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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.72

                               VOTING AGREEMENT

     This VOTING AGREEMENT, dated as of March __, 1998, is between and among
RONALD E. ROARK, an individual with an office at 1251 Dublin Road, Columbus,
Ohio 43215 ("Roark"), TUCKER HOLDING COMPANY, LTD., an Ohio limited liability
company with an office at 1251 Dublin Road, Columbus, Ohio 43215 ("Tucker"),
CONTIWEST CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation with an office at 277 Park
Avenue, 38th Floor, New York, New York 10172 ("Conti"), and HARBERT EQUITY
FUND I, L.L.C., a Georgia limited liability company with an office at One
Riverchase Parkway South, Birmingham, Alabama 35244 ("Harbert").

                            W I T N E S S E T H :

          WHEREAS, Roark and Tucker (collectively, the "Tucker Parties")
beneficially own shares of the Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the
"Stock"), of Crown NorthCorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company");
and

          WHEREAS, Conti intends to acquire the Series BB Convertible
Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company (the "Series BB
Preferred Stock") pursuant to that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as
of even date herewith, between and among Conti and the Company (the "Stock
Purchase Agreement"); and

          WHEREAS, Harbert beneficially owns shares of the Common Stock and
the Series AA Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the
Company (the "Series AA Preferred Stock"), and has rights to designate a
number of individuals for election as directors of the Company pursuant to
that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 7, 1997, between and
among the Company and Harbert, as amended to date (as so amended, the
"Harbert Stock Purchase Agreement") and pursuant to the Certificate of
Designation establishing the Series AA Preferred Stock, as filed with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on January 21, 1988 (the "Series
AA Certificate of Designation"); and

          WHEREAS, Harbert and the Roark Parties are parties to that certain
Voting Agreement, dated as of March 7, 1997, between and among Harbert,
Roark, and Tucker, as amended to date (as so amended, the "Harbert Voting
Agreement"), whereby (i) each of the Tucker Parties has agreed, among other
things, to vote its shares in accordance with the provisions of the Harbert
Voting Agreement to more fully effectuate certain provisions of the Harbert
Stock Purchase Agreement and the Series AA Certificate of Designation, under
which Harbert is entitled to designate a number of individuals for election
as directors of the Company, and for other purposes, and (ii) Harbert and its
affiliates have agreed, among other things, to vote its shares in accordance
with the provisions of the Harbert Voting Agreement for the continued
election of Roark as a Director of the Company; and


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          WHEREAS, Conti desires that each of the Tucker Parties and Harbert
agree to vote its shares in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement
to more fully effectuate certain provisions of the Certificate of Designation
establishing the Series BB Preferred Stock, as filed with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware on March __, 1998 (the "Certificate of
Designation"), under which Conti is entitled to designate one individual for
election as a director of the Company; and

          WHEREAS, Harbert desires that Conti vote its shares in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement to more fully effectuate certain
provisions of the Harbert Stock Purchase Agreement and the Series AA
Certificate of Designation, under which Harbert is entitled to designate a
number of individuals for election as a director of the Company; and

          WHEREAS, the Tucker Parties desire that Conti and its affiliates
agree to vote their shares in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement for the continued election of Roark as a director of the Company;

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other
good and valuable consideration, the adequacy, sufficiency, and receipt of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

     SECTION 1.  DEFINED TERMS.   Capitalized terms used herein but not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Stock
Purchase Agreement.

     SECTION 2.  VOTING AGREEMENT OF THE TUCKER PARTIES WITH RESPECT TO
CONTI. Each of the Tucker Parties, severally and not jointly, agrees:

                (a) To vote all shares of securities issued by the Company
                    and entitled to vote in the election of directors ("Voting
                    Securities") beneficially owned by him or it for the
                    election of such nominee for election as a director of the
                    Company as Conti is entitled to designate pursuant to the
                    Certificate of Designation;

                (b) To cause (x) each of the members of Roark's immediate
                    family, (y) each entity controlled by any Tucker Party, and
                    (z) each trust of which Roark is a grantor (collectively,
                    the "Roark Affiliates"), to vote all Voting Securities
                    beneficially owned by him, her, or it for the election as a
                    director of the Company of such nominee for election as a
                    director of the Company as Conti is entitled to designate
                    for nomination as such pursuant to the Certificate of
                    Designation;


