Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 186, Decatur, Adams County, 8 August 1963 — Page 8

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Beauty Pageant Is V " ... j ' Exhausting Work

By GAY PAULEY UPI Women’s Editor NEW YORK (UPI) — Jim Crooker, a handsome Californian, holds a job whose only pay is a surrounding of international pulchritude. It’s also an exhausting job, the girl-watching he constantly does, he said. But before you men reading this rUsh to volunteer assistance, let us explain. Crooker is president of the Long Beach, Calif., international beauty spectacular which each year chooses the international beauty. Crooker also is safely married —to a stunning blonde named Marilyn, who remarked that maybe her husband’s was a “dangerous" ’assignment from the wife’s viewpoint. “But,” she laughed, “it’s dangerous just to be married, isn’t It?” m The couple discussed the beauty contest business during a trip to New York to arrange for television coverage of the finals of the contest in Long ( Beach Aug. 18 and also to meet the first foreign contingent—22 girls arriving from European countries. 43 U.S. Girls Seven judges will select the finalist from 43 U.S. girls and an equal number of representatives from foreign countries. Crooker, 38, has an auto dealership in Long Beach, a city of 365,000 near Los Angeles. He serves as president of the pageant this year; some other Long Beach citizen from the 60-mem-ber board will take the job next year, he said. He explained that the contest is strictly a civic event now, sponsored by the city, Los Angeles County, and the Long Beach Harbor board of commissioners. The winner takes home SIO,OOO prize money and runners-up get lesser amounts for a grand total of $27,500. But Crooker said there is no aftermath of the winner touring under commercial sponsorship, as there are in several other contests. Crooker has been associated with pageants since 1954 when he was on the board directing the Miss Universe contest. That one moved to Miami in 1960, and Long Beach citizens then established their own. A pageant is hard work, he said, requiring almost full time for him and for many others who help run it, all volunteeringfiremen on their off-duty hours, for instance, will drive th,e girls from their hotel to various events; women have volunteered to act as hostesses, interpreters, and chaperones. No Tape Measure “No,” Crooker said, “I don’t run around with a tape measure.” But he’s curve - oriented. When I asked his wife of two years her measurements, he spoke up, “5 feet, 5% inches, 36, 23, 36.” We wondered whether mixing so many nationalities and so mgny young women, with tensions mounting during the elimination events, resulted in any hair-pulling.” “If there is, we’ve not heard about it,” said Crooker. “I think the very fact it is an international group prevents anybody crying ‘foul.’ Each girl is trying to be a good representative of her country.” Yes, he said, there are problems. Language for one. Adjusting menus to international food tastes. Homesickness, and the girl in turn worrying about losing face if she returns home a loser. One of the requisites in addition to beauty is the poise test—the girl judged here on the manner in which she presents to Long Beach’s Mayor Edwin Wade a gift from her country. One girl he recalled started off, “Jadies and lentlemen . , h_j— Chaperonage is so strict that he remembered one beauty who, after the last of the pageant events, sighed: “Well, this is the first time I ever went for 12 days without a date!”

