Michigan State Again Is Winner
Michigan State stayed unbeaten with a 72 62 victory over Wyoming as Julius McCoy scored 32 and surged with 16 straight points in the final 10 minutes. Illinois overwhelmed Oklahoma 82 58 led by Paul Judson 24 as the Illini built an early 91 1 lead then coasted. All Big Ten teams take a Christmas break with no games until Tuesday.
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Michigan State
Illinois
Spartans
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Julius McCoy
Spartan
McCoy
Joe Cupa
Illini
Sooners
Paul Judson
Big Ten
Switz City Tigers Triumph Over Jasonville Yellow Jackets
Switz City, Ind. December 24 Switz City Tigers routed Jasonville Yellow Jackets 61 to 46 to improve to nine victories after early losses Gary Scott led with 35 points while Hert scored 17 for Jasonville The Tigers opened 24 10 and led 71 24 by the end of the third quarter.
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Switz City
Ind
Switz City Tigers
Jasonville
Yellow Jackets
Tigers
Bloomfield
Gary Scott
Hert
Tavior
Mitchell
Core
Blackmore
Lantrip
Eeeerrek
Inman
Holtsclaw
Wally Swabe
Terrell
Smith and
Washel
Rosedale
Bloomingdale
Rogers
Davis
White
I. White
Rt M. White
Nelson
Warner
Davies
Hones
Epic
Wilhite
Shute
Seeste
Manberry Stith
A Morris
D. Ames
Enos Slaughter and Divorce alimony dispute resurfacing
Enos Slaughter, 39, former St. Louis Cardinal and Kansas City Athletics outfielder, faces a motion in St. Clair County Circuit Court to set aside his Nov. 21 divorce by his ex wife Ruth D Slaughter claiming a $20600 lump sum alimony payment remains unpaid. The couple wed three days before the motion was filed while Slaughter was honeymooning in Roxboro North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville
Ill
Enos Slaughter
Ruth D. Slaughter
St. Clair County
Slaughter
Kansas City Athletics
Roxboro
N. C
St. Louis Cardinal
Helen Spiker
Sports quarrels cloud pre-Christmas week in New Orleans and more
The piece highlights recent on court and ice disputes across basketball hockey and golf. Bradley vs Loyola incidents angered crowds. Duquesne coach Dutley Moore refused to shake hands with Marquette. Ray Felix injured Jim Loscutoff and apologized while Boston Celtics players faced penalties. Rangers vs Maple Leafs produced 22 penalties. Tommy Bolt accused fans of aiding Sam Snead on tough lies. The author notes these were tempered by holiday goodwill.
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Bradley
Loyola
New Orleans
Shellie McMillen
Blackbird
McMillen
Dutley Moore
Duquesne
Nagle
Marquette
Moore
Ray Felix
New York Knickerbockers
Jim Loscutoff
Boston Celtics
Loscutoff
Felix
Loscutoffs
New York Rangers
Toronto Maple Leafs
Lou Fontinato
Tommy Bolt
Sam Snead
Tommy
Reelsville Defeats Montezuma Aztecs In Texas Indiana
Reelsville routed the Montezuma Aztecs 82 to 58 at Montezuma Indiana. Lewis led Reeleville with 23 points while Budden scored 20 for Montezuma. Montezuma also won the B game 41 to 38.
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Montezuma
Ind
Reelsville
Montezuma Aztecs
Lewis
Reeleville
Budden
Ruff Outpoints Vasquez In New York Bout
Frankie Ruff of New York defeats Baby Vasquez of Mexico City by decision at Madison Square Garden. The bout features Ruff's 138 pounds against Vasquez's 136 in a tightly fought lightweight clash.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Frankie Ruff
Baby Vasquez
Mexico City
Ryff Wins Narrowly in Sloppy Lightweight Bout
Frankie Ryff defeated Baby Vasquez by unanimous decision in a 10 round nationally televised fight at Madison Square Garden. Ryff admitted he gave the fans a show by slinging punches despite being unconvincing and cut in round four. Judges scored 8-1-1, 6-4, and 5-3-2 for Ryff. AP had him 7-2-1.
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New York
Frankie Ryff
Baby Vasquez
Madison Square Garden
Ruff
Ryff
Vasquez
Artie Schwartz
Artie Aidala
Ruby Goldstein
A.P
Nashua Heads South For Winter Campaign In Style
Nashua and five rival horses traveled by special Railway Express car on a Florida East Coast train from Jacksonville to Hialeah Park for a winter campaign. Veterinarian Floyd C. Sager said the 1,200 mile journey went smoothly for the animals valued at over two million dollars. Special agent Marvin Fisher accompanied the train at Jacksonville for a safety stopover.
