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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1970
Page
8
Davenport Iowa Cheryl Adrienne Browne aged 19 won Miss Iowa on Saturday night and will be the first Black contestant from Iowa in the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City New Jersey Browne said she did not see herself as the sole Black finalist but believed victory came from merit and effort.
Miss Browne a Luther College junior from Decorah Iowa says the Miss Iowa crown should gain significance by drawing attention to the Black Power movement and that she was judged for herself not color She notes NAACP criticism of the Miss America pageant and recalls Dr Zelma George as a judge in the prior year
Hollywood reports Walt Disney Productions leads on entertainment stocks due to Walt Disney World construction. The Orlando project vastly expands from 27000 acres of swampland into a sprawling leisure complex with two hotels, a vast entertainment park with 60 rides, monorail through a lobby, and future expansion plans.
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