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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1976
Page
5
A chaotic, OCR heavy page mixes baseball semis and district results with golf notes, boxing bouts, and tournament standings. Names, places, teams, scores, and dates blur together across leagues, schools, and events, creating a dense snapshot of a multidiscipline sports section.
A readably garbled OCR list appears to summarize a track and field meet with numerous events and participants. It includes multiple names such as Kenneth Hite, Daria Bundy, Ruben White, Jerry vilten, and Ron Keller, plus scores, ages, and event notes like shot put, discus, and relays. The fragment indicates a large participation with many event results and rankings, but the text is heavily corrupted.
Damaged text reports fishing trip suspensions due to heavy rains in Guerrero and Palmero lakes. San Antonio hosts the National Skeet Shooting Association world championships at the National Gun Club. About 600 shooters from the US, Canada, and Japan expected. NSSA hosts ceremonies with local officials and Chamber of Commerce members in attendance. Ted Mahone lauded hunting experiences while inviting local participation.
Olympics coverage notes Nadia scoring 84 on uneven bars and delighting fans as she receives praise from teammates and the crowd. She thanks Canadians in a news conference and looks ahead to Wednesday and Thursday events including the women’s all around and four individual championships.
Haldeman of Souderton Massachusetts won the Olympic trap shooting gold medal with a score reported as nineteen in Montreal Tuesday.
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