Gopher Comeback Voted Greatest Of 60 By AP
Minnesota's 1960 football turnaround tops the Associated Press yearend poll as the greatest comeback of the year. The Gophers rose from 1-7 in 1959 to 9-0 in 1960, winning the Big Ten title and earning national acclaim, narrowly surpassing Floyd Patterson's boxing comeback.
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Hugh Fullerton Jr
Associated Press
Weller
Minnesota
Floyd Patterson
Ingemar Johansson
Paterson
Gophers
Mar Warmaih
Ioua
Warmath
Patterson
Nesota
F Terson
Fullmer Challenges Archer in Madison Square Garden Bout
Don Fullmer, 21, brother of Gene, seeks another title as he meets unbeaten Joey Archer, 22, in New York at Madison Square Garden. Fullmer is ranked No. 6 at 150 pounds with a 24-3-1 record. Archer has 29 pro fights without a defeat or draw. The 10 pm clash will be televised on ABC with rounds scoring and a supplementary point system for even rounds.
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NEW York
Don
Gene
Joey Archer
Madison
Garce
Fullmer
Paul Perder
Fulmer
NBA
Archer
Tabc
State To Receive Federal Road Money Ahead of Schedule
Washington AP reports federal road funds released early to speed up highway construction. States may spend alotted 1951 funds now, with Maryland receiving 12.7 million of 60.7 million. Pennsylvania 229.6 thousand. West Virginia unspecified. Also Sugar Bowl tourney announces Louisville versus LSU Maryland Mississippi State in 1961 event. Orioles sign Stephens Snyder Zuppo to 1941 contracts, six players signed by Baltimore.
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Washington
Man Land
Econ
Luther H. Hodges
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West
Louisville
New Orleans
Lousville
Lousiana State
Mississippi State
Associated Press Ae
West Virginia
LSU
BIRDS
Baltimore (Ap
Gene Stephens
Russ Snyder
Frank Zuppo
Baltimore Ociales
History's snapshot of wars and birthdays across years
A collage of past events notes 1861 Confederate delegates in Montgomery and 1995 a federal sentence for Col Forbes amid scandal. It recalls Yalta agreements with Stalin, a Senate auto school bill, and an 1824 scholar's long career. Birthdays include Lindbergh and Lupino plus labor leader Mitchell. A Maryland plea asks Kennedy to buy Fairchild F27 planes to curb local unemployment.
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New Mexico
U. S
Col Steriis Price
Teos
Montgomery
Ala
Confederacy
Col
R. Forbes
The
Veterans’ Bureau
Roosevelt
Churchill
Sian
Yalta
Crimea
Stalin
Korea
Japan
Issu
Senate
New Civ
Willams
James A. Garfield
Mark Hopkins
John “Mitchell
Labor Teader
Braidwood
Mumuer
Spring Wall
Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Oscar B. Jeshess
Morn
Mackin Kantor
Webster City
Iowa
Erich Lemsdorf
Vienna
Austria
Charles A. Lindbergh
Detroit
Ida Lupino
London
England
Agricultural Mint
South hand bridge gambit yields unlikely six hearts
In a bridge deal East opens four diamonds not vulnerable. Harry Fishbein bids four hearts, hoping for a later chance. West raises to five diamonds and North to five hearts. Harry advances to six, nearly risking overreach. Dummy misfired, yet he makes the hand via an end play after winning the first diamond and executing a sequence ending with clubs and trumps.
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East
Harry Fishbein
West
North
Harry
Harcy
Kennedy Wins GOP Support Early After Inaugural Wave
A telephonic NEA survey across regions shows Republicans warming to President Kennedy weeks after his oath, praising his style, TV briefing, and initial cabinet choices while worrying the State of the Union's impact on the dollar. Notable responses come from Henry Luce’s Life, California lawmakers, New York editors, and GOP leaders noting a honeymoon with reservations about Bobby Kennedy and congressional battles ahead.
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Boyd Lewis
Enterprise Assn
New York
NEA
John F. Kennedy
Congress
Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Tiinois G
GOP
Morton
Rurd Evening Post
Nixon
U_ S
Castro
Cuba
Henry Luce
Life
Sacramento
California Senate Gop
Herbert Hoover
Maysbe
Jim Farley
Westchester
Petts
Women’s Club
Tody
Stes
Jackie
Madison Avenue
Robert
Louis B. Seltzer
The
Cleveland Press
Richard Nixon
America
California
New Jersey
Bobby Kennedy
Tidsa
Oklahoma
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Tribune
Pistons Reach Top Winning Streak
The Detroit Pistons, in their Western Division stance, beat the Syracuse Nationals 121-118 for a seventh straight home win. The Boston Celtics lead Civil Division after defeating the New York Knicks 123-109, while the Philadelphia Warriors edged the Cincinnati Royals 136-135 in the opener.
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Associated Press
Detroits
St. Louis
National Basketball Association
Mator City
Pistons
Fort Wayne
Ind
Detroit
Syracuse Nationals
Boston Celtics
Eivil
New York
Boston
Philadelphia Warriors
Cincimnnati
Agencies Supervise Food Plan Under Kennedy Order
The Kennedy administration expands food aid through state and local welfare agencies. Federal supplies will continue, but eligibility, storage, handling, and distribution rest with state or county units. About 3.5 million people in one third of counties received donations. plans include new items like canned pork and dried eggs to vary the program beyond staples.
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Ovid A. Martin
Associated Press
Washington AP
Kennedy
Secretary of Agriculture
Orr We L. Freeman
Agriculture Department
Freeman
Government Donates Surplus Food to Programs
The text notes a federally sponsored public works program and surplus donations to the needy, the school lunch program, and nonprofit institutions. Since 1953, more than 15 billion pounds costing about $2.9 billion have been donated for domestic hunger relief, school lunches, and public institutions both at home and abroad.
Slag Heap Collapse Buries Belgian Homes
A 320 foot slag heap collapsed at Moulin-sous-Fleron Liege after heavy rains, burying about 12 houses and trapping many residents. Seven bodies were recovered with 26 still missing, while four injured were hospitalized. The disaster followed a tower of waste sliding down toward a power plant area, with rescue teams working through the debris. Dr Robert Kent dies at 73 in Havre de Grace Md, pioneer in modern ballistics, longtime Aberdeen Proving Ground researcher.
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Liege
Belgium
Moulin-sous-Fleron
Conlusing
Kent
Havre DE Grace
Robert H. Kent
U.S. Army
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Connecticut
Record Harvest Reported
Washington reports a record national harvest with crop value at over 19.5 billion dollars for 1960, up from 1959. Wheat output totals 1.365 billion bushels and corn yields reach 4.353 billion bushels, driving high farm values despite reduced acreage.
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Washington
Department Crop Reporting Board
New Democratic
Benson
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Felix T. Flanagan
Emmert R. Bowlus
Harry Trout
Emory
Mt. Pleasant
McKaig Church
Jersey
Wisconsin
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John Deere
Girton
McCormick Deering
Albert B. Boyer Frederick
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