DATE: Sunday, September 14, 1997            TAG: 9709140080

SECTION: FRONT                   PAGE: A3   EDITION: FINAL 

SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS 

DATELINE: ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.               LENGTH:   19 lines

MISS ILLINOIS CROWNED MISS AMERICA 1998; MISS N.C. IS RUNNER-UP TRYING TO BOOST RATINGS, PAGEANT BROUGHT BACK TWO-PIECE SWIMSUITS

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ASSOCIATED PRESS

Miss Illinois Katherine Shindle, 20, an aspiring actress, was

crowned Miss America 1998 on Saturday. KEYWORDS: MISS AMERICA PAGEANT WINNER

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