Nation's Top College Clubs Open Round of 8 Cage Meets
College basketball opens the holiday schedule with eight major tournaments led by the Top Six. Top teams include Loyola Chicago Illinois Arizona State USC Stanford Mississippi State and Duke competing across events like the Los Angeles Classic Holiday Festival and Quaker City. First rounds run today with more games Thursday and Friday leading to Saturday championships.
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Loyola of Chicago
Ilinois
Arizona State
Southern California
Stanford
Mississippi State
Cincinnati
Ohio State
Kentucky
Duke
New York
Philadelphia
Oklahoma City
Portland
Ore
Kansas City
Colorado State U
St. Louis
Washington
Utah State
UCLA
Northwestern
West Virginia
Boston College
Holy Cross
St. Bonaventure
Sinois
Penn
NYU
Duquesne
Quaker City
Providence
Delaware
Villanova
Manhattan
LaSalle
BYU
St. Joseph's
Bowling Green
Creighton
Wyoming
Baylor
Memphis State
Toledo
Chicago Loyola
Arkansas
Far West
Iowa
Arizona
Oregon
Washington State
Seattle
California
Oregon State
Idaho
Colorado
Kansas
Iowa State
Nebraska
Kansas State
Missouri
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma
San Francisco
Fence spare 1 2 4 7 and spare angles in bowling
Billy Sixty explains the fence spare 1 2 4 7, its two sided challenge from right or left, and how consistency beats changing angles. He offers a pocket pamphlet Sharp Shooting for the Advanced Bowler for 10 cents and a stamped self addressed envelope.
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Sooners Monte Deere In Doctor Care Ahead Of Orange Bowl
Miami AP Monte Deere the Oklahoma Sooners quarterback lay in bed under a doctor's care with influenza and tonsillitis as Oklahoma began two a day workouts for the Orange Bowl against Alabama on New Year’s Day. Coach Bud Wilkinson and team physician Dr. Mike Willard both expressed cautious optimism about his return to practice and readiness for the game.
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MIAMI
Monte Deere
Oklahoma Sooners
Alabama
Mike Willard
Oklahoma
Deere
Sooners
Willard
Bud Wilkinson
MacArthur Bids To End U S Sports Certification War
Gen Douglas MacArthur agreed to mediate the dispute between the AAU and NCAA over who certifies U S athletes for the 1964 Tokyo Games. The NCAA showed willingness to arbitrate, while the AAU must approve talks with a 32 member executive committee vote.
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Fla
Douglas MacArthur
Amateur Athletic Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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U.S
NCAA
AAU
Tokyo
MacArthur
Laver and Fraser Lead Australia 2-0 in Davis Cup
Rod Laver dominated Mexico's Rafael Osuna 6 2 1 6 1 7 5 in 69 minutes to give Australia a 2-0 lead. Neale Fraser outlasted Antonio Palafox 7 9 6 3 6 4 11 9 in a 2 hour 50 minute struggle. The doubles set for Thursday could clinch the Australian victory under Captain Harry Hopman at Milton Courts Brisbane.
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Australia
Rod Laver
Neale Fraser
Laver
Mexico
Rafael Osuna
Fraser
Antonio Palafox
Harry Hopman
Milton Courts
Jake the Barber Receives Christmas Pardon from Kennedy
John Factor once Chicago underworld figure turned philanthropist was granted a Christmas pardon by President Kennedy. The 70 year old formerly faced a 1943 mail fraud conviction and potential deportation to England. Factor called the pardon a wonderful Christmas gift and said justice has been done.
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Fla
John
Jake the Barber
Factor
Palm Springs
Calif
Kennedy
Brink's Hijacking Probe Continues in Illinois Snow
Police and federal investigators pressed the search for clues in the Brink's armored truck hijacking on Christmas Eve. The truck held about 100000 dollars. the driver was overpowered and left handcuffed and blindfolded in a vacant lot. Footprints, tire tracks, a chauffeur cap, and a toy police badge were found as three hooded gunmen fled with the loot from 35 firms.
Atlanta Bandits Nabbed In Christmas Robbery
Four men were arrested Christmas Day after attempting to rob a J C Penney safe at a suburban Atlanta shopping center. Officers caught them at the rear with a hole cut in the safe, sprayed with acetylene torches. Suspects were Joe C Cash Jackie W Phillips Billy Lewallen and Billy Joe Sorrells held on attempted burglary charges.
