Arizona Eyes Second Miss America Title in 1953
Expert hints Arizona has strong odds to repeat after Jacque Mercer’s 1949 win. Miss Slaughter notes climate aids beauty and advises selecting a girl who embodies the state. Miss Arizona 1952 will be crowned at the Arizona State Fair in Phoenix November 7-16 and compete nationally in Atlantic City in September 1953. Local contests seed state representatives with Apache and Mohave counties already chosen. Globe plans an entry and Phoenix Jaycees will sponsor a Phoenix contest alongside Miss Arizona lineage.
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Arizona
Atlantic City
N. J
Jacque Mercer
Dick Gilbert
Miss Ora Slaughter
Phoenix
Miami
Mesa
Iempe
Scottsdale
Prescott
Wickenburg
Globe
Gilbert
Phoenix Jaycees
Pvt William Taylor Stationed In Japan With 1st Cavalry
Pvt William H Taylor in Japan with the 1st Cavalry Division on security duty. His unit, among the first to fight in Korea, trains in EOD aerial movement and amphibious operations on Hokkaido. He entered the Army February 1952 after leaving Fort Ord California. His wife Wilma Frances Long lives in Scottsdale Arizona. Parents live in Phoenix.
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1St Cavalry
Japan
William H. Taylor
Wilma
Frances Long
Scottsdale, Ariz
1St Cavalry Division
Korea
EOD
Hokkaido
Taylor
Army
Fort Ord
Calif
Mitty
E. .W.taylor
Hilton Ave
Phoenix
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General Electric
Zenith
Westinghouse
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National Bankers Life
Legal Reserve Stock Company
Arizona Corp. Commission
PHAL
A E. Roosevelt