American Women Won’t
Admit True Size
LOS ANGELES, UP) — One of
the troubles with the American
woman is that she never wants to
admit her true size, says an'astute
California designer, Edith Martin.
“A size 20 woman almost always
tries to get into a size 16 dress,”
observes this authority.
“The result is that she bulges
above and below the belt, strains
the seams and generally manages
to look much bigger than if she
wore a dress big enough to fit
her.”
In recognition of this universal
problem, Miss Martin has been
designing for some time a collec
tion of ‘half-size” dresses, planned
specifieallly for the woman who
prefers her chocolate sodas to a
streamlined figure.
Her designs included most of
the current trends in junior and
misses’ sizes, scaled on a slightly
more ample scale, with adroit
placement of seams, belts and dra
pery to conceal waistline and hip
line bulges.
Mission Couple’s Tot
Drowned At Kodiak
KODIAK, UP) — The 3-year-old
son of a couple who recently
came from Leoti, Kan., drowned
last week in Mission Lake when
he wandered away from a group
of persons working at a nearby
beach.
The body of little Robert Fair
child was found floating near the
edge of ice from which he appar
ently stepped about 200 feet from
shore.
The boy was the only child of
Matt and Mary Lou Fairchild, who
recently joined the staff of the
Kodiak Baptist Mission as house
parents.
Scenic Stops Allowed
For Orient Travelers At
Anchorage Airport
SEATTLE, iff) — Customs, immi
gration and Civil Aeronautics Ad
ministration officials have com
pleted arrangements to permit
passengers stopping briefly at An
chorage, during refueling opera
tions to see the entire airport.
Previously, passengers on Ori
ent-Europe flights or United
States-Orient flights were con
fined to the airport’s international
lounge.
Visitors now can see the mighty
Chugach Range which provides
Anchorage with a scenic back
drop.
STOLE GRANDSTAND
PASADENA, Calif., UP)—Stolen:
one Rose parade grandstand.
The loss was reported to Pasa
dena police Friday. The fact that
the grandstand hadn’t yet been
assembled made the thieves’ work
easier.
ATTENTION VFW
There will be a meeting at 7:30
p.m. Tuesday evening in museum
of the Board of Trade.
Wm. Granfield, Cmdr.
Alcorn Will Remain As
GOP National Chairman
WASHINGTON, UP)—-Meade Al
corn says he plans to remain Re
publican National Chairman de
spite the party’s overwhelming de
feat in Congressional elections.
Alcorn denied Friday night pub
lished reports he intends to quit.
The Cincinnati Enquirer had
quoted unidentified Republican
sources as saying Alcorn would
resign at a national committee
meeting next month. It said Jud
son Morhouse, New York State
chairman, might replace him.
MICHIGAN-HOUSEBOAT
ENROUTE TO ANCHORAGE
DAWSON CREEK, B. C., UP) —
The amphibious Alaskan arrived
in this northeastern British Co
lumbia city Saturday.
The Alaskan, a houseboat driv
en by an airplane propeller and
motor, came in on wheels. Ivan
Stewart, owner-builder of the
Alaskan, is enroute from Cannon
t ails, Minn., to Anchorage, with
his craft, Which is being towed
by car on the trip.
He said in an interview Satur
day the 25-foot boat has a 6V£
inch draft, can accommodate five
■persons and has a top speed of 15
miles an hour. Stewart uses it in
shallow lakes and streams for fish
ing, hunting and photography.
tie expects to arrive in An
chorage this week after a 5,000
mile trip.
“I don’t know how often I have
explained what it is but I always
get a kick out of it,” he said.
USE ARROWS TO AVOID
FIRING NEAR FUEL TANKS
EDWARDS, Calif., UP) — The
Air Force used an unusual ballis
tic missile to get rid of the two
bobcats on a jet fuel tank at Ed
wards Air Force base.
Airman James R. Moore, an
amateur archer, was called in be
cause rifle shots might have killed
the bobcats — but could also have
touched off the fuel tank.
Moore’s first arrow, launched
from 25 yards killed one bobcat.
