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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1973
Page
5
In Graettinger circles the late Ben Reeves is recalled as a strong wrestler who once faced Frank Gotch. Gotch, famed as a premier matman, often silences debates about greatest wrestlers when his record is known.
A retrospective on Frank Gotch, detailing early losses and major wins, famed bouts in LaVerne and Ft. Dodge, and rivalries with Jim Jenkins and Fred Beal. It notes earnings differences, the era’s wrestling culture, and Gotch’s enduring legend with mentions of contemporaries and his funeral turnout.
Hartley recalls Burns a longtime friend of his father. Burns trained hard, ran four miles daily, and locked his neck with iron weights after injuries. He boxed publicly, wrestled from age 19 to 62, never drank or smoked, and left two sons and a daughter who excelled physically. Burns died in Council Bluffs in 1937 at age 76 and is buried in Orient Iowa with a simple headstone after failed monument fundraising.
President Nixon proclaims national Safe Boating Week with governors supporting similar proclamations. Iowa Conservation Commission safety chief Jim Horan cites rising recreational boating and drowning incidents, urging stronger adherence to life jackets and right of way rules to prevent accidents, injury, or death.
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