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Contestants prepare
for Miss America
United Press International
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The
63rd annual Miss America
Pageant officially began Monday
but the 50 women hoping to cap
ture the crown already have spent
a busy two days posing for pictures
and preparing for the contest.
All grins and giggles, the con
testants cavorted through three
photo sessions Sunday, enjoying
one last chance to relax before the
pageant shifts into high gear. The
contest climaxes Saturday night
with the crowning of a new queen.
Pageant officials control the
picture sessions but some of the
women still managed to bend the
rules a little as their chaperones
looked the other way.
Miss Washington, Jennifer
Havlin, and Miss Oklahoma,
Trelynda Kerr, broke off a Board
walk stroll to throw bread crumbs
to a flock of seagulls and Miss New
York, Vanessa Williams, had an
impromptu chat with boxing great
Muhammad Ali.
During a scheduled poolside
pose, Miss Georgia, Tammy Ful-
wider, Miss Illinois, Becky Bush,
Miss South Carolina, Dalia Gar
cia, and Miss Utah, Lynn Lam
bert, dived into the water and
briefly splashed around for photo
graphers.
Miss Pennsylvania, Jennifer
Eshelman, and Miss Michigan,
Denise Gehman, were working
out on some weightlifting equip-
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ment in'a hotel gymnasium.
The frivolities are aimed at
framing the women in the
pageant’s all-American image, but
the queen this year is not likely to
be the girl next door. The 50 state
representatives are mostly super
achievers with big plans for the
future.
As usual, many of the women —
21 to be exact — want to pursue
entertainment careers, but a num
ber of less glamorous professions
have shown up on the contestants’
resumes.
Many women plan conventional
careers such as law, business, or
medicine, but a few have offbeat
ambitions. Miss Wisconsin, Wen
dy Wagner, wants to be a confer
ence coordinator, and Miss Iowa,
Karri Nussle, hopes to become a
college band conducter.
But to win the title, with its
$25,000 scholarship and potential
earnings of about $150,000, the
women have to attract some atten
tion — and they try.
Miss Minnesota, Vicki Plaster,
notes she is a “self—confessed
chocoholic,” Miss Tennesee,
Moira Kaye, wants everyone to
know her home “was the subject of
an indoor air pollution study’’ and
that she collects ceramic frogs.
Residents teach birth
Parents-to-be educated
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by Robin Black
Battalion Reporter
Ed and Mary Walraven have,
for the past four years, been work
ing to educate expectant parents
about every aspect of childbirth —
from physiological information to
the emotional side of pregnancy.
Because of their extensive work
in the Bryan-College Station area,
the Walravens were appointed
state coordinators of the Interna
tional Childbirth Education Asso
ciation in May.
The ICEA is a national, non
profit organization whose goal is
prepared childbirth based on the
premise of freedom of choice
based on knowledge of alterna
tives.
Walraven is assistant director of
public information for Texas
A&M. Mrs. Walraven is an admi
nistrative secretary for the Texas
Agricultural Extension Service.
The Walravens’ interest in pre
pared childbirth education began
four years ago, when their first son
Benjamin died in infancy.
“Our primary interests have
been childbirth education from
early pregnancy through the early
weeks of parenting, breastfeeding
instruction and increasing the use
of car seats to protect the children
we work so hard to bring into this
world,” Walraven said.
As state coordinators, the Wal
ravens’ work for the ICEA is
voluntary, performed in the even
ings and on weekends.
Before being appointed state
coordinators, the Walravens made
referrals to consumers concerning
community childbirth
resources
and did some individual counsel
ing with parents-to-be and fami
lies affected by the deaths of their
newborns, Walraven said.
Currently, Mrs. Walraven is
teaching two prepared childbirth
classes which teach about pre
gnancy and general physiology, in
addition to dealing with the emo
tional aspects of childbirth.
“That is where we teach relaxa
tion training,” she said. “The
reason for this is tension leads to
fear and fear leads to pain, and the 1
childbirth experience cannot be as
fulfilling if the mother is in ex
treme pain.”
As a result of the relaxation
training, Walraven said, many
women are able to have a drug-
free childbirth, which allows the
mother to be more alert and con-
rtibutes to the potential enjoy
ment of childbirth.
“Since everything that affects
the mother physiologically is also
relayed to the fetus through the
bloodstream,” he continued,
“drug-free births and an increased
awareness of nutrition on the part
of the mother leads to healthier
babies.”
Walraven said he feels the in
creased birth weights of infants
over the past five years — an indi
cation that healthier babies are
being born — is a direct result of
more care and research on the pa
rents’ part.
As their first project as state
coordinators of the ICEA, the
Walravens are in the process of
establishing a list of services avail
able in the areas of Texas ICEA
members.
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ings. The group a
weekend trips to
Mary Walraven, left, with John
Janelle Eaves and their newborn, Kristin.
“We are surveying the available
resources aeross the state by send
ing questionnaires in the next
newsletter inquiring what ser
vices are available to our mem
bers, Walraven said.
She said it was especiallyk]
tant that the expectant para
“In the meantime,” Mrs. Wal- find out about those thing^eHr^' I,
raven said, “we encourage our choosing an obstetrician. BwiPiiftPPfe
clients to ask their doctors about
Football hero
faces jail term
United Press International
BATON ROUGE, La. — Heis-
man Trophy winner Billy Cannon
surrendered his freedom Monday
to begin serving a five-year prison
term for masterminding a $6 mil
lion counterfeiting scheme, one of
the largest in the nation’s history.
Cannon, 45, was ordered to re
port to the Federal Correctional
Institute in Texarkana, Texas,
Monday. Chief Deputy U.S. Mar
shal Jim Brown said Cannon
would travel to the Texas prison
on his own.
The ex-running hack for the
Houston Oilers and Oakland Raid
ers was sentenced Aug. 19 to the
maximum prison term he could
receive under a plea bargain
agreement.
Under arrangement, Cannon
pleaded guilty to one count of con
spiring to print and distribute $6
million in bogus $100 bills in ex
change for immunity from addi
tional counterfeiting charges.
Cannon, who won a HeM
Trophy while playing
Louisiana State University
1959, told prosecutors he final®
the engraving and prinlif I
scheme, which he developedt f
New Years Day 1980 to help b
self out of a cash flow crunch
Trial for four other men t
dieted in the counterfeit^!
scheme was scheduled Oct.
William Glascock of Pensaoi
Fla.; Herbert Jessup of MW
sippi; Charles Whitfield of Fo#'
de Leon, Fla.; and TiraoJ
Melancon of Thibodaux v,
tried on a variety of charges
case.
John P. Stiglets of Baton Rout
pleaded guilty to charges
printed the fake $100 bills and*
sentenced to eight years in jal
After his sentencing, Cam#
was allowed to remain free onfc
own recognizance until his jli
term began.
Chuck Ro
Engineerir
Oxford,
Barnard,
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that appeared in yesterday’s Battalion
was incorrect. The party is Wednesday
night, not Tuesday night as stated.
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