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Circus Aerialist Mary Lou Lawrence Performs at Zor Temple Shrine Circus
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Mary Lou Lawrence, and assistant Larry Ruhl, watching an act at the Zor Temple-William Kay Shrine circus performance at the Dane County Fairground Arena. Miss Lawrence, a circus solo aerialist from Crown Point, Indiana, performed for the first time in public since she fell 35 feet from her trapeze while performing two years previously with the Shrine Circus in Madison.
February 25, 1965
Sroda, Richard
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