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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1959

Page

3

Contestants Entertained at Nu-Pike

Foreign delegates and European entrants arrive for Miss United States pageant events at Hawaii style expo. Miss Statzer tall among contestants, with Miss England and Miss Austria noted. Friday features charity luncheon, glamorous dinner at Lafayette Hotel with foreign consuls and Harbor Commission support. Byron Palmer to host ceremonies as contestants meet diplomats.

Pamela Anne Searle England Pam- Tele Foland Zuzenna Cemabrowska Austria Christinep Statzer Miss Statzier Lafayette Hotel Diplomatic Corps of Harbor Commission

Nalu Bids for 21st Transpacific Yacht Race Title

The 46 foot sloop Nalu f raced toward the finish Thursday night in a determined bid to win the 21st Transpacific Yacht Race. Owner Peter Grant of Newport Beach steered the Nalu IL to catch the current handicap leader, the 66-foot yawl Chubasco, which led after Wednesday. Nalu was expected to sail past Diamond Head near Hawaii early today to complete the race from Los Angeles Harbor.

Nalu F Nalu IL Peter Grant Newport Beach Sal Hawaii Los Angeles Harbor

South Solons Seek Jefferson Davis Stamp Amid Civil War Centennial

Rep Frank E Smith and 105 Southern Congress members urged the post office to issue a four cent commemorative stamp for Jefferson Davis, the Confederacy's only president, during the Civil War centennial observance. They called it a worthy national tribute.

Washington UPI Frank E Smith Dmess Congress South Post Office Usue Jefferson Davis Smith Dixie

Long Considering Divorce in Mexico

EL PASO Texas UPI Governor Earl Long hinted he may seek a quick divorce in Mexico while in El Paso after arriving from Louisiana where he and Blanche filed for separation. He joked about the idea at a press conference and eyed a trip across the border to Juarez as he continued an intense work schedule.

EL Paso Tex UPI Louisiana Earl K. Long Mexico Hhis Fenial Smiling Long Juarez

Brown OKs Disability Pay Boost

Gov. Edmund G. Brown signed a bill increasing state disability benefits from 550 to 565 a week under the unemployment insurance program. The measure takes effect Jan. 1, 1960, part of a package signed this year that also raised unemployment benefits to 55, boosted workmen's compensation to 65 a week, and legalized supplemental unemployment-insurance benefits.

Sacramento UPS Edmund G. Brown Jesse M. Unruh Los Angeles A. Phiilip Burton San Francisco

Ex Pastor John Reger Flees Multiple Wives and Flock

DES MOINES IOWA UPI The Rev John Reger a polygamous pastor fled his wives and church leaving in his boss white Cadillac Police say no trace of the blue eyed preacher since he kissed his second wife goodbye and left for a job as an encyclopedia salesman Monday Three Stella Nebraska church members spotted him in an Adel Iowa tavern and hailed him as their pastor prompting an Iowa alert for desertion of his Nebraska wife

Des Moines Iowa UPI John Reger Reger Neb Land Nebraska

Miss New Mexico Defies Bishop Over Pageant Controversy

Miss New Mexico declares support for competing in the Miss Universe pageant despite church disapproval. She cites religious figures and argues the church should engage with the world, while archdiocese officials warn of possible family interdicts and clarify clergy stance. Other contestants from Argentina Uruguay Costa Rica and Colombia report mixed reactions from Catholic leadership and communities.

Thomas Aquinas Inger Ignatius Salis Tion Meinhardt Joan of Arc Argentina Liana Cortijo Marejo Siiss Souva Lonna Costa Rita Stroversy Eugenia Maria Valverde Uruguay Claudia Bertyne Miss Ingersoll Byrne Miss Ingersol Oscar Meinhardt Miss New Mexico

You Can Live Longer Says Coronets Life Span Claim

An advertisement promotes a sensational claim that aging can be arrested and life spans extended to 150 or 190 years. It urges readers to read Coming A Life Span Of 150 Years in Coronet Magazine, touting delayed body decline and longevity breakthroughs in a period voice.

Dress Shop Owner Fined on Prostitution Charge Case

Dress shop owner Fred H. Willingham age 41 of 1020 Broad St Wilmington was fined 250 dollars by Superior Judge Maurice C Sparling as a condition of a three year probation on an al pockmaking charge He admitted taking horse race bets by phone from a residence at 22027 S Figueroa St Terrence He was arrested there on May 19 Also Time Inc announced Hedley Donovan as editorial director of all Time Inc publications effective immediately

Fred H. Willingham Broad St Wilmington Maurice C. Sparling Willingham S. Figueroa St. Terrence

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