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Hialeah
Fla
Nashua
Hialeah Park
Florida East Coast
Jacksonville
Floyd C. Sager
A. B. Hancock
Claiborne
Marvin Fisher
Railway Express Agency
Trabert Beats Gonzales In Denver Tennis Clash
Tony Trabert used a fierce serve and net prowess to topple Pancho Gonzales 6-4 6-3 in a Friday night match. It marked Trabert’s third win in five meetings on the cross-country tour with Gonzales. The pair resume in Toledo after a Christmas break with a $25,000 tour bonus riding on the overall 100-match run.
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Denver
Tony Trabert
Pancho Gonzales
Trabert
Gonzales
Toledo
Ohio
Pancho Segura
Rex Hartwig
Hartwig
Segura
National Golf Day distributes profits to charities
Chicago December 24. Approximately $160,000 has been donated from this year’s National Golf Day receipts. Recipients include the caddie scholarship the Professional Golfers Association National Amputee Golf Fund U S Blind Golfers Association the American Red Cross and the favorite charities of Ed Furgol and Babe Zaharias.
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Chicago
Professional Golfers Assn
National Amputee Golf Fund
U.S
Fellowship Meet at Y Sunday
Mrs Garver Frazier will present Hymns and Carols at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship meeting in the Terre Haute Y M C A McFall Room. The Sunday school combines with the regular meeting and a coffee hour follows the 10 30 session.
Christmas Program at Prairieton Church Event
A Christmas song and story program and film strip will be presented Saturday evening at the Prairieton Methodist Church beginning at 7 30. Mrs Earl Voges will narrate the program titled Born In a Manger. The choir directed by Mrs John Phelps will perform several numbers with Mrs Helen Francis as accompanist.
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Prairieton Methodist Church
Earl Voges
John Phelps
Helen Francis
Ex-Phenix City Gambler Aids Kilby Prison Chaplain
Red Cook once ran a Phenix City honky tonk and gambled on Sundays. Now a Kilby Prison assistant to the chaplain he preaches to inmates and credits religion for a surge in church attendance from 3 to 289 over successive Sundays.
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Phenix City Gambler
Montgomery
Ala
Red Cook
Phenix City
Kilby Prison
Cook
A. L. Patterson
National Guard
Patterson
John Mancil
National Guardsmen
Kilby Chapel
Kilby
Donald MacQuire
Alabama
Red
Fred Pearson
Christmas Worship Planned at Breden Memorial Church
The Breden Memorial E A B Church holds a 9 30 a m Christmas worship with Sunday School to follow. At 4 p m a Christmas vespers features scriptures carols and choral offerings by Martha Swanson and choir along with soloists Vera Pollitt Barbara Hutton and others. The pastor Rev Russell F Hiatt preaches on They Worshipped Him and the cantata The Infant Holy is presented.
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Breden Memorial E.A.B
Vera Pollitt
Barbara Hutton
Russell F. Hiatt
Martha Swanson
Smart Pattern 1956 Dress Pattern 9291 Purchase
A Marian Martin 1956 pattern promises a flattering step in dress for shorter fuller figures. Includes half sizes 14 to 24 with 16 4 taking four yards of 39 inch fabric and a complete sew chart. Send 35 cents plus 5 cents for first class mail to Terre Haute Tribune Pattern Dept New York.
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Marian Martin
Terre Haute Tribune Pattern Dept
West Eighteenth Street
New York
N. Y
Taylor Brings Winning Record To MidWest Meet
Taylor University Trojans enter the Mid-West Collegiate Basketball Tournament with a 5-1 record after recent losses to Anderson College 93-67 and a 94-87 win over Indiana Central. Standouts Jim Sullivan and Jerry Tester lead scoring, with Indiana State, Hamline, Findlay and others joining the field.
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MidWest
Taylor University Trojans
Anderson College
Trojans
Indiana Central
Hoosier
Jim Sullivan
Muncie
Anderson
Jerry Tester
Geneva
Ind
Indiana State
Hamline University
Findlay College
Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia
Quantico Marines
Northwestern Louisiana State
Don Smith
Platolene Gasolene
Ken Stark
Owatonna
Bud Grant
Holy Cross
Ron Perry
Red Cross Awards Court Certificates to Twenty Graduates
Twenty persons were presented certificates as graduates of a standard Red Cross first aid course taught by Mrs. Kay Burroughs. Names include Mary Lou Bailey, Eleanor Adams, Edith Baker, Pauline Bartley, Helen Beldin, Flo Bolin, Mary Fuehing, Jalma Jones, Lela Jones, Mary Margaret Kish, Joan Mansfield, Kathleen McIntire, Hazel Price, Valeria Simmons, Elizabeth Wright, Bessie Worthington, William Worthington, Mrs. Robert Smith, Mrs. Carlos Minton, and Mrs. Arthur Lindholm.
