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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1955
Page
4
Tonight in this territory Pleasantville visits Lyons for a regional net tilt while Thursday features University at Bloomfield in a second matchup. Both events highlight local teams and early season rivalries in the circuit.
Five local high school basketball games dot the schedule this week with Linton hosting Sandborn Saturday after a Friday visit to Montgomery. Greene county features Switz City versus Shelburn tonight at the new gym, with Shelburn seen as the slight favorite.
Kennedys Taylor 457 Elliott 562 Coulomb 446 Duvivier 456 Jones 471. Pirtles Briggs 547 Archer 411 Walters 430 Malicoat 474 Brewer 525. Maumee Clark 463 Fitzpatrick 575 Powell 575 Hazelrigg 450 Wall 507. Fells Trott 481 Heath 442 Foos 415 Cooper 434 Donie 509. Kennedys and Fells both 0 3, Pirtles 3 0, Maumee 3 0.
Linton high school Freshman basketball won twice without defeat. They beat Dugger 37 23 at Dugger gym and edged Bicknell First Year 32 28. Scorers include Frye 19 and Graham 11 for Bicknell, Griffith 9 for Dugger, with next game set December 19 at Linton gym against Sandborn.
St Louis Billikens defeated Indiana 86 to 75 on Indiana's home floor. Harold Alcorn scored 22 and Grady Smith 20 for St Louis. Charlie Brown led Indiana with 20 points and Wally Choice added 17. Beloit beat Indiana State 65 to 62 in another Indiana college game.
SEYMOUR Ind it $50 000 fire destroyed part of the Davidson Feed Service and Elevator at Freetown Monday night Volunteers with a bucket brigade prevented spread to the office and feed room until fire companies from Jonesville Columbus and Nashville arrived The elevator was filled with grain and burned Firemen said sparks from a grinder in the cab room started the blaze.
Charles M. McCann reports that Ante Pavelich, once a Balkan terrorist and wartime Croat leader, lives in Buenos Aires as a building contractor while facing exile and possible extradition requests. He led the Ustas heiled cell in the 1930s and was blamed for mass killings. now he says he is a peaceful man.
Hollywood reports a forthcoming "Confidential File" TV documentary featuring sensational real life cases. Host Paul Coates explains the program aims to educate with a newspaperman view while citing support from mental health groups and PTA members.
Wakefield led Linton to a 68 57 win over Switz City Tigers as Jerry Hallett scored 14 and Vern Ratliff and Curtis Tomak contributed strong rebounding. The Miners also beat Bloomington University Friday, then lost to Switz City, while guards Mickie Inman and Wally Swaby sparked the Tigers comeback.
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