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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1976
Page
15
Baltimore quarterback Bert Jones, once NFL offensive player of the year, was chosen MVP by the Associated Press. He led with 41 of 44 ballots while Pittsburgh’s Jack Lambert finished second and Oakland’s Ken Stabler third in the voting.
Johnny Majors, Pittsburg coach, derides Michigan and USC as suffering a superiority complex over who should be national champion after their Rose Bowl talk. He notes Georgia could claim top honors if they defeat his No.1 Panthers in the Sugar Bowl. USC and Michigan coaches had offered championship arguments, while Bo Schembechler urged Rose Bowl should crown No. 1.
Coach Woody Hayes rejected a national playoff, arguing it would delayed finals and distract students. Meanwhile Kentucky and North Carolina prepared for the Peach Bowl with a police escort and a seven hour bus trip for 194 travelers including players and families.
Readable fragments describe snow depths and conditions at multiple resorts. Highlights include high totals at Snow Summit and Heavenly with man-made packed power, good to fair conditions at Snow Valley and Mammoth, and mixed reports for Incline and Mt. Rose with varying pack quality.
Cerritos College used a balanced attack to defeat West Los Angeles 82 73 in the consolation semifinals of the Santa Monica Tournament Wednesday night. Key contributors included Wilburn, Hmnecher, Kirald, Wilson, Rubalcab, and Coleman, with a halftime score of 51 38.
Cypress defeated San Bernardino 82 to 14 in a miscellaneous high school basketball score. Players listed include Keneae NAN, Chavieh 6, Ulmer 11, Goodiow 4, Herne 2, Branyas 2, and Canmvell 1. The readable portions show a lopsided final with Cypress dominating the game and multiple players contributing scoring. Names appear garbled or misspelled in OCR.
The Corsair Yacht Club of Long Beach elects Richard Dick Whittaker commodore for 1977. He will be installed Jan 14 at the Edgewater Hyatt House Hotel, with monthly meetings in the Marina Room. The club, incorporated 1937, leases a Catalina Island cove and counts Whittaker among seven-year members with boating ties extending two decades.
Kirkwood Meadows, located 25 miles south of Lake Tahoe, plans a 1977 expansion including the base lodge, two new chairlifts, and 92 additional acres of skiing. The project raises uphill capacity from 3,500 to 5,000 skiers per hour as it adds facilities and terrain for beginners and advanced skiers.
The California Fish and Game Department reported final 1976 aerial surveys indicating ducks totaled just under five million and geese about 491,000 in mid December, both below the 1975 figures. Heaviest concentrations appeared in the Delta and the San Joaquin Valley grasslands. The general waterfowl season runs to January 23, with Canada geese ending earlier in some regions. A related piece notes honker populations near Chino, water and grain on prison grounds affecting permits and hunting near Lake Los Serranos.
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