Shortest Reign Ever Maybe Miss Black America Picked
Linda Barney became Miss Black America after Diane Jackson relinquished the title to accept a singing contract. Jackson crowned Barney at the Hollywood Palladium then announced her own departure. Barney, 19, from New Jersey, will receive prizes including 5000 dollars and a year of career support.
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Los Angeles
Linda Barney
Diane Jackson
Miss Jackson
New Jersey
Anderson
Miss Barney
Rain Drops Ohio State Fair Attendance Record Hopes
Attendance at the 1972 Ohio State Fair dipped 31,000 from last year after a rainy start. By Sunday the 4th day, 789,618 had attended, with 244,918 on Sunday though officials expected a peak by Sept. 4. Cars on grounds set a record while two queens were crowned and livestock events awarded top prizes.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ance
Ohio Highway Patrol
Becky Leppert
Franklin County
Sheree Kindinger
Madison
Ohio Office Education Association
Deaf Mute Drowns While Fishing Trip Near Athens
A four-year-old deaf mute, Carl Dewey Bragg of Newark, wandered from a family campsite and drowned in the Hocking River near Coolville. The five hour search recovered his body after breakfast. His mother was treated for shock at a local hospital.
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Athens, Ohio
Hocking River
Athens County
Carl Dewey Bragg
Newark
Hocking
Coolville
Girl to Have Thymus Gland Transplant in Ohio
Eight year old Julie Dull, a cystic fibrosis patient from Chil dren's Hospital in Columbus, will receive a thymus gland transplant from a deceased infant donor. The operation, modeled after Mayo Clinic work, aims to boost infection resistance. timing is pending. A fund drive by Julie's family friends seeks to cover expenses.
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van Wert
Ohio
Julie Dull
Children's Hospital
Columbus
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Julie
Lynda
James Dull
First Hog Cholera Case Detected in Ohio Darke County farm
Ohio reports one confirmed hog cholera case on the Richard Saunders farm near Greenville in Darke County with 248 hogs to be slaughtered and buried today. Officials say eight cases are under investigation and a Kentucky outbreak prompted Ohio to ban imports from that state.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Agriculture Department
Harry Goldstein
Division of Animal Industries
Richard Saunders
Greenville
Darke County
Goldstein
Statewide ban on hog movement in Kentucky amid cholera outbreak
Kentucky State Veterinarian Maddox announced a 30 day ban on feeder hog movement and a two week ban on slaughter hogs starting at midnight Sunday to curb a hog cholera outbreak that has reached Ohio. About 1,550 hogs have been destroyed with $75,000 in indemnity. fed eral and state governments share the cost.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Ohio
Maddox
Portcullis Defines Fortress Gate Feature
A portcullis is a strong moving gate paralleled by vertical grooves at the top of a fortress gateway, sliding up and down to control entry and security.
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J. Morris Anderson
Joyce Warner
Linda
Hubert Potts
Maceo
John Drake
Camden
Mich
Connie Kline
Polk
Ashland County
Dave Arnet
Brookville
Montgomery County
Quietcove Holstein Farm
Wapakoneta
Quietcove
Jim Downing
Progress
Barnitz
F.d.1.c. Myi
Athens
Hauselman Transportation CO
Park
Wisconsin
National Life
ED Simpkins
Middletown
Marietta
Tata
Sola Jcusion Square
Ems
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