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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1963
Page
6
A Monday night Chamber of Commerce dinner featured G. Robert Gadberry delivering a serious speech filled with jokes. The anecdotes touched on women religion drunks little boys and church life, delivering lighthearted social commentary with regional humor.
The Associated Press provides results across regions with many notable matchups. LaSalle defeated Georgetown 75 72 while Duquesne beat St Bonaventure 78 68 and Providence topped St Josephs 88 64. Connecticut overwhelmed New Hampshire 102 72 and St Johns beat Massachusetts 82 73. Other scores include Pittsburgh 68 over Carnegie Tech 60 and Penn 59 over Temple 53. In the South Miami Florida 75 Stetson 60. Midwest results show Cincinnati 72 over Xavier 61 and Dayton 57 defeating Miami Ohio 53. William Jewell 101 Central Methodist 75 and Rockhurst 90 over Lincoln Missouri 74. Kansas City University 55 over Richards Gebaur AFB 46 and Kansas City National 82 over Park 58. Freshmen action Kansas 60 over Kansas State 49. Southwest Texas 77 Rice 59 and Texas Tech 98 over TCU 87. Texas A M 68 over Baylor 54 Arkansas 82 over SMU 79. Wichita 60 over Texas Western 58. Far West Oregon 83 over Portland 75.
Oklahoma City forward Jim Miller, 6-foot-6, will miss the NCAA Tournament after breaking a hand in a Monday fight with West Texas’ Bob Poland. Coach Abe Lemons confirmed the injury and its timing on Tuesday.
Miami Beach AP reports after days of wrangling among promoters managers and analysts the heavyweight title fight between Sonny Liston and Floyd Patterson is delayed until April 10 Liston adviser Jack Nilon cites a pulled muscle and X rays while Liston plans to resume training six days after a knee injury from a golf swing.
The report lists Tuesday scores with San Francisco 128 over Boston 112, New York 125 over Los Angeles 116, and St. Louis 114 over Cincinnati 107. Upcoming games include New York at Cincinnati and Los Angeles at Syracuse with St. Louis at Chicago. Thursday schedule features Syracuse at New York, Detroit games, and Chicago at Detroit.
Mickey Mantle is expected to sign a new Yankees contract at spring training in Florida reaching the $100,000 salary level. If finalized he would join Joe DiMaggio Stan Musial and Ted Williams as eight figures earners, with Willie Mays already in that class. Roger Maris is due in camp and may take an $8,000 cut to around $60,000.
NEW YORK AP Two spots remain unfilled in the 12 team National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Garden March 14 23 DePaul LaSalle and Villanova accepted bids Tuesday leaving two vacancies for the field.
The historic snippet lists Miami Florida Providence Canisius Memphis State Marquette Detroit Notre Dame and Louisville as teams connected to the NIT, with ten teams noted in total and several names previously named. It suggests a broader field beyond the eight clearly named schools.
Berlin dispatch recalls the Reichstag fire on February 27, 1933, as a pivotal Nazi catalyst. Eyewitness notes show Hitler, Goebbels, and Goering amid the blaze, with rapid political gains following the incident. Historians debate culpability, but the narrative frames the event as a turning point toward Nazi domination.
Wellsville Troop 63 under Scoutmaster Robert Hagen releases a spring schedule with a March lineup including a March 6 hike weather permitting and a March 12 Ottawa University pool swim party. If bad weather, a recreation night at the school is planned with later swimming classes starting March 26 and continuing April 1 8 and 15. Outdoor activities and campfire related activities are expected as weather warms.
Four pupils from each grade fourth through eighth will compete for the school spelling championship Friday March 1 at 2 p.m. The event challenges Franklin County schools to send their champions for a county level bee later. Interested schools should contact county superintendent Maurice Ponton by March 15. If Wellsville’s winner faces no challenge the winner advances to the state contest on May 4.
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