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 +|[[february-11-1960|< Feb 11, 1960]]     |[[1960 calendar|Back to Calendar]]     |[[february-15-1960|Feb 15, 1960 >]]|
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 ======February 13, 1960====== ======February 13, 1960======
  
 ======February 14, 1960====== ======February 14, 1960======
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 +=====The Big Story=====
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 +The team now had actual offices to work out of at the First Western Bank Building on Broadway in Oakland.
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 +=====In Print=====
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 +**Oakland Tribune**
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 +"Pro Team Faces Unequaled Task," Scotty Stirling, 57\\
 +"Man Who Knows Lauds Marv Levy," Alan Ward, 59\\
 +"'Oaks Continue Search for Executive; Set Headquarters," 59\\
 +"It's Erdelatz," 117
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 +**San Francisco Chronicle**
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 +"Keep Pros Out of UC Stadium," 64
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 +**San Francisco Examiner**
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 +"Stadium Studied," 43
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 +|[[february-12-1960|< Feb 12, 1960]]     |[[1960 calendar|Back to Calendar]]     |[[february-15-1960|Feb 15, 1960 >]]|
  
 ======February 15, 1960====== ======February 15, 1960======
  
-=====News=====+=====The Big Story===== 
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 +Lamar Hunt said he doubted the Oakland team would get approval to use Cal's stadium and that they would probably play in Candlestick Park. 
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 +=====In Print===== 
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 +**Oakland Tribune**
  
-The Port of Oakland Commission approved a pair of sites on a conditional basis for the construction of a municipal stadium, including one near the airport in San Leandro and another near the Oakland Auditorium (now the Kaiser Convention Center) on the south end of Lake Merritt.+"Hayward Gets Refund on Expenses," 23\\ 
 +"AFL Undecided on Allowing Gridders in All-Star Game," 41
  
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-|[[february-11-1960|< Feb 11, 1960]]     |[[1960 calendar|Back to Calendar]]     |[[february-16-1960|Feb 16, 1960 >]]|+|[[february-14-1960|< Feb 14, 1960]]     |[[1960 calendar|Back to Calendar]]     |[[february-16-1960|Feb 16, 1960 >]]|
  
 ======February 16, 1960====== ======February 16, 1960======
  
-=====News=====+=====The Big Stories=====
  
-The team announced that ticket prices for the 1960 season would be $4.50 for single-game tickets and $31.50 for a season ticket package.+The team announced that ticket prices for the 1960 season would be $4.50 for single-game tickets and $31.50 for a season ticket package. The other big news was the Oakland Board of Port Commissioners voting to make a pair of sites available for the construction of a sports stadium, contingent upon voter approval of a bond measure to pay for the facility. 
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 +=====In Print===== 
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 +**Alameda Times Star** 
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 +"Two Stadium Sites Get OK," 7 
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 +**Oakland Tribune** 
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 +"Port Board Offers Sites for Stadiums--With Strings," 2\\ 
 +"Hayward Citizens' Unit Hints Councilman Recall Move,", 4\\ 
 +"Prices Set for Oakland Grid Games," 33 
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 +**San Francisco Chronicle** 
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 +"Stadium Land Voted to Oakland," 34 
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 +**San Francisco Examiner** 
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 +"Hayward Councilman Out $700 in AFL Campaign, 49 
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 +**Vallejo Times-Herald** 
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 +"Keep the Professionals Out," 10
  
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 ======February 17, 1960====== ======February 17, 1960======
  
-=====News=====+=====In Print=====
  
-The Oakland City Council approved a plan to undertake a study designed to find a site and prepare an estimated budget for the building of a multi-purpose stadium.+**San Francisco Examiner** 
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 +"Season Tickets for Oakland on Sale," 45\\ 
 +"Oakland Gets Grid Report," 45
  
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 ======February 18, 1960====== ======February 18, 1960======
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 +=====The Big News=====
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 +The team's desire to use Cal's stadium met with rejection from nearly everyone north of the Oakland city line, including the Berkeley City Council and Chamber of Commerce, but the Oakland folks were still plugging away. Next up was a presentation tomorrow to the Cal Board of Regents, with everyone from the team's owners to the top executives of the city of Oakland and Alameda County to various Oakland business leaders making their plea.
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 +=====In Print=====
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 +**Oakland Tribune**
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 +"New Hearing on UC Pro Football," 6\\
 +"Councilman Plans Quiz on Expenses," 20
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 +|[[february-17-1960|< Feb 17, 1960]]     |[[1960 calendar|Back to Calendar]]     |[[february-19-1960|Feb 19, 1960 >]]|
  