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Atlanta, Ga
R. T. Burgess
J. C. Penney
Burgess
Joe C. Cash
Franklin, Tenn
Jackie W. Phillips
College Park
Billy Lewallen
Jonesboro
Billy Joe Sorrells
de Kalb County
Byrd Satisfactory Condition At Baltimore Hospital
Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia in satisfactory condition at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore. Aged 75 he was admitted last week with ailment undisclosed by hospital spokesmen and doctors. Byrd leads Democratic Conservative faction within the party.
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Baltimore
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Union Memorial Hospital
Byrd
Old Ironsides nickname from War of 1812 battle
The frigate Constitution earned the nickname Old Iron sides after a gunner observed solid shot bouncing off her wooden hull during the 1812 clash with the British Guerriere.
London Church Move Draws Pravda Satire From Moscow
Pravda ridiculed Westminster College plans to dismantle St Mary Aldermanbury in London and move the Wren church to Fulton Missouri. Fulton officials and locals mocked Moscow's take while noting Churchill's Fulton speech and awaiting British approval.
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St. Mary Aldermanbury Church
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A. J. Burn
Cecil Culverhouse
First Presbyterian Church
H. Clay McGregor
Warren R. Austin Dies at 85 in Vermont Home
Warren R. Austin, veteran Republican statesman and U N ambassador, died at his Vermont home at age 85. A former U S senator and Korea War critic of Communist China, he led U N recognition efforts and sparked debate with a Soviet gun display in 1950. Truman mourned his public service and praised his tenure.
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Security Council
Truman
Independence
Highgate
University of Vermont
Ex-Prisoner Claims Brainwashing During Captivity
Roque S. Matagulay, a U S Army sergeant released by Communist guerrillas on Christmas Eve, says he was forced to sign four statements harming the United States and South Vietnam after five months in captivity He explains he endured four months of propaganda lectures and malaria during November and was pressured to sign the documents by interrogators.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
United States
Roque S. Matagulay
Richmond
Calif
Seven Die In Kansas Holiday Traffic And Fires
At least seven people died in Kansas traffic crashes over a long holiday weekend and two more perished in fires. Notable fatalities include 69 year old Rosetta G McConnell in Troy on Christmas Eve and 4 year old Jerri Linn Farr in Kansas City Kansas on Monday. A 54 year old, George Anderson, died Tuesday in Arkansas City when his truck hit a tree.
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Rosetta G.mcconnell
Troy
Kenneth Dishon
Jerri Linn Farr
Kansas City
Kan
George Anderson
Arkansas City
Congo Republics Named for River and City
The two Republics of the Congo, once French and Belgian colonies, derive their names from the Congo River. They are distinguished as Congo Brazzaville and Congo Leopoldville, named for their capitals on opposite river banks.
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Congo
France
Belgium
Congo River
Congo Brazzaville
Congo Leopoldville
Soviet Charge Against U.S. Embassy in Moscow Escalates
Moscow reports say the Soviet Union again accuses the U.S. Embassy of espionage and demands an end to spying while U.S. Ambassador Kohler rejects the claim as unfounded. Three Americans remain in Moscow after another expulsion and homeward transfer.
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Soviet Union
U.S
Foy D. Kohler
Kohler
Oleg Penkovsky
United States
Greville Wynne
Hungary
Air Force
Alexis Davison
Atlanta
Robert German
Dallas
Tex
Hugh Montgomery
Springfield
Mass
M. N. Smirnovsky
Foreign Ministry
Richard Funkhouser
Soviet Dismisses Deputy Premier Ignatov
Moscow reports the removal of Nikolai G. Ignatov from the Soviet Union's 11 deputy premiers. The Tass dispatch notes a party shakeup in the Kazakhstan virgin lands and downgrading of the 61 year old official who had left the ruling presidium in 1961.
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Soviets
Nikolai G. Ignatov
Soviet Union
Communist Party of the
Kazakhstan Virgin Lands
Tass
Ignatov
Communist Party
Seed and Plant Introduction Section Created in 1697
The Department of Agriculture established its Section of Seed and Plant Introduction in 1697, marking the department’s early efforts to regulate and study agricultural germplasm. The creation reflects colonial era science and government organization focused on improving crops.
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Department of Agriculture
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