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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1955
Page
10
Panama drops plans for its representative in the 1955 Miss Universe pageant after a warning from Roman Catholic Archbishop Francisco Beckman that bathing beauty contestants would commit a special sin.
A paid Panama newspaper notice announced the cancellation of the Miss Panama contest for reasons known to ail. In a Sunday cathedral sermon the archbishop denounced bathing suit appearances as a special sin that bars sacraments.
Students in Detroit Mumford High arts clubs produced a full marionette show adapted from James Thurber. Pupils designed puppets, built sets, taped sound, and controlled characters under lights with backstage craft. The performance drew praise, prompting a repeat engagement.
Winchester Common Council approved the Johnson Addition near James Wood High School with Frederick County Board of Supervisors and Virginia agencies also signing off. Echols Bros. built water sewer mains and Wood Avenue 40 feet wide, creating 20 lots with room for four more, fronting U S Route 50 and Wood Avenue.
In Marion Virginia two ex convicts Harlan Viers aged 33 and Paul Mack Spencer aged 35 were seized after fleeing a car crash during a police chase. Investigators say the pair, from Bristol, admitted breaking out of a Gulfport Mississippi jail and described a spree stealing cars and breaking into a dry cleaning shop. They were jailed in Abingdon pending charges of auto theft and burglary.
Viers notes terms served in federal prisons including Atlanta and Florida. A Q and E W D A exchange asks how blind players compete in golf and explains guides assist by gripping clubs, measuring yardage, guiding shots, and lining up. The 1954 U S Golf Championship for the Blind had 23 competitors.
Miss Alice Ann Roderick of Charles Town chosen Miss Shenandoah Apple Blossom to represent the West Virginia Jaycees at the National Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in June 2022 in Atlanta Georgia. The Charles Town High School senior recently returned from a week in Lake Worth Florida as guest of the Lake Worth Chamber of Commerce. Sponsored in the festival parade here by the Charles Town Rotary club.
Jefferson County Jayceeettes announce Miss Roderick will ride publically on the West Virginia float during the Annual Parade of States at the national convention in Atlanta. In 46 years Indianapolis Speedway races recorded 39 driver and mechanic deaths and 7 spectator fatalities. Fishing licenses issued in 1954 topped 17.6 million versus 14.8 million for hunting.
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