Raiders Chiefs clash for shot at Super Bowl bid
New Year’s Day preview of the AFC title game at Oakland Coliseum features Hank Stram and John Madden preparing strategic wrinkles. Oakland’s Daryle Lamonica faces Kansas City’s blitz, with Ol Davis aiding a shifting game plan as odds narrow toward kickoff at 1 p.m. PST.
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Chamber and Moose Lodge Help Put Toys Under Trees
Ten years ago today the local Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Moose Lodge joined to collect hundreds of toys and pennies for needy children in the community. Leo Mangold led the Moose Lodge effort and Eugene Stewart chaired the Jaycees project committee.
Bucks chase 27th win as season pace quickens
Milwaukee Bucks close in on the 27th victory of 1968-69 with a 143-126 win over the San Diego Rockets on Wednesday. Lew Alcindor scored 35 and Flynn Robinson 32 as Milwaukee moved to 10 wins in 11 games and into second in the NBA Eastern Division, seven games behind New York.
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Old teammates to coach in pro bowl
Norm Van Brocklin and Tom Fears will coach the West and East squads respectively at the 20th annual Pro Bowl at the Coliseum. Van Brocklin, former Rams quarterback, is making his second West coaching appearance and previously led the Vikings to a 31 30 win in 1962. Fears, a key Rams end, has coached the New Orleans Saints since their 1967 inception, and both men are long time former teammates and rivals.
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Unbeaten Teams Crown Bowl Weekend Lineup
Penn State faces Missouri in the Orange Bowl as a two point favorite while Texas leads Notre Dame by 7 1 2 in the Cotton Bowl. Michigan tops USC by 4 1 2 in the Sugar Bowl, and Arkansas meets Mississippi by seven in New Orleans.
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Houston dominates Auburn in Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl victory
Halback Jim Strong rushed for 184 yards and two touchdowns to lift the University of Houston to a 36-7 win over Auburn in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl at the Astrodome. Gary Mullins scored on a one yard sneak, Ted Heiskell added a one yard plunge, Rusty Clark found Tommy Mozisek for a 20 yard touchdown, and Carlos Lopez kicked a 27 yard field goal with two extra points. Auburn managed a 36 yard halfback pass for their lone score.
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Bomb experts to board ailing ship in Pacific waters
In the mid Pacific the tug Abnaki kept two miles from the bomb laden SS Badger State, a drifting time bomb after an explosion. Twenty six crew members are believed dead and explosives experts planned to determine if the freighter can be towed safely amid 15 to 20 foot seas. A Navy spokesman said it was unclear if boarding had occurred as the ship remained dangerous.
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Poll finds Americans upbeat about life in coming decade
A Sindlinger & Co poll of 1,384 adults shows most Americans expect better education, employment, family finances, and poverty reduction in the 1970s and view race relations with cautious optimism. Nonwhite respondents show more optimism on poverty and race relations, while views on foreign relations are less positive. Kennedy and Onassis seen as era’s most admired couple.
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Hunger and poverty called disgraceful by food conference
The White House Conference on Food Hunger and Nutrition told President Nixon that hunger and poverty exist on a disgraceful scale in the United States. The 645 page final report says with technology it is possible to feed all in three years and urges leadership from Nixon and Congress to close the hunger gap. Leaders also congratulated the President in a telegram for actions announced before Christmas to feed the hungry.
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Iowa Newsprint Use Tax Exemption Clarified by AG
Iowa Attorney General Richard C. Turner clarified that newsprint used to produce newspapers magazines books and periodicals sold at retail is exempt from the three percent use tax. Bulk paper used in items distributed for free may still incur use tax. He cited prior opinions and noted no case holds newspapers or periodicals are sales of services for tax purposes.
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Sealife
Harold O. Fischer
Wellsburg Republican
Holiday gathering at Peterseim home in Kalona
Christmas dinner guests included H E Peterseim family and relatives from Owensboro Kentucky Iowa City and Plattesville Wisconsin The gathering also noted hospital admission of Zacha Fry and post Christmas visits by the Schlabaugh and Beck families plus travel to Evanston Illinois for weekend visits with Howard Grimes.
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Iowa City
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Plattesville
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Dale Branneman
Lloyd Bender
Colorado Springs
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Raymond Schlabach
T.J. McKenzie and Sons
Indianapolis
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Myron Oswalt
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Olin Snair
Burlington
Dale K. Gingerich
Evanston
Illinois
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U S Steel Fairfield Works Bars Foreign Cars
UPI reports the Fairfield Works in Birmingham Alabama will bar foreign made vehicles from its gates starting Thursday. A company spokesman said the plant has a considerable stake in the success of domestic automobile component makers who are its best customers.
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