Alcindor To Shape His Future In ABA Bid War
Oakland California Associated Press. Commissioner George Mikan of the ABA says senior college stars will trigger a bidding war and that Lew Alcindor could write his own ticket within two years. Mikan cites Alcindor, Jim Walker and Rick Barry as examples and notes NBA players without contracts could negotiate with ABA teams.
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Jack Stevenson
Associated Press
Oakland
Callf
Lew Alcindor
George Mikan
American Basketball Association
National Basketball Association
Mikan
NBA
Jim Walker
Lew Alcinedor
Rick Barry
San Francisco
Warriors
Alcindor
UCLA
Tumble Wind Best Colt at Santa Anita
Tumble Wind dominates the San Vicente Stakes at seven furlongs in a 14 length victory at Santa Anita with jockey Bill Shoemaker praising the colt. Disciplinarian, hindered by sloppy going, finished behind after a weight shift, while Rising Market upset for second in the tough field. The Florida bred colt faces two turn distance tests in future derbies.
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Arcadia
Calif
Tumble Wind
Santa Anita
Bill Shoemaker
Rising Market
Rock Springs Farm
Shoemaker
Four men charged in $12,000 Madison suburb robbery
Leon ard Db. Spears, 30, of Forest City, Ark., Willard D. McClanaghan, 30, with no fixed address, and Carl Pankey, 29, of Memphis were charged Saturday with armed robbery in a Madison suburb. Vesser J. Swalte, 26, of Memphis, was charged with aiding and abetting robbery. They face a preliminary hearing one week from today and are jailed for $30,000 bond each.
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Madison
Wis
Leon«ard Db
Spears
Forest City
Ark
Willard D. McClanaghan
Carl Pankey
Memephis
Vesser J. Swalte
Memphis
Olympians Chase Own Records At Will Rogers Indoor Games
Four Olympians hunt personal bests led by Jim Grelle and Richard Romo in the Will Rogers Indoor Games at Fort Worth. Romo seeks a home state upset after a 4 04.7 at Seattle while Grelle aims to break four minutes. John Baker, ex-WAC champ from New Mexico University, stars alongside veteran sprinters and distance runners including Randy Matson John Thomas and Ralph Boston.
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WORTH
Tex
Jim Grelle
Richard Romo
Will Rogers
Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum
Romo
Seattle
Grelle
Alworth Wins AFL Title in Pass Catching
NEW YORK AP Lance Alworth of the San Diego Chargers won the American Football League’s individual pass receiving title for 1965 as league official stats show 73 receptions 1 383 yards and 13 touchdowns top the circuit in all three categories. He has a career 274 receptions 5 651 yards and 54 touchdowns.
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NEW York
Lance Alworth
San Diego Chargers
Alworth
Baseball Grid Stars Tee Off Amaris Astrojet Classic
CARLSBAD Calif AP top baseball and football stars tee off in the Amaris Astrojet Golf Classic a $36,000 best ball event pairing one baseball star with a football player. 27 two person teams compete at La Costa Country Club for the $10,000 first prize featuring Sandy Koufax Willie Mays Mickey Mantle Brooks Robinson Don Drysdale Yogi Berra Johnny Unitas Mike Ditka Bart Starr Jim Taylor and John Brodie.
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Carlsbad
Calif
la Costa Country Club
Sandy Koufax
Willie Mays
Mickey Mantle
Jim Maloney
Brooks Robinson
Don Drysdale
Yogi Berra
Johnny Unitas
Mike Ditka
Bart Starr
Jim Taylor
John Brodie
Bobsled World Championship Canceled At Col Du Poutran
Athletes from seven nations began returning home as the 1967 four man world bobsled championships were canceled after the FIBT technical commission deemed the Col Du Poutran ice chute unsafe due to insufficient ice coating in several course stretches.
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Alpe D'Huez
France
International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation
FIBT
Johann Stuerer
Austria
Col du Poutran
Brandt seeks clarity on nonproliferation pact in Washington
West German Foreign Minister Willy Brandt held talks with President Johnson and U.S. officials to clarify positions on the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. Differences remain, with Bonn concerned about widening the technological gap between nonnuclear nations and nuclear powers. Brandt planned meetings with Vice President Humphrey and Defense Secretary McNamara to press the issue and discuss offsetting costs of maintaining U.S. troops in Germany. The Bonn government intends to honor current obligations before June 30.
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Endre Marton
Washington
Willy Brandt
Johnson
U.S
Brandt
Hubert H. Humphrey
Robert S. McNamara
United States
Dean Rusk
Rusk
West Germany
White House
Bonn
West Geremany
Johnson plans nationwide crime program and state aid
The article details President Johnson’s push for a nationwide crime prevention program with $350 million over two years, federal cost shares, and local program approval. It notes tensions over federal preemption, calls for improved courts and police, and new controls on narcotics, firearms, wiretapping. It also covers Arkansas legislative moves on constitutional convention study, school enumeration, insurance reforms, and highway beautification funding.
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Johnson
Aps
Congress
National Crime Commission
Commission
House
Senate
Arkansas Supreme Court
Arkansas Bar Association
Virgil Butler
Batesville
Jack S. Oakes
Augusta
Oakes
Republicans Attack War on Crime Bill
Washington AP reports President Johnson's nationwide war on crime faces GOP opposition as House leader Gerald Ford promotes federal tax sharing to fund crime efforts. Arends notes Johnson vetoed a crime-fighting bill for the District last November.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Republican House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Ford
House
Leslie C. Arends
Illinois
District of
Bird symbols and batters and plants in brief Q&A
The quiz notes that the eagle represents nations, with the bald eagle for the U S. It states a hitter needs 502 plate appearances to qualify as the leading batter. It confirms a plant can live without roots and leaves, using lichens as an example.
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United States
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Training for a High Position in Air Steward Service
In a rigorous training program flight attendants learn to guide nervous passengers and handle unwanted advances. They practice serving meals in airplane mock ups and emergency procedures such as mouth to mouth resuscitation on a dummy. Three graduates are shown at upper right as they head home.
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