Tar Heels Face First Big Test of the Season
North Carolina and Minnesota collide in the Kentucky Invitational opener in Lexington. The Tar Heels carry a 36 game win streak as Minnesota, ranked tenth by AP, arrives 3-0 against Southern Methodist, Iowa State and Vanderbilt. If Minnesota falters, UNC would meet the West Virginia or Kentucky winner in the final.
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Slugging Race Lead By Williams As Mantle Follows
Ted Williams of Boston clinched the American League slugging crown with a .388 mark the highest in 16 years. Mickey Mantle was second at .665 and Roy Sievers led in homers with 2 and RBIs at 114. Williams set a league record with 16 consecutive times reaching base safely.
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Blue Grass tourney opens with Louisville Army San Francisco games
The two day Blue Grass tournament starts in Louisville with Louisville hosting Army and San Francisco meeting Seattle. The Carrousel at Charlotte features semifinals Tennessee vs Louisiana Tech and Alabama vs LSU. Unbeatens and standout performances mark recent action as teams chase tourney success.
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Louisiana State
Bucknell
Gene Tormohlen
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Clemson
Jackie Moreland
Davidson
Dom Merle
Lafayette
Carrousel
Fort Hays splits with Big Eight sports teams
Fort Hays State broke even in winter sports. It defeated Kansas 58 12 334 in gymnastics but lost 41 45 to Nebraska in a dual swimming meet.
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Duck Dates and Sun Times Note Time Adjustments
The note lists Saturday sunrise at 7 25 a m and sunset at 5 28 p m with instructions to add one minute per 15 miles west of Garden City and subtract that amount to the east. It is a brief reference to hunting time adjustments.
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State Farm Mutual
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G. Co. Telegram
Allie Kats Laughlin Electric
Allie Kats
Garden City
Hodge Repeats Win in Boxing Bout
Danny Hodge, former NCAA wrestling champion from Oklahoma, scored his seventh straight amateur boxing victory with six knockdowns against Pat Kelly. The bout ended at 1:48 of the second round on a Christmas charity program in Oklahoma City.
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Red Andrews
Silence Over Texas A&M Coaching Gamble
Silence surrounds the Texas A&M coaching front as UCLA coach Henry Sanders weighs a possible move to replace Paul Bryant after Bryant joins Alabama. College sources say Sanders will decide tomorrow in Los Angeles.
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Red) Sanders
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Double Headers Start Tonight for Jayhawks, Cats
The Big Eight schedule opens with Kansas facing Washington and Kansas State meeting California in Lawrence while California meets Kansas and Washington plays Kansas State in Manhattan. Nebraska beat Ohio 61 53 Colorado lost to Drake 71 68 Missouri beat Texas 82 61 Illinois topped Colorado 64 46. Kansas and Kansas State enter tonight undefeated ranked No 2 and No 3.
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Red Rocha Named Detroit Coach in Surprise Move
Ephraim Red Rocha, Hawaii born, named head coach of the Detroit NBA club, replacing Charley Eckman. Rocha, 34, a former Pistons player, had no prior professional coaching experience and retired after nine NBA seasons with 6,362 points.
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Red) Rocha
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Busters Pace Five Man All Scoring Start
Garden City junior college coach Don Talley relies on a starting five of Herman Johnson Poe Bergkamp and Clanton who have each scored at least 50 points in five games. Herman leads with 14.0 points per game and 28 in a single outing against Amarillo. The Busters, 3-2, break for Christmas and return January 4 to face Clarendon and Pratt in conference play.
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Pratt
Phil Stringer
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Scott City
Spectacle of plainsland stage opens at Lawrence in two night stand
Kansas and Kansas State enter a two game weekend in Lawrence with undefeated 5-0 teams facing Washington and California. Wilt Chamberlain and Ron Loneski pace the Bears and Huskies, Parr and Boozer headline the Jayhawks and Wildcats with high scoring averages as Tex Winters guides Kansas State to large margins and Dick Harp leads Kansas.
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Jack Parr
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Interracial Justice and Catholic Leadership in a Time of Strife
A historical discussion argues Catholics should lead against hate while addressing racial rights for Negroes. It evaluates social equality as primarily equal rights, equal respect, and the danger of indiscriminate mixing, urging prudence, education, and Christian duty in pursuing justice and orderly relations.
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