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The first contestant was a tall blonde from Oregon with a willowy Grace Kelly look. When she rose from the piano after playing Brahms's Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, the ovation was led by the usherettes at the rear of the hall: only three years ago. Pianist...
Prelate Byrne's threatened denial of the sacraments of communion and confession to a Miss Universe contestant and her Catholic mother [July 20] is just another very good reason for being an American Protestant.
The signed author of these lines is neither a theologian nor a churchman, but 21-year-old Brunette Sue Ingersoll, a hairdresser and New Mexico's Miss Universe entrant, who defied her archbishop by insisting that she would take part in the contest despite his ban (TIME, July 20...
Mrs. Hill was not the only fixed winner in the Journal contest. Another was Robert Alvich, 53, a hotel desk clerk. A chronic puzzle contestant. Alvich bit on an anonymous telephone caller's proposal to make him a cinch winner. Following orders, Alvich phoned Detroit, where another anonymous voice...
"It's is not that Barnard Hall girls don't like to dress well, it's just that they like to be well-dressed without the competitive spirit entering into it," according to Barnard's contestant, Jane St. Leger '60.