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JACK RYAN VISITS HERE
Jack Ryan, who has edited
leading daily newspapers in the
other three districts in Alaska,
visited here yesterday on a tour
through the state.
Ryan who recently resigned as
editor of the Juneau Empire, is
now doing promotional work for
the Century 21 Exposition.
As millions of people are ex
pected to come to Seattle for the
Exposition, he is directing the
work of co-ordinating the special
publicity to interest these visitors
in taking a side trip to Alaska by
air, water or driving. His head
quarters will be in Seattle.
MISSING: ICE CREAM . . .
LOUISVILLE ofl — Missing:
children who like ice cream.
There’ll be no ice cream on pub
lic school lunchroom menus this
fall because, Supt. Samuel V. !
Noe said Monday:
1— It isn’t popular.
2— Bids received were too high.
Noe said the 47,000 youngsters '
in the city school consumed only
20,000 gallons for the entire school
year.
Two Negroes Arrested
For Picketing Southern
Governor's Conference
JACKSON, Miss. (J1* — Jackson
police arrested two Negro pickets
today as a meeting of southern
governors got under way.
The pickets, Richard Haley and
Helen O’Neal, refused to obey
a police order to move from the
Heidelberg Hotel, scene of the
governor’s meeting.
A small crowd gathered outside
the hotel. There were no incidents.
Haley and Miss O’Neal carried
signs reading: “Governors Don’t
Forget Freedom,” “Let Us Join
the U. S.,” “Lead Us to the Fu
ture Not the Past.”
Haley is a field secretary of
the Congress of Racial Equality.
The announced purpose of the
session was discussion of co
operative economic development
for the south.
Virgil Vochoska, Nome attor
ney, went to Anchorage last week
for medical attention. He expects
to return this week.
ft NEW SCHEDULE ft
Effective July 16
Anchorage to Kotzebue-FIight 301 j
MONDAY — WEDNESDAY — FRIDAY
Lv. Anchorage 1:00 p.m. Ar. Nome 4:05 p.m.
Lv. Nome 5:00 p.m. Ar. Kotzebue 6:05 p.m.
TUESDAY — THURSDAY
Lv. Anchorage 1:00 p.m. Ar. Nome 3:30 p.m.
Kotzebue and Nome to Anchorage
Flight 302
MONDAY — WEDNESDAY — FRIDAY
Lv. Kotzebue 6:30 p.m. Ar. Nome 7:35 p.m.
Lv. Nome 8:00 p.m. Ar. Unalakleet 9:55 p.m.
Lv. Unalakleet 10:10 p.m. Ar. Anchorage 12:15 a.m.
TUESDAY — THURSDAY
Lv. Nome 4:30 p.m. Ar. Unalakleet 6:25 p.m.
Lv. Unalakleet 6:40 p.m. Ar. Anchorage 8:45 p.m.
Office Hours — 9 A.M. to 6 P.M.
Open Till 9 P.M. Monday, Wednesday and Friday
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Pa. Merchant Sues
Paris Fashion House
For Duplicating Gowns
ALLENTOWN, Pa. UR — Those
Dior gowns actresses Elizabeth
Taylor and Gina Lollabrigida
showed up with at the same time
for a Moscow reception were not
twins but triplets, contends a
local merchant.
Max Hess, president of Hess
Bros. Dept. Store, filed suit Mon
day in Common Pleas Court ask
ing damages from Dior, a Paris
! fashion house.
l He claimed the cocktail dresses
| worn by the actresses were exact
' copies of one sold him as an ori
ginal. Hess said he will subpoena
Gina and Liz to explain where
they got their dresses. At the
time of the Moscow appearance
last Saturday they agreed both
had purohased them from Dior.
.less, in his petition, says the
dress he purchased was shown to
thousands of women in fashion
shows sponsored by his store. He
said pictures and descriptions of
the dresses worn by the actresses
convinced him his dress was
identical.
U.S. Cannot Expect
To Land Man on the
Moon Before 1971
PHILADELPHIA UR — The
Chief of the Air Force aerospace
medical projects says the United
States cannot expect to land a man
on the Moon before 1971 because
of gaps in knowledge about the
destructive phenomena of space.
The Chief, Brig. Gen. Donald
F. Flickinger, told a news con
ference at Franklin Institute
Tuesday that “barring a situation
which would require an acceler
ated effort to protect national se
curity,” a U. S. lunar expedition
is at least 10 years away.
At the same time. Flickinger said
he could not predict whether the
Soviet Union would beat the Unit
ed States to the Moon.
THE WEATHER
Decreasing cloudiness, partly
cloudy Thursday. Lowest temper
atures expected tonight 40-45, the
high tomorrow 65.
