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Title: "Oregon Housewife Is New Mrs. America" superimposed over Mrs. America of 1956, Mrs. Cleo Maletis of Portland, OR / WS contestants showing sewing skills / CU Mrs. Texas (Mildred Campbell) sewing / CU Mrs. California (Martha Lizak), sewing / CU contestant taking ham out of oven / Tilt up Mrs. New Jersey ironing / Follow shot of DeSoto car leading cavalcade thru streets and carrying last year's Mrs. America, Romona Deitemeyer from Lincoln, NE, driving past / MS floats past / VS cavalcade of cars along beach - Chrysler Corp., models / LS contestants on stage of auditorium / CU contestants on stage of auditorium as those eliminated walk off / MS side view judges / MS five remaining contestants, Mrs. District of Columbia (Caroline Gaylor), Mrs. Florida (Annie Tate), Mrs. Louisiana (Anne Mitchell), Mrs. Ohio (Gloria Buth), and Mrs. Oklahoma (Wanda Earnest) applaud as sixth joins group for final judging / MS 3rd place winner, Mrs. Ohio, stepping forward / MS 2nd place winner, Mrs. Louisiana, stepping forward / CU judges making notes / CU pan from L to R: across six finalists - five burst into applause as contestant on extreme right, Mrs. Oregon is declared the winner, she looks stunned - is hugged and kissed by other contestants and stepping forward to be crowned / WS audience / MS Mrs. Oregon being crowned Mrs. America / CU new Mrs. America being kissed by her husband