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...after all these months, I am convinced I should have done it much earlier." Last week the court did find her guilty, but gave her only a one-week suspended sentence and a year's probation. Even that was considered a defeat by her supporters. Outside the courthouse, home-town friends each handed her a single flower in sympathy...
...home court and home-town referee advantage failed to help the freshman cagers last night as they lost their season finale to the University of New Hampshire, 55-48, to finish the season with a 8-10 record...
After graduation, Wooden married his home-town sweetheart Nell Riley and took a job as a high school coach in Dayton, Ky., where he introduced his breakneck style by whacking the players with a paddle as they ran down the court. In his first season, his team compiled a 6-11 record-his first and only losing season in nearly 40 years of coaching. After moving back to Indiana in 1934, he coached and taught English at South Bend Central High School during the week and played semi-pro basketball with the Kautsky Grocers of Indianapolis for $50 a game...
...than merits his Heisman Trophy. U.S.C., which savaged Ohio State 42-17 in the Rose Bowl, is undeniably No. 1. Oklahoma Freshman Tinker Owens, who caught one scoring pass and set up another in the Sooners' 14-0 shutout of Penn State in the Sugar Bowl, could make home-town fans forget Big Brother Steve, the 1969 Heisman Trophy winner. And Alabama, which lost to Texas 17-13 in the Cotton Bowl, was swindled-as the instant replay clearly showed. Longhorn Quarterback Alan Lowry stepped out of bounds while running for his game-winning 34-yd. touchdown...
...Marcus opened a big store right across from a Sakowitz outlet in suburban Post Oak. The stores sell generally the same kind of goods, the main difference being that some prices are higher at Neiman-Marcus, inspiring customers to dub it "Needless Markup." Most Houstonians remain loyal to the home-town retailers. At Post Oak, the one point where the two compete, Sakowitz's sales are about 25% higher than those of Neiman-Marcus...