Word: state
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Purdue (2-1-1)-was set back 15-0 by twice-beaten Ohio State...
...Miss America, Mississippi's custom-made (36-24-36) Lynda Lee Mead, 20, got a roaring welcome-home parade in her home town of Natchez (pop. 29,200) from some 50,000 curbsiders. In Jackson, state legislators, elated over Mississippi misses copping the Miss America crown two years in a row, passed a resolution commending Lynda Lee, authorized issuance of special, optional license plates for cars' front bumpers (price: $1). The legend: "Mississippi, Home of Miss Americas, Land of Beautiful Women...
...Louisiana State (5-0)-lost face in a frantic scramble to gasp past thrice-beaten Kentucky...
...four Southern Cal opponents this fall have made mistakes and watched the Trojans go, including the Big Ten's sturdy Ohio State, which gave up a humiliating 301 yds. on the ground, gained only 84 in a 17-0 loss. Alumni are trying to forget that they eyed young (35) Coach Clark with open suspicion when he took over in 1957, promptly won five, lost 14 and tied one in two seasons...
...jerk an opponent belly-first across the table. At wedding receptions and opulent wakes, muscular champions of Fingerhackln (finger wrestling) customarily duel for a girl's favors. Last week in the market hall at Rosenheim, 76 burly Bavarians met for the Fingerhackln championship of the entire state...