Miss Florida Pageant talent winners named in opening session
Twenty one contestants impressed judges in the Miss Florida Pageant opening night. Barbara Stockwell Miss Sarasota Mahvee Elizabeth Register Miss Fort Pierce and Rhona May Berube Miss Hialeah earned top talent selections as the competition continues tonight and tomorrow.
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Municipal Auditorium
Barbara Stockwell
Sarasota
Mahvee Elizabeth Register
Fort Pierce
Rhona May Berube
Hialeah
Barbara
Wisconsin
the King and I
Libby” Register
Khona May
Bill Carter
Sarasotans
MISS
Miss Florida Pageant heats up with local entrants
Red hat Jaycees from Miami Beach back Deanna Mae Briggs while Naples Jaycees support Vikki Sansone. Contestants include Barbara Jean Lehman, El Shivers, Diane Houck, Bet Seay, Carla McKinney. Swim suit and evening gown displays feature Ty Moch, Mary Jane Blake, Dorothy Steiner, Nancy Ann Warner, Diane Achenbach. Schedule lists dinners, talent review, church services, water ski show, and finals at Municipal.
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Miami Beach
Deanna Mae Briggs
Naples
Jaycees
Vikki Sansone
Barbara Jean Lehman
We A White
North Miami
el Shivers
Gadsden County
Diane Houck
Clearwater
Bet Seay
Duval County
Carla McKinney
Panama City
Betty Joy Moch
Orlando
Mary Jane Blake
Lakeland
Miss Briggs
Dorothy Steiner
Boca Raton
Nancy Ann Warner
Gainesville
Diane Achenbach
Tampa
Sal's
Municipal Tum
Clinton Lawyers Rest Their Case in Segregation Trial
In Knoxville Tennessee government and defense lawyers prepared final arguments in the federal trial of 11 segregationists led by roving activist John Kasper. Judge Robert Taylor set Monday for final arguments and warned he hoped to charge the jury on Tuesday after only six witnesses testified.
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Knoxville, Tenn
INS
Knoxville
Robert Taylor
John Kasper
Clinton
Clinton High School
Leona Gage Miss U S A for a Day Finds New Showbiz Job
Leona Gage, the Maryland wife and mother who was dethroned as Miss U S A after it emerged she was married, has been signed to open September 4 at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas. She will earn a six month $200 weekly guarantee, with a showgirl role and possible featured slot depending on performance.
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Leona Gage
Maryland
U.S.A
Walters Modeling Agency
Baltimore
California
Air Force
G. N. Ennis
Impressario
Tropicana
Leona
Las Vegas
Peruvian Teenager Wins Beauty Title
Gladys Zender of Lima Peru, 18, won the Miss Universe title in Long Beach CA becoming the first Latin American to win. Her crown was placed by 1956 winner Carol Morris as photographers flashed and the audience roared. Zender stood 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighed 118 pounds with a 36 26 36 figure.
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Long Beach
Calif
Ins
Gladys Zender
Peru
Lima
Carol Morris
Ottumwa
Iowa
Zender
Photo layout highlights and page references
A reader preview mentions bathing beauties with binoculars by Jaycee Jack Deeds and notes Miss Florida Pageant photos on page 15. Sarasota’s bus line gains a new manager replacing E L Deal on page 5. Page 7 features a photo layout of works from the Community Art Gallery exhibit.
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Jaycee
Jack Deeds
Sarasota
E. L. Deal
Community Art Gallery
Miss Florida Contest Faces Cloudy Outlook
Sarasota forecast calls for scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers with high near 86 degrees. Miss Florida pageant coverage notes the controversial Miss U S A reveal as a cloud over the event, while winds remain light to moderate.
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Witiuph
Wedler Repeats Murder Story in DeLand Interview
Donald J. Wedler, 23, repeated his Cleveland July 1954 recollection about the Marilyn Sheppard slaying for reporters at Volusia County jail. He described striking a woman with an iron pipe during a burglary and grappling with an intruder as his wife was killed, while lie detector tests and Court of Last Resort officials monitored the interview.
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Rodney Thursby
Volusia County
Wedler
Erle Stanley Gardner
Alex Gregory
Court of Last Resort
Sheppard
Gardner
Ohio
Cleveland
Women Win Photo Contest
A housewife Mrs Al Herman of 2070 Hyde Park photographed her 14 month old son Jerry in a washtub and 12 year old Marianne Zeek of 3301 Bay Shore captured a placid desert road scene. Entry blanks appear on Page 5 with a Wednesday noon deadline for next week prizes.
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al Herman
Hyde Park
Jerry
Marianne Zeek
Bay Shore
Two Die Three Hurt In U S 66 Collision
In Springfield Illinois two people died and three were injured when a car traveling in the wrong lane on U S 66 collided head on with another vehicle. State police pursued the errant car after a motorist reported a 30 mile wrong lane drive from Farmersville.
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Springfield, Ill
INS
Springfield
Farmersville
Duke Sells Knick Knacks Including Prince of Wales Sword
London reports the Duke of Windsor sold part of his collection this week. The items include a sword given by Emperor Hirohito when Hirohito was Crown Prince and the Duke was Prince of Wales.
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London
Duke of Windsor
Emperor Hirohito of
Japan
Hirohito
Duke
Prince of Wales
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Gene Norris
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