James Wood Keeps Unbeaten Streak In Comeback Win
James Wood in non league action edged Loudoun County 50-41 as Goode 18 points and Baughman 10 helped erase a halftime deficit. The Raiders led 29-20 at the break before the Colonels surged to victory on their home court.
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District 10
Montevideo
Handley Quint
Maroons
James Wood
Loudoun County
Raiders
Broadway
Shenandoah
Satunton
Harrisburg
Turner Ashby
Wilson Memorial
Harrisonburg
Blue Streaks
Clarke County
Berryville
Eagles
Loudoun
Dickie Goode
Mickey Baughman
Quint
Bob Barrett
Colonels
Goode
Wendell Dick
Baughman
Ondom
Carlton Everhart
Bowling Standings and High Scores in Local League Action
Bayliss Real Estate paced by Briscoe Ginn and Lynn Carpenter led the B League with a 1759 set on a night of mixed results. Crowser Transfer posted 1653 with three wins, while Glaize & Bro. topped Southern Bakeries at 1670 in three victories. Stephenson Grocery claimed first place with 1642 in straight wins over Schewel Furniture.
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Bayliss
Bureau of Mines
Briscoe Ginn
Ralph Lamp
Chauncey Snapp
Arthur Gilkey
Lynn Carpenter
Beth Lamp
Carpenter
Crowser
Valley Fruit & Candy
Frankie Snapp
Clifford Nichols
Emmertt Taylor
Ed Lewis
Glaize & Bro
Jim Fiddier
Shorty Bill
Donald Smith
Bakery Boys
Brakeshoe
Bell Clothes
Wally Dill
Willie Slonaker
Gene Funkhouser
Dick Renner
Bell
Stephenson Grocery
Schewel
Bill Carter
Riley Loy
Floy Luttrell
Floyd Luttrell
Frederick County
Richard Sheetz
Doug Chaney
Bill Boden
Clearbrook Woolen
Amoco
Bayliss Real Realty
Brakeshoe Cafe
Crowser Transfer
Southern Bakeries
Schewel Furniture
Bureau of Monesq
Ae Valley Fruitee Ind
Sheetz
Boden
Ind
VMI Could Grab Schedule-Ending Berth In So Conference Tourney
Virginia Military Institute, Furman and Washington & Lee hold the final eight berth chances in the Southern Conference tourney race. If any of the trio can win two of their remaining eight league games, they threaten to upset the top seven teams led by West Virginia and The Citadel. Furman’s 108 95 win over Presbyterian is noted as its second victory in 11 overall starts.
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West Virginia
Citadel
Davidson
George Washington
Richmond
Virginia Tech
William & Mary
Virginia Military
Furman
Washington & Lee
VMI
Paladins
W&l
Presbyterian
Christian Farm Aid ships livestock to 25 countries in 1956
New Windsor Md Heifer Project Inc a program aiding Christian farmers abroad shipped 791 cattle 665 sheep 388 goats 71302 chicks 21217 hatching eggs 65 pigs 166 rabbits and 25 hives of bees to 25 countries during 1956.
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New Windsor
Heifer Project Inc
Death Valley Scotty dies at 81 in California desert castle
O A Walter E. Scott known as Death Valley Scotty died January 5 1954 in his desert castle at Stovepipe Wells California aged 81.
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A. Walter E. Scott
Death Valley
Welterweight Contender Alleges Doping After Fight
New Orleans welterweight Andrew Brown, freed from prison seven months earlier, claims two pink pills given by rival Charley Joseph dulled his senses before facing Billy Lynch. Joseph denied involvement and said he was not in Brown's dressing room. The Boxing Commission will await police findings before action.
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New Orleans
Andrew Brown
Charley Joseph
Brown
Billy Lynch
Hartford
Conn
Joseph
Ring Magazine
Boxing Commission
Lynch
Collis Phillips
Buck Shaw Leaves Air Force Academy
Denver reports Buck Shaw and Air Force Academy parted ways by mutual consent ending his five year contract with three years left. Frank Leahy and former Kansas coach Chuck Mather were floated as possible replacements. Col. George Simler seeks a successor within a month and hints at several candidates without naming them.
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Denver
Frank Leahy
Kansas
Chuck Mather
Lawrence T (Buck) Shaw
Air Force Academy
Academy
Shaw
George B. Simler
Leahy
Mather
Ben Martin
University of Virginia
New Battle Cry for Republicans in 1958 campaign
Washington report notes a new fourth P added to the 1956 slogan Peace progress and prosperity turning into Peace progress and prosperity preparedness in 1958. William H. Rentschler of Illinois, national campaign director of the Young Republican National Federation, proposed the updated battle cry during a talk to about 300 Young Republicans at a five day leadership school. He said President Eisen- wencontinued.
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Washington
William H. Rentschler
Mllnois
Young Republican National Federation
Rentschler
Eisen
Mayer Refuses $50,000 Exhibition Offer in Golf Career
Dick Mayer, 1950s National Open champion, rejects a plan to play 30 exhibitions for $50,000. He cites the program’s demands, including TV appearances, as jeopardizing his focus on golf and his place in the circuit. Other stars like Toski, Boros, and Worsham took similar offers, hurting their careers.
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New York
Dick Mayer
Mayer
Tom O'Shanter
George
May
Lew Worsham
Bob Toski
Julius Boros
Ted Kroll
Toski
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Charles Rinker
Bud Sampson
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Montevideo Warren
Elkton Strasburg
Handley Harrisonburg
Sullivan
Binker
Glass
Sibert
Crenshaw
Dix
R. Hinkle
Berry
Shifflett
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M. Hinkle
Life
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Colts
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Cardinals
Ronald Alae
Sam Hepner
Mike Perry
Gary Strickler
Fletcher
Perry
Hepner
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Johnny's Sport Shop
W. Boscawen
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Associated Press
Buncutter Coo., Inc
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Christian Farm Aid
Death Valley Scotty
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