European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes monday june 27.1968 faces n places Myerson reportedly signed shoplifting confess on from press dispatches Bess Jermin signed a confession admitting she stole More than $40 Worth of merchandise from a Pennsylvania department store according to a Story in the new Turk daily news. The former miss America and television personality had pleaded innocent to the May 27 shoplifting charge filed after she allegedly left a depart ment store in South will Iii port with Nail polish earrings shoes and Haill pics. According la a Story in the sunday editions of the daily news South Willi Anspon police chief Charles Smith said Myerson had signed a Confes Sion on a department store form. The newspaper said investigative reports indicate Mcyr son. 63, was caught in the store myrrh in parking lot with goods stashed in her pock Lbook and a shopping bag. The ii is Papiri Suid Myerson a former new York City cultural affairs commissioner begged store in turds to let her olt saying can t 1 please just pay fur the Duff i m already in 40 much trouble and i have logo loft a Kcal t  no Jurson has been charged with trying to influence the jilt the in the dive acc ease of her Boyfriend con tractor Carl cup Iivo. To is serving Lour years in prison on a lax evasion conviction. The newspaper said the confession which was witnessed by two people also noted that she was carry ing 5160 at the time of the arrest and that she is Worth an estimated Sui million the daily news said. Myerson s attorney Scott Gardner who said he Cipul to his client to be exonerated in the Case did not return several Calls to his office the newspaper said. Junior miss elected Hristin i