In the past 24 hours: Highest
temp. 52, lowest 45. Sunrise at '
2:21 a.m., sunset at 9:52 p.m.
A year ago today: highest temp.
52, lowest 49. Extremes on this
date since 1907: highest 68 in
1916, lowest 34 in 1913.
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Chamber Notes
Pearse Walsh reported at the
Chamber meeting Monday noon
that 146 guests were in Nome over
Saturday, as well as two tours on
Sunday. Emergency housing was
provided with beds being set up
in the Pioneer Hall as well as in
private homes. Special tours in
cluded a group from the U of
Alaska.
Announcement was also made
at the meeting of a new secre
tary for this civic organization, ;
Mrs. Don Foster, who will take
over the job filled for the past
three years by Mary Krogstad.
It was estimated that she handled
j over 1,500 pieces of mail for the
| Chamber of Commerce since the
first of February.
Mrs. H. Gilbert was heartily
i praised and commended for the
| way in which she conducted the
Cancer Fund drive, especially for
making possible the fine enter
tainment presented through the
courtesy of Gen. Armstrong. Mrs.
Gilbert stated the total proceeds
would be tabulated soon and an
nounced later ip the month.
Judge Gilbert expressed the
thought that more stress and at
tention should be put on our prox
imity to Siberia as a tourist
attraction. With Russian-Ameri
can negotiations now on for plane
travel between these countries,
much interest is being created in
which we should share.
JAPANESE FIRM TO
DREDGE SUEZ CANAL
TOKYO UP — A Japanese firm
has won a contract in internation
al bidding to dredge the Suez
Canal, the Foreign Office an
nounced today.
Mizuno "Gumi Co. of Hiroshima
will sign the $4,720,000 contract
with the United Arab Republic
Government in Cairo July 25, the
announcement said.
Plans call for doubling the
canal’s width and deepening it to
about 13.5 meters (44 feet) to al
low the passage of more than 45,
000-ton ships.
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Alaska Newspaper
Woman, Dorothy Pegues
Passes in Fairbanks
FAIRBANKS UP> — Mrs. Dor
othy Pegues, a pioneer Alaska
newspaper woman, died in St.
Joseph’s Hospital last night after
a brief illness. She was 61.
Born Dorothy Elaine Haley in
Juneau on Jan. 12, 1900, Mrs.
Pegues worked on a number of
Alaska newspapers during a ca
reer which spanned some 40
years.
Her first newspaper job was as
a cub reporter with the Old
Stroller’s Weekly, published first
in Douglas and later in Juneau.
In later yers, she worked on
the Anchorage Daily Times, the
Alaska Daily Empire at Juneau,
the Old Alaska Sunday Press and
the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
She was with the News-Miner as
society editor when she entered
the hospital a few days ago.
Mrs. Pegues was the grand
daughter of Nicholas Haley, who
developed Alaska’s first hard
rock gold mining property, at
Silver Bay, near Sitka.
A graduate of Juneau schools,
Mrs. Pegues attended the Univer
sity of Washington and later mar
ried the late John E. Pegues,
Alaska writer and publisher.
They had seven sons, all of
whom survive.
In addition, Mrs. Pegues is
survived by 11 grandchildren.
ANTARCTIC EXPLORERS WILL
HAVE TO KEEP DOGS TIED UP
CANBERRA, Australia UR —
Antarctic explorers will have to
keep their dog teams tied up when
not at work under rules approved
today by the Antarctic Treaty
Consultative Conference.
The rules are designed to pre
serve the balance of wild life in
the Antarctic. The chained dog
regulation aims at preserving
j penguins and other wild crea
i tures. Another will prohibit heli
j copters flying low over the
I colonies of birds.
Nome Directory
Nome
Shrine Club
Werner Bohrer. Pres.
H. M. Crinklaw. Sec.
Meets First Thursday of Eacn Month
Masonic Hall
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Don Hoover, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
L Barbara Martin
Worthy Matron
Bev Morgan
Secretary
Meets First and Third Mondays
Anvil Lodge
No. 140
A. E. BOHRER, W. M.
Norvln W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursday
Of Each Month
Nome Rotary Club
Herb Jenks
President
Wednesday Luncheon
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets Last Tuesday of Every
Month at School
Ralph Fondell, President
Lavonne Small, Secretary
—VISITORS WELCOME—
Pioneer Igloo No. 1
Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays
Wm. H. Cameron, Pres.
Chas. D. Jones, Secty.
Civil Air Patrol
Northwestern Group
Nome Cadet Squadron
1st Lt. Jesse Jones, Cmdr.
Main 118 or 334
Meetings - Each Thursday 7:00 p.m.