New Leahy Job Hinges on Stomach and Health
Former Notre Dame coach Frank Leahy, 49, hospitalized after pancreatitis and stomach issues, says he will accept the Texas A&M football job if doctors approve. Assistant Bob McBride, age 34, would become head coach in three years, then take over athletic director duties. Leahy arrived from Long Beach Indiana on crutches after a Christmas Eve ankle injury.
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Frank Leahy
Texas A&m
Notre Dame
Passavant Hospital
Leahy
Long Beach
Ind
Bob McBride
McBride
Pravda challenges West on Soviet disarmament bids
Pravda urged Western statesmen to answer Soviet proposals for banning nuclear manufacture and tests and cutting European forces. The State Department reportedly studies the bids while Moscow radio praised NATO talks but accused Washington of blocking them after the Dec. 19 summit proposal.
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Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
U. S. State Department
Europe
NATO
Moscow Radio
Washington
Hillary Nears South Pole
The Ross Sea Committee said Sir Edmund Hillary's party was 280 miles from the South Pole and could reach the U.S. station by New Year’s Day. Secretary A S Helm reported 40 miles gained in the night but soft snow slowed progress. Hillary had 56 miles the night before. No race with the British Commonwealth expedition is planned.
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Auckland
N.Z
Ross Sea
Sir Edmund Pillary
South Pole
U.S
A . S. Helm
Hillary
Helm
Antarctica
Teams Ready For Gator Bowl Saturday
Coaches Paul Bear Bryant of Texas A and M and Bowden Wyatt of Tennessee declared their squads fit and ready on the eve of the Gator Bowl. Light final workouts were held at Gator Bowl Stadium as players felt the bright green turf. Frost and cold earlier left the field brown. forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and 60s temperatures for the 1 p.m. EST kickoff, with CBS national telecast and radio coverage for a likely 42,000 sellout crowd.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Paul
Bear) Bryant
Texas A&m
Bowden Wyatt
Tennessee
CBS
Wichita Patrolman Shot In Scuffle
A Wichita patrolman19 year old Ed Tschetter was shot in the abdomen during a Christmas Eve scuffle with Vernon Alfred 40 after a disturbance at a tavern. Alfred was fatally shot by officers and Tschetter remained in serious condition with no change in his status.
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Wichita
Ed Tschetter
Dick Cole
Tschetter
Vernon Alfred
Cole
Alfred
Tschett
Alfred Ffr
Ottawa High Cyclones Edge Rosedale In OT Upset
In the Topeka High School Invitational Ottawa High School Cyclones defeated second seed Rosedale 46 41 with six overtime free throws. Pat Beller and Bill Hysom led late scoring while Gordon Wilson added 20. Ottawa advances to meet Manhattan at 9 p m, Manhattan beat Washington 54 51.
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Ottawa High School
Cyclones
Rosedale
Manhattan
Washington
Ottawa
Pat Beller
Bill Hysom
Highland Park
Emporia
Leavenworth
Golner Huff
Wilson Kelly
Smith Schmanke
McTuinty
Enfield
Morrisey Sadler Beller
Lasho
Hysom
Trauth
Ottawa Owe Secree
Seveae
Ottawa Braves top Rockhurst to reach semifinal in tourney
Ottawa University Braves beat Rockhurst 93-72 at Wilson Field House to move into the Ot tawa Junior Chamber of Commerce Holiday Basketball Tournament semifinals. Bob McGehee scored 30 for Ottawa while Don Klein led Rockhurst with 25. Ottawa faces Cape Girardeau next at 9 p.m.
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Rockhurst College
Wilson Field House
Kansas
Ottawa
Springfield Bears Use Height To Beat OBU 62 54
Springfield Bears won 62 to 54 over Oklahoma Baptist as height advantages countered four OBU players in double figures. Don Sumner led OBU with 15 points followed by Masters 13, Mas ters 11, Lester 10. Har old Harrison paced Springfield with 19 points, Oldham 11, Robinson 10. The Bears led only near the end, up 26-22 at halftime, as Sumner’s hustle kept OBU in reach.
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Springfield
Bears
Oklahoma Baptist
OBU
Don Sumner
Don Masters
Gordon Masters
Jerry Lester
Harold Harrison
Max Oldham
Russ Robinson
Sumner and Company
Emporia State
Lathrop Leads Jewell In Opener Over Emporia State
In the tournament opener William Jewell defeated Emporia State 72 to 58 as Bud Lathrop scored 32 points and Wes Hedges added 13. Emporia’s Ronnie Slaymaker led with 14, Bill Dickey had 12. Jewell meets Springfield at 7 15 p.m. in the other semi final.
