Miss New York Tawny Gedin crowned Miss America 1976
Tawny Gedin of Yonkers New York 18 year old Skidmore College sophomore and pianist won Miss America 1976 in Atlantic City New Jersey before a crowd of 17853 and national TV. Her runner ups were Susan Lawrence of North Carolina Janet Carr of California and Susan Sanks of Ohio. Gedin is among the youngest winners and will study further with a 15000 dollar scholarship.
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New York
Elaine Gedin
America
Atlantic City
N.J
Skidmore College
Bess Myersen
New York City
Shirley Cothran
Texas
Bert Parks
Janet Jay Carr
Ohio
Susan Kay Sanks
Arizona
Stacey Petersen
Florida
Ann Schmalzried
Indiana
Cyndi Legler
Massachusetts
Cynthia Mary Carpenter
South Carolina
Cyndi Anthony
Mary Ellen Richardson
Godin
Skidmore
Refugee governess leaves Tammy Wynette after $60 pay
Lucy Huong, a Vietnam refugee and former governess to Tammy Wynette's children, quit after about a month citing only 60 dollars earned. She expected 80 dollars a week plus board and room, and says she was paid 10 on arrival and 50 later with no further pay. Wynette's lawyer defends the treatment as family-like.
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Nashville, Tenn
Lucy Huong
Ft. Chaffee
Ark
Tammy Wynette
Saco
Maine
Miss Wynette
John Lentz
Huong
Lentz
Vietnam
Dodging the limelight Joan Little seeks anonymity
Three weeks after her acquittal in the Beaufort County jailer murder case, Joan Little asks to disappear from public attention. Her lawyer says she is tired and wants normal life as fundraising and legal costs top half a million dollars.
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Raleigh
N.C
Joan Little
Miss Little
Jerry Paul
Clarence Alligood
Alligood
Beaufort County
The Washington Influence Directory details lobbyists power
A 350 page book priced at 25 dollars aggregates 2800 names from public records and lists political action committees. It reveals how contributors are labeled in disclosures while showing the true roles of donors as lobbyists or executives.
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Washington
Ed Zuckerman
Independent, Press-Telegram
Amelia
House
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Capitol Hill
Santa Ana Trio Convicted in 1973 Murders
A Santa Ana Superior Court jury convicted Michael Lynn Thompson Robert M Sesma and John Manuel Solis of the 1973 murders of Vandra Nunley and Rue Steele. Thompson and Sesma were found guilty of first degree murder while Solis received second degree murder convictions. Thompson also faces conspiracy kidnapping and assault convictions. Sentencing set for Oct 23 with requests for new trials and probation bids noted.
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Santa Ana
Orange
Robert M. Sesma
Steele
John Manuel Solis
Thompson
Nunley
James K.turner
Sesma
Solis
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Long Beach
Calif
Sun
N.Y
Beauty
Combined News Services
Niagara Falls
Empire State Building
England
Cindy Waite
Rockefeller Plaza
Cindy
Dawn
Ann Waite
Bournemouth
Gordon
Mrs. Waite
San Franisco
Joseph Alioto
Angelina Aliete
Martina Navratilova
Chris Evert
United States
State Department
Navratilova
Justice Department
US. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Albert Marks
Marks
Tom Snyder
Donna Axum
el Dorado
Darrel Goodnight
Goodnight
George Pierce
Pierce
Pee Dee
Minidoka
Idaho
Blaine County
Rudy Howard
HEW
David Mathews
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Congress
Mathews
University of Alabama
Oregon
Bess Kaiser Hospital
Portland
Mildred Hynes
John
Aloha
Ore
Elvis
Elvis Presley
Graceland
Memphis, Tenn
Marcus Lipton
London
Warren Kimbre
Eastern Connecticut State College
Willimantic
Conn
Kimbro
Alex Rackley
Panther
Bobby Seale
Rackley
Seale
Philippe Petit
Superdome
Petit
Baltimore
Refugee
Ter
Tammy
Miss Huong
Lyly Huong
Nashville
Georgette
Jackie
Gwen
Tina
By David R. Nelsen
Southern Poverty Law Center
Montgomery
Ala
South
California
Black Panthers
Mike Douglas
Philadelphia
Paul
Eli Green
St. Louis
Atlanta
Miss Galloway
D.C
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