Miss USA Pageant Contenders Gather in Miami Beach
A GO GO contest at a Miami Beach hotel selects contestants who will represent their states in the Miss USA Pageant beginning Sunday night.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1966
Page
11
A GO GO contest at a Miami Beach hotel selects contestants who will represent their states in the Miss USA Pageant beginning Sunday night.
A robbery attempt at a Mayfair bank ended in failure as shoppers thwarted the raid. A 79 year old man fought back with a long wooden weapon and a Canadian tourist captured the incident on film before handing it to police. The robbers escaped with nothing. $8,400 had been taken but the getaway car was later abandoned with money in the trunk.
An elderly New Orleans man Albert Jarkin survived a two minute cardiac arrest after his heart stopped on the way to a ship. He had saved money from stocks to help his sister in Buenos Aires and recently traveled from New York to New Orleans seeking funds.
James Stonewall Dorsey, 18, of Sanford, son of Mrs. Marion Tisdell of Cleveland, Ohio, lives with his uncle Rev. G. A. Prince. The Sanford student is noted for interest in neuro physiology and is connected to a local scholarship program.
Four people are dead in North Carolina motor vehicle crashes reported by the patrol on Saturday. Joel Wayne Doss, 18, of Winston-Salem was killed when his car struck a tree after a sideswipe. Earl Blackwell, 44, of Goldsboro, was killed after walking into a vehicle on U. S. 13 near Goldsboro. Margaret Bernard Brenson of Charlotte died when the car overturned on a rural road west of Laurel Hill in Scotland County.
Clemson University awards 356 degrees including 7 doctorates and 5 honorary titles. Notable honorees include Dr. Edward Teller receiving a Doctor of Science degree and Frank McGee among honorary awardees. Top graduates include Robert I. Van Hook with 3.92 GPA and Kenneth K. Starr with 3.85 in metallurgical engineering.
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