Packers fill holes as young lineup reshapes for 1972 season
Green Bay coach Dan Devine overseeing a rebuilding team with an influx of youth and a tough upcoming schedule including Dallas San Francisco Washington Cleveland Oakland and Minnesota. Key additions Chester Marcos and rookie quarterbacks Jerry Tagge and Scott Hunter aim to boost a passing game and pass rush while veterans like Carroll Dale Gale Gillingham and John Brockington lead an improving offense.
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Green Bay
Wis
Green Bay Packers
Dallas
San Francisco
Washington
Cleveland
Oakland
Minnesota
Packers
NFL
Dan Devine
Devine
Chester Marcos
Marcos
Hillsdale
Mich
College
Scott Hunter
Hunter
Jerry Tagge
Nebraska
Bart Starr
Carroll Dale
Sam Dickerson
Leland Glass
Dave Davis
John Spilis
Rich McGeorge
Len
Garrett
Memphis Seeks NFL Franchise From Texas Millionaire
Winston Lay of Frito Lay confirms effort to bring an expansion NFL team to Memphis Tennessee. Lay, 62, a PepsiCo stockholder and sports enthusiast, has long supported the Memphis bid and says he wants an expansion club for multiple reasons. A New York meeting with NFL officials and four candidate cities including Memphis Tampa Seattle and Phoenix will discuss expansion prospects.
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Memphis
Lay
Wayne County
Tennessee
New York
NFL
Pete Rozelle
Tampa
Fla
Seattle
Wash
Phoenix
Ariz
Nixon plans nonpolitical trip to San Francisco
President Nixon will stop in San Francisco en route to Washington to meet with the Citizens' Advisory Committee on Environmental Quality aboard the ferry Golden Gate. The plan centers on creating the Golden Gate National Recreation Area with taxpayers funding the return trip. The committee, led by Lawrence Rockefeller, also includes Lindbergh, Godfrey, and Borman. The 35 minute stop aims to inspect waterside acreage Nixon seeks to turn into a park. The First Lady and Nixon spent Labor Day at their San Clemente home with a poolside party for reporters in the evening.
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Bay City
Washington
Citizens’ Advisory Committee On
Nixon
San Francisco
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Congress
Ronald L. Ziegler
California
GOP
Environmental Quality Committee
Laurence S. Rockefeller
Charles A. Lindbergh
Arthur Godfrey
Frank Borman
Vikings rally past Oilers in NFL preseason clash
Minnesota piled up 399 yards as Dan Pastorini connected on two 17 and 15 yard TD passes for Houston, but the Vikings came back to win 26 14. Fran Tarkenton featured a 26 yard run and a 39 yard TD pass to Bill Brown sealing the victory.
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Minneapolis-St. Paul
Minnesota Vikings
Houston Oilers
Vikings
Oilers
Houston
Bill Peterson
Texas
Oiler
Dan Pastorini
Charlie Joiner
Alvin Reed
Bob Lee
Fred Cox
Fran Tarkenton
Cox
Tarkenton
Bill Brown
Minnesota
Memphis Vying For Victory In World Series Showdown
Memphis aims for its second American Legion World Series title in five years as rain delays two Monday games. Forecast calls for under 20 percent rain, with partial clouds and mild temps. El Cerrito and Ballwin each trail after losing one game, so either must win two straight to claim the title.
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Memphis
el Cerrito
Ballwin
Organ recital and community notices in Hope Arkansas
The community page highlights an organ dedication recital at Bethel A.M.E. Church with Mrs. Arthur Stretch and David Pearson as performers, notes about Pearson’s Hope Public Schools role and church ties, details of Stretch’s musical studies, and a calendar of church and community events including Mt. Zion C.M.E. activities, a Sept. 10 program at Lonoke Baptist Church, missionary meetings, and a large reunion with many out‑of‑town attendees from multiple states.
