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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, September 15, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 g the stars and stripes monday september 15,198s miss Tennessee wins miss America Crown continued from Page 1 her Victory stroll Down the runway i convention Hall As emcee Gary Collins Sang the pageant Standard there  she is 21, from Memphis Tenn. Her father. Navy Cape. Roy Cash jr., is Tak ing part in nato exercises off the Coasto Norway. Site mouthed he words of my god As her name was announced and lifted her Palms upward in a gesture of disbelief. The Atlantic City crowd of 20,000 Anda National television audience of millions watched the pageant. Navy officials said her father would be notified. Efforts by the associated press to reach him via ship to Shore radio and Ham radio operators were unsuccessful in Virginia Beach. Va., where miss Cash s parents live near the Navy base in Norfolk va., a group of five women whose husbands Are a sea with Cash toasted the new Queen with Champagne i Tell you what that is about the greatest thing that can happen to a girl said party Host Pam mag my. She s a Beautiful Gal said  kind of figured she might win be cause she s a talented girl. She can really sing a  a senior majoring in communications and Public relations at Memphis state University Cash  on the piano As she Sang ill be Home in a voice that began in a Whis per and climbed to an emotional Crescendo. Her performance and appearance in a swimsuit last week made her the Only double Winner in preliminary Competition. The 5-foot-b, 116-Pound Cash has Green eyes. She became the second miss America from Tennessee and has a connection to the first from birth. She was delivered by the doctor husband of land mine kills French Soldier in Lebanon Beirut Lebanon Fyt French Soldier serving with a . Force was killed saturday and five other were wounded when a land mine exploded in Southern Lebanon. The attack was Parton a continuing Campaign of harassment against the peacekeeping Force. The Soldier who died was one of two wounded frenchmen evacuated to a hos Pital in Haifa in Northern Israel. The israeli radio said he died after surgery. Four other wounded soldiers we retreated at a Field Hospital in the lebanese Border town of Qura a spokesman for the peacekeeping Force said the French soldiers were in an armoured personnel Carrier thai drove Over a mine near the shiite moslem Vil Lage of a Aaliyah 10 Miles East of the Porto Tyre. Miss America 1947 Barbara walk Rhummel. Cash said her famous granduncle Wason our and could t come to the pageant but planned to watch it on television from los Angeles. Her father wrote Johnny Cash s hit still miss someone while sitting in an accounting class in he Early 1960s, she said. Her musical style pops and blues Dif fers from thai of Johnny Cash but she said she tries to emulate the presence he has on stage. I guess he s been an inspiration to mein that he has a lot of Charisma on stage she said. She is a newcomer to the Pagean Tarena winning the slate title the first time she tried. Bui she said she had been preparing for the pageant All her life by Laking 10 years of piano an voice lessons she has lived with her family in eight slates and four foreign countries. She said the frequent moves of he military family made her accustomed to gelling to know new people and gave Herthe Opportunity to perform in Many  think in moving is very Good for girls especially if they warn to become very outgoing and learn How to communicate with people she  said she thought it was difficult for her father Captain of the amphibious cargo ship Elpaso to be unable 10 attend she said he planned to try to pick up the telecast via satellite. She has a brother Carey 16. She plans career in Public relations and communications. The names of eight non fina1istsawarded $3,000 scholarships in recognition of their talents also were announced saturday. They arc miss California Lisa Karen Karc 19, of Salinas miss Colorado Carol Janson 21, of Boulder miss Florida Molly Scot Pesce 23, of Long Wood miss Hawaii Cheryl Bartlelt. 23,of Honolulu miss Kentucky Mohnda Katharine Cumberledge 23, of Lexing ton miss Louisiana Amanda Mainord 20, of Baton Rouge miss Oklahoma mignon merchant. 2i, of Oklahoma City and miss Vermont Michelle Shel Ley Dawson a of Charlotte. The 65-year-old miss America pageant is the largest contributor of scholarships to Young women awarding More than $5 million among Many of the Esti mated 80,000 contestant who enter local contests every year. Miss America receives a $30,000scholarship, which she can request in Cash after her year s reign and can sex Eccl to earn More than 1100,000 in appearance fees. Many former Queens have used the experience to launch Careen in show business the first runner up wins a 117,000scholarship and the next three finishers gel $11,000, s8,000 and 16.000 in scholarships. The other finalists Are awarded $4,000to be used toward their educations. There she is was first Sung at the pageant in 1951, but was dropped in 1981 in a dispute with composer Berni Ewayne Over Money. The song resumed last year. The judges were film and stage Star Theodore Bike miss America 1975 Shirley Cothran Barrett actress Dod Goodman television agent Sam has Kell choreographer Dee Dee wood1983 Tony award Winner Lilian Montevecchi Bernard j. Dobroski Dean of the school of music at the University of Oregon and Bernard