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Tickets On Sale For Circus Performances Tickets for the King Bros, circus, which will present two shows in Decatur Monday, may still be purchased, Dick Mies, chairman of the Lions club-sponsored project, said this morning. Tickets are on sale at Holthouse-on-the-Hlghway, the Holthouse Drug Co. on Second street, Habeg-ger-Schafers, Villa Lanes and Ferris Bower Jewelry. Tickets must be purchased no later than Sunday at the above named sites, as they will not be sold in the stores Monday. Tickets are priced at $1.50 for adults and $1 for children. Mies also requested all Lions who have not picked up their tickets as yet to do so, and reminded Lions that tickets must be returned to him no later than 8 p. m. Sunday at Villa Lanes. King Bros., one of the few remaining “big top” circuses touring the country, will present two shows Monday in the area between Villa Lanes and Schwartz Ford Co., along U. S. 224. The first show will be given at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon, with the second performance scheduled for 8 p. m. Two Autos Damaged In Wreck Wednesday Two cars were damaged in an accident on U. S. 27, two and onehalf miles north of Decatur Wednesday, with a young Willshire woman arrested. Rebecca Ann Dellinger, 19, route I, Willshire, 0., was cited for reckless driving following the accident in which her auto crashed into the rear of a car driven by Kaye Ann Noack, 20, of 1127 W. Adams St. Both autos were southbound when Miss Noack slowed to make a left turn, waiting for oncoming traffic. Damages resulted from the 5:40 p.m. mishap were esti-i mated at S2OO to the Dellinger car and $l3O to the Noack car, by deputy sheriff Harold August and state trooper Alan Coppes, who investigated. A vehicle driven by John E. Binegar, 16, of Geneva, was damaged to the extent of $135, in a mishap at 8:20 p.m., on U. S. 27, two miles south of Berne Binegar was northbound when his auto struck a barrel marking road construction in the area. The barrel flipped onto the hood of the autc. and broke the windshield. Binegar stated the lights of an oncoming auto had blinded him for a moment, and he failed to see the barrel. ■> Enlistment Policy In Changed By Guard INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The Indiana National Guard announced Wednesday th?t it will change its enlistment policy, effective Aug. 11, so that a difference in service obligations among age groups wild be eliminated. Those. joining the Guard between the age of 17 and 18Vi had an active reserve obligation of three years but this will be changed to six years, which is the same time older men must participate in reserve training and summer encampment. Bill Standardizes Reserve Training WASHINGTON (UPI) — The Senate has approved a bill standardizing the military reserve training program. The bill, passed Wenesday, would require a uniform six-year term and active duty of not less than four months. O O — Last Time Tonight — “IT’S ONLY MONEY” JERRY LEWIS Comedy Riot! A- "SEVEN SEAS TO CALAIS” — Technicolor.

Two Juveniles Held For Gasoline Theft Two juvenile boys, one 17 years old and the other 15, who reside near Decatur, were, taken into custody this morning by sheriff’s department and city police authorities. The two youths were apprehended for stealing gasoline from a farm on the Mud Pike road near Decatur, and have been turned over to juvenile authorities. Robert Colchin, route 6, Decatur, reported to the sheriff’s office earlier this week that some gasoline had been stolen from the farm residence of his father, Clem Colchin, on route 4, Decatur. His father has been ill recently and residing at his son’s home. Deputy sheriff Harold August received a “tip” from a neighbor about 4 a. m. today that a car was seen in the area of the Colchin farm. August sped to die scene but the car had left before he arrived. .. ; He notified the city police car and some alert work discovered the auto in Decatur a short time later. When.stopped, the gasoline and a can stolen from the farm were discovered and the two youths admitted the thefts. They Jiad stolen five gallons from the farm for each of the past three evenings, or early morning hours, beginning Tuesday morning.

