Packers Lose Ground as Bills Fail to Bite
The NFL Week features Green Bay slipping to 1-2 after a 23-17 loss to Detroit. Bill Munson and Billy Gambrell connect on a late TD, Lem Barney seals the Detroit stand, and the Packers stumble amid a busy day of NFL results including Dallas, Los Angeles and Chicago routs. Homer Jones shines for the Giants in another game. Bubba and Billy Ray Smith fuel Baltimore’s 41-7 destruction of Pittsburgh with multiple interceptions and returns.
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Minnesota
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Stokes
Lions
Lem Barney
Detroit
Bart, Starr
Five Interceptions Slow Namath In Jets Loss To Bills
Joe Namath threw five picks three returned for touchdowns as the Jets fell 37 35 to Buffalo in an AFL upset. San Diego edged Cincinnati 31 10 while Oakland beat Houston 24 15 and Boston won over Denver 20 17. Kansas City crushed Miami 48 3 with Len Dawson tossing three TD passes.
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Associated Press
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Le Mans Champs In No Hurry With GT-40
Pedro Rodriguez and Lucien Bianchi win the 24 hour Le Mans in a Ford GT-40, denying Porsche prototypes the top spots. The privately entered Ford clinches the world manufacturer’s title as Rodriguez earns his first Le Mans winner’s champagne after 11 attempts. He averaged 116.8 mph, saying they could have set a lap record but chose not to push.
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Fire at Thistle Down kills 30 horses and two ponies
Firefighters probe a blaze at Thistle Down Race Track in North Randall. Thirty thoroughbred horses and two ponies died as two barns burned. groom Ronald Harris, 21, awoke to heat and guided horses out. Track manager Harry Bell put damage at $185,000 and did not estimate horse values.
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Tennessee loses by a field goal and bowls setback
Doug Dickey's Tennessee Volunteers opened with a 20 16 loss to UCLA then reeled off nine straight wins before a 26 24 Orange Bowl defeat to Oklahoma. In his third year Carmen Cozza led Yale to the Cy League title with a 7 0 record.
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Detroit Aims to Boost Lineup for World Series
Detroit manager Mayo Smith plans Eddie Mathews to start in left field and Mickey Stanley to replace him at short as the Tigers face Washington in the last regular season game. Kaline will be activated for the Series with Stanley moving to short and Ray Oyler and Tom Matchick listed as weaker hitters.
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Stanley
Ray Oyler
Tom Matchick
Mayo
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John Wyatt
Lebanon Raceway Entries First Race Trot and Pace
Race list from Lebanon Raceway shows eight events with lineups for each pace and trot division. Entrants include traveling horses such as Face True Hope Page Me and Fortadios with multiple horses named in each race.
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Nancy Sayre
Topight
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True Hope
Page Me
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Prince Ondago
Dudley All-Star
Patsy Shore
Mintec
Lonesome Road
Nancy Ash
Purdue Seeks Rose Bowl After Notre Dame Win
No. 1 Purdue still faces tough tests with Ohio State and Minnesota ahead as Leroy Keyes cautions on a national title. Purdue 37 Notre Dame 22, while Southern Cal 24 Northwestern and Miami 10 Georgia Tech shake top 20 parity.
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Two Deadlocks Close Weekend Golf Event
Dr. Calvin Skinner and Tony Tenore tied for low net in the Brown's Country Club Non-Winners Tournament which closed the weekend's activities. Philip Becker was third with 70 and a group tied at 71 included Hal Mercier William Johnson and Carl Eisenmenger. Dr Eugene Turners one under par 71 led the top gross scores.
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Brown's Country Club
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Hal Mercier
William Johnson
Carl Eisenmenger
Eugene Turner
Suspense Ends for Miss Rawls at Wright Invitational
Betsy Rawls wins the Mickey Wright Invitational in Fallbrook California with a 208 total over 54 holes her first victory since 1965. Kathy Whitworth led by two strokes at the start of the final round but posted 74 to finish tied for second with Sandra Hanie at 212.
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Dallas
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