NCAA Takes Up Costs Freshmen Policy Debate
The NCAA opened its 63rd annual convention in Los Angeles with focus on rising costs of intercollegiate athletics and freshman eligibility. A round table will probe one platoon football and substitution rules while a rules committee meeting in Palm Springs will decide outcomes. The body weighs allowing freshmen in all sports versus limits. public relations studies on black athletes also begin.
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Jack Stevenson
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LOS Angeles
National Collegiate Athletic Association
John Waldorf
Dave Nelson
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Executive Council
NCAA
Marcus Plant
Michigan
Plant
Palm Springs
Hope High Office Practice learns filing at local firms
The Hope High School Office Practice class observed filing procedures at Anderson-Frazier Insurance Co and the Citizens Bank during Friday morning sessions on January 3. The visit exposed students to real world office routines and banking services.
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Hope High School
Anderson-Frazier Insurance Co
Anderson-Frazier Insurance Company
Citizens Bank
Texans Name Fry as Coach of the Year
Southern Methodist football mentor Hayden Fry has been named the autumn Senior College Coach of the Year by the Texas Sports Writers Association. Fry rebuilt a likely doormat into a strong offense, finishing 17-3 with a 28-27 Bluebonnet Bowl upset over Oklahoma, and losses only to Ohio State, Texas, and Arkansas. He will receive the award at the All Its Banquet in Dallas.
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Baylor
Wonder Boys Hand Defeat to Henderson
The Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys defeated Henderson 93-82 behind 40 points from Paul Brown, halting Henderson’s 10 game AIC win streak. Henderson remains atop the AIC with a 6-1 record as Ouachita and State College of Arkansas and Harding chase in a crowded standings race.
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Bonner Leads Golden Lions to SWAC Victory
Pine Bluff Arkansas AM&N guard Melvin Bonner scored 28 points as the Golden Lions defeated Prairie View A&M 96 82 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference opener. Charles Hentz added 22 and Gerald Lockett 20 for AM&N while Oscar Williams led Prairie View with 21.
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Flyers Tie Toronto In Short-Handed Finish
The Philadelphia Flyers held Toronto to a 2-2 tie late Sunday night, remaining in a stretch of tied games as Bernie Parent made key saves after Forbes Kennedy’s high-sticking penalty left Philadelphia shorthanded for the final minutes. Toronto’s Bill Sutherland and Paul Henderson answered an early Flyers lead by Guy Gendron and Andre Lacroix.
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Howe
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Penguins
Jacques Lemaire
Retiring at Age 102: Greenwood Cemetery Manager Quotes
Newhard, 102, retiring as manager-treasurer of Allentown Greenwood Cemetery for health reasons. He comments on retirement norms saying, I cant see it myself, they're a little too lazy. Local sports scores listed include Arkansas AM&N, Prairie View A&M, and several high school games from Arkansas.
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John H. Newhard
Allentown
Greenwood Cemetery
Newhard
Afghan air crash prompts questions over pilot’s decision
Investigators say the Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 crashed near Gatwick after the pilot chose to land despite visibility dropping to 100 meters in freezing fog. The Board of Trade noted minimum landing visibility was about 400 meters and the aircraft was 300 feet from the ground at impact two miles from the runway. Only 15 survived, including a baby in the farm house rubble, while most aboard were Afghans, Indians and Pakistanis.
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George Kelley
Ariana Afghan Airlines
Kabul
London
Karen Mix
Pan American Airways
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