Pul Pressure On Pentagon On TFX Contract WASHINGTON (UPI) — Senate investigators intensified pressure today on the Pentagon to hold a runoff competition for the disputed TFX fighter plane contract. The plan would have the effect o canceling the huge award to General Dynamics Corp. Transcripts of testimony at a \ closed hearing Wednesday were released today. During questioning of Air Force Secretary Eugene M. Zuckert, one of the Pentagon’s civilian leaders who recommended the award go to General Dynamics, Sen. John L. Mc-j Clellan, D-Ark., suggested that "all doubt could be resolved” if the Pentagon would agree to a best - man - wins competition between General Dynamics and the Boeing Co. Sen. Karl E. Mundt, R-S.D., said in an interview today that a runoff contest was among the possible recommendations the Senate investigations subcom mi 11 ee, headed by McClellan, might make after concluding its exhaustive inquiry into the multi-million-dollar contract award to General Dynamics. Other congressional news: College Aldi The House Rules Committee cleared for floor action beginning Tuesday an administration bill to provide $1.2 billion in grants and low-interest loans to colleges for construction of new classrooms, laboratories and other facilities. The bill has strong support from both Democrats and Republicans. Ralls; Acting Chairman John O. Pastore, D-R.1., said the Senate Commerce Committee would not begin drafting legislation to deal with the railroad crisis until next week. The group had originally planned to begin work today on President Kennedy's proposal to turn over the work ruleS dispute to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The committee got a secret report today from Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz on the progress of his efforts to get rails union and management officials to reach agreement without legislation. There was no immediate word on what Wirtz told the group. Reformatory Fire Probe Is Underway PENDLETON, Ind. (UPI)— Authorities investigating a fire which caused nearly SIOO,OOO damage in the Indiana Reformatory paint shop at Pendleton Wednesday said today arson was “strongly suspected.” , It was the second fire in the same building in six, weeks. It was brought under control in less than two hours. * , A similar fire occurred June 25. “Naturally we suspect arson. We are going to work on that idea,” Supt. John W. Buck said. Buck said the shop would be re-established. “This is a fine productive enterprise which has saved a lot of money for the taxpayers,” he said. Paint used by the Indiana State Highway Department was manufactured in the three-story industrial building which also Includes the mattress and tailor shops. « Seven men were in the paint shop and about 100 prisoners in the building when the blaze was discovered. Buck said a probable arsonist would have been out of the shop at the time the blaze was noticed.

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Orders Schools Refrain From Bible Reading ALBANY, N.Y. (UPI) — Dr. James E. Allen, Jr., state education commissioner, today directed school districts to refrain from daily religious exercises, “even to what is sometimes referred to as ‘voluntary’ action by pupils.” The directive reinforced Allen’s already stated determination to abide by the U.S. Supreme Court decision on religious exercises in public schools. At the same time, the commissioner urged the state’s public schools to give renewed emphasis on teaching moral and spiritual values. young people need. today as never before,” Allen saiid, “to acquire the inner strength that come* from knowledge and understanding of these values.” Appeal By Parents The ruling came on an appeal by parents of students in the Levittown Union Free School District No. 5 on Long Island. The local Board of Education on Sept. 4,1962 adopted a resolution that each school day begin with the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag followed by “reading or recitation of an aopropriate excerpt from the Bible ... singing of the fourth stanza of ’America’ or . . . an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence or other historical document significant to our national and spiritual heritage.” Allen said it was apparent that Levittown board “deliberately set out to evade the constitutional prohibition against daily religious exercises in publie schools” by providing a list of alternative exercises. He said it was only the daily morning devotional exercises that the Supreme CoOrt decisions and his own were concerned with. Dismissed Appeal Allen said he dismissed an appeal against use of the Pledge of Allegiance because the Supreme Court had not been called upon to decide its constitutionality. However, he said the New York Court of Appeals was presently considering whether the wprds “Under God” in the pledge wqre unconstitutional. In June, 1962, the Suoreme Court declared unconstitutional a prayer written by the state Board of Regfcnts. Two months , later Commissioner Allen ruled that* a stanza of the "Star-Spangled Banner” — designated a prayer by' a local district — also was unconstitutional. In a letter accompanying copies of the Levittown decision to school districts across the state, Allen said the ways and means that public schools can supply moral and spiritual teaching are many and varied. "They are found in the study of history, literature, music and art,” he said, “and in all subjects in which the great religions have played a strong part in the shaping of aspirations and growth.” If you have something to sell or trade — use the Democrat Want ads — they get BIG results.

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RED CHINESE DRAGON SPITS FlßE—Dragon flames searing Korea symbolize renewed tension in that part of Asia. Ambushes of U.S. soldiers may signal a general step-up of pressure by the Chinese Communists to prove they’re still tough. The dragon constitutes a menace on all. sides of him: • India is watching a build-up of Chinese air and ground power in the

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border area which saw bitter fighting in 1962. • Laos is the object of constant attempts to sabotage a precarious cease-fire. • South Viet Nam fights a seemingly endless war against Chinese-inspired North Vietnamese guerrillas. • Formosa, stronghold of the Nationalist Chinese, maintains a watchful alert on a momentarily quiet front

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1963