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Miss America comes to Lexington, 1970
Posted on May 15, 2016 | in Uncategorized | by Lexington Herald-Leader
18-month-old Gregory Popan of Hazard greeted Miss America 1969, Judith Anne Ford, when she got off the plane at Blue Grass Field on Feb. 20, 1970. Popan was at the Lexington airport to greet his grandparents when he met the beauty queen. Ford was in town to be the master of ceremonies for the Miss University of Kentucky pageant. Published in the Lexington Herald and The Lexington Leader on Feb. 21, 1970.
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