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I agree.ftj I 1 Miss Houston Add-1 7. Talented and display this talent is a three-minute routine. It may consist of singing, dancing, playing a musical instrument, dramatic reading, etc. 8. Either amateur or professional. In addition, any entrant must not have been in an official Miss America preliminary contest anywhere this p&st y63r* "There are, and probably will be bathing contests in town before our June 22 deadline,** Mr. Burke said. "These are exempted because they are not officially connected with the Miss America Pageant, so that the girls?╟╓fcho were entered in those are still eligible for our pageant." Prizes for the Miss Houston Pageant winner will be fabulous, the prize committee promises, and, to help make this a gigantic affair, the cureent plans call for one of the nation's best-known stars to emcee the show. "Miss America officials in Atlantic City, N.J., are already enthus- iastic about our plans," Wes Hooper, Jaycee president, said today. "Miss Leonora Slaughter, the executive director, told us that we will have one of the biggest pageants in the country. " After the June 22 entry deadline, a special committee will begin screening all the applicants and choose 50 to take part in the prelim- inaries, which will be announced later. Here, the 10 finalists will be selected to appear at the Coliseum. Nearly the entire Jaycee organization is working to make the 1957 Miss Houston Pageant an outstanding success. -30-