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Karate Spars in Rex's Barber Shop Ambles Toward Kansas City Bout
In Ottawanes Ottumwa? No, in a back room at Rex's Barber Shop three locals train for amateur contact karate under Lee Johnson. Johnson, Burns, and Browning prepare for their first bouts with daily workouts. Johnson envisions a bend toward professional level yet braces for a Kansas City match mid April, while Burns and Browning aim to go the distance in their debut contests.
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Wallace Beery
Bill Burns
Russ Browning
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Pizza Hut
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Contour Packaging
St. Louis
Leon Spinks
Mike Spinks
Leon
Lawrence Community Center
I Browning
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Howard Fleischer