a. Maguiro the Federal government s associate director for National  year s Page can was a relatively Quiel  in the pageant was piqued two year ago by the resignation of mis Samerica 1984 Vanessa Williams of new York after nude photos of her appear Din Penthouse Magazine. In new York this year miss Ulster county Jennifer Declora was t permitted to compete for the state Crown after twas discovered be had appeared nude in a Shower scene in the 1982 movie bad girls  there were no Black contestants this year in the Page can which fought charges of racism for years until the crowning of Williams who is Black the first runner up who finished Wil Liams reign Suzette Charles of new Jersey also is  pageant officials said they have no control Over who wins slate lilies. The pageant still has t escaped criticism from women who decry its concern with Beauty and Shap Liness although the contestants bust Waist and hip measurements were dropped this year fro the program Book and from resumes distributed to the Media. Priest who founded group for divorced die Washington a the Rev Jasones j. Young who is credited with founding the first american ministry group for separated divorced and Remar ried roman catholics died Friday at the age of 46.the cause of death was unknown. The priest who served in Washington the Ian eight years As Rector of St. Paul s College was admitted to Georgetown University Hospital two weeks ago with a High fever. Daniloff from Paga 1 say it implies that both Are spies. By agreeing to saturday s provisional release and in View of Gerasimov s com ments saturday the soviets seemed a indicate a desire to get the Danilof tease behind them without backing . A scheduled meeting on Friday an saturday Between Shutlz and soviet for eign minister Eduard Shevardnadze is logical deadline for the negotiators and some observers speculate that a Resolution will be found in the next week. Daniloff also appealed saturday for lowering of the rhetoric around the Case. I believe the time has come to Cool it he said. Right now 1 am genuinely concerned that the juror might get out offhand and upset a process which is far More important than the details of Mocase or the Case of or.  he also refused to discuss the charge against him in detail saying he will do so when he returns to the United Stales later saturday he told a reporter that he did not want to dignify Gerasimov specific charges with a comment. Gerasimov said thai Daniloff had been acting on instructions of Natirboff is spy resident at the . Embassy. Gerasimov saturday gave the first official comments on toe Zakharov Case which was mentioned for the first time inthe soviet press Friday with the announcement of Theio int  to Gerasimov Zakharov 39, was Given an envelope containing de sense material and then arrested Ger i Moy called the incident an act of Provo cation on the part of the secret services and said the . Side until now Hai presented no real evidence thawing the guilt of Zakharov Kab from Page 1 Ogi Zed Marra said. He told me u Lake my wife out to dinner on him he said. Phone off the Hook because he was expecting to hear from his granddaughter a. He said that new Day also offered to Paylo have the couple s Telephone number ref Tim to but that he was nol so Tun 1 that it Long Island and new York City edition he said editors in the new York office came up with the idea. We presumed obviously falsely that two hours after the blast . Demolition Copens discovered and defused a Roadside bomb in the same area Heradio said. Three Soldier in the French battalion and an officer of the Irish contingent of the peacekeeping Force have been killed by Roadside bombs in the last two weeks. Last month 23 French soldiers were wounded in gun Battles with shiite Mili Tiamen. Since the 5,800-Man . Force was formed eight years ago 130 soldiers have been killed and 199 wounded. Twenty one of those killed have been French. The Manas who celebs wedding anniversary Cotta hey planned to lake1 up the offer. Marra said he did not want to take Bis at new Day a Deputy managing Edi Tor Robert f. Brandt wid the deadline and the phone numbers ran in All the he Sauna Robt air decided to print a similar  it would include the proper dealing codes. Quake from Page 1 province. Rescue workers managed to drag three Young children out of the nibble of a collapsed old Bouse a police spokes Man told United press International. Many of the Rescue teams Are work ing in almost Lota darkness because of Power failure after the earthquake dam aged the City s main Power  and trucks belonging to private Citi Zens have been taken Over by the Emer gency services to their headlights can be beamed on Hie Rescue efforts. He said authorities were distributing tents to the thousands who fled their Homes to Steep outdoors prime minister Andreas Papandreou headed far the quake stricken Region Early sunday to get a picture of the situation for himself a spokesman said. Athens radio said the injured Wen being ferried Back to Athens for treat ment because kalamatas s Only Hospital suffered Senoia Structure damage an had to be evacuated. Kosuzu Vassiliou said he was driving through the Center of the City when t Felt a rumbling and was shaken.1 at first 1 did t take much notice until i saw the crowds of people Rushing out of their Homes taverns and Cine Asib a panic he said. When 1 got out my car and looked around it was As if thecly has been   
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