Columnist fires back on Liston Patterson bout facts
Harold Conrad accuses a Las Vegas columnist of misinforming readers about the July 22 Liston Patterson title fight at the Convention Center. He defends the event, asserts Patterson’s merit, and urges fact checking to correct public misperceptions.
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Harold Conrad
New York
Sonny Liston
Floyd Patterson
Convention Center
Patterson
Liston
Chicago
Floyd
Cassius Clay
Ingemar Johannson
Johannson
Buddy Baer
Max
Joe Louis
Jimmy Braddock
Tony Galento
Brown
Fight promotion hinges on Las Vegas desert blackout plan
In a defense of staging the Patterson Liston bout at the Las Vegas Convention Center, promoters cite closed circuit revenue across 130 venues in the US and Canada and blackout rules to protect key markets. They challenge critics to study training and past fights, stressing expert support for Patterson as a top contender and the unpredictable nature of boxing.
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Las Vegas
Nevada Athletic Commission
Convention Center
Sportsvision Inc
United States
Canada
New York
Los Angeles
Charley Rich
The
Dunes
Joe Wells
Thunderbird
Milt Jaffe
Tommy McDonnell
Stardust
Charley Kandel
Sands
Maury Stevens
the Tallyho
Patterson
Liston
Ex-Nazis Testify on Soviet Spy Ring in West Germany
Heinz Felfe and Hans Clemens, once Nazi spies, testified before the West German Supreme Court that a Soviet intelligence colonel known as Max masterminded their infiltration of the FIA and theft of NATO secrets. Erwin Tiebel acted as courier. They face treason charges after 1961 arrests.
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Karlsruhe
Germany
UPI
West Germany
Heinz Felfe
Hans Clemens
Max
Tiebel
Federal Intelligence Agency
FIA
U. S
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Felfe
Dresden
East Germany
Clemens
Tiehel
Newburgh City Manager resigns to join John Birch Society
Joseph McD Mitchell resigns as Newburgh city manager to become organizational director for the John Birch Society Eastern Seaboard Division. He cites support for a welfare crack down and notes past bribery charges were resolved. He plans to live near Newburgh while serving in his new role.
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Newburgh
N.Y
UPI
Joseph McD
Mitchell
John Birch Society
Society
Eastern Seaboard
Boston
Culver City
Calif
Markie Township
William Ryan
Barry Goldwater
R. Ariz
Arizona
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