This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1968
Page
9
Pro basketball standings list key results with teams such as Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, Detroit, Minnesota, Oakland, and Miami. Notable scores include Los Angeles 130 over New York 109, Phoenix 130 over Detroit 128 in OT, and Oakland 137 over Miami 129.
Lakers rout Knicks 130 109 behind Baylor West and Chamberlain for fifth straight win and 22 game lead. Suns edge Pistons 130 128 in overtime as Goodrich hits 10 foot jumper with seven seconds left. ABA Oakland beats Miami 137 129. Minnesota top Nets 118 96. Connie Hawkins scores 28 as Pipers beat Nets. Bradds 13 for Oakland.
The Detroit Red Wings tie Montreal 4 4 after pulling goalie Roger Crozier for a sixth skater with 44 seconds left. Elsewhere, New York defeats Chicago 4 2, Boston and St. Louis draw 1 1, and Toronto beats Oakland 3 1 as other NHL action unfolds.
Dayton tops Des Moines 6-1 to seize first place in the IHL. The game totaled 96 penalty minutes as Barry Merrell and Don Westbrook each scored twice, with goals first in the opening period and again in the third.
Kathy Kusner, recently licensed to ride in Maryland, may have a fractured right leg after a mishap at the National Horse Show in Madison Square Garden. The U.S. Olympic equestrian team member was thrown from her mare Fry after clearing the first three fences.
Lee Trevino birdied 15 and 18 to finish 16 under 272 and take $25,000 in Hawaii. He donates $10,000 of his purse to a trust for Ted Makalena Jr. Archer finishes two behind at 274 for $15,000 in second. Douglas 276 for third, McLendon 277, Lotz 278 and Beard tied for fifth.
Elsevier’s figures rank Norway first per capita with seven golds across Grenoble and Mexico City in 1968. Hungary Sweden East Germany Czechoslovakia Netherlands Finland Australia Austria New Zealand follow. The United States wins 47 golds overall, Russia 20th per capita.
New York beat Chicago 4 2 Montreal tied Detroit 4 St Louis 1 Boston 1 Toronto 3 Oakland 1 in a Sunday set of NHL results featuring multiple ties and decisive wins.
Sunday results show Cleveland beat Rochester 6 to 2 and Quebec won 4 to 4 in a tie with Springfield. Baltimore and Providence tied 3 all, Buffalo defeated Hershey 7 to 4. International League games Dayton 6 over Des Moines 1 and Port Huron 6 over Columbus 5. The American Bowling Congress formed in 1895 and held its first championships in 1901.
Gary Player of South Africa won the Wills Masters in Sydney after a playoff on the second extra hole against Australian Peter Townsend. Both finished at 277 after final rounds of 72 and 69 respectively, with Texan Gay Brewer third at 278 after a 68.
Judy Rankin won the Corpus Christi Civitan Open in a sudden death playoff over Sandra Spuzich. The touring pro and mother of a 9 month old son finished 54 holes tied at 213 and secured the victory on the second playoff hole after Spuzich three putted.
Donald Dell lauds Bob Lutz and Stan Smith as the best amateur doubles team and the U S earns a 2 1 advantage in the Interzone Final by defeating Jaideep Mukerjean and Ramanathan Krishnan of India 6 2 6 3 6 2. Arthur Ashe set for singles clincher as Clark Graebner faces Premjit Lall in the remaining match. Dell joked Krishnan could have endured longer to tire.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.