Beauty Queen Seeks Divorce From Dockworker

Posted on November 18, 2009 by lmharnisch

Nov. 18, 1959, Beauty Queen  

Nov. 18, 1959, Beauty Queen

Nov. 18, 1959: Shirlee Garner Witty seeks a divorce, saying that her husband was always making snide remarks. Witty competed for the title of Miss Universe in 1956 even though she was a wife and mother, because at that time married women weren't banned from the beauty contest.
Nov. 18, 1959, Sound of Music 
“The Sound of Music” opens with more than $2 million in advance ticket sales.

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 “You Know I Can’t Get Better.”

Nov. 18, 1959, Sports

Hey, Keith, will the Bruins smite USC in their tilt?
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1 Response to Beauty Queen Seeks Divorce From Dockworker

  1. Keith Thursby's avatar Keith Thursby says:
    November 18, 2009 at 12:52 pm

    only if Cochran’s return does indeed buoy them up!

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