Rams fit Steels ailing for NFL championship clash
The Steelers health concerns loom as Rocky Bleier and Franco Harris may be limited by injuries ahead of the AFC title showdown with the Oakland Raiders. Meanwhile the Los Angeles Rams arrive at full strength for the NFC championship against the Minnesota Vikings after Pat Haden prepares for his second start.
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United Press International
Pittsburgh Steelers
Blue Cross
Rocky Bleier
Franco Harris
Frenchy Fuqua
Oakland Raiders
Bleier
Harris
Raiders
Los Angeles Rams
Minnesota
Steelers
Rams
Vikings
Pat Haden
Bloomington
Haden
Bud Grant
Los Angeles
Chuck Foreman
Foreman
Minnesota Vikings
Iowa High School Athletic Association profits rise in 1975 76
Net income from IHSAA athletic events rose to 532,229 for the year ended June 30 1976 up from 462 459 the prior year. Football led profits with 145 039 up from 45 955. basketball wrestling and baseball also posted gains while track and field golf swimming tennis and gymnastics posted losses. Total assets stood at 989 380.
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Boone, Iowa
UPI
Iowa High School Athletic Association
IHSAA
Drake taps Chuck Shelton as new head coach faces heavy recruiting task
Des Moines Iowa UPI Chuck Shelton is the newly named Drake University head football coach. He says recruiting is the top priority as the program rebuilds after a 1-10 season in 1976 and a string of poor records. Shelton, 41, aims to deepen interest from prospects, noting strong early responses and plans to name his assistants within three days.
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Des Moines, Iowa
UPI
Chuck Shelton
Drake University
Bear Bryant
Shelton
Alabama
Drake
University of Cincinnati
Jack Wallace
Bulldogs
Rolla
Iowa Captain Runs 120 Mile Freezing Jog Reenacting 1857 Spirit Lake Relief
Marine Captain Alan Jones, 29, begins a 120 mile nonstop jog in sub freezing weather to reenact the relief march after the Spirit Lake Massacre of 1857 from Ft Dodge to Spirit Lake. He aims for completion in 24 hours to promote fitness and year round jogging among Iowans.
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Pamela Huey
United Press International
Mississippi River
Alan Jones
Iowa
Jones
Spirit Lake
Old Ft. Dodge
Webster City
Laurens
Jennifer
Ohio University students study facial cues in hearings
Athens based students under professor Roger Bennett test a psychology informed method to detect lies from facial expressions during the Senate Watergate hearings. They slowed and timed eye blinks and jaw movements to spot deception with about 80 percent accuracy in trained groups. The project aims to refine a training film and apply the technique to real proceedings.
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Athens, Ohio
UPI
Ohio University
Roger Bennett
Senate
Bennett
Christmas Elf Rides Patrol With Kris Kringle Theme
A Spokane UPI reprint mocks a Christmas Eve law enforcement chase by Santa Claus, named Kringle, as a playful poem detailing a sleigh lacking lights, speed traps, and EPA checks. It lampoons modern road safety and patrols, ending with Merry Christmas good buddy.
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Spokane
Wash
UPI
Rudy
Prancer
Vixen
Comet
Cupid
EPA
Smokey
Kringle
Mid-Prairie artist maps fire response zones
Late last school year an Art project at Mid-Prairie Senior High produced four foot square plot maps for Kalona Fire Department. Students, led by Gary Bontrager, detailed roads, communities, residences and water resources across township areas for rapid reference during fires.
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Mid-Prairie
Kalona
C. C. Shimon
Gary Bontrager
Norman Bontrager
Fire Department
Bert Jones Named AFC Player of the Year
Bert Jones, quarterback of the Baltimore Colts, named United Press International AFC Player of the Year after guiding an 11-3 season and Eastern Division title. Roger Carr helped pace the passing attack as Jones edged Ken Stabler and Steve Grogan in balloting.
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NEW York
UPI
Bert Jones
Roger Carr
Wednesday
United Press International
Baltimore
Colts
Jones
Louisiana State
Ted Marchibroda
Marchibroda
Oakland
Ken Stabler
Carr
Stabler
New England
Steve Grogan
Lydell Mitchell
Cincinnati
Ken Anderson
Buffalo
Co.j. Simpson
Bowling results and high scores from Paint & Paper League
Results show Paint & Paper four Imperial Ref zero. Hagie four Corners one. Washington Mfg four Ashleys zero. Curt's two Bryn Mawr two. Team series led by Washington Mfg 2098, Paint & Paper 2035. Team game best Hagie 749 and Washington Mfg 746. Individual: Lucy Smith 580, 203 by Lucy Smith. Mary Randall 491. Kathy Otterberg 191.
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Paint & Paper Shoppe
Curt’s Body Shop
Imperial Ref
Washington Manufacturing
Bryn Mawr
Ainsworth
Hagie
Washington Mfg
Ashleys
Curt’s
Fourth-ranked Alabama Tops Georgetown in Close Carol ina Classic Battle
Alabama, ranked fourth, edged No. 20 Georgetown 66 64 in Columbia South Carolina to advance in the Carolina Classic. Rickey Brown led the Tide with 23 points as Alabama captured its seventh straight win despite a poor 37.3 percent shooting.
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United Press International
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C.M. Newton
Crimson Tide
Georgetown
Columbia
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Rickey Brown
Tide
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Harvard
Jim Graziano
San Francisco
Bill Russell
Cal Poly-Pomona
James Hardy
Dons
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Marques Johnson
Bruins
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Johnson
Brad Holland
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Oklahoma
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Chattanooga
Arizona
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Pepperdine
Maryland
Bucknell
Nebraska
Mankato State
New Mexico State
New Mexico
LSU
California
Oral Roberts
Southern California
Oregon State
North Carolina State
Malone Lucas Power Rockets To Gap Closer In Central
Houston's Moses Malone and John Lucas combine for 35 points and 18 rebounds to lift the Rockets to a 111-90 win over the Washington Bullets. Houston moves within one game of division leader Cleveland at 17-10 as Nets rout New Orleans and Pistons crush Atlanta.
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University of Maryland
Lefty Driesell
Moses Malone
John Lucas
Terps
Lucas
Malone
Houston Rockets
National Basketball Association
Rockets
Washington Bullets
Calvin Murphy
Tomjanovich
Johnson
Bullets
Elvin Hayes
Cleveland Cavaliers
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