Names in the News - Dec. 9, 1987
Pete Newell, former basketball coach at the University of San Francisco and California, and former general manager of the Lakers, is scheduled to receive the Order of the Sacred Treasure from the government of Japan, in appreciation of his work with the Japanese basketball team since 1960.
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