Iconic Illinois Coach Zuppke Dies at 78 in Champaign
Bob Zuppke longtime Illinois football coach and innovator died at 78 in Cole Memorial Hospital after prostatic cancer and heart ailments. Funeral services set for tomorrow. Zuppke retired in 1941 after 29 seasons with Illinois, guiding the team to 131 wins 80 losses and 12 ties and earning seven Big Ten titles.
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Judges win twice as War Hawks upset in Saturday league
In a Saturday Boys League match Judges defeated War Hawks twice. Ronnie Haines posted 115 and 113, Richard Haines 112 with a double strike, and the team rolled a 519 game and 1473 set. Mac Hyde led War Hawks with 15.
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Lew Burdette Named Wisconsin's Athletic Hero of 1957
Lew Burdette the Milwaukee Braves pitching star was chosen as Wisconsin's outstanding athlete of 1957. He received 18 of 43 AP ballots and will receive the Red Dunn Memorial Trophy. The Nitro West Virginia native, 31, started and won three World Series games as Milwaukee defeated New York in seven games last October.
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UVa Geographers Prepare Atlas
Two University of Virginia geographers Wayne A. Wallace and Stanley B. Shurman will compile an atlas of Virginia detailing physical, historical and economic characteristics. The project, approved by the university’s social sciences research unit, may take three years and aim for eventual publication.
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College Results AP Roundup From Various Tournaments
Kentucky Invitational results include West Virginia 75 North Carolina 4 in the championship and Kentucky 78 Minnesota 58 for third. Other games feature Pitt 87 Duke 84 in double overtime and Kansas 58 California 52.
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NBA Scores Soar to New Record Highs
Six NBA games over the weekend produced 1,430 total points. The St Louis Hawks crushed Syracuse 146-136 on Saturday, breaking Boston’s 142-point mark, and then won 123-115 against Minneapolis on Sunday. The Knicks topped the Warriors 126-100, Celtics beat the Royals 115-98, and Syracuse Nationals routed Detroit 119-93.
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Weather Cool West Mild Elsewhere In Nation
It was cool and wet in Western areas with near zero temperatures in parts of the Rockies. Cold Pacific air moved into the northern central Rockies and the Great Basin while the rest of the country saw fairly mild winter weather.
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Mountaineers all the way over Tar Heels in Kentucky tourney
West Virginia snapped North Carolina's 37 game win streak in Lexington as the Mountaineers dominated the boards 63 to 41 and shot 34.8 percent to UNC's 32.3. UNC prepares for the Dixie Classic in Raleigh with seven ACC rivals awaiting.
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Balance Turns Trick In D C Pre-Christmas Action
Washington & Lee's Dom Flora leads the Southern Conference with 163 points in six games 27.2 point average as scoring cools nationwide. Roy Lange of William & Mary is second with 20.3. West Virginia shows balance at the Kentucky Invitational with five scorers in double figures in a 77-70 win over Kentucky.
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Weather pattern shifts across the United States
Evanston Wyoming recorded 38 degrees while Southern California saw 30s. Strong southwesterly winds and rain affected the north Pacific coast with gusts to 58 mph in extreme northwest Washington. A warming trend followed in the eastern half as Great Lakes and Gulf Coast regions enjoyed milder, clear skies.
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Stopped Point in Columbia Desk Labels
A Federal district attorney's office desk in Columbia shows three work baskets on top labeled in out and temporarily stalled suggesting a pause in processing.
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Elvis Presley Touted as Worst Dressed TV Star
New York businessman Larry L. Mack, head of a slenderizing firm, criticizes most male TV stars for sloppy dress and poor posture. He salutes Bob Hope, Jack Benny, Dennis Way, Mike Wallace, Steve Allen, Ed Murrow, John Cameron Swayze, and Pat Boone as well dressed, while naming Elvis Presley as the worst dressed in recent seasons. Liberace and Lawrence Welk receive censure for extremes in style, and Jackie Gleason’s wardrobe is mocked for size.
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Detroit Lions rally past 49ers to reach NFL title game
Tobin Rote engineered a 31-27 comeback over San Francisco to face the Cleveland Browns in the NFL championship. Detroit erased a 27-7 deficit with a late burst, using key plays from Rote, Tracy, and Junker as the Lions advance to meet Cleveland in Detroit.
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Clarke County real estate transfers and a swimming question
Clarke County transfers show John George Markely and Ger al d ine E Markley to Virginia for a Chapel District highway project. Shenandoah Retreat Corp B to John Beebe and Virginia Beebe, Lot 214 Block 2H Unit 2. Clifford Nicholson and Betty Nicholson to Elizabeth Elsen, lot east of Boyce White Post highway. Willingham couple to Robert Bray, Rt 340 Battletown district. Royston couple to AT and T Co of Virginia, Chapel district, about 28 acres. E G A Why is it easier for a child to learn to swim than walk because water supports and swimming needs less balancing and coordination.
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Robert R. Bray
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Doris Royston
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
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Busy Tommy Tibbs Faces Lulu Perez
Boston lightweight Tommy Tibbs battles Brooklyn’s Lulu Perez in a 10 round TV matchup. Tibbs sports a 9-1-1 record this year with wins over Ippolito Bell and Salas, while Perez has gone even in seven bouts and posted losses to Gomes Salas and Boysaw.
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