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William Jewell
Bud Lathrop
Emporia State
Lathrop
Wes Hedges
Hedges
Ronnie Slaymaker
Emporia
Bill Dickey
Jewell
Springfield
Wm. Jewell
Holthouse Hedges
Fraley Markt
Sooners In Full Practice For Orange Bowl
Miami, Fla. Duke and Oklahoma began full scale practice for the January 1 Orange Bowl. Duke coach Bill Murray led a 54-man squad through a limbering drill in wet weather at Miami Beach while Oklahoma coach Bud Wilkinson planned both morning and afternoon sessions at the University of Miami. Duke will practice twice daily through Sunday. Oklahoma expected to add 10 more players to reach near its 44-man contingent.
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Fla
Duke
Oklahoma
Bill Murray
Duke Blue Devils
Miami Beach
Bud Wilkinson
Sooners
University of Miami
Miami International Airport
Marcia Validus
Giardello versus Tiger Jones in NBC ten-round clash
Philadelphia’s Jo ey Giardello ranked No 2 middleweight meets Ralph Tiger Jones of Yonkers in a televised 10 round bout from Miami Beach. Odds favor Giardello repeating his 1954 victory with Giardello about 160 pounds and Jones around 156 as both come in aggressive, free swinging styles likely to produce a sharp bout.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Joey Giardello
Philadelphia
Ralph
Tiger) Jones
Yonkers
N. Y
Giardello
Jones
Philadelphian
Basketball Scores Dixie Classic First Round Highlights
Wake Forest defeated Duquesne 64 to 54 while North Carolina beat St Louis 63 to 48 Duke won 69 to 62 against Seton Hall and NCSU rose 71 to 68 over Northwestern. Other results include Kansas 68 over Oklahoma 50 and Iowa State 81 to 43 over Colorado.
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Wake Forest
Duquesne
North Carolina
St. Louis
Duke
Seton Hall
N. C. State
Northwestern
Basilio Named Fighter Of Year For 1957
New York based world middleweight champion Carmen Basilio was named Ring magazine Fighter of the Year for 1957. The Chittenango, New York native had earlier won the Eddie Neil Memorial Trophy as Fight of the Year after defending his welterweight title and later dethroning Sugar Ray Robinson. A 1957 survey noted a 52 percent rise in fights grossing $10,000 or more without TV, with California and Texas as the most active boxing states.
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New York
Carmen Basilio
Ring Magazine
Basilio
Eddie Neil
Boxing Writers Association
Chittenango
N. Y
California
Texas
Survival Of Fittest In Fremont Doghouse Dispute
An unidentified Fremont woman reported to police that when she is away from home a neighbor's large dog repeatedly evicts her small dog from its doghouse prompting a resident complaint to authorities.
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Fremont
Ohio
Power Duel Seen In Shrine Tilt
San Francisco reports a 33rd annual Shrine charity East West football game with a air and ground power clash. West coach Jack Curtice names Jackie Douglas Stanford 178 pound starting quarterback and plans a air attack while Jim Shofner Texas Christian and Stu Vaughan Utah share backfield duties. Vaughan led the nation with 756 receiving yards on 53 catches. East backs will focus on a running game with wing formation as NBC televises the 5 p.m. EST kickoff.
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San Francisco
Jack Curtice
Jackie Douglas
Stanford
Douglas
Jim Shofner
Texas Christian
Stu Vaughan
Utah
Gerry Nesbitt
Arkansas
Vaughan
NBC
Race Driver Sam Hanks Crashes In Los Angeles
Sam Hanks, winner of the 1957 Indianapolis Day 500 mile race, drove a prize car in Los Angeles and hit the rear of another car as it pulled from a curb. He was unhurt and told police driving in the city is more dangerous than on the Indianapolis track.
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Los Angeles
Sam Hanks
Hanks
Cape Victory Brings Cape Girardeau One Point Win
In a thriller Cape Girardeau upsets defending champion Pittsburg 84 83 on a final second basket by Tom Thrower. Cape scorers Crippen 17 Krebs 16 Hemmer 15 Miles 12 while Pittsburg leaders Schlup 19 Harder 17 Brown 18 Lindahl 13. The game stayed close from the opening whistle and remained a one point margin at halftime 39 38 with five lead changes in the closing minute.
