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m*::»!»Vi*. .-. . ,v.\v*v.v.\ v.•, .w, v.w »’*vv.v.v.vv.*. .-.*. . .v. .•••.*,*. . •, • . .v.v.v v *.'• *• • • •’•*• v*%v.'*vv.v, .w.vWmmmmmmmMMmfflfflmmvXv v«y *!••••■rvy'*»V.*«V ; lt;, -i V Vi\’■.,i*iVi,»V J » *• V 1 ***.v.w;O r • r« « .- .f - *_«'#% • . » , J.T.*,’ » *,♦ • ri J •• * « * * A ♦!* # i’tV* T » j•VStMNWWv.SVi'.-iviW.y.’.v.v.;*.v.v.y.v.-X'X'Xf’* * * » r» »•r.y.y.v.*•XvivXvf-Vote To Permit Colored Players In TW GamesHouston, Oct. 27 (AP)—The University of Texas Board of Regents today removed the ban on the use of Negroes in athletic contests at Texas Western College of El Paso.By a vote of six to three theboard responded to petitions fromthe El Paso Chamber of Commerce and others which asked that the school be privileged to select its own opponents. wBfln, jflThe matter was resented as the! result of cancellation of a football game with Loyola of Los Angeles when it was found that Loyola had a Negro player.The Los Angeles school cancelled the game because of a rule prohibiting the appearance of Negroes on the athletic fields of the Uni- j versity of Texas. Texas Western is a branch of the University of Texas.Dudley Woodward of Dallas, chairman of the Board of Regents, said he would have a complete statement on the matter following adjournment of the board which is in session here.Voting against removal of the ban were Mrs. Edgar Tobin of Sar Antonio, Jim Rockwall of Houston and Edward B. Tucker of Nacog doches.Nicols Named 'Esquire Girl'Mary Beth Nicols was proclaimed “Miss Esquire” of’Texas Western this week in a split vote turned in by a board of judges composed of El Paso's leading advertising and publicity firms.Runner-up was Jane Piatt.Photographs of the two finalists were taken around to the various judges and their written decisions' obtained. Acting as judges were the firms of Dazza, de Bruyn, White, Mithoff, and Mott and Reid.Two poses of Miss :rrcc5, one in a bathing suit and one in evening attire, will be forwarded to the national Esquire calendar girl contest in New York.9Should she win that coi»cr., s*te will get an all-expenses paid trip to New York, a screen test by Me-tro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, her picture published in Esquire Magazine, mentions by national columnists, and more national publicity via the press, radio and television.Judges for the big contest are Bing Crosby, Fred Waring, Eddie Cantor, Milton Berle, Kay Kyser, Horace Heidt, Ralph Edwards,\ Rudy Vallee, and A1 Capp.The White House this week complimented Miss Nicols on becoming TW Esquire Girl with a shower of gifts. The local department store
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El Paso Prospector
El Paso, Texas, US
Sat, Oct 28, 1950
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