Miss America Winner To Cop Small Fortune
Atlantic City awaits the Miss America finals with 49 contestants from 45 states Hawaii Canada Washington DC Chicago and three missing entries. Ten judges will name Miss America of 1956 after weeks of talent bathing suit and manners judging and final rounds. The winner will travel nationwide for a year earning appearances endorsements and radio TV work. The current Miss America earned over $40 000 in her reign and the winner is expected to match that.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Hawaii
Canada
Washington
D. C
Chicago
Wyoming
New Mexico
Virginia Maffucci
Massachusetts
Sandra Wirth
Florida
Pat Huddleston
Alabama
Clara Arnold
North Carolina
Barbara Vieira
Ann Campbell
Oklahoma
Lee Ann Merriwether
Knife and Fork Club Opens 1955 56 Season
Lawton's Knife and Fork club begins its 1955 56 season on September 27 with Betty Roadman as featured speaker at 7 p.m. in the Hotel Lawtonian. Her talk is titled An Actress Looks at America. Other speakers include Toni Gauer October 24 Dr No Young Park December 2 Arch Duke Otto February 10 Ismet Sanli March 1 and Signey R Montague April 19. A membership campaign will be conducted this year, says secretary treasurer Mrs J Olen Conner.
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Lawton’s
Knife and Fork Club
Betty Roadman
Lawtonian
America
Toni Gauer
No Young Park
Asia
Arch Duke Otto
Ismet Sanli
Signey R. Montague
State To Beef Up Murder Prosecutions In Till Case
Sumner Mississippi. The state strengthens the Emmett Till murder case against Roy Bryant and J D Milam with Robert B Smith III named special assistant attorney general to lead the prosecution. Trial opens Sept 19. Mississippi officials coordinate with Chicago authorities over witness protection as Mamie Till Bradley seeks security for her appearance.
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FBI
Robert B. Smith III
Ripley, Miss
J. P. Coleman
Mississippi
Smith
Atty
Gerald Chatham
Roy Bryant
J. D. Milam
Glendora
Chatham
Mamie Bradley
Chicago
Huff
U S May Offer Reds Guarantee For Unification
The United States weighed security guarantees for Soviet Russia in exchange for German unification. Officials discussed a possible NATO bloc pledge or verbal nonaggression while rejecting Russia’s push to end NATO. Details to be explored by foreign ministers in New York on Sept. 27-28 and at Geneva in October.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Russia
Moscow
Geneva
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
Russia
Osten
Atlantic
Soviet Bloc
NATO
State Department
Britain
France
West Germany
U. S
New York
Funeral Rites for Mrs Ruth Carrier Held at Calvary Baptist
Funeral services for Mrs Ruth Mae Carrier 33 of 908 S Fourth were held at 2 30 p m Saturday at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev Henry Wall officiating Burial followed at Highland Cemetery with Lawton Funeral Home in charge She died at home Thursday after a long illness Bearers were L J Cloud Herman Dodson Luther Shipmen Charlie Dean George Brumley and L O Paden
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Ruth Mae Carrier
Calvary Baptist Church
Henry Wall
Highland Cemetery
Lawton Funeral Home
Eisenhower First Since Washington With Ten-Letter Surname
The note asserts Dwight D. Eisenhower is the first U.S. president since George Washington to have a ten letter surname. It highlights a trivia detail about the spelling and historical context.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S
George Washington
Criminal charges planned in Boley beating incident
Okemah Okfuskee County Attorney John Lacy said he plans criminal charges over the beating of inmates at the Negro Training School for Boys in Boley. Four supervisors and a farm superintendent were fired after reports of whippings at the institution. R W Henson said he planned contacting the county attorney.
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Okemah
Okla
Okfuskee
John Lacy
Negro Training School For
Boley
R. W. Henson
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Barbara Maria Vieira
Miss Vieira
Connecticut
Audrey Figlar
Emily Swan
Sumner, Miss
Till
Bryant
Delta
Maurice Wright
Milam
Wright
Reds
Ruth Carrier
Everest & Jennings
Feld
W. F
Bill
Glasgow
Gene
Southwest Chemical Company
E Avenue
Denison Hardware
Sheridan Road
Phore
Zwaan
RCA Victor
Sprague's
Furniture Mart
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc
C. Brigham Young Agency
C. Bringham Young Park Stovall Koehler
Lawton, Oklahoma
F.d.11.c
Public Service Company
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