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-====== January 30, 1960 ====== +{{page>1960_news#january 30, 1960}}
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-===== News ===== +
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-• Following a strong lobbying effort by Barron Hilton and Frank Leahy of the Los Angeles Chargers, the American Football League awarded its eighth franchise to the group from Oakland +
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-• The Oakland partnership consisted of eight men: developer [[Art Beckett]], restaurateur [[Harvey Binns]], stockbroker [[Don Blessing]], contractor [[Charles Harney]], developer [[Ed McGah]], manufacturer [[Robert Osborne]], contractor [[Chet Soda]], and developer [[Wayne Valley]] +
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-• Former Navy football coach and Millbrae resident Eddie Erdelatz, currently a candidate for the opening with the University of California position, said he would be interested in coaching the Oakland team +
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-===== In Print ===== +
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-“Pro Football Vote Favors Oakland Bid”, Bud Tehaney, //Oakland Tribune// +
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-  * <fs x-small>Subhead: “Oakland Back in AFL Favor”</fs> +
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-  * <fs x-small>Subhead: “Voting Tide Swings Away from Atlanta”</fs> +
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-  * <fs x-small>Tags: Barron Hilton, Los Angeles Chargers, Joe Foss, Frank Leahy, Robert Osborne (quote), Chet Soda, George McKeon, Bernard Hagan, Ted Harrer (quote), Estes Kefauver</fs> +
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-“Hilton Selling Oakland to AFL”, UPI, //Hayward Daily Review// +
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-  * <fs x-small>Subhead: “Rumors Put East Bay Back in Running for 8th Franchise”</fs> +
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-  * <fs x-small>Tags: Barron Hilton, Los Angeles Chargers, Joe Foss, Lamar Hunt, Dallas Texans</fs> +
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-“SF Out; AFL Votes 6-1 Against Oakland”, UPI, //San Francisco Chronicle// +
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-  * <fs x-small>Subhead: “Atlanta Looms as 8th Team in New Grid Loop”</fs> +
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-  * <fs x-small>Tags: Joe Foss, Lamar Hunt, John Breen, Houston Oilers, Walter Wolfner</fs> +
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-“Memo to the Boss”, Jesse Outlar, //Atlanta Constitution// +
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-  * <fs x-small>Tags: column, William Fields, Frank Leahy, Los Angeles Chargers, Joe Foss, Barron Hilton</fs> +
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-“Thrilled Jim Clay Knew It ‘All the Time’”, Dick Sewell, //Atlanta Constitution// +
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-  * <fs x-small>Subhead: “Starved Atlanta Hopes Are High”</fs> +
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-  * <fs x-small>Tags: Jim Clay (quote), Perry Ballard, Jack Rice, Frank Leahy, Los Angeles Chargers, Barron Hilton, Lamar Hunt, Manuel Maloof</fs> +
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-“AFL Favors Atlanta”, AP, //Miami Herald// +
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-  * <fs x-small>Tags: Joe Foss, Lamar Hunt, Dallas Texans, Clint Murchison, Bedford Wynne</fs> +
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-“Hope Fading for Bay Bid”, Ed Fite, //San Francisco Examiner// +
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-  * <fs x-small>Subhead: “AFL Is 5-2 for Atlanta:”</fs> +
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-  * <fs x-small>Tags: Joe Foss, Lamar Hunt, John Breen, Houston Oilers, Walter Wolfner, Los Angeles Chargers, Estes Kefauver</fs> +
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-<prespan>[[january-29-1960|< Jan 29, 1960]]          [[january-31-1960|Jan 31, 1960 >]]</prespan>+
  
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