Miriam Stevenson, 21,
Beats 46 Other Entrants
For Miss U.S.A. Crown
LONG BEACH, Calif., HI—Miss
South Carolina, a Dixie co-ed, is
the new Miss U.S.A.
Miriam Stevenson, 21-year-old
college senior from Winnsoboro,
S.C., won Wednesday night over
46 other entrants for the title
which will pit her against 32 for
eign beauties for the Miss Uni
verse crown.
The winner has a 36-inch bust
and hips and a 24-inch waist.
She weights 120 pounds and is
5-foot-6.
Runners-up in the contest were
in this order: Miss Virginia, Ellen
Whitehead, an 18-year-old Chat
ham, Va., brunnette; Miss New
York State, Karin Huitman, 22,
of Rochester; Miss New York City,
Renee Roy, 23-year-old actress;
and Miss Texas, 20-year-old Betty
Lee of Austin.
NOTICE
Sales lax reports on retail sales
and services for the quarter end
ing June 30, 1954, must be in the
City Clerk's Office by July 30.
1954.
Curio M. McLain .. ..
City Clerk
Publ. July 19, 23, 28, 1954
Strike Halts Chrysler
Production Lines *
DETROIT, MT—All of Chrysler’s
Detroit automobile production
was at a standstill today in the
fifth day of a strike now idling
44,850 workers.
Assembly lines went down com
pletely yesterday with the layoff
of 8,850 machinists, motor build
ers and maintenance employes in
mounting idleness from Monday’s
strike of 10,700 Dodge main plant
employes.
Only an approximate 21,000
hourly employes, including de
fense workers, were still on the
job.
All the affected employes are
members of the CIO United Auto
Workers. The Dodge main strik
ers walked out in protest of what
they called a speed-up. Manage
ment denied there was a speed
up.
Negro Youngster Named Page
Boy To U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, Wl — A negro
youngster has been named a page
boy to the U.S. Supreme Court.
He’s the first of his race ever to
be so honored.
The 14-year-old boy, Charles
Vernon Bush, will begin his duties
as one of the court’s four page
boys for the term starting Oct. 4.
Indochina Cease-Fire
To Go Into Effect July 27
SAIGON, Indochina, Iff) —- The
French high command announced
today the Indochina cease - fire
will go into effect in North Viet
Nam at 7 a.m. Tuesday, July 27,
and in other Vietnamese areas
soon afterward.
Sealed order setting the hour
for silencing of the guns in the
north had already gone to' the
French headquarters in Hanoi,
and presumably to the Commun
ist - led Vietminh troops in and
around the Red River delta.
The high command said all of
fensive action by French Union
and Vietnamese army forces has
bec-n oTdered halted throughout
Indochina. They are to fight only
defensive actions, and air oper
ations have been reduced to bom
bardments in support of French
posts the Vietminh are still at
tacking.
The Vietminh struck heavily
before dawn today at a French
Union post in Vietri, 40 miles
northwest of Hanoi, and harassed
a score of other garrisons in the
Red River delta, but a French
briefing officer said all the de
fenses held.
Many caterpillars are sensitive
to sound.
Tommy and Barbara Martin
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