The other was nicked by the sec
ond arrow and bounded off into
the desert.
SMOKING DOG, EASY TO SPOT
NORFOLK, Va., UP) — E. H.
Bradberry didn’t worry when
someone took his dog “Scooter”
from his car Saturday night.
The dog was returned Sunday.
“She’s kind of easy to identify,”
Bradberry said.
Scooter, a trained performing
dog, walks on her hind legs,
pushes a kiddie car and smokes
cigars.
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Brooding A-F
Sergeant To Die
For Murder
WHITEMAN AFB., Mo., iff) —
The day was July 31 and Salva
tore Russo, staff sergeant, 37, from
Brooklyn, was brooding again. All
day he could see her face.
Things never seemed to work
out for the tall, spindly fellow
with the dark hair.
In the Army from September,
1942, to June; 1945, six campaign
stars in Europe, grade: Private
First Class.
Signed on with the Air Force
in June, 1951. Year in Korea. Two
years in Turkey, Half .through a
six-year enlistment now. Like to
go overseas again.
Four days ago assigned to a new
outfit and a new job, in the tool
crib in the motor vehicle main
tenance shops.
All day he could see her face.
’ '-nt home to Brooklyn on fur
lough last month. Saw his girl,
proposed. She said “no” and
laughed. He could kill her.
Fumbling now with the carbine
used bv the night guard. Ammuni
tion clip out of the box in the
desk drawer. She laughed. He
cci H sen her face.
Someone behind him laughed.
“Don’t play with a carbine with
a clip in it,” said Bernard H.
Weintraub, 22, Airman First
Class. Two weeks more to go and
he’d be heading for home in Phil-'
adelphia.
The first shot knocked Wein
traub down. He dragged himself
along the floor. A second shot and
he was dead.
Russo had that glassy look in
his eyes again.
e r pueared to be enjoying
himself, like he had a covey of
quail,” a witness told the eight col
onels and lieutenant colonels on
the court martial board.
Two psychiatrists for the pros
ecutibn testified he has a charac
ter disorder but knows the differ
ence between right and wrong
the classic legal test of sanity.
Two psychiatrists for the de
fense reviewed his brooding and
said he is insane, was in some
other world on July 31.
Sgt. Salvatore Russo stood glas
sy eyed, looking perplexed Fri
day night when the eight colonels
returned their verdict:
Death for premeditated murder.
JUS PRACTICING . . .
LOUISVILLE, Ky, UP> — Wil
liam Jackson, 61, wanted a safe
place to practice driving a car so
he picked an empty lot.
Jackson accelerated a bit too
much. The car crashed through a
fence and hit a building across
the street.
Police said the building was
damaged $1,500. Jackson was
charged with reckless driving and
having no driver’s permit.
Seaton Promises New
School, Water, Gas
Systems At Barrow
By JAMES LEVEQUE
News-Miner Staff Writer
BARROW, UR — A cold wind
and a warm handshake met Fred
A. Seaton. The cold wind came
from the east at 12 knots — the
warm handshake from Eskimo vil
lagers.
Seaton told Barrow Eskimos
they will get a new high school,
subject to Congressional appro
val and also a municipal water
and gas system.
Seaton made the announcement
in the village school house where
he met with more than a dozen
of the far north community’s most
influential citizens, many of them
descendents of the first white men
who came to trade on the Arctic
coast.
Aboard the chartered airliner
that brought Seaton here were
John Butrovioh, Republican gu
bernatorial candidate; his running
mate for Secretary of State, Brad
Phillips, and Republican National
Committeeman Robert Grose
close.
Alaska Railroad Gets
$1 Million for Equipment
WASHINGTON, UB—'The Senate
Appropriations Committee has ap
proved a proposal by the Alaska
Railroad to spend approximately
one million dollars to buy 160 in
sulated unit rail boxes and related
equipment. Aides of Delegate
Bartlett said they were advised
the purchase would save approxi
mately $326,000 a year in handling
costs.
The proposal was approved ear
lier by the House Appropriations
Committee.
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