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WILLIAM FAULKNER Oxford, Miss...
...President had arrived at 12:12 p.m. At 1 p.m. exactly the Senate passed the declaration of war, 82-to-0. The House received with a whoop the identical Senate bill. The vote: 388-to-1. The lone dissenter was Miss Jeannette Rankin, Montana Republican, grey-haired pacifist who sat with a bewildered smile, muttering over & over that this might be a Roosevelt trick...
Amin resumes: "It's been like this since August. I've grown used to it, but I miss my family. Yesterday 1 went to Bikfaya [the Gemayels' village in the mountain district northeast of Beirut]. It was another world. Did you know my house there had been shelled? My wife was in the room next to where the shell exploded. But of course I can't bring them here. I don't know if any President in the world has been in such a situation...
This year's Miss America comes with such standard features as beauty, talent and ambition. But Vanessa Williams, 20, is unique in at least two ways. She is the first black titleholder in the 62-year history of the contest, and she is delightfully willing to speak her mind. She supports the Equal Rights Amendment and thinks abortion is "a right a woman should have." Asked endlessly about the significance of being the first black winner, she sighed, "It's hard to come up with fresh answers to a question that doesn't really mean anything." Furthermore...
...beauty queen was not aiming at barriers or breakthroughs. She entered the Miss America Pageant because "I needed the money." The title means a $25,000 scholarship, and in addition she will earn more than $100,000 for appearances across the nation this year. Williams plays piano and French horn, won the talent competition with her singing, and wants to make it as a musical actress. The Syracuse University junior only competed in a local swimsuit contest last spring because a campus drama production folded. Since her crowning in Atlantic City, where she edged out the first runner-up, Miss...