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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1952

Page

9

Kansas State Grabs Top Spot In AP Cage Poll

Kansas State rises to first in the AP basketball poll while La Salle drops to third after DePaul victory. Seton Hall moves to second as Tulsa and Minnesota crack the top ten amid a reshuffled ranking based on games through last Saturday night. Kansas State beat Yale 79 70 in the Big Seven Tournament, and Oklahoma fell in the week.

New York Kansas State Associated Press la Salle Philadelphia DePaul Seton Mall Tulsa Minnesota Oast Louisiana State North Carolina State LSC N. C. State St. John’s Brooklyn Milnois Oklahoma Falls Oklahoma Seton Hall le Salle Yale Kansas City Illinois Washington Holy Cross Oklahoma A&m Western Kentucky State Indiana Seattle Bonaventure Oklahoma City C Telede Notre Dame Wayne An

Sedgman Gregor Win Davis Cup Foe Misses Mark in Four

Ken Mi and Frank Sedgman faced a tough match as Gregor Sedgman and Tony Trabert collapsed under pressure. The Aussies won 6-3 6-4 1-6 4-0 while Seixas and Trabert failed to rally, drawing a capacity 15 000 crowd. McGregor delivered brilliant tennis, dominating the court and leaving the Americans with little counterplay. The Americans started strong but faded as Sedgman and his partner closed out.

Tony Trabert Ken Mi Frank Sedgman Senate Seixas Trabert McGregor Sedgman

K State Eyes Third Big Seven Tourney Title Tonight

Kansas State seeks a third Big Seven Tournament crown as they face Kansas in a high stakes clash. The Wildcats reached the final by beating Yale 79-70 while Kansas edged URI 66-62 in a packed hotel holiday tourney scene across major venues.

Sawyer Quits Phillies to Enter Private Business

Former Ithaca professor Eddie Sawyer announced his resignation as Philadelphia Phillies manager. After 18 years in the majors and minors, he will move into private business, citing a desire for greater earnings. He leaves mid season with Steve O Neil succeeding him and faces contract questions estimated at 70 thousand dollars due under the three year deal.

Pry Meetor Eddie Law Philadelphia Phillies Ithaca N. Y Eeefessor Phillies Steve O'Neil Pittsburgh Pirates Sawyer

DeSpirito Seeks All Time Driving Mark

Jockey Tony DeSpirito rides four winners at Tropical Park to push his total to 385, three short of the 388 record set 46 years ago. He has mounts in five of nine races on today’s program and could add more before post time.

Miami Fila Tony DeSpirito DeSpirito Tropical Park

Current proof coins sold at Philadelphia Mint

The question asks where to obtain proof coins. The answer notes that current proof coins are sold at the Philadelphia Mint, indicating the official source for purchasers.

Philadelphia

Loyola and San Francisco Abandon Football Today

Sports Mirror recalls past campus football shifts with Loyola of Los Angeles and San Francisco University both abandoning the game. It notes historical college competition and a 1930s Sugar Bowl overtime victory by Holy Cross over NC State.

Loyola of Los Angeles San Francisco University Holy Cross North Carolina State Cornelius Warmerdam NCAA Maj John L. Griffith Chicago

Rescue Truck Runs Two Red Traffic Lights in Richmond

Miss Doris Porterfield of Salem remained in critical condition at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital after a fire injured her face and upper body. Russell Davis, the rescue truck driver, ran two red signals to speed her to care despite a city rule requiring red lights to be observed.

Richmond Doris Porterfield Salem Medical College of Virginia Porterfield A. C. Crawford Russell Davis Davis Davis Said He Ran the Lights Because Miss Porterfield

Notable Taft statues on display across cities

Notable Lorado Taft works are shown in several venues including Columbus Memorial on Station Plaza Washington DC Solitude of the Soul at the Chicago Art Institute Ferguson Fountain in Chicago Thatcher Memorial in Denver Fountain of Time in Chicago Alma Mater at the University of Illinois and The Pioneers in Baton Rouge.

Lorado Taft B. K Columbus Memorial Station Plaza Washington, D. C Chicago Art Institute Ferguson Chicago Thatcher Denver University of Illinois the Pioneers Baton Rouge

Hollywood 1952s Ten Biggest Space Grabbers

A 1952 Hollywood roundup lists Marilyn Monroe Charlie Chaplin Walter Wanger Marie Lanza Johnny Ray Lana Turner and Howard Hughes among the era s top headline makers as publicity and personal troubles kept them in the public eye with studio tangles legal issues and romance rumors fueling the year s chatter.

Hollywood Glamorville Walter Wanger Johnny Ray Lana Turner Bob Topping Fernando Lamas Howard Hughes RKO

Chemist William A. Wooten Dies in Williamsburg

William A. Wooten, 52, a Bell Telephone Co. chemist and head of the chemical physics department at Bell Labs Murray Hill New Jersey, died yesterday in Williamsburg Virginia while visiting relatives. An autopsy was planned to determine the death cause.

Williamsburg Leland A. Wooten Bell Telephone Co Wooten Bell Laboratories Murray Hill New Jersey

Year’s Top Film Stars Highlight Romance and Triumph

The year featured sweeping showbiz news with Hughes’ emic deal, Rita Hayworth’s high profile marriage and film comeback, Humphrey Bogart finally earning an Oscar for The African Queen, and Lucille Ball dominating television with Desi Arnaz while publicizing a famously anticipated baby.

Nancial Hughes Rita Hayworth Prince Aly Khan Rita Humphrey Bogart Academy Bogart Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz

Boyle Predicts 1953 Oddities and Uplifts From The Era

HAL BOYLE foresees a year of quirks and progress including political twists in Korea, a Notre Dame undefeated season, new cheap frozen foods, rising living costs, fashion shifts, and a surge in memoirs and diaries among ex officials and politicians as society aims for stability amid change in 1953.

Apri Florida North Carolina Frank Leahy Notre Dame Washington

In Memoriam Annie B Stuart Remembrance Poem

In memory of our dear mother and grandmother Annie B. Stuart who passed away three years ago today. You slept away peacefully, no goodbyes, God took you home to Heaven to live with Him on high. By her children and grandchildren dated December 30, 2011.

Annie B. Stuart Heaven

Watson Heads Virginia Travel Council Film Showing

L. V. Watson owner of the Elms Tourist Court will lead a January 5 film event at the George Washington Hotel under the Virginia Travel Council. The program features The Billion Dollar Story and other Virginia advertising films with local pictures and VT C volunteers, presented by Mrs. Julian Gilkeson and Vin L. Paris.

L. V. Watson Elms Tourist Court George Washington Hotel At & P.m Virginia Travel Council V.T.C Seaboard Canada Florida Virginia Julian Gilkeson Vt.c Vin L. Paris

Sugar dissolves quickly in water at varying temperatures

Ordinary table sugar dissolves in about one third its bulk of cold water and in even less water if the water is hot.

Grandma Bank Robber to Plead Innocent in Court

Mrs Ethel Arata known as the grandma bandit will plead innocent to three counts of bank robbery. Her attorney Joan Martin says the defense rests on an uncontrollable love for humanity. Arata, 52, is linked to son of the late Robert Catts of New York.

Los Angeles Ethel Arata Atty Joan Martin

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