Texas Rice clash tops in conference title race
Associated Press sports writer Harold V. Ratliff details the Southwest Conference title picture as Texas prepares for a marquee home game against Rice at Memorial Stadium. Baylor and Texas A&M also contend, with SMU facing Texas Tech in Dallas while Arkansas and Tulsa meet elsewhere. Upsets have history but the looming showdown could shape who claims the conference crown.
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Harold V. Ratliff
Associated Press
Texas
Rice
Austin
Southern Methodist
Texas A&m
Longhorns
Memorial Stadium
Baylor
College Station
Aggies
Bears
Texas Tech
Dallas
Tech
Methodists
Red Raiders
Texas Rice
Arkansas
Tulsa
Fayetteville
Texas Christian
Four Horsemen reunite on West Coast for Notre Dame Stanford game
On the West Coast for the Notre Dame Stanford clash, the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame now present as Layden 60 with 167 pounds, Crowley 61 and 200 pounds, Miller 60 and 196, Stuhldreher 62 and 170, plus Nevers 60 and 212. Once the 1925 Rose Bowl backfield, they recall Layden’s 80 and 70 yard interceptions and Grantland Rice’s famed label as they meet old foes and reflect on the fame that followed.
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Jack Stevenson
Associated Press
SAN Francisco
Stanford
Ernie Nevers
Notre Dame
Elmer Layden
Four Horsemen of
Indians
Fighting Irish
Four Horsemen
West Coast
Knute Rockne
Layden
Don Miller
Jim Crowley
Harry Stuhldreher
Grantland Rice
Army
California
Nevers
Arim
Ernie
Rice
Four Horseman
Crowley
Miller
Polo Grounds
National Basketball Association Schedule Update
The Associated Press lists today’s NBA games: Los Angeles at Cincinnati and New York at Philadelphia. Saturday features Baltimore at Boston Philadelphia at New York Cincinnati at San Francisco and Detroit at St Louis. Sunday’s matchups include St Louis at Baltimore.
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National Basketball Assn
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Boston
San Francisco
Detroit
St. Louis
Picking State College Grid Winners
Associated Press staff writer Bill Simmons previews Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference football in Pine Bluff Light Bowl week. Arkansas A&M and Henderson hold top defenses, with key injuries to Tom Dick Coyle and Ronnie Higgins shaping the contest. Predictions include A&M 7 Henderson 6 and other league games with home teams favored.
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Bill Simmons
Associated Press
Pine Bluff
Arkansas A&m
Henderson
A&m
Muleriders
Reddies
Tom Dick Coyle
Aggies
Ronnie Higgins
Higgins
Quachita
Ozarks
Arkadelphia
State
Southern State
Conway
Bob Tiner
Johnny Beard
Arkansas Tech
Southeast Oklahoma
Oklahomans
Harding
Millsaps
Bisons
Laurel Race Course appoints John F. Chandler director of press
John F. Chandler who has been AP racing editor in New York since 1947 is named director of press and public relations at Laurel Race Course Track President John D. Schapiro announced Chandler will take over his new duties early next week Chandler is noted as a well known figure in racing public relations
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Laurel
John F. Chandler
New York
Associated Press
Laurel Race Course
John D. Schapiro
Chandler
Illinois Respects the Bruins in clash of unbeatens at Los Angeles
Illinois, 4-0-1 and surging after two lean seasons, meets UCLA, 1-4-0, in a high stakes night game in Los Angeles. Led by QB Mike Taliaferro and LB Dick Butkus, the Illini chase a Big Ten title and Rose Bowl bid while UCLA, tied for first in the Big Six, seeks upset momentum.
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Illinois
UCLA
Los Angeles
Illini
Pete Elliott
Bruins
Southern California
Mike Taliaferro
Dick Butkus
Minnesota
Washington
Notre Dame
Pittsburgh
Navy
Pitt
Middies
Texas
Longhorns
Rice
Wisconsin
Ohio State
Buckeyes
Mississippi
Vanderbilt
Houston
Alabama
Oklahoma
Kansas State
Auburn
Dartmouth
Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Princeton
Cornell
Bowlfg Green
Wray Builds Lumber Career Across Arkansas Towns
Bill Wray, a local lumber dealer, began in 1934 at Barton Manfield chain yard at the First National Bank site. He moved through Hempstead County Lumber, later managed the Hope branch, served in World War II, then co opened City Lumber Co. in 1946. In 1953 he sold his share to partner Hutson and started Bill Wray Supply Co at 510 South Walnut. He has supplied Dutch Bay paint for 23 years.
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Bill Wray
Barton Manfield Chain
First National Bank
Hempstead County Lumber Company
Ozan Lumber Co
Prescott
Hope
Navy
Wray
Joe Hutson
City Lumber Co
North Main Street
Bill
Bill Wray Supply Company
South Walnut St
Dutch Bay
Ginny Hurricane Warnings Spread Up the Carolina Coast
Midmorning gales pound coastal towns around Charleston as residents board up, close schools, and prepare for evacuation. Ginny the hurricane shifts northward toward the North Carolina line with winds to hurricane force, 150 miles of warnings from Charleston to Cape Fear. Coastal aircraft and ships prepare for evacuation and safer moorings while Florida’s east coast sees sunny, dry weather.
