COMPLAINT MADE
ON SOVIET TV SETS
MOSCOW — Nikolai Psurt
«ev, Soviet Communications Min
ister, complained yesterday that
60 .per cent of the TV sets sold
in the Soviet Union this year fail
ed to work longer than six
months.
Psurtsev, reporting to the Su
preme Soviet also complained of
the quality of Soviet telephones J
and the lack of them.
Although the Soviet Union has
an estimated population of 216
million, Psurtsev said there are
only six million television sets
In operation.
"SHUT ME DOWN” . . .
MEMPHIS, Tenn. UP, — An as
sistant district attorney was shout
ing at a criminal court jury in
summing up his case when a juror
interrupted.
“Do you have to talk so loud?”
he asked.
“I’m sorry,” said Robert Dwyer, (
after a startled pause.
Dwyer wound up his argument 1
in another five minutes. He said
later he had planned to go on for ‘
45 minutes but the juror “shut me 1
Fine Job Printing At Tbe Nugget ;
PATTERSON NAMED
FIGHTER OF THE MONTH
NEW YORK UFl — Heavyweight
champion Floyd Patterson was
named “fighter of the month” by
Ring Magazine today for his
fourth-round knockout of unbeat
en Tom McNeeley Jr., at Toronto
last Monday night. McNeeley was
dropped from the top ten. He had
been ranked ninth.
! There was a wholesale shuffling
I of the heavyweight top ten as a
result of two upsets, Zora Folley’s
second-round knockout of British
champion Henry Cooper, and
George Logan’s decision over Ar
gentine Alejandro Lavorante.
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A Way to Win Friends . . .
BIRMINGHAM, England UPl —
Albert Spooner told a court yes
terday he gave away 37 automo
bile he didn’t own in 15 months
in an attempt to win friends.
He made the down payments
out of 23,000 pounds — $64,000 —
he embezzled from the electrical
firm he worked for.
“Mr. Spooner,” said his* lawyer,
“lived in a sort of fantasy world,
building himself up as a person
of great importance and wealth.”
The errant executive got five
years.
Even Adults Seek
Christmas Treasures
CINCINNATI UPi — Cincinnati's
Christmas Santas see some adults
in their laps these days asking
for Christmas treasures.
“How about a mink or Cadillac,
Santa?” said one woman yester
day as she perched on his knee,
her cheek against his.
Santa,:. whose real name is
George Ader, gave the woman an
extra-hearty “ho-ho,” and a few !
extra hugs, and after she left, j
said:
“Let’s face it, I don’t mind the j
j girls. But those men. Some of I
them weigh a ton.”
The change in the ages of San
ta’s visitors came because of the
downtown department stores rig
ged up camera’s to take souvenir
pictures of youngsters talking
with Santa.
Now adults want pictures.
Despite the adults homing in,
Cincinnati’s Santas concentrate on
the youngsters.
Wilbur Timme, an alternate San
ta, said: “I wish parents wouldn’t
scare children by using Santa as
a threat. They tell them Santa
won’t like them if they do this or
that.
“Then they wonder why a
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Lincoln Simon, Nan
cy Naasuk and Roy Walunga.
Mr. and Mrs. Dorpha Lessick of
Unalakleet are the parents of a
son born at the hospital yester
day. Mr. Lessick is with the U.S.
; government and stationed at
Unalakleet.
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New Home for Hirohito
TOKYO — Emperor Hirohito
and Empress Nagako moved today
into their new home, a sprawling
I two-story western-style house in
' side the moated Imperial Palace
grounds. They had been living in
a refurbished air-raid shelter since
American ibomibers destroyed their
palace in a fire bomb raid during
World War II.
The new reinforced concrete
building cost 170 million yen
($471,000), is air conditioned end
has a barbecue pit off a veranda.
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when he or she is brought before
me.”
Ader said one little girl gave
him a chuckle. She said her
mother had asked her to relay
an urgent request to Santa.
“What does mommy want?”
asked. Santa.
“Peace and quiet,” said the girl.
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Century 21 Exposition
To Stage “Alaska Day”
JUNEAU — Officials of the
Seattle Century 21 Exposition
have agreed to stage a special
salute to Alaska during the show
next year, general manager Don
Dickey of the State Chamber of
Commerce said Thursday.
Dickey said he was advised by
Barry Upton, executive assistant
to C-21 general manager Erwen
Dingwall, that the Alaska Day
would toe scheduled for either
July 6 or 7 next year.
The exact date will be an
nounced later, after consultations
with Gov. Wm. Egan, who had
previously initiated a request for
a special Alaska Day at C-21,
Dickey said.
Dickey said it was hoped that
a special tour of C-21 Alaska
businessmen and state officials
could be arranged for Alaska Day
at the Seattle show.
In addition, a new film on Alas
ka and its economy is expected
to be ready by early June and
could be shown at Century 21
when the show salutes Alaska,
he added.
Unemployment Rate
Takes a Slight Drop
WASHINGTON Gh — The un
employment rate dropped last
month for the first time in a year,
President Kennedy reported yes
terday. .
The rate fell from 6.8 per cent
of the work force, where it has
remained nearly constant for 11
months, to 6.1 per cent, Kennedy
told the AFL-OIO Convention in
Miami, 51a.
Labor Department officials
planned to give the complete No
vember job picture later.
Hie President also said the
number of persons employed dur
ing November set a record for
the month — 67,349,000.
The October job figures show
ed 67.8 million at work. The drop
of 500,000 in the total employed
during November reflects the sea
sonal shutdown in farming, con
struction and other outdoor jobs.
But the rise in unemployment was
way less than seasonal, accounting
for the lower rate.
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