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    Miss Houston Pageant Page Z A second development in the Miss Houston Pageant came Saturday also in a joint announcement by Mr, Hooper and A1 Lever, city manager for Interstate Theatres, stating that thS 10 finalists will appear on the state of the Metropolitan theatre on jFuly 12, the date that Jerry Lewis* latest motion picture, "The Delicatf Delinquent," opens in Houston. Lewis himself will be in Houston two days later to emcee the Miss Houston Pageant at the Coliseum. In addition, he has also promised the winner a part in his next motion picture as one of her top prises* A fabulous list of prises amounting to over $5000 will go to Miss Houston of 1957. She will win a peek-long vacation trip to the Sands Hotel miiwmirnwg, tsimukmummm in Las Vegas, a $1000 scholarship to be given by Oidsmobileraan Bill McDavid, who is also underwriting the pageant, $500 wardrobe, $300 diamond wrist watch, $250 portable sewing machine, $150 portable television set, $150 portable Underwood typewriter, and many other valuable gifts. Preliminaries for the Hiss Houston Pageant are set for July 6 and 7 at the Western Skies Motel on Kafcy Hoad* Entry forms are available at the Jaytee office, Commerce Building* Radio Station KNDZ, and Bill McDavid Olds- mobile, Inc., 1401 Travis* -30-