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                (c) In the event a director so designated for nomination by
                    Conti ceases to be a director for any reason before his term
                    expires, to vote all shares of Voting Securities
                    beneficially owned by him or it in favor of another person
                    designated by Conti for election as a director of the
                    Company to the extent Conti is then entitled to designate
                    another person for election as a director of the Company
                    pursuant to the Certificate of Designation; and

                (d) In the event a director of the Company so designated
                    for nomination by Conti ceases to be a director of the
                    Company for any reason before his or her term expires, to
                    cause each of the Roark Affiliates to vote all shares of
                    Voting Securities owned by him, her, or it in favor of
                    another individual designate for nomination by Conti for
                    election as a director of the Company to the extent that
                    Conti is then entitled to designated another person for
                    election as a director of the Company pursuant to the
                    Certificate of Designation.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, to the extent that the Tucker
Parties beneficially own, but collectively do not possess the sole power to
vote or direct the voting of any such Voting Securities from time to time
(the shares as to which the Tucker Parties do not so possess such voting
power being referred to herein as "Non-Exclusive Tucker Shares"), they shall
be obligated to use their reasonable commercial efforts to cause such
Non-Exclusive Tucker Shares to be voted in compliance with the foregoing.

     SECTION 3.  VOTING AGREEMENT OF CONTI WITH RESPECT TO ROARK. Conti
agrees:

                (a) To vote all shares of Voting Securities beneficially
                    owned by it for the election of Roark as a director of the
                    Company;

                (b) To cause each Person controlling it, controlled by it, or
                    under common control with it (collectively, the "Conti
                    Affiliates") to vote all shares of Voting Securities owned
                    by him, her, or it for the election of Roark as a director
                    of the Company;

                (c) In the event that Roark ceases to be a director for any
                    reason before his term as such expires, to vote all shares
                    of Voting Securities beneficially owned by it in favor of
                    another individual nominated by Roark or, in the event of
                    Roark's death or incapacity, his heirs, legatees, executors,
                    successors, guardians, legal representatives, or
                    administrators, as the case may be, beneficially owning at
                    least a majority of the Voting Securities beneficially owned
                    by Roark immediately


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                    prior to his death or incapacity, for election as a director
                    of the Company; and

                (d) In the event that Roark ceases to be a director of the
                    Company for any reason before his term as such expires, to
                    cause each of the Conti Affiliates to vote all shares of
                    Voting Securities owned by him, her, or it in favor of
                    another individual nominated by Roark or, in the event of
                    Roark's death or incapacity, his heirs, legatees, executors,
                    successors, guardians, legal representatives, or
                    administrators, as the case may be, beneficially owning at
                    least a majority of the Voting Securities beneficially owned
                    by Roark immediately prior to his death or incapacity, for
                    election as a director of the Company.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, to the extent that Conti and the
Conti Affiliates (collectively, the "Conti Parties") collectively
beneficially own but do not possess the sole power to vote or direct the
voting of any such Voting Securities from time to time (the shares as to
which the Conti Parties do not so possess such voting power being referred to
herein as "Non-Exclusive Conti Shares"), then Conti shall be obligated to use
its reasonable commercial efforts to cause such Non-Exclusive Conti Shares to
be voted in compliance with the foregoing.

     SECTION 4.  VOTING AGREEMENT OF HARBERT WITH RESPECT TO CONTI.  Harbert
agrees:

                (a) To vote all shares of Voting Securities beneficially
                    owned by it for the election as a director of the Company of
                    such nominee for election as a director of the Company as
                    Conti is entitled to designate for nomination as such
                    pursuant to the Certificate of Designation;

                (b) To cause each Person controlling it, controlled by it,
                    or under common control with it (collectively, the "Harbert
                    Affiliates") to vote all shares of Voting Securities
                    beneficially owned by him, her, or it for the election as a
                    director of the Company of such nominee for election as a
                    director of the Company as Conti is entitled to designate
                    for nomination as such pursuant to the Certificate of
                    Designation;

                (c) In the event a director of the Company so designated
                    for nomination by Conti ceases to be a director of the
                    Company for any reason before his or her term as such
                    expires, to vote all shares of Voting Securities owned by it
                    in favor of another individual designated for nomination by
                    Conti for election as


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                    a director of the Company to the extent Conti is then
                    entitled to designate such other individual for nomination
                    for election as a director of the Company pursuant to the
                    Certificate of Designation; and

                (d) In the event a director of the Company so designated
                    for nomination by Conti ceases to be a director of the
                    Company for any reason before his or her term as such
                    expires, to cause each of the Harbert Affiliates to vote all
                    shares of Voting Securities owned by him, her, or it in
                    favor of another individual designated for nomination by
                    Conti for election as a director of the Company to the
                    extent Conti is then entitled to designate such other
                    individual for nomination as a director of the Company
                    pursuant to the Certificate of Designation.

          Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, to the extent that Harbert and
     the Harbert Affiliates collectively beneficially own but do not possess the
     sole power to vote or direct the voting of any such Voting Securities from
     time to time (the shares as to which Harbert and the Harbert Affiliates do
     not so possess such voting power being referred to herein as "Non-Exclusive
     Harbert Shares"), they shall be obligated to use their reasonable best
     efforts to cause such Non-Exclusive Harbert Shares to be voted in
     compliance with the foregoing.

     SECTION 5.  VOTING AGREEMENT OF CONTI WITH RESPECT TO HARBERT.  Conti
agrees:

                (a) To vote all shares of Voting Securities beneficially
                    owned by it for the election as a director of the Company of
                    such nominees for election as a director of the Company as
                    Harbert is entitled to designate for nomination as such
                    pursuant to the Harbert Stock Purchase Agreement, the Series
                    AA Certificate of Designation, or both, as the case may be;

                (b) To cause each of the Conti Affiliates to vote all
                    shares of Voting Securities beneficially owned by him, her,
                    or it for the election as a director of the Company of such
                    nominees for election as a director of the Company as
                    Harbert is entitled to designate for nomination as such
                    pursuant to the Harbert Stock Purchase Agreement, the Series
                    AA Certificate of Designation, or both, as the case may be;

                (c) In the event a director of the Company so designated
                    for nomination by Harbert ceases to be a director of the
                    Company for any reason before his or her term as such
                    expires, to vote all shares of Voting Securities owned by it
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                    individual designated for nomination by Harbert for
                    election as a director of the Company to the extent Harbert
                    is then entitled to designate such other individual for
                    nomination for election as a director of the Company
                    pursuant to the Harbert Stock Purchase Agreement or the
                    Series AA Certificate of Designation, as the case may be;
                    and

                (d) In the event a director of the Company so designated for
                    nomination by Harbert ceases to be a director of the Company
                    for any reason before his or her term as such expires, to
                    cause each of the Conti Affiliates to vote all shares of
                    Voting Securities owned by him, her, or it in favor of
                    another individual designated for nomination by Harbert for
                    election as a director of the Company to the extent Harbert
                    is then entitled to designate such other individual for
                    nomination as a director of the Company pursuant to the
                    Harbert Stock Purchase Agreement or the Series AA
                    Certificate of Designation, as the case may be.

          Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, to the extent that Conti and
     the Conti Affiliates collectively beneficially own but do not possess the
     sole power to vote or direct the voting of any such Voting Securities from
     time to time , they shall be obligated to use their reasonable commercial
     efforts to cause such Non-Exclusive Conti Shares to be voted in compliance
     with the foregoing.

     SECTION 6.  LEGENDS.  Within thirty days after (i) with respect to
Voting Securities currently beneficially owned by them, the date hereof, and
(ii) with respect to Voting Securities of which they subsequently acquire
beneficial ownership, the date of such acquisition, the Tucker Parties,
Conti, and Harbert will, and the Tucker Parties will cause the Roark
Affiliates to, and Conti will cause the Conti Affiliates to, and Harbert will
cause the Harbert Affiliates to, deliver certificates representing the Voting
Securities beneficially owned by them to the Company for imprinting with the
following legend (which legend shall be removed, with respect to any of such
Voting Securities, upon the sale, assignment, or other transfer of such
Voting Securities to a Person not subject to the purview of this Agreement):

          "The shares of such Voting Securities represented by this
     certificate are subject to restrictions on voting, as provided in a
     Voting Agreement dated as of March __, 1998, between and among
     ContiWest Corporation, Tucker Holding Company, Ltd., Ronald E. Roark,
     and Harbert Equity Fund I, L.L.C., a copy of which is on file with the
     Secretary of the Company."

     SECTION 7.  SECRETARY TO RETAIN COPY.  A copy of this Agreement shall be
filed with the Secretary of the Company.


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     SECTION 8.  STOCK CHANGES.  The provisions of this Agreement shall be
deemed to apply equally to any share of Stock or other securities distributed
in respect of shares of Stock.

     SECTION 9.  FURTHER ACTIONS.  At any time and from time to time each
party agrees, at its or his expense, to take such actions and to execute and
deliver such documents as may be reasonably necessary to effectuate the
purposes of this Agreement.

