Fairbanks Hunters Kill At Least
1,395 Of Migrating Caribou Herd
FAIRBANKS, W) — At least
1,395 caribou have been killed by
hunters preying on a giant herd
which has been crossing the Tay
lor Highway for the past eight
days, Fish and Wildlife Service
officials said today.
The number includes only ani
mals checked out at a highway
station maintained by the FWS.
Animals killed by natives and
hunters who live in the immedi
ate region frequently are not
taken to the checking station.
FWS officials said this was a
record kill of caribou from one
herd. However, they said there
are more than 30,000 animals in
the herd.
“The herd could stand the
heavy take of game,” Ray Wool
ford, head of the Fairbanks FWS
office, said.
Last weekend hordes of hunt
ers descended on the Chicken
Mount Fairweather region of the
Taylor Highway. By Monday they
had bagged a total of 565 animals
in less than 48 hours.
The huge herd was making its
annual migration from the Can
adian boundary area into north
ern Alaska when it suddenly be
gan crossing the highway which
terminates at Eagle on the Yukon
River.
For eight days the animals have
been crossing the highway in
groups ranging from 20 to 400 or
more. Hunters who “herd shot”
- were blamed for leaving many
dead or wounded caribou in the
wilderness. FWS agents, however,
were keeping close tabs on the
kill.
One hunter shot himself in the
leg when he leaped from his car
to shoot at a nearby caribou. An
other hunter got caught in a cross
fire from other hunters and a
bullet slammed into his car. He
escaped injury.
The FWS said most of the cari
bou have now crossed the high
way. A few large bulls that usual
ly bring up the rear of the herd
were all that remained in the
area yesterday.
Judge Hodge to Continue
In First District Until
Permanent Judge Named
J U N E A U—Judge Walter H.
Hodge, at opening of court here
last week, disclosed he has been
instructed by Judge J. L. McCar
rey Jr., of Anchorage to continue
serving the First District Court
here until a permanent jurist is
appointed.
Judge Hodge, of the Second Di
vision bench at Nome, is here as
visiting jurist. Judge McCarrey,
the senior Alaska judge, is re
sponsible for the appointment of
judges to fill temporary vacancies.
The First District vacancy was
caused by the death this summer
of Judge George W. Folta.
Hodge said he will return to Ju
neau after hearing the Ketchikan
criminal calendar, which should
be Dec. 17. He will spend Christ
mas with his family at Nome and
return again in January, and re
main until Congress acts on the
appointment of another judge.
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Eisenhower OKs
Plan to Reduce
Unemployment
DENVER, (#)—President Eisen
however has approved a program
he hopes will reduce spotty unem
ployment in industrial commun
ities chronically plagued by the
"problem.
The convalescing President gave
his blessing to the program Mon
day even as he received a rosy
report that the overall national
economy is in “excellent” shape.;
And on the international front |
he got a cheering prediction from j
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge
Jr., that the United Nations Gen- .
eral Assembly may take some
“real action” on the Eisenhower |
plan for exchange of military •
blueprints with Russia — and for ;
reciprocal aerial inspection.
For the first time sine he was
hospitaized with a heart attack;
Sept. 24, the President held two
business conference with import- :
ant administration officials the;
same day — one with Lodge, the
other with Dr. Arthur F. Bums,!
chairman of the Council of Econ- j
omic Advisors and Dr. Gabriel
llauge, the chief executive’s per
sonal advisor on economic prob- (
lems.
After the Burns-Hauge meeting
with the President on economic
affairs, Burns told a news con
ference Eisenhower had asked
“what some of us might be doing
about the farm problem.” Burns
said they assured the President
the problem is getting much
study.
He also reported that they got
Eisenhower’s go-ahead on a pro
gram for attacking what Bums
called “chronic” spotty unemploy
ment in some industrial commun
ities.
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South Viet Nam
Proclaimed Republic by
New Premier Dinh Diem
SAIGON, South Viet Nam, Oct.
26, (jPV^-Premier Ngo Dinh Diem
today solemnly proclaimed South
Viet Nam a republic and became
its first president.
Diem, who came to power in
the midst of chaos and despair last
year, won 98.1 percent of the vote
in a referendum Sunday. The ac
tion deposed ex-Emperor Bao Dai
and made Diem the new chief of
state. _ j
A constitution is scheduled to
be adopted next month, and soon
after, a general election will name
the nation’s first legislature.
Canadian Firm Increases
Newsprint Price $4 Ton
MONTREAL, U&—The Canadian
International Paper Co. has joined
two other firms in increasing the
price of newsprint. Its $4-a-ton
boost is $1 a ton below the in
crease announced earlier by the
other two firms.
CIP’s president said the boost is
aimed"*at absorbing “only a por
tion” of the increased cost of la
bor, power and materials since the
last increase in 1952.
SEATTLE, Oft—Notice of inten
tion to wed were filed Monday
by Alvin K. Truitt, 23, San Diego,
Calif., and Frances E. Hollywood,
20, Klawok, Alaska.
Birds do not have the three
bones—hammer, anvil and stirrup
—in the middle ear. Instead, they
have a single rod of bone which
connects the eardrum with the
membrane window of the inner
I
I ear.
Leiler-Size File Folders For
Sale At The Nome Nugget Office.
Schine to Assume
Duties as Manager
Of Hotel Chain
LOS ANGELES, UR — G. David
Schine, one of the Army’s most
orominent privates, said Monday:
“I’m just a businessman going
about my business. I love people.
I’m friendly toward everyone.”
The onetime aide to Sen. Mc
Carthy was recently discharged
after 24 months in the Army and
he arrived here Tuesday to take
over his duties as general man
ager of a hotel chain.
At a press conference he ducked
questions which might require
controversial answers, saying he
would prefer to talk about the
hotel business.
Asked if he plans to get back
into the fight against Commun
ism, he replied: “If I were to
work 24 hours a day for six weeks
(in the hotel business) I’d still be
busy.”
He added, however: “As long as
there’s a job to do in removing
the Reds, if I can contribute, I
will certainly do my best.”
Schine, 28, was an investigator
for McCarthy while the latter was
hunting Communists in govern
ment. Schine later was a central
figure in a congressional hearing
on McCarthy’s charges that the
Army was sheltering Commun
ists.
Loan Company Manager
Asks Time to Raise Fine
For 17 Parking Tickets
NORFOLK, Va., UP)—A loan
company manager was unable to j
persuade a traffic court judge yes- j
terday to give him “three or four j
days” to raise a $425 fine for 17 !
parking tickets.
Jack B. Cody identified himself j
as manager of Liberty Loan Co., j
whose slogan is “Borrow in one
day up to $250 or more on just
your name.”
When Judge Vernon D. Hitch
ings Jr. asked Cody why he never
had paid the fines, he said it was
“one of those things I never got
around to.”
Remarked the judge as Cody
noted an appeal:
“Parking tickets you can pay by
mail. We’ve got a mail order busi- j
ness that would delight a depart- j
ment store.”
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