Kyle MacDonnell rises from beauty pageant to stardom
Earl Wilson recalls judging Kyle MacDonnell in a Miss America-like pageant in Nashville during World War II. He notes her later rise through modeling Broadway and NBC television, and reveals her claim that his vote against her helped spark her career.
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Who Killed Navy Talk? 1947 Political Speech Mystery
Washington NS reports that Kimball's prepared speech for Undersecretary Navy officials said the speech was killed and a substitute was readied. The incident involves political candidates O'Dwyer and Lohman in a tense fall campaign amid defense unification debates.
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