Council of Churches
Warn Alaskans of Perils
To Bad Government
SAN FRANCISCO W—A warn
ing against turning the new state
of Alaska into a casino was sound
ed at the General Assembly of the
National Council of Churches last
week.
The Rev. R. Rolland Armstrong,
president of Sheldon Jackson Jun
ior College at Sitka said:
“Alaska is heading down a very
perilous road of government. To
day a block of misinformed poli
ticians and undergraduates in
social ethics want us to solve our
financial ills through wide open
gambling.
“Many areas have primitive
law enforcement closely allied to
Sopey Smith and his rule of Skag
way. Men are having to start new
city charters and enforce justice
without proper background and
interpretation.
“The church has something to
say here. We need, on a continu
ing basis, to give Alaskans an ex
posure to Christian citizenship.
To implement this we need to
bring outstanding lawyers, jurists
and good politicians together with
Alaskans to show that good and
clean government, well supported
justice and enforcement are im
portant.”
Dr. Armstrong said so wide is
the field for church work in Alas
ka that “we cannot do all of these
things as separate denomina
tions.”
GUS STEINWANDEL PASSES
Word was received today that
Gus Steinwandel passed away in
Idaho where he had been trans
ferred from the Anchorage of
fice of the U. S. Engineers.
Gus Steinwandel attend school
here and was the son of Mrs.
J. J. O’Leary. He is survived
by his wife; three children;
mother and brother, Charles, who
live in Moose Pass; sister, Rita
Tavis, a teacher in the Anchorage
area.
Cardinal Spellman to Spend
Yule With U. S. Forces in North
NEW YORK Ut) — For the 10th
straight year, Francis Cardinal
Spellman will spend the Christ
mas season visiting U. S. military
bases in distant places.
His 17-day tour, beginning Dec.
16, will take him to Greenland,
Alaska, Labrador and Newfound
land. The Cardinal will celebrate
Christmas midnight mass at the
Thule Air Force Base in Green
land.
Fred McRoberls, deputy mar
shal of Fairbanks arrived today
on official business.
If you are ever tempted to hold
up a Brink’s armored car, remem
ber this: Its guards get a $1,000
bonus for shooting a bandit—and
$2,000 for killing one.
Says Abominable
| Snowman Probably
Does Not Exist
By EDWIN Q. WHITE
i TOKYO, WV-Sir Edmund Hil
lary, co-conquerer of Mt. Everest,
said Saturday all evidence to date
tends to indicate fairly clearly
that there is a rational explana
tion for most of the stories about
the “abominable snowman” or
Yeti.
“The Yeti certainly doesn’t
exist is such,” he said. A Sherpa
I headman at his side disagreed.
Sir Edmund stopped in Tokyo
enroute from the Himalayas to
the United States carrying what
has been described by Tibetan
villagers as the scalp of one of
the legandary snowmen.
Sir Edmund did not show the
scalp to newsmen.
As he departed for the United
States, Sir Edmund said the scalp
would be studied by experts at
the Chicago Museum of Natural
History and then be taken on to
London for additional study. He
said the scalp was one of the fac
tors connected with the snow
man’s story that required expert
investigation.
Asked about the findings of
snowman tracks, Sir Edmund said
tracks were found but they could
be traced to small animals with
their appearance affected by a
combination of wind and sun
rays.
He was accompanied by a Sher
pa village headman, making the
trip to look after the scalp, which
must be returned to the Hima
layas within six weeks. The head
man, Khumjo Cheumbi, told re
porters at a news conference the
Yeti does exist and said there had
been numerous cases where the
snowman had carried of human
beings.
Sir Edmund made the investi
gation of Yeti legend as part of
a still continuing investigation of
high altitude living in the Hima
layas.
Policeman Hasty in
Arresting Own Wife
VIENNA, Austria (51 — When
the policeman arrested the woman
on a street corner, she cried in
consternation: “But I am your
wife.”
“Never mind that,” the police
man snapped. “You are under ar
rest for soliciting men.”
A judge released the wife for
lack of evidence and she marched
straight to another court and filed
two suits against her husband, one
for libel and another for divorce.
