Kentucky Remains No 1 as Top Ten Shuffles in Poll
Kentucky repeats as the nation's top team in the AP basketball poll with 1 037 points. San Francisco rises to second while North Carolina State falls to third after mixed results. George Washington and Utah advance three spots to sixth and seventh as Maryland slips to eighth. UCLA moves to ninth and Illinois completes the top ten. Missouri drops from eighth to 12th after losses.
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Iwo Jima Hero Ira Hayes Dies at 32 in Sacaton
Ira Hayes, one of the Marine flag raisers at Iwo Jima, is found dead on the Sacaton Indian reservation at age 32. Official cause is prolonged exposure to freezing weather and heavy alcohol use, tracing a tragic fall from wartime fame to peacetime distress.
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Selvy Drives Hawks Scoring Pacing Pro Rookies
Rookie Frank Selvy of the Milwaukee Hawks leads the NBA in points with 915 and a 21.3 game average after another 132 points last week. Teammate Bob Pettit has 875 points, while Neil Johnston trails in fourth with 827 as Rochester beat Milwaukee 97 86 in Louisville with Selvy scoring 21.
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Sporting Goods Show Planned Here Thursday and Friday
A fishing tackle and sporting goods show will run Thursday and Friday at the George Washington Hotel. It will welcome dealers from eight Northern Virginia counties and the general public. Exhibits include fishing tackle firearms boats and outboard motors. Cliff Edwards of Schindle Rober and Company predicts a strong year for local sportsmen due to conservation efforts.
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Daily Crossword Across Clues Fragmented List
Puzzle clues scattered as a long OCR read with numbers and partial phrases. It lists many across items including large reading desk, Portuguese navigator, and various definitions, but the full grid and clear answers are missing.
Young and Adams Eye Big Paydays After KO Wins
Paddy Young and Petey Adams scored one punch KO wins on television and eye a non title bout with Carl Olson at Chicago Stadium on Feb 16. Young could net about 10000 dollars for backing New Yorker as he stopped Tony Johnson in 1 05 of the fifth at Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway Arena. Adams won in 2 51 of the ninth at St Nicholas Arena over Angelo Brisci in his American debut and will fight in four weeks against Allie Gronik or Pat Lowrey.
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Hemric targets major college scoring mark at Wake Forest
Wake Forest center Dick Hemric, 6-6 tall and 227 pounds, needs 294 points to break the all time major college varsity scoring record. He has 2,245 points in three and a half seasons and a current 28.9 point season, needing only 24 points per game to finish the season with a new record.
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Musial Plans Final Push Before Retirement Goal
New York report says Stan Musial, a top NL hitter and the 3000 hit club member, contemplates retirement only after reaching one great ambition. He remains eager to cap his brilliant career with 909 in some major achievement.
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Toronto Eleven Defies Big Four No Raid Plan
The Toronto Argonauts announced signings of tackle Gil Mains from the Detroit Lions and guard Bill Albright from the New York Giants for the 1955 season. The team rejected a no raiding pact after talks in Philadelphia between Big Four officials and NFL Commissioner Bert Bell.
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Veteran slugger eyes 3000 hits milestone in majors
The player, entering his 14th season with 2,418 career hits, trails the 3,000 mark by 582. To reach it within three seasons he must average about 194 hits annually, after posting 195 last year.
USAF Enlistments Closed for January
The Air Force Recruiting office announced that as of last Wednesday no new enlistments will be accepted this month. Sgt McDorman overseeing the program said only re enlistments will be taken and a local quota applies.
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February applications open with four spots left
For February the limit was twelve and Sgt. McDorman stated eight applications have been received to date for next month. He urged anyone interested in being listed in February to submit their application now as only four places remain open.
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