Barry Leads NBA Point Race as Robertson and Chamberlain Push
New York AP report notes Rick Barry leads the NBA with 1312 points this season, aiming to join Oscar Robertson and Wilt Chamberlain above 1000 this week. Chamberlain dominates field goal percentage and rebounds, while Adrian Smith trails Barry in free-throw accuracy. Kiwanis notes cover Hot Springs governor Herbert Cox speaking to the Hope club, with Dr. Lynn Harris installed as president and a new board named.
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Rick Barry
San Francisco
Son
Cincinnati
Oscar Robertson
Philadelphia
Wilt Chamberlain
NBA
Barry
Robertson
Chamberlain
Royals
76Ers
Chiscago
Guy Rodgers
Willis Reed
Nate Thurmond
Adrian Smith
Kiwanis St
Herbert Cox
Hot Springs
Hope Kiwanis Club
Dean Murphy
Hope
Lynn Harris
Melvin Thrash
Robert Moers
K. G. Hamilton
Teddy Jones
Forrest Singleton
George Frazier
Arthur Street
Robert Dennis
Harris
Jerry Johnson
Skating Champs Meet in Oslo Ends With Russia Dominance
In Oslo AP report Valery Kaplan of Russia won the international speed skating meet on Monday despite a fifth place in the 10,000 meter final. Kaplan finished with 179.227 points while teammate Edouard Matusevich was second at 179.962 points on a two day program.
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Oslo
Norway
Valery Kaplan
Russia
Kaplan
Edouard Matusevich
Clarke Enters Milan Meet
Clarke of Australia, holder of world records in the 5000 and 10000 meters, has entered the Cinquio Mulini cross country race at San Vittore Olona on January 22. The Chilean desert has had no known rainfall this century.
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Milan
Italy
Ron Clarke
Australia
San Vittore Olona
Phantoms Down MIGs In Largest Vietnam War Air Battle
U S Air Force wing commander Col Robin Olds said his F 4 Phantoms and allied jets outfought and outshot a Communist MiG force over the Red River delta northwest of Hanoi. The sweep, described as the first pure fighter sweep of the war, involved 14 Phantom flights and 6 F105 Thunderchief flights. No USAF planes were lost, with Olds and Capt John Stone each credited with multiple MiG kills. Meanwhile in Laos, about half of eligible voters cast ballots in government controlled areas for the 59 seat National Assembly, as the Pathet Lao boycotted.
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Hobert Uv
Ohman
Robin Olds
Washington, D.C
West Point
Ella Raines
Vietnam
John B. Stone
Coffeeville
Miss
Olds
Con
William W. Momyer
7Th Air Force
Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
North Vietnam
Stone
Associated Press
Vientiane
New Mexico Legislators Swear In In Hospital Room
Four state lawmakers took oaths in a hospital room in Farmington. State Sen. Don Hargrove, a Republican, was hospitalized last month. Three other legislators joined him Monday for a joint swearing-in ceremony.
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Farmington, N.M
New Mexico
Don Hargrove
Wall Closing Accepted by Berliners
Berlin marks a Christmas without wall passes as West Berliners reject recognition of East Germany. The city’s public stance remains firm against giving in to Communist terms while Distinguishing a passless holiday amid growing cross border contacts. The Hardship Pass Office functions as a safety valve though renewal beyond its date is uncertain.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Heinrich Albertz
Royal Scandal Spurs Call to End Royal Marriage Law
London papers urge repeal of the Royal Marriages Act of 1772 to let Queen Elizabeth II decide marriages free of royal constraint. Earl of Harewood seeks divorce and intends to wed Patricia Tuckwell, triggering debate over whether royals should have same marriage rights as commoners. Authorities warn of political and clerical pressure on the queen. In Greece, a 10 second quake near Patras injures seven and damages hundreds of homes.
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Ronald Thomson
London
Elizabeth II
Earl of Harewood
George II
Harewood
Patricia Tuckwell
Australia
Church of England
Daily Mail
Laborite Sun
Evening Standard
Beaverbrook
Cyril Hankinson
de Brett
George III
Hankinson
England
American
Dukes of
Cumberland
Gloucester
Nationalist Flags Hoisted in Macao
AP report from Macao describes anti Communist labor unions raising Nationalist flags in defiance of a Portuguese colonial order. Residents feared clashes as Red China denounced the flags and Macao faced tensions near the mainland. Ottawa centennial celebrations spark a baby birth time dispute with Newfoundland claiming the first 1967 child. Detroit: family learns their son was killed in Vietnam after a prior death notice.
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Associated Press
Peking
Macao
Ottawa
Canada
Ottawa General Hospital
Germaine Lacroix
Newfoundland
Joseph Smallwood
Eldridge Thrones
St. John's
Detroit
Carvell
Mounce
Vietnam
Spec
Barry M
Defense Department
Mounces
Capp Plans Dogpatch USA in Arkansas Ozarks
Harrison Arkansas AP Capp, creator of Li il Abner, backs Recreational Enterprises plan to build Dogpatch USA on an 800 acre tract ten miles south of Harrison featuring a cave, waterfall and trout farm. Sadie Hawkins Day races and Dogpatch weddings are proposed as attractions with Capp as a stockholder.
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Capp
Snow
Surrey
Sam
U.S.A
Harrison
Ark
Arkansas Ozarks
al Capp
Li'l Abner
Recreations Enterprises, Inc
Ozark
Boston
O. J. Snow
Recreational Enterprises
Sadie Hawkins
Ozarks
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