Gomer Jones Named Oklahoma Head Football Coach
Gomer Jones, 49, long associated with Bud Wilkinson, was named Oklahoma head football coach as Wilkinson resigns as athletic director and hints at a Senate bid. Regents consider athletic director replacement after a week of strife. interviews held for coaching post with four applicants.
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Norman Rowland Norman
Okla
Gomer Jones
Bud Wilkinson
Oklahoma
Jones
Wilkinson
U. S. Senate
Regents
Glenn Northcutt
UCLA
Sam Boghosian
Illinois
Buck McPhail
Nebraska
Mike Corgan
Celtics Narrow Win as 22-Point Lead Vanishes
Boston escaped with a 108-105 victory over San Francisco after a dramatic collapse of a 22-point edge. Bill Russell hit a key long jumper as the Celtics held off the Warriors late. St. Louis beat Cincinnati 114-109 and New York downed Baltimore 109-107 in other NBA action.
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Associated Press
Boston
Celtics
Bill Russell
National Basketball Association
San Francisco
St. Louis
Cincinnati
New York
Baltimore
Warriors
Russell
Goalie Happy Plane Was Grounded
The Des Moines grounding altered Maple Leafs fate as Don Simmons blanked Chicago 2-0 with 27 saves after Al Millar failed to board. Montreal and New York others also won or lost, keeping Toronto close to Montreal and Chicago in the standings.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Don Simmons
Simmons
Toronto Maple Leafs
National Hockey League
Rosston
Chicago
Toronto
al Millar
Denver
Millar
Maple Leafs
Boston
NHL
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New York
Detroit
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Black Hawks
Billy Harris
Ron Stewart
Celtics edge Warriors on late Heinsohn basket
Boston built a 106-101 lead on a late jumper, then Tom Heinsohn added two free throws to seal a 106-101 win as Wayne Hightower led Golden State with 24 points. St Louis rose to second in the Western Division, ahead of San Francisco, while Bob Pettit and Cliff Hagan sparked the Hawks in a big third period. Saturday results: Boston 121-115 Detroit, Los Angeles 115-111 Philadelphia, St Louis 121-120 Cincinnati, Baltimore 93-86 San Francisco.
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Tom Heinsohn
Russell
Boston
Wayne Hightower
Warriors
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San Francisco
Bob Pettit
Cliff Hagan
Hawks
Detroit
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Inactivity Hurting 4 Top Teams
Top ranked UCLA Davidson Vanderbilt and Duke idle this week as exams pause play. Michigan and Kentucky stay close with key wins. Davidson undefeated at 14-0, DePaul remains unbeaten among majors. Oregon State Cincinnati slip as Wichita and Villanova win. Dartmouth ends 18-game skid. Loyola idle then to face Memphis State.
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Bob Green
Associated Press
UCLA
Davidson
Vanderbilt
Dukes
Bruins
Stanford
Walt Hazzard
Gail Goodrich
Michigan
Kentucky
Bill Bunting
Cazzie Russell
Ohio State
Tennessee
DePaul
Dayton
Villanova
Oregon State
Cincinnati
Oregon
Bradley
Drake
Wichita
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Vandy
Mississippi
Xavier
Ohio
Dartmouth
Amherst
Chicago Loyola
Memphis State
Balfanz Main Hope of U.S. in Ski Jump
In Madonna di Campiglio Italy John Balfanz 23 from Minneapolis remains the chief U.S. hope for an Olympic gold as the American ski team starts final practice before Innsbruck Austria. Balfanz won the Nordic Ski Tournament jumping event at Le Brassus Switzerland and John Bower of Auburn Maine posted a surprise ninth in Nordic combined. Bud Werner Steamboat Springs California and Billy Kidd Stowe Vermont led the U.S. to a fifth place in downhill events.
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Madonna DI Campiglio
Italy
John Balfanz
U.S
Innsbruck
Austria
Balfanz
Minneapolis
Fone U
le Brassus
Switzerland
John Bower
Auburn
Maine
Bud Werner
Steamboat Springs
Calif
Billy Kidd
Stowe
College Basketball Scores Saturday Highlights East Region
College basketball results feature Canisius 78 over St Bonaventure 69 and Princeton 66 over Cornell 85. Other notable outcomes include Penn State 104 over Colgate 75, Temple 72 over Bucknell 65, and Army 90 over Seton Hall 76.
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Ferries Leads Houghton Team in Spittal Races
Barbara Ferries of Houghton Michigan led the top women’s team in a Spittal Austria race series. The squad was hampered by Jean Saubert of Lakeview Oregon being sidelined with an upset stomach as Margo Walters of Salt Lake City sprained her right ankle Sunday and may miss Olympic competition.
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Houghton
Mich
Spittal
Austria
Jean Saubert
Lakeview
Ore
Margo Walters
Salt Lake City
Miss Walters
Driver Leaps Into River near Memphis West Memphis
H. A. Lammey, 56, of West Memphis, jumped from the Mississippi River Bridge between Memphis and West Memphis Saturday after driving onto the bridge and halting at the railing. Witnesses describe a truck driver recently discharged from a hospital where he was treated for a long-time breathing ailment.
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H. A. Lammey
West Memphis
Mississippi River
2369 Area Farmers Get PCA Loans in 1963
The Nashville Production Credit Association lent 2,369 loans totaling $18,387,829.35 to farmers ranchers poultrymen and agricultural enterprises in seven counties during 1963. The average loan was 7761.85 dollars with the largest 122,500 dollars and the smallest 65 dollars. The PCA is owned by its 1225 member stockholders.
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Seven County
Nashville Production Credit Association
Nashville Pca
Bay Collision Kills Woman in Arkansas
TRUMANN Arkansas AP Mrs H A Moon of Trumann was killed today when her car collided with another vehicle in a region covering Howard Hempstead Nevada Pike Clark and Hot Springs Counties. The article notes local Production Credit System details with Nashville PCA board members and regional stockholders totals for Southwest Arkansas.
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Trumann, Ark
H. A. Moon
Trumann
Howard
Hempstead
Nevada
Pike
Levied
Clark
Hot’ Spring
United States
PCA
Nashville Pca
Barney Smith
Nashville
F. M. Renfrew
de- Queen
Bobby Carroll
Murfreesboro
L. J. Bryson
Prescott
J. O. Luck
Hope
Seven County
Arkansas
Nashville Production Credit Association
Three Die in Collision Near Clarendon and Two Other Fatalities
Three persons were killed when a pickup pulled into a Greyhound bus on US 79 near Roe seven miles southwest of Clarendon. Victims include Rev. William Cullipher and his wife from St. Charles and Jessie Saunders of Roe. In a separate crash near Brinkley a 10 month old died when his car was struck head on. several others were injured. A hit and run near Camden killed Ben Coleman of Ouachita County. The week’s violent death toll rose to 14.
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Greyhound
Roe
Clarendon
William Cullipher
St. Charles
Jessie Saunders
John Haynes
Cullipher
Bob Mason
Brinkley
Mack Mason
Ed Mayfield
Clarksville
Smith
Lamar
James Pitts
Bob Pritchard
Pritchard
Ben Coleman
Chichester
Ouachita County
Camden
Train Collision Near Tru Mann Leaves One Injured
A car driven by Mrs Moon was struck by a train five miles north of Tru Mann in Craighead County. Moon was alone in the vehicle at the time of the collision.
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At Bay
Trumann
Craighead County
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