Paducah woman wins Midsummer Golf Classic
Paducah Ky 59-year-old leaner Griffin captured the Pepsi Midsummer Golf Classic at Franklin County Country Club, finishing 160 after 36 holes. Sandy Wendling Benton was second at 162. Pitt O'Fallon Ragland Paducah tied for third at 165.
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Nick Sortal
Southern Illinoisan
Leaner Griffin
Paducah
Franklin County Country Club
Griffin
Sandy Wendling
Benton
Hewnine
Paxton Park
Rolling Hills
Pat Pitt
O’fallon
Nancy Ragland
Karen Potoff
Busch threatens to sell Cardinals in stadium bid showdown
Anheuser-Busch warns it may sell the St Louis Cardinals if the team does not share concessions and parking revenue at Busch Memorial Stadium. A Los Angeles financier countered with a 50 million offer for the stadium as suits allege misused information and blocked bids. The Cardinals posted losses and legal action centers on Civic Center Redevelopment Corp control and shareholder rights.
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St. Louis
Busch Memorial Stadium
Anheuser-Busch
St. Louis Cardinals
Los Angeles
A. Busch III
Civic Center Redevelopment Corp
CCRC
Brewing Company
Cardinals
Veryl L. Riddle
Riddle
Stouffer's Riverfront
Nelson Skalbania and the new wave of sport franchises
Merle Jones profiles Nelson Skalbania a Canadian entrepreneur turning to sports ownership. The piece traces Skalbania path from junior hockey to owning the Montreal Alouettes and Calgary Boomers, his deal making with Gretzky, Calgary Flames, and expansion bids, and argues he represents a rising breed of one man sports conglomerates reshaping franchises and ownership dynamics in North American sports.
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Merle Jones
Southern Illinoisan
Harrisburg
Chuck Hunsinger
University of Florida
Chicago Bears
Canada
Montreal Alouettes
Oakland
al Davis
Los Angeles
Nelson Skaibania
Nelson Skalbania
Vancouver
B.C
Skalbania
Indianapolis
World Hockey Association
Wayne Gretzky
Edmonton Oilers
Gretzky
Edmonton
National Hockey League
Atlanta Flames
NHL
Calgary
Fox
Alouettes
Calgary Boomers
National Basketball Association
Seattle Mariners
Rooney
Pittsburgh
John Kent Cooke
Washington Redskins
Jerry Buss
Marketplace
John Galbraith
Pirates
George Steinbrenner
New York Yankees
Chicago Bulls
Florida
Ted Turner
Atlanta
Illinois Senate backs tax checkoff for wildlife fund
Illinois lawmakers approve a bill letting taxpayers donate 1 to 10 dollars from their income tax refunds to a Nongame Wildlife Protection Fund. The measure, expected to raise 350000 dollars this year and 1.5 million later, heads to Gov. James R. for final action. Opponents warn of tax form clutter and competing causes.
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Springfield
Illinois
James R
Senate
House
Jom Davidson
Jack Schaffer
Cary Grove
Nongame Wildlife Protection Fund
State Revenue Department
Department
Wildlife Fund
State Treasury
Audubon Society
National Wildlife Federation
Winois Organization
Kenneth McMillan
R-Bushnell
Macomb
Trevino Hill Eye Memphis Classic Opener
Lee Trevino and Dave Hill headline the Danny Thomas Memphis Golf Classic first round in Memphis Tennessee as nine PGA Tour rookies made their debuts. The 7249 yard Colonial Country Club course hosts the event with a 54000 prize for the leader and a field including Billy Glisson Denis Watson Clarence Rose Larry Rinker Gene George Jeff Sanders David Sann Gavin Levenson and Charles Krenkel.
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Memphis
Tenn
Lee Trevino
Dave Hill
Danny Thomas
Billy Glisson
Denis Watson
Clarence Rose
Larry Rinker
Gene George
Jeff Sanders
David Sann
Gavin Levenson
Charles Krenkel
Area girls among state golf leaders
In the Illinois Women's State Amateur at Lincolnshire Fields, Penny Hammel of Decatur led the championship flight at halfway with 147 after an 75 round. Lisa Rottman Metropolis Tracy Keller Mount Vernon tied for eighth at 159. Mary Ellen Murphy Medinah 159.
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Champaign
Penny Hammel
Illinois
Lincolnshire Fields Country Club
Decatur
Southern Illinois
Lisa Rottman
Metropolis
Tracy Keller
Mount Vernon
Mary Ellen Murphy
Medinah
Mari McDougall
Midlothian
Mary Beth Zimmerman
Hillsboro
Alicia Ogrin
Waukegan
Lois Drarke
la Grange
Amy Readh
Olney
Becky Reach
Murphy
Rottman
Keller
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Eunice Harris
West Frankfort
Edith Kunce
Jan Leuschke
Mary J. Damron
June Brown
Shirley Mitchell
Joan McNeil
Terry McCullough
ED Greer
Eleanor Griffin
Ester Spence
Mary Ann Sanders
Busch
Fred Kuhlman
Ner George Rogers
South Carolina
New Orleans
Herschel Walker
Georgia
Montreal
David Overstreet
University of Oklahoma
Miami Dolphins
William Writz
Chicago
Basketball Bulls
Hockey Black Hawks
Pacer
Sport
F.E.T
Puck
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