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L. B. to Seek Miss Universe,Miss; U. S. Beauty ContestsLONG BEACH will seek to have the 1952 Miss Universe and Miss United States bathing beauty contests held here during a .week-long program of topflight entertainment in June..Officials of Catalina. Inc., manufacturers of Catalina! swim suits, are to be contacted today by David Olmsted, director of the Long Bea.ch Convention and Visitors' Bureau, j Inc,, in an attempt to sell them on coming here to hold the \ twin contests. --------------Previously this company has promoted the famous Miss America contest each year in Atlantic City, N. J. However, this contest will not be sponsored by the com pan}' again.The'executive committee voted to join with Catalina, Inc., Pan-American .World Airways, a mo-| tion pidure studio and a New j York fabric house In promoting I the two new contests here.I Required finances to be provided by Long Beach must be | pledged by local business and industri.il leaders, It was agreed ! by the bureau committee.Catalina, Inc., will expend $300,-1 000 to advertise the exent It willhold elimination beauty contests in the 48 states of the Union and the air line will hold similar contests in 40 foreign countries. Winners would come to Long Beach for the final judging. j A Miss Universe committee to; obtain the underwriting of the j local promotion fund within the! next 10 days is headed by John i Hancock, president of the bu-' reau, and all the other bureau; officers: Fred S. Dean, presidents of the Chamber of Commerce; D. * W. Campbell, managing director, chamber; George Green, president of Long Beach Retailers; Vaile G. Young, chairman of the retailers’ promotion committee, and the entire executive committee of the bureau.
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Long Beach Press Telegram
Long Beach, California, US
Fri, Mar 30, 1951
Page 23
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