Demons Clash With Fairfield In Key Home Game
Washington Demons aim to secure a top Southeastern Six finish by defeating unbeaten Fairfield Trojans in their final home league game. Coach Sproule relies on core starters and experienced reserves to counter Dick Watson and the Forbes brothers as 6:30 p.m. Friday tipoff.
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Maravich Sits, LSU Extends Win Over Clemson
LSU defeats Clemson 92-83 as Pete Maravich fouls out with 12:27 left. Maravich scores 33 points before leaving, while LSU, led by surrounding teammates, builds a 20 point cushion. LSU and Tennessee share SEC lead at 5-1. Kentucky game looms. Evansville beats Southern Illinois 52-45. other scores include East Carolina 98-72 George Washington, St Peter's 98-72 Siena, Holy Cross 98-81 Colgate, Penn 57-45 La Salle.
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Ten Years Ago Today Travel Notes from Texas Trip
Mr and Mrs Frank Long and Mr and Mrs William Mohland have returned from a twelve day vacation to Texas. They visited Brownsville and the gulf area and toured into Mexico. Their return route passed through the Panhandle region.
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Women's Bowling McCleery-Cumming Standout Scores
McCleery tops team series and game ledgers with 2574 and 918. Individual highlights include A Curl 575 series and 246 game. M Morgan 205. Other high totals: Jack & Jill 2522, Bryn Mawr 2480, Squire Shoppe 2329. Nearby: ghost town relics at South Pass City, Wyoming remain from 1867.
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YMCA Offers Swim And Air Rifle Classes For Boys
Sign up this week at the YMCA for a progressive boys swimming program with two class levels and NRA based air rifle training. New members must pass an instruction course before shooting at a 15 foot range to earn medals. Sign up ends Saturday January 27. Classes start the week of January 29 with multiple time slots for each level.
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Matson wins Sullivan Award as top amateur athlete
Randy Matson, Texas A&M shot put world record holder, captures the James E. Sullivan Award with 787 points. Noted rivals include Billie Jean King, Debbie Meyer, and Peggy Fleming, all setting strong credentials. Kings, Meyer, Fleming are highlighted for tennis, swimming, and figure skating achievements.
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Packers Vikings look to draft in second NFL collegiate draft
NEW YORK (UPI) The Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings may gain most as the second combined NFL and AFL draft starts next Tuesday at 10 a.m. EST. A total of 462 players will be picked by 26 teams over 17 rounds. Trades alter order with Minnesota holding the first round bonus and two first round picks. Cincinnati, Atlanta, San Diego and others also hold multiple first round selections.
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Jim Taylor
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Colorado girls eye gold in Universiade giant slalom
INNSBRUCK Austria UPI Cathy Nagel 19 and Vicki Jones 18 from the University of Colorado were top American contenders in the women's giant slalom. U.S. alpine coach Willy Schaeffler hailed the men's bronze by Bill Marolt as a moral lift. Milan Pazout of Czechoslovakia won the race in 1 51.20 as Russia led the unofficial medal tally with five golds.
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James D. Fowler
Christi Ditfurth
Switzerland
Heidi Obrecht
Japan
Waterfowl Die in Everglades Avian Cholera Outbreak
In Everglades National Park a virulent avian cholera outbreak has killed an estimated 3,000 to 5,000 waterfowl as rangers gather carcasses. Biologists warn the disease could wipe out parts of the bird population, with coots and other species hardest hit. vaccination is impractical at scale, and no human threat exists.
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Three-point shot stuns Rockets in narrow ABA loss
The ABA rule giving three points for shots from 25 feet doomed Denver as Kentucky Colonels edged the Rockets 101-100. Darel Carrier scored 33 for Kentucky with four triples while Louie Dampier contributed two. Denver’s Larry Jones led with 25. Other games featured Anaheim defeating Houston 106-96, Pittsburgh beating New Jersey 124-119, and New Orleans 112-94 over Dallas.
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Junior Bowling High Scores and Standouts
Team series led by A and W with 1334 and Squire Shoppe 1324. Custer Electric topped team game with 479 while Squire Shoppe had 474. Sally Patterson posted 431 in series and 173 in game, Rhonda Clarahan 424, Lauri Little 167.
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Bowling League Standings and High Scores Listed
In the Corn King League at Walnut Grove Mobil Oil hosts the series with Payne TV and Farm Service Farm Bureau. Team totals show Mobil 2683 and Payne 2695 with team game Payne TV 1041 and Mobil 964. Individual totals list Brenneman 572 and Al Lemke 550. top games see Don Smith 207 and Brenneman and Larry Hough each at 201.
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Golf greats chase first win at Los Angeles Open
In Pasadena California the Los Angeles Open at Brookside tees off as Arnold Palmer and Billy Casper seek their first 1968 title in PGA action. The event offers 20 000 to win with 144 players, including notables like Johnny Pott and Kermit Zarley already making headlines earlier in the year. Jack Nicklaus misses this event, aiming to begin his bid at the Desert Classic next week.
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Vietmen battle near Khe Sanh as Marines mount heavy airstrike
Viet (Continued from page 1) reports show 1,842 killed in action last week. Marines defending a fort seven miles below North Vietnam say they killed at least 14 North Vietnamese and carried out their heaviest close support air bombardment. Jets totaled 712 sorties against North Vietnamese and Viet Cong, with many strikes near Khe Sanh. Vietnamese forces reportedly mass four to five divisions for a major invasion around Khe Sanh, with 16,000 to 20,000 of 40,000 troops nearby. Spokesmen noted probing thrusts near a small airfield and Marine bunkers, as 50 caliber guns opened fire and CH46 helicopters were hit, prompting a rescue.
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Priest to sue Playboy Club over Bunny basketball game
Rev. C F Gierut of St Marys Bunker Hill and Holy Cross Wilsonville plans to sue the Playboy Club of St Louis after grade school children watched the Bunny basketball team perform in a public school. He seeks a ruling to bar Bunny girls from entertaining in public schools, calling the act irreligious and unconstitutional.
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U.S. war deaths fall but injuries rise in weekly tally
UPI reports 218 American service members killed in the past week, lowering total U.S. battle deaths to 16,667, with 2,216 wounded and 949 hospitalized. Vietnamese losses include 1,842 Communist dead, while allied forces report 198 South Vietnamese deaths and 19 other allied fatalities. Total U.S. wounded reach 103,993, with 55,217 hospitalizations and 976 listed as missing.
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