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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1985
Page
17
Gene Ballard of Florence Arizona wins the men’s title at the 1985 U S National Fast Draw contest proving the fastest gun in the West and beyond. Carol Cozzitotto of Morgan Hill California takes the women’s division amid four events using .45 caliber single action pistols including wax and balloon targets.
DETROIT AP Silvio Ciccone waited in the wings during Madonna’s two sold out Detroit Cobo Arena performances. He stepped on stage to pull his daughter from the spotlight as she closed the show. Madonna later praised his performance saying, Wasn’t my dad great.
Janet Kaizer rushed home from a European concert tour to defend her World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing title at the Monticello Railway Museum fund-raiser. For the second year running she won, with 13 contestants from Maryland to Oklahoma. Paul Gronemeier finished second and Steve Bangert third while Dorothy Baldwin and Jim Dossa earned honorable mention.
Polish immigrant Waldemar Horwat, 16, non English speaker turned math prodigy, designs his own high school curriculum and aims for MIT. Finalist in the Mathematical Olympiad, he will train at West Point before representing the United States in Helsinki. He recently became a U.S. citizen.
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