Field of 51 vie for Mrs America title in Minneapolis pageant
The 30th Mrs America contest opens in Minneapolis Saint Paul with 51 contestants competing through Aug. 23. Judges interviews fashion and talent events highlight a packed schedule including a Twins Yankees game and coronation ball. Marlene Cochran of Kansas is the current Mrs America.
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Minneapolis-St. Paul
UPI
Twin Cities
San Diego
Calif
Florida
Betty Crocker
Jo Shirley
Jacksonville
Pennsylvania
Judith Gillis
Conshocken
Marlene Cochran
Kansas
America
Duplex Bridge West Side Club Winners at Welty Way
In a Howell movement game held Thursday at Welty Way the Mines won first place. Grant Collins and Marshall McNair captured the top spot, while Robert Nash and Dr. Darrel Penrod of Iowa City took second. A master point game is set for Sunday at 6:30 after the winners game.
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West Side Club
Howell
Welty Way
the, Mines
Grant Collins
Marshall McNair
Robert Nash
Darrel Penrod
Iowa City
Lutheran Women Name Seventeen To Their Board
The Lutheran Church women named 17 directors from 15 states one from Canada and one from Puerto Rico as the LCW convention ended. The 1971 triennial meeting will be in Philadelphia where the LCW offices are and Mrs Bernard Spong of New York City will preside as president. New vice president is Mrs C W Fagerlin of Tacoma Washington secretary Mrs Clarence Van Loo Menasha Wisconsin and treasurer Mrs Ray M Botorff Kansas City Kansas.
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Chicago
UPI
The
Lutheran Church Women
Canada
Puerto Rico
LCW
Philadelphia
Lutheran Church In America
Bernard Spong
New York City
Mines
Marcus Aurelius
Des Moines
Iowa
Herbert J. Bowes
Dundas
Ontario
Albert R. Fischer
Baltimore
Warren C. Heinly
Lebanon
Clyde P. Karriker
Rockford, Ill
M. P Lane, Jr
Shenandoah
William H. Matz
Houston
Texas
Phoenix
Ariz
Charles E Reed
Alexandria
James K. Rosser
Kingsport
Tenn
Welbert F. Sundberg
Los Alamos
N.M
Emil . L. Swanson
Seattle
Wash
Hobson M. Zerbe
Hazleton
C. W. Fagerlin
Tacoma
Clarence van Loo
Menasha
Wis
Ray M. Botorff
Kansas City
Kan
Mrs Justin Watson Honored At Shower
Mrs James Treeka hosted a post-stork shower at 4225 Dalewood Avenue SE for Mrs Justin Watson of 4045 Vine Avenue SE. Co-hostess Mrs Dorrance Brady and 12 guests attended Thursday evening.
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James Treeka
Dalewood Avenue
Justin Watson
Vine Avenue
Dorrance Brady
Cedar View Club Dance With Bob Oettinger Trio
The Cedar View Country club hosts a Saturday informal dance featuring the Bob Oettinger Trio from 9 to midnight. Attendance is by invitation to members and guests of the Cedar View Club.
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Cedar View Club
Bob Oettinger
Cedar View Country Club
First Lady Prepares To Depart from White House
Mrs. Johnson begins packing personal items and moving books to the LBJ ranch as the Johnsons plan their final Washington months. Gifts and mementoes will join the LBJ library at the University of Texas while Lynda Bird Robb settles affairs for her Vietnam deployment. Mrs. Johnson's portrait by Elizabeth Shoumatoff may hang in the White House gallery.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Harry Truman
White House
Texas Ranch
LBJ
University of Texas
Austin
Lynda Bird Robb
Vietnam
Miss America Eyes Negro Entrants And Scholarships
Officials of the Miss America pageant plan $1,000 annual NAACP scholarships to encourage Negro girls to compete. The program seeks involvement of predominantly Black colleges and local pageants with finalists advancing to state and national contests starting September 3.
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Atlantic City
N.J
UPI
Albert A. Marks, Jr
Miss America Pageant Corp
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Marks
Roy Wilkins
Wilkins
Lily White
Edgar Harris
Delaware State College
Dover
Delaware
Mrs King Urges Rededication At SCLC Convention
Coretta King urged renewed dedication to love and nonviolence at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference banquet in Memphis. She warned the road ahead would be difficult and highlighted housing jobs and income for the poor as costs to the nation, calling for greater political power and representation for Negroes.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Coretta King
Women’s Golf Weathered Out at Guest Day Event
Weather halted Women’s Golf as guest day Thursday was canceled. Luncheon at Todd’s Indian House. hostesses the Mines. Winners among the small field were Mrs. James Howard for 18 holes and Mrs. Joseph Best with Mrs. H. R. Harrison tied for nine holes. Next Thursday remains guest day.
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Todd’s Indian House
Mines
F. W. Johnson
Darrell Augustine
Arlo Meyer
David Loupee
W. S. Butcher
Squaw Creek
James Howard
Joseph Best
H. R. Harrison
Surprise party honors Mrs. Martin Hoy on 89th birthday
Friends and relatives gathered Thursday afternoon at 426 Fifth Avenue SW to surprise Mrs. Martin Hoy as she celebrated her 89th birthday.
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Martin Hoy
Fifth Avenue
Hoy
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