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Boys Nation Elects Leader In Model Government Contest
Ronald Timothy McCoy 17 of Nogales Ariz was elected president of the American Legion Boys Nation in College Park Md defeating Burton C Smith Jr 16 of West Palm Beach Fla by 68 votes to 32 One hundred delegates participated in the annual workshop to study the federal government A separate vote named James Stephen Pridgeon 17 of Chula Vista Calif as vice president with Douglas Ken Earl 17 of Moses Lake Wash as the Federalist contender for that post The model cabinet includes officials such as John T Waters James Donald Snyder J David Nutt and others with McCoy nominating Burton Clinton Smith Jr as ambassador to the United Nations.
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College Park
The
American Legion
U. S
James Stephen Pridgeon
Chula Vista
Calif
Douglas Ken Earl
Pridgeon
McCoy
John T. Waters
Phoenix
Ariz
Treasury
James Donald Snyder
Xenia
Ohio
Defense
J. David Nutt
Baldwin
Kan
Army
Greenville
Miss
Supreme Court
Joseph Paul Jackson
Lancaster
Rodney G. Peacock
Champaigne
Til
Alfred Ferrer Ill
Lawton
Oklo
Edward Anthony Lemma
Portland
Ore
Leon H. Alberts, Jr
Abita Springs
George Everett, Jr
Munford
Ala
Thomas Joseph Tomazin
Lamar
Colo
John Charles Peterson
Topeka
Louie Burton Barnes III
Carthage
Burton Clinton Smith, Jr
West Palm Beach
Fla
United Nations