Miss U S A Wins Anyway Miss United States Crown Upset
Long Beach Calif AP a beauty queen toppled from her Miss United States throne by deception flew home to Maryland to cash in on the sensation. Mrs Leona Gage Ennis 18 won the title while married and thus ineligible. She left LA for Maryland while judges chose Miss Peru Gladys Zender of Lima as Miss Universe. Ennis planned a Tropicana Las Vegas contract and TV offers. Her family tensions emerged as she faced questions about her father who she believed was dead.
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Long Beach
Calif
Maryland
Mary Leona Gage Ennis
Los Angeles International Airport
Gladys Zenders
Lima
Leona
IF. D. Gage
Wichita Falls
Tex
Texas
Walter Biggs
Dallas
Air Force Set
Gene Norris Ennis
Friendship International
Las Vegas
Gene
David
Ennis
Baltimore
Clarence Long
Crisfield
Barbara Menshaw
Glen Burnie
Barbara
Gladys Zender
Peru
Leona Gage
Brazil
Terezinha Goncalves Morango
Maria Roca Gamio
Cuba
Sonia Hamilton
London
Gertie Daub
Germany
Miss Zender
Eduardo
Rosa Zender
Hamburg
Zender
Hoffa Acquitted Seeks Teamsters Leadership
James R. Hoffa was acquitted of bribery charges related to planting a spy on the Senate Rackets Investigating Committee staff. The Midwest Teamsters boss flew to Detroit and said he would meet friends in Chicago to decide his future union activities while observers suggest he could replace Dave Beck as Teamsters president. Hoffa disclosed funding his defense personally and mortgaged his home and car. Senate committee members lamented the verdict as a miscarriage of justice.
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Washington
James R. Hoffa
Stram
Dave Beck
Teamsters
Hoffa
Senate
Midwest Teamsters
Chicago
Beck
Detroit
Senate Committee
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Sem. Ives
R-Ny
LTW Set To Clean Up Union in Washington
The Executive Council of the United Textile Workers weighs fresh "clean union" safeguards amid Senate rackets probes. The inquiry centers on UTW President Valente and Secretary-Treasurer Klewert, with Teamsters issues returning to the committee, which summoned Harold Gibbons of St. Louis. Klewert admitted $57,000 was used for homes in a Washington suburb for himself and Valente, while others described the deals as questionable.
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Washington
United Textile Workers Union
UTW
Senate
Gibbons
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Klemert
Valente
Eric G Jonsson
Leona
William
Janssom
J. Adams
Maryland
Lions, kangaroo cause mayhem on moving circus truck
In Henryetta Oklahoma a 500-pound circus lion escaped after the truck's cage crashed down a 30 foot incline injuring the feline. An eight-year-old lion later suffered a chewed tail which a Henryetta veterinarian amputated on the highway.
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Henryetta
Okla
Bill McGaw Metor Circus
Chuck Smith
Smith
Frankie
Lion
Oklahoma City
Fort Smith
Ark
Ray Wilcox
Miss Peru Wins Beauty Contest
Gladys Zender of Peru, 18, becomes the first Latin American Miss Universe winner at Long Beach. The Lima native, 5 feet 7 with a 36 inch bust, faced 90 finalists after Leona Gage’s disqualification. Tears marked the moment as her parents celebrated.
Forbidden Meet Held In Church
A Brooklyn church split over Rev. William Howard Melish hosted a forbidden meeting led by ex head of the American Youth Congress Rev Jack R McMichael on a biblical basis for social action About 50 people attended The rector Rev Herman Sidener banned the gathering via telegrams and said to cancel any such meeting He and Melish foes clashed over the church dispute with Melish absent and his wife present Cameron Beadle led the pro Melish faction
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New York
Brooklyn
Lover House
William Howard Melish
House of the Protestant Episcopal
Church of the Holy Trinity
Herman
Sidener
Melish
Jack R. McMichael
American Youth Congress
House Un-American Activities Committee
Mr Melish
Cameron Beadle
Court of Last Resort Hears Wedler Story in Florida
Donald J. Wedler, 23, recounted his July 1954 Cleveland events for newsmen at Volusia County jail. Represented by Court of Last Resort figures Erle Stanley Gardner and Alex Gregory, he described entering the Sheppard home and striking the victim with a iron pipe, while denying more than a few hits. He said he fled toward a lake, hitchhiked east, and only later read about the case, while awaiting trial on an escape charge.
