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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1957

Page

3

Maryland Beauty Wins Miss U S A Title

Maryland’s Maryland beauty wins Miss U S A after a tie for first with final five judges recalling contestants. Miss U S A receives crown scepter and robe from Carol Mortis. trophies by John Milex. Competition at Municipal Auditorium reviews evening gowns swimsuits and show address. finalists include Helen Elizabeth Garo Miss Arkansas and Leona Gage Miss Maryland.

Carol Mortis John Milex Catalinas Jsevin Suit Company Larry Collins JR Long Beach Beauty Congress Municipal Auditorium U.S.A Maryland Free State Helen Elizabeth Garo Arkansas Pegs Court U.S. A Leona Gage U. S.A Carolyn McGirr Nebrask

Army Cuts Draft to Pare Force

The Army announced reductions in draft calls and overall manpower. Future draft calls will be cut, with last announced August call at 11,000. About 2,000 commissioned officers and unknown enlisted personnel to be released, part of a broader 100,000 cut to the 2,600,000 active duty total. Defense Secretary Wilson says savings of about 200 million dollars by year end. enlisted reductions of 44,470 and a portion via nonactive duty for reservists. Reserve officers on active duty commitments not affected.

Washington Army Secretary of Defense Wilson

Eisenhower eyes possible Zhukov Wilson meeting in Berlin

President Eisenhower said a meeting between Charles E Wilson and Soviet Defense Minister Georgi Zhukov could be useful, while stressing no harm in the idea but offering no firm plan. He praised past ties, warned against lofty hopes, and noted Moscow’s leadership may be shifting to meet people’s needs.

Washington Lei Wilson Zhukov State Department Eisenhower Eisenpowers John Foster Dulles Moscow Fvar Dulles FBI Justice Department

Lie Test Refused by Bakery Workers Union President

Washington report says James G. Crass, president of the Bakery Workers Union, refused a lie detector test and conflicting testimony before the Senate Backers Committee. The panel sent the questioned testimony to the Justice Department for possible perjury charges and demanded a special union convention to vote on ousting him. Crass rejected the idea, warning that leadership integrity would remain in doubt ahead of the union’s regular convention set for 1961.

Washington James G. Crass Bakery Workers Union Senate Backets Committee Justice Department Cross John L. MaClellan D-Ark Vition Would Anthony Valente Lloyd Klewert United Textile Workers Union Martin J. Quigley McClellan Valente Klewert Afl-Cio George Meany Meany Barry M. Goldwater R-Ariz Apl-Cio Los Angeles Nathan Erlich New York San Francisco

Spell of Terror Cast by Mad Dog Gunman

On Long Island barn Babylon and Amityville police hunted 82-year-old George Larned wounded in a back alley gunfight a week earlier. Thousands of officers searched dense woods for the paralyzed suspect believed to be hiding near his boyhood area while reports of strange noises and a dog’s odd behavior raised fear among residents. Police suspected Larned broke into the Sordilla home seizing a razor toothbrush toothpaste and $132 before slipping away into the marshes as a manhunt stretched into the night.

Babylon N.Y Long Island Baby Jon Amityville George Larned Larned Albert Sordilla Ai ‘Azar William Pearsall Lillian Tolause

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