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Pitteburg
Rudloff
Stine Crippen Schlup
Mabury Lindahl
Onelto
Cox Stotler
Miles
Harder Krela Brown
Hemmer Conrow
Pittsburg
Cape Gir
Vigola
Sehon
Tom Thrower
Cape Girardeau
The
Cape
Wayne Crippen
Tom Krebs
Les Hemmer
Dwaine Miles
Ken Schlup
Fred Harder
Bob Brown
Tom Lindahl
Bowling Scores From AMF and Midnight Leagues
League standings and top scores listed for AMF and Midnight leagues. Eagles-2 led by Hensick with 198 series 547, Ball 216 and 584, Hartshorn 199, Beiter 222 561, Akers 498, Cox 191 560, Maly Christie 184 494, McFadden 174 469, G Miller 169 430, K Cordle 526, Klingler 180, Keim 496, W H Whitacre 183 454, Smith 199 559, Serene 460, Whitacre 12 509, Gilges 155 416.
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Litwins
Ball
Hartshorn
Conrad
Beiter
Brown Hardware
Hamerickhouse
Akers
Pepsi-Cola
Cox
Climas-Maly
P. Christie
Klingler
Keim
W. H. Whitacre
Ottawa Co-Op
R. Smith
Dengels
Paul
J. Serene
Horn
Yerry’s Cleaners
L. Akers
Santa Fe
M. Allen
Ees
K. Mengerhau
R. Hullenthe A
Ottawa-Topeka
R. Emerson
J. Town Siseseneseuns
Ironing board fire prompts bedding blaze in Greenfield
Mrs. Kenneth Bennett sought a new home for her ironing board in Greenfield Ohio after placing it under the bed. It ignited the bedding and required the fire department to remove the device. Fire Chief Tom Redkey called the board pretty hot, causing the blaze.
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Greenfield
Ohio
Kenneth Bennett
Tom Redkey
McPherson and Baker into Kansas Conference second round
McPherson, Baker advance to the second round as Bernard Whitley scored 28 in a 72-63 win over Bethel and Jim Kean led Baker with 27 in an 82-70 victory over Kansas Wesleyan. McPherson meets Friends after their 73-67 win over College of Emporia while Baker faces Bethany after Bethany edged Sterling 58-55. Bethel vs Emporia and Sterling vs Wesleyan completed the afternoon card.
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Tulane
Tulsa
Idaho State
McPherson
Bethel
Bethany
Sterling
Friends
College of Emporia
Baker
Kansas Wesleyan
Central Missouri
Texas Wesleyan
Mcpherson, Kan
Kansas
Friends University
Bernard Whitley
Jim Kean
Emporia
Wesleyan
Phone Hearing On Rate Increase Set For Dec 30
TOPEKA Dec 30 hearing on United Telephone Co of Kansas request for a temporary rate rise at 58 exchanges was set by the Kansas Corporation Commission. Earlier a Feb 3 hearing was scheduled on the 296 180 increase permanent. Other dates include Southwestern Bell to end free talk between Norton and Alma and Norton and Norcatur on Jan 21 and Western Light to raise water rates 46917 annually at Caldwell Coldwater McCracken Kiowa on Feb 7.
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United Telephone Co
Kansas
Kansas Corporation Commission
KCC
United
Othr
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Norton
Almena
Norcatur
Western Light & Telephone Co
Caldwell
Coldwater
McCracken
Kiowa
Topeka Man Dies In Home Fire
Topeka resident Claude Galbraith, 49, was burned to death when a fire gutted his home yesterday. Authorities found his body on the living room floor of the single occupancy dwelling.
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Topeka
Claude Galbraith
Wilt 41 Points Leads KU In Easy First Round Win
Kansas, ranked No. 2, beat Oklahoma 68 50 and Iowa State defeated Colorado 81 43 in Big Eight tournament first round action. Wilt Chamberlain scored 41 to push Kansas past Oklahoma, while Boozer and Parr provided Kansas State’s main scoring. Iowa State had six players in double figures. Semifinals are Saturday with the final Monday.
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Monte Johnson
Oklahoma
Larry Ivan
Gene Hudson
Kansas City
Kansas State
Bob Boozer
Jack Parr
Wilt Chamberlain
Missouri
Nebraska
Princeton
Iowa State
Jayhawks
Colorado
Boozer
Parr
Chamberlain
Wilt
John Crawford
Bud Bergman
Don Medsker
Johnny Krocheski
Town State
Ron Loneski
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