Demons host Prairie High in Tuesday basketball clash
Washington's Demons meet Prairie High School from Cedar Rapids on Tuesday night in the Washington gym. Prairie arrives at 4-2 while Demon coach John Sproule notes a run and shoot style and keys on returning lettermen Schutle and Scriven. Sophomore coach Wally Horn prepares for Prairie sophomores after last week's win. junior high teams also contest games that week.
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Washington
Prairie High School
Cedar Rapids
Washington Gymnasium
Prairie
John Sproule
Schutle
Scriven
Wally Horn
Ft. Madison
Lynn Harvey
Dave Hutchcroft
Marty Chebuhar
Brian Brittan
Lyle Brock
Dave Myers
Demons
Davis County
Mid. Prairie
Muscatine West
Muscatine
Schultz Stars As S C Wins Bowl 19 17
In Abilene Texas Saturday State College of Iowa Panthers beat Lamar Tech 19 to 17 to capture the NCAA small college midwest championship. Randy Schultz ran for 160 yards and scored two touchdowns while quarterback Richard Oliphant connected on a 30 yard pass to Del Hammond for a key second quarter score.
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Abilene
Tex
UPI
Randy Schultz
State College of Iowa Panthers
Lamar Tech
Texas
Iowans
Schultz
Iowa
Panther
Mike Allman
Panthers
Richard Oliphant
del Hammond
Sid Sickles
Sickles
Philip Prim
Frazier Dealy
Rod Franz
Allman
Prim
Gary Casey
Mitchell wins top gymnastic award in Iowa meet
Rusty Mitchell, defending national all around champion, won the floor exercise and long horse, tied for first on the horizontal bar with Glenn Gailis of Iowa, and won the all around title at the Iowa Division meet of the U S Gymnastics Federation in Iowa City. Other winners included Frank Schmitz from Southern Illinois on trampoline Ken Gordon of Iowa on side horse and Jim Crowder of Iowa State on parallel bars. A team from Minnesota State also competed.
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Iowa City
Iowa
UPI
Rusty Mitchell
U.S. Gymnastics Federation
Mitchell
Southern Illinois University
Glenn Gailis
Gailis
Frank Schmitz
Southern Illinois
Ken Gordon
Jim Crowder
Iowa State
Mankato
Minn
Falks Lead Bowling Standings With 840 Team Game
Falk Clothiers top the men's bowling standings with a team game of 840 and total 2384 pins for Falks. Halls Feed Service second at 795 in a 2346 series. Individual high is Jim Wagenknecht 546, Bowen 538. game leaders Swift 215 and Bowen 215.
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Jim's
Falk Clothiers
Halls Feed Service
Martin Cleaners
Tindal Farm Supply
Evening Journal
Carpenters Union
Phillips Drug
Falks
Halls
Jim Wagenknecht
Bowen
Swift
Ray Wehr Visits Kansas City Weekend Highlights
Social notes from Keota and Wellman detail Ray Wehr and family visiting Kansas City to see Mrs. Riley in hospital. Sunday dinners feature the Ficklings, Haifleys, Byers, and Bowen households with other local visits and birthday celebrations. Several Trier suppers, basketball plans, and Christmas exchanges are mentioned along with hosting duties for Mrs. Brinning and county hostess Dean Luers.
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Elmer Wulf
Walnut Women’s Club
James Davison and Sons
Milton Schnicker
St. Luke
Charlotte Wulf
Charlotte
Earl Ferrell
Harlan Neuhart
Ray Wehr
Kansas City
G. O. Riley
James C. Bowen
Waldo Fickling and Son
George Groff
Wellman
Mike Reed
Rodney Fickling
J. C. Bowen
Hixson
Trier
Keota
Waldo Fickling
Allen Fickling
Orville Griggs
Gene Martin
Bowen
D. A. Augustine
Charles McCampbell
Mae Marr
Dutch Creek Farm Bureau
Charles Brinning
Dean Luers
Gangs Steal Christmas Trees in California For Big Profits
In California's High Sierra organized gangs steal Christmas trees by the truckload, driving profits and threatening supply. Last year about one million trees were stolen statewide, a fifth of all trees sold, as operators rely on Forestry Service warnings and tough police patrols struggle to curb the thefts.
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San Francisco
UPI
Seirra
California
U.S. Forest Service
Green sweeps 180-pound class at Ft Madison meet
Demon wrestler Larry Green won the 180 pound championship at the Ft. Madison Invitational with a pin Saturday to lift Washington to fifth place. Washington also claimed two thirds with Ron Gregory at 103 pounds and Leon Lintz at 127, plus two fourths by Dan Scheeler at 95 and Steve Tindal at 138, as eight teams scored.
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Larry Green
Ft. Madison
Washington
Ron Gregory
Leon Lintz
Dan Scheeler
Steve Tindal
Davis County
Morning Sun
Quincy
Muscatine
Cardinal
Burlington
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C. R
Sproule
Willard Larsen
Tim Trotman
Dick Holden
Steve Norton
Tom Lowe
Frank Sanders
Jim Logan
al Brock
Alfred Hitchcock
Emai Sea
Diane Baker
Martin Gabel
Phil Crossett
United States Navy
Philippines
Phil
Keith Crossett
Washington Cleaners
Rasael
Stover
Little
Washington, Iowa
Oi Mc
Daniel
Risae
Woles
Jen
Schultz Stars
S.C
Highland Social Club
Olive Murphy
John Frame
William Lewis
Dewayne Samuelson
Marvin Crile
Penny
Gale Barrick
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffry
Livingston, Day & Bates
Robert Day
Robert Bates
West Main St
George F. Morrison
Gifford Morrison
Ira Morrison
South
Marion Ave
John C. Owen
West
South Side Square
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic Physician Journal
Optometrists
John W. Lemmon
D. D
Christian Tabernacle
Glenn Gordon
Florence Augustine
Leonard Hixson
Melvin Partington
Merle Partington
Karen Hixson
Janet Britten
Lynn Kline
Kraft
Hunt
Jiffy
Wortz Soda
Planter’s
Nestle’s
Betty Crocker
Bisquick
Jar
U.S.D.A
USA
Green
Phillips
Phillips’ Pharmacy
West Side Square
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