 ======February 19, 1960====== ======February 19, 1960======
  
-=====News=====+=====The Big Story===== 
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 +Oakland politicians and business leaders put together a "13-point plan" intended to persuade the Cal Board of Regents to let the team make Memorial Stadium their temporary home. They argued that other schools have let pro ball on campus without triggering the end of the world and that Cal was being hidebound and, well, un-neighborly. The board members weren't moved and rejected the proposal by a 21-3 vote. 
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 +=====In Print===== 
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 +**Oakland Tribune** 
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 +"Pro Football at UC Gets New Hearing," Dave Hope, 1\\ 
 +"Top Priority, 19 
 + 
 +**San Francisco Chronicle** 
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 +"Regents to Decide on AFL Bid Today," Bill Leiser, 32 
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 +**San Francisco Examiner**
  
-Area “civic and governmental leaders” made a presentation to the University of California’s Board of Regents with the goal of persuading them to allow the team to use Memorial Stadium on a temporary basis. At the close of the presentation, the board voted against the proposal, 21-3.+"New Bid for UC Stadium," Bill Mulligan, 56
  
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 ======February 20, 1960====== ======February 20, 1960======
  
 +=====The Big Story=====
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 +Now that the only reasonable East Bay playing site had been ruled out, the team had no choice but to look to San Francisco for help. That meant either Kezar Stadium, the home of the 49ers, or Candlestick Park, newly-built home of the Giants. Robert Osborne's stated preference was for Candlestick, though no football had ever been played there.
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 +=====In Print=====
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 +**Oakland Tribune**
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 +"UC Stadium Out--Pros Turn to SF," 10
 +
 +**San Francisco Chronicle**
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 +"Oakland Pros Denied Cal Stadium," 25
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 +**San Francisco Examiner**
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 +"UC Regents Reject Oakland Pro Bid," Bob Brachman, 37
 ======February 21, 1960====== ======February 21, 1960======
  
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 ======February 23, 1960====== ======February 23, 1960======
  
-=====News=====+=====The Big News=====
  
-The team announced that co-owner [[Art Beckett]] was relinquishing his share of the team. Beckett’s share was taken up by [[Roger Lapham]], Jr., an insurance executive whose father had been San Francisco’s mayor in the 1940s.+[[Art Beckett]] was out. He'd been named among the eight men to whom the franchise had been awarded, but he'd never made any public appearances or statements in regard to the team. There was no hint of why he was selling out. Was it money? Disinterest? Incompatibility? Who knows? His association with the team was never mentioned again in the press, even at the time of his death. Taking over his share of the team was [[Roger Lapham]], Jr., an insurance executive whose father had been San Francisco's mayor in the 1940s.
  
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 ======February 24, 1960====== ======February 24, 1960======
  
-=====News=====+=====The Big Story=====
  
-The Hayward City Council approved a measure that would put a stadium bond measure on the ballot in April. The measure would allow the city to issue $7 million in bonds with the express goal of building a place for Oakland’s team to play.+The AFL owners announced were coming to town for a league meeting March 3-4. A substantial portion of their agenda would be coming up with a plan to stock the Oakland franchise with players. The team had signing rights to the Minneapolis/St Paul draft picks, but several of those players had been signed by other AFL teams in the meantime and things were bound to get a bit messy.
  
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 ======February 28, 1960====== ======February 28, 1960======
  
-=====News=====+=====The Big Story=====
  
-The Tribune reported that former Stanford star receiver and Oakland High School graduate Chris Burford said he would be interested in playing for Oakland. Burford, a member of the Dallas Texans, said Oakland’s hiring of [[Eddie Erdelatz]] was the big draw.+Stanford receiver and Oakland High School graduate went on record saying he was interested in playing for Oakland, despite being under contract to the Dallas Texans. Texans owner Lamar Hunt said Burford told him he didn't want to play in Oakland and asked him not to be traded to them. Burford acknowledged saying that, but added that Oakland's hiring of [[Eddie Erdelatz]] caused a change of heart.
  
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 ======February 29, 1960====== ======February 29, 1960======
  
 +=====The Big Story=====
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 +The Oakland Chamber of Commerce was looking forward to wining and dining AFL commissioner Joe Foss at a dinner in his honor on March 3, the first evening of the league's meetings in Oakland.
 ======March 1, 1960====== ======March 1, 1960======
  
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