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A fact from Earl T. Newbry appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 November 2008, and was viewed approximately 2,013 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that after a plane crash killed the Governor of Oregon and the next two people in line for that office, the new governor's first act was to appoint Earl T. Newbry as Secretary of State?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/November.

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This article will need a lot more work. I'm gonna try and hunt down some news clippings about the plane crash and how the appointments were chosen. --Emk4ever (talk) 02:27, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]