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EVERY ONE A MASTERPIECE
Lumumba In Washington
Seeking U.S. Economic
And Technical Aid
WASHINGTON, UFI —Congolese
Premier Patrice Lumumba, arriv
ing today in quest of American
economic and technical aid,
pledged to establish a “true demo
cracy” in his crisis-ridden coun
try.
Secretary of State Christian A.
Herter, greeting him at the air
port expressed “heartfelt wishes
for the speedy return of tranquil
ity to your country.”
The bespectacled 35-year-old
Lumumba avoided any criticism
of Belgium in his arrival remarks.
He described as “unfortunate
events” the riots and army mut
iny which brought Belgian troops
rushing back to the Congo to pro
tect European settlers.
“I would like to dissipate all
misunderstanding” he said speak
ing in French. “We desire that all
Europeans and foreigners live in
peace in our country and contrib
ute to its welfare.”
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Oldtime Pilots Wanted for
40th Anniversary of
Air Mail Service
WASHINGTON, UR — Wanted:
old airmail pilots, to fly the mails
once again, low and slow.
They're needed to help cele
brate the 40th anniversary of
transcontinental airmail service,
by re-enacting the history-making
New York-to-San Francisco flight
next Sept. 8.
Old-time flier Russ Brinkley of
Harrisburg, Pa., appealed for vol
unteers from the ranks of the
early birds to fly each leg of the
old route, originating at Hadley
Field, N.J.
Brinkley told a reporter “It
wouldn’t be necessary for our re
tired members actually to pilot
planes, so long as they were
aboard.”
Brinkley is a national officer
of Silver Wings which has more
than 1,000 members, all active or
retired men and women pilots
who made their first solo flights
25 or more years ago.
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GOP Expect to
Approve Their
Platform Tonight
CHICAGO, l#1)—A broad, 10,000
j word Republican platform with a
! sturdily rebuilt civil rights plank
i is ready for expected GOP con
! vention approval tonight.
! Prospects of any floor battle
faded as most GOP chiefs indi
cated they would accept the com
promise worked out Tuesday
night by the platform committee
on the touchy racial equality is
sue.
Vice President Nixon, due to
wear the party’s mantle, was de
scribed as satisfied with the com
pleted platform product.
New York’s Gov. Rockefeller
added his endorsement to the re
vised plank, calling it “a strong
and specific declaration in sup
port of equal opportunity, human
dignity and the supreme worth of
the individual.”
Both Rockefeller and Nixon had
described an earlier platform
plank as unsatisfactory.
Southern delegates, claiming a
victory in keeping civil rights
policy declarations as moderate as
possible, said they had no desire
to kick up any convention fuss.
The platform, in a nutshell, ad
heres to traditional GOP conser
vatism in fiscal and economic
policies, commends for continu
ation the tenets of President Ei
senhower’s administration, but
promises to provide any increased
national defense expenditures
found necessary.
On civil rights the GOP plat
form comes close to matching the
pledges made by the Democrats.
Some Republican pledges go fur
ther, such as one to sponsor legis
lation to end membership discrim
ination against Negroes in labor
unions if the unions don’t do it
themselves.
Margin Requirement For
j Purchase of Stocks Is
Lowered to 70 Per Cent
WASHINGTON, (tfl—The Fed
eral Reserve System today re
duced the margin requirement
for purchases of stocks from 90 to
70 per cent.
The margin—the proportion of
cash which a stock purchaser
must put up—had stood at 90 per
cent since Oct. 15, 1958.
In general, the Federal Reserve
Board raises margin requirements i
when it feels speculative market
dealings should be discouraged.
The board took its action today
in the face of recent declines in
the price of common stocks.
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Alaska Airlines President Named ,
Sergeanl-ai-Arms at Convention
CHICAGO, Ml — Charles F.
Willis, Jr., president and general
manager of Alaska Airlines, has
been appointed assistant ser
geant-at-arms at the Republican
Natoinal Convention.
He is a personal appointee of
the GOP chairman, Sen. Thruston
Morton of Kentucky. Willis lives
in Seattle.
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Delta Junction States
Case For Initiative No. I
Here’s what the Walker’s Week
, ly of Delta Junction has to say
i about moving the state capital:
“Moving the state capital to a
: more central location would bene
fit the 85 per cent of Alaska's
j population who- are now strug
| gling with a long distance state
j government.
“We'll be that Newsman Ryan
Ryan of Fairbanks who contends
that he and ail of his yO years
never had to go to the state capi
tal at Juneau ... is venturing
forth for the first time into the
realm of public service.
“Anyone who has worked for
the betterment of their commun
ity, large or small, has felt, the
need at some time to visit state
officials at the state capital. We
of Delta Junction CANNOT AF
FORD the trip. It has taken sev
eral months of correspondence to
bring Mr. Shirard here. We have
received one 20 - minute unex
pected visit from our Commis
sioner of Education, Dr. Norby.
We hope he can plan a trip thru
Delta Junction in the near future
so that important school problems
may be discussed. We can’t ask
him to make a special trip.
“State legislators camplain that
not enough Alaskans take an ac
tive interest in their legislative
bills, that they are “in the dark"
until they get back home concern
ing actual reaction. This, too, is a
by-product of long distance gov
ernment.
“We must remember that Alas
ka is one fifth the size of the
United States. Let’s relocate the
state capital now!”
Daughter Born to Slwookos
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Slwooko
have a new daughter born at
the hospital. Howard has been
with the Covenant Church for
several years at Nunivak Island
and is being transferred to Elim
to continue his missionary work, i
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I Water Sold by the Pail
In Seoul, South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea, iff1—Water
is being sold by the pail in Seoul,
this summer.
Long queues of housewives at
public wells are a common sight,
for the metropolis has a water
works built for a city of less than
half its two million population,
which includes many refugees
from Communism.
Ten hwan — roughly one cent
U.S.—will buy two bucketfuls of
water at the public well. For 50
hwan, you get home delivery.
Public bathhouses generally
have their own wells, so Seoul re
mains a city of well - scrubbed
people despite the shortage. U.S.
bases and housing areas also have
their own water.
JAPAN WILL PAY U.S.
DAMAGES OF WORLD WAR II
TOKYO, IP—Japan has agreed
to pay U.S. investors and pro
perty owners $19,444,444 for losses
suffered during World War II.
Ten firms that held stock in Japa
nese companies will get $18,888,
888. The rest will go to individ
ual claimants who lost various
types of movable property.
Payment is not expected to be
gin before 1961. The settlement
was reached by a joint U.S.-Japan
property committee. The United
States originally asked 45 million
dollars.
Goldwater Does Not Want His
Name Placed In Nomination
CHICAGO, (/P) — Sen. Barry
Goldwater 'R-Arizi asked his sup
porters today not to place his
name before the Republican Con
vention as candidate for Presi
dent.
Goldwater said in a statement
he has the “paramount duty” of
trying to elect Republicans to the
Senate as the chairman of the
party’s Senatorial Campaign
Committee.
Powers' Wife Appeals to Russia
For Permission to Visit Him
WASHINGTON, WU—Mrs. Fran
cis Gary Powers appealed in per
son to the Soviet Embassy today
for permission to visit her hus
band, awaiting trial as a spy.
She was told Moscow would
have to pass on her visa applica
tion .
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