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25 Years Ago
Thursday, Aug. 22, 1974
A 450-pound bear was killed last week by Cliff Fincham at his home near Peola Mills, just over the line in Madison County. The bear killed eight shoats and three dogs before being downed with a shotgun. The bear attempted to climb a tree in the yard and the dogs attached him. The huge animal gave the dogs a whack with his front paw and killed two of them. After the animal climbed the tree, Mr. Fincham shot it with a 22 rifle, which only faintly impressed him, and later with a shotgun Mr. Fincham killed the beast. When the bear fell from the tree, he fell on top of one of the yapping dogs and squashed it. “Broke very bone in its body,” said Fincham. The White House has announced that Ollie Atkins, former personal photographer to President Richard Nixon and Chief White House Photographer, has been appointed by President Gerald Ford to the Post of Director of the
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