The judge ruled the arrest was
“prompted by jealousy rather
than a sense of duty” and fined
the cop 500 schilling—$20.
Dr. Lee McKinley will return
Dec. 30. remaining until Jan. 3.
Postmaster Gen. Orders
Inspection of Automated
Postoffice in Rhode Island
WASHINGTON UP) — Post
master General Arthur E. Sum
merfield today ordered an investi
gation of reports by Providence,
R. I., newspapers that in test
mailing letters carrying foreign
stamps passed through that city’s
new automated post office.
The postmaster general said
the department’s inspection serv
ice has been instructed to investi
gate the mailings and report the
findings to the U. S. attorney at
Providence.
The announcement said the “ap
parent deliberate mailing of let
ters without legal American post
age appears to be a direct and in
tentional violation” of the U. S.
Criminal Code which provides ,
fines up to $300 for each such
mailing.
Summerfield referred to the
inquiry as an investigation of the ;
Providence Journal Co. the com - '
pany publishes the Providence
Journal and the Evening Bulle
tin.
The Dec. 7 issue of the Bulletin
reported a test of the Providence
post office, dedicated by the de
partment in October as the most
automatic post office in the world.
“More than a dozen letters car
rying stamps from Rome, the
Vatican, New Zealand, and a
series of Olympic game souvenirs
zipped through the cancelling ma
chines past the eyes of postal
clerks and were delivered,” the
paper said.
David Carter Gets 6 Months
In Jail In Fairbanks Court
FAIRBANKS — David Carter,
of Nome, pleaded guilty to dis
orderly conduct in magistrate
court and was given 6 months in
jail.
Carter had been previously
charged with breaking and enter
ing a residence, but the charge
was reduced on recommendation
of William Emmal, assistant dis
trict attorney.
Magistrate Barry Rovins told
Carter if he could obtain employ
ment in Nome, he could request
the suspension of the remaining
portion of his sentence after 30
days.
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Buffalo Served As
Main Course At
"Alaska Dinner”
BALTIMORE W — An Alaska
buffalo provided the main course
at a Black Tie dinner the other
night.
The dinner by the Wine and
Food Society of Baltimore, honor
ing the 49th State, featured vari
ous Alaska specialties—of which
buffalo is not.
However, the massive bison—
frozen for its trip here—was the
main attraction at the semi-an
nual gourmet dinner.
It took chefs three days to
thaw out the meat, another three
to make a marinating sauce, and
six days for the buffalo to soak
up the juices before it went in the
oven.
Served with the bison were
Alaska king crab, salmon steak,
Alaska baked celery loaf made
from a recipe provided by the
University of Alaska, and Alaska
shrimp salad.
The dessert, served with cham
pagne, was an Alaska lowbush
cranberry parfait provided by Ken
and Hazel Heath of Homer, Alas
ka.
Table decorations consisted of
forget-me-nots, the Alaska State
flower, and sideline color pro
vided by Mannekins wearing
parkas.
• Those persons wishing the
Christmas Edition of the Nome
Nugget mailed to friends may
leave addresses at the Nugget of
fice starting Monday. An ac
knowledgement of the sender will
be enclosed.
Layman Elected President
Nat'l Council of Churches
SAN FRANCISCO Irwin
Miller, a wealthy and scholarly In
diana businessman, was elected
President of the National Council
of Churches.
He is the first layman ever
named to the post, the highest of
fice in American inter-denomina
tional church.
The 694 assembly delegates,
representing 33 Protestant and
Orthodox denominations with 40
million members, chose him unan
imously in a standing vote.
Miller, of Columbus, Ind., suc
ceeds the Rev. Dr. Edwin T. Dahl
berg of St. Louis, a Baptist. Miller
will serve a three-year term.
Miller is a leading lay figure in
the Convention of Christian
Churches (Disciples of Christ).
Only One Private Plane
Owner In Poland
WARSAW, Poland W — Po
land’s Communist government has
given the nation’s only private
plane owner permission to keep
his aircraft. He is Pawel Zolotow,
one of Poland’s aviation leaders,
who rebuilt a wrecked single
engine plane at his own expense.
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and
Great Books of the World
(Synlopicon)
If ordered now, will be
here for Christmas
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