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M. DETROIT FREE PRESS Friday, Sept. 9, 1960 lf State OK's Area Road Projects A series of highway improve ment projects on the Willow Run Expressway, Woodward and Telegraph, were announced Thursday by the Highway Department. Commissioner John C. Mackie I said more than a million dollars will be spent to convert (V- VioY X-.

part of the Willow Run Expressway in Western Wayne county into a limited-access superhighway. The road, now known as ITS-13, will be part of Interstate Routex 94, linking Detroit and Chicago. MISS MICHIGAN, who is Nancy Anne Fleming, right, was one of the top winner in the first competition in the Miss America pageant. She tied in the talent division with Miss Alabama, Teresa Rinaldi, left. Miss South Carolina, Edith Sandra Browning, won the swim suit honors.

The money will go to build two interchanges at Rawson-i ville Rd. and the Hagerty High-1 way, to provide service roads 2 Pretty Girls alongside the superhighway. and to fence a 4i-mile stretch from Wayne Road to Inkster Road. IN OAKLAND County. 51 miles of Woodward will be re- surfaced from south of Teni Mile, in' Pleasant Ridge, to Misses Utah and D.C Capture Talent, Swinisuit Trophies ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.

(UPI) The Misses Utah and District of Columbia won the second round talent and swimsuit trophies at the Miss America pageant Thursday Lincoln in Birmingham. Intersections will be rede night ft required cr xne lasiuon class 01 "ou Miss Marian Faye Walker, signed to speed traffic flow at Main St. in Pleasant Ridge, Washington and Lafayette in i Royal Oak. and Fourteen Mile, I in Birmingham. A new traffic ramp will be built at the corner of Tele-1 graph and Square Lake south of Pontjac.

i The ramp will end the need for dangerous left-hand turns i off Telegraph, Mackie said. Brothers Stand Mute In Slaying George and Charles Chapek, charged with second degree murder in Tuesday night's fatal beating of two other brothers, stood mute on arraignment in Recorder's Court Thursday. George, 23. and Charles, 30, both Of 325 Atwood, were ordered held in lieu of $25,000 bond by Judge W. McKay Skill-man.

Examination was set for Sept. 22. THEY ARE charged in the deaths of Raymond Fisher. 42, father of four, and his bachelor brother, Edward 40, in front of the Fisher home at 381 S. Colonial.

Police said a family feud between the Chapeks and Fishers erupted into violence after an argument in front of the home. George Chapek told police that he wrestled a shotgun away from Edward Fisher, after the latter had fired once, and then beat both Fisher brothers to death with the gun barrel. 27, of Salt Lake City, was judged tops in talent for her rendition of "Waltz from "Mirielle." She is the oldest of the 54 Miss America contestants. Jliw District of Columbia, Ruth Rae, whose home Is In Chevy Chase, was the pick in the swinrt-iiuit parade. She's 18, has chestnut brown hair and is five-feet, six-inches tall.

Her measurements are 36-24-26. She wore a black swimsuit. Both the swimsuit and talent victories carry minimum $1,000 scholarships plus a good chance of being one of the 10 finalists Saturday night when a successor to the present Miss America, Linda Lee Mead, will be chosen. edge in preliminary winners. Miss South Carolina.

Edith Sandra Browning, a 19-year-old blond with measurements of 35-23-35, was Wednesday night's swimsuit winner. Her hometown is Greenwood, S. C. Another southerner, Teresa Rinaldi, Miss Alabama, tied with a Yankee, Michigan's Nancy Anne Fleming, for talent trophies in the first round of judging. The 54 contestants from the 50 states, Canada and the cities of New York, Chicago and Washington are divided into three groups of 18 each for judging.

During the three nights of preliminaries, which end. Friday, the groups rotate in appearing yi swimsuits, evening gowns and talent presentations. Miss Michigan, a bubbly 18-year-old from Montague, captured her. trophy with a sprightly description of how clothing she designed could be adapted for morning, afternoon, dinner and evening wear. the' campus flats-arrive foreign lands! 9.9S to $11.98 FromItaly From Mexico I Thelittle soft shoes youfll live ia and love for inspired design, for magnificent workmanship I little tie-flat from Mexico! "In brown grained calf.

$10.93. braided bow trim for Italian slipon. Black suede. 9.98 button-tab flat fron Kexico. In brown grained calf.

L0.93 harnessstitched flat from Italy. 'In black calf. $11.98 mezzanine downtown and our 4 neighborhood shoe salons Rites Slated For Family CHICAGO The bodies of six members of a Redford Township family killed when their plane crashed in Lake Michigan will be taken Friday to Wisconsin Rapids, for burial. The six, killed in the crash Monday night, were Richard Rickman. 35, of 9187 Mercedes; his wife Helen.

31, and their four children, Richard, 7, Robert, 5, Catherine, 4, and Patricia. 3. Last Hoed own Eastland Center's last free outdoor square dance" of the season will be held in the grand court Saturday from 9 p.m. to midnight. Al Brundage, of West-port, will be the caller.

THE SOUTH, which claims the last two Miss Americas, Miss Mead and 1959 Mary Ann Mobley, both of Mississippi, went into Thursday night's second round competitions with a two-to-one The funeral" is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Manuel Lutheran Church in Wisconsin Rapids. The family will be buried in the city's Forest Hills Cemetery. c. A i 0 for the fashion class of "60" honor-taking new wools rA Ktt It 'Kin forjuniprsan rV-- $14.98 and 16.98 It's beautiful simDlicitv.

that goes from class to datel Its the nade-for-you flattery -of slender lines that makes these dresses the heart of your wardrobe I In junior 'sizes In 5' one or under Miss Petite sizes 5-13. purprle-rown t3 double-breasted wool tweed: beige or grey. 16.98 err- woojbpl aiople a sbyta n-ley i n-ryal or--recl4'lV9-dj pleated flannel by Stanley. Plum, red, green. shop till 9 P-nu monday, thursday, friday, Saturday ir ll .1.1 1 f-.

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