Superdome to surpass Houston's Astrodome
New Orleans status report on the half finished 129.5 million Louisiana Superdome. It will exceed Houston Astrodome with a 72 000 football capacity expandable to 95 000 for arena events. Levy cites NBA style flexibility, TV replay features, and potential MLB plans as priorities. Nine major league clubs show interest in a 1975 free game series. Yankees and Royals considered.
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John Pinkerman
Copley
New Orleans
Louisiana Superdome
Houston
Astrodome
Socrer
Bernard B. Levy
Texas
Wie
Superdome
Levy
NFTL
NFL
New Orleans Saints
Saints
Tulane
Madison Square Garden
NEL
Wilbur Smith Hd Associates
New York Yankees
Kittsas City Royals
Liberty Mutual Wins Third Bank Bowling Tourney at Shenango
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. captured first place in the Third Bank and Insurance Company Bowling Tournament at Shenango Bowl-A-Way. Dollar Savings Association finished second. Tom Mudger of First National Bank Meadville had a 227 high game and Ted Etchison of Citizen's National Bank New Castle posted a 947 five game series. Bob Brace Meadville had a 24 handicap game and Lloyd Lamm New Castle had a 1026 handicap series.
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Liberty Mutual Insurance Co
Wangal Bank and Insurance Company
Shenango Bowl
Dollar Savings Association
Tom Mudger
First National Bank
Meadville
Ted Etchison
Citizen’s National Bank
New Castle
Bob Brace
Lloyd Lamm
Dollar Savings
Laney Smith Wins Amateur Golf Crown in Pittsburgh
Laney Smith of Snyder New York captured her third Women’s Eastern Amateur Golf Tournament title by eight strokes with a one over par 74 in tough conditions at Pittsburgh. Runners up included Pat O’Brien of Pittsfield Massachusetts and Debbie Massey of Bethlehem Pennsylvania with totals around 227. Other notable scores included Jane Booth Palm Beach Gardens Florida and Lida Kinnicutt Bloomfield Connecticut in the high 70s and low 80s.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Laney Smith
Snyder
N.Y
Pat O'Brien
Pittsfield
Mass
Debbie Massey
Bethlehem
Svores
Lancy Smith
N. Y
O'Brien
Pittsfidsi
Debbie
Which racket better for tennis players today
A Wilson engineer explains wood versus metal rackets, tracing history from the T-2000 to modern nylon strings. He notes wood for control and touch, metal for speed and power, with player age and technique influencing choice. He also covers stringing myths, racket system impact on elbow strain, and the cost of gut strings.
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BEN Press Copley News Service
John X Tsirimpkos
Wilson Sporting Goods
Wilson
Tsirimakos
Falcons rout Burrell Red Sox 12-5 in league game
Wilmington Falcons defeated Burrells Red Sox 12-5 in a makeup Suburban Junior Baseball League contest. Ireland and Conway each had two hits in the attack. Bratz pitched the full game for the win while Scott Russell took the loss.
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Wilmington Falcons
Burrell Red Sox
Ireland
Conway
Falcons
Bratz
Scott Russell
Roussos banquet set tonight in New Castle
Union Area High alumni honor Socrates Roussos at a testimonial dinner at the New Castle Holiday Inn starting at 7. The longtime Scotties coach, 18 seasons, posted 100 wins against 40 losses while guiding a small squad to a 45 slate.
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Tom Spui
Union Area High
Socrates Roussos
Rhode Island
Hailstock
Red Hurricane
Youngstown State University
Gary Anderson
General Braddock
Paul Birch
Cagers
Gary
Youngstown
Dom Rosselli
Mitchell
Crispus Attucks High
Yanks land two 20 game winners in key deals
New York Yankees under the new ownership pursued pitching strength by acquiring right hander Pat Dobson from the Braves and lefty Sam McDowell from the Giants. Dobson netted two minor leaguers plus two players to be named, McDowell a cash deal around 125000.
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Yankees
Pat Dobson
Atlanta Braves
Sam McDowell
San Francisco Giants
Hart
Dobson
Frank Tepedino
Wayne Nordhagen
McDowell
Little League action and Blues sign two players
Sixth Ward beat Third Ward 9-7 as Barry Cummings led with a two run homer and two doubles aided by Ken Williams who pitched a four hitter with 10 strikeouts. Second Ward won 6-4 after a 6-0 first inning. Campbell's crushed Neff Electric 12-5 with a multi hit day from Eric Wetzel. Medical Center routed Tanner's 14-6 behind Fothergill and McCune four hit effort. Blues sign two players John Wensink and Ray Schultz join roster, Wensink 4 4 200 lb left wing with 9 goals 26 assists last season. Schultz 6 3 210 lb defenseman.
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Sixth Ward
Ward
Dean Park
Barry Cummings
Norman Carr
Ken Williams
Franl McCormick
Dick Costello
Bill Frengel
Second Ward
Pat Antonio
Tummelo
Seventh Ward
Anthony Dobson
Lombardo
Eric Wetzel
Campbell's
Neff Electric
Ted Fleming
Dan Dugan
Rick McCune
Brian Watert
Jett Conti
Neff's
Medical Center
Tanner
Rodney Fothergill
Dave McCune
Bobby Temple
John Hall
Dave Scarnato
Frank Pazak
Mark Pagley
del Paley
Danny McDevitt
Union Township
Braves
Syracuse
Local minors slump alongside familiar names this week
It was a rough week for Ellwood City’s Bob Babenck and New Wilmington’s Bill Hall, plus New Castle’s Mark Tanner. Babenck’s only start saw a rough line, ERA rising to 2.25 over six innings as his team absorbed its third loss. Hall’s .325 average came after six hits in 24 trips, with four RBIs for the Alexandro Padres in Texas AA. Tanner, son of Chuck Tanner, posted one hit in nine at bats as Appleton’s White Sox struggled under the designated hitter rule.
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Bob Babenck
Bill Hart
Mark Tanner
Babenck
Ellwood City
Babcock
Peninsula
New Wilmington
Bill Hall
Hall
Alexandra Padres
New Castle
Chicago White Sox
Churck Tanner
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Brigham Young University
Ron Evans
University of Connecticut
Hover George
Preson State University
Liberty Mutual
Father
Adam
Bermuda
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Burrells Red Sox
Nw Spark
Puitte
Conderner
Legine
Weyl
E. J. Williams Inc
Time Out
Roussos
Oscar Robertson
Milwaukee Bucks
Sharon Hoyle
Sharon Sue
Jerry
Tarkanian
University of Nevada At
Las Vegas
Bob
Jeep” Kelley
Pittsburgh Schenley
Cliff Pondexter
San Joaquin
Calif
Eddie Owens
Houston Wheatley
Kelley
Pondexter
Western Pennsylvania
UCLA
John Wooden
America
Owens
Wheatley
David Clyde
Texas Rangers
Rangers
Bah
French
Westchester High
Yanks
NEW York
Yankee Stadium
Whic
Columbia Broadcasting System
Jim Ray Hart
Giants
Cummings
Pirates
Bob Burkes
Ken Dierfield
John Rausch
Scott Burkes
Alan Rogers
Rausch
Indians
Dodgers
Kevin Guinaugh
Wayne Slater
Bryan Piccari
Jie Diamond
Campbell Products
Montag Hardware
E.long Ave
Anwar
Il Walter
Hi Sons
TE Plantrote
Towson
Maryland
Chicago
Ray Ainsley
Dunlop
Zenith
Veltre Tire Service
Wilmington Rd
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