Beauty contest bars boy at Santa Barbara fair
Santa Maria Ken Boxer, a 17 year old male, was banned by the county fair board from the 1975 Santa Barbara contest after entering as a contestant. He wore a one piece swimsuit and platform shoes, prompting objections from officials who enforced that contestants must be female. Boxer plans to pursue modeling and disputed the sex rule as illegal.
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A. i . Santa Maria
Ken Boxer
Santa Barbara
County Fair Board of Coiractors
Boxer
Ser ‘Boxer
Santa Barbara City
Igee
Immolated Man's Death Foretold by Birds Voices
Miami records show Anthony Townsend 23 admitted in 1973 and later set himself afire aboard an airliner, dying in the restroom. He had heard voices calling him a "sissy" and messages from birds predicting a death "like Martin Luther King."
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Miami
Upi
Anthony Townsend
Martin Luther King
Townsend
South Florida State Hospital
Pembroke Pines
National Airlines
New York
Army LSD tests on soldiers disclosed by former researcher
Retired Maj. Gen. Fellenz states LSD tests at Edgwood Arsenal and other Army posts from 1958 to 1967 involved volunteers who were told of possible doses. Some received placebos, results varied, with no known permanent harm. Washington Post notes Army and University of Maryland tests on hundreds, including unaware soldiers.
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Lloyd Pellenz
Feilenz
Fellenz
Maryland
Edgwood Arsenal
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Central Intelligence Agency
Fellenze
Washington Post
Army
University of Maryland
Elephant hunt volunteers sought for $20,000 elephants
Hugo Ola searches for volunteers and a low cost helicopter to locate elephants Isa and Lillie that fled six days ago from Carson-Barnes Circus winter quarters. About 40 workers, including horse clubs and sheriffs, are aiding. organizers seek free or donated helicopter time and broader county participation.
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Hugo, Ola
UPD
Isa
Lillie
Carson-Barnes
Dixie Loder
Fear Red leadership in Portugal
Lisbon report notes the Revolutionary Council dissolving the coalition and leaving only the Communists allied to the military. The Socialists and Popular Democrats urge mass rallies in the north against a potential Communist dictatorship as tensions rise over a nonpartisan military cabinet.
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Fear Red
Portugal
Lisbon
UPI
Revolutionary Council
Popular Democrats
Porto
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