Utah Stars win ABA title with home victory
Utah Stars defeat the Kentucky Colonels 131 to 121 to capture the seventh and final game of the ABA playoffs in Salt Lake City. Bill Sharman lauded the home success after guiding a 10-man roster to the title as Zelma Beaty poured in 36 points and Mike Butler closed strong off the bench.
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Museum Plans Move In Dallas
The Southwestern Historical Wax Museum, longtime host at Fair Park, will relocate to a site off Thornton Freeway. Officials say Fair Park ignored requests for more space and a better location. The move includes a new building that will double the museum’s space. President W. Thomas Bolton cites five years of petitions without offers. He notes lack of master plan discussions and newspaper drawings showing the pavilion’s back portion removal.
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Fair Park
W. Thomas Bolton
Thornton Freeway
State Fair of Texas
Pecos Little League Announces 1971 Schedule
The Pecos organization lists a full season of doubleheaders at Jim Sample Park and Lion Field with games from May through June 1971. Start times vary 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. makeups via Saturdays. no inning after 7:30 or 9:30 p.m. Crews note weather delays and field assignments for Oilers Cats Buffs Missions Eagles Sports.
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Baylor lands Victoria center Andrew Prince in national signing
A highly sought-after Texas high school basketball player, Andrew Prince of Victoria, a 6-foot-7 center, signed a national letter of intent with Baylor University. He becomes the fourth schoolboy prospect and sixth player overall to sign with Baylor coach Bill Menefee.
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Birthday of the Women of the Church Celebrated in Barstow
The Barstow First Presbyterian Church marked the annual Birthday of the Women with a May 16 celebration after the morning sermon. Lorene Trott chaired the event, with narrators Bill Willman and Ernest Felts and Flip Chart materials comparing life at home to Congo, Korea, and Taiwan. The offering supported Christian Service Centers as natives migrate to cities. Several Barstow residents and visitors attended, including Mary Ann Diehl honored at a church dinner with remarks about Sgt Kenneth Rothmann’s Vietnam tour.
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Bill Willman
Ernest Felts
Naomi Felts
Mary Ann Diehl
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Bubba Felts
Debra Hughes
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Marvin Holcomb
Carlsbad
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Vietnam
Wells says stabbing incident was wrong place wrong time
Oakland wide receiver Warren Wells, recovering from stab wounds, will press no charges against his assailant. The 29 year old has a troubled history including drunken driving arrests after the 1970 season and a 1969 rape conviction probation being revoked. Rookie Doug Ray leads Albuquerque to a 4 1 victory over Shreveport as the Dodgers close gap in the Dixie Association Western Division.
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Albuquerque Dodgers
Rau
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Shreveport Captains
Dixie West
Dallas Fort Worth
Memphis
Major League Leaders American League Batting and Pitching
MLB leaders list shows batting leaders Oliva and Murcer with high averages and hits. Also notes runs, RBIs, doubles, and stolen bases leaders. pitching leaders include 4 decision records and strikeout totals. Dallas and SWC mention Kennedy signing with the Texas Chapparrals after leading SWC rebounds.
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Retired Chief Keeps Interest In Fire Service
Dallas AP reports Division Fire Chief Coie C. Martin has left the department after a long career. To mark his retirement, fellow firefighters presented him with a radio capable of receiving fire calls, signaling his ongoing ties to the vocation.
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Coie C. Martin
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