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    NEWS RELEASE from: MONTY LEVINE & ASSOCIATES 1951 Richmond Avenue for: HOUSTON JUNIOR CHAMBER OP COMMERCE Houston 6, Texas JA 6*2953 contact: Gil Gorman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HOUSTON?╟÷-The Jaycees* Miss Houston Pageant, which has been zooming upward like a three-stage rocket the past two weeks, Thursday came up with the most fabulous of all prizes for the lucky lady.' N. It's an all-expense-paid vacation trip for a week at the spectacular \ Sands Hotel in Las Vegas---given to Miss Houston directly by Jakie Freedman J himself. The dapper and jocular former Houstonian flew to Houston especially to confer with members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and then to announce his personal gift to the winner of the Miss Houston Pageant. "I want Miss Houston and a companion of her choice to be my guests at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas for a week," Mr. Freedman declared, "and I guarantee that they will never forget it." Mr. Freedman added that the travelers would be flown to and from Las Vegas in a specially chartered plane* "We will give Miss Houston the red carpet treatment:, and she111 have the time Of her life. A Miss Houston Pageant of this snaps and magnitude deserves only the hest, and I want to do my part, not only to make it one of the most-remembered pageants in the nation, but because I'm proud of ray hone town." Mr. Freedman and members of his staff were in Houston only 48 hours, long enough to complete details of the vacation trip. They left here by plane for Las Vegas late Thursday evening. ?╟÷-more?╟÷?╟÷