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Las Vegas resident competes in wheelchair event

Tuesday, June 29, 1999 | 10:22 a.m.

Kenny Rogers, a disabled Navy veteran from Las Vegas, competed in the 19th National Veterans Wheelchair Games this month in Puerto Rico. Rogers, 73, a combat veteran of World War II, is a paraplegic. He was a contestant in the discus and javelin throws, air guns and the 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard freestyle in swimming.

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