<p>--SUPERS--</p>\n<p>File</p>\n<p>New York</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>--LEAD IN – </p>\n<p>A STUDY OF A FAMED SLED DOG’S D-N-A IS HELPING SCIENTISTS UNDERSTAND HOW DOGS OF THE PAST COMPARE TO MODERN DOGS. </p>\n<p>--VO SCRIPT—</p>\n<p>THE SLED DOG BALTO HAS BEEN CELEBRATED FOR HIS ROLE IN DELIVERING ANTITOXIN SUPPLIES TO A REMOTE ALASKAN TOWN IN 19-25 DURING THE DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC.</p>\n<p>AND NOW, HIS D-N-A IS OFFERING INSIGHT INTO HOW GENETIC DIVERSITY AFFECTS THE HEALTH OF DOGS -- BOTH PAST AND PRESENT. </p>\n<p>RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ SEQUENCED D-N-A SAMPLES FROM BALTO’S TAXIDERMIED SPECIMEN AND COMPARED THEM TO THOSE OF CURRENT LIVING DOG BREEDS. </p>\n<p>THEY FOUND THAT BALTO’S GENOME IS MORE DIVERSE — AND ULTIMATELY HEALTHIER — THAN THAT OF MOST DOG BREEDS TODAY. </p>\n<p>AND HE CAME FROM A POPULATION OF WORKING DOGS THAT HAD TRAITS THAT MADE THEM MORE FIT TO TRAVEL AND SURVIVE IN HARSH CONDITIONS. </p>\n<p>--TAG—</p>\n<p>Balto WAS RAISED IN THE KENNEL OF BREEDER LEONHARD SEPPALA…</p>\n<p>HE BELONGED TO A POPULATION OF SMALL, FAST SLED DOGS IMPORTED FROM SIBERIA THAT BECAME KNOWN AS SIBERIAN HUSKIES. </p>\n<p>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>--KEYWORD TAGS--</p>\n<p>BALTO SIBERIAN HUSKY SLED DOGS ALASKA RESEARCH DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC ANTITOXIN </p>

TWO MEN WERE KILLED WHEN THE VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE THEY WERE RIDING IN WAS HIT BY ANOTHER CAR. THE MEN WERE IDENTIFIED AS WILLIAM KLEIN AND CHARLES SEPPALA. THE VW BUG THEY WERE RIDING IN WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE STREET WHEN IT WAS STRUCK IN THE SIDE BY A THUNDERBIRD DRIVEN BY ALLAN EKEBERG. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT EKEBERG’S CAR FAILED TO STOP FOR A STOP SIGN.

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