Home court jinx fuels NCAA playoff debate in 1956
Cincinnati coach George Smith blasts NCAA pairings favoring Kentucky and San Francisco, arguing top teams avoid tough early games on the road to the semifinals. The piece outlines 1956 tournament structure with 24 teams, Big Eight strengths, and profiles Lawrence High playoff prospects among prep teams.
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Dutch) Lonborg
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Iike Monte Johnson
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Larry Comley
John Hadl
Jack Galloway
Les Nesmith
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Country Boy Enos Slaughter Still Playing at 41
ST PETERSBURG Fla veteran Enos Slaughter nicknamed Country Boy is 41 and still active in the majors approaching his 42nd birthday on April 27. He weighs less than last year and reports no major aches as he considers pension details and potential future play beyond 50 or even 60.
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North Carolina
Enos Laughter
Norm Siebern
Devon
Slaughter
Roxboro
N.C
Baseball
Maylie
Sal
Kubek
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Northeast air crash kills pilot and co pilot
A Northeast air flight ended in fatal injuries to the pilot Alva A. R. Marsh and copilot Basil S. Dixwell after a crash. Flight engineer Angelo V. Andon sustained non fatal injuries while two passengers received minor hurts. Both pilots had over fourteen years of service with Northeast.
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Alva A. R. Marsh
Basils. Dixwell
Northeast
Angelo V. Andon
Chicago Teens Attend Church Talks On Love And Marriage
Hundreds of Chicago area teens attended six Cana Conference talks at Catholic churches during Lent. Led by Rev. Walter Imbierski the discussions explored readiness for lasting relationships through questions about happiness encouragement, faults and dreams, shared chores, aging, and personal growth. The article notes a separate stat: U.S. homeowners rose 55 percent from 1900 to 1950, adding about 3 million.
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Cana Conference of
Walter Imbierski
Carlson proposes U S Hall of Fame for Agriculture
Sen Carlson proposes a Hall of Fame for Agriculture in Washington as a memorial to agriculture’s role in national development. He urged making late Sen Arthur Capper of Kansas a candidate, praising Capper as deeply devoted to agriculture and influential in three decades of legislation.
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Sen
Carlson
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Arthur Capper
Kansas
Cemetery Group Meets Prairie City annual meeting
The Prairie City Cemetery Association will hold its annual meeting at 2 p.m. Saturday March 15 in the social room of Ives Chapel Baldwin. All lot owners or their representatives are invited to participate.
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Prairie City Cemetery Association
Ives Chapel
Baldwin
Pro-West Umma Party Wins Big Margin in Sudan Vote
Final Sudanese parliamentary results from Khartoum show the pro-West Umma party with 72 seats in the 173 member chamber, 15 short of a majority. Nearest rivals, the neutralist National Unionists, won 45 seats, while the People’s Democratic party secured 32 in the elections.
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Cairo
Umma
Khartoum
People’s Democratic Party
Pilot Found at Fault In Fatal Plane Crash
The Civil Aeronautics Board on Monday ruled that the Northeast Airlines captain failed to demonstrate the skill and care required of an air line pilot after a plane with 101 aboard crashed after takeoff from LaGuardia to Miami near Rikers Island. Twenty of the 95 passengers survived.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Northeast Airlines
Rikers Island
LaGuardia Field
N.Y
Miami
U S British Team Heads To Tunis For Talks
A U S British mission led by Robert Murphy and Harold Beeley flies to Tunis to press forward on the French Tunisian dispute. They will meet President Habib Bourguiba after Paris discussions with Premier Gaillard and foreign ministry officials regarding the February 8 French bombing that killed 79 residents of a Tunisian village.
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Robert Murphy
U.S
Harold Beeley
Tunisia
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