Alabama Journal from Montgomery, Alabama • 23

ALABAMA JOURNAL, Montftomeir. Ala. 23 Thursday, September 7. 1978 Miss Alabama Wins Talent Competition Creel Wins Seat On School Board; Zeigler Defeated a ATLANTIC CITY. N.J.

(AP) A "modern Southern belle" as she calls herself, Teresa Cheatham, Miss Alabama, said she had "tears of her eyes as she walked down the runway to the cheers of more than 7,000 people. The 20-year-old farmer's daughter won the talent competition Wednesday night at the Convention Hall here in the first of three preliminary shows before the nationally televised show on Saturday. Sue Erickson, Miss Minnesota, an 18-year-old college student who wants to become a nurse, won the preliminary swimsuit competition. The Wellington, native won the evening's talent competition with a powerful but graceful operatic rendition of "And This Is My Beloved" from Kismet. The S-foot-3, 105-pound brunette described herself as a soprano, but her voice range traveled several octaves, not even straining slightly on the highest notes.

She wore a light pink gown with a carnation in her hair. Easily the crowd favorite judging by the applause after her performance. Miss Cheatham turned to the audience and blew them a kiss with both hands, reminiscent of Dinah Shore. While she said she hasn't shattered any glasses with her voice yet, the Jacksonville (Ala.) State University senior has taken voice lessons for four years. She said she wants to be "more than just a professional performer, but an artist," which she defined as a person who works everyday to become just as perfect in their craft as possible.

The hazel-eyed former cheerleader and homecoming queen said a modern Southern belle is "a lady with a lot of hospitality and kindness, but she can strike out and make her way in the world." For Miss Cheatham, who lived on a farm all of her life, this is her second trip to Atlantic City. She was in the audience for the Miss America pageant last year and knew then that she would enter the contest. 3- fid Joking With Photographs Miss Alabama Teresa Cheatham (L), Miss Delaware Janice Anne Albro By KATHY HYDE Nearly complete returns show Montgomery businessman Ron Creel winning by about 8,000 votes the Democratic nomination for the state Board of Education seat from the old 2nd Congressional District. Creel defeated incumbent Isabelle Thomasson of Montgomery, who has served on the board since 1971. While Mrs.

Thomasson carried Bullock Voters Evenly Divided In House Race TROY (AP) Voters in Bullock County had a hard time making up their minds in the House District 68 race in Tuesday's Democratic primary-Rep. James E. Ray and Troy businessman Larry Meeks finished dead even in complete but unofficial returns from Bullock County. Boths had 183 votes. The districtwide vote also was extremely close.

With 81 percent of the ballots counted, Ray had 3,889 votes or 51 percent while Meeks had 3,671 or 49 percent. Tuesday's primary was the second election in less than two months for Ray, who won the House seat in a special election in July that was called after Rep. Joel Folmar resigned to take over as district attorney for the 12th Judicial Circuit. The winner of the Ray-Meeks contest will face Republican Don Walker in the general election Nov. 7.

Ray defeated Walker in the special election in July. First Woman Elected To Circuit Judgeship TUSCUMBIA (AP) A Colbert County attorney, Inge Johnson, has become the first woman in Alabama to be elected to a circuit judgeship. The 33-year-old judge-elect has been a city judge in Muscle Shoals. She defeated incumbent Circuit Judge Jim Smith in Tuesday's Democratic primary by a count of 5,837 to 5,383. 'Red' Walker Loses COLUMBIANA (AP) A 20-year veteran sheriff in Shelby County, CP.

"Red" Walker, was defeated Tuesday by James "Buddy" Glasgow in the Democratic primary. Glasgow, Walker's chief deputy for six years, collected 7,049 votes to Walker's 4,811 in unofficial returns. Walker offered Glasgow "all the help he needs for a smooth Montgomery County 16,459 to 14,707, Creel received more votes in Butler, Baldwin, Pike, Crenshaw, Lowndes, Covington, Conecuh and Escambia counties, which comprise the old 2nd Congressional District. Creel credited his win to endorsements by the Alabama Democratic Conference, the AFL-CIO, the United Transportation Union and the United Auto Workers. "I think Mrs.

Thomasson is a very fine and dedicated person and I look forward to working with her during the transition period," Creel said. Mrs. Thomasson said, "We knew from the start that AEA had. targeted my race. They spent many dollars and many man-hours to defeat me." As chairman of the statewide com-mittee developing minimal competency tests, she said she will continue her work on the pilot program.

Creel said he will implement a plan to appoint two committees, one legislative and the other consisting of citizens from the counties of bis district, designed to assist him in his job. The committees will meet monthly and make suggestions on issues such as the educaion budget. In the race in the old 4th Congressional District, incumbent Ralph Higginbotham retained his seat on the state board. He was challenged by AEA-endorsed candidate Jim Zeigler, currently a member of the Alabama Public Service Commission. With nearly 65 percent of the vote in, Higginbotham led 24,940 to Zeigler's 17,789.

With no Republican candidates qualified to run, both Creel and Higginbotham will be sworn in as board members in January. In the old 8th Congressional District, Ray Campbell appeared to be winning without a runoff. He had received 57 percent of the vote with two-thirds of the ballots counted. No returns were available from the old 6th Congressional District race, the only other state Board of Education seat up for grabs on this year's election. One election official said it could possibly be as late are next Wednesday before the tallies are in.

Tuscaloosan Charged In Teen Girl's Death TUSCALOOSA (AP) A 22-year-old Tuscaloosa man was charged Wednesday in the strangulation death of an 18-year-old girl who disappeared from a disco in late August. Police Capt. Warren Miller said James Michael Hayes was charged with fk'st-degree murder in the death of Regina Quarles. He said the girl's nude body was found Aug. 29 in woods near Alabama 69.

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