Muskies trounce Fairfield in open district tourney opener
Muscatine High School's Muskies defeated the Fairfield Trojans 69 to 46 in the opening Washington District Class AA basketball game. Bob Wessels scored 28 for Muscatine, while Fairfield's Steve Perry led with 20 points as Muscatine dominated on the boards 95 to 28.
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John Simmons
Hawkeyes Beat Northwestern as Fred Brown Reaches 1000 Points
Iowa City UPI reports Fred Brown became the 10th Hawkeye to surpass 1000 career points as Iowa defeated Northwestern 78-64 in a Big Ten game. Brown led all scorers with 24 points while Lynn Rowat added 17 for Iowa and Ren Schoger topped Northwestern with 15 points. Iowa improved to 9-12 overall and 4-7 in conference. Northwestern stood 5-16 and 1-10 in the league. The Hawkeyes outshot 49 percent to 33 percent and held a 55-50 rebounding edge.
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B Brown
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Iowa
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Owa
Wildcats
Hawks
Bowling League Scores and Standings Summary
Tuesday results show Steele edging Zieglowsky and Crane while Nixon and Sorrells struggle. Top team totals include Steele 1884 plus 31 and Zieglowsky 2491 plus 180. high individual efforts feature Pat Burroughs 630 and 247 game, Rick Crone 598, Bill Steele 231.
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Lemke Electric
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Crane Co
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Lemke
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Bill Steele
New York City to lay off thousands as budget crisis deepens
New York City school system plans to cut about 4,500 jobs over two weeks to close a 40 million deficit, mostly teachers, and halt nearly 11,000 daily substitutes. Board of Education President Murry Bergstraum called the move painful but necessary. Governor Rockefeller declined state aid and urged seeking federal help. union leader Albert Shanker blasted the action as intolerable. March 15 deadline set for reductions affecting 65,000 teachers and 1.1 million students.
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UPI
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Board of Education
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Albert Shanker
United Federation of Teachers
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Albany
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Bergstraum
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Two Gunmen Rob Bank Vault In Palm Beach Theft
Palm Beach Florida police report two gunmen abducted a bank employee to force entry into the Palm Beach Bank and Trust vault. They escaped with up to 500000 dollars in cash while bank president James E Morgan Jr. was left unharmed. The bank was closed for the day and the FBI estimated the loss as up to a half million dollars.
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FBI
James E
Jake” Morgan Jr
Morgan
F. A. Riggs
Local bowling scores roll past in town league
Home Town 3, Carson 0 and Mills 3, LH 0 lead results as Town Cafe 2 Craw fordsville 1 Moothart 2 Worley i. Mills wins team series 2671 to Moot hart 2585 while Worley 998 Mills 1 in team game. Individual series: M Leavitt 578 D Murphy 568. Individual game: M Leavitt 217 J Hysell 213.
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Truck Length Bill Debate Stirs Senate Across States
Lawmakers weigh extending twin trailer length to 65 feet while industry cites AASHO axle limits of 20 000 pounds per single axle and 22 000 pounds tandem versus state caps of 18 000 and 32 000. Truckers argue longer rigs offset lighter shipper materials amid changing freight practices.
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AASHO
Brief fines in local court for beer possession and headlight violation
Warren Joseph Yeg uy paid a 25 dollar fine in justice court on a charge of illegal possession of beer. Jay Swift was fined 5 dollars for failure to dim his headlights.
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Justice of the Peace Court
Jay Swift
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