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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1967
Page
8
United States athletes face tough odds to overtake Russia as Mexico City hosts warmup events. Russia leads with 46 medals, Japan second, while the U.S. and East Germany share third with 21. Events include skeet shooting diving fencing and boxing with Americans pacing in skeet and diving.
Washington State Bank led the Melody Strikers League with top team series 2430 by River Products and a 2371 Bank score. Individual highlights include Walley 564 and Hayes 218, with Winga Café and Martin Cleaner among top performers.
Scores from a junior bowling event show Squire Shoppe and A & W teams high in totals. Standouts include Rhonda Clarahan with 387 in series and Marilyn Ward with 441 in series and 174 game. Other top performers include Cyndie Reschly and Randi Dunbar with solid games.
Floyd Patterson, age cited as 32, insists he feels strong ahead of his 12‑round Los Angeles matchup with Jerry Quarry at the Olympic Auditorium. The bout is part of the eight man WBA tournament to crown Cassius Clay's successor, with implications toward a semifinal pairing including Thad Spencer, Oscar Bonavena, Jimmy Ellis, and Leotis Martin. Patterson and Quarry fought to a 10 round draw last June, Patterson knocked down twice in the second.
Washington sophomores defeated Oskaloosa 27 7 at Case Field on Monday afternoon. Randy Sojka connected 30 yards to Bruce Paul for the first TD, Terry Miller to Paul for the second, Laffoon's 22 yard run, and a 65 yard interception return by Steve Eagle for the final score. Miller added the extra points as Coach Don Lawless praised the line and backfield standouts Miller Paul Campbell and Davis. season ends October 31 against Mid Prairie.
Southern California maintains first in the UPI ratings with 32 first place votes and a 6-0 record. UCLA follows at 6-0, then Colorado 5-0, Tennessee 3-1, and North Carolina State 6-0. Georgia and Purdue are tied in voting, with Wyoming 6-0 and Houston 4-1 also ranked. Notre Dame sits 10th with a 3-2 mark.
Hy-Vee 3 Ross 1 and Zieglowsky sky 4 lead the Hy-Vee Shopper Fresh waters 2 Edwards 2 Rose Motel 4 Fareway 0. Team series Zieglowsky 2900 Hy-Vee 2570. Team game Zieglowsky 976 Hy-Vee 971. Individual series G Burkum 666 G Zieglowsky 607. Individual game G Burkum 254 Zieglowsky and M Eimen 214.
First second and third place winners in each of six age divisions of the Washington Pass Punt and Kick contest will receive prizes Friday evening. Awards will precede the Washington-Davis County football game at Case Field starting at 7 30 p.m. All boys urged to attend. Prizes presented by Mace Motor Co., local sponsors.
Washingtons eighth grade team will host Mt. Pleasant at 4 30 p m Thursday while the ninth grade team travels to Mt. Pleasant for a 4 30 p m game delayed by two days due to weather In their last outing the ninth graders beat Muscatine 34 to 26 gaining 226 yards to 214 for Muscatine with Hennigan and Greenlee leading ground gainers Bryan catching four passes for 103 yards Gebhardt completing 7 of 16 passes
U S helicopters exchanged fire with Viet Cong guerrillas near Phuc Yen on the western edge of North Vietnam's steel triangle. Seventeen civilians were killed and 23 wounded as one cavalry company of about 200 men attacked from the south and a second from the north. American air and helicopter gunships pressed the fight, driving the North Vietnamese into retreat by nightfall.
On the record deeds record Decima A Frink transfers to Oren Yoder lot 25 and east 75 feet of lot 26 in Auditor's plat subdivision of SW of section 7 75. John Patterson and wife transfer to J W Fields lots 7 through 10 block 8 Highland Park and Washington, per record entries.
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