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Deland, Fla
Donald J. Wedler
Marilyn Sheppard
Cleveland
Welder
Rodney Thursby
Volusia County
Wedley
Webley
Erle Stanley Gardner
Alex Gregory
Court of Last Resort
Sheppard
Gardner
Gregory
Wedler
Ohio
C. William O'Neill
Samuel Sheppard
Gregory LeMoyne Snyder
John E. Reid
C. B. Hanscom
Tampa
Policeman Saves Children as Flaming Truck Slips Down Hill
Montreal witness recounts a flaming trailer truck rolling down a hill toward 20 children and two nuns from a Quebec City convent. Constable Leo Glaude blew his whistle and dashed them to safety, while driver Jean Danis escaped with minor injuries as explosions sent flames toward a hydro building.
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Montreal
Jean Danis
Leo Glaude
Jack Boisclair
Notre Dame de Merci
Quebec City
Quebec Hydro
Rights Bill Foes Scent A Victory
Washington AP Southern foes of the civil rights bill sensed victory as they seek to strike the section authorizing federal court injunctions to protect civil rights. Senate leaders debated an Anderson Aiken amendment to remove part 3, with a vote likely Monday or Tuesday. Knowland said no substitute could satisfy all sides and signaled a straightforward vote on the amendment. Humphrey then said his planned bipartisan modification would not be offered.
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Washington
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Dixie Forces
Senate
Anderson
D-Nm
Aiken
R-Vi
Knowland
California
Anderson- Aiken
Humphrey
D-Minn
Lawyers Set As Clinton Trial Closes
In Knoxville Tennessee closing arguments loom for the Clinton desegregation trial. Ten men and one woman face charges of conspiring to keep Negro students out of Clinton High School last fall. Defense lawyers contend the government failed to prove conspiracy, noting they called only six witnesses though claiming 40 or 50 more were available. Judge Taylor allotted four hours for each side to argue.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Clinton
Ing
Clinton High School
Supreme Court
United States
John Kasper
U.S
Robert L. Taylor
Scientist discovers fast moving stars from Earth
A scientist reported the other night that he had found a group of stars traveling away from Earth at the rate of 15000 miles per second. The remark drew amused reactions as the problem, though presented with wit, hinted at a remarkable cosmic finding.
Slavers Of Farmer Are Hunted
ALLIANCE Ohio police search for two suspects in the brutal robbery slaying of Amish farmer Paul M Coblentz 25 near Mount Hope Holmes County. A green 1953 Pontiac stolen from Fredericksburg is believed used by the attackers who fled Millersburg area toward Alliance after shooting Coblentz and beating his wife and infant daughter stealing four dollars.
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Alliance
Ohio
Holmes County
Millersburg
Fredericksburg
Mount Hope
Sliced Aid Bill Faces New Hurdle
President Eisenhower looked to win foreign aid authorization beyond the House’s 3.12 billion measure after a 254 to 154 vote. The House trimmed long term aid features, set ceilings, and will seek a conference with a Senate bill closer to the president’s request, amid expected compromises and ongoing appropriations tests.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Narcotics Gang Kills Informer in Cleveland
James Mandancini, 29, a convicted narcotics peddler and former state’s witness in the December 1954 Cleveland case, was found slain in an East Side apartment hallway Friday night. Police describe it as a revenge killing, with three men fleeing the scene after firing seven shots at close range. Neighbors saw three men leave. a knotted rope suggested an attempted strangling, and powder burns indicated close contact. The informant had testified against a large Cleveland drug ring that involved defendants from New York, Buffalo, Philadelphia, and Cleveland.
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Cleveland U
James Mandancini
Mandancini
New York
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Frank Embrescia
Embrescia
Happy and Healthy Mike Survives Blind Year
Five year old Mike Sibole, who lost his remaining eye to cancer, remains upbeat a year after surgery. Adopted by the Siboles in Florida, he plays with his brother in Hialeah and attends Miramar Elementary, adapting to blindness with keen humor and independence.
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Miami, Fla
Mike Sibole
Mike
James W. Sibole
Siboles
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