College Basketball Debut Under Cloud
Major college basketball opens a season amid scandal, with 37 players from 22 schools named in disclosures. Stars like Jerry Lucas and Chet Walker return as Ohio State leads pre season polls, while schedules feature high profile games and two big arena doubleheaders.
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Associated Press
Jerry Lucas
Ohio State
Terry Dischinger
Purdue
Chet Walker
Bradley
Len Chappell
Billy Packer
Wake Forest
Art Hayman
Duke
Billy McGill
Utah
Dave
John Havlicek
Mel Nowell
Lucas
Southern California
JFK And 102000 See Army Navy Game In Philadelphia
President Kennedy watched Army meet Navy before about 102000 fans as the 1961 season closed. Bowl bids loomed for UCLA, Minnesota, Michigan State, Rice, Texas, and others with Alabama likely to Sugar Bowl and LSU sharing the SEC lead. Other key clashes included Mississippi vs Mississippi State, Colorado vs Air Force, and Notre Dame vs Duke among final regular season games.
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Jack Clary
Associated Press
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Gene Tunney's Son To Wed In January
Gene Lauder Tunney, son of former world heavyweight champion Gene Tunney, will marry Ann Carroll Muldoon. The engagement was announced by the bride’s parents Mr and Mrs Donald Robert Muldoon of Redding Connecticut on Thursday.
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Gene Tunney
Donald Robert Muldoon
Redding
Hoak Divorce Granted to Phyllis Hoak in Pittsburgh
Phyllis Hoak has been granted a divorce from Don Hoak the Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman by Judge Sara Soffel of Allegheny County. The wife and mother of three cited alleged cruelty and indignities as the grounds for the divorce.
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Pittsburgh
Phyllis Hoak
Don Hoak
Pittsburgh Pirates
Sara Soffel
Allegheny County
Wandering Boy Still Unclaimed in Florida
In Jacksonville a little blond boy wandering the streets Wednesday remains unclaimed. Welfare workers and police report the child, who may be Kenneth Deal or Kenneth O'Neal, says he comes from Cincinnati and is about 3 years old though he appears older. He stands 36 inches tall and weighs 40 to 45 pounds.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Kenneth Deal
Kenneth O'Neal
Cincinnati
Must Find New Roost In Detroit Sculptural Dilemma
An abstract sculpture titled Bird in Flight, placed between street and sidewalk outside an art gallery, must be moved after city officials ruled it violates an ordinance. Gallery owners William House and Ernest Aretakis defended the installation, noting neighborhood petitions from about 1,000 residents urging the Common Council to keep it. The council, however, ordered relocation.
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Detroit
William House
Ernest Aretakis
House
Aretakis
Common Council
McNeeley Confident Ahead of Patterson Title Fight
Arlington, Massachusetts fighter Tom McNeeley Jr. exudes calm despite tension ahead of his title bout with heavyweight champ Floyd Patterson. He vows to knock Patterson down early, cites Johansson and Harris as proof of vulnerability, and dismisses manager Gus D Amato’s secrecy claims as a joke while noting over 500 rounds since last April.
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Toronto
Tom McNeeley Jr
Floyd Patterson
Ing
Patterson
Gus D'Amato
McNeeley
Students In Talking Session At Kansas Campus
Lawrence AP report says University of Kansas men at Carruth and O'Leary dormitories began a marathon talking session with Chi Omega sorority sisters. For 25 cents they may talk as long as they wish, with all fees to Campus Chest. Sorority members will pay telephone bills. Kay Wright leads sign ups for 15 minute slots.
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University of Kansas
Barry Bennington
Cheney
Carruth and
O’leary
University of Illinois
Chi Omega
Kay Wright
Slavia
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