Regional basketball brackets sweep Franklin county
Four teams in Franklin County prepare for regional play with Ottawa hosting a Class AA tournament at 7:50 p m Wednesday. Richmond relocations include a Class B regional in Wellsville while Pomona Appanoose play Class BB at Hartford and Lynden Madison Richmond Spring Hill open Thursday. The state Class AA meet follows, with winners advancing from NEK and SEKK leagues to Manhattan. The article also notes a 1946 peak in U S marriage rate with a 1950 uptick tied to the Korean War.
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Franklin County
Ottawa High School
Richmond
Wellsville
Pomona
Apparoose
Hartford
Independence
Kansas Loop
Ottawa
Chanute Seel Champons
Ft. Scott
Oitawa
Nek Loop
Manhattan
Burlingame
Gardner
Pleasanton
Lynden
Madison
Spring Hill
Emporia
Welda
Reading
Basehor
Appanoose
Americus
Bronson
Stillwell
Great Bend
U. S
Casida Wins NEK League Scoring Race
Ottawa high school's senior center Roger Casida toped the Northeast Kansas League scoring with 268 points across 10 games, averaging 26.8. He led narrowly over Bob Castenada of Argentine 267 and Curtis Watkins 258, as Atchison and Leavenworth players also tallied strong totals.
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Roger Casida
Ottawa High School
Casida
Atchison
Bob Castenada
Lawrence
Curtis Watkins
Leavenworth
Highland Park
Watkins
Casenada
OHL
Fred Harder
Fred Kaiser
Ottawa
Little Ted Brill
Ring Battle At Boys Club in Ottawa Tonight
Thirty rounds of boxing will unfold at the Ottawa Boys Club gym tonight with ten three round bouts starting at 7 30 p m No admission is charged The main event around 9 p m features Marvin Holmes of Ottawa versus Wes Walker in the Lawrence light heavy event Holmes previously lost a split decision to Walker in Topeka where Walker later claimed the light heavyweight title In the same meet Holmes floored Walker. Sweden reports one two wheeled motor vehicle per 24 inhabitants and claims no other nation matches that rate Butter consumption in the United States runs about 9 pounds per person versus 17 pounds before World War II
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Ottawa Boys Club
Lawrence
Marvin Holmes
Ottawa
Wes Walker
Topeka
Holmes
Walker
United States
Top Tag Team On Mat Card At National Guard Armory
A local wrestling card at the National Guard Armory features a two out of three falls tag team match with Ray Willmer and Richard Brown facing Art Neilson and Reggie Lisowski, the reigning NWA tag champs. A preliminary pits Jay Steele against Ronnie Atchison. General admission is $1 and ringside $1.50. the Ottawa National Guard unit sponsors.
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National Guard Armory
Ray Willmer
New York
Richard Brown
Kansas City
Art Neilson
Reggie Lisowski
Neilson - Lisowski
National Wresting Association
Jay Steele
Ronnie Atchison
Ottawa National Guard Unit
Big Seven hoops final stays show Colorado champ. KU, OU sink
Colorado clinched the league title after beating Nebraska 77-66 and finished 11-1 in the Big Seven, 16-5 overall. Missouri finished second at 9-3, Kansas and Nebraska tied for third at 6-6, while Kansas State also 6-6. Kansas Jayhawks limped to fifth at 4-7. Oklahoma Sooners were last with 1-11 in league play.
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Kansas City
Kansas Jayhawks
Oklahoma Sooners
Lawrence
Colorado
Tulsa
Missouri Valley
Manhattan
Kan
Kansas-Oklahoma
Jayhawks
Phog Allens
Allen
Oklahoma
Sooners
Bruce Drake
Nebraska
Boulder
Missouri
Sparky Starcup
Kansas
Columbia
Missourians
Kansas State
NAIA Opens In Municipal Auditorium With 32 Teams
The NAIA basketball tournament starts in Kansas City with Alderson Broaddus and other contenders. Carl Hartman of Alderson-Broaddus leads scoring at 31.6 with a 4 year total of 3 309. Beloit vs Whitworth and Western Illinois vs Regis highlight the opening session as Southwestern of Winfield meets Loyola of Los Angeles.
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Kansas City
Municipal Auditorium
Alderson Broaddus
Philippi
W. Val
N. D
Alderson - Broaddus
Carl Hartman
St. Benedict's
Atchison, Kan
Beloit
Wis
Whiteworth College
Spokane
Wash
Whitworth
Western Illinois of
Macomb
Regis College of Denver
Western Illinois
Regis
Southwestern
Winfield
Kan
Loyola of
Los Angeles
Boudreau Satisfied With First Training Game
West Palm Beach Florida manager Lou Boudreau praised his Kansas City Athletics after their first intrasquad game of the training season noting pitchers ahead of hitters and the team running and throwing well. Third baseman Jim Finigan went 3 for 3 and rookie pitcher Carl Duser impressed enough to be lined up for the opener against the Pirates. The United States sold 300 million dollars worth of three cent stamps in 1954.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Lou Boudreau
Kansas City Athletics
Jim Finigan
Carl Duser
Lancaster
Boudreau
Pittsburgh Pirates
United States
Lawrence Tops As Industrial Center In 1954
Lawrence was rated the top U S industrial center of 1954 by National Markets Analyst, based on 1954 Federal Reserve bank debits totaling 209 million dollars, up 16.8 percent from 1953. Elmira, Casper, and Columbus followed, with Colorado Springs leading as a trading center with 18.1 percent growth.
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Lawrence
United States
National Markets Analyst
Chicago
Federal Reserve Board
Lawrence Journal
World
Elmira
N. Y
Casper
Wyo
Columbus
Colorado Springs
No Survivors In Plane Crash
A U S Air Force C54 carrying 14 people crashed in southeast Formosa near Taitung. Five crew members and nine passengers were aboard plus a replacement engine for another plane stranded in Hong Kong. Rescue teams moved toward the wreckage after search planes found no survivors. The crash occurred about 20 miles northwest of Taitung at a high mountain location.
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Taipei
Formosa
Okinawa
Hong Kong
Taitung
Few Stocks Out Of Line Says Midwest Exchange Chief
James E. Day of Chicago, head of the Midwest Stock Exchange, testified that very few stocks are out of line despite an 18 month rise in market averages. He and Ronald E. Kachler of the San Francisco Exchange spoke to the Senate Banking Committee in a friendly study into stock boom factors. Day warned against treating the market as a single unit and urged evaluating securities by book value, earnings per share, and yield.
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Washington
James E. Day
Chicago
Midwest Stock Exchange
Ronald E. Kachler
San Francisco Stock Exchange
Senate Banking Committee
New York City
Fulbright
D-Ark
Day
Business Outlook Described as Healthy and Vigorous
He stated that the business outlook is healthy and vigorous and that the general public attitude reflects confidence.
Nationalists Fire On British Ships in Formosa Strait
Two British freighters reported being fired on by Chinese Nationalist navy in the Formosa Strait. Westway escaped toward Tsinkiang after a gunboat shelling northeast of the entrance. Royal Navy sent help and the ship reached Tsinkiang safely. Tai Seun Hong said she was fired on off Rogue's Point but reached safety fifteen minutes later. In a separate note, Sweden's farm tractors rose from 18,000 in 1939 to 100,000 today.
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Hong Kong
Formosa Strait
Westway
Tsinkiang
Royal Navy
Rogue's Point
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