Off Beat Awards of 1964 From Jim Murray
Jim Murray lists tongue in cheek 1964 sport awards with digs at Rickey Busch and Chamberlain. Highlights include Biggest Comeback Branch Rickey and Biggest Waste of Time commissioner power, plus Gallantry Liston and a puzzling Nassau gag.
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Africa
UPI
Reuters
Los Angeles Magazine
Sporting News
Ring Magazine
Police Gazette
Branch Rickey
Wilt Chamberlain
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Yankees
Philadelphia Phillies
Commissioner of Baseball
St. Louis Hawks
Ben Kerner
Sid Borgia
UCLA
Billy Barnes
Syracuse
Illin
Rose Bowl Coaches Praise Each Other Ahead of Classic
Oregon State coach Prothro and Michigan coach Elliott spent two weeks publicly complimenting each other as they prepared for the 51st Rose Bowl. Each hailed the other's defense while acknowledging the other's offensive strengths, with one writer predicting a scoreless tie, a rarity in Rose Bowl history.
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Michigan
Oregon
Tommy Prothro
Pasadena
Calif
Oregon State
Bump Elliott
Los Angeles
Disneyland
Elliott
Wolverines
Beavers
Michi
Lochmann Stars for Kansas in Big Hight Tourney Final
Kansas forward Riney Lochmann led the Jayhawks with 39 points and 28 rebounds as they beat Colorado 53 51 in the Big Hight tournament final. Despite being left off the all star list, Lochmann earned two MVP votes and was cited as a top defender. Coach Ted Owens praised his effort and leadership as Kansas builds for the season.
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Kansas
Riney Lochmann
Lochmann
Riney
Pat Frink
Colorado
Frink
Kansas State
Jeff Simons
Wichita
Ted Owens
Owens
Bill Bridges
Bridges
Jayhawk
Tulane to Depart From Conference in 1966
Tulane University will leave the Southeastern Conference in June 1966 to pursue independent athletics. President Herbert E. Longenecker cited plans to schedule inter sectional games and denied any de-emphasis of football or other sports. The move follows public 1965 and 1966 football schedules with only three SEC opponents in 1966.
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NEW Orleans
Tulane
Herbert E. Longenecker
Vanderbilt
Florida
Louisiana State
SEC
Atlanta
Unity elusive on both parties in 1965 political clash
Washington AP report analyzes mounting intra party divisions as Republicans face a Jan 22 23 showdown over Dean Burch with Goldwaterism at stake while Democrats await Johnson's push for consensus through his great society.
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Washington
National Committee
Dean Burch
Americans For Democratic Action
Johnson
Congress
Senate
House Rules Committee
Labor
Barry Goldwater
GOP
Goldwater
Burch
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Derby Couple Dies in Private Plane Crash
A Piper Comanche 250 piloted by a Wichita flying club crashed into a Don Cross farm pasture three miles east of Cushing Oklahoma. Carleton Miller and his wife from Derby Kansas were killed en route to Tulsa to visit brother Alden Miller. Survivors include two sons Vernon and Carl.
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Cushing, Okla
Cushing
Carleton Miller
Derby
Kan
Tulsa
Alden Miller
Carleton
Don Cross
Wichita
Vernon
Carl
Modoc Banker Faces Embezzling Charge at Modoc Bank
Raymond Oscar Salyer aged 61 was arrested on embezzlement charges at Modoc State Bank where he had worked about ten years. Sheriff Brittan said the bank’s loss may approach $100000 and a $4600 error in a depositor’s account was found earlier as state auditors began review last week. Modoc is a village of about 50 residents located ten miles west of Scott City.
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Scott City
Kan
Raymond Oscar Salyer
Modoc State Bank
Bob Brittan
Modoc
Congo Future in Question as Cold War Powers Press
An AP inspection of Congo survival prospects weighs China and the West, with Tshombe leading the central government and Gbenya in exile. Western diplomats warn time is short as UN aid and local governance lag amid chatter and chaos in Leopoldville.
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Congo
Leopoldville
The
Viet Nam
Algeria
Ghana
United Arab Republic
United States
United Nations
Belgium
Israel
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By Jim Murray
Ois
Notre Dame
Gussie Busch
Cardinals
Sonny Liston
Sonny
Billy Miske
Jack Dempsey
Bright
Keane
Berra
Stengel
Dan Topping
del Webb
Alabama
Rose Bowl
Lins
Stanford
Earl Morey
Buffs
Fred Chana
Chana
de Lewis
By Jack Bell
Lawrence
Associated Press
Bradley
Yale
Burman
Citadel
St. Louis
Loyola
Connecticut
Cornell
Virginia
Canisius
Lawrence Paper CO
6Th & N.H
Quicksilver
Saul Pett
Fare
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Christopher Gbenya
Gbenya
Tshombe
U.S
Congo People’s Republic
Pizza Hut
Ann Oe
Gordon's
RAND
Black & Brown
Oxfords & Loafers
Gordon's Shoe
Aree Center
Massachusetts
Hach
Ken Whitenight
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