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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1971
Page
7
Washington High School Demon wrestlers travel to Bloomfield Friday for a dual meet with the Davis County Mustangs. Coach Raphael Gonshorowski expects a tough match but hopeful for victory as Davis County fields three strong wrestlers.
Iowa State, ranked 17th with an 8-3 record, heads to the Sun Bowl vs LSU after a telegram from Sen. Jack Miller praising the Cyclones. The ship is set for Long Beach with a 25 year airline lease to turn part of the Queen Mary into a 400-room hotel, cost about 4 million dollars.
Ohio University stunned 12th ranked Indiana 79-70 marking its second upset of an unbeaten Big Ten foe this season. Tom Ricci scored 18 and Tom Corde 17 as the Bobcats erased a 35 point effort by Joby Wright and improved to 3 of 4. Indiana falls to 4-1.
The Boston Celtics won 112 100 over Seattle to take a 2 game lead over idle New York in the Atlantic Division. Don Chaney and Jo Jo White each scored 22 points while Dave Cowens had 21 and 14 rebounds. Havlicek contributed 20 but hit only one basket in the first period.
rookie Artis Gilmore dominates with 34 points 25 rebounds and nine blocks leading the Kentucky Colonels to a 137 93 rout of the Carolina Cougars. Kentucky takes a three game lead in the Eastern Division while other Wednesday results show New York over Memphis 109 100 Indiana 124 110 over Dallas and Florida 119 105 over Virginia.
Harold Hap Lister of route one Washington Iowa is named among three Iowans as Master Lamb Producers for 1971. He received the award at a Memorial Union Ames luncheon from Deputy Secretary Robert Lounsberry and was given a special treated wool fleece. His flock produced 1.68 lambs per ewe and $320 return per $100 of feed for 1971. he plans to lamb 100 ewes in February 1972.
In a Dexter Missouri column a bridge hand features South ruffing with the ace to endgame traps West’s Q7. East’s heart lead sets up clever finesses and a final two-trick collapse for West. Also a brief note on Karen Tidwell and a windstorm bending their antenna twice in one week.
Washington Demons host the Davis County Mustangs on their home court seeking a return to winning in the Southeast Seven. Mustangs led by 6 ft 6 in center Terry Roberts with guard trio Jerome Wyse Stan Rupp and forward Jeff Warning. Demons start Doug Hough at center with Terry Spurgeon Joe Gilmore Steve Goff and Don Adams. Dennis Witthoft and Ward Anderson expected to see significant action. A win would lift the Demons to .500 in league play.
Professional listings include attorney John C. Owen at 109 East Main with 653 6531 and Stewart & Shearer at 225 West Main with 653 2159. Dr J R Bissland a Chiropractor in Kalona Iowa lists 656 2411 and hours 10 to 12 and 2 to 5 30. Maplewood Manor Nursing Home Keota invites inquiries with no waiting list at 636 3400.
Kalona group were weekend guests in the M. D. Bates house in Ames. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jirsa moved into a newly finished home on Seventh Street, from a Kalona area farm. Mr. and Mrs. Clair Bailey and Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Barkley attended in Iowa City the DeMolay installation for Alan Gardner at the Masonic Temple.
Dr Ta Liang Teng of Caltech will lower a tilt meter 5000 feet into a Baldwin Hills oil well. The device can detect tilt as small as one millionth of a degree while monitoring the Newport Inglewood fault linked to past quakes in 1933 and 1963.
A lighthearted guide promotes bowling as a calorie burning workout. It lists eight minute burns and varied moves like side to side rolls press ups and kneeling back leans to engage arms chest shoulders abdomen thighs and hips. Regular bowling reportedly improves heart lung action tones muscles and eases daily tensions.
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