Olympic Games Resume Amid Mourning and Medals
The 1972 Munich Games resumed a day after a memorial for victims of the airport massacre. USA hopes center on track and field finals while Russian Vassili Alexeev and Hungarian Fenyvesi win events. IOC revokes DeMont 400 meter freestyle gold and Netherlands cycling bronze for doping.
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Munich
Olympic Village
Rod Milburn
Opelousas
Tom Hill
Jonesboro
Ark
Willie Davenport
Baton Rouge
Russia
Hungary
Vassili Alexeev
Valeri Borzov
Ken Patera
Csaba Fenyvesi
Gyozo Kulcsar
International Olympic Committee
IOC
Rick DeMont
San Raphael
Calif
Coaches Face Deadline To Cut Pro Football Squads
NFL coaches face the 44 player limit deadline with final cuts looming. Rosters may still be recalled if claimed before next week’s cut, while teams prepare for exhibition games and week one action beginning September 17.
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Magic
Atlanta
Jim
Cannon ” Butler
Philadelphia
Tony Baker
Pittsburgh
Lloyd Voss
Denver
Ray Perkins
Baltimore Colts
Cotton Speyrer
Texas
Los Angeles
Pat Studstill
New England
Rams
Ed Hebert
Tim Oesterling
Chris West
Roger Williams
Bobby Majors
Tennesee
Eagles
Majors
Vernon Winfield
Bill Overmyre
Don Zimmerman
Jim Skaggs
Chuck Allen
Lorenzo Brinkley
Dennis Myer
Dave Kalina
Barry Pearson
Ron Curl
Washington
Steve Bockholder
New York Giants
Dick Kotite
Joe Green
David Roller
Jack Rizzo
Jack Protz
Bart Burton
Minnesota
Carter Campbell
Buffalo
Clyde Glosson
Lonnie Leonard
Irv Goode
Bill McKinley
Cleveland
Mike Sikich
Guy Homely
Hershell Mosier
Bernie Chapman
Fest Cotton
Joe Jones
Lester Sims
Dallas
Mike Clark
Randy Edmunds
Layne McDowell
Joe Spike
New Orleans
Cephas Westherspoon
Bobby Scott
Sam Holden
Mike Coleman
Carlos Bell
Ernie Jackson
Sam Silas
Jack Gehrke
San Francisco
Charlies Top Tidewater 4-1 in IL semifinal opener
Charleston rebounded from a 12 of 14 skid to beat Tidewater 4-1 and take a 1-0 lead in the IL semifinal. Dick Sharon hit a two run homer backing Gene Garber six strong to seal the win as Rochester topped Louisville 5-3 in 10 innings with Roger Repoz driving in three.
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United Press International
Charleston
Louisville
Tidewater
Rochester
Dick Sharon
Gene Garber
Sharon
Charlies
Roger Repez
Repez
Israelis Return Home After Munich Olympics Tragedy
They came as a 42 member party to the Munich Games but 11 were murdered by Arab terrorists. The Israelis depart for home together, some in coffins, with bloodstains still visible at the Olympic Village building No. 31.
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Munich
UPI
Tel Aviv
Israel
Olympic Village
Charlie
Bob Seagren
Tragedy at Olympic Stadium Leaves Israeli Team Damaged
At Furstenfeldbruck Air Base a deadly incident claimed all 11 lives of the Israeli weightlifting team. Coach Sokolovsky comforted mourners as Dr. Weigl identified the bodies and preparations began for burial in Israel on Friday. Mark Slavin, 18, among the dead, had recently emigrated from Russia and hoped to compete in the Olympics.
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Weisbaden
Furstenfeldbruck Air Base
Otto Merk
Olympic Stadium
Tuvia Sokolovsky
Kurt Weigl
Jothers
Sokolovsky
Israel
Mark Slavin
Russia
Midget Football Wins For Sophia Over Coal City
Sophia defeated Coal City 36 to 8 in Midget League action, with Sophia scoring on a 34 yard pass by Paul Hendricks after a 34 yard from Rick Blackburn. Ken Farley, Terry Trotter, James Frame and Don May contributed scoring plays for their teams. East Beckley fell to Bowling Addition 6 to 0 with Don May adding a 44 yard run.
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Sophia
Coal City
East Beckley
Paul Hendricks
Rick Blackburn
Rush
Terry Trotter
Ken Farley
David Mills
James Frame
Steven Hatcher Tush
Cooper
Tun
Cooper Rush
Os Bowling
Don May
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Wayne Collett
UCLA
Vince Matthews
Brooklyn
N.Y
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Houston
Anato
Khohkov
Ricardo Carreras
New York City
Vasiliy Solomin
Snow
Gary Neist
Albert Lea
Minn
Jay Robinson
Spring Valley
Buck Deadrich
Wayne Baugham
Universal
Taylor
Wilfried Dietrich
West Germany
iBaren Kops
Netherlands
Josip Corak
Yugoslavia
Kops
Mark ‘Slavin
Slavin
Egypt
Syria
National Football League
Charlies Top Tidewater
Wildcat
iGartridge
S&h
Trail Blaz
Kimel
W. VA
Efove
Bluefield
Princeton
Beckley
Milton
Ford
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