Drawling Southerner Off To Flying Start As Miss America
Marian McKnight of South Carolina wins Miss America title in Atlantic City. She travels to New York for press events after a sleepless start, with a $50,000 prize package and a year of appearances. Finalists include Margo Lucey and Anne Ariai. Barbara Hilgenberg and Mary Ann Mcgrew among others.
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Atlantic City
Marian McKnight
South Carolina
New York
Miss McKnight
Leonora Slaughter
Miss Slaughter
Miss Monight
Marilyn Monroe
Marian
Miss Monroe
Rock Hudson
Doris Day
Frank Sinatra
Air Force
John Gramling
Orangeburg
S.C
Gramling
Coker College
Hartsville S.C
Monk
District of Columbia
Margo Lucey
Miss Alabama
Anne Ariai
Birmingham
Miss Arizona
Barbara Hilgenberg
Tucson
Miss Kansas
Mary Ann Mcgrew
Wellington
OKEH
Marian Ann McKnight
Planning
N. J
Editor Says Some Newsmen Can't Write
In Chapel Hill North Carolina New York Times editor E Clifton Daniel urged reporters to improve their craft at the North Carolina News and Feature Writers Conference. He stressed accuracy and ongoing training as key to good news writing. Frank Joe senior editor of Newsweek also spoke to the gathering.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
New York Times
E. Clifton Daniel
the Times
North Carolina News and Feature Writers
Daniel
Frank Joe
Newsweek
Winston-Salem Votes Against Pearsall Plan by Five
Winston-Salem voters opposed the Pearsall plan by five ballots while Forsyth County totals favored the amendment 9 634 to 6 277. Unofficial returns show rural counties supporting the amendment amid a statewide endorsement. The note on German cinema seating is unrelated to the local vote.
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Winston
Plan
Winston-Salem
Forsyth County
Miss America Marian McKnight To Return Home Soon
Marian McKnight wins Miss America at Atlantic City and faces a delayed homecoming in South Carolina. Manning officials plan a large welcome with her mother Alice McKnight and sisters Sue and Mrs. Fred Spigner awaiting her return from college. Marian must finish college first, delaying marriage plans and requiring a year of duties as Miss America.
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Sam Gamble
Manning
Sue
Fred Spigrer
Johnny Gramming
Orangeburg
Shaw Air Force Base
Marian
Gamble
Alice McKnight
Atlantic City
the Air
Mrs. McKnight
Martha Dean Chestnut
South Carolina
Coker College
Hartsville
Sue McKnight
S. C
N. J
Fred Spigner
June McKnight
Cypriot Rebels Open Fire on French Troops in Cyprus
Rebels attacked French forces near Famagusta and other locations, injuring five British servicemen and a Greek Cypriot, with no French casualties. Attacks targeted trucks, a beach area, and vehicles near Kyrenia and Nicosia as tensions rise over Suez confrontation. Authorities blamed EOKA, the Greek Cypriot underground, active since 1955.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Suez
Famagusta
Agiou Ioannis
Limassol
Kyrenia
Kythrea
Larnaca
EOA
Greece
Britain
Egypt
Suez Canal
Boy Burns To Death As Family Watches TV
In Glendale California Clyde Allen Baker a 16 year old boy died in a rear house fire while his family watched television in the main house. He apparently suffocated before the flames spread. A younger sister discovered the blaze and alerted firefighters.
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Glendale
Calif
Clyde Allen Baker
Life Insurance Ad for Seniors by Mail
A postal solicitation urges people aged 60 to 80 to apply for a $1,000 life policy to cover final expenses. Old American Insurance Co of Kansas City handles the process by mail with no obligation and no calls.
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Kansas City
Old American Ins. Co
West 9Th
Dept
Kansas City, Mo
Costs Less to Own Electric Dryer Promises Savings
A fully automatic electric dryer costs fewer dollars to buy and install than other types and promises whiter whites without fading colors while handling light fabrics to woolen blankets.
Methodists See World Improve Amid Evil and Hope
Leaders from the World Methodist Council reflect on global progress and peril. They cite wars, tyranny, persecution, and the atomic threat, but emphasize growing church influence and perpetual hope for transformation.
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R. Ernest Ker
Belfast
Ireland
Fritz Hongky Pyen
Seoul
Korea
Anawears at NYU and Austrian Young Orchestrals
A readable fragment notes NYU ties to a group labeled Anawears and an Austrian connection. Mentions Luke and a San Francisco venue, plus reference to orchestras once called oboe ensembles, indicating historical naming.
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New York University
San Francisco
Fort Hancock Transitions From Harbor Defense to Radar Base
Fort Hancock on the Sandy Hook coast of New Jersey was built in 1870 as part of New York harbor defenses and now operates as an Air Force radar station.
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Fort Hancock
Sandy Hook
N. J
New York
Air Force
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