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Charleston
Ginny
Carolina
Cape Fear
North Carolina
Weather Bureau
Ocean
Georgia
South Carolina
Brunswick
Leta
Charleston Air Force Base
Moses Lopez
Carolna
Charleston Naval Base
Ashley River
New Mexico
Florida
Savannah Beach
Berra Named Yankees Manager Receives Wallop of Support
New York. Yogi Berra was named manager of the Yankees on Thursday and received congratulatory telegrams from former teammates Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford. The message joked about Berra's future as professional golfers, underscoring the celebratory mood around the announcement.
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New York
Yogi Berra
Mickey Mantle
Whitey Ford
New York Yankees
National Hockey Thursday's Results and Weekend Schedule
New York 2 Boston 2 Chicago 2 Detroit 2. Friday Chicago at Montreal and New York at Toronto. Sunday Montreal at Detroit Toronto at Boston Chicago at New York. Breeze at Kent State 0 3 1 and Mississippi State and Memphis State, both 4 0 1, loom as unbeaten clashes. Notre Dame 2 2 meets Stanford 1 4 at Stanford California with a 339 pm EST start.
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Associated Press
New York
Boston
Chicago
Detroit
Montreal
Toronto
Breeze
Kent State
Mississippi State
Confengnce
Memphis State
Notre Dame
Stanford
Calif
Diversified woodland management urged in Hempstead County
George Brown urges woodland owners to grow multiple wood products rather than a single product. The Gunter Brothers exemplify diversified practices by thinning crowded woods for sale while running a notable woodland range cattle program using rotational grazing on native grasses. Despite a 3% land decrease expected by 1975, overall production may rise due to postwar plantations, TSI, and improved management.
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Brown
Gunter Brothers
Arkansas
Hempstead
Hope
George Brown
Weather and coastal note for Louisiana
Partly cloudy and mild through Saturday with widely scattered showers. Lows tonight in the 60s. Highs Saturday in the 80s and 90s. In a separate flood risk report, about 1,000 residents chose to ride out high tides that threatened to cut them off from the mainland.
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Louisiana
the Atlanttic
Busy Arkansas Supreme Court Faces Packed Docket
The Arkansas Supreme Court will resolve 126 pending cases with about one new appeal daily. October activity shows 26 dispositions, including four teen criminal appeals and five death penalty cases. Notable cases include Frederick Rush seeking release from life in a Fort Smith slaying, Luther Bailey’s death penalty appeal, and other high profile murders and civil disputes over state officials’ expense money.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Frederick Rush
Fort Smith
Luther Bailey
Bailey
Pulaski
Orion Trotter J
Albert Harris
Drew County
Jerry James Johnson
Clarence Stewart Jr
Pulaski County
Politicians Back Sheriff for Job in Crittenden County
Crittenden County leaders back James C. Mann for sheriff appointment. At 64, Mann is a planter from James Mill community and has 15 years as township justice of the peace. Early signers include Sen W K Ingram and Reps Lloyd McCuistion and Cecil B Nance Jr. West Memphis Mayor Bob Eden says petitions will go to Little Rock soon. appointee to serve until January 1965.
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West Memphis
Ark
Crittenden County
James ‘C. Mann
James Mill
W. K. Ingram
Lloyd McCuistion
Cecil B. Nance Jr
Mann
Bob ‘Eden
Little Rock
Bruner Ivory Handle Company’s 1888 Start and Growth
W E Bruner founded Bruner Ivory Handle Company to hand craft shaving handles in Northern Missouri in 1888, later moving to Arkansas in 1904. In 1933 Bruner Bruner & Sons of Heber Springs bought the Ivory Handle Company of Hope, merging and expanding at Hope. The plant has two divisions and branch mills across Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana, with about 200 workers and 3,000,000 handles produced annually shipped worldwide.
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W. E. Bruner
Bruner Ivory Handle Company
Missouri
Arkansas
Tom King
el Dorado
Thornton
Grant County
Bruner Ivory
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
Hope
Canada
Mexico
South America
Africa
Europe
Asia
Australia
New Zealand
Bruner
Negro Pastor of All White Church at Pueblo Garden
AP reports Rev. Wilbur R. Johnson a 43 year old African American pastor serving 200 member Methodist church in Tucson notes mixed reactions from white parishioners. Some welcome his leadership others fear inability to call him in emergencies while two new Negro members expected to join this fall.
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Don Carson
Tucson
Ariz
Wilbur R. Johnson
Meinister
Johnson
Pueblo Garden Methodist Church
Pye
Canadian Ship Workers End Strike
Canadian inland shipping moved again as about 2,000 Seafarers' International Union of Canada members voted to end a four day walkout over government trusteeship. They resumed work along the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway after talks in Ottawa with federal trustees.
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Montreal
International Union of Canada
SIU
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence Seaway
Hal C. Banks
Ottawa
Canada
Banks
SLU
Sheriff Proud of Copper Liquor Still
THOMASTON Ga AP Sheriff E T Bray is proud of a copper liquor still found during a raid He says the device is in good enough condition for public display The sheriff noted the still is well built and looked like a model operation and he is confident it would run since it was operating when captured by revenue agents
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Thomaston
E. T. Bray
Bray
State Revenue
Canadian Sailors Vote Impacted Seamen Walkout Eases
Sailors across 22,000 Canadian crew members faced temporary layups as unions vote on a strike, with ships gradually resuming movement along the Sea Way. Canada Steamship Lines reported widespread movement despite disruptions while free trustees review the SIU and other unions. The SIU's 15,000 members led 18 unions in opposing trusteeship plans.
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Canada Steamship Lines
Victor L. Dryer
Vancouver
SIU
S18
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Hope Star
Fair Park
John R. Starr
All White Church
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