     SECTION 10.  AVAILABILITY OF EQUITABLE REMEDIES.  Since a breach of the
provisions of this Agreement could not adequately be compensated by money
damages, any party shall be entitled, in addition to any other right or
remedy available to him, to an injunction restraining such breach or a
threatened breach and to specific performance of any such provision of this
Agreement, and in either case no bond or other security shall be required in
connection therewith, and the parties hereby consent to such injunction and
to the ordering of specific performance.

     SECTION 11.  MODIFICATION.  This Agreement sets forth the entire
understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all existing agreements among them concerning such subject matter
(except for the Harbert Voting Agreement), and may be modified only by a
written instrument duly executed by each party.

     SECTION 12.  NOTICES.  Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed by
certified mail, return receipt requested or delivered against receipt to the
party to whom it is to be given at the address of such party set forth in the
preamble to this Agreement.  Except as otherwise specifically provided in
this Agreement, any notice given by certified mail shall be deemed given at
the time of certification thereof except for a notice changing a party's
address which shall be deemed given at the time of receipt thereof.

     SECTION 13.  WAIVER.  Any waiver by any party of a breach of any
provision of this Agreement shall not operate as or be construed to be a
waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other
provision of this Agreement.  The failure of a party to insist upon strict
adherence to any term of this Agreement on one or more occasions shall not be
considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist
upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement.  Any
waiver must be in writing.

     SECTION 14.  BINDING EFFECT.  The provisions of this Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and the
respective successors and assigns of the corporate parties hereto and the
respective assigns, heirs, and personal representatives of the individual
parties hereto.

     SECTION 15.  NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES.  This Agreement does not
create, and shall not be construed as creating, any rights enforceable by any
person not a party to this Agreement.


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     SECTION 16.  SEPARABILITY.  If any provision of this Agreement is
invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the balance of this Agreement shall
remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any person or
circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other persons
and circumstances.

     SECTION 17.  HEADINGS.  The headings in this Agreement are solely for
convenience of reference and shall be given no effect in the construction or
interpretation of this Agreement.

     SECTION 18.  PRONOUNS.  Any masculine personal pronoun shall be
considered to mean the corresponding feminine or neuter personal pronoun, as
the context requires.

     SECTION 19.  COUNTERPARTS; GOVERNING LAW.  This Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.  It shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to conflict of laws.


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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement
as of the date first written above.

                                       TUCKER HOLDING COMPANY, LTD.

                                       By: /s/ Ronald E. Roark
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                                       Name: Ronald E. Roark
                                       Title: Managing Member


                                       /s/ Ronald E. Roark
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                                       RONALD E. ROARK


                                       CONTIWEST CORPORATION



                                       By: /s/ Peter Abeles
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                                       Name: Peter Abeles
                                       Title: President


                                       By: /s/ Robert E. Riedl
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                                       Name: Robert E. Riedl
                                       Title: Vice President, Treasurer
                                              & Secretary

                                       HARBERT EQUITY FUND I, L.L.C.
                                       BY:  HARBERT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION,
                                            MANAGER


                                       By: /s/ Michael D. Luce
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                                       Name: Michael D. Luce
                                       Title: Executive Vice President & CFO


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                                March __, 1998

Crown NorthCorp, Inc.
1251 Dublin Road
Columbus, Ohio 43215

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     As you know, we have the right to nominate one individual for election
as a director of Crown NorthCorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), pursuant to the Certificate of Designation establishing the
Series BB Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the
Company, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on
March __, 1998 (the "Certificate of Designation").  We hereby agree to
nominate Scott M. Mannes for election as a director of the Company pursuant
to the Certificate of Designation from and after the date hereof until we
have appointed in writing a successor to replace Mr. Mannes, for so long as
(i) we are so entitled to nominate an individual for election as a Director
of the Company pursuant to the Certificate of Designation, and (ii) Mr.
Mannes is not disqualified from such nomination pursuant to the Certificate
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Crown NorthCorp, Inc.
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March __, 1998

     Moreover, at the time when we are no longer entitled to nominate one
individual for election as a director of the Company pursuant to the
Certificate of Designation, we agree to promptly cause any individual so
nominated by us who then is serving as a director of the Company to promptly
resign as a director of the Company.

                                       CONTIWEST CORPORATION


                                       By:
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                                       Name:
                                       Title:  Authorized Signatory


                                       By:
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                                       Name:
                                       Title:  Authorized Signatory