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Bethel A.M.E
South Laurel St
Arthur Stretch
David Pearson
Pearson
England
Hope
First Christian Church of Hope
American Conservatory of Music
Chicago
University of Southern California
First Christian Church
Hines
David Guion
Stretch
Xerxes
Handel
V.A. Hospital
Little Rock
Jacquelyn Hamilton
Hope High School
Jackson
Tennessee
Lane College
Annie Belle Verger
Joe Thomas
Eren Hamilton
Mt. Zion C.M.E
A. Walton
Callie Boatner
Lonoke Baptist Church
Southside Child Development Center
St. Paul Baptist Church
Dallas
Diane Flowers
Dixie Jacson
Billy Cooper
Leon King
Haynes Chapel Baptist Church of Hope
Lawson
Charles
Daniels
Kethia Lawson
Emmet
Richard Smith
Maybel Holmes
Rosa Scott
Hot Springs
Rubie Baxter
L.C. McFadden
Joe B. Daniels
Valine Daniels
Detroit
Debra
Kansas City
Deary Lawson
Kathy
Demetri
Mark
Troy
Rockford
Ilinois
Luther Evans
Michigan
W.M. Muldrew
Frank Charles
Easter Taylor
Sylvester Lawson
Lula M. Gamble
Mildred
Henry Weston
John Snowden
Prescott
Julius Reed
W.M. Reed
Camden
Jesse Reggans, Jr
Sallie M. Reggans
Bobbie Hudson
May Carrol
Rober Stuart
Veronica Phillips
Ellis
Doris Dennis
Marva Jo Love
Theresa
Faye Reed
Railways attacked as North Vietnam battles Pleiku area
Air Force jets struck North Vietnam s northwest railroad to China and two radar stations. Saigon reports a ground assault near Pleiku with heavy clashes and 130 enemy killed, 5 government dead, 13 wounded. U S jet strikes total over 220 across North Vietnam.
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Saigon
Uss
North Vietnam
Northwest
China
U.S
Central Highlands
Northwest Railroad
Trevino Seeks Momentum In World Series Clash At Akron
Lee Trevino aims to ride momentum from Hartford Open win into the World Series of Golf showdown with Nicklaus, Player, and Brewer in Akron. He beat Lee Elder in a 16-foot playoff after a dramatic 12-foot birdie on 72 to force extra, while Elder pursued a Masters berth. Ralph Johnston’s late collapse altered the final. Trevino and Elder finished 269, 15-under, the tournament's best 72-hole total this year.
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Wethersfield, Conn
Lee Trevino
Trevino
Akron
Ohio
Jack Nicklaus
Gary Player
Gay Brewer
Elder
Ford
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Francis Peay
Dick Himes
Ken Bowman
Bill Lueck
John Brockington
Dave Hampton
MacArthur Lane
St. Louis
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Brockington
Hampton
Clarence Williams
Alden Roche
Mike McCoy
Bob Brown
Sional
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Hempstead
San Clemente
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Concerned Citizen’s League
Richards Wilson
N. Hazel St
Bennon J. Lawson
Marie
Rose (Lawson) Wilson
Redskins
Miami Dolphins
Hope Star
Star of Hope
Consolidated
Star Building
S. Walnut St
Hope, Ark
P.O
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Star Publishing CO
Alex. H. Washburn
Paul H. Jones
George S. Smith
Rebecca Lazenby
Mary Anita Laseter
Esther Hicks
Donal Parker
Wanda Powell
Sibyl Parsons
C. M. Rogers, Jr
Alice Kate Baker
Virginia Hiscott Mechanical Department
Billy Dan Jones
D. E. Allen
George Smith, Jr
Poplar Av
Tenn
Hartford Bidg
N. Michigan Ave
E. 42Nd St
N.Y
Penobscot Bidg
Skirvin Tower
Oklahoma City
Okla
Nevada
Lafayette
Howard
Pike
Clark Counties
Arkansas
U.S.A
National Safety Council
Viet Nam
Greening-Ellis Co
Hope, Arkansas
Bau Can
Pleiku City
de Viet
Viet
Pleiku
Ralph Johnston
Garden City
Johnston
Curtis Sifford
Pacific
Little Boy
Anderson-Frazier Insurance Agency, Inc
Second & Main Hope, Arkansas
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