Liston Tops 1962 Sports Year in Dramatic Knockout
Writer Oscar Fraley ranks Sonny Liston as the No 1 sports story of 1962 after his first round 2 06 knockout of Floyd Patterson to claim the heavyweight crown. The piece lists top sports moments and notes Liston’s rise from conviction to champion, with Patterson rematch details and other major year events.
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Oscar Fraley
Miami
Charles Sonny Liston
Floyd Patterson
Liston
Paterson
Marriage Divorce Rates Highlight in St Louis County
Circuit Court Judge W Cloyd notes an estimated four divorces per ten licenses issued in St Louis County, a rate higher than the national average of one divorce per four licenses, indicating a strained marriage trend locally.
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ST. Louis
W. Cloyd
St. Louis County
Jackie Gleason Career Began With Brooklyn Amateur Night
Jackie Gleason won an amateur night contest in Brooklyn at age 15 and rose to prominence as a comedian on CBS television. He built a long career as a star of his own show and as a celebrated performer in American entertainment.
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Jackie Gleason
CBS
Brooklyn
Drug chains lift sales by cutting prescription prices
Drug store chains reduced average prescription prices from 3.09 to 2.99 dollars and boosted prescription sales volume by 13.1 percent last year, a survey by Chain Store Age found.
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New York
Chain Store Age
T-Bird Team Defeats Bulldogs in Narrow Victory
North Central Thunderbirds beat Dugger High 72 to 51 at the North Central gym. Larry Graves scored 26 points, Jerry Trowbridge 14 as Russ Dukes led Dugger with 12 and Mike Irons added 10. North Central reserves also won 39 21.
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Dugger High School
North Central Thunderbirds
North Central
Thunderbirds
Bulldogs
Birds
Larry Graves
Jerry Trowbridge
Russ Dukes
Mike Irons
Dugger
Irons
Aencee
Dukes
Smith Am
Moore “ Sly
Rooker
Young
Secrest
Turpen
N. Central
Trowbridge Godfrey Fley
Trueblood
Graves
Hamilton Os Nee Ak ' Halli
Evansville Bosse Remains No 1 in Indiana Preholiday Rankings
Evansville Bosse retains the top Indiana high school basketball rating entering next week’s Christmas tourney at East Chicago. The Bulldogs earned 12 of 18 first place votes for 170 points, with Anderson, Michigan City, Muncie Central, and South Bend Central among the top contenders as the rankings shift.
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Indianapolis
Evansville
Bosse
Indiana
East Chicago
Jim Myers
Bulldogs
United Press International
Anderson
Lafayette
Washington
Muncie Central
South Bend Central
Goshen
Chicago
Michigan City
Muncie
Gary Roosevelt
Boise
Indianapolis Tech
South Bend
Bears
Columbus
Elkhart
Loogootee
E. Chicago Wash’ton
Fort Wayne Central
Rex Mundi
Indianapolis Shortridge
Noblesville
Goshen and
Kokomo
Martinsville
Mentone
State Firms Provide Drugs for Ransoming
Indianapolis firms Eli Lilly & Co. and Pitman Moore Co. join 18 other U S. drug makers in donating medicines to aid in the release of 1 113 Cuban prisoners from the Bay of Pigs incident. Lilly sent about half of a 2 3 million dollar pledge by truck to Port Everglades to Florida. Pitman Moore shipped drugs valued at more than 259000 to Florida, with shipments priced at net wholesale cost. The donations include tetanus and typhoid vaccines and insulin.
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Indianapolis
Eli Lilly & Co
Pitman- Moore Co
Florida
Cuba
Lilly
Port Everglades
Flo Pitman-Moore
United States
Local College Scores and Thursday Basketball Schedule
SCOOL North Central beat Thisger 72 to 51. Evansville Memorial defeated Darlington 55 to 63. Garfield schuite hosted Wiey tonight with Garfield winning. Thursday schedule lists Garfield at Tell City and Bloomington matchups.
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Fritehhton
Bicknell Fiton
Linton
Funnelton
Vigo
Edwardsport
Spencer
Greencastle
Bear l
Bloomington
Politic
University
Sullivan
Carlisle
Shawswick
Brownstown
Crawfordsville
Terre Haute
Garfield Pilecttsvile
Stimesville
Evansville Central
Washington
Hipney Creek
Rockville
Loogootee
Elnora
Monroe City
Vincennes
Catholic
Gerstmeyer
Tell City
North Central
Terre Haute State
Princeton
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Dodgers
Yankees
Maury Wills
Ty Cobb
Benny Kid Paret
New York State
Jack Nicklaus
Arnold Palmer
Weatherly
Gretel
John Uelses
Valery Brumel
Russia
University Southern California
West Coast
Decidedly
Aidan
Cincinnati
Ohio State
Casey Stengel
New York Mets
Roger Ward
Gary Players
Dick Tiger
Gene Fullmer
Cassius Clay
Archie Moore
Firsuie Trail
Comiskey Park
Patterson
Marriage
RCA Victor Stereo
RCA Victor
Hastings
RCA Tape Recorder
RCA
D. Rca Transistor Radio
D. Rca Portable Phonograph
S. Main
Hastings Appliances
DIAL
Alan Mova
Oklahoma
Cklaed
Bud Wilkinson
Sooners
Alabama
Bud
Kentucky
Bear Bryant
King Features Syndicate
DOW Joonts
T-Bird
Charles Laughton
Hollywood
Tonght Wiey
Garfieldschuite
Iymera
Coal City
Giants
Y. A. Tittle
Wife Minette
Dallas Cowboys
Chamber of Commerce
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