner and Hudnett in 123 to heavyweight classes.
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Jack Scammahorn
Hiram Scott College
Scottsbluff
Neb
Garden
Nebraskans
Hiram Scott
Nebraska Panhandle
GCJC
Nebraska
Tagged Lamar
Colo
Bill Siemans
John Daigle
Ron Terry
Leland Tresner
Katsumi Suzuki
Jerry Verbeck
Dean Biggs
Ben Bachman
John Lightner
Walt Hudnett
NBA Wednesday results and upcoming games listed
The NBA results show Baltimore defeating New York 116 to 106 and Chicago beating Detroit 93 to 87, with Cincinnati topping Los Angeles 126 to 124. St Louis hosts Baltimore in Providence, R I, and Friday schedule has Chicago at Cincinnati Cleveland at St Louis and Baltimore at Detroit.
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THE
Associated Press
Baltimore
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Cincinnati
Los
St. Louis
Providence
R.I
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Busters to Borger For Non League Test
Garden City Junior College basketball heads to Borger Texas for a non league game at Frank Phillips JC. Garden seeks a repeat of its December 6 100 72 triumph to snap a 18 game Borger skid while Garden aims to improve to 3 5. Starting five unchanged from a 91 22 victory over McCook.
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Borger
Garden City Junior College
George Davidson
Tex
Frank Phillips JC
Garden
Texans
Phillips
Davidson
McCook
Neb
Archie Gooden
Loren Perthman
Tony Gooden
Roy Humphrey
Lother
Dennis ‘Kraus
Larry Pierce
Everett Miller
Garden Buffs Set for Saturday Clash With Scott City
Garden City Buffs host Scott City High in a non-conference showdown at the high school gym. Scott enters winless in three games under new coach Dave Neely after close losses to Ness City and Dighton and a hammering by Tribune, while Garden City arrives at 2-1 with wins over Liberal and Dodge City and a narrow overtime loss to Russell.
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Scott City
Garden City High
Bennie Frantz
Pratt High
Beavers
Garden
Scott
Hutchinson
Shawnee Meights High
Tecumseh
Goodland
Dighton
Stan Gruver
Hutchinson Jaco
Buffaloes
Curt Shipley
Dave Neely
Scott City High
Towerjing Ness City
Tribune
Leati
Ness
Shorty Lawrence
Lawrence
Mike Kitch
Fred Srittan
Terry Unrein
the Tribune
Friday Kitch
Ron Campbell
Brittan
Rick Huck
Garden City
Buffs
Liberal
Dodge City
Russell
Packers Pokes Pace All Stars in AP Team
The Packers led by Vince Lombardi with eight first team selections including Bart Starr and Forrest Gregg on offense and Willie Davis Ray Nitschke Lee Roy Caffey Herb Adderley Willie Wood on defense. Cowboys tied for four first team picks led by Bob Lilly Chuck Howley Cornell Green. Rams provided two. others had one.
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NEW York
Green Bay
Dallas
Associated Press Today
Vince Lombardi
Packers
Dallas Cowboys
Los Angeles Rams
Washington
Pittsburgh
Atlanta
Bart Starr
Forrest Gregg
Jerry Kramer
Willie Davis
Ray Nitschke
Lee Roy Caffey
Herb Adderley
Willie Wood
Bob Hays
Cowboys
Bob Lilly
Chuck Howley
Cornell Green
Los Angeles
Dave Jones
Merlin Olsen
Starr
Gale Sayers
Chicago Bears
Leroy Kelly
Cleveland Browns
Pat Studstill
Detroit Lions
John Mackey
Baltimore
Bob Brown
Philadelphia
Gregg
John Thomas
San Francisco
Kramer
Mike Tingelhoff
Milne‘sota
St. Louis Cardinals
Larry Wilson
KC Cabbie Fatally Shot During Holdup
KC cab driver Wray L. Ketcham, 54, was fatally shot in a holdup outside a residence at 4082 Norton Ave. He died at Research Hospital about an hour after the gunfire. Two holdup men netted about $20 to $25, per an American Cab Company official. Police were alerted by the cab firm's dispatcher, James Stein.
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Wray L. Ketcham
Ketcham
Research
American Cab Company
Norton Ave
James Stein
Syracuse's Cage Stock Advances in Kansas Town
Syracuse Kansas Bulldogs under new coach Bob Baird show rising promise in basketball with a 57-52 win at Hugoton, breaking a 31-game losing streak. The program, amid coaching changes since 1959, targets sustained improvement as key players including Gary Baldwin and seniors Jantz Schweiterman Oliver lead the squad.
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Kansas
Bob Baird
Bulldogs
Hugoton
Dodge City St Mary
Charles Myers
Larry Jantz
Bart Schweiterman
Archie Oliver
Glenn Hess
Riley
Dennis Marshall
Clark Edwards
Schimmels
West Kansas high school teams receive split weekly ratings
The Topeka Daily Capital and Wichita Eagle publish separate weekly rankings across Class AA A B and BB. Wyandotte High leads Class AA in the Capital poll while Wichita lists Great Bend as top. The papers differ on key teams such as Hays Ness City Leoti and Luray with several NWKL schools variably included.
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Topeka
Capital
Wichita Eagle
The
Wyandotte High
Wichita Fast
Ees
Kansas City Ward High
Wichita
Great Bend
Black Panthers
Hutchinson
McPherson
Effingham
Chapman
Buhler
Hoxie
Oakley
NWKL
Hays
Russell
Pratt
Ness City
Tribune
Leotl
Western Kansas Education Assn
Leotl and
Ness
Sharon Springs
Frontenac Roosevelt
Emporia
Goddard
Shallow Water
Moscow
Iskips
Dwight, Gove, and
Luray
Rebels Arrive For Bluebonnet Bowl Date
The University of Mississippi Rebels arrive in Houston for their eighth Bluebonnet Bowl, aiming to end a bowl drought against Texas. Mississippi seeks a 10th straight bowl appearance as Rice Stadium expects a 70,000 crowd, clear skies, mid 60s temps, and a 1:15 p.m. CST ABC telecast with Mississippi favored by a touchdown.
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Houston
University of Mississippi
Texas
Rebels
Texas Longhorns
Rice University Stadium
ABC
Mississippi
Telegram Wants Buy or Sell Use Ade
Telegram advertisement urging use of Telegram for buying or selling. Reads as a marketplace prompt seeking trade or services. Includes brief call to action and emphasizes ease of use and quick transactions.
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Telegram
Western Cattle Co Inc Stocker and fat cattle sales
Western Cattle Co Inc advertises services in order buying stocker and feeder cattle. They offer fat cattle on commission. Contacts listed include Pete Hutchins in Sea City, Jim Jasper in 197 2363 Dighten, Jack Daly in Garden City, with several office and phone references.
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Jim Jasper
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