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Red Cross
Kay Burroughs
Mary Lou Bailey
Eleanor Adams
Edith Baker
Pauline Bartley
Helen Beldin
Flo Bolin
Mary Fuehing
Jalma Jones
Lela Jones
Mary Margaret Kish
Joan Mansfield
Kathleen McIintire
Hazel Price
Valeria Simmons
Elizabeth Wright
Bessie Worthington
William Worthington
Robert Smith
Carlos Minton
Arthur Lindholm
Dugger Youth Dies in Car Crash in Fog
Pierry Hollingsworth, 20, of Dugger was killed Friday night when his car exchanged control in heavy fog on Indiana 54 and rolled over several times east of Dugger. Five other youths riding with him were unharmed.
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Linton
Ind
Pierry Hollingsworth
Dugger
Cyclist Injured In Intersection Collision
Elmer Walls, 49, of 1208 South First Street, was hospitalized after a bicycle he rode was struck by an eastbound car driven by Margaret M. Banta, 23, at Sixth and Farrington streets. Walls was treated and released from St Anthony Hospital.
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Elmer Walls
South First Street
Sixth
Farrington Streets
Margaret M. Banta
North Thirteenth
Walls
Sixth Street
Banta
St. Anthony Hospital
Tipsy Motorist Given Penal Farm Sentence
In Clay Circuit Court two men pled guilty to driving while intoxicated. Arnold F. Pierce a 20 year old Brazil soldier on furlough received 9 days at the Indiana State Farm a $25 fine and costs and a one year license revocation. Ralph Nicosen 48 Clay City case heard by Judge Robert B Stewart was continued for further investigation after a third DWI charge with no leniency recommended by Prosecutor John J Thomas.
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Brazil
Ind
Clay
Arnold F. Pierce
East National Avenue
Indiana State Farm
Ralph Nicosen
Clay City
Robert B. Stewart
Nicosen
John J. Thomas
Red Cross Directors Meet Wednesday in Terre Haute
The Terre Haute Vigo County Red Cross board will meet Wednesday at noon in the Pine Room of Hotel Deming. Dr. Ralph Holmstedt will present the revised home service financial policy, with committee members Robert Pfrank Mrs Russell Mc Dougal Dr Iverson Bell Benjamin G Cox and Mrs Carlyle Levinson in attendance. Chairman William R McKeen will preside.
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Terre Haute-Vigo County
American Red Cross
Pine Room
Hotel
Deming
Ralph Holmstedt
Red Cross Home Service Committee
Home Service
Robert Pfrank
Russell McDougal
Iverson Bell
Benjamin G. Cox
Carlyle Levinson
William R. McKeen
Head on collision fatal to brakeman
A Quebec Central Railways passenger train collided head on with a freight train just north of Tring Junction station. A brakeman was killed and five others injured, none in serious condition.
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Tring-Junction
Quc
Quebec Central Railways
Three Injured When Car Strikes Tree Near Rockville
A car driven by Leroy McNeely left U. S. 41 eight miles north of Rockville and struck a tree injuring three. McNeely from Kentucky suffered a broken nose and other injuries. Alvin Hammonds and his son John Hammonds, both from Hammond, sustained chest injuries, deep head cuts, and other bruises. They were taken to Vermillion County Hospital in Clinton by Barnes ambulance.
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Rockville
Ind
U. S. 41
Here
Vermillion County
Clinton
Barnes
Leroy McNeely
Kentucky
McNeely
Alvin Hammonds
John
Hammond
Christmas Worship Service Planned at Locust Street U B Church
Rev. F E Nordby announces 10 45 a m Sunday service at Locust Street E U B Church North Seventh and Locust Streets with the Chancel Choir led by Mrs Helen Marge performing two anthems Joy to the World and Bethlehem accompanied by Hazel Woods. Elizabeth Roesch will sing A Legend and the sermon is The Gift In the Manger from Luke 2 78. At 730 p m the church youth present the play Longing for Christmas.
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F. E. Nordby
Locust Street
Evangelical United Brethren Church
North Seventh
Locust Streets
Helen Marge
William Moore
Isaac Watts
Lee Rogers
Bethlehem
W. C. Dix
Phillips Brooks
Hazel Woods
Elizabeth Roesch
Tschainosky
Nordby
Quartet from Louisville to perform at Eighth Avenue Baptist
The Doug Jones family quartet from Louisville Kentucky will perform a Christmas program at Eighth Avenue Baptist Church on Sunday at 7 30 p m The group includes Mr Jones who formerly sang with the Southland and Victory Quartets and is an ordained Baptist minister and will lead the evening services
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Doug Jones
Louisville
Eighth Avenue Baptist Church
Jones
Southland
Victory
Mutual Broadcasting Company
Reverend John Stewart to Speak at Pilgrim Holiness Church
Rev. John Stewart of New Albany Ind will be guest speaker at 10:30 am and 7:30 pm services at South Central Pilgrim Holiness Church located at Tenth and One-half Streets and Grant. Pastor V E Halt leads the church.
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John Stewart
New Albany
Ind
South Central
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Tenth
Grant Streets
V. E. Halt
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