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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1957
Page
10
Morgantown March 30 Rain disrupted West Virginia University football drills during the first week of spring practice. Coach Arn Lew is managed a 64 man squad and called them in on Saturday to fit three workouts that week. Collegiate rules limit teams to 20 spring sessions across 86 days, so Lew kept a conservative schedule.
Coach Lewis outlines fall outlook after reinstating Chuck Simpson Phil Messinger and John Plybon following curfew violations. Simpson, a Charleston junior, competes with returning lettermen Mickey Trimarki and Dick Longfellow for quarterback duties as sophomores Jim Potts Jack Thayer and Bob Connally also contend. Several veterans rare limited by operations. Bob Lively underwent back growth surgery, affecting four of 15 returning lettermen. Plybon has not reported to practice.
The piece notes crappies on Blue Stone and small walleye on New River, with bass and bluegill likely to rise as better weather arrives. Florida boasts famed tournaments, including West Palm Beach where Buddy Trump’s forty one pound dolphin leads. It highlights fishing fever, tackle purchases, and a wartime anecdote about commercial fishing by Walt Willman and Homer Circle.
In Mesa Arizona March 0 manager Bob Scheffing of the last place Chicago Cubs argues the new major league rule forcing teams to trim to two players by April 15 could curb strong clubs like the Yankees and Dodgers from "stealing" several early-season wins. He says crowded rosters allow big teams to use players not fully proven, affecting early-game outcomes and putting weaker clubs at an advantage.
Excerpt from Elizabeth Seifert's new novel details Dr Grady Barton tending a gravely ill baby in a cold Kopp home. Tension rises as Kopp confronts medical intervention while the grandmother and Pearl react with fear and grief.
Moscow radio release notes The Literary Gazette declared Hollywood finished saying smog hangs over the film capital and American moguls have lost their peace of mind Millions of Americans avoid theaters amid claims Hollywood is producing bad films and viewers lack interest
In Austin, Mrs. Allen Oxley warns suitors to duck when she passes salt and pepper shakers. She has 1,700 gathered over years, calling collecting a disease and noting the need for more cabinets. Theodore Roosevelt backed simplified spelling in government publications by ordering over 300 word shortenings.
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