Miss Arkansas Nesbitt Wins Attention and Fly Rod Gift
Miss Arkansas Waydine Nesbitt of Magnolia, 21, reveals a fly rod gift from her brother in law as she balances college studies at Southern State College and modeling. The pageant winner, crowned escort queen at Washington’s Cherry Blossom Festival, juggles piano studies, a secretarial administration degree, and potential modeling work in Dallas. She notes two aviation-minded suitors and weekly calls with one sending roses.
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Miss Arkansas
Magnolia
Waydine Nesbitt
Arkansas
Southern State’ College
Dixie
Washington, D. C
Southern State College
New Jersey Air Force
Washington, D.C
House Approves Military Base Construction Bill
The House by voice vote sent to the President a bill authorizing 537,369,600 for military construction in the United States and overseas. The measure is a compromise of House and Senate versions and an equal appropriation will require later congressional action.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
United States
Senate
Congress
L A Museum Displays Clothing by Poiret
The Los Angeles County Museum pays tribute to Paul Poiret with a 1912 to 1936 women’s fashion display. The exhibit runs with Raoul Duty paintings and is described as the largest Poiret collection yet. A Poiret garment worn by Barbara Stanwyck in Titanic is included.
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Lus Analno Uel
Los Angeles County Museum
Paul Poiret
Paris
Raoul Duty
Peiret
Duty
Barbara Stanwyck
Miss Wee Marjorie Wee of Malayan Airways Probes Miss Universe
The 14 year old Miss Wee Marjorie Wee, 3 feet 3 inches tall and 100 pounds, dining in Long Beach, talks about competing in Miss Universe. She she works as an airline hostess for Malayan Airways and describes a dramatic on plane incident and a playful prank. She plans to return to her job after the contest and enjoys swimming at night.
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United States
Long Beach
Marjorie
Wee
Wee Marjar
Surapore
Malayan Airways
Miss Wee
Malaya
Sumatra
Borneo
Bangkok
Board Asks Pilot Strike Be Delayed
The National Mediation Board urged delay of the threatened American Airlines pilot strike and offered mediation services under the Railway Labor Act. Leverett Edwards planned New York meetings with both sides as ALPA provided no immediate comment.
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Washington
National Mediation Board
Air Line Pilots Association
American Airlines
Pilots’ Group
Railway ‘Labor Act
Leverett Edwards
New York City
Alpa
Chicago
Jeehnrica
Jonger
Civil Aeronaut’tics Board
Quake Relief Designates Nevada Counties as Disaster Areas
President Eisenhower designated Churchill Washoe and Lyon Counties in Nevada as major disaster areas eligible for federal relief after earthquakes struck on July 4 and 7. Governor Charles H. Russell was notified by telegraph Wednesday.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Charles H. Russell
Nevada
Churchill
Washoe
Lyon
Moana Manley Crown Target for Miss New Zealand Title
Moana Manley 18, a New Zealand student teacher and backstroke champion, arrived in Long Beach eager to pose in Maori tribal costume for Miss New Zealand. She described culture shock from Auckland to Los Angeles and noted a fiancé desired by rumors, while awaiting a doctor for illness.
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Bert Resnik
Lone Beach
John
Manley Hadjsiddy
Bohan
New Zealand
Moana
Flex
States
Venetian Square
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Long Beach
Auckland Teachers Training College
Moana Manley
FHA Fires Counsel in Profits Case
The Federal Housing Administration announced the dismissal of its general counsel Burton C. Bovard after a probe into windfall profits from government backed housing. Acting FHA commissioner Norman P. Mason said Bovard failed to perform duties satisfactorily and would be removed by close of business. Bovard had served as general counsel since 1940.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
Burton C. Bovard
Bovard
Norman P. Mason
FHA
Mason
Senate
Cellophane Inventor J Brandenberger Dies at 85
Paris UPI reports J Brandenberger, inventor of cellophane and director of the La Cellophane factory, died Tuesday in a Paris hospital at age 85. The family made the announcement Wednesday.
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Paris
Miss Ohio Barbara Randa Aims for Coral Starfish Books
Barbara Joyce Randa Miss Ohio 19-year-old beauty from Painesville arrives in California to pursue the Miss Universe title as a secondary goal. Her younger brother asks for a starfish a piece of coral and two books on inter planetary science.
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Barbara Joyce Randa
Municipal
Western Air Lines
California
Mary Strer
Painesville
Ohio
Randa
Lake County
Chi Jy
John Blair
Cleveland
Miss Randa
Buckeye
Vick Lee Herttun
Covina
Long Beach
Russell
Legion of Valor Backs Ban on Communist Party
The Legion of Valor unanimously recommended outlawing the Communist Party but rejected a resolution endorsing McCarthy tactics. Delegates, at the 64th national conclave in Los Angeles, elected Maj. William Oliver Smith DSC of Raleigh, N C as national commander.
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Los Angeles
Legion of Valor
Communist Party
Joseph McCarthy
Maj
William Oliver Smith
DSC
Raleigh, N.C
Evacuation Plan Aids Chinese Nationals From Henoi Area
Two transport planes chartered in the Yellow Sea this morning head toward Indochina to airlift Chinese nationals from the Henoi area threatened by Communist forces.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Eliow Sea
Indochina
Henoi
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