NFL and AFL Clash Over Dallas Franchise Move
NFL and AFL officials traded barbs after Dallas won a 1960 NFL franchise and Minneapolis-St. Paul was chosen for 1961. AFL commissioner Joe Foss alleged a monopoly threat, while NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle defended the move citing rival city expansion histories. George Halas led the expansion planning.
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National Football League Today
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New York
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Minneapolis - St. Paul
George Halas
Chicago Bears
Halas
Pirates Sign Roy Face To 1960 Contract Agreement
Pittsburgh AP Roy Face, star right hander who went 18 1 for the Pirates in 1959, signed his 1960 contract today. Terms were not disclosed but he reportedly received a substantial boost.
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Young Fullmer Dominates Akins in 10 Round Victory
Middleweight Don Fullmer, 20, overwhelms Virgil Akins, earning a unanimous decision 50-44, 48-47, 45-44. Fullmer wounds Akins with precise lefts, neutralizing the veteran’s right, as Akins rallies late but falls short.
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Fred Connell
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Studebaker Packard sees 1960 rise under Churchill leadership
Ottawa dealer lauds Harold E. Churchill and Studebaker Packard’s renewed profits after a 1954 merger. The manager touts the Lark and imported lines as core earners, notes diversification push to add 10 to 15 million in annual earnings, and expresses confidence in 1960 performance. Churchill credits workers and dealers for the turnaround.
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Unknowns Lead At San Diego Open
Mason Rudolph from Tennessee shot a 9-under 63 to lead the San Diego Open at Mission Valley Country Club in the second round. Allen Gei berger of California followed with 64, while Dave Marr trailed at 66 and veterans Souchak Wall Bolt and Harrison were around 68.
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Art Wall Jr
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Olson Webb bout rescheduled to February 26 in San Francisco
A light heavyweights bout between Bobo Olson and Spider Webb, set for February 15 in San Francisco, was postponed to February 26 due to Olson catching the flu, according to matchmaker Bennie Ford.
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Kid Paret Sets Return Fight With Scott at MSG
New York AP Benny Kid Paret predicts a repeat victory over high ranking Charley Scott in a 10 round return television bout at Madison Square Garden NBC 9 p.m. CST. Paret was an 8-1 underdog last December 18 but scored a solid drubbing including a one one half round knockdown of the favorite. Scott, previously No 1 contender, is now fourth by NBA while Paret sits sixth.
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Writers Guild Extends Contract for One Week
HOLLYWOOD AP The Writers Guild of America will extend the contract with three major networks for one week as the original deadline nears A strike threat hung over talks with NBC CBS and ABC affecting about 100 writers involved in the negotiations
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Gamble Agrees Not To See Her Married Boyfriend
New York AP Gamble Benedict 19, heiress who fled to Paris with Andre Porumbeanu 35, agrees in State Supreme Court to stay with her family and not contact her married former chauffeur boyfriend. Judge Gold notes her ambivalent feelings while a Brooklyn court order bars any contact. Hearing set for February 26.
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Paris
Andre Porumbeanu
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Porumbeanu
Gold
Brooklyn
Not Harmed In Nuclear Mishap
Four men exposed to nuclear radiation at Los Alamos on January 16 returned to work. An official spokesman said they were unharmed after a large jug containing 38 grams of plutonium in nitric acid broke. the plutonium could contaminate the room, but the men were distant from the incident. Names were withheld.
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N. M
Two Wichita youths admit to over 140 burglaries
Wichita detectives report Kenneth Qean Fogelson aged 21 and Lonnie Ray Bledsoe aged 17 admitted more than 140 burglaries across central Kansas. Sheriff’s investigator Sgt. Harold Malone said the break ins stretched from the Oklahoma line to Salina and from Dodge City to Marion. They are held on Wichita burglary charges awaiting further proceedings.
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Wichita
Kansas
Kenneth Qean Fogelson
Lonnie Ray Bledsoe
Malone
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Salina
Dodge City
Marion
Kansas City tragedy ends in gunfire at home
Carey Lee Ruder told police he walked in and began shooting after his wife Judith Diane Ruder, 20, returned to the apartment with plans to sell furniture amid their separation. He said she ruined him and took belongings, leading to the fatal ambush as police reported. The couple had two children, ages 3 and 10 months, and had a troubled marriage since she was 16.
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Carey Lee Ruder
Judith Diane Ruder
Ryder
Vandals Burn Abandoned House Meant for Fire Dept Demo
Vandals set fire to an abandoned house in Pittsburg Kansas delaying a planned controlled burn by the Pittsburg Fire Department. The building was to be destroyed as a training demonstration for the Kansas Firemen's Association meeting in April.
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Kan
Kansas Firemen’s Assn
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