Esposito Nears NHL Scoring Title Lead
Boston star Phil Esposito holds a 141-133 edge over rival Bobby Orr with six games left as the Bruins rest key players for the playoffs. Esposito has 67 goals and 74 assists this season, while Orr has 37 goals, 96 assists, and 133 points, threatening records for both teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Eldridge
Associated Press
Boston (Ap
Phil Esposito
Boston Bruins
Bobby Orr
Espo
Orr
Bruins
Esposito
Bobby Hull
Lakers Face Bulls in Opening Playoff Thriller
Los Angeles coach Joe Mullaney praises the Chicago Bulls as predictable and sound while acknowledging their third-best league record heading into tonight’s opener. Bulls star forward duo Bob Love and Chet Walker test Lakers guards Hap Hairston and Jim McMillian, with McMillian seen as the key rookie force for L.A.
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LOS Angeles
Los Angeles Lakers
Joe Mullaney
Chicago Bulls
Mullaney
Bulls
National Basketball Association
Lakers
NBA
Cincinnati
Bob Love
Chet Walker
Happy Hairston
Jim McMillian
McMillian
Columbia
Elgin Baylor
Women Netter Billie Jean King Aims High Purse
Billie Jean King dominates the Virginia Slims Invitational aiming for a $100,000 year in women's tennis. She has won seven of nine events on a Philip Morris sponsored tour and earned $24,450 as a movement for better pay gains momentum with leaders Casals Haydon Jones Richey Gunther and Durr. The Virginia Slims purse is $15,000, seen as a strong start despite the men's total last week at $90,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Billie Jean King
Philip Morris
King
34Th St. Armory
Rosemary Casals
San Francisco
Ann Haydon Jones
England
Nancy Richey Gunther
San Angelo
Tex
Francoise Durr
France
Mrs. King and Co
NBA Playoffs Open at Los Angeles
The NBA playoffs begin with Chicago at Los Angeles and Philadelphia at Baltimore as the Knicks and Bucks loom as likely title contenders. West is out for the Lakers, and Unseld and Johnson face injuries for the Bullets, affecting both opening round matchups and series outlooks across the league.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
National Basketball Association
Chicago
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York Knicks
Milwaukee Bucks
Knicks
Atlanta
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Oakland
Calif
Lakers
Bullets
Bulls
76Ers
Jerry West
Gus Johnson
Wes
West
Johnson
Midwest
Bob Love
Chet Walker
Wilt Chamberlain
NBA
Ali Says Doctor's Claim On Frazier Fight Ridiculous
Muhammad Ali dismissed a British doctor's assertion that he was duped in his heavyweight title fight with Joe Frazier as ridiculous. He spoke at his suburban home, while Edwin B. Dowley of the New York State Athletic Commission questioned the allegation, noting officials had approved the bout.
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Cherry Hill
API
Muhammad Ali
Joe Fragier
Community Events and Obituaries in Hope Arkansas
Community notices list church meetings events and youth activities across Hope Arkansas with March 1971 dates. Obituaries note the passing of Mrs. Alice Smith in Nashville and Mrs. Gladys Swift Wilburn in Bonham Texas, with funeral details.
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Pentecostal Church of God
North Sherman Street
Willie Benson, Jr
Texarkana
Texas
Mr. Zion
Mt. Pleasant C. M. E
Bebee Memorial C. M. E
Haynes Chapel
Baptist
Bethel A.M.E
Rising Star Baptist
Eldavis Colbert
Mamie Colbert
Hope
Arkansas
Southwestern Company
Nashville
Tennessee
Alice Smith
George Smith
Ebenezer Church
J. T. Counts
Holly Springs Cemetery
Hicks Funeral Home, Inc
Gladys Swift Wilburn
Ruben Swift
Ozan
Bonham, Texas
Negro Named District Congressman Fauntroy Wins DC Seat
Walter Fauntroy, a Yale-educated clergyman and civil rights ally of Martin Luther King Jr., wins Washington DC’s first nonvoting House seat in 100 years with 59 percent. Nevins 25 percent, Hobson 13 percent. others under 2 percent. Fauntroy vows effort for full representation but stops short of statehood. He will serve in committees, debate, and hire staff, earning $42,500.
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Gregg Herrington
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Walter HE. Fauntroy
Martin Luther King Jr
District of Columbia
Congress
House of Representatives
Jack A. Nevins
Nevius
Georgetown
Julius W. Hobson
Socialist Workers Party
Fauntroy
Nevins
Hobson
Argentine Military Plans to Keep Levingston Policies
Buenos Aires AP reports Argentina's new military junta plans to retain the prior government's economic policies. In a Tuesday move, the three armed forces commanders ousted President Levingston and kept Aldo Ferrer as economic minister, with Lanusse and colleagues backing quicker return to elected government while opposing Ferrer's nationalist program.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Roberto M. Levingston
Aldo Ferrer
Alejandro Lanusse
Levingston
Ferret
Lakers face Bulls with height edge in lineup matchup
Los Angeles without injured All-Pro guard Jerry West fields McMillian and 6-foot-7 Hair ston to crash the boards against Chicago’s Wilt Chamberlain matchup with Love, Walker and Boerwinkle or Fox. The Bulls counter with a tall backcourt led by Jerry Sloan and Matt Goukas to press and pace the game.
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Los Angeles
Jerry West
McMillian
Hairston
Lakers
Wilt Chamberlain
Chicago
Love
Walker
Tom Boerwinkle
Jim Fox
Bulls
Jerry Sloan
Philadelphia
Matt Goukas
Turnpike Bill Approved in Senate
Arkansas Senate approves a turnpike bill authorizing maintenance and operation of toll roads by the Highway Commission while barring assumption of bonded indebtedness. The measure, 23-5, requires feasibility and income tests, with ex officio highway director as secretary. House actions include parks funding rejection and shifts in stamp revenue handling.
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Robert Shaw
Associated Press
Little Rock
Arkansas Senate
State Highway Commission
Senate
House
State Parks, Recreation and Travel Commission
George Locke
Hamburg
Knox Nelson
Pine Bluff
State Turnpike Authority
Authority
The
Highway Commission
General Assembly
Parks Department
L. E. Surles
Winthrop Rockefeller
L. L. Bryan
Russellville
Surles
Bryan
Texas
Cecil Alexander
Heber Springs
Lovestock and Poultry Commission
Roger Logan Jr
Harrison
Frei Tay
Erst
State Waterways Commission
Brandon
ReGean McDonald
Sheridai
Becaus
H.K. Thatcher
Camden
Saline Ri
Benton
MacDonal
Arkansas Ar Center
Oscar Alagood
State Hospital
State Highway Department
Capital Improvement Reserve Fund
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Laker
Willie Cooper
David Reed
White House
Estes Park
Colo
Cooper
Reed
Ester Hicks
Henry Wheeler Shaw
Statistician
Virginia
Sharyn
M. L. Bazzelle
N. Cartichael
Bells of Harmony Singers of
Macedonia Baptist Church
Columbus
C. T. Huey
S. T. Boyd
Washington Masonic Hall
W. S. Williamson
Anna P
Strong
Auquanette Smith
Eldavis
Southwestern State College
Weatherford
Oklahoma
Apna P
Pepleoeuhal
Phuos
Evelyn Maxwell
Virsings Walliams
Ay Coumidien
Arkiv Shatyn
de Vee
Bly
Colbert
Anderson-Frazier Insurance Agency, Inc
Pao A Daly
Hope, Arkansas
Logan
George E. Nowotny Jr
Fort Smith
Oscar Alngood
Carl Sorrels
Atkins
W. D. Moore Jr
el Dorado
State Board of Pharmacy
Moore
State Board of Chiropractic
Alwood
Morrell Gathright
Alagood
Gathright
State Game and Fish Commission
Ernest Cunningham
Helena
Florsheim
Worsheln
Crosby Square
Ada Biull
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