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From: mom@sfmag.UUCP (M.Modig)
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Subject: Re: The Rose Bowl (in N.C.?)
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> How many people know that the Rose Bowl was played in Durham,
> N.C. (Duke Univ.)? Anyone care to guess what year and why?

If I remeber correctly, it was during the war years, so I will guess
New Year's Day 1942 or '43.  It was because everyone on the West
Coast was expecting the Japanese to land any second, so, for civil
defense (blackouts and so forth) reasons, the game was moved East.

Mark Modig
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