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Miss N.Y.
claims
others
padded

BILOXI, Miss. (UPI) - Miss New
York, kicked out of the Miss U.S.A.
Pageant for wearing falsies, yesterday
charged that some of the other con-
testants had their breasts enlarged with
silicone4 and that at least 20 other
women aso padded their charms.
The brown-haired beauty, Deborah
Ann Fountain, explained that she pad-
ded her swimming suit top after she lost
weight and "didn't want to embarrass
New York or myself by going on stage
in a swimsuit that didn't fit right.
"I KNEW PADDING was against the
rules, but I wasn't getting any help to
have my suit altered and I had to dotit
or I would have looked terrible," said

Fountain, who described herself as a
Catholic who has "tried to keep from
doing wrong all my life."
"I'm really surprised at what some of
the girls have gone through to try to win
this," she said. "I know some have had
silicone injections because I've seen the
scars. And that costs alot of money."
A PAGEANT spokesman said "our
rules did not contemplate silicone im-
plants or injections. We have no rules
that apply to plastic surgery."
The 25-year-old Fountain said her
vital statistics of 35-23-35 had
diminished as a result of medication
she had taken after the death of her
younger brother seven weeks ago.


However, Howard Glasser, president
of Miss Universe Inc., sponsors of the
Miss U.S.A. Pageant, said Miss Foun-
tain has "thrown up a smoke screen to
dodge the real issue here."
"The issue is not why she inserted the
falsies. It's a moral question of
deliberate deception. If she would have
gotten away with it here and been selec-
ted Miss U.S.A., we don't know where it
would have ended. The pageant of-
ficials and the other contestants
decided they didn't want that kind of
representation," Glasser said.
Glasser said foam-rubber cups of
about one inch thickness were found in
Miss Fountain's swimsuit.
Millionaire
Senators'
finances
disclosed
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate
has at least 14 members with assets
worth far more than $1 million and 15
others who likely could be over the
million mark.
Only five report they are - in effect
- living on their salary of $60,662 plus
change picked up through speaking
fees.
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE to tell from
financial disclosure forms released
yesterday how much any senator is
worth. The disclosure forms require
only that senators list their assets in
broad ranges and the top range goes
from $250,000 up to infinity.
It's likely, however, that the richest
man in the Senate is either Sen. John
Heinz, (R-Pa.), the pickle and ketchup
magnate; Sen. John Danforth, (R-Mo.),
whose holdings include the Ralston-
Purina empire; or Sen. Claiborne Pell,
(D-R.I.), who has. vast inherited
wealth.
Heinz listed his assets as $2.9 million
and up and said his income in 1980 was
at least $452,210 - not counting his
salary. However, the figures probably
don't paint a full picture of his wealth
since nine of his holdings are valued
somewhere between $250,000 and in-
finity.
PELL LISTED assets of more than
$3.8 million plus a trust of more than
$1.6 million which he shares with
others. His 1980 income was at least
$851,000 and could have been several
million, according to his report.
Calculating the poorest men in the
Senate is a bit easier.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, (D-Vt.), reported
assets between $1,000 and $5,000 - the
cash surrender value of his life in-
surance policy - and no liabilities. He
reported $8,900 in speaking fees last
year.
SEN. PAUL. Sarbanes, (D-Md.),
reported no assets, no liabilities and
outside income of $5,700 in speaking
fees.
Private residences, salary, and per-
sonalcars need not be listed.
Sen. Harrison Williams, (D-N.J.),
recently convicted of taking a bribe
from an FBI agent disguised as an Arab
sheik, listed assets of $201,000 to
$576,000. He did not list the titanium
mine which figured in his trial - an in-
vestment he contends is worthless.
Neither did